cyclone77

The HRDPS is the best short term model IMO. Always seems to have the best handle on convection evolution.

Picked up 0.03" from some very light rain showers. Up to 0.20" for the month.

A little bonus frost this morning with an unexpectedly low-low temp of 35 here.

As expected temps overachieved. Hit 31.

One last freeze tonight and hopefully that is it until fall. Already down to 38 here. Only under a frost advisory but we always get a few degrees colder here in the valley.

Was under a severe warning earlier. Nice surprise, wasn't expecting much action here. Lots of thunder and gusty winds. Picked up 0.16". Perfect for new grass seed.

Quite a bit of thunder out of these tiny high-based cells. See-through fall streaks of rain beneath high-based updrafts, and quite a bit of lightning. Getting some 40mph gusts beneath one right now, but rain is pretty wimpy.

Nah it's gonna suck ass.

12z Euro shows snow mixing in with the showers on Thursday over much of Iowa and surrounding areas. Just awful.

A freeze here this morning with 31.

We forked.

0.04" from some light rain earlier. Brings the final April total up to 7.52".

Very nice. Gonna be some awesome scenic snow capped mountain views at Banff Springs golf course deep into the warm season.

Hopefully it'll be awhile before Canada's smoke arrives to milk out the skies.

Looking ahead we are going to have frost potential as late as May 10th. I'd hold off planting a garden for a good 12+ days. Even if the frost is light/patchy the plants probably wouldn't grow much anyway with these cooler temps.