Legit heaviest snow of the season here in downtown Denver…on April 17…after it was 77 yesterday and 80 on Wednesday. In the middle of the warmest spring on record. Warm before the storm? Sun angle? Evidently doesn’t matter.

Monster subsurface heat bubble and associated “downwelling Kelvin wave” is traversing the deep Pacific, transporting anomalously warm water from the West Pacific Warm Pool towards the East Equatorial Pacific, and emerging toward to surface. This mechanism should provide the boost

Saturday April 18, 2026, 7:50 PM: The latest satellite shows an incoming robust late-season Pacific storm into all of California starting Monday at 10PM to Tuesday at 7PM. The 545 DM low axis, approximately 240 miles northwest of San Francisco, continues to intensify greatly due

🛰️See that swirl of clouds off the Pacific Northwest? That's the system that will bring us rain and scattered thunderstorms this week. The rain is generally beneficial with minor flooding possible in heavy showers. When thunder roars, go indoors! See a flash, dash inside! #CAwx

New Weather West post out this evening: "Unusually active April weather pattern to continue this week, and possibly beyond, as subtropical northeastern Pacific waters reach record warmth." weatherwest.com/archives/43838

Late-April moisture is making a return to the Golden State, bringing heavy rain to Northern California early this week! The High Sierra is also in line for a fresh round of much needed late-season snowfall. #CAwx

California this wet season: - Wettest Oct–Dec on record in Santa Barbara, Ventura & parts of LA County - Driest & warmest March in state history - 115" February snowstorm + deadly avalanche near Donner Summit - 2nd-lowest spring snowpack on record - Northern Sierra on track for

Notable quake, preliminary info: M 7.4 - 115 km ENE of Miyako, Japan ow.ly/1ujc106xrWC

Tsunami Info Stmt: M7.4 Off East Coast Of Honshu, Japan  0053PDT Apr 20: Tsunami NOT expected; CA,OR,WA,BC,and AK

BREAKING: A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake strikes off the northern Japanese coast, with a tsunami alert issued. apnews.com/article/japan-…

Japan has issued tsunami warnings and advisories for northeastern coastal areas, including Iwate, Aomori, and Hokkaido, following a magnitude 7.5 earthquake that struck off the coast of Sanriku around 16:53 JST today. Find out the latest from 気象庁防災情報: bit.ly/4tmp7Pb

We've been waiting for this. There's good forecast model agreement showing wet weather across our entire area today-Wed morning. All thanks to a slow moving low pressure system over the eastern Pacific. Observations so far show light measurable rain reaching Sonoma County. #CAwx

Tuesday April 21, 2026, 8:45 AM: The latest satellite shows a beautifully displayed cold front now moving into Central California, including San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura, and Los Angeles, counties. This particular system, which has a lot of cold air aloft has now

4/21/26 9:30am Update: #Snow began early this morning and we've accumulated 3.5" (9 cm). We are expecting 1-2 feet total from this storm. Right now we have moderate to heavy snowfall rates with low winds but speeds are expected to increase this afternoon. #weather #CAwater

Today will feature the brunt of the storm with periods of moderate to heavy rain and mountain snow, and a threat for scattered thunderstorms. Impacts will linger into Wednesday and will gradually taper off. Additional mountain showers late week-weekend #CAwx

56 #AtmosphericRivers made landfall along the U.S. West Coast during the first 6 months of Water Year 2026. Stark differences in AR activity between October-December (14 strong or greater ARs) and January-March (only 3 strong ARs) helped explain the anomalously wet/dry conditions

2 day totals though 3pm are impressive… especially considering it is April 🙌🏻 mostly in line with the red shown on the expected precip maps and outperforming in a few areas. Good news after mostly no rain March. 4/21/2026 #CAwx

More snow showers on Wednesday, and another round of showers over the weekend. The cool and unsettled spring pattern continues... opensnow.com/dailysnow/taho…

The April snowfall continues to pile up on the mountains ❄️❄️❄️ (Kirkwood is closed but still reporting)

4/22/26 10:30am Update: 🌎 HAPPY EARTH DAY! 🌏 We have 8.3" (21 cm) of new #snow this morning and 11.8" (30 cm) total from this storm. We're expecting another 1-2" today. Our next chance at some snow is this weekend. #weather #CAwater