Thirty-year thundersnow hits Seattle; local fangirl boggles

[annathepiper]

So y'know how I was going all wtf-esque a few weeks ago when we had that spurt of wacky weather? Well, guess what it's doing tonight?

SNOWING. In SEATTLE. In APRIL. This is what is known in these parts as "fucked up". According to our article we have up today, it hasn't snowed this late in the year around here in something on the order of 30 years.

On my way home, it was still rain while I was downtown and walking to my bus stop. By the time my bus got to Lake City and 120th or so, it was starting to snow. Once we hit Kenmore, it was snowing in earnest.

It's thundersnow, too! I was walking up to the Murk from the bus stop just a little bit ago, and BOOO-OOO-OOOO-OOOOOOM went the sky overhead, twice even. It's starting to accumulate in the yard, too, though not yet on the pavement. It's not quite cold enough. But I did note when I got off the bus that three guys in utility vests were pushing an apparently dead car up the little hill that comes up from Burke-Gilman to the traffic light at 61st--so I'm expecting that the road conditions around here are going to suck tonight.

And OH LOOK, we have a snow advisory ETA 7:17pm HEAVY SNOW WARNING!

Comments

[emmacrew.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I saw the snow prediction a couple of days ago and said "no WAY." So far we've had hail for about half an hour around 4, and nothing since.

[lethendy.livejournal.com]

Hope you and yours are all safe and off the roads.

It's wacky weather here too - it was 15C this afternoon, and now we're under a freezing rain warning!

[annathepiper]

It is snowing like a crazy snowing thing here at the Murk. Enormous fluffy flakes! O.O

[annathepiper]

spazzkat is on his way home, so he should be here soon; we've a guest who may have to wind up hanging out here longer than she intended, though, if this doesn't let up soon. Or, alternately, she's going to have to bolt out the door before the roads get any messier.

[lyonesse.livejournal.com]

we had thundersnow my first winter in seattle -- 18 years ago i guess? anyway it was very beautiful. weird, but enjoy if at all possible!

*warm hugs* from 70F new england...

[annathepiper]

It is, indeed, quite lovely! I can't stop staring at it, though. Because it's SNOWING. IN APRIL. O.O

If this keeps up I suspect I may not get to chiro and massage tomorrow morning.

[angharads-house.livejournal.com]

We have a metric buttload of snow here, all of which came down between my being delivered home from Zappification (about 4 pm) and waking up again just now (8-ish). Would guess 40 cm anyway, and it is brilliantly dusky here now with glowing orange and red towering cumulus over the Straits to the east of us.

Eaves are dripping water so I think it's all going to melt by tomorrow anyway.

Glad I don't have **your** driveway to deal with, just have to walk to/from the lads' truck tomorrow on our moderately hilly high-street for (Yay! Last!) Zappification.

Here, have a picture of pretty much what my back porch view is right now.

Boing, tilt,

Angharad
weathering the storm ^_^

[mari-mac1109.livejournal.com]

We had an EARTHQUAKE here in Illinois last night. I think Mother Nature is a bit peeved at us and trying to tell us something.

[annathepiper]

Yeah, I read about that this morning! Also full of much WTFery, that!

I'm from Kentucky; I know how rare earthquakes are in the Midwest. O.O

[gerimaple.livejournal.com]

it's a week and a half before my birthday, and I just dusted snow off my dog. *eyes white front lawn* this nonsense better not stick, though something tells me my front flower bed full of blooming daffodils won't like this a bit.

[ceallaighgirl.livejournal.com]

Sheesh.

Some of the nice weather last weekend had me thinking that I'd be driving with my car's top down soon. Booooo.

[neutronjockey.livejournal.com]

Thundersnow.

Sorry about the f'd up weather...but the mental image of thundersnow is too totally cool!

[janne.livejournal.com]

Snow *and* thunder? Woo, freaky weather indeed.

[howlinhobbit.myopenid.com (from livejournal.com)]

Do ya think if we ask real nice Al Gore will ship us some of his global warming? I have got to get out and busk more.

I was in the car last night at 85th and 15th NW in Ballard (or Crown Hill, I guess) when the lightning flashed. I though for a second that a transformer on a power pole had blown. Then the thunder rolled through. All while my wipers were struggling with the heavy snow.

Sheesh!

PS: ceallaighgirl, is that avatar you at Wade's in Bellevue? Yay, you!

[shikyrie.livejournal.com]

doncha just love the thundersnows? had em a couple of times here this winter. like during our march blizzard. Want some of our warmth? 75F here today, but gonna get thunder and cooler tomorrow

[callibr8]

Rats, and I *missed* it. How come the good stuff happens when I'm outta town?!

[annathepiper]

The weather gods are clearly messing with us all.

[mamishka.livejournal.com]

it hasn't snowed this late in the year around here in something on the order of 30 years

That's nothing. This year New Hampshire broke the record for greatest amount of snow in OVER 100 YEARS.

This planet is so fucked. Humans are a virus. :-P

[annathepiper]

Wow. O.O THANK YOU, LA NINA!

[annathepiper]

Thundersnow is, I must admit, pretty groovy. But it'd be more groovy in, y'know, February--where it belongs. ;)

When somebody gets around to inventing Weather Transfer Protocol, sure, fling some of that 75F action this way. Meanwhile, I'll just wait for May to get here. It SHOULD be warmer by then. I hope!

[annathepiper]

Wow, that had to be a disconcerting moment, there.

And they're saying we're supposed to be returning to warmer, more April-like patterns now. I should HOPE SO, with May on the imminent horizon. It's about time we got some actual SPRING this Spring!

[annathepiper]

Yeah, it was both cool and disconcerting. With more emphasis on the disconcerting, this time of year!

[annathepiper]

Damned if I know!

Meh, the 10-day for Kenmore up on weather.com has a bunch of showers across the forthcoming week. I'm seriously ready for some sunshine now. But at least showers all week would be less schizoid than the weather we've been having lately!

[annathepiper]

I do admit, the thundersnow was pretty cool. :)

[shikyrie.livejournal.com]

lolz. i'll put an order on that for you... The past couple winters here have been rater freakish. I remember once either late in November/early december of last year where it was 70F at like midnight, then we got a really freakish storm with lots of wind, rain, thunder, and scary hued lightning about 3am, then 4 hours later when we all got out of work, there was 2" of snow

[annathepiper]

Wow. Yeah, that's lively weather indeed.