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Crazy April Weather

Kachina624 — Mon, 13 Apr 2020 18:17:54 GMT

I know there are serious storms up and down the East Coast with tornadoes and even some deaths. This has been covered extensively on the national news.

We are having our own weather event in the Southwest. It's now just past noon in Albuquerque and it's 33° and snowing, when it should be bright, sunny and in the 70s. Temperature has been going down since early this morning. On the weather maps, it appears to be snowing all the way to Oklahoma.

Re: Crazy April Weather

hckynut — Mon, 13 Apr 2020 20:32:20 GMT

@Kachina624

Yep. Was 77 degrees Saturday and snow and blowing last night with temps in the 20's. But that's Nebraska!

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Spurt — Mon, 13 Apr 2020 18:35:49 GMT

Our weather has been quirky too.....it has been in the 80's with rain and drizzle which is about normal for mid April. Thankfully the severe thunderstorms with hail and 65 mile winds, tornado warnings bypassed us, and we are now enjoying temperatures in the 60's with sunny skies for the next few days, VERY UNUSUAL for mid April....and then 70's after that....

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Mz iMac — Mon, 13 Apr 2020 18:37:54 GMT

My DOT has notified me that the town I live in South Joisey is on tornado alert till 8:00p

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jeanlake — Mon, 13 Apr 2020 18:39:33 GMT

My least favorite spring weather in the midwest is when cold and hot air fast dance together in the atmosphere. Nothing good comes from this.

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Annabellethecat66 — Mon, 13 Apr 2020 18:45:43 GMT

I was watching QVC when the TV said there was a Tornado warning just a few miles from where I live.

The local weathermen were giving the names of streets maybe 5 miles from my house.

I always take this stuff seriously. I gather up my medicine, my phone, my ipad, charger, a few cans of cat food, change of clothes, put them in a container at the top of the stairs.

I don't worry about Bill the cat as he follows me everywhere. Katie, the cat, I'd never catch her.

I think it's interesting that people always think "it couldn't happen to them".

Oh! But it could! I've been in so many bad car accidents. The first one I got out of the car and was walking around thinking, "this is just like what you see on TV".

If I could send you pictures of what my house looked like the last time it was hit by fire, you wouldn't believe it. It took 5 full months before we could live in it.

That was the company (two men) working on it every week day, with painters, etc coming in too. We lived in a hotel for 5 months.

So, don't anyone ever think it couldn't happen to them.

Take all of these warnings seriously and go with...."I'll be cautious and take it seriously".

I've never been a person who flips out. I've always stayed calm and took care of the problem. But I'm not stupid, I know there are people who know the weather and are smarter than me.

Most of the emergencies I've had, I've been alone at the time. Maybe that's why I picked up the 'pieces' when my husband died suddenly and kept going.

My daughter in Denver said on Sunday it was beautiful and I think that was the day it was 70 some degrees. Then yesterday it was in the 30's down to 15 at night.

Here, in Northern Va it's crazy weather here too. But it is the time of year when this side of the world is going through transition (weather-wise).

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PA Mom-mom — Mon, 13 Apr 2020 18:49:49 GMT

@Kachina624 Tornado watch in SE PA until 7PM. It is certainly wacky weather. But typical for April!

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Nightowlz — Mon, 13 Apr 2020 19:17:01 GMT

It is crazy. It had been warming up until the front moved in yesteday with 30+ mph plus our low was 29°. Had to turn the AC back to heat. LOL!!!

It's still cold today. At least the wind calmed down some. Snow not reaching the ground here in Ok.

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Still Raining — Mon, 13 Apr 2020 19:19:57 GMT

Remarkably hot and sunny here. Engaged in the annual search for the sun glasses the other day. Pondering looking for a tee today but that might be too daring.

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wilma — Mon, 13 Apr 2020 19:30:02 GMT

Crazy in the Ohio Valley too. Tied our record high of 85 last week. Today’s high only 47, but the strong NW wind makes it feel even colder.

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Kitlynn — Mon, 13 Apr 2020 21:35:40 GMT

Twenty three degrees and six inches of new wet heavy snow here in Arvada CO. (suburb of Denver). We will have a couple days of high sixties and even into the seventies then the temperature plummets and we get snow. We are suppose to have snow all week. Spring time in the Rockies so it is normal for us. However I am really tired of cold and snow!!!

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Zhills — Mon, 13 Apr 2020 21:39:02 GMT

Tampa Bay area. Tied record high for Easter Sunday. 90 degrees!

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smb3 — Mon, 13 Apr 2020 21:48:45 GMT

I guess it's all coming this way, as they say late tomorrow night could bring some snow....70 and heavy rain and tornado threats today here in PA.

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jubilant — Tue, 14 Apr 2020 11:04:48 GMT

Only 28 degrees this morning in Indiana. It's only supposed to get up into the 40's the better part of this week and at night, anywhere between about 28 and 33+ degrees.

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gardenman — Tue, 14 Apr 2020 12:25:16 GMT

It's been odd here in Southern New Jersey. We were largely in the fifties most of the winter and we've stayed in the fifties most of the spring. The highs this week are forecast to be 56, 54, 52, 50, 52, 57, and 61. (These are the Weather Channel forecast highs.) Not all that spring-like. I think we've only cracked 70 degrees a handful of times so far. And it's been very, very wet. Only two days in the next seven days show little to no chance of rain. It rained a lot all winter, but no snow other than a brief bit very early in the season. We're turning into Seattle on the East Coast. The warmest day in the long-range forecast is 68 degrees and that's not until the 27th. In a typical spring, you'd get days in the 70's, 80's and even a few 90's, but this isn't a typical spring. We're stuck in the wet fifties forever it seems.