roardog

I think it’s funny how you can drive a few miles in any direction from the severe drought area in Michigan and get to no drought in probably like 20 minutes. lol

What weeks do you get to go out there?

After all of the rain recently, I'm starting to see some pockets of green grass in the lawn now.

This winter? Where have you been the last decade? lol

2012 wins for me. I remember it hitting 100F in 1988 but I feel like the beginning of Summer wasn't hot at all, maybe even cool? 1995 was crazy with how high the dewpoints were with the heat. However, I remember there being some good backdoor cold fronts which brought highs down into the 70s around here. I think we were really on the NE edge of the heat and Ontario actually had much cooler weather, hence the backdoor cold fronts and also the big derecho that July. 2012 was warm to hot already in May and seemed like it just never gave up until September, when it actually cooled way down the second half of that month.

I always say that too. 2012 is the only summer that I can remember where it really felt like there was no relief. By the middle of July, temps over 90 felt normal.

Saying there is 5 months of Summer weather in Michigan might be a little generous.

It’s 32F with icicles hanging from everything right now. That’s usually not a good sign for severe storms. lol

I know snow lovers in the Midwest generally hate an El Niño but a weaker Nino can be good, especially once you get to the eastern part of the sub including you and I.

I would say there’s a reasonably good chance Enso will be weak either way.

I’d estimate it was about 60MPH here briefly. I didn’t see any hail. Decent amount of lightning though. For some reason it’s not as exciting as summer storms IMO. There’s something about the constant lightning of a t-storm on an oppressive sunny 92F day that gives more satisfaction.

I would think the areas north of the front that are in the 40s wouldn’t have much wind even though they issued warnings for those areas.

Good thing there isn’t leaves on the trees.

80MPH winds are interesting but I could also do without the mess that would cause. We are on the warm side of the front right now here with mid 60s so I guess severe isn’t out of the question even up here.

That’s impressive.

Garbage weather here today as expected. Damp and dreary and in the 30s. It must be pretty bad in the northeastern part of the state. Alpena has been about 30 degrees all day with freezing rain and more to come. Don’t we have a poster from that area?

You guys can enjoy the warmth while I enjoy some cold NE winds with rain and fog this weekend. Maybe if I’m lucky the front will move north of here on Sunday like some of the models show but I would never count on that this time of year.

Yeah. This warm March we are having is actually worse in some ways IMO.

It really is the worst time of year. The period from about mid March to the end of April where most plant life is still dormant and you get a few tastes of warmth. Plus the days are long and the sun is warm so the cold is an annoyance.

Too early in the year for wildfire smoke so we'll just get dust instead. lol

Being on the west side of the Great Lakes is the worst. Hard to get good LES but spring cooling will never be denied.

Come on. Don’t be that way. You know it’s going to be 89 everyday.

I agree. The atmosphere is such a complex system. Humans adding greenhouse gases into the atmosphere that wouldn’t otherwise be there obviously has to have some impact. I mean, that’s obvious, right? Would the 37 degrees outside where I am right now be a different temperature if not for the extra greenhouse gasses? Who knows. That’s why everyone disagrees on this subject.

He’s been saying if his ideas are right it should warm up after that and lead to a warm May nationally and a hot summer.

It wasn’t available on our cable until the late 80s. It must have been before 1988 though because I remember they had a special program weekdays at 8pm that summer called drought watch or something dramatic like that because of the hot and dry summer that was happening. It’s funny how that was 37 years ago and I can still remember the opening was some dramatic music with dry cracked ground. lol