ukrocks Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 Clouds are keeping temps in the low 60's today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundersnow12 Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 70 degree reading popping in southern IA, while we sit in the colder screw hole here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyrys Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 Fog didn't clear up here until about 2:30, so we won't be hitting 50 today. The warmth was nice while it lasted and got rid quite a bit of snow. . Some of the piles are still pretty massive, but general snow depth ranges from grass patches to 8 inches. I don't know if this melt will ease the spring flooding since it seems like the snow remaining is just even more dense. The only significant change in the Minnesota River level occurred in the last 24 hours with a rise of .4 feet at the Jordan gauge. With the return to normalcy and winter coming soon, I doubt it will rise much more. On a spring-related note, I saw my first Canada Geese in the area today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madmaxweather Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 We finally cleared up and managed the mid 60's. Not bad for February... 60 again on Friday and possibly on Sunday before we could snow by Monday night-Tuesday. I know this for throughout history our best snows fall when we are torchy a day or two before and start as rain.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 70 degree reading popping in southern IA, while we sit in the colder screw hole here. You better not be complaining. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 Man what a great day! 62 and lots of sun. Still 61 right now. We have nothing but what's left of the drifts and piles now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 Made it up to 56F today. Piles are all that remain of the snow pack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 Well snow depth is down to a T (patches, drifts, and most notably piles). So we went from 16" to a T in 12 days. Sad, but certainly not unheard of. This ends 43 consecutive days of 1"+ snowcover, and puts the season number on hold at least temporarily at 64 days. This is still way above normal (normal for an entire season is 49 days of 1"+ snowcover)...but Im shooting to make it a top 10 snowcover winter, so hopefully it resumes quickly. Perhaps this is just a temporary thing, as was our only other bare period since early December, which was Jan 1-4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beavis1729 Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 MQT hit 57F yesterday (Feb. 16)...warmest on record for so early in the season. With strong W winds, they got some compressional warming off the higher terrain south of Houghton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 Well snow depth is down to a T (patches, drifts, and most notably piles). So we went from 16" to a T in 12 days. Sad, but certainly not unheard of. This ends 43 consecutive days of 1"+ snowcover, and puts the season number on hold at least temporarily at 64 days. This is still way above normal (normal for an entire season is 49 days of 1"+ snowcover)...but Im shooting to make it a top 10 snowcover winter, so hopefully it resumes quickly. Perhaps this is just a temporary thing, as was our only other bare period since early December, which was Jan 1-4. In a fiend for snowcover the way many of you are for storms. Per NowData, average snowcover days for DTW per season shows this has been a banner year, esp considering we are only in mid-February. Yet, I have the mindset of someone who lives in the U.P., furious to see ANY bare ground during the winter. Below is the average for the ENTIRE season versus what we have so far this season officially at DTW. 1"+: 48 days......63 days so far 3"+: 29 days......55 days so far 5"+: 15 days......47 days so far 10"+: 2 days......12 days so far Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 Shyte. Up to 47 at 1030pm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckeye Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 Made it up to 56F today. Piles are all that remain of the snow pack. good god... your avatar...no doubt my ticker would explode, but I'd die with one massive grin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 2-3" on the edges 5-6" towards the middle where my footprints are. Temps'll probably stay steady in the upper 40s overnight, but I'll probably escape with at least a few inches on average. Special thanks to cooling from lake Ontario and cloud cover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayuud Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 Made it up to 56F today. Piles are all that remain of the snow pack. nice avatar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 Update: 54*F is the highest temp of the season now as of 11 PM, it was originally 53*F at I believe 2 PM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 51 now at 11pm. C'mon cold front. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukrocks Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 Is it May right now? It sure feels like it lol. 64 degrees at 10:00 is unbeleivable for February. I mean sure it's nice to wear shorts but this is extremely warm for this time. I think this is the longest and warmest torch I have ever seen in February. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 Must have had the ultra elusive February heat burst in Iowa tonight. From 10pm. WEBSTER CITY * CLEAR 106 32 8 W9 29.84R HX 99 Edit: The mammoth heat burst for the ages continues........ 11pm WEBSTER CITY * CLEAR 111 32 6 W10 29.87R HX 103 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukrocks Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 Must have had the ultra elusive February heat burst in Iowa tonight. From 10pm. WEBSTER CITY * CLEAR 106 32 8 W9 29.84R HX 99 Edit: The mammoth heat burst for the ages continues........ 11pm WEBSTER CITY * CLEAR 111 32 6 W10 29.87R HX 103 Wow close to all time record highs lol. Wonder what's going on there tonight? Obviously the sensor is smoking something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 Must have had the ultra elusive February heat burst in Iowa tonight. From 10pm. WEBSTER CITY * CLEAR 106 32 8 W9 29.84R HX 99 Edit: The mammoth heat burst for the ages continues........ 11pm WEBSTER CITY * CLEAR 111 32 6 W10 29.87R HX 103 Sensor malfunction FTW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 Thursday, February 17th: Hi: 56F Lo: 49F Overall Sky Conditions: Cloudy. Max Wind Gust: 19MPH Rainfall: 0.00" Snowfall: 0.0" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 We see this almost every torch here the last couple years...but its just amazing how much the piles went down, many even disappeared, overnight. Looks very strange to see bare ground with just some piles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestMichigan Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 We see this almost every torch here the last couple years...but its just amazing how much the piles went down, many even disappeared, overnight. Looks very strange to see bare ground with just some piles Strong winds and 50° temperatures will melt through snow pretty fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 Strong winds and 50° temperatures will melt through snow pretty fast. Dews are key more than temps. Its been a wonderful winter for snowcover....honestly cannot complain. But it is just sickening to see bare ground today and even the piles (mainly on sunny sides of the street like mine) just decimated, considering how deep the snow was a few days ago. 2" of water in the snowpack wasnt enough for the torch. Luckily if we get snow Sunday, that means we will only have to deal with this horrible bare ground for 2-3 days. Still lots of large snowbanks around, but half of them resemble coal more than snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 Jeez, temps aren't dropping as fast as I thought. We're still at 50 and full sunshine. Flow's SWly so no Lk Ontario help. Thought last night that I'd make it through with in tact snowcover, but that call's in peril now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 I'd guess we've lost 75% of our snow since it turned warm.. Still some good sized piles out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 Jeez, temps aren't dropping as fast as I thought. We're still at 50 and full sunshine. Flow's SWly so no Lk Ontario help. Thought last night that I'd make it through with in tact snowcover, but that call's in peril now. Every torch over the past few winters this happens....it gets warmer and lasts longer than I expect. Even when I think Ive learned, I havent. Seeing a few inches of snow disappear is one thing, but seeing deep snow vanish over an entire region is DEPRESSING. But it is actually very La Nina-ish, something we have luckily avoided this winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyrys Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 The official snow depth after the thaw is 2 inches at the MSP airport and 4 inches at the forecast office in Chanhassen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trent Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 I have to remind myself after this 60 degree weather that CLE still averages 20" of snow after February 18th! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 I didn't want to clog up the storm thread, but I noticed that Chicagowx has given up on winter for LAF. That prompted me to check MBY records for the past few years, since our climo is about the same. This what has fallen after Feb 18th (2007-2010): Feb Mar Apr 2007 T, 0.8, 3.0, = 3.8 2008 8.7, 7.9, 0.0, = 16.6 2009 4.0, T, 2.0, = 6.0 2010 3.0, 0.0, 0.0, = 3.0 So, our 2008 anomaly shows that major snows are possible after this date for this region. However, the probabilities drop off dramatically. I can understand why those in North Central IN can be ready to call it a year. March 1st is my drop dead date. After that point, I'm ready for severe action to take over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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