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April 2011 general discussion/obs thread


Hoosier

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I think there's going to be some sort of storm threat...HM (the good one, not Accuweather) has been mentioning mid-April as a last hurrah for winter with a -NAO developing and an Archembault-style storm as we see a major pattern change over the North Atlantic.

We have that big block over Alaska which is funneling a wintry airmass into Central/Eastern Canada, an absolute necessity at this time of year. Here is a look at the -EPO shown on the GFS at Day 9, not to mention GFS ENS and ECM ENS also have the signal:

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Do you realize talking about snow in mid April is like talking about summer heat in mid October? There is a time to let it go.

Beats talking about 90% chances of severe weather fail and cold rain here in april.. Not like anything I want to grow matters until the end of may. Let it be cold and snowy through april.. at least with snow you don't need an umbrella for a april walk to any destination.

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I'm expecting our temp progression tomorrow to be something like this

2 PM: 82

5 PM: 86

8 PM: 83

11 PM: 77

2 AM: 75

I doubt I'll be correct on the exact numbers but it should be close. Not gonna go past 2 AM since that's about the time our chances for storms really go up.

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Lmao at the 18z gfs. Josh what's the latest Detroit has seen a 8 inch + snowstorm?

lol I saw that 18z run. The latest official 8"+ snowstorm is the Apr 6, 1886 snowbomb of 24.5".

However, it should be noted that during the insane May 9, 1923 snowstorm, when Detroit saw 6", there were reports of 9-12" as close as the Ann Arbor region.

Either way you look at it, while snowflakes that late are not uncommon, a big snow would be, though not unheard of. Even go back to 2005..the Apr 23-24th storm dropped "only" 4.3" at DTW (still VERY impressive and a record for 4/24)...there was up to 16" in northern Oakland county.

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Although it is very nice out, it's pretty disappointing that we have only managed to hit 70 degrees this afternoon. The NWS and the locals forecasted mid to upper 70s. It has been in the low 80s across southern Iowa for several hours, but the warm front didn't shoot north as fast as I was hoping.

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I'm expecting our temp progression tomorrow to be something like this

2 PM: 82

5 PM: 86

8 PM: 83

11 PM: 77

2 AM: 75

I doubt I'll be correct on the exact numbers but it should be close. Not gonna go past 2 AM since that's about the time our chances for storms really go up.

Probably need to bump all those up a couple of degrees. LAF sitting at 77º at 11AM (73.9º on my thermometer). Hottest temp in the state currently. :rolleyes:

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Guess we better enjoy this, the 6z run of the gfs has something like 3 or 4 days, day and night below freezing. Sure it's overdone, but the looks of that 16 day run is nothing but late Feb early Mar weather. Is the NAO gonna take a sh*t and plummet?

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Probably need to bump all those up a couple of degrees. LAF sitting at 77º at 11AM (73.9º on my thermometer). Hottest temp in the state currently. :rolleyes:

Welp, 83 at 2 PM, one degree higher than my call. Given the thermal profiles we should top out around 86 or 87.

Our late evening decrease is tricky given the strong southerly flow...could see us being a little warmer than the numbers I have.

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