Geos Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 Winds are averaging around 32mph here right now! Gusts to 45mph easily! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 Just heard the first rumble of thunder of the year. Also getting a couple brief downpours from these cells that popped up behind the front. Temp is down to 36 after being at 64 a few hours ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 SWS - DVN: SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 859 PM CST WED MAR 7 2012 IAZ041-042-051>054-063>067-077-ILZ001-007-080400- WASHINGTON IA-MUSCATINE IA-LINN IA-JOHNSON IA-JACKSON IA-IOWA IA- DUBUQUE IA-DELAWARE IA-BENTON IA-CEDAR IA-CLINTON IA-JONES IA- JO DAVIESS IL-CARROLL IL- 859 PM CST WED MAR 7 2012 ...SMALL HAIL POSSIBLE... ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN WILLIAMSBURG AND DUBUQUE MAY PRODUCE HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH AND SHOULD MOVE OVER OR NEAR CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...CASCADE AND DUBUQUE BY 10 PM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 Crazy that fires showed up on radar earlier. Didnt even know they happened. It hasnt even been dry really, just wow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundersnow12 Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 still some very impressive winds in the lowest few thousand feet via the LOT VAD, 60-70kts in the last hour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 Party's over here. Dropped about 20 degrees over the last hour or two. Down to 44 now. Lightning strikes have crapped out over the last hour. Was hoping to hear some thunder tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 Winds have really calmed down now. Starting to rain. Smells like spring out there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hm8 Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 60* at midnight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
on_wx Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 TWN has our temp at 8C tomorrow aft, but EC has it at 1C. I don't know who to believe... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 TWN has our temp at 8C tomorrow aft, but EC has it at 1C. I don't know who to believe... I wouldn't think you'd be in the warm sector long enough tomorrow PM to still have temps that warm. Temperatures are falling from near 16°C ahead of the front to about 1°C in back of the front! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmc76 Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 On a positive side at least the coast guard doesn't have to rescue Ice fisherman on St Clair this winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 Temp's really tanking. Down to 40 with a cold rain. 2hrs ago it was still 62. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 Temp's really tanking. Down to 40 with a cold rain. 2hrs ago it was still 62. Almost cold enough to snow on the back edge. 34° and rain at Cedar Rapids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 So far the low at ORD has been 55F. If they stay above this through midnight, it will set a new record high min for March 7. The current record is 53F in 2000. Also, if the 55F holds, it will be the 2nd highest low temp on record for so early in the season. The only warmer low temp was 56F on 3/5/1983. Record broken. (Min was actually 54) It's still 63, so Thur will end up the 3rd consecutive 60+ day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 Wednesday, March 7th: Hi: 66F Lo: 54F Overall Sky Conditions: Cloudy Max Wind Gust: 50MPH Rainfall: Trace Snowfall: 0.0" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 You know it's going to be warm when climo biased GFS MOS is showing 60, 65, 64, 67 for next Mon-Thur. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 Record broken. It's still 63, so Thur will end up the 3rd consecutive 60+ day. Just missed the opportunity to have 60°+ as a high today! Rain came and cooled it to 58° right before midnight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 Down to 38 now. The rain has been considerably less impressive than I thought it might be. Only 0.06" so far, and it's about done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 Back to reality. Just fell below 50°. Have picked up about 0.12" of rain so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 It is absolutely incredible that it is 63 right now. We literally haven't dropped much since sunset, and wont until the front comes through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Global_Warmer Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 You know it's going to be warm when climo biased GFS MOS is showing 60, 65, 64, 67 for next Mon-Thur. Yeah both the Euro and GFS have long periods with 70s along I-70 in MO/IL. even close to 80F. One of the days as 15C 850mb here during the morning of a full sunshine day and a SW wind. That is more likely to be a record warm day in the mid 80s or maybe upper 80s if the 850s end up a bit warmer. Even without that, 15C 850mb should be able to produce mid 80s with the right conditions. The Euro smokes the upper plains. I would think 3-4 days in a row out there with 20C+ 850s in the Dakotas then 14-15C 850s streaming into Minnesota. That has to be worth 70s if it's sunny. In St. Louis that stretch is dominated by records in the 80s. Mostly low to mid. I don't know the record highs in Minnesota, but Solar Altitude is not that much weaker up there than here the last week. The models have generally underplayed the down sloping flow all winter this far out. If they are now We may see some large pockets of 16-18C 850mb temps reach Chicago and St. Louis. Some 15C make it to Detroit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundersnow12 Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 You know it's going to be warm when climo biased GFS MOS is showing 60, 65, 64, 67 for next Mon-Thur. fishing and golfing season begins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 I've got a babysitter lined up for one of my kids, so biking should be in the cards next week. Its going to rock. The goal is to have a tan by next Friday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 The 6z GFS is a warmistas wet dream... My God is next week going to feel weird. People will go crazy. Thongers...man thongs...banana hammocks. Spring break is next week and there will be no reason to go south. The chicks up here will probably be frolicking topless and possibly bottomless Looks like 60F+ starting Sat and maybe a few hiccups, but keep that warmth all the way through the following weekend... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gosaints Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 I've got a babysitter lined up for one of my kids, so biking should be in the cards next week. Its going to rock. The goal is to have a tan by next Friday. Golf could be in the cards for me. Its wierd that low to mid 40's will be the cold days in the near future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 It will be interesting to see how fast we green up around here. Fruit trees will probably bloom and then in late March we'll get a huge freeze and kill everything :0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hm8 Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 Its cool that it decides to warm up right when my "spring" break ends >_> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 Walking outside today was a reality check! Currently 38°, partly cloudy. At least that strong wind didn't carry on over into today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 fishing and golfing season begins. I certainly approve of fishing season! Maybe I'll get out there and do some perch fishing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gosaints Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 EURO still has ALASKA VORTEX going strong at hour 384! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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