daddylonglegs Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 We may be the same temp as Miami this week...it wouldn't surprise me....they'll most likely have us beat in the dew dept. Turtle will be crying...thinking he is on South Beach, yet when he opens his eyes he'll be surrounded by Wisconsinites and their white pasty pale March skin Don't worry thought Turtle, they tan up fast in these parts... My banana hammock will be coming out this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 Tropical will like this: ON WEDNESDAY...WINDS TURN SOUTHWEST AHEAD OF THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS COLD FRONT CROSSING MINNESOTA. THERE ARE INDICATIONS FROM THE 12.12Z NAM/ECMWF THAT 850MB TEMPS COULD EVEN RISE TO 16C OVER NORTHEAST IOWA...ALMOST 3 STANDARD DEVIATIONS ABOVE NORMAL. WITH PLENTY OF SUN AND A WARM START...TEMPERATURES SHOULD EASILY CLIMB INTO THE 70S. AN 80F READING MAY EVEN OCCUR (NOTE 81F HIGH FOR SPARTA OFF MET GUIDANCE). DEWPOINTS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO CLIMB INTO THE 50S WITH A GOOD FETCH COMING OUT OF THE GULF OF MEXICO. THE COMBINATION OF THE UNPRECEDENTED WARMTH AND DEWPOINTS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO CUMULUS DEVELOPMENT...MAKING IT FEEL MORE LIKE LATE SPRING THAN MID MARCH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtlehurricane Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 That high of 78 on Wednesday is going to be crazy. Had no choice but to turn on the AC already with temps in the 50s. Too humid just to open the windows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 That high of 78 on Wednesday is going to be crazy. Had no choice but to turn on the AC already with temps in the 50s. Too humid just to open the windows. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 NAM has 4000 j/kg of SBCAPE and 65 dews in IA on Weds. That's just sick. Usually have a hard time getting to that level until late April/early May this far north. Glad I didn't head out chasing today, as I would have busted badly. Sun finally out here after being in the clouds most the day. Managed to bump up into the low 60s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 Temps have been rising so not sure what the high will be but made it to 74 so far. Wednesday just looks silly warm...I'm thinking maybe 80 or 81. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 Probably end up with some ground fog tonight with this soaking wet ground. Sun trying to come back out now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundersnow12 Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 LOT regarding Weds. WEDNESDAY IS CONTINUING TO LOOK ANOMALOUSLY WARM WITH EVEN DEEPER MIXING AND A STRONGER SOUTHWEST FLOW. HAVE BLENDED THE GOING FORECAST WITH THE NAM PREDICTED MIXING HEIGHT AND THE BETTER PERFORMING BIAS-CORRECTED MODELS WITHIN THE WARM PAST WEEK. CERTAINLY LOOKS LIKE ALL COMMUNITIES WILL BE NEAR IF NOT TOP 80 DEGREES. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 75 now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 I don't expect significant March snows/arctic outbreaks on a regular basis at this latitude but we've sure had some weak finishes to winter around here lately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 Aren't like 4 of the top snowiest winters in DTW during the 2000's?It looks almost 100% unlikely we have no more sub 45 degree days in March this year. What on earth is screwing up the jet so bad? Whatever it is... Stop right around Oct 15th please. 5 of the top 20 are from the past decade (actually 5 of the top 13). Records span 132 years! We certainly were due for a stinker. #4 - 2007-08 #5 - 2010-11 #9 - 2008-09 #10 - 2004-05 #13 - 2002-03 I agree about no sub-45 degree highs in March, so much for my call of a big March snowstorm (hey cant win em all, I almost nailed Feb 2011s snowmageddon, with the exception of not going snowy enough). Although Im still wondering if all that arctic sea ice building up has something to say about a winter blast in April. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 That high of 78 on Wednesday is going to be crazy. Had no choice but to turn on the AC already with temps in the 50s. Too humid just to open the windows. lol how far youve come since moving north. Dont Floridians have the heat on when temps are in the 50s-70s? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gosaints Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 GFS is a wall to wall continuous torch.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 GFS is a wall to wall continuous torch.. Looks mild. Did notice a glancing colder shot of air around the 26th or 27th for the northern and eastern Lakes. Then a ridge centers itself in the High Plains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 St Louis made it to 84. Wow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundersnow12 Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 Legit shot at record highs here both Wed (77) and Thurs (74) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nic Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 JB predicting cool summer so prepare for 100 degree days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Global_Warmer Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 It's worth remembering that the GFS is known to be totally wrong a week out. This seems like infinite warmth now but it could change fast. Arctic sea ice has been increasing quite a bit at the pole so maybe some cold air that's building up could still surprise us. Not really seeing that cold building up. I suppose it has cooled off a bit from the weekend when the pole torched from side to side. We are also going to lose all of that snow from this as well which would help cool things down in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Global_Warmer Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 St Louis made it to 84. Wow. 84/58/71 = +26F. For our latitude that is extremely impressive. Wednesday has 20C 925mb temps here by afternoon, we might hit 86-87F. Thursday could also be in the mid 80s if it doesn't rain. Before today we were at 48.4F for the month, which was 5.7F above normal. The record monthly average here is 57F for March set 101 years ago. I am not sure if we will attain that, but I am pretty sure we will pass it for a while, we might even reach 60F for a day or two if we really get 10 days+ of 60F+ average days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wisconsinwx Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Sounds like this is going to be a month long torch (sans the first four days). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxhstn74 Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 warm start to spring comparison... http://weatherhistorian.blogspot.com/2012/03/spring-has-arrived-prematurely-and-in.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 I don't expect significant March snows/arctic outbreaks on a regular basis at this latitude but we've sure had some weak finishes to winter around here lately. I think the last one was 2008. Of course that whole month felt like every other month that winter, lol! Beginning of March 2007 was kinda nippy around here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpartyOn Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 5 of the top 20 are from the past decade (actually 5 of the top 13). Records span 132 years! We certainly were due for a stinker. #4 - 2007-08 #5 - 2010-11 #9 - 2008-09 #10 - 2004-05 #13 - 2002-03 I agree about no sub-45 degree highs in March, so much for my call of a big March snowstorm (hey cant win em all, I almost nailed Feb 2011s snowmageddon, with the exception of not going snowy enough). Although Im still wondering if all that arctic sea ice building up has something to say about a winter blast in April. Ahh no worries...Sunspot AR1429 will help melt that and heat up the northern hemisphere. The fun has just started. Long live the Solar Maxium and another dustbowl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Ahh no worries...Sunspot AR1429 will help melt that and heat up the northern hemisphere. The fun has just started. Long live the Solar Maxium and another dustbowl. Sunspot 1429 is rotating away now. Things are calming down for the time being. I think the solar activity did help keep the jet stream ripping across to the north, which bottled most of the cold air up there. La Nina helped play a factor as well probably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AppsRunner Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 That high of 78 on Wednesday is going to be crazy. Had no choice but to turn on the AC already with temps in the 50s. Too humid just to open the windows. So there's literally no temperature range that does not require you to turn on heat/AC... come on. How did you ever survive Florida? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Monday, March 12th: Hi: 63F Lo: 51F Overall Sky Conditions: Mostly Cloudy Max Wind Gust: 40MPH Rainfall: Snowfall: 0.0" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 I know that I am , but I am 54 years old and have lived here all of my life and I've never seen anything even CLOSE to the temps being forecast for mid March. The LOWEST high temp predicted here for the next 7 days is 71 and the next lowest high predicted is 75. The mushrooms could be up a month early!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpartyOn Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 I know that I am , but I am 54 years old and have lived here all of my life and I've never seen anything even CLOSE to the temps being forecast for mid March. The LOWEST high temp predicted here for the next 7 days is 71 and the next lowest high predicted is 75. The mushrooms could be up a month early!! Those are some monster morels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpartyOn Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Sunspot 1429 is rotating away now. Things are calming down for the time being. I think the solar activity did help keep the jet stream ripping across to the north, which bottled most of the cold air up there. La Nina helped play a factor as well probably. That sunspot was amazing in so many ways. The active sun very well has caused last Summers heat and Winters vacation. It's still very active so I wonder if the trend continues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nwohweather Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Ohh you gotta love March. 4 years ago we're digging out from the biggest snowstorm to strike Ohio in awhile, now on almost the exact same date it's looking like a week of temps that are warm enough for swimming. This is why I love weather Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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