Nic Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 March 1923 had 35.8 inches of snow in MKE with a low of -3 on March 19th. LOL. April 1923 had 6.8 inches of snow and May 1923 had 1.2. That must have been a miserable spring. Even March 1924 had 17.1 inches of snow. AGW is really taking hold these last few years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 Up to 79/61 here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 We were under a stratus deck all night and morning, but it has quickly burned off and the temp has rocketed up to 77 already. Low 80s is likely again. I'm outside working in the yard and I'm sweating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hm8 Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 Pretty cool satellite pic here (time sensitive) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 Astronomically more than 1 day left of winter, but it certainly is full-blown late-May weather outside. So I decided to do my annual winter recap in pictures. Of course spring snowstorms remain a distinct possibility, but I made it up early this year nonetheless. http://www.americanwx.com/bb/index.php/topic/33379-winter-of-2011-12-in-pictures-se-michigan/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 ORD at 80. The streak continues there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indystorm Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 Pretty cool satellite pic here (time sensitive)We can see the subsidence behind the MCV feature that passed through IN this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 Hit 77° about half hour ago. Lake breeze decided to kick in now. Down to 73° now. Few cumulus clouds are trying to get going west of here. ...Saw a garter snake today in the yard! Never seen one before Easter! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 79F...should easily tick over 80F now that the winds have picked up... its crazy how warm this weekend has been. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 it is so friggin top shelf out there right now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McDude Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 This is the craziest weather ever. I'm going on a Cruise in April. I'm hoping these temperatures cool down a little bit before I go so it actually feels like I left the Chicago! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 Euro says what cool down? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 Torch away April probably just follows the trend.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 Both San Diego and Phoenix, AZ are coming in at 52F right now!!! suckers! 80F and a few clouds in La Crosse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 Euro says what cool down? Less extreme than what we've been seeing but that map is probably still 15-20 above average. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 Wednesday now looking as warm as Tuesday around here. Should be able to tag 83/84 both days barring cloud cover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tropical Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 Moderate snow pellets with thunder being reported right now at Sky Harbor Airport in Phoenix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iu2001grad Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 What are the chances that the cool down at the end of this week isn't as cool as currently forecasted before the next warm up? If I am reading everything right, it looks like Indy could be mid/upper 60's this weekend instead of the upper 50's/lower 60's being forecasted earlier and then next week we potentially move back into the 70's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 What are the chances that the cool down at the end of this week isn't as cool as currently forecasted before the next warm up? If I am reading everything right, it looks like Indy could be mid/upper 60's this weekend instead of the upper 50's/lower 60's being forecasted earlier and then next week we potentially move back into the 70's. This weather pattern has been really screwy since November, so I don't know quite what to expect a week away. I've only been trusting the forecast out to 72 hours since December! lol FWIW: The 12z GFS sure has/had a cool down in mind after the 26th. LOT did some analysis on the 7 warmest March's and laid out the facts for April and May. Also went into summer and summarized how those months stood up after a warm start to Spring. http://www.crh.noaa....=80713&source=0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 12z GFS still have it above 70F next Sat and Sun .. In 1878 April was also a torch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 This is going to wreak some serious havoc on forecasts. Such a messy setup. This is also why I have a deep-seeded hatred for cutoff lows. They just f*** up everything, because the upper level pattern doesn't get any clearer after this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowMeHunter Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 Doub't I'll ever see a MKE weekend this spectacular in mid-march again.. Got a little toasty out in western waukesha cty all pimped out for the wedding yesterday afternoon but when we returned home to change in to something more comfortable for the reception we were greeted to beautiful 60's like right now. These are the times getting screwed over in early season snows remind me how lucky I am to have the lake close by for free AC a lot of the time through May. Hopefully can tough it through thursday and after that we should be safe from extended AC weather for at least another two months. Feels like it should be May right now after the torch winter and now the Super Torch in March.. Sadly its not and for the Warminista in Suckville, he will have to look to La Crosse for any heat for the next two months after this torch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 Another fantastic day. Made it back to 82 again. Another record for MLI at 83. Old record was 76. I'm sure they'll achieve another warm low officially here by midnight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowMeHunter Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 We had planned on going up to eagle river for a week whenever it looked like late ice would be happening up there which is normally at least a week or two in to april. I've known for a week now that we wouldn't be doing that as the earliest we could go is this week and they too were going to torch hard.. looking at the webcams up there earlier today the ice is getting as black as coal on some lakes. That's normally what lake down here look like in a warm and rainy march until now. All it would take is a good rain storm and wind and a lot of lakes would open right up i bet - thats crazy for so early.. I asked an old timer who lives on the eagle river chain of lakes when the earliest ice out was and he just answered me with april 1st and the latest May 13th. He didn't give me the yr of earliest ice out but I sent him an email for the answer to my curiosity. Any guess of what yr it was? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 We had planned on going up to eagle river for a week whenever it looked like late ice would be happening up there which is normally at least a week or two in to april. I've known for a week now that we wouldn't be doing that as the earliest we could go is this week and they too were going to torch hard.. looking at the webcams up there earlier today the ice is getting as black as coal on some lakes. That's normally what lake down here look like in a warm and rainy march until now. All it would take is a good rain storm and wind and a lot of lakes would open right up i bet - thats crazy for so early.. I asked an old timer who lives on the eagle river chain of lakes when the earliest ice out was and he just answered me with april 1st and the latest May 13th. He didn't give me the yr of earliest ice out but I sent him an email for the answer to my curiosity. Any guess of what yr it was? Maybe the spring after the winter of 1977-78. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 Moderate snow pellets with thunder being reported right now at Sky Harbor Airport in Phoenix. Posted on Facebook by a friend in Mesa AZ. Quite the hail storm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted March 19, 2012 Author Share Posted March 19, 2012 ORD topped out at 81 today, which easily broke the previous record of 74 (1903, 1918, 1969). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 Just got back from an hour and a half bike ride (took my son) down through downtown La Crosse (Riverside)... Park was packed...you would have thought something was going on, but it was just the gorgeous weather (mid 70Fs still) and a fantastic sunset. It could have been any summer night (except the lack of green trees). Sat outside most of the day (wife got burnt)...grilled... lot of nice cars driving around all weekend... You don't get these too often in March especially when 2 A+ days fall on the weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 82 for the 3rd consecutive day here. Going to have to mow the lawn later this week when the rain is over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted March 19, 2012 Author Share Posted March 19, 2012 Below is a shot of a distant thunderstorm last evening. More photos can be seen here. I also wanted to do a time-lapse...Until I realized someone didn't recharge the camera battery after the March 2nd chase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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