weatherpsycho Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 Hands down this is the greatest March ever weather. Unfortunately I can't say that otherwise but at least I can come here to take my mind off things! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 Great evening in the upper 50s! Feels like a mid-May night! ...Great photo's Chicago Storm! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted March 19, 2012 Author Share Posted March 19, 2012 Great evening in the upper 50s! Feels like a mid-May night! ...Great photo's Chicago Storm! Thanks. Things still look iffy temp wise tomorrow. Some guidance has us up into the low 80's once again, while others have more clouds/storms and temps only reaching the 70's. It will be interesting to watch trends as the disturbance lifts northward out of the Arklatex. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted March 19, 2012 Author Share Posted March 19, 2012 Sunday, March 18th: Hi: 79F Lo: 58F Overall Sky Conditions: Partly Cloudy Max Wind Gust: 21MPH Rainfall: 0.00" Snowfall: 0.0" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 Thanks. Things still look iffy temp wise tomorrow. Some guidance has us up into the low 80's once again, while others have more clouds/storms and temps only reaching the 70's. It will be interesting to watch trends as the disturbance lifts northward out of the Arklatex. Yeah it looks like 80 may be a bit harder to achieve the next few days with more mid-upper clouds to deal with. Obviously it will still be fantastic weather, but the extreme warmth may be tempered some. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowMeHunter Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 still 66 at 12 am in international falls. Their record high for tomorrow was 60 in 1918. Normal is 36/14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 00z NAM would even suggest the potential for highs in th mid 80s here on Wednesday. I wonder what's the highest daily high ever recorded in Detroit during March... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 According to Tim, the warmest month relative to average for the LAF area was March 1946, which finished at +14.3 (avg temp was 53.6). This is using the longer record period of the WL COOP. December, January, February, and March have all posted double digit positive departures at some point so this is the time of year to do it. Has he quit posting? Haven't seen him on here in awhile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowMeHunter Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 They don't call it Mt Saukville for nothing. One of the coldest spots in the state at 55.4 and still dropping faster than panties on prom night.... while the hot box of la crosse is still 71. 55.1 54.8 53.4 now 23 mins later. Special place that Mt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 00z NAM would even suggest the potential for highs in th mid 80s here on Wednesday. I wonder what's the highest daily high ever recorded in Detroit during March... Looks like 82 in 1945 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 Has he quit posting? Haven't seen him on here in awhile. Not that I know of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 Looks like 82 in 1945 Well how about that!!! That's certainly breakable Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday, even ignoring the warmer NAM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichiganLion Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 Fourth consecutive evening with "heat lightning" storms for me ------- no such thing as "heat lightning" of course, but it's another sign of how it's so much more like July versus March. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowMeHunter Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 Waukegan went from 54 the last time i checked around midnight to 67 now. Plz keep that south of here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 Fog is thick again tonight. Down to 1/8SM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 Waukegan went from 54 the last time i checked around midnight to 67 now. Plz keep that south of here. 71 at ORD and 69 at MDW, WTF month is this... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowMeHunter Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 71 at ORD and 69 at MDW, WTF month is this... Just mind boggling stuff - its still 68 in Ashland and 64 in International Falls. Avg low here in MKE is 64 in the peak of summer. Looks like Saukville is the coolest in the state now at 51 degrees. Ashland of all places with the warmest and one degree up of runner up la crosses's 67. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 Just mind boggling stuff - its still 68 in Ashland and 64 in International Falls. Avg low here in MKE is 64 in the peak of summer. This would be as if we were in mid July and everyone was still 90+ at this time of day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowMeHunter Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 This would be as if we were in mid July and everyone was still 90+ at this time of day. Never thought of it like that! avg low in la crosse is 26 and its 67 now. KINL is at 64 and their avg low is 14. 50 off their avg low right now and its only supposed to drop to 62, lmaooo. even being one of the cooler spots in WI at 55 we're +27 on the avg low of 28 and like you said it would be in the 90's still at 2 am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpartyOn Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 Crippling fog along the North Woodward Ave corridor. Visibility down below 100 yards. Traffic is very snarled. Just brutal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundersnow12 Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 typical Gino lol 309 AM CDT IN THE WORDS OF A WISE HYDROLOGIST...FEBRUARY SHOWERS BRING MARCH FLOWERS! THE REGION CONTINUES TO GREEN UP THANKS TO THE ONGOING HISTORIC WARM SPELL WHICH GENERALLY LOOKS TO CONTINUE FOR AT LEAST SEVERAL MORE DAYS. FORECAST CHALLENGES THIS MORNING INCLUDE CONVECTIVE CHANCES/TEMPS TODAY...FOLLOWED BY CLOUD COVER AND TEMPS THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THERE DOES STILL APPEAR TO BE AN END TO OUR RECORD BREAKING WARMTH BY THE END OF THE WEEK WITH A TRANSITION TO MORE TYPICAL ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES WITH PERIODIC SHOWERS/STORMS. MAJORITY OF AVAILABLE MODEL GUIDANCE SAYS THERE IS A SHORTWAVE OVER MISSOURI EARLY THIS MORNING...UNFORTUNATELY THERE REALLY ISNT ANYTHING DISCERN ABLE IN WATER VAPOR IMAGERY DUE TO THE EXTENSIVE HIGH CLOUDINESS...AND PROFILERS/EVENING RAOBS DIDNT OFFER ANY CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE TO ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. RECENT DEVELOPMENT OF CONVECTION TO THE NORTH OF STL CERTAINLY WOULD LEND CREDENCE TO THE MODELS AND HAVE OPTED TO BUMP POPS UP THIS MORNING...PARTICULARLY OVER WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA. THIS SHORTWAVE IS PROGGED TO MOVE NORTH OF THE AREA BY EARLY AFTERNOON...HOWEVER CANNOT RULE OUT ADDITIONAL ISOLD/WIDELY SCTD CONVECTION DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON. WHILE CONFIDENCE IN PRECIP/CONVECTION TODAY ISNT HIGH...AM FAIRLY CONFIDENT THAT CLOUD COVER WILL BE MUCH MORE PROMINENT TODAY VS THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS. GIVEN THE HIGHER PRECIP CHANCES AND GREATER CLOUD COVER HAVE NUDGED TEMPS DOWNWARD AND MORE IN LINE WITH THE "COOLER" MET GUIDANCE. A MODEST SOUTH BREEZE AND HIGHER DEWPOINTS THE PREVIOUS NIGHTS HAVE BEEN HELPING KEEP TEMPS SEVERAL DEGREES WARMER THAN PREVIOUS NIGHTS...SO WITH SUCH AN UNSEASONABLY WARM START WE COULD STILL MAKE A RUN AT THE RECORDS FOR TODAY...ESPECIALLY IF CLOUD COVER/PRECIP ISNT QUITE AS ROBUST AS IM WORRIED IT COULD BE. TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY MODEL GUIDANCE IS IN REMARKABLY GOOD AGREEMENT ON DIGGING THE SHARP WESTERN TROUGH EVEN FURTHER SOUTH INTO NORTHERN OLD MEXICO WHILE CLOSING OFF A FAIRLY STRONG UPPER LOW IN THE BASE OF THE TROUGH. AS THIS OCCURS...LOOK FOR WHAT IS ALREADY AN UNSEASONABLY STRONG RIDGE TO ACTUALLY STRENGTHEN AND AMPLIFY A BIT FURTHER. REMARKABLY 500MB HEIGHTS OVER OUR AREA ARE PROGGED TO CLIMB TO OVER 580DM AS HEIGHTS NEAR 3 STANDARD DEVIATIONS ABOVE AVERAGE...OR ROUGHLY 50-80DM HIGHER THAN WHAT WE HAVE SEEN DURING OUR RECENT STRETCH OF 80F WEATHER. A VERY SOLID ARGUMENT COULD BE MADE TO INCREASE FORECAST HIGH TEMPS INTO THE MID 80S ACROSS MUCH OF THE CWA BOTH TUES AND WED. HOWEVER...GIVEN THE POTENTIAL FOR MORE HIGHER CLOUDINESS BLOWING OFF CONVECTION TO OUR SOUTH/SOUTHWEST AND THAT THESE VALUES WOULD BE ECLIPSING THE ALL TIME RECORDS FOR SO EARLY IN THE YEAR AM RELUCTANT TO GO ANY WARMER THAN LOW 80S. MUCH STRONGER WINDS TUESDAY AND A MORE OFFSHORE COMPONENT TO THE WINDS WEDNESDAY SHOULD RESULT IN MUCH LESS LAKE COOLING...IF ANY AT ALL. UNSEASONABLY HIGH DEWPOINTS WILL ALSO HELP ENSURE WE BREAK SEVERAL MORE RECORD WARM LOW TEMPERATURES OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS AS WELL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 lots of convection lurking in the western LOT CWA...should spew off enough clouds to keep us in the 70s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trent Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 http://johndee.com/alcam.htm Hmm. John Dee updated his snow depth this morning to 8". I always find it comical to watch snow depths in heat waves and melt mode. I suppose snow depth is by finding the deepest spot hidden in shade in the woods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 Mix of sun and clouds around here... Rain all staying well south... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 http://johndee.com/alcam.htm Hmm. John Dee updated his snow depth this morning to 8". I always find it comical to watch snow depths in heat waves and melt mode. I suppose snow depth is by finding the deepest spot hidden in shade in the woods. 8" my ass, I see 0" there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted March 19, 2012 Author Share Posted March 19, 2012 Thanks. Things still look iffy temp wise tomorrow. Some guidance has us up into the low 80's once again, while others have more clouds/storms and temps only reaching the 70's. It will be interesting to watch trends as the disturbance lifts northward out of the Arklatex. Fairly obvious that we won't make it into the 80's...or even near 80 today, given the amount of cloud cover and showers/storms moving in. The 70+ streak will continue though, as it was 71 at the 1AM OBS. Unless we see some breaks, that very well could end up being the high for the day. Tue-Thur still had 80 potential though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fickle Heights Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 Already 75 at KLAF at 11 a.m. That breaks the old record of 72 (1976), but records there only go back to the mid-1940s. We'll be battling clouds intermittently all day, so it should be fun to see how warm it gets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowMeHunter Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 8" my ass, I see 0" there No surprise to see 0" there. That area melts fast every spring and greens up way early because its a septic field. Last weekend there was about 3 feet of snow on the ground up there. And down to about 1' on his property in the woods this Sunday am he said.. Also said he wouldn't be surprised to see the snow pack down to 3 or 4" by sunset so reporting 8" this morning seems a little questionable but I don't know why he would strecth the depth - but than again I bet there isn't a snow weenie alive who hasn't stretched a snow situation at least once. Sunday am. Logging road and trail on Sunday just to his north by Lac La Belle snowmobile trail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 Picked up almost 2 tenths of rain from some noisy storms early this morning. Brought more thunder than rain. Always nice to hear though. Temps are really struggling with all the clouds. Way behind the pace of yesterday, but there are some breaks downstate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo6899 Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 Is it normal for it to be this warm when transitioning from la nina to el nino? Maybe the timing of the transition (winter) is making it more noticeable as its usually colder? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.