daddylonglegs Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 La Crosse will easily beat 1878 for warmest march ever.... Today blew bananas...hit 48F...saw the sun like twice... then clouds. blah...if its going to be cold, at least a little sun..but then again, then it would probably be 20F tonite...so clouds may not be bad after all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 There is some real nice streaky lightning looking nw from my house. It appears I will get clipped by this cell while some hail falls in far north Cedar Rapids. Update: Everything going around me. Quarter size hail just north. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 Cell north of Tipton is over 40kft now with a decent hail core. These things are slowly heading my way. Plan on heading out to snap some lightning in a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundersnow12 Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 lead cell probably with some serious hail, 70dBZ to 28kft with a nice TBSS aloft. level 2 analyst marker has it at 3.25" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indystorm Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 Some nice hail cores starting to form on those elevated cells in eastern IA. Hope you get some good lightning shots as warm fronts can be prolific night time lightning producers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 Looks like these storm will trek into the NE section of the Quad Cities metro. The NAM guidance fired the storm way too far north and east. Actually it looks like a direct hit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtlehurricane Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 Looks like these storm will trek into the NE section of the Quad Cities metro. The NAM guidance fired the storm way too far north and east. I wonder how far north they'll fire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indystorm Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 RUC seems to have a more accurate current handle on precip placement with storms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 I wonder how far north they'll fire. This is what the 0z came out with. RUC: This area is not right for thunderstorms tonight. Probably just some rain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indystorm Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 0955 PM HAIL CLARENCE 41.89N 91.06W 03/31/2012 E1.75 INCH CEDAR IA PUBLIC UP TO GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL. TIME ESTIMATED. HAIL LASTED FOR 5 TO 7 MINUTES. RELAYED BY TRAINED SPOTTER Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtlehurricane Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 0955 PM HAIL CLARENCE 41.89N 91.06W 03/31/2012 E1.75 INCH CEDAR IA PUBLIC UP TO GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL. TIME ESTIMATED. HAIL LASTED FOR 5 TO 7 MINUTES. RELAYED BY TRAINED SPOTTER Ouch, I feel bad for anyone that gets hit with these cells. Kinda worried about another pocket of storms initiating WNW of Madison like the HRRR shows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 A narrow corridor of 2"+ rains approaching north side of DVN. ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM CDT FOR EASTERN ROCK ISLAND...SOUTHWESTERN CLINTON...NORTHEASTERN CEDAR AND SCOTT COUNTIES... AT 1033 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY NEAR DONAHUE...OR 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF DAVENPORT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN WHEATLAND AT 1033 PM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 Was able to recover to 57 late in the day, which is exactly average. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 Got a few decent bolts. Most of them were hidden inside the rain. Heard some coyotes in the distance which made it a bit eerie lol. As for the storms, we're pretty much getting bypassed here. Pretty much just sprinkles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 Sweet pictures Cyclone! What a way to close out the month! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 Sweet pictures Cyclone! What a way to close out the month! Thanks! Some other buddies from around the area got a lot better photos than I did though with much better cameras. I need to upgrade to DSLR for this kind of stuff. I recently bought a new HD vid camera though, so it's gonna be awhile till I get a new still camera. Here's the March table of info from my weather station... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 March ended at 50.7 for the month at DTW which would be 13.5 above the monthly normal for March. This is also the largest departure for any month on record for DTW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 March ended at 50.7 for the month at DTW which would be 13.5 above the monthly normal for March. This is also the largest departure for any month on record for DTW. FWA ended +14.2. Amazing March weather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 March ended at 50.7 for the month at DTW which would be 13.5 above the monthly normal for March. This is also the largest departure for any month on record for DTW. And yet only 22 of the 31 days were above normal. As I said, speaks volumes for the torch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 Got a few decent bolts. Most of them were hidden inside the rain. Heard some coyotes in the distance which made it a bit eerie lol. As for the storms, we're pretty much getting bypassed here. Pretty much just sprinkles. Very nice!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 A couple other fun facts about this past March for Indianapolis. The March average temperature of 56.6 would be good for the 17th warmest April of all time. Records go back to 1871. There's been four Mays that have been cooler (1917, 1924, 1945, and 1961). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 Daily and monthly data for the March opposites at Indianapolis, 1960 and 2012...the coldest and warmest on record. Daily records tied or broken highlighted in blue and red. For 1960, some have been broken since then, but were records at the time. The range between the lowest and highest max temps in 1960 was 63 degrees (13 vs 76) The range between the lowest and highest max temps in 2012 was 46 degrees (38 vs 84) The range between the lowest and highest min temps in 1960 was 61 degrees (-6 vs 55) The range between the lowest and highest min temps in 2012 was 39 degrees (25 vs 64) The range between the lowest and highest temp in 1960 was 82 degrees (-6 vs 76) The range between the lowest and highest temp in 2012 was 59 degrees (25 vs 84) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tropical Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 Here is my weather data for March. Monthly Climatological Summary for Mar 2012 Name: KWISAUKV3 City: Saukville State: WI Elevation: 800 ft Lat: N 43° 22' 04" Lon: W 087° 56' 50" Temperature (°F), Rain (in), Wind Speed (mph) Heat Cool Avg Mean Deg Deg Wind Dom Day Temp High Time Low Time Days Days Rain Speed High Time Dir ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 34.5 37.3 7:01p 32.5 12:39a 30.5 0.0 0.08 2.0 14.0 12:14a WNW 2 34.1 37.5 11:42a 31.9 8:26p 30.9 0.0 0.01 1.8 21.0 12:16p NE 3 28.7 32.5 12:00a 25.1 10:44p 36.3 0.0 0.00 3.1 26.0 1:53p WNW 4 23.5 29.1 11:43a 15.9 11:14p 41.1 0.0 0.00 1.1 8.0 2:06a NNE 5 23.3 33.6 2:20p 8.5 6:13a 41.7 0.0 0.02 1.6 13.0 4:21p SW 6 46.6 63.3 4:37p 29.4 12:43a 18.4 0.0 0.14 5.0 25.0 1:56p SSW 7 58.8 65.5 1:33p 47.7 11:59p 6.2 0.0 0.23 7.8 37.0 6:39p SW 8 37.1 47.7 12:00a 32.6 11:18p 27.9 0.0 0.16 6.9 29.0 11:59p WNW 9 28.5 34.8 3:40p 23.5 6:31a 36.5 0.0 0.00 4.5 34.0 12:00a NW 10 44.7 60.0 3:59p 28.6 12:00a 20.3 0.0 0.00 5.8 35.0 12:18p SW 11 52.9 67.7 3:07p 44.9 7:40a 11.7 0.1 0.00 3.7 18.0 1:24a SW 12 49.8 57.8 3:57p 42.6 6:07a 15.2 0.0 0.64 2.8 19.0 4:06p SSW 13 52.9 64.2 4:54p 41.6 11:00p 12.1 0.0 0.00 3.3 17.0 3:54a W 14 61.7 79.0 3:06p 39.1 7:29a 8.0 4.8 0.00 2.6 20.0 4:07p SW 15 56.9 64.3 9:34a 46.8 9:55p 8.1 0.0 0.00 1.1 12.0 10:06a NE 16 49.5 58.9 2:18p 42.7 7:15a 15.5 0.0 0.00 0.9 7.0 2:49p ESE 17 64.0 74.9 1:22p 46.1 12:50a 2.8 1.9 0.00 3.3 17.0 4:36p S 18 64.2 77.9 12:53p 56.5 7:25a 2.5 1.7 0.00 3.2 18.0 5:26p SSE 19 59.6 74.0 12:26p 48.4 4:54a 6.7 1.3 0.00 1.8 17.0 5:15p S 20 60.8 76.8 3:29p 47.5 7:14a 6.1 2.0 0.00 2.6 15.0 12:12p SE 21 66.4 83.3 12:22p 51.8 4:57a 3.4 4.9 0.00 2.1 14.0 2:31p SSE 22 60.4 67.9 1:05p 51.0 10:13p 4.7 0.1 0.21 0.9 17.0 11:04p E 23 53.7 56.4 12:57p 51.0 6:25a 11.3 0.0 0.95 0.4 12.0 7:16p NE 24 52.7 58.6 2:37p 46.3 6:29a 12.3 0.0 0.01 1.1 8.0 4:08p N 25 49.7 60.3 9:40a 36.1 11:54p 15.3 0.0 0.00 2.5 21.0 9:01p NE 26 36.3 41.3 4:09p 32.5 7:07a 28.7 0.0 0.00 3.5 22.0 1:55a ENE 27 51.0 71.0 5:00p 37.8 12:00a 15.2 1.3 0.00 7.2 29.0 7:53a SSE 28 52.9 66.9 12:00a 38.7 11:59p 12.2 0.0 0.00 5.9 28.0 4:05a WNW 29 37.8 41.4 9:04a 34.0 4:28a 27.2 0.0 0.00 1.8 15.0 11:59a ENE 30 37.1 38.9 1:17a 35.3 12:00a 27.9 0.0 0.78 2.2 14.0 1:40a E 31 37.5 40.0 7:43a 36.5 1:56a 27.5 0.0 0.00 1.8 11.0 5:28p SE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 47.3 83.3 21 8.5 5 564.2 18.1 3.23 3.0 37.0 7 SW Max >= 90.0: 0 Max <= 32.0: 1 Min <= 32.0: 7 Min <= 0.0: 0 Max Rain: 0.95 on day 23 Days of Rain: 11 (> 0.01 in) 7 (> 0.10 in) 0 (> 1.00 in) Heat Base: 65.0 Cool Base: 65.0 Method: Integration Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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