michsnowfreak Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 April could go negative if sats high pans out. More impressive is that April will be colder than March. And though long forgotten, we had a few wintry days at the beginning of March, making it even more impressive. Climatologically speaking, April averages 12.1F warmer than March, making it the biggest month-to-month temp differential of the entire year, so impressive is an understatement. (the next closest are differences of just over 11F from Oct to Nov and again from Nov to Dec, of course in that case it is average temperatures being colder than the previous month). Since records began in 1871, just ONCE has Detroit had a warmer March than April, and literally by the slimmest of margins. That was in 1907, when March came out at 39.2F and April at 39.1F....that April stands today as the 2nd coldest April on record, which followed a mild March (as of today it misses the top 20 warmest Marches by 0.6F, but in 1907, it had placed at 8th warmest March, but then Detroits records only went back 37 years at the time). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpartyOn Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 Got a good laugh about the BUFKIT for the 18z NAM. Fail in a few ways. But needless to say if I was a snow weenie I would be doing kart wheels and loosing sleep tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 April being cooler than March is pretty much a guarantee here I would say. Average temp for March 48.71°, April 1-25: 45.77°. Δ 2.94° Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 Hmmm, talk about snow-weenie fodder for the Detroit folks, courtesy of the NAM. Too bad it's in a world of its own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 Hmmm, talk about snow-weenie fodder for the Detroit folks, courtesy of the NAM. Too bad it's in a world of its own. Just looked at the SREF ensembles plume data. Airports in southern MI are showing some snow accumulation! In fact up to 6" for Lansing! for 3z http://www.spc.noaa....x=&min=&SID=LAN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 The NAM looks like it's going to hold serve this run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 Temp still holding at 47. Have a long way to go to achieve frosty conditions, but we have a history of late night temp crashes this spring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 Down to 34° at 10:30pm. No wind at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 Thursday, April 26th: Hi: 56F Lo: 36F Overall Sky Conditions: Partly Cloudy Max Wind Gust: 30MPH Rainfall: 0.00" Snowfall: 0.0" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 I wonder if there might be a low end severe threat in the Ohio Valley on Saturday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 Post midnight temp crash has commenced here. Down to 41. 6 degree drop in less than 2hrs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 30.5 degrees on the ol' backyard weather station...brrrr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonger Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 27.5 in my backyard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpartyOn Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 Really thinking DTW might go negative this month for temps. The site is currently sitting at a +1.4. With Saturdays forecast high some -15 degrees below normal and insanely chilly low DTW could in fact go into negative territory. Amazing how just a couple chilly days will fook up and skew the books. Either way up till now its been a quasi, luke warm, normal and boring April. (wasn't bad at all!!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 Really thinking DTW might go negative this month for temps. The site is currently sitting at a +1.4. With Saturdays forecast high some -15 degrees below normal and insanely chilly low DTW could in fact go into negative territory. Amazing how just a couple chilly days will fook up and skew the books. Either way up till now its been a quasi, luke warm, normal and boring April. (wasn't bad at all!!) -15 for a departure will only take off 0.5. Now if the rest of the days end up -10 each, then it would end up at exactly even. I don't think this happens as the temps today and Sunday/Monday will be more in the -5 to -8 range. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 DTW for April through yesterday. 13 days with positive departures 13 days with negative departures 3 days with double-digit positive departures (+10, +10, +19) Skew the books? lol It'll finish, overall, as an essentially normal April but with more negative departure days than positive ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowMeHunter Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 DTW for April through yesterday. 13 days with positive departures 13 days with negative departures 3 days with double-digit positive departures (+10, +10, +19) Skew the books? lol It'll finish, overall, as an essentially normal April but with more negative departure days than positive ones. i laughed at the post also. Time to settle up on the bet. Let me know what you think the best payment method is and I'll get on it when we get back in to town on monday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 i laughed at the post also. Time to settle up on the bet. Let me know what you think the best payment method is and I'll get on it when we get back in to town on monday. I'll PM you sometime this weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 March will end up warmer then April here...sitting at exactly 50F for the month...March was 50.4F Next 3 days should avg out 50F or less... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gosaints Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 March will end up warmer then April here...sitting at exactly 50F for the month...March was 50.4F Next 3 days should avg out 50F or less... Tomorrow looking like a horrible day.......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 I know... Good day to clean the house or some other inside chore. Should run to Rochester soon and hit Trader Joes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gosaints Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 very dry air to contend with across wester wisconsin for tonights and tomorrows rain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 very dry air to contend with across wester wisconsin for tonights and tomorrows rain I think the NAM is overdoing it with the qpf. The dry northeasterly flow is going to eat at that leading edge of the precip tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gosaints Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 I think the NAM is overdoing it with the qpf. The dry northeasterly flow is going to eat at that leading edge of the precip tonight. I agree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gosaints Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 I agree The GGEM actually may have a pretty good handle on that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 The GGEM actually may have a pretty good handle on that. Yeah, that seems to be in line with my thinking too. Little bit south and a bit drier then the GFS & NAM. East wind today is brutal. 45° with wind chill in the upper 30s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gosaints Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 Yeah, that seems to be in line with my thinking too. Little bit south and a bit drier then the GFS & NAM. East wind today is brutal. 45° with wind chill in the upper 30s. Ya the HRRR at the end of its run doesnt look very impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 A couple days ago Friday was looking rainy with temps in the 40s. Instead, the storm has slowed and we're getting plenty of sun with temps in the 50s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 Will finalize on May 1st, but heres a few prelim numbers on the March vs April stats this year. We always hear the phrase "backwards spring" but never has it been more true than this year. Days with high temp of 60F+ Mar 2012: 18 Apr 2012: 14 Days with high temp of 70F+ Mar 2012: 12 Apr 2012: 4 Days with high temp of 80F+ Mar 2012: 3 Apr 2012: 0 (first Apr since 2000 without an 80F) Days with low temp of 50F+ Mar 2012: 8 Apr 2012: 1 Days with low temp of 45F+ Mar 2012: 14 Apr 2012: 4 Days with low temp of 40F+ Mar 2012: 15 Apr 2012: 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hm8 Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 DTX has a few tenths of an inch of snowfall accumulation in the forecast for the southeastern area. I know it won't amount to anything more then a few flakes resting on top of the grass and elevated areas, but still, that's obviously pretty unusual for the end of April. Especially when we could be looking at upper 70s and thunderstorms later on in the week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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