Hoosier Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 Well folks, the end times are here. Local met Chad Evans is calling for low to mid 30s by the end of the month. NWS is forecasting 36 tonight and 33 tomorrow night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonger Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 CFS2 says the first week of October is going to torch... http://origin.cpc.nc...0921.NAsfcT.gif Did Jeff Masters and Brett Anderson get hired by CPC? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonger Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 Total wash-out of an afternoon here in MI along I-94 I'm working in Walled Lake today, dry as a bone here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 NWS is forecasting 36 tonight and 33 tomorrow night. Chad is The Man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 Pretty awesome fall day out there! Mostly sunny, windy (maybe a touch too windy) and cool. Lake Michigan looked a bit stormy out farther. Water was a really nice color. Took this picture about 11:30am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeastFromTheEast Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 Chad is The Man. Is Chad kinda like the Jerry Taft of LAF? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beavis1729 Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 Alek and Tropical have the same climate it would seem. The UHI in downtown Chicago is ridiculous. Many mornings this past week were 34-38 in the far western/northern suburbs of Chicago, 41-44 at ORD...yet it stayed in the 50s downtown. There can be a 15+ degree difference on clear calm nights. It's pretty sad that we can influence our landscape so much where there can be such localized differences...but such is life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hm8 Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 new tune from the CPC ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trapperman Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 I think the 12z Euro has the right idea. We're going to have to go thru a couple more torches before things settle down... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 new tune from the CPC ... Looks reasonable. GEFS have been pretty steady in showing heights recovering across the east beyond D7. Not ruing this though. Warm/dry Octobers almost have a perfect correlation to snowy winters imby the last 15 years or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 Looks like some Indian Summer in October! 57° is about it for today I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 Really? This is the whole LOT AFD and they're not issuing any frost/freeze headlines? Horrible, just horrible. AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL 430 PM CDT SAT SEP 22 2012 DISCUSSION 430 PM CDT COOL AND DRY THE REST OF THE WEEKEND THEN MODERATING TEMPERATURES FIRST PART OF THE WORK WEEK...REACHING A BIT ABOVE NORMALS BY TUE. ANOTHER COLD FRONT MOVING S ACROSS THE LOCAL AREA LATER TUE AND TUE NIGHT BRINGS ANOTHER CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY SOME THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY FOR THE SOUTHERN 1/2 OF THE FA. THE THREAT OF SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS PERSISTS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE LOCAL FORECAST AREA ON WED AS THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY TEMPORARILY BECOMES STATIONARY JUST TO THE S. THE COLD FRONT PASSAGE ALSO BRINGS A BIT OF A COOL DOWN DROPPING TEMPERATURES BACK TO A FEW DEGREES BELOW NORMALS FOR WED AND THU...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE N 1/2 OF THE FA. TRS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtlehurricane Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 Looks like some Indian Summer in October! 57° is about it for today I think. We maxed out at 56, should decrease by the 6 pm ob I think. First night of freeze tracking is here! Local WRF has freezing temps by midnight in some valleys to the west of Madison. http://www.crh.noaa.gov/mkx/wrf/wrf4l.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 ORD had a high of only 59 today. This is the coolest and first sub-60 high temp since May 31st (54). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 I don't know why they don't issue a frost advisory for the lake shore counties. Flow is offshore and light at that. Currently 47°. Forecast is for upper 30s tonight, lol - it will probably be in the upper 30s by midnight! Edit: Already 42° at Kenosha at 8pm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 Quad Cities has upper 20s for us(hopefully a couple degrees warmer here in the city). Their new update says wind and temp are dropping off faster than expected, which isn't what I want to hear. I spent three hours this afternoon/evening covering everything I could in the garden, but I'll have to let a few plants get zapped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtlehurricane Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 48 °F at 9 pm, thought it would be colder at this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 Frost advisories expanded to Lake Michigan. Forecasted lows dropped ~5°. 46° at 9:30pm. @ Turtle, I noticed there are a few clouds out and about that need to dissipate yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wisconsinwx Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 Lol at Cook County getting a frost advisory before Milwaukee County does. They should've been left out, although issuing one for the rest of N Illinois makes sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 Clouds are just about cleared out here...could see clear skies to the west ... still holding at 48F on the bank tmeter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 57º for the high at LAF today...18º below the normal max temp of 75º for Sept 22. Coldest high since April 28. 42º/40º at 11:00pm. Awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hm8 Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 First cold shot of the season: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeastFromTheEast Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 Lol at Cook County getting a frost advisory before Milwaukee County does. They should've been left out, although issuing one for the rest of N Illinois makes sense. Cook County is a large county my friend.. Many of the N/NW suburbs will be seeing 30's tonight. Sure the city itself won't but like with any other headline even if part of a county gets it, the whole county will be highlighted. Milwaukee County otoh is much narrower compared to Cook county so even the furthest west parts of the county are really close to the lake and won't be seeing any 30's. For comparison's sake longitude wise, the furthest west areas of Cook County would be in the heart of Waukesha county in SE Wi.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnweather Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 Cook County is a large county my friend.. Many of the N/NW suburbs will be seeing 30's tonight. Sure the city itself won't but like with any other headline even if part of a county gets it, the whole county will be highlighted. Milwaukee County otoh is much narrower compared to Cook county and even the furthest west parts of the county are really close to the lake so they won't be seeing any 30's. You would think they would divide the county into zones if it is big and part of it is near water. Up here areas near Lake Superior are put in a separate zone than areas away from the lake and hence you have different headlines for different zones in the same county. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 57º for the high at LAF today...18º below the normal max temp of 75º for Sept 22. Coldest high since April 28. For comparison's sake, the high of 103º on July 7 at LAF was 18º above the normal max temp of 85º for that day. Funny how the fanfare, or lack of in one case, is different for both "achievements". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 You would think they would divide the county into zones if it is big and part of it is near water. Up here areas near Lake Superior are put in a separate zone than areas away from the lake and hence you have different headlines for different zones in the same county. I think most people near the Lake in Cook County know the drill (they'll stay warmer versus places inland). But for real though, I wonder how many people actually pay attention to frost/freeze advisories? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 You would think they would divide the county into zones if it is big and part of it is near water. Up here areas near Lake Superior are put in a separate zone than areas away from the lake and hence you have different headlines for different zones in the same county. That's a nice feature. They could split the lakeshore counties up around here too. Usually the effects from the lake only influence conditions within 10 miles - like LES, fog off the lake, and a frost headline like tonight. Cook County could be split up in a few different ways. The NW quarter, north of Du Page and west of the tollway could be one zone, the heart of the city another, and the southside another zone. Lake, Kenosha, Racine counties could be split down the middle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 Lol at Cook County getting a frost advisory before Milwaukee County does. They should've been left out, although issuing one for the rest of N Illinois makes sense. Usually the forecast products for Cook Co are based on the Chicago forecast, so it is surprising. Sure the city itself won't but like with any other headline even if part of a county gets it, the whole county will be highlighted. Many times this is not the case due to the aforementioned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 Already down to 40 here. Ended up warming up a bit more than expected this afternoon. After hovering in the 40s all morning with full sun the temp ended up spiking up to 59. Tomorrow night has a shot at being even colder than tonight here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 Usually the forecast products for Cook Co are based on the Chicago forecast, so it is surprising. Seems to be the case typically. Anyways, no worries for Alek. His bank clock thermometer will only bottom in the upper 40's tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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