dmc76 Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 LOL good stuff...X-MAS music + Storm Chasing does not mix. Not even a little. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowMeHunter Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 open my front door and everybody has their xmas lights on....who would even think about turning them on tonight when it has no feel for the season. Hoping to see the blowup decorations take flight... I could never live down south. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 Topped out at 69 here, with a peak DP of 62. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magoos0728 Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 Circulation detected in McHenry County Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowMeHunter Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 getting a few ok gust.... I want to see an inflatable penguin try to fly but we're not there yet. Priming the ground with moisture though for the stakes in the ground to give away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowMeHunter Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE 627 PM CST MON DEC 03 2012 ..RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS SET AT MILWAUKEE WI A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 65 DEGREES WAS SET AT THE GENERAL MITCHELL INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN MILWAUKEE WI TODAY...DECEMBER 3RD 2012. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 64 SET IN 1998. That December sucked, but I think I've seen it mentioned once or twice on the forum that January of 99 was pretty good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brewers Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 Getting some light rain right now. Also its 66 currently which ties KRAC's all time record high temp for December. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowMeHunter Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 Today's record high makes it the 12 time we've tied or broken a record this yr. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chambana Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 Today's record high makes it the 12 time we've tied or broken a record this yr. Impressive! We broke our old record of 69 set in 1998, with a whopping 71! If this Christmas is an imitation of this thanksigving (63 degrees) I will be the biggest Scrooge ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wisconsinwx Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 You want a funny thought? We may well end up with rain in my locale in early December than we had all of June. If nothing else gets your goat than that, I don't know what to say. We're now in our second wave of heavy downpours tonight, after receiving a heavy downpour Saturday as well. It basically rained one day in June. What is this weather coming to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 Think we needed just a little more instability today to really get things going. Most of the towers that were going up got pushed over pretty quickly by the strong mid-level winds. Another 500-750j/kg of cape would have made this a pretty decent setup. I thought it was pretty good CAPE by December standards...I'm not sure how much more could reasonably be expected at these latitudes. I think the main forcing being farther north didn't help as far as a more organized severe threat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 Good one Wisconsin! So true though. Winds are gusting stronger as thunderstorms march towards the area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weathergy Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 DTX had this to say in their disco. AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 907 PM EST MON DEC 3 2012 .UPDATE... NEAR RECORD WARMTH CONTINUES TO STREAM INTO SE MICHIGAN TONIGHT AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT ON SCHEDULE TO MOVE THROUGH THE REGION OVERNIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. TEMPS REPORTED IN THE MID 60S AS FAR NORTH AS BENTON HARBOR AT PRESS TIME WILL GIVE LOCATIONS IN SE MICHIGAN A CHANCE TO BREAK RECORD HIGHS FOR TUESDAY SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE RECORD AT ALL 3 SITES IS 64 DEGREES SET IN 1941. WITH SUCH WARM AIR IN PLACE AHEAD OF A DECEMBER COLD FRONT, THERE IS ALWAYS CONCERN FOR CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL, OR AT LEAST REASON TO DIG DEEPER FOR A HANDLE ON EXPECTATIONS. AT THIS POINT, 700-500 MB LAPSE RATES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO ALLOW HEALTHY CONVECTION CAPABLE OF DIRECTING SOME HIGHER MOMENTUM AIR TO THE GROUND ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT, BUT MAINLY DURING A NARROW WINDOW OF TIME RIGHT ALONG THE FRONT WHEN COMBINED WITH THE KINEMATICS OF THE FRONT ITSELF. A STRAY 40 TO 50 MPH WIND GUST WILL BE POSSIBLE AND WILL BE MONITORED FOR DURING THE NIGHT. OTHERWISE, EXPECT THE BAND OF SHOWERS TO CONTINUE INCREASING IN COVERAGE AS FGEN FORCING STRENGTHENS POST FRONT SO THAT SHOWERS WILL LAST THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING, ESPECIALLY FOR THE SOUTH HALF OF THE AREA. THE FORECAST UPDATE WILL CONTINUE TO REFINE TEMPERATURE TRENDS WITH THE CATEGORICAL POP FORECAST ON TARGET. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 Moderate rain showers moving through. Temperature drop is starting. Nice to be getting some rain again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 64º/55º at 11:00pm at the LAF. Spring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormtrackertf Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 Up to 60°F this hour at DTW setting the high so far for the day. This isn't even as insane as the weather in Chicagoland, but still is ridiculous for this time of year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 64º/55º at 11:00pm at the LAF. Spring. I wore shorts this evening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 I wore shorts this evening. This will be the third night in a row I sleep with the windows open. I mean, come on... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 ...mid 50's tomorrow. Might need to wear a jacket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 I thought it was pretty good CAPE by December standards...I'm not sure how much more could reasonably be expected at these latitudes. I think the main forcing being farther north didn't help as far as a more organized severe threat. Yeah definitely not bad by Dec standards, but it was clear the updrafts were over-sheared relative to the intensity of the updrafts. Just goes to show why it's so hard to get severe this far north this time of year. Instability/lift and shear would have to mesh almost perfectly to get good severe coverage this far north at this time of the year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 64F here today is a new record... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 Down to 49/40 here. The warm/humid/stormy feeling conditions from this afternoon are a distant memory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormtrackertf Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 62°F at midnight at DTW, setting the official high for the day. The record for today, December 4th, is only 2 degrees away and 65°F would break it. Upstream temperatures (65°F Ypsilanti, 64°F Monroe) suggest we very well could break the record in the next couple of hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 nothing like a December cold front that drops you down into the mid 50s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 Down to mid 40s here this morning. Really dark and gloomy out this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 Down to mid 40s here this morning. Really dark and gloomy out this morning. tends to be dark before the sun comes up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestMichigan Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 GRR broke their record with 65° at 1:02 this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 tends to be dark before the sun comes up Lol, well it still seemed that way until about an hour ago! Bottom line I thought the sun would be out first thing in the morning. Still isn't... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 Looking over the 0z GEFS, cold dump into western/central Canada and then the Plains mid month, along with SE ridging really making for a Nina-like pattern. I'd imagine there may/will be some fluctuations in where the baroclinic zone sets up from system to system. But activity should be there...which is nice. If all goes as planned of course, but it seems the mets in the know on here like this scenario as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 What is it with DTW and these cheap high temps ? Ive seen this before. The high for 12/3 of 63F is set at 11:59pm, and the high of 63F on 12/4 is set at 12:00am The worst of the torch is over, and DTW set no record highs or record high mins. Side note about high mins. There are two Dec days that are just mindblowing....Dec 3, 1982 (High 68F, low 57F) and Dec 8, 1966 (high 66F, low 57F). A low in the upper 50s in Dec is just CRAZY. And btw, 1966 was overall a great December for winterlovers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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