Geos Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 Lake is keeping things in check here. 35.8° right now. Few high clouds about. Didn't notice any hoar frost, but I bet it was out there. Didn't stay up long enough for that. I've gotten some good pictures of hoar frost before on mountain ridges. Lol, LOT posted this yesterday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 I've got a buddy who is a grant writer...i should see if he can get me a grant to go study thongs on Miami Beach... Up to 40F here... heat wave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 Hit 40 today. Lost another inch or so. Can see the grass in some areas now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 Sunny cold morning gave way to sunny, mild day (41F). Still a solid covering areas that are fully shaded, but areas that receive sun were torched away to piles and patches today. When near the busier traffic areas, while still lots of big snowbanks around, lots of brown has returned as well. Hopefully it is extremely temporary. This mornings frost actually coated the snowpack with sparkle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TugHillMatt Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 Record snowfall of 50 inches this month and all it takes is 2 days of full sun and we already have some bare spots under some pine trees and heavily south-exposed hills... 90% of the area still has an average of 6 to 12" on the ground, but definitely getting thin in high sun areas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 Todays tracking snowcover fact. This morning was the 40th day this winter DTW recorded 1"+ snowdepth at 7am. This DOUBLES last winters paltry total of 20 days. It is only 7 days shy of the normal for the entire winter, but half of what we saw during the 2010-11 season (80 days). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAFF Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 Great day outside... Spent the whole day welding and fabbing up the new to me float trailer. Face feels burnt from the brilliant sunshine !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowMeHunter Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 mke and ugn torching under clouds and lake breeze. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 mke and ugn torching under clouds and lake breeze. The air temperature matches the lake temperature. About 33.5° here. Top of the snow is still frozen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 41F tops today down to 24F or so now... Could actually work outside without a jacket today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowMeHunter Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 The air temperature matches the lake temperature. About 33.5° here. Top of the snow is still frozen. got down to 32 and now 34 and 35 UGN.... still good full snow cover everywhere but 1 more day above freezing to endure but it should be pretty cloudy. low dews and low winds really helped minimize snow loss.. north facing lawns have barely lost any cover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 got down to 32 and now 34 and 35 UGN.... still good full snow cover everywhere but 1 more day above freezing to endure but it should be pretty cloudy. low dews and low winds really helped minimize snow loss.. north facing lawns have barely lost any cover. I got 2-4" in shaded spots. Clouds have thinned enough, so I can see the brighter stars. Temp ticked down a little. Dewpoint about 29°. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 Factoid of the day for FWA: 1963 - All time low temp -18° 1996 - Warmest Feb. temp 70° Quite a spread between record high and record low for the same day. I wonder if any other day of the year has an 88° spread or greater. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 Factoid of the day for FWA: 1963 - All time low temp -18° 1996 - Warmest Feb. temp 70° Quite a spread between record high and record low for the same day. I wonder if any other day of the year has an 88° spread or greater. Found a couple more for FWA. January 20: 68/-22 January 12: 64/-24 March 8: 79/-9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 Off to a better start with rainfall/precipitation at LAF, this year versus last year at this time. February 2013 to date: 2.26" +0.65" Year to date 2013: 5.93" +2.46" February 2012 to date: 0.95" -0.66" Year to date 2012: 3.26" -0.21" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 Last post in Feb 2013 discussion thread. Ready for March and the warmup that comes. Still 20" of snow on the ground and it isn't going anywhere fast. One thing I noticed here is that most all backyard birds leave completely for the Winter. They know the snow comes, gets deep, and stays and their food source is gone. They stayed year 'round in Indiana. Anyway, dreamin' of birds, warm breezes, puffy clouds, and flowers today! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 February total snow at MKE now at 22.8". Tied for 13th place on the snowiest February list, at the moment. 42.0" in 1974 38.7" in 1994 35.4" in 1898 34.0" in 1960 31.0" in 2008 29.6" in 2011 27.4" in 1924 27.1" in 1967 25.3" in 1908 23.8" in 1936 23.7" in 2007 22.9" in 1901 22.8" in 2013 (through 6:00am today) 22.8" in 1980 22.2" in 1962 21.1" in 1905 20.7" in 1988 20.6" in 1900 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonger Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 Last post in Feb 2013 discussion thread. Ready for March and the warmup that comes. Still 20" of snow on the ground and it isn't going anywhere fast. One thing I noticed here is that most all backyard birds leave completely for the Winter. They know the snow comes, gets deep, and stays and their food source is gone. They stayed year 'round in Indiana. Anyway, dreamin' of birds, warm breezes, puffy clouds, and flowers today! Mainly crows stay behind north of 45 degrees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonger Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 February total snow at MKE now at 22.8". Tied for 13th place on the snowiest February list, at the moment. 42.0" in 1974 38.7" in 1994 35.4" in 1898 34.0" in 1960 31.0" in 2008 29.6" in 2011 27.4" in 1924 27.1" in 1967 25.3" in 1908 23.8" in 1936 23.7" in 2007 22.9" in 1901 22.8" in 2013 (through 6:00am today) 22.8" in 1980 22.2" in 1962 21.1" in 1905 20.7" in 1988 20.6" in 1900 4 of the top 13 years were in the past decade. The 1940's and 1950's were terrible in the Midwest. Funny how many people strut around blabbing about how much snow we used to get compared to today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 4 of the top 13 years were in the past decade. The 1940's and 1950's were terrible in the Midwest. Funny how many people strut around blabbing about how much snow we used to get compared to today. Despite the overall disappointment of the storm, I believe DTW broke into the top 10 as well. Will post on it tomorrow. The 1940s/50s were indeed terrible. We can squabble over who had it better/worse, or who got a freak snowstorm or good winter or two in that timeframe, but the end result is the same. When I FIRST got access to all of Detroits daily data several years back, I spent more time analyzing the 1940s than any other decade (an almost morbid twist for a snowlover like myself), because it stuck out like an absolute sore thumb. The AVERAGE snowfall (27.6") that decade was over a foot BELOW the longterm average. I checked hourly obs, precip record, snow depth records, even local newspapers...and it all jived/matched perfectly. It was simply a terrible 10-30 year period for winters (locally centered on the 1940s). Then when Tim started to post all of his wonderful collections of snow data, you can clearly see that the dearth of snow was seen across the board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brewers Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 For MKE this snowstorm puts the 2012-2013 winter (DEC-FEB) into second place for wettest meteorological winter ever. MKE has 10.01" of liquid so far during this stretch. Top spot which was the winter of 1973-74 (10.51") looks out of reach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonger Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 For MKE this snowstorm puts the 2012-2013 winter (DEC-FEB) into second place for wettest meteorological winter ever. MKE has 10.01" of liquid so far during this stretch. Top spot which was the winter of 1973-74 (10.51") looks out of reach. Chances of the record low water levels in lake Michigan continuing should dwindle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 Chances of the record low water levels in lake Michigan continuing should dwindle. The all-time record was already broken in January. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 Official numbers aren't out yet, but this will likely be 6th or 7th snowiest February at YYZ. 1st was 30.2" in 2008. Downtown it's not even going to crack the top 40 but that includes all the nonsense from the 19th century. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 For MKE this snowstorm puts the 2012-2013 winter (DEC-FEB) into second place for wettest meteorological winter ever. MKE has 10.01" of liquid so far during this stretch. Top spot which was the winter of 1973-74 (10.51") looks out of reach. Wow. I'll have to add up and see what I got. I'm near 2.2" of water for the last 36+ hours. - if all the snow was 7:1. COD radar continue to show waves of snow showers moving across Lake Michigan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonger Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 Chances of the record low water levels in lake Michigan continuing should dwindle. The all-time record was already broken in January. I know.... But they should subside once the snow melts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 Official numbers aren't out yet, but this will likely be 6th or 7th snowiest February at YYZ. 1st was 30.2" in 2008. Downtown it's not even going to crack the top 40 but that includes all the nonsense from the 19th century. Better than I thought. 24.3" through 1 am is good for 4th all time for YYZ. Have a chance to crack the top three with these scraps of snow rotating through. Only need 0.6" more for 3rd spot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 Somehow picked up 0.5" late last night/overnight. Will probably melt off quickly. Up to a whopping 3.8" of snow IMBY for February. Smells like more rain here for next Monday-Tuesday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 A few February snow totals and historical monthly rankings. DBQ: 15.4" 9th snowiest on record DTW: 22.9" 8th snowiest on record MCI: 20.5" 2nd snowiest on record MKE: 25.7" 10th snowiest on record MKG: 53.2" snowiest on record MSN: 22.7" 4th snowiest on record ORD: 15.9" tied for 17th snowiest on record RFD: 21.6" 4th snowiest on record Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trent Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 With many places seeing accumulating snow without ever getting below freezing, it made me wonder what the most has fallen here. I looked at calendar days with lows at or above 33 and found 7 occurrences of 4" or more since 1948 at CLE. The most being 7.8" on december 2, 1974 where the high was 37 and low was 33. I'm curious what other cities records are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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