snowstormcanuck Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 SHSN dropped a fresh 0.8" today. Might be the last solid snowcover of the season. Might be the last snowcover I see in Toronto for a long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 DTW hit 86F and MBS hit 87F, but I dont think anyone hit 90F. At least not officially. Maybe Buckeye was exaggerating a tad for good measure . Hell, Detroits earliest 90F on record is May 5, 1895. Regarding the current state of the cold weather, unlike most, I don't mind the cold, boring weather. Because when its so unseasonably cold so late in the season, you have a CHANCE for a nice snowstorm, a better chance than if it was mild. That said, if it stays cold and doesnt produce anything other than the 2" snow last Saturday (and hours on end of flakes that have amounted to a trace the last 3 days here) it will be a disappointment. We had a great Feb here, and we did way better in Dec/Jan than most...so it would not be surprising if we get the shaft in march when most surrounding areas N, S, W do better (sitting at just 2.8" imby in Mar). Ma Nature likes to even things out. Still have a ways to go before Im close to writing off this next storm though. GO GGEM lol. You had made a comment about the green grass the other day. I took a pic to show the difference between this year and last year. Last year was crazy. It would have been better if there was snowcover (we have a slight T of snow on the ground but only in shaded areas, which the front yard is not) but you can see the difference in the grass alone. Nice contrast and compare! I will have piles and maybe even snow cover straight through Easter. Only 30° for a high today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ottawa Blizzard Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 People around here are starting to lose their minds with this cold March. Of course most of them are idiots that think last March was normal. This. It's starting to get annoying constantly hearing people on the local news compare this March to last March. As I said in an earlier post, what we're experiencing this year in Ontario is a seasonal March. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonger Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 This. It's starting to get annoying constantly hearing people on the local news compare this March to last March. As I said in an earlier post, what we're experiencing this year in Ontario is a seasonal March. The farther east you go, the more true that is. I'm going to be at -4 on the month and some areas to the west are at -10 or greater... That's not seasonal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 This. It's starting to get annoying constantly hearing people on the local news compare this March to last March. As I said in an earlier post, what we're experiencing this year in Ontario is a seasonal March. Farnell is off his rocker with the comparison stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frostfern Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Phil Wanted Poster.jpg I wonder if the CPC factored that into their spring outlook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ottawa Blizzard Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Farnell is off his rocker with the comparison stuff. Also CTV News. They're running a story this evening about an eccentric Granny trying to make the best of a "seemingly endless winter". Whatever happened to the legendary Canadian resilience to the cold? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ottawa Blizzard Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 The farther east you go, the more true that is. I'm going to be at -4 on the month and some areas to the west are at -10 or greater... That's not seasonal. That's true. Quebec and labrador are actually above average. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frostfern Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 I think GRR might win for the biggest temp difference between this year and last. 3/21/2012: low 61, high 87 3/21/2013: low 11, high 30 57 degrees cooler for the high, 50 for the low. I'm guessing Traverse City might have even bigger differences for this date (further north = colder now + downsloping = warmer last march). I don't know where to get the official numbers though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 I think GRR might win for the biggest temp difference between this year and last. 3/21/2012: low 61, high 87 3/21/2013: low 11, high 30 57 degrees cooler for the high, 50 for the low. I'm guessing Traverse City might have even bigger differences for this date (further north = colder now + downsloping = warmer last march). I don't know where to get the official numbers though. According to wunderground, Traverse City was 87°/62° on this date last year and today was 29°/21°. So far here this month it's been -6.8°. This time last year it was like +14°! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frostfern Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 According to wunderground, Traverse City was 87°/62° on this date last year and today was 29°/21°. So far here this month it's been -6.8°. This time last year it was like +14°! TC is often a warm spot with a strong southerly wind. 87 is impressive heat for that latitude in March. I forgot that they aren't as cold as GRR overnight with a NW flow off the lake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 SHSN dropped a fresh 0.8" today. Might be the last solid snowcover of the season. Might be the last snowcover I see in Toronto for a long time. IMG_1299.JPG Are you moving? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Missed it falling, but had a heavy snow shower this evening that made the streets absolute glass. Complete sheet of ice. About 5 miles to my west just a trace, not even a mile to my north just 0.1", but here we had 0.3" of snow. Must have been convective because while its powdery I see snow pellets mixed in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hm8 Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Just endless -SN showers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Are you moving? Good chance I'll be in Edmonton, Alberta next winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Phil Wanted Poster.jpg They found Phil. Stress got to the poor guy. Another day stuck in the 30's here. At least we should see some sunshine. People talk about the the late March sun's effect, I didn't seem to notice yesterday. Hopefully, with less wind today, it will feel warmer than 38. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Another day stuck in the 30's here. At least we should see some sunshine. People talk about the the late March sun's effect, I didn't seem to notice yesterday. Hopefully, with less wind today, it will feel warmer than 38. Agreed. The last two days, the sun's effect has been unnoticeable to me. Real deal cold for late March. 15º the low at LAF this morning, ho hum. Saturday will feel like a torch, though still statistically below normal. FWA is now 20.4º colder than last March through yesterday. IND is 21.2º, LAF is 23.6º, and SBN is 22.4º. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 I think GRR might win for the biggest temp difference between this year and last. 3/21/2012: low 61, high 87 3/21/2013: low 11, high 30 57 degrees cooler for the high, 50 for the low. I'm guessing Traverse City might have even bigger differences for this date (further north = colder now + downsloping = warmer last march). I don't know where to get the official numbers though. ORD was 60 degrees colder on their high temp on March 20. 85º in 2012, 25º this year. 49 degrees difference with the min temp on that date, 63º vs 14º. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 I posted this in the main forum. I think it's kinda cool...no pun intended. A little update/tidbit. March 1-21 average high temperature difference between 2012 and 2013, for some locations in the Midwest. Chicago IL: -27.7º 2012: 64.0º 2013: 36.3º Des Moines IA: -26.0º 2012: 64.4º 2013: 38.4º Indianapolis IN: -25.3º 2012: 66.5º 2013: 41.2º La Crosse WI: -27.5º 2012: 59.4º 2013: 31.9º Marquette MI: -24.3º 2012: 50.6º 2013: 26.3º Milwaukee WI: -26.3º 2012: 59.1º 2013: 32.8º Minneapolis MN: -25.2º 2012: 56.3º 2013: 31.1º Moline IL: -27.3º 2012: 63.2º 2013: 35.9º St. Louis MO: -22.1º 2012: 70.4º 2013: 48.3º BTW, Marquette MI reporting a 40" snow depth yesterday. Last year on March 21st, it was zero. 44.5" of snow in March so far, which is +18.7" to date for the month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Good chance I'll be in Edmonton, Alberta next winter. Wow. If I had to venture a guess..Id say similar if not slightly less snowfall than Toronto but way better (as in winter-long) snowcover? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frostfern Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 ORD was 60 degrees colder on their high temp on March 20. 85º in 2012, 25º this year. 49 degrees difference with the min temp on that date, 63º vs 14º. Looks like ORD wins the 20th then. GRR has 83 vs 26 for the high on the 20th, 57 degree difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Looks like ORD wins the 20th then. GRR has 83 vs 26 for the high on the 20th, 57 degree difference. MKE actually wins, with respect to high temps on the 20th...83º vs 21º. Kinda nuts...62º difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 The heavy snow squall that hit me last night giving 0.3" missed DTW, thus officially just a T of snow on the day so I have now pulled exactly even at 47.2" on the season. The past several days are the definition of "mood flakes". It has been snowing off and on (and not just flurries) but not accumulating other than a few skiffs at a time (just a T worth) until the heavy squall last night. I decided to count how many hours DTW has seen snow fly since Mar 19th with no accumulation. I only counted when snow was reported at the top of the hour. After a 2-inch snowfall March 16th, we saw snow, sleet, and rain on the 18th, so i decided to start counting the hours on the 19th once the cold air wrapped back in (after our "mild" day on the 18th when the high was only 10 degrees below normal). Mar 19- 10 hours Mar 20- 8 hours Mar 21- 12 hours Mar 22- 4 hours 34 hours of snow falling, visibilities between 2-9 miles, temps in the 20s to low 30s, and just a T total accumulation. And you people want to talk about stat-padding? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 5F this morning, but it was short lived... Could be the end of single digit temps? Looks like we might get a slow melt over the next week to 10 days.... Don't have a ton of snow on the ground, but what is there is very dense, holds a lot of water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ottawa Blizzard Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Good chance I'll be in Edmonton, Alberta next winter. Moving there for school? To be with the girl of your dreams? I guess you'll be posting in the western subforum next year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Wow. If I had to venture a guess..Id say similar if not slightly less snowfall than Toronto but way better (as in winter-long) snowcover? Bingo. Much, much, colder too. Which I'm not looking forward to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Moving there for school? To be with the girl of your dreams? I guess you'll be posting in the western subforum next year? School. I have no idea where I'll be posting, if I'm posting here at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmc76 Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Bingo. Much, much, colder too. Which I'm not looking forward to. Winter almost always starts in late October. Frequent 2-4 inch events and they have long periods of Nothing though that is the part that I would personally hate. Just very cold like -30f sometimes. lots of Sun and but very dry. Snow cover just stays around forever which is a huge positive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 School. I have no idea where I'll be posting, if I'm posting here at all. hopefully you post here it would be cool to see a weather weenie from that area tell us of the weather conditions and stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ottawa Blizzard Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Bingo. Much, much, colder too. Which I'm not looking forward to. Winters out in Alberta have been milder of late. They tend to get really cold in late October and November, then get warm for the heart of the winter season. Very odd climate out there. School. I have no idea where I'll be posting, if I'm posting here at all. Law school? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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