A-L-E-K Posted April 27, 2013 Share Posted April 27, 2013 lake breeze just not packing the punch i had expected, great day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted April 27, 2013 Share Posted April 27, 2013 Top shelf day for sure. Lake breeze is just a tad cool near the lake, but still around 60 about 3-4 miles inland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted April 27, 2013 Share Posted April 27, 2013 Sitting at 71F..full sun and the wind is a lot less then yesterday, but still blowing pretty good in exposed places. I'm wondering if lack of leaf cover is allowing temps to do a little better? Grass has really greened up here. Everything really budding out this weekend. Saw my first bees yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted April 27, 2013 Share Posted April 27, 2013 DLL : the darker grass will definitely help the warming right near the surface. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brewers Posted April 27, 2013 Share Posted April 27, 2013 Another A+ day, 64 right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowMeHunter Posted April 27, 2013 Share Posted April 27, 2013 Back to back 60's for the 1st time since early Nov. Low 60's here is an A+ day for this spring for sure but, pretty ho hum for late April.. We get several 60's and 70's in March pretty regularly. True A+ is going to be early next week, especially Tuesday when we flirt with 80. DaddyLongLegs will be biking down to Riverside Park in his 1980's basketball shorts with, Baby Jr DLL in the old Classic Style Child Carrier Seat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowMeHunter Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 Little different than last spring and with a possible wet week ahead for some areas, could be way way behind last yr and normal planting dates. Corn Planted - Selected States[These 18 States planted 92% of the 2012 corn acreage]----------------------------------------------------------------- : Week ending : :-----------------------------------: State : April 21, : April 14, : April 21, : 2008-2012 : 2012 : 2013 : 2013 : Average ----------------------------------------------------------------- : percent : Colorado ........: 9 - - 8 Illinois ........: 56 1 1 24 Indiana .........: 43 - 1 16 Iowa ............: 8 - - 14 Kansas ..........: 30 3 5 20 Kentucky ........: 73 7 15 32 Michigan ........: 10 - - 7 Minnesota .......: 10 - - 11 Missouri ........: 48 8 13 29 Nebraska ........: 13 - - 8 North Carolina ..: 75 28 64 59 North Dakota ....: 7 - - 4 Ohio ............: 31 1 1 12 Pennsylvania ....: 14 1 2 8 South Dakota ....: 7 - - 4 Tennessee .......: 87 11 31 45 Texas ...........: 63 56 59 62 Wisconsin .......: 5 - - 4 : 18 States .......: 26 2 4 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 I biked the oldest kid to Riverside today...it was packed. The wind wasn't off the water (it was last night) so air temps were very nice (river water is in the 40Fs)... I'm out of shape! Legs were burning by the time we got back...getting to old. Lots of sun the past few days. This pale Wisconsin skin is showing some red. Yeah...planting is going to get pushed back even further with that storm next week...looks like ground zero should be omaha, but the whole state of Iowa looks to be cold/crappy. Should be right on the edge here... Should hit 80F here Tues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 Wow...Dakotas on fire this afternoon... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 Holy cow, Fargo up to the 70s today with the snow otg! ...or was otg. Any snow cover now must be mush. Yeah the Red River of the North is rising quick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowMeHunter Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 Fargo only averages like 4" of precip Jan-April. gross. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonger Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 Second coldest start to spring in US history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 63º in the LAF today. Still below normal, but pretty damn nice IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 Izzi with the stats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ink to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowMeHunter Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 Good stuff and that's tax payer money going to good use and hard work/investigating during this boring stretch.. Every office could use a, KTIM & IZZI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nwburbschaser Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 BowMe might have to get the baby powder out on Tuesday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowMeHunter Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 BowMe might have to get the baby powder out on Tuesday. I definitely will have it and the turbo fan on standby just in case.. no way I'm firing up the AC for one day when high temps are going back down in the 50's later in the week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 Sounds like we're going straight into summer Tuesday. Still 51° out. Frogs are croaking like mad outside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 Point has us at 82 Tue, which would be the warmest day of the year so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowMeHunter Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 Since 1998 in Milwaukee only 1998/1999/2008 have failed to reach 80 by May 1st. Saying high around 80 on tuesday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 Remember to protect your beer this summer! "Probably the most important thing a beer koozie does is not simply insulate the can, but keep condensation from forming on the outside of it," said Dale Durran, a UW professor of atmospheric sciences. He's co-author of results published in the April issue of Physics Today that give the exact warming for a range of plausible summer temperatures and humidity levels. For example, on the hottest, most humid day in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, condensation alone would warm a can from near-freezing temperature to 48 degrees Fahrenheit in just five minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 Quite a few clouds this morning. Had a little fog when I first got up. Hopefully still make 60 today! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 More rain in central Indiana last night and this morning. Updated rankings for Indianapolis. Oh so close for Indy to set the record for April. Wettest April rankings: 1) 8.60" in 1893 2) 8.55" in 1922 3) 8.51" in 2013 (thru 10:00am 4/28) 4) 8.09" in 1964 5) 7.98" in 2011 January through April total precipitation rankings: 1) 25.33" in 1950 2) 24.52" in 1890 3) 23.10" in 1904 4) 20.81" in 1882 5) 20.25" in 1913 6) 20.23" in 1876 7) 20.22" in 1893 8) 19.94" in 1880 9) 19.34" in 1964 10) 19.16" in 2011 11) 18.96" in 1961 12) 18.43" in 1922 13) 18.25" in 2013 (thru 10:00am 4/28) 14) 18.13" in 1874 15) 18.03" in 1898 16) 17.81" in 2005 17) 17.16" in 1873 18) 17.07" in 1939 19) 16.99" in 1927 20) 16.80" in 1975 Updated LAF 2013 precipitation totals and departures (thru 10:00am 4/28): April: 8.31" +4.99" Since March 1: 9.56" +3.57" Since January 1: 15.51" +5.90" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowtie` Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 Another 0.59 in the tippy bucket so far. The grass is so green it is turning yellow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 April is a lock to finish below normal at LAF, barring Chad and Hoosier getting to the thermometer with a blowtorch in the waning days. Overall, a cooler run here since last August relative to the 1981-10 normals...outside December and January. August 2012: 71.5º -1.7º September 2012: 62.6º -3.6º October 2012: 50.6º -3.7º November 2012: 39.7º -3.1º December 2012: 36.9º +6.5º January 2013: 27.8º +1.3º February 2013: 29.2º -1.3º March 2013: 33.5º -7.3º April 2013 (thru yesterday): 48.5º -2.9º April 2013 (projected final average): 49.9º -2.0º Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 63 already here. Should make 70 today, 70s tomorrow, and NWS point has us at 84 now for Tue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonger Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 Not bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidwestChaser Posted April 28, 2013 Author Share Posted April 28, 2013 It's nice hearing the birds chirping again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 Yeah it made 60°, about 63°. First dandelions are up in the lawn! Leaves are starting to push out on the Birch trees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 It's nice hearing the birds chirping again. they never stop in the city. Anyways, one of my favorite types of weather later this afternoon. Strong late April sun with temps into the low 60s but waves of super fine lake fog rolling in between the lakefront towers, just the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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