Geos Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 I Had not read the thread about the Twin Lakes Snow Cam melting, because I didn't care. But curiosity got the best of me and it's a good read for the entertainment value. BTW, I think Alek accused geos of being the tractor driver: geosmeasuringstick.jpg EDIT: The LAF looks to get hit with yet another round of storms soon. Tim and Ryan will need boats to get to work. Lol. Did not catch the title of that jpg earlier. Haven't been to the U.P. lately though! --- Down to 40° here with cloudy skies. Looks pretty dry for awhile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 Yeah its been pretty incredible up this way. And you were nearly at a loss for words in December with the record lack of snow. How the tide has turned. If we get a slow start next winter (hopefully not) Im sure we will hear the usual winter cancel posts, but if any year is a lesson for not speaking too soon, its this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 Yeah, it has been a strange spring for sure...and even though it has been relatively chilly here, the cold anomalies over the upper midwest are rare. You mentioned Fargo; I made a post in the C/W forum about how they will shatter the record for latest first 50-degree temp by several days at least...and records go back to 1881. And Grand Forks has not had a day above 40F since December 3 (it was exactly 40F on January 10). That is crazy...especially with a normal high in the mid-50s now. In addition to Duluth seeing record snow since Feb. 1, I believe Denver has too. I scanned Denvers data, and its not a record (at least yet) but certainly above normal. And your talking a city that is USED to often seeing more Fall and Spring snow rather than Winter snow. Denver has so far seen 68.2" of snow this season (with up to 5" more possible tomorrow). Normal for the entire season is 53.5". But of that 68.2" of snow, 51.2" has fallen since Feb 1st! Also, have to love that mile high climate. 68.2" of snow and only 37 days with 1"+ snowcover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 Detroit reorded its first 70*F+ temp of the season on 4/15/13 (intra-hour 70*F). First since October 25th, nearly 6 months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnweather Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 And you were nearly at a loss for words in December with the record lack of snow. How the tide has turned. If we get a slow start next winter (hopefully not) Im sure we will hear the usual winter cancel posts, but if any year is a lesson for not speaking too soon, its this one. No argument there. More snow on the ground now than I had on Christmas Day. Truly amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hm8 Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 Dtx p&c has me at 78 on Thursday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 One hell of a point and click for here at the moment... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 Dtx p&c has me at 78 on Thursday I'll tell you this, if that verifies things will go in a big way up here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 First 80º temp of the year at LAF tomorrow? MAV has 78º, MET has 76º...P&C for the airport is 77º. Amount of cloudiness will be the decider, otherwise all systems go. Good luck Hoosier! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchaumburgStormer Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 In cycloneland today for work, and the green out is well ahead of mby. Even seeing some small hints if green on some trees Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ottawa Blizzard Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 Looks like Toronto mights see its first 70 of the season tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidwestChaser Posted April 17, 2013 Author Share Posted April 17, 2013 thunder omgz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 First 80º temp of the year at LAF tomorrow? MAV has 78º, MET has 76º...P&C for the airport is 77º. Amount of cloudiness will be the decider, otherwise all systems go. Good luck Hoosier! I've got 38F and a strong COLD east wind... brrrrrrrrrrrrr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 In cycloneland today for work, and the green out is well ahead of mby. Even seeing some small hints if green on some trees Oh no you didn't! Green on trees? I still think it will be 10 days before we see that here..if even then...and that may just be lilacs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 we have the temps in the 40s with thunder thing on lock this spring Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 42° here now with darkening skies. Looks like a lot of lines of storms on tap for today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchaumburgStormer Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 Oh no you didn't! Green on trees? I still think it will be 10 days before we see that here..if even then...and that may just be lilacs. Hahaha yeah. Upon closer inspection the twinge of green i saw was a stand of trees with a liberal coating of green moss... Disregard.... Spring green out cancel... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 Hahaha yeah. Upon closer inspection the twinge of green i saw was a stand of trees with a liberal coating of green moss... Disregard.... Spring green out cancel... Hey - I have a tree like that as well. Especially looks green this morning with it being wet out. lol It's going to be the very end of the month before we see leaves of any size. - unless we get a torch to show up out of nowhere sometime soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 We jumped to 40F, but fell back to 38F... radar looks like the rain shoudn't last too long this afternoon..probably some dry hours later on....avg temp today is 60F... That means today thru Sat should avg -20F on high temps... niiiiice! I'm hoping for a little snow or sleet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 Friday looks nasty around here. Midnight high will likely screw things up but current forecast calls for an afternoon rebound to 50 which would probably be optimistic with full sun let alone clouds. With clouds and 850 mb temps around -5C, I think we are going to struggle to get above the low 40s during the daytime. Breezy too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 Yum...lets do it again: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 Yum...lets do it again: Not again! I take it that it's at least a mainly rain system?... I'm going to wish that west. Hopefully then I'll get into the warm sector for at least a full day! lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowMeHunter Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 37 on the truck thermo.. at least a dry evening and we'll get some of the swamp ass air to come in from the south tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 not looking forward to Friday at all! FRIDAY...BREEZY...COLDER...CLOUDY. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS ANDSNOW SHOWERS IN THE MORNING...THEN NUMEROUS RAIN SHOWERS AND SNOWSHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 40S. SOUTHWEST WINDS15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION70 PERCENT..FRIDAY NIGHT...BREEZY...COLDER. NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS.ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. LOWS IN THE MID 20S. WEST WINDS 15 TO25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHANCEOF SNOW 70 PERCENT..SATURDAY...PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOWSHOWERS. HIGHS IN THE MID 30S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowMeHunter Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 1 members, 6 guests, 0 anonymous users BowMeHunter, hello Hello, hello from ORD. how come so quiet since becoming a member? We don't bite but watch out for the couple of mall cop wannabe moderators. What are your weather interest? Are you a warminista that likes growing tropicals in the north - a snow weenie - severe weather destruction -? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 Today's forecast was one huge cluster****. First off, the forecast called for mostly cloudy skies, yet it was mostly sunny through 2-3 PM. Now, we have t'storms moving through, even though the forecast didn't call for much if any rain before 9 PM (let alone t'storms). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 Friday looks nasty around here. Midnight high will likely screw things up but current forecast calls for an afternoon rebound to 50 which would probably be optimistic with full sun let alone clouds. With clouds and 850 mb temps around -5C, I think we are going to struggle to get above the low 40s during the daytime. Breezy too. not looking forward to Friday at all! FRIDAY...BREEZY...COLDER...CLOUDY. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND SNOW SHOWERS IN THE MORNING...THEN NUMEROUS RAIN SHOWERS AND SNOW SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 40S. SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 70 PERCENT. .FRIDAY NIGHT...BREEZY...COLDER. NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS. ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. LOWS IN THE MID 20S. WEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF SNOW 70 PERCENT. .SATURDAY...PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS. HIGHS IN THE MID 30S. I understand snow up in the tundra of bo land, but down here in the tropics?! Friday Night A chance of rain showers before 9pm, then a slight chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 34. West wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 Wow, point and click looking bullish tonight... Tonight Showers and thunderstorms. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Temperature rising to around 60 by 4am. Southeast wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between 2 and 3 inches possible Only 44 right now, but temps may rise to 60 later tonight, and may come close to 70 tomorrow morning. Today was one of the stormiest days I've seen in a long time. Basically been thundering steadily since 5am at varying degrees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjwise Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 Wow, point and click looking bullish tonight... Tonight Showers and thunderstorms. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Temperature rising to around 60 by 4am. Southeast wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between 2 and 3 inches possible Only 44 right now, but temps may rise to 60 later tonight, and may come close to 70 tomorrow morning. Today was one of the stormiest days I've seen in a long time. Basically been thundering steadily since 5am at varying degrees. Sheesh, I didn't even know that point and click could spit out a 2-3 inch QPF range. I thought the top QPF category was just "more than 2 inches." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 Not lacking for excitement in the LAF with the amount of watches, warnings, and advisories currently in effect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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