Hoosier Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 You should delete your bookmark to the WLFI weather blog. Funny you mention it. Yesterday was the first time I had been there in a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 Cloudy all day and kind of cool. The high of 60 occurred at midnight. Spent most of the day in the 50s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brewers Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 MKE only had a high of 43 degrees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beavis1729 Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 MKE only had a high of 43 degrees. Yep...and 47 at ORD. Normals are 63 and 68, respectively. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 .beautiful day up here...turned sunny at about 11am and been blue skies all day...temp was fine for me...took a long bike ride this evening. GFS keeps coming in colder with the cold shot..has -7C 850s now...yikes...hoping for winds Hit 65F... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hm8 Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 So much for that rain...maybe like 2 raindrops all day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 Only about 45° here today. 0.38" of rain total for this system. Up to 17.35" year to date. Hopefully the sun will make an appearance tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 Today will be the first below normal day of the month. High today was 62 ( normal is 69 ) at 10am and then fell into the 40s by 1pm and has continued to drop ( slower ) since then. Currently as of 9pm it was 44 which is the normal low for this date. Have racked up a +10.5 departure ( 65.5 ) for the month so far. Should take a nice beating the next couple of days, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 Full out blowtorch at LAF for the first nine days of May: 62.8º +4.4º Cooler weekend will be a nice brief reprieve, then back to Summer next week. Has been worse here. See last post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 Wow, talk about a Pneumonia front. Metro Airport dropped from 76*F at 3PM this afternoon to 46*F through the evening hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 Wow, Taft has 88° for Chicago next Wednesday! Going to go from March temperatures straight to summer in 4 or 5 days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 Wow, Taft has 88° for Chicago next Wednesday! Going to go from March temperatures straight to summer in 4 or 5 days. Yeah we have a good shot at frost and freeze conditions early sun and mon, and may tag 90 on tue or wed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wisconsinwx Posted May 11, 2013 Author Share Posted May 11, 2013 Today will be the first below normal day of the month. High today was 62 ( normal is 69 ) at 10am and then fell into the 40s by 1pm and has continued to drop ( slower ) since then. Currently as of 9pm it was 44 which is the normal low for this date. Have racked up a +10.5 departure ( 65.5 ) for the month so far. Should take a nice beating the next couple of days, Wow, impressive, we're barely above normal here, so a 10F difference in terms of departure from average. I know you have had mostly pleasant sunny days there with highs in the 70s (occasionally in the 50s or 60s), whereas we have had some cloudy and rainy days, but still I didn't think the departure would be that much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 Wow, impressive, we're barely above normal here, so a 10F difference in terms of departure from average. I know you have had mostly pleasant sunny days there with highs in the 70s (occasionally in the 50s or 60s), whereas we have had some cloudy and rainy days, but still I didn't think the departure would be that much. Here is the first 9 days of the month. XUS53 KGRR 101017 CF6BTL PRELIMINARY LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA (WS FORM: F-6) STATION: BATTLE CREEK MI MONTH: MAY YEAR: 2013 LATITUDE: 42 17 N LONGITUDE: 85 14 W TEMPERATURE IN F: :PCPN: SNOW: WIND :SUNSHINE: SKY :PK WND ================================================================================ 1 2 3 4 5 6A 6B 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 12Z AVG MX 2MIN DY MAX MIN AVG DEP HDD CDD WTR SNW DPTH SPD SPD DIR MIN PSBL S-S WX SPD DR ================================================================================ 1 82 58 70 16 0 5 0.00 M M 7.6 18 170 M M 0 25 150 2 80 60 70 16 0 5 0.00 M M 7.6 16 160 M M 1 21 170 3 78 59 69 15 0 4 0.00 M M 9.8 21 170 M M 3 28 120 4 73 59 66 11 0 1 0.00 M M 9.5 17 110 M M 0 24 100 5 74 54 64 9 1 0 0.00 M M 7.9 17 110 M M 0 24 110 6 75 47 61 6 4 0 0.00 M M 5.8 12 70 M M 0 15 70 7 75 48 62 6 3 0 0.00 M M 3.9 14 140 M M 2 20 140 8 78 50 64 8 1 0 0.00 M M 2.6 14 260 M M 2 16 260 9 78 51 65 9 0 0 0.19 M M 3.5 23 270 M M 3 1 28 270 ================================================================================ SM 693 486 9 15 0.19 M 58.2 M 11 ================================================================================ AV 77.0 54.0 6.5 FASTST M M 1 MAX(MPH) MISC ----> # 23 270 # 28 120 ================================================================================ NOTES: # LAST OF SEVERAL OCCURRENCES COLUMN 17 PEAK WIND IN M.P.H. PRELIMINARY LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA (WS FORM: F-6) , PAGE 2 STATION: BATTLE CREEK MI MONTH: MAY YEAR: 2013 LATITUDE: 42 17 N LONGITUDE: 85 14 W [TEMPERATURE DATA] [PRECIPITATION DATA] SYMBOLS USED IN COLUMN 16 AVERAGE MONTHLY: 65.5 TOTAL FOR MONTH: 0.19 1 = FOG OR MIST DPTR FM NORMAL: 10.5 DPTR FM NORMAL: -0.83 2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY HIGHEST: 82 ON 1 GRTST 24HR 0.74 ON 30- 1 TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS LOWEST: 47 ON 6 3 = THUNDER SNOW, ICE PELLETS, HAIL 4 = ICE PELLETS TOTAL MONTH: M 5 = HAIL GRTST 24HR M ON M 6 = FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE GRTST DEPTH: M ON M 7 = DUSTSTORM OR SANDSTORM: VSBY 1/2 MILE OR LESS 8 = SMOKE OR HAZE [NO. OF DAYS WITH] [WEATHER - DAYS WITH] 9 = BLOWING SNOW X = TORNADO MAX 32 OR BELOW: 0 0.01 INCH OR MORE: 1 MAX 90 OR ABOVE: 0 0.10 INCH OR MORE: 1 MIN 32 OR BELOW: 0 0.50 INCH OR MORE: 0 MIN 0 OR BELOW: 0 1.00 INCH OR MORE: 0 [HDD (BASE 65) ] TOTAL THIS MO. 9 CLEAR (SCALE 0-3) 9 DPTR FM NORMAL -87 PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7) 0 TOTAL FM JUL 1 6236 CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10) 0 DPTR FM NORMAL -249 [CDD (BASE 65) ] TOTAL THIS MO. 15 DPTR FM NORMAL 12 [PRESSURE DATA] TOTAL FM JAN 1 15 HIGHEST SLP M ON M DPTR FM NORMAL 5 LOWEST SLP 29.88 ON 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 Has been worse here. See last post. Yeah, I guess you "win". A pleasant 46º here at 9:00 am this morning, according to this guy. Temps should top out in the low 60's here today, maybe. Gonna enjoy the next couple of days before the heat kicks back in on Tuesday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 Hurricane winds came in very early this morning...here junk flying around in the yard and knew it had arrived...trees are just blowing all over this morning...looks nice out there, but it isn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpartyOn Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 Yeah, I guess you "win". A pleasant 46º here at 9:00 am this morning, according to this guy. Temps should top out in the low 60's here today, maybe. Gonna enjoy the next couple of days before the heat kicks back in on Tuesday. Lol "heat" What are you made of ice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wisconsinwx Posted May 11, 2013 Author Share Posted May 11, 2013 This secondary cold front that is moving through has dropped temps in the NW parts of the MKX CWA back into the low to mid 40s after hitting the 50s earlier this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 Lol "heat" What are you made of ice? Lol. Maybe he is! --- Made it into the 50s a bit, but now the gusty cold front just went through. Sun is trying to come out though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brewers Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 Cold front just rolled through. the airport had a 38mph wind gust. MKE gusted to 41mph and now down to 47. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 Clouds have built up very quickly this afternoon... just peeks of sun now and then now...still hurricane winds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wisconsinwx Posted May 11, 2013 Author Share Posted May 11, 2013 Lol "heat" What are you made of ice? Some people just prefer to layer on than take off everything because it is too sticky and hot. I'm one of those as well. Much easier to prepare for 40s and 50s, even though it can be boring, than the swampy heat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 I don't think my disdain for hot temps/heat is a secret. Regardless, mid to upper 80's on May 14 is "heat" in my playbook, considering normal in mid May for here is still low to mid 70's. But, it is what it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnweather Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 Just had a brief but rather intense sleet shower move through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frostfern Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 It looks like the pattern will get stormier with the warmth in the medium range. Especially next weekend and just beyond. Finally. Been a boring stretch forever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 Not only is it snowing, it's sticking too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 Wow, impressive, we're barely above normal here, so a 10F difference in terms of departure from average. I know you have had mostly pleasant sunny days there with highs in the 70s (occasionally in the 50s or 60s), whereas we have had some cloudy and rainy days, but still I didn't think the departure would be that much. Through the first 10 days of May, DTW is running a departure of +8.3F (64.6F) and so far our coldest high temp has been 70F on the 4th (until today of course). We did not get in on any of the chilly weather you guys did. It was like a switch, after 3 consecutive colder than normal months, May 1st dawned with bare trees that would be leafed out in less than a week. Even yesterday, temps bubbled up to 76F ahead of the front before crashing into the 40s in a few hours, and my mom joked that she used the air in her car in the afternoon and the heat in the evening. Heres an interesting DTW to MKE comparison since late April. First off, the last freeze at DTW (Apr 26) was later than MKE (Apr 21), as was the last measurable snow by a hair (Apr 20 at DTW, Apr 19 MKE). Yet the mean May temp is 52.0F at MKE and 64.6F at DTW, an insane difference for two relatively close places. Yet DTWs max temp for the year (81F on May 9th) is cooler than MKE's (85F on Apr 30th) and also DTW will have a colder May temp than MKE IF the model forecast lows of the next few days verify. Gotta love mother Nature! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 Not only is it snowing, it's sticking too! Bad Axe in the thumb reported snow yesterday. Crazy! Oh and let me say this...while I despise heat, this year has cemented it for me. With my allergies, spring is by far my least favorite season. I hate it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 Starting to wonder if we may see a few Mothers Day snowflakes tomorrow. Its a stretch and its not been mentioned by the NWS or anything (they just say instability showers and extremely cold 850s for this time of year)...but the GFS has shown a chance of convective snow showers tomorrow afternoon despite surface temps in the 40s. Also, its impressive that this cold shot has gotten colder rather than warmer as it has neared. GFS now has 500-1000 thicknesses in the 520s for 24 consecutive hours, never came close to that when this cold shot was in fantasy land. Lets go for it...lets see a few snowflakes tomorrow, a record low Monday...and then warm weather and allergies may resume thereafter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmc76 Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 South Boardman MI Snow hard currently!! Enjoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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