Stebo Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 42 at work, hit 50 downtown while driving. A nice relief from all of this cold we have had to deal with all winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted March 7, 2014 Author Share Posted March 7, 2014 Torching pretty good today. Upper 40s now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 LOT going with 50's-60's area wide on Monday... MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...UPPER RIDGE CURRENTLY IN PLACE ACROSS THE WESTERN COAST WILLTRANSLATE EAST AND BY EARLY NEXT WEEK WILL MOVE ACROSS THE PLAINS. AWAVE DIGGING DOWN THE EASTERN PERIPHERY OF THE RIDGE INTO THENORTHERN LAKES REGION WILL RESULT IN A DEEPENING SURFACE LOW PROGGEDTO MOVE ACROSS LAKE MICHIGAN ON SUNDAY. A DECENT PUSH OF WARM AIRAHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM WILL OCCUR IN THE MIDWEST WHICH WILL PUSH H85TEMPS INTO THE 11C TO 13C RANGE MONDAY AFTERNOON. FOR COMPARISON...H85 TEMPS TODAY ARE ONLY AROUND 5C WITH TEMPS CLIMBING WELL INTO THE40S. LOCAL UPPER AIR CLIMATOLOGY STUDY SHOWS MEDIAN TEMPERATURES INTHE MID 60S FOR CHICAGO WHEN H85 TEMPS CLIMB ABOVE AROUND 9C.DESPITE ANY LINGERING SNOWPACK...EXPECT TO EAT AWAY AND PERHAPSMELT A GOOD PORTION OF IT AS DEWPOINTS PUSH ABOVE THE FREEZING MARKMONDAY AFTERNOON. THERE IS SOME UNCERTAINTY ON HOW MUCH OF AN IMPACTTHE SNOWFALL WILL HAVE...BUT WITH TEMPS EASILY PUSHING MID 40STODAY..SUSPECT WE MAY BE LOW IF ANYTHING FOR HIGHS ON MONDAY.BLENDED HEAVILY TOWARDS THE ECBC WHICH OFTEN VERIFIES WELL UNDER ATHERMAL RIDGE...AND DISMISSED THE GFS AND NAM WHICH ARE TOO HEAVILYINFLUENCED BY THE SNOW ON THE GROUND. THIS WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD50S ACROSS THE CWA...EVEN A FEW 60S SOUTH OF I-80. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted March 7, 2014 Author Share Posted March 7, 2014 If it is sunny, windy and above freezing dewpoints... that would end the snow cover streak^. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 About 4 degrees warmer than the point for today at 48. Knocked a few inches off. Down to about 4". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 High of 43 with Sun, feels amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormtrackertf Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 Legit seen some girls walking around in crop tops and jeans today. Never heard so many people excited for 40 degree weather on TV and radio.I spent the afternoon in shorts and a t-shirt out redistributing some of the snow from the immense row of 5 feet piles along the sidewalk in case we get another snow storm, they had become so tall and solid that whenever I shovel more snow on top of them it just rolls down onto the sidewalk again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 High/Low at DTW today 44F/10F, quite a spread. Lots of puddles but Id say we only lost about 1-1.5" in depth. Still over a foot on the ground on average. Obviously the higher traffic areas have lots of big puddles, dirty snowbanks, and some grass patches...but away from that, the snow actually isnt even too dirty looking. Still looks pretty fresh despite temps in the 40s. Took my little cousin sledding today. It felt SO warm lol, perfect sledding conditions. The blue sky was something else. AC still buried Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchaumburgStormer Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 Snow quickly heading to glacier status. I am 6'5", 280lbs, and was walking across 2 foot deep drifts with no problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveNay Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 Snow quickly heading to glacier status. I am 6'5", 280lbs, and was walking across 2 foot deep drifts with no problems. 280lbs myself and I have a drift along the north-west fence line where I can stand on top of the drift and my feet are level with the top of the fence posts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormtrackertf Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 Dropping like a rock with the hot March sun drifting below the horizon. Torched up to 46°F IMBY, down to 36°F now.Might be the wind blowing off the river/lake helping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted March 8, 2014 Author Share Posted March 8, 2014 Lost most of the new snow that fell this week. Lots of dirty snow now showing. Still around 40° with clouds. Another lake ice breakup sat image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 On second glance, I'd say average depth is right around a foot now. Of course not in spots, less in spots, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted March 8, 2014 Author Share Posted March 8, 2014 -RN falling here now. 37° Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KokomoWX Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 I must admit the 51 temp yesterday felt like 71 with the sunshine. Screw any March snow storm and let's bring on spring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitelakeroy Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 I must admit the 51 temp yesterday felt like 71 with the sunshine. Screw any March snow storm and let's bring on spring. Yep mid-40s here and everyone was talking like it was 60s out!!! No jackets or hats... As I like to say temperature feeling (warm or cold) is only a perception based on what you are used to!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 Had 0.12" of rain this morning then a trace of snow. Was hoping it would have been snow as the models appeared to show. Seems to be snowing nicely in monroe. Our foot snowpack is icy once again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 Had 0.12" of rain this morning then a trace of snow. Was hoping it would have been snow as the models appeared to show. Seems to be snowing nicely in monroe. Our foot snowpack is icy once again. The fact that there was virtually no melting of the snow with the rain goes to show how rock solid it is. Of course, after yesterday, the fresh snow that was on top of the snice more or less melted. So now we're back to the dirty snowpack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonger Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 Not a flake or drip here.... I really don't care about local snowpack now... It's worthless at the moment. I do want all SE Michigan sites to set the snowpack record, that looks likely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 Yep mid-40s here and everyone was talking like it was 60s out!!! No jackets or hats... As I like to say temperature feeling (warm or cold) is only a perception based on what you are used to!!! I think it was more so the two days of full sunshine we had that made everyone happier. I even opened the sun roof in my car coming home yesterday. It's been an awfully cloudy winter, even by Detroit's standards in the lake effect stratus belt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonger Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 I think it was more so the two days of full sunshine we had that made everyone happier. I even opened the sun roof in my car coming home yesterday. It's been an awfully cloudy winter, even by Detroit's standards in the lake effect stratus belt. That was probably the sunniest February I have ever witnessed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmc76 Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 That was probably the sunniest February I have ever witnessed. I agree we have seen more sun since the Lakes are more frozen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 That was probably the sunniest February I have ever witnessed. I'm not sure what the averages are (I had the link, but I have to find it again), but Detroit had 14 days that were Partly Cloudy (at DTW), and no clear days in February. Out of the 14 cloudy days, most of them had 60-70% cloud cover. Maybe in Howell or Lake Orion (and it's possible given the nature of lake effect stratus), it was sunnier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 I'm not sure what the averages are (I had the link, but I have to find it again), but Detroit only had 14 days that were Partly Cloudy (at DTW), and no clear days in February. Maybe in Howell or Lake Orion (and it's possible given the nature of lake effect stratus), it was sunnier. So yes, Detroit averages 5 clear days, 7 partly cloudy days and 17 cloudy days in February So if anything, this February was cloudier than normal. http://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/ccd-data/clpcdy12.txt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 The fact that there was virtually no melting of the snow with the rain goes to show how rock solid it is. Of course, after yesterday, the fresh snow that was on top of the snice more or less melted. So now we're back to the dirty snowpack. depth wise we are pretty much exactly where we were before last Saturday's snowstorm, but the snow is a bit whiter at least so a lot of it was probably compression. Water wise obviously the lower spots on the most busy roads had quite a bit of melting, with plenty of bare spots showing up (but snowbanks more than make up for water content)....but in resisential areas the snowpack is not losing a crazy amount of water on these mild days. Some sublimation for sir but its an absolute glacier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 50° yesterday, solid SN right now. Winter will not give up without a fight. Besides, it's the weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 Had a few flakes around sunrise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted March 8, 2014 Author Share Posted March 8, 2014 Sun breaking out here now. Snow around here looks beat up and discolored/dirty. Lake Michigan at the WI/IL stateline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 beautiful late Winter day, 22 degrees under full sun. still around 30" of snow here. pic from several weeks ago before the collapse... I miss Dec/Jan but ready for Spring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonger Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 beautiful late Winter day, 22 degrees under full sun. still around 30" of snow here. pic from several weeks ago before the collapse... I miss Dec/Jan but ready for Spring. winter.jpg I'm banking on the UP having good snow until the last weekend of the month, I hope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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