daddylonglegs Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 I visited the local dam yesterday to catch some crappies and see if I could get a walleye to take and the variety of clothing was amazing. Most guys (like me) were still wearing Carharts and sweatshirts, while others seemed comfortable in jackets. Two guys decided that long-sleeved shirts and shorts were good enough. Good thing they didn't see me loling or I may have gotten my butt kicked. It was coold yesterday morning...at least out on the river. The wind was raw...by the time we went in around 11am it was warming fast. We were using these red tinted minnows (you got me where they come from) and "tip downs" ...basically you put an ice fishing pole in this wooden contraption and once a fish takes it, the pole will swing down and you know there is a fish. We caught probably 25+ perch and a few huge crappies on those... waxies/jigs were unproductive...a few bluegills, but not much else. I didn't have my camera, but my brother took a pic with his iphone so i'll see if i can get him to send me it. Some jumbo perch in there...full of spawn. Walleye fishing would have been tough at the dam yesterday with the wind. 47F overnight and should be 66F this afternoon...rain chances have been cut today some, so i should be able to get outside again. -7.6F for the month...last March was -8.3F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 Already up to 60 degrees with south winds gusting over 30mph. Incoming band of rain has crapped the bed, but the clouds associated with it should keep our highs from making 70 today. Briefly thought about heading up to north-central IA/south-central MN for the late afternoon marginal svr threat, but held off. Chasing bug is already starting to bite pretty hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted March 31, 2014 Author Share Posted March 31, 2014 Mostly sunny here in Racine, but still an onshore component to the wind. 56° back at home though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 Light sprinkles here...i was watching that band die as it came east... not a lot of wind here... very spring like day so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted March 31, 2014 Author Share Posted March 31, 2014 Wind direction starting to move closer to 180°. Should hit 60° in a little while. Mid 60s over much of Lake County. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 Decaying mid-upper cloud canopy drifting across this area the last hour or so. Temps still slowly rising though. Up to 62. Winds should get even stronger by mid-late afternoon after the sun comes back out. Looking at some 40-45mph gust potential. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hm8 Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 So nice outside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted March 31, 2014 Author Share Posted March 31, 2014 Up to 58-59° now. Wind about 175°. 67° at ORD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundersnow12 Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 68 at PWK 66 at DPA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 Winds are really howling out there now. Getting some gusts up to about 40. Nice arc of agitated cu out in IA/MN. Kind of wish I would have headed out that way now, even though severe looks minimal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 killer day, 67 bank clock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 You gotta love this. Tornado warning a few counties away from temps in the teens and snow. Meanwhile 70 in southwest MN. Wow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 Today nicer then yesterday...less wind today and warmer...sitting in the mid 60Fs... some friends of ours live in North Dakota...feel bad for them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted March 31, 2014 Author Share Posted March 31, 2014 Looks like the south winds and warmer will really howl in once this band of clouds pushes eastwards. Been stuck between 55-58° most of the afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hm8 Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 Solid chance YIP hit an interhour 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 67 so far here. Very windy. BMI ASOS gusted to 60mph a half hour ago or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 Snowbanks along Lake Erie during first week of March. Before the blizzard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 March 29th Snowstorm from Parking Lots. March 29th Snowstorm while driving. I will be uploading all my blizzard video most likely later tonight which includes some Thunder snow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 Great day today, made it to 68. The wind was really howling this afternoon, but I didn't mind because it kept me cool while I power-raked the neighbor's lawn. There's a nice line of storms approaching my area. We continue to be very dry so a nice downpour would be great. The temp is cratering behind the front to our west. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 March 2014 finishes with a mean temp of 32.9º at LAF. That makes for the sixth below normal month in a row...the last three in impressive fashion. Monthly departures below. Oct 2013: -0.6º Nov 2013: -4.8º Dec 2013: -3.1º Jan 2014: -8.4º Feb 2014: -11.9º Mar 2014: -7.9º I had to fill in a couple of missing days from November and January (naturally, both due to the two biggest wx events in the past year, locally), to make it closer to reality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted April 1, 2014 Author Share Posted April 1, 2014 Backyard thermometer recorded 61° before clouds rolled in. Noticing new shoots of grass coming up now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestCoaster Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 Only hit 52 here... wow... those 60s must have felt AMAZING Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chitown Storm Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 Line of convection forming out by the MS river, moving east. 77F in Des Moines, 33 in Omaha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 The atmosphere is just too dry. Through the evening there hasn't been a cloud outside of the very thin line of rain. All I got was a flash of lightning and 0.05" of rain. My total March rain was only 0.60". I hope we can get something more substantial later this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted April 1, 2014 Author Share Posted April 1, 2014 Little bit of convection trying to fire up in the local area. Had a few sprinkles so far. Temp rising up a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 Great day today, made it to 68. The wind was really howling this afternoon, but I didn't mind because it kept me cool while I power-raked the neighbor's lawn. There's a nice line of storms approaching my area. We continue to be very dry so a nice downpour would be great. The temp is cratering behind the front to our west. We hit 68F up here too... We also need rain. We went into winter very dry... Sure there is soil moisture now, but it will dry out fast...late week looks wet, so that should help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted April 1, 2014 Author Share Posted April 1, 2014 Wow, the winds are incredible right now. Gusts to 45 mph likely. Causing the house to creak - along with the thunder. 60° currently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hm8 Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 Solid chance YIP hit an interhour 60 It did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxman1952 Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 I didn't believe the forecast. It's been wrong the last few days with the forecasted "highs" but we DID make it to the 61° today they called for. Good riddance to March! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted April 1, 2014 Author Share Posted April 1, 2014 Month is going to end up at -6.3°. Will post the concluding data for the month in the morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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