Geos Posted April 22, 2014 Author Share Posted April 22, 2014 Snow? yikes! Made it to 60F here, but pretty strong north winds still make it feel chilly. Getting ready for a washout... GFS pumps out some moisture the next few days. That's pretty good given all the snow cover in Canada yet. April sun FTW! 59° for a high much earlier today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSNW3 Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 Hanging tough for April in the Keweenaw. The OSNW3 long range trend doing alright thus far, give or take a day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted April 23, 2014 Author Share Posted April 23, 2014 Bit chilly this morning, low 29°. Completely sunny though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxmeddler Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 On a layover at ORD this morning. Chilly but clear. Ride in was swirly at the top of the inversion. ~Sent from a device that cannot speel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 This has to be a record. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonger Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 Houghton is going to have a non existent summer. Wasn't this the highest coverage in the satellite era? I'm not sure if we consider 1979 the start of the great lakes satellite record or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 Beautiful Spring day. hit 46 earlier, down to 40 now with skies clouding over. Lake across the road has started breaking up...I'm sure the flood has helped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSUmetstud Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 Winter doesnt end here in the city of Buffalo until the ice boom gets removed as the city sits on the northeast shores of the lake. Last year, the boom was taken out on March 25. The latest time the boom has ever come out is May 3. That happened in 1971. According to International rules governing the operation of the ice boom, it must be opened by April 1, unless the eastern basin of Lake Erie is covered by more than 250 square miles of ice. I was just checking, the lake was 32 degrees in 1971 until May 23rd, which is by far the record. I would find it hard to believe that ice coverage was the standard 250 sq. miles when the removed the boom that year. The average boom removal is right around April 20th, and generally the temp of the lake spikes quickly after the last 250 sq. miles melts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 Got down to 31 this morning. Picked up 0.05" of rain so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted April 24, 2014 Author Share Posted April 24, 2014 Only 46° here today. Mostly sunny all day until about 6pm. Rain trying to move east, but dry flow is eating away the leading edge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 An inch of rain total so far from this... brrr... Tomrrow is showing 64F and Sat is showing 60F... so just need to get through today... Wet wet wet...rain comes back sat nite/sun/mon... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 filtered sun trying to push in...gonna have to enjoy the next day or two before the cutoff from hell rolls in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundersnow12 Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 NAM showing nearly a 40 degree gradient across northern IL with the warm front Sunday afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 NAM showing nearly a 40 degree gradient across northern IL with the warm front Sunday afternoon. classic setup and climo for it to happen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 Might close in on inch and a half when its all said and done... Ground water getting a good recharge after last summer/fall dry spell. 43F. Wouldn't mind a couple 80F days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 Lake Superior ice will melt in June? http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=83541&src=twitter-iotd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 Buffalo- It is still very impressive. Might just have to take a road trip up there late this summer and see if i can find some floating ice chunks. One nice thing is that ice should be preventing evaporation, so lake levels should stay up...along with keeping the whole area cooler (albedo of ice vs dark blue water). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitelakeroy Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 My dad used to joke that the ice doesn't melt on Lake Superior ... it just sinks during the summer and comes back up in the winter ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted April 24, 2014 Author Share Posted April 24, 2014 Was sunny here in Racine up until about 2pm, now clouds are thickening up. Rain looks to hold off awhile though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 Euro anyone? The low does a left turn over IL/N/MI can comes back at WIsconsin...oh great! rain rain rain rain Rain done here finally... it was nonstop all day. St Louis up to 80F... completely different climate down there. Must be nice. http://w1.weather.gov/data/obhistory/KSTL.html Get some of those yummy NE winds off Hudson Bay...my favs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted April 24, 2014 Author Share Posted April 24, 2014 Euro anyone? The low does a left turn over IL/N/MI can comes back at WIsconsin...oh great! rain rain rain rain Rain done here finally... it was nonstop all day. St Louis up to 80F... completely different climate down there. Must be nice. http://w1.weather.gov/data/obhistory/KSTL.html Get some of those yummy NE winds off Hudson Bay...my favs High are in the low 40s for you on that day, and it's closer to 50° down here. EURO sneaks in a warm day on Wednesday as the low wobbles north in WI and the flow turns SW. Pushing the mid 50s right now here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted April 25, 2014 Author Share Posted April 25, 2014 Managed to get 0.30" of rain with this system departing. Much more to come next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 Managed to get 0.30" of rain with this system departing. Much more to come next week.I managed just about the same, .29".... much heavier over towards Leelanau. All the rain and snow melt region wide has benefited the lakes a lot. MI/Huron were 29" below their seasonal average 15 months ago and now just 9" off the seasonal average. Already higher than all of last Spring/Summer, a 7" rise in the past 4 weeks and another 4" in the next 4 weeks. A wet season could restore a "normal" lake level to MI/Huron. Something not seen for a long, long time. http://www.lre.usace.army.mil/Missions/GreatLakesInformation/GreatLakesWaterLevels/WaterLevelForecast/WeeklyGreatLakesWaterLevels.aspx APX: COULD BE LOOKING AT AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF SHOWERY WEATHER INTO MID AND LATE WEEK AS THE UPPER LOW VERY SLOWLY MEANDERS OVERHEAD. THAT OF COURSE WILL HAVE A HUGE IMPACT ON TEMPS...AS THERE COULD WELL BE A LONG STRETCH WITH READINGS ONLY STUCK IN THE 40S (AND MAYBE 30S AT TIMES) TO WRAP UP THE MONTH AND WELCOME EARLY MAY. COULD SOMEONE PLEASE FIND SPRING? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 sun arrived Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 sun arrived I know...take a good long soaking of it while its around. Going to try to get out as much as i can today/tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 text message from my brother: Apparently DTW has a snow mound that is still around. Looks disgusting and brown but it was clearly melting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 Going to be a great day for prancing and dancing...frolicking in the meadows... I still haven't seen a tulip here (just leaves). My peonies are just starting to come up. Plums are probably a week away from blooming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brewers Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 We're going to be begging for today's weather, a week from now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 text message from my brother: Apparently DTW has a snow mound that is still around. Looks disgusting and brown but it was clearly melting. they probably do. Despite a few near 80 degree days...the snow piles were massive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 We're going to be begging for today's weather, a week from now. Yep. Last week has been pretty seasonal overall in most areas. Enjoy it while it lasts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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