michsnowfreak Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 34F this morning at DTW. Last frost of the season? Too early to be certain...but this year you almost want to say no lol. Clear dusk last night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 41F and rain...shoot me now. Short growing season this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 41F and rain...shoot me now. Short growing season this year. the grass is green and the trees have budded, but hardly anything has started to leaf out. from a frost/freeze headline standpoint, the growing season has yet to begin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonger Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 Was talking to a guy today who drove his sled across Lake Erie this winter..... Drove from Leamington Ontario, to Put-In-Bay Ohio where he had a few beers and drove back to Canada..... Crazy !!! That's unreal... Very risky too, could have landed in jail. We rode about 100 miles on the great lakes, but never more than 5 miles from a shore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted April 27, 2014 Author Share Posted April 27, 2014 Wind off the lake last night kept temps in the upper 30s, so no frost here. Sun has been out a few times this morning, but mainly cloudy. Have had 0.05" of rain so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 impressive slug of moisture moving north…we should get a nice soaking this evening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted April 27, 2014 Author Share Posted April 27, 2014 Turned out to be a nice afternoon so far. Sunny skies with some high clouds, near 50°. Quite windy though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 Turned out to be a nice afternoon so far. Sunny skies with some high clouds, near 50°. Quite windy though. Yeah..if you like hurricanes. This weather sucks. Ice storm along Lake Superior...could be tree and powerline damage... Big band moving this way across Iowa...soaker incoming. Neighbor of mine left for Phoenix the other day...good timing...they head into the 90Fs next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 I saw a snow pile on the northeast side of a parking garage in Fort Wayne today. Wish I was in a position to snap a pic. Unreal that there are still snow piles in Indiana on April 27th when the last plowable snow was back on March 13th!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmc76 Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 the grass is green and the trees have budded, but hardly anything has started to leaf out. from a frost/freeze headline standpoint, the growing season has yet to begin. No budded trees here. By far the worst start to growing season ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 No budded trees here. By far the worst start to growing season ever. crap climo greening nicely here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted April 28, 2014 Author Share Posted April 28, 2014 Yeah..if you like hurricanes. This weather sucks. Ice storm along Lake Superior...could be tree and powerline damage... Big band moving this way across Iowa...soaker incoming. Neighbor of mine left for Phoenix the other day...good timing...they head into the 90Fs next week. Wasn't so bad where I working outside today. Was sunny for a good 6 hours here. High 51°. Just heard some thunder now. Greening up nicely here too. Noticed a few Magnolia's blooming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 I welcome the rain with open arms. With everything deciding to go at once here this week, my allergies are a disaster. Just terrible. Fookin a. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 No budded trees here. By far the worst start to growing season ever. I find that hard to believe....no leaves obviously....but no buds? It depends on the species of trees though. Oaks, honeylocusts, sycamores etc have not budded at all...but maples have been budding for a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmc76 Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 I find that hard to believe....no leaves obviously....but no buds? It depends on the species of trees though. Oaks, honeylocusts, sycamores etc have not budded at all...but maples have been budding for a bit. Nope. No buds. Not joking either. At least the trees in my neighborhood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Nope. No buds. Not joking either. At least the trees in my neighborhood I have noticed that it varies obviously based on the trees. Most of the main streets here are lined with honeylocusts, so they look the same as they do in January, thus you see no budding. A lot of parks that are filled with primarily oaks..again...no budding. Same with sycamores...no buds. However....the sugar maples have those lime green buds trying to start, and the silver maples have the red buds. The horsechestnuts are trying to pop, but those trees are in their own world (they bloom early and they begin browning in late Aug to early Sept). Daffodils are out...the grass is green...tulip shoots are out (but no tulips yet)...forsythia has yet to bloom. Not sure how far behind we are...but we are clearly behind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Gusts nearing 50 here...insane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Great Lakes ice cover...amazing http://www.mlive.com/weather/index.ssf/2014/04/lake_superior_ice_currently_hi.html#incart_2box Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Lots of wet Aprils..this one should easily climb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Really nice article done by Tom Niziol a former chief met for Buffalo NWS now works for TWC about ice cover history on the great lakes. http://www.wunderground.com/blog/tniziol/comment.html?entrynum=5#commenttop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 LOL...0.01" of rain today. Its kind of past the comical point now. The 2014 rule of thumb.....for snow take what the models are spitting out and multiply by 125%...and thats a good qpf forecast. For rain, take what the models say, multiply by 5-10%, and thats a good forecast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 Picked up just under 2" of rain here since Sunday morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted April 29, 2014 Author Share Posted April 29, 2014 Picked up 0.55" of rain yesterday and 0.14" of rain today so far. Right now pea soup thick fog is in place. Visibility about 1/4 mile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minnesota Meso Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 2.75" of rain IMBY since rain started Saturday night, currently a snow/rain mix. Not expecting much accumulations unless the 06z NAM is right in the dynamic cooling. By the time the entire column turns cold enough for a sustained period of time, I expect QPF will be meager. On the bright side both the Euro and GFS show 60's on the horizon, albeit not until next Monday....Sigh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 Moving up...getting close Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 Nice little snowfall in Deadwood, SD http://rapidcityjournal.com/webcams/deadwood/ Low looks to have picked up some speed...big low over the Atlantic seems to be dropping south and east quickly..hopefully this whole mess gets into Canada asap... weekend might actually dry out at least partially. Wet like a dog here, but the rain is done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 A bit windy today. Sustained mid 20's with a gust to 43 mph at LAF at last observation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmc76 Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 Nice day in Marquette,MI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 depressing place to live Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmc76 Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 depressing place to live It's crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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