weatherbo Posted April 7, 2014 Share Posted April 7, 2014 Beautiful yesterday and today. Topping out in the low 50's again. Great weather to work outside in. Dug out the back of my snowmobile trailer and got my machines stored inside for the Summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted April 7, 2014 Share Posted April 7, 2014 Rainy afternoon and evening on tap for LAF today. 2.41" of rainfall on the month so far, and with a fairly active look to the pattern, an above normal month (precipitation) is a lock. I guess the number to shoot for is the 8.35" total of last April. Tall task, but you never know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted April 7, 2014 Share Posted April 7, 2014 yep nice over performer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted April 7, 2014 Author Share Posted April 7, 2014 Made it to 52° at home and 57° at RAC. Mostly sunny all day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted April 7, 2014 Share Posted April 7, 2014 Saw tons of ice floes in the Detroit River this afternoon. The clanking and crashing of the ice as it moved swiftly downriver is a very interesting sound. The whole scene in general was very un-April like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted April 7, 2014 Share Posted April 7, 2014 Up to 58F with sunshine...front must have moved through...south winds this morning, nw now... clouds/rain this afternoon (just sprinkles)... mild day overall. Greening around here..just a little..but it should speed up quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted April 7, 2014 Author Share Posted April 7, 2014 Amazing ice picture Snow Freak! No ice whatsoever on the rivers or Lake Michigan anymore around here. Little patches of ice still remain on some small lakes and ponds though. --- Typical spring day for the date today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted April 7, 2014 Share Posted April 7, 2014 Amazing ice picture Snow Freak! No ice whatsoever on the rivers or Lake Michigan anymore around here. Little patches of ice still remain on some small lakes and ponds though. --- Typical spring day for the date today. Amazing ice picture Snow Freak! No ice whatsoever on the rivers or Lake Michigan anymore around here. Little patches of ice still remain on some small lakes and ponds though. --- Typical spring day for the date today. Thanks. I didnt even realize it. I had to run to the post office, and when I went to turn on the main street in downtown Wyandotte, I looked towards the River and saw this bright white contrasting with the brownish grass and gray sky..so of course after my errands I stopped to the park to walk along the water. I truly was surprised at how much ice was flowing downriver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indystorm Posted April 7, 2014 Share Posted April 7, 2014 Saw on the news that U.S. Steel Gary Works has to temporarily cease production because ice on the Great Lakes is hindering shipment of iron ore. That's one for April! Lake Superior is still over 80% frozen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 Heres a vid I grabbed on my phone of the ice floating down the river this afternoon. Not the best quality, but the clinking of the ice is always a cool sound to hear in person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 yep nice over performerNot really. Guidance was showing 50's.GFS MOS had been showing mid-50's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 0.91" so far today at LAF. Solid rainmaker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 0.91" so far today at LAF. Solid rainmaker. Getting hammered here too, although the sweet spot of the pivot may be just a few miles northwest of here. Haven't checked the gauge this evening, but we should be nearing an inch. Coupled with the previous rain, it's quite a wet start to April. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 Getting hammered here too, although the sweet spot of the pivot may be just a few miles northwest of here. Haven't checked the gauge this evening, but we should be nearing an inch. Coupled with the previous rain, it's quite a wet start to April. Considering the presentation of the storm (track, defo band, etc), it would've been a pretty good LAF-FWA snowstorm. Alas... Anyways, indeed it's been a wet month thus far. Only need another 0.22" to reach the April normal precipitation for LAF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted April 8, 2014 Author Share Posted April 8, 2014 Heres a vid I grabbed on my phone of the ice floating down the river this afternoon. Not the best quality, but the clinking of the ice is always a cool sound to hear in person. It would be cool watching those ice chunks go over Niagara Falls! --- Hanging in the mid 40s right now with showers to the west that seem to be stationary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trent Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 Thanks. I didnt even realize it. I had to run to the post office, and when I went to turn on the main street in downtown Wyandotte, I looked towards the River and saw this bright white contrasting with the brownish grass and gray sky..so of course after my errands I stopped to the park to walk along the water. I truly was surprised at how much ice was flowing downriver. Neat. You can see from satellite shots that this is from the break up of the ice on Lake St. Clair that is now flowing southward. There probably wasn't much ice flowing a few days ago when the lake was mostly frozen. http://coastwatch.glerl.noaa.gov/webdata/cwops/html/modis/modis.php?region=e&page=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 Neat. You can see from satellite shots that this is from the break up of the ice on Lake St. Clair that is now flowing southward. There probably wasn't much ice flowing a few days ago when the lake was mostly frozen. http://coastwatch.glerl.noaa.gov/webdata/cwops/html/modis/modis.php?region=e&page=1 Thanks for the link! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue60007 Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 Measured exactly 1.00" in my gauge this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 Considering the presentation of the storm (track, defo band, etc), it would've been a pretty good LAF-FWA snowstorm. Alas... Anyways, indeed it's been a wet month thus far. Only need another 0.22" to reach the April normal precipitation for LAF. I was going to mention that in my post last, but didn't want to come across as a whiner after the winter we've had. But, man, what could have been. I didn't get quite as much rain as I guessed, coming in at .86". We're near our monthly April average, and FWA is almost 8" above normal for the year. We've got another chance on Thursday afternoon/evening although that wave looks to be washing out as it gets here. LAF has the better chance for measurable on that one. then Sunday evening brings another shot of possibly heavy rain. The beat goes on, only warmer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hm8 Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 Dry air held on for a considerable amount of time yesterday. Ended up with just under a half inch or rain at KARB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted April 8, 2014 Author Share Posted April 8, 2014 Woke up to showers this morning, but they've cleared out. Temp been hanging in the mid 40s all night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 Starting tomorrow, a nice stretch of days in the 60Fs in the works (Weds-Sat)... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrisale Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 Picked up about 0.67" of precip last night, around what was forecast. Ground very saturated. Next few days could be our nicest stretch of weather in a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 Looks like we're going to have a few shots to touch 70 in the coming days. First chance is Thursday and other chances come this weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 Dry air held on for a considerable amount of time yesterday. Ended up with just under a half inch or rain at KARBDTW had 0.47" with just 0.31" at DET. I picked up 0.52". Easily the wettest event since the March 12th snowstorm, but its interesting that...in my backyard at least...every rain event of spring has underperformed after a winter of largely overperforming snowstorms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitelakeroy Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 DTW had 0.47" with just 0.31" at DET. I picked up 0.52". Easily the wettest event since the March 12th snowstorm, but its interesting that...in my backyard at least...every rain event of spring has underperformed after a winter of largely overperforming snowstorms. Like I say in March 12 was it in this area for some reason on March 13 the shutoff valve has been turned!! Guess the good part is it prevented a lot of flooding in SE MI. Hopefully it doesn't last long as I would like a nice stormy May and June (i.e. Thunderstorms that is). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 DTW had 0.47" with just 0.31" at DET. I picked up 0.52". Easily the wettest event since the March 12th snowstorm, but its interesting that...in my backyard at least...every rain event of spring has underperformed after a winter of largely overperforming snowstorms. It actually produced 1"+ QPF amounts across IN, so the amounts verified, just not the placement. This was because of the low tracking further SE than progged, thanks to the Gulf Coast convection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted April 8, 2014 Author Share Posted April 8, 2014 Been mostly sunny all morning here in Racine. Temperatures have gotten to yesterday's levels again. About 55° right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trent Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 It actually produced 1"+ QPF amounts across IN, so the amounts verified, just not the placement. This was because of the low tracking further SE than progged, thanks to the Gulf Coast convection. Yeah. There was 0.80-1.00" liquid here and we were only progged to get 0.5". Definitely an over performer farther south. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 Like I say in March 12 was it in this area for some reason on March 13 the shutoff valve has been turned!! Guess the good part is it prevented a lot of flooding in SE MI. Hopefully it doesn't last long as I would like a nice stormy May and June (i.e. Thunderstorms that is). you could not have asked for better conditions to melt the record snowpack. It was the perfect script. Wish we could see that kind of snowpack and melt every year lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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