hawkeye_wx Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 At 7am there was ice in my bird baths. At 10:19am it is 62 degrees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestCoaster Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 I'm actually a little surprised by how good the weather has been so far in April, and I can't remember any such stretch of decent weather last year during the first half of the month. Even though the beginning of next week looks cool, I have no complaints about this stretch of weather. Last year was definitely back loaded in terms of cold. We didn't start seeing cold weather until the tail end of January, and the cold persisted well into April. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted April 11, 2014 Author Share Posted April 11, 2014 74° in my grid tomorrow! Grass should be quite green by late tomorrow. Sitting at 63° here in Racine with full sun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 grass already green here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundersnow12 Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 Some places should tag 80 around here tomorrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 Just hit 70 for the first time this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSNW3 Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 18 measurable #snow days in April at #OSNW3 since 2007 - http://www.theplayerstour.net/osnw3/apr-snows.html #Oshkosh #wiwx (photos & radar loops at link) Do you remember April of 2008? (radar loops at link) http://www.theplayerstour.net/osnw3/photos/20080407_usradar.gif http://www.theplayerstour.net/osnw3/photos/20080413_usradar.gif http://www.theplayerstour.net/osnw3/photos/20080426_usradar.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 This area continues to overperform. Today is five straight days the temp has exceeded the highest forecast of all locals mets, the nws, and the euro model. If we can get good sun tomorrow and keep the showers to the nw until late afternoon we will likely overperform again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted April 11, 2014 Author Share Posted April 11, 2014 Up to 67° now. Should have said lawn will be greener by late tomorrow. Need to rake up some of the dead thatch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 Had rain earlier...but sun came out before noon and its been beautiful ever since. Grass is turning green around by the hour. Sitting outside as i type trying to work on a tan...notice the winds seem NW now.... Strong south winds earlier... Still haven't hit 70F here...couple of 69's... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonger Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 grass already green here My location has only been 2 degrees colder than Chicago and we have no green. We have so much dead grass its amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 This area continues to overperform. Today is five straight days the temp has exceeded the highest forecast of all locals mets, the nws, and the euro model. If we can get good sun tomorrow and keep the showers to the nw until late afternoon we will likely overperform again. Same has been happening here, the last 4 days have ended up above all forecasts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 My location has only been 2 degrees colder than Chicago and we have no green. We have so much dead grass its amazing. I have noticed greening up of my lawn out on the east side, it isn't full green but it isn't the full brown it was just a week ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmc76 Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 My location has only been 2 degrees colder than Chicago and we have no green. We have so much dead grass its amazing. Never seen grass so bad in my life and we had a ridiculous amount of field mice/voles in the neighborhood that has absolutely destroyed our yards because of the snow pack was so long this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonger Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 Never seen grass so bad in my life and we had a ridiculous amount of field mice/voles in the neighborhood that has absolutely destroyed our yards because of the snow pack was so long this year. Probably a lot of lawn disease this summer, unless you dethatch your lawn. I am amazed how some of the dirty grass at the edges where the snow was pushed off the road, has cleaned up. I can see some greening on hill sides with thin lawns, but not much more than that. We still have natural snow patches in the woods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 First 70+ day of the year here as well. Made 73. Back in 2012 our first 70 occurred on March 6th lol. Still pretty brown around here. Just been too dry. Gonna change this weekend though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 ORD made it to 70...First 70+ temp since 10/12/13 (73). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hm8 Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 Awesome Frisbee weather Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 First 80 forecasted on Monday A chance of showers after 2pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 80. Breezy. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted April 12, 2014 Author Share Posted April 12, 2014 Almost 70° here. 68.7° for a high on my thermometer. Grass grew quite a bit during the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted April 12, 2014 Share Posted April 12, 2014 choice evening Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormtrackertf Posted April 12, 2014 Share Posted April 12, 2014 Gorgeous day today. Hard to believe we're only a month removed from being buried with snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted April 12, 2014 Author Share Posted April 12, 2014 Predicted highs tomorrow from WGN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted April 12, 2014 Share Posted April 12, 2014 It is still 60 degrees here in town at 3:30am. Unfortunately, many of next week's high temps won't come close to this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted April 12, 2014 Share Posted April 12, 2014 Long term forecaster at IND using nice terminology to say the models suck. Must be a member of American wx. .LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...ISSUED AT 243 AM EDT SAT APR 12 2014NO MAJOR CHANGES TO THE CENTRAL REGION INITIALIZATION. HOWEVER...THIS FORECAST IS DECEPTIVELY DIFFICULT.THE MAJOR MODELS COME UP WITH ROUGHLY THE SAME SENSIBLE WEATHER FORCENTRAL INDIANA. THE INITIALIZATION REFLECTS THIS WHICH IS WHY IWILL USE IT.BUT...THIS IS NO CASE OF GOOD MODEL AGREEMENT. IT WAS LARGELY AMATTER OF CHANCE THEY GOT SIMILAR FORECASTS FOR OUR AREA. THEREASONS WERE DIFFERENT.THERE ARE BIG DISAGREEMENTS BY LATE IN THE PERIOD. POSSIBLY NOSOLUTION IS VERY GOOD. UNTIL WE HAVE MORE CONFIDENCE ABOUT THAT...WECANT BE CONFIDENT ABOUT OUR LOCAL FORECAST. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitelakeroy Posted April 12, 2014 Share Posted April 12, 2014 My location has only been 2 degrees colder than Chicago and we have no green. We have so much dead grass its amazing. Only green here is on evergreens!! Pretty much brown as toast here. Going to attempt some yard work today; couldn't do it last Sunday as the ground was still frozen solid!!! Today looks great. Hopefully we can get some storms tonight!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted April 12, 2014 Share Posted April 12, 2014 another beautiful sunny morning…what a great stretch of days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted April 12, 2014 Author Share Posted April 12, 2014 Was sunny here, buy now has clouded over due to that severe thunderstorm anvil top. Was able to keep my window open all night and not get cold. 0z EURO total moisture, which is almost all rain, for the next 72 hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted April 12, 2014 Share Posted April 12, 2014 It sure feels like late spring out there today. The temp has jumped to 75, on the way to the upper 70s, and the increased moisture is noticeable. The wind is now howling as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beavis1729 Posted April 12, 2014 Share Posted April 12, 2014 Just had large hail here in Lake Zurich (SW part of Lake County IL) about 30 minutes ago...I think it damaged my car. Nearly golf-ball size. Still remnants of the hail in our yard. Temp dropped from 68 to 52 in about 5 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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