nwohweather Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 The Midwest has been just a smidge below normal this week. From Jan. 7 to Jan. 13 (or Jan 8 to 14 for the 2nd chart) the temperature departures were -9F to -16F throughout all of the Midwest except Kansas. My dad informed me that Toledo OH has been 10.3F below normal for this month. In January 2014, Toledo was 9.5F below normal (for the full 31 days.) Thing so amazing about last years cold however is it came with 40" of snow in the month. Unbelievable how we were able to get that much precip yet the temperatures were just as ridiculous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 Southwest Iowa has soared into the low 60s this afternoon. It is much cooler here in east-central Iowa... currently 38 at the airport and 40 in town. It is common for sw Iowa to torch while we remain chilled with snowcover and a less favorable southeast wind. It's still nice, though, along with bright sunshine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 Southwest Iowa has soared into the low 60s this afternoon. It is much cooler here in east-central Iowa... currently 38 at the airport and 40 in town. It is common for sw Iowa to torch while we remain chilled with snowcover and a less favorable southeast wind. It's still nice, though, along with bright sunshine huge temp spread region wide. currently 11 here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 Amazing how easily the temperatures can rise in the Plains and quickly too. Been hanging around 30° most of the day here with an onshore flow, mostly cloudy. 40° predicted tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ajdos Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 Ah that dream storm on the 18z GFS at hr 360......BLAH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmc76 Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 So much snow here in Muskegon i would say around 18". This place even in a normal or boring kind of winter still kicks ass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ajdos Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 So much snow here in Muskegon i would say around 18". This place even in a normal or boring kind of winter still kicks ass. Nice, enjoy! got around 8 here CM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmc76 Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 Nice, enjoy! got around 8 here CM I tell u what we have a lot more snow then the area between Lansing and Flint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ajdos Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 I tell u what we have a lot more snow then the area between Lansing and Flint. True true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitelakeroy Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 Ah that dream storm on the 18z GFS at hr 360......BLAH Lock it in Well at least it is at hour 360 instead of 384 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitelakeroy Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 I tell u what we have a lot more snow then the area between Lansing and Flint. Not unusual for that to happen either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ajdos Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 Lock it in Well at least it is at hour 360 instead of 384 Locked! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 36 here today. Snow took a little hit again, but still a good 3-4" left on the ground. Most paved areas are finally ice/snow free which is actually pretty nice. Pretty impressive that just a few hours to the west they hit 56 in Des Moines today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 You can see how the southwest half of Iowa warmed up so much more than the northeastern half today. No snow in those areas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 Point temps here have been bumped up quite a bit since the last time I looked. Now has 44/38/40/37/34 for Sat/Sun/Mon/Tue/Wed. Was thinking the snow would survive this warm spell, but I'm thinking it's gonna be completely toast now by early next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 It's 39 degrees already at 5am, 40 at MLI. Was 24 at midnight, so a 15 degree jump in 5hrs. That's actually pretty impressive. Point bumped up again to 45, but I'm thinking we may be putting a 50 burger on the board today. So long snow cover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 You can see how the southwest half of Iowa warmed up so much more than the northeastern half today. No snow in those areas. Only the sw 2/5 of Iowa is snow-free, but over much of eastern Iowa the snow is pretty thin. Only nw and far southeast Iowa have a bit thicker snow cover. The open field near my house is mostly snow-free as of this morning, so much of the rest should melt away over the next few days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baum Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 Gorgeous outside. I'm ready for baseball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 41 at LAF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Central Illinois Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 48 here should hit 52 later for the high Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OHweather Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 Sunny and 50 in Athens. Feels good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 After temps near 40 at 5am, they languished much of the day and only made it to 44. Lost a few more inches. Down to about 1-2", with plenty of bare spots showing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 The temperature quickly rose to 44° by 12:30, then has held steady for the past two hours. EDIT: Just bumped to 45°, which just made me realize, it's 45° on January 17, what am I doing inside? Be back later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 There has been a thin overcast all day with random peaks of sun. After starting out at 16F, DTW has skyrocketed all the way to 41F. So much for this being just the 9th January on record to not hit 40F lol. The snow has compacted only about an inch however, at least thus far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAFF Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 First evening in a long time I have been able to sit back and relax without the need to do site checks for puddle refreezing and such. If all goes well the AM might have the same fate. Its getting easier for the 3:00 am starts as of late. Tomorrow is wash the trucks day. Should of done it today but I decided a nap was more in order. Weather outside is delightful to say the least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormtrackertf Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 There has been a thin overcast all day with random peaks of sun. After starting out at 16F, DTW has skyrocketed all the way to 41F. So much for this being just the 9th January on record to not hit 40F lol. The snow has compacted only about an inch however, at least thus far. I was surprised how little melted today. It's like a glacier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAFF Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 I was surprised how little melted today. It's like a glacier. The snow that is left is of high water content in the bottom layers and compressed by time. This contributed by the deep frost stopped the death of much snow. We will build on it, one clipper at a time.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitelakeroy Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 I was surprised how little melted today. It's like a glacier. Same here not much melted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 I was surprised how little melted today. It's like a glacier. I would say we lost 1.5" in depth. Avg depth right now is around 4", which of course includes deeper spots and lower spots. Can see grass tips in a few isolated places where drifting had the spots low to begin with, but overall still a solid, heavy snowcover. If we can avoid dewpoints spiking tonight (the models seem to be overdoing the dews, but Ive seen enough snowcover-depleting thaws in my time to talk before its over). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Our snowpack took a hit today. We started out with 3 1/2" this morning. I haven't measured this evening, but it's looking like we're down to an inch and a half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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