outflow Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 -17 in Bad Axe already. its cold outside..... side note, over 100 cars either in ditches or stuck and abandoned in the middle of roads yesterday afternoon into the overnight from the blowing snow in huron county including cop cars and a tow truck. Some drifts were 5 feet deep in spots on the eastern side of the county where there was an added couple inches of powder from les last night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormtrackertf Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Remained below 0 all day here with full sunshine and its already -5F and dropping. Me and the kids went out and played in the snow. It is booger freezing cold out there. You are a brave family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjwise Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 It's crazy cool. I just edited above as now that everyone's in bed I can hear the ice cracking occasionally on the lake. Two PWSes around Fenton are claiming -21 and -22 right now. PWSes are known to get wonky at low temperatures, but yeah, I'm not surprised you're hearing ice cracking out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beavis1729 Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 For posterity...from NWS Gaylord: AREA FORECAST DISCUSSIONNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI835 PM EST SUN FEB 15 2015.UPDATE...ISSUED AT 834 PM EST SUN FEB 15 2015WITH A BIG BLUE /H/ DEAD OVERHEAD...BASICALLY CALM WINDS ANDONLY PATCHY THIN CIRRUS ABOVE...TEMPS ARE OFF TO THE RACES.ALREADY A LARGE NUMBER OF SITES ARE IN THE TEENS BELOW ZERO...ANDMIO IS -20F. (AND WE/RE ONLY JUST NOW STARTING TO APPROACH SURFACEDEW POINTS.) IT IS DIFFICULT TO IMAGINE BETTER CONDITIONS FOR AVERY...VERY...VERY COLD NIGHT. BUT...THAT CIRRUS WILL BETHICKENING FROM W TO E FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT. ANTICIPATECOOLING WILL SLOW SUBSTANTIALLY IN NW LOWER TOWARD 06Z...AND NELOWER/EASTERN UPPER MI BY 09Z.THAT SAID...TEMPS STILL NEED TO BE ADJUSTED DOWNWARD...IN SOMEPLACES DRASTICALLY SO (LIKE ROGERS CITY...AT -18F ALREADY BELOWFORECAST MINS ALONG THE COAST). WILL LOWER 5 TO 10F ACROSS THEBOARD. COLDEST SPOTS WILL BE IN THE AU SABLE VALLEY EAST OFGRAYLING...AROUND -40F. (THESE NUMBERS ARE VERY MUCH UNCHARTEDTERRITORY FOR THIS PARTICULAR FORECASTER.)&&.NEAR TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH TONIGHT)ISSUED AT 415 PM EST SUN FEB 15 2015...COLD...COLDER...COLDEST...OVERVIEW: DEEP SHORT WAVE TROUGH AND CORE OF COLDEST AIR (AT LEASTALOFT) NOW SETTLING INTO NEW ENGLAND WITH SOME SUBTLE WARMING ALOFTTAKING SHAPE ACROSS THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES. ONE MORE WEAKER SHORTWAVE NOTED UPSTREAM IN NRN MINNESOTA INTO ONTARIO PRODUCING SOMELIGHT PRECIP...BUT WILL LARGELY JUST BRING SOME CLOUD COVER THROUGHNRN MICHIGAN LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. AT THE SFC...LARGE EXPANSEOF STRONG HIGH PRESSURE AND VERY DRY AIR NOW SETTLING INTO THEWESTERN GREAT LAKES AND MIDWEST. ALONG WITH NORTHERLY FLOW...HASBROUGHT ABUNDANT SUNSHINE TO EASTERN UPPER AND LOWER MICHIGAN TODAY.SOME LAKE CLOUDS/SNOW SHOWERS REMAIN ACROSS THE CENTRAL PARTS OFLAKE MICHIGAN AND HURON AS WELL AS SUPERIOR IMPACTING CENTRAL UPPERMICHIGAN. OTHERWISE...VERY COLD CONDITIONS OUT THERE ASANTICIPATED...WITH READINGS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE AND BELOWZERO. BELOW ZERO HIGHS FOR MANY SPOTS...A RARITY FOR NRN MICHIGAN.WIND CHILLS...WINDS CONTINUE TO DIMINISH...BUT STILL A FEW LOCATIONSIN EASTERN UPPER AND NE LOWER MICHIGAN REPORTING ADVISORY CRITERIAWIND CHILLS.TONIGHT...MAINLY CLEAR AND COLD. WINDS GO CALM THIS EVENING WHICHWILL SET THE STAGE FOR RAPID RADIATIONAL COOLING. AND WITH SFCDEWPOINTS RUNNING -15F TO -25F THIS AFTERNOON POTENTIAL IS THERE FOR-20 TO -30 TEMPS (OR COLDER) TONIGHT. BUT TEMPERATURE FORECAST ISCOMPLICATED BY UPSTREAM MID CLOUD THAT WILL BE ARRIVING FROM THEWEST LATE TONIGHT AS WELL AS LAKE CLOUDS THAT WILL EVENTUALLY GETSHOVED BACK INTO NW LOWER AND PARTS OF EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN TOWARDMORNING AS MEAN LOW LEVEL FLOW COMES BACK AROUND MORE WESTERLY.CLOUDS MAY EVENTUALLY HALT OR REVERSE TEMP TREND BUT LIKELY NOTBEFORE SOME PRETTY COLD READINGS ARE ACHIEVED IN MANY AREASESPECIALLY ACROSS THE AU SABLE RIVER VALLEY INTO NE LOWER MICHIGANWHERE I/M REASONABLY CONFIDENT A FEW SPOTS HIT -30F OR COLDER.WIND CHILL HEADLINE THROUGH 7 PM: AS MENTIONED...WITH WEAKENINGWINDS MANY SPOTS ARE NOW BELOW WIND CHILL ADVISORY CRITERIA SAVE FORA FEW SPOTS IN EASTERN UPPER AND NE LOWER MICHIGAN. AND WITH WINDSGOING CALM THIS EVENING...AM COMPELLED TO CANCEL MOST IF NOT ALL THEADVISORY WITH THE 4 PM FORECAST. BUT...I/M ALSO BORDERED BYADVISORIES TO THE SOUTH WHICH GO ALL NIGHT COMPLICATING THINGS. ATTHIS POINT...WILL JUST LET THE ADVISORY RUN ITS COURSE THROUGH IT/SSCHEDULED END TIME OF 7 PM WHEN WINDS WILL LIKELY GO CALM.&&.SHORT TERM...(MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)ISSUED AT 415 PM EST SUN FEB 15 2015...COLD COLD GO AWAY COME BACK ANOTHER DAY...A LOT OF PEOPLE PROBABLY REALLY WISH THAT THE ABOVE HEADLINE WOULDCOME TRUE. OF COURSE THE CURE ALL IS TO SIMPLY GET ON A PLANE ANDHEAD SOUTH. UNFORTUNATELY...MOST OF US CAN NOT ACTUALLY DO THIS SO IWILL HAVE TO BE THE BEARER OF BAD NEWS. THE BRUTALLY COLDTEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. PERHAPS WEMAY NOT BE LOOKING AT QUITE AS EXTREME CONDITIONS GOING OUT IN THE 7TO 10 DAY RANGE (AS THE PATTERN BECOMES LESS AMPLIFIED)...BUT WESTILL WILL LIKELY BE DEALING WITH TEMPERATURES BELOW CLIMATOLOGICALAVERAGES. OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS YOU CAN EXPECT MORE OF THE SAMEWITH RIDGING OUT WEST SENDING ANOTHER PIECE OF BRUTALLY COLD AIRDOWN FROM THE ARCTIC FOR MIDWEEK. IN ADDITION...A SERIES OFALBERTA CLIPPERS WILL LIKELY BRING PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW ANDFLURRIES. THE MAIN FORECAST CONCERNS REVOLVE AROUND THE USUALSUSPECTS...TEMPS AND POPS.MONDAY...A WEAK CLIPPER MOVES THROUGH THE FLOW AND COMBINES WITH ACONVERGENT SOUTH SOUTHWEST FLOW TO LIKELY SPREAD SOME LIGHT SNOWINTO LAKE MICHIGAN SHORELINE COUNTIES AS THERE IS PLENTY OF OVERLAKE INSTABILITY TO WORK WITH (THOUGH THERE IS ALSO INCREASING ICECOVER). THIS ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY HAVE A HARD TIME SPREADING INLANDDUE TO FAIRLY LIGHT LOW LEVEL FLOW (SO HAVE CUT BACK ON POPS INTHESE AREAS. ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE LIGHT AS THERE IS LITTLEMOISTURE TO WORK WITH (PERHAPS UP TO AN INCH). HIGHS LIKELY BREAKINGINTO THE DOUBLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO.MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY...ANOTHER CLIPPER AND REINFORCING SHOTOF COLD AIR WORKS ITS WAY ACROSS THE REGION BY TUESDAY. THIS ISEXPECTED TO LEAD TO PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW AND FLURRIES ACROSS THEREGION. ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR TWO (HIGHEST NEAR THE LAKEMICHIGAN SHORELINE). LOWS MAINLY IN THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZEROWITH HIGHS IN THE TEENS.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...VERY COLD NORTHWEST FLOW LIKELY TOBRING SOME LIGHT LAKE EFFECT SNOW AND FLURRIES. LOWS IN THE SINGLEDIGITS ABOVE AND BELOW ZERO...BUT WITH A FEW TEENS BELOW MAINLY EASTOF INTERSTATE 75. HIGHS ONLY IN THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO (BURR).&&.LONG TERM...(WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY)ISSUED AT 415 PM EST SUN FEB 15 2015AND THE COLD CONTINUES. AMPLIFIED RIDGING ON THE WEST COAST WILLBE MET WITH DEEP TROUGHING OVER THE GREAT LAKES...AND ANOTHER SHOTOF ARCTIC AIR FOR MIDWEEK. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING TO OUR WEST WILLRESULT IN CHANCES FOR LAKE EFFECT SHOWERS FROM MIDWEEK THROUGH THEWEEKEND...WHEN A CLIPPER WILL BE MOVING THROUGH. GIVEN CURRENT ICECOVER...AND THE LIKELY EXPANSION OF THIS AS TEMPS REMAIN VERYCOLD...EXPECT THE LAKE EFFECT TO BE LIGHT. THE CLIPPER WILL BRINGA SHOT FOR SOME WIDESPREAD SNOWS...BUT A BROADENING OF THE TROUGHOVER THE MIDWEST AND GREAT LAKES COMBINED WITH WINDS BACKINGSOUTHERLY/SOUTHEASTERLY AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING CLIPPER WILLMODERATE TEMPERATURES A BIT. TEMPERATURES WILL STILL REMAIN WELLBELOW NORMAL FOR THE PERIOD. TIMING AND TRACK OF THIS CLIPPER HAVEBEEN VARIED OVER THE PAST FEW MODEL RUNS...SO CONFIDENCE IS LOW ONSPECIFICS OF WHEN AND WHERE IT WILL ARRIVE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beavis1729 Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 11 PM EST: NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN CITY SKY/WX TMP DP RH WIND PRES REMARKS ALPENA MOCLDY -22 -28 74 CALM 30.47F BEAVER ISLAND MOCLDY -9 -15 77 CALM 30.45F BELLAIRE PTCLDY -15 -21 74 CALM 30.49F CADILLAC MOCLDY -15 -21 73 CALM 30.36F CHARLEVOIX PTCLDY -11 -17 72 E3 30.49F FRANKFORT MOCLDY -2 -11 65 CALM 30.46F GAYLORD PTCLDY -21 -27 73 CALM 30.38S GRAYLING FAIR -21 -31 62 CALM 30.41F HARBOR SPRINGS MOCLDY -14 -22 67 CALM 30.46S HOUGHTON LAKE PTCLDY -16 -22 74 CALM 30.41F MANISTEE MOCLDY -2 -11 65 E3 30.46S OSCODA MOCLDY -18 -28 60 CALM 30.48S PELLSTON MOCLDY -21 -27 73 CALM 30.47F ROGERS CITY MOCLDY -11 -21 62 W6 30.49S WCI -25 TRAVERSE CITY MOCLDY -10 -17 71 CALM 30.47F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmc76 Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 -25 reading between Flint and Lapeer. Reading of -21 just a few miles north of me near Leonard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxman1952 Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Last night we set a record low for the date with -13. Already tonight some area local recording stations are between -12 and -19. Dang! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nwohweather Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Already -7 here and dropping Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormtrackertf Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 The UHI is keeping me a toasty -4°F. Some PWS's around Flint are down to -26°F.Alpena is -25°F. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 And to think the GFS and Canadian has it even colder by Friday morning with widespread -20s across the state per the Canadian.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
on_wx Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 -34.1C/-29.38F unofficially the coldest temp ever in Waterloo Region and former Waterloo County since records began in 1914 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitelakeroy Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 -35F in Watertown NY right now (6:56AM that is) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trent Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Erie, PA tied their all time coldest temperature on record this morning with a -18 reading. You can thank a frozen solid Lake Erie for that. Many stations in interior NW PA and NE Ohio were in the -20s with a handful in the -30s. Likely quite a few locales in this area set all time coldest temperatures this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Detroit tied and thus superceded the record low of -9F today. There have only been two times on record with a temp -9F or colder later than this in the season. I noticed the temp ranged wildly based on my drive into work. I hit a -13F when I drove thru the usual cold spot just south of DTW (which at this time was reporting -8F, a temp it held for hours before finally hitting -9). Flint smashed their record with -21F, White Lake (DTX) was -23F, & Port Huron -26F! Just wow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Made it down to -3 here and at ORD Sunday morning. Thursday and Friday mornings look to be next shot at below zero lows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 temp contours near Lake Erie at 12z Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
on_wx Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Environment Canada confirms this morning was the coldest ever for Waterloo Region since records began in 1915! WEATHER SUMMARY FOR SOUTHERN ONTARIO AND THE NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 3:06 P.M. EST MONDAY 16 FEBRUARY 2015. RECORD BREAKING COLD TEMPERATURES THIS MORNING. THE FOLLOWING IS A SUMMARY OF WEATHER EVENT INFORMATION RECEIVED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA. NEW LOW MINIMUM TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE SET FOR FEBRUARY 16. IN MANY CASES THE RECORDS WERE SMASHED BY SEVERAL DEGREES. INFORMATION IS FOUND IN THE TABLE BELOW. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE YEAR THAT RECORDS BEGAN CHANGES DEPENDING ON THE WEATHER STATION. THE RECORD OF -34.1 C SET AT THE WATERLOO AIRPORT REPRESENTS THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED AT THIS SITE SINCE RECORDS WERE KEPT BEGINNING IN 1970. THIS TEMPERATURE ALSO BEATS OUT AN OLDER RECORD FROM THE ADJACENT KITCHENER CITY OF -33.9 SET BACK ON FEBRUARY 9, 1934. RECORDS AT KITCHENER CITY HAVE BEEN KEPT SINCE 1915. THE NIAGARA REGION HAS ALSO SEEN ITS COLDEST FEBRUARY TEMPERATURE ON RECORD OF -31.9 AT WELLAND. THE OLD FEBRUARY RECORD OF -31.1 WAS SET AT WELLAND ON FEBRUARY 9, 1934. RECORDS THERE GO BACK TO 1873. LOCATION NEW RECORD PREVIOUS RECORD AND YEAR RECORDS BEGAN WINDSOR -26.7 -18.5 1979 1941 RIDGETOWN -29.6 -27.8 1899 1886 SARNIA -28.3 -21.2 2004 1968 LONDON -30.5 -24.4 1963 1941 WATERLOO A -34.1 -23.0 1979/1987 1970 WIARTON -34.3 -25.6 2014 1948 HAMILTON -29.1 -26.1 1866 1866 WELLAND -31.9 -23.3 1904 1873 TORONTO PEARSON -24.4 -23.9 1939 1938 TORONTO ISLAND -22.4 -21.7 1979 1905 BUTTONVILLE -25.3 -22.5 1987 1987 BARRIE -30.0 -26.5 1987 1973 MUSKOKA -35.4 -34.4 1963 1939 PETERBOROUGH -31.0 -26.5 1987 1969 TRENTON -26.9 -25.6 1943 1935 KINGSTON -28.4 -24.5 2003 1932 PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS SUMMARY MAY CONTAIN PRELIMINARY OR UNOFFICIAL INFORMATION AND DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A COMPLETE OR FINAL REPORT. END Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjwise Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Cold enough that it froze up the sewer line going out to the street at work (which was vacant all weekend - and hence no flow to keep things moving). That led to...an unpleasant situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Cold enough that it froze up the sewer line going out to the street at work (which was vacant all weekend - and hence no flow to keep things moving). That led to...an unpleasant situation. Ouch, that sounds like quite the sh!tuation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chambana Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Would have loved to lay down a fresh snowpack before this arctic blow comes through, have to wonder if low temps are overdone for Wednesday night. Either way you slice it, wednesday night will be brutal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjwise Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Ouch, that sounds like quite the sh!tuation. Floor drain fountains of the worst kind. Deep frost penetration over the weekend + no one in the building allowed freezing to occur. Then people show up on Monday and start flushing. And then the frozen clog makes itself known. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ottawa Blizzard Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Ouch, that sounds like quite the sh!tuation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Took this pic on the way to work this morning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Not a hint of snow in the LAF, so these p&c forecasted numbers are most likely too cold...but fairly impressive nonetheless for mid-February. Wednesday max temp would break the airport record (10˚ in 1993)...Thursday would shatter it (20˚ in 1979). Wednesday: A 20 percent chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy and cold, with a high near 8. Wind chill values as low as -16. Blustery, with a west northwest wind 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around -4. West northwest wind 13 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. Thursday: Mostly sunny and cold, with a high near 7.Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around -3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 GRR has lowered the high temp for Thursday to -1.. The record is 9.. The last time it failed to hit zero here was Jan 19th, 1994! The high was -1 after a low of -20.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Wednesday night through Friday morning is going to be brutal around here. Even though we have snow on the ground to the north and to the south of me, only one inch here or it could be worse (or better, depending on your pov). It's funny how this "Extreme Cold This Weekend" thread has stretched through the following week. It's looking like after a "mild" Saturday, the stretch will pick back up. Rainman may want to change the thread title. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Wednesday night through Friday morning is going to be brutal around here. The models have 850mb, -25C contour to Knoxville TN in 48 hours, then the same for Virginia Beach the next day. Isn't that a little cold for these southerly places, especially the coast? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Upcoming records in play for Chicago. Thursday... Low max temp: 9 (1936) Low min temp: -7 (1936) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Upcoming records in play for Chicago. Thursday... Low max temp: 9 (1936) Low min temp: -7 (1936) February 1936 was an unbelievable month, especially in the northern Plains/upper Midwest. Notice the scale on this map Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 February 1936 was an unbelievable month, especially in the northern Plains/upper Midwest. Notice the scale on this map 1936.png North Dakota hit their all time record low that month, -60 in Parshall on the 15th As for local record in jeopardy over the next few days: FEBRUARY 19TH...RECORD LOW MAXES DETROIT... 9F (1939) FLINT..... 8F (1959) SAGINAW... 10F (1959) FEBRUARY 20TH...RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES DETROIT... -8F (1934) FLINT..... -21F (1929) SAGINAW... -12F (1929) FEBRUARY 20TH...RECORD LOW MAXES DETROIT... 9F (1896) FLINT..... 12F (1929) SAGINAW... 10F (1918) Not included in the record lows, Thursday night also could be in record territory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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