cyclone77 Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 What's interesting is if you walk around outside tonight you kind of get the feeling this snow will be on the ground for a long time. It's very cold out, and the snow that's on the ground (6-7" worth) is VERY dense with quite a bit of ice coating the top of it as well. However, even though this is a very formidable layer of snow it will be no match for the early to mid March sun combined with temps above 50 by next week. 10 days from now this snow will be a distant memory, and it will almost be unbelievable to think that the snow was as impressive and as dense as it is tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitelakeroy Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 yup. whats more...by Wed the NORMAL high is 44F! Not saying it is correct but the 6Z GFS says has 3 day warm (Tues/Weds/Thurs) up then winter fights right back. If this happens there is going to be a lot of people thinking this ......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chitown Storm Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 The differences in 850mb temps here late next week on the GFS and Euro are striking. There's almost a 30°C difference here next Thurs/Fri. I hope the GFS busts hard, otherwise it's back to serious cold. Anyway, -7 here this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrisale Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 Made it down to 0F this morning. Honestly didn't feel that bad... it was that kind of winter. Really looking forward to seasonal temperatures next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beavis1729 Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 ORD "only" dropped to 3 this morning. But RFD hit -6, which is the 5th coldest temp on record so late in the season: 03/19/1923: -9 (wow!) 03/05/1978: -9 03/06/1960: -7 03/08/1943: -6 03/05/2015: -6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 The forecaster at IND is apparently happy about the pattern change: YIPPEE!!!FINALLY. A CHANGE FROM THE "WASH...RINSE..AND REPEAT" PATTERN FORNEARLY THESE PAST 2 MONTHS OF COLD...THEN SNOW...THEN BITTER COLDWITH WIND CHILL ADVISORIES....THEN REPEAT.HOWEVER AS MENTIONED IN A PREVIOUS FORECAST DISCUSSION A MUCH...MUCH...MUCH...WELCOMED CHANGE FOR THE REST OF THE SHORT TERM (ANDBEYOND!) IS EXPECTED AS CONDITIONS LOOK QUIET AND *DRY* WITH HIGHPRESSURE SETTLING OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. THIS BERMUDAHIGH-ISH TYPE PATTERN APPEARS TO CARRY THROUGH THE NEXT 7 DAYSBRINGING DRY AND SLIGHTLY WARMER TEMPERATURES EACH DAY THISPERIOD!WARM ADVECTION GETS GOING THROUGH MUCH OF THE REST OF THE SHORTTERM...WITH TEMPS STEADILY WARMING BACK UP INTO THE UPPER 30S TONEAR 40 BY SATURDAY. A MOS BLEND LOOKED GENERALLY REASONABLE FROMFRIDAY ON. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indystorm Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 Attended a NWS IND spotter training session at IUPUI this afternoon. Good presentation. Asked the met what his thoughts were regarding upcoming svr wx season. He said obviously it would be delayed because of the cold weather but mentioned that 50 yrs ago before the Palm Sunday tornado outbreak spring was rather cool as well. Moral of story. Be prepared. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 Another record low looks to fall tonight. Clear and calm as the sun went down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 4 at LAF. Barring something strange, should go below zero tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 Down to 3 above. Should dip a little below zero before temps start to rise by daybreak. Today was number 22 for days below zero (9/12/1 Jan/Feb/Mar), so if we are below zero after midnight we'll make it 23. That should be where we finish for the season. Pretty impressive considering we didn't have any subzero days before Jan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 About +2° here right now. House is making some popping and creaking sounds this evening from the cold! Fell to -1° last night and only 16° for a high today, but with full sun all day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hm8 Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 Another record low looks to fall tonight. Clear and calm as the sun went down. As sick as I am of the cold, gotta admit the glazed snowpack we have looks so damn tight right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 Down to 3 above. Should dip a little below zero before temps start to rise by daybreak. Today was number 22 for days below zero (9/12/1 Jan/Feb/Mar), so if we are below zero after midnight we'll make it 23. That should be where we finish for the season. Pretty impressive considering we didn't have any subzero days before Jan. -1 as of a bit ago, so we're at 23 days for the season. This time back in 2012 we were getting ready for a long stretch of 70s and 80s, so this cold is pretty impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 There is something criminally wrong with it being 7 degrees in March. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchaumburgStormer Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 The bottom fell out. -6 imby at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormtrackertf Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 Broke another record at DTW. Made it to 0°F tonight, beating out the old record of 2°F set in 1901.Actually one of the later 0 degree nights in Detroit. Some later ones are/were on the 8th, 17th, 20th and 21st in various years. All in 1900 or before except for one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 Broke another record at DTW. Made it to 0°F tonight, beating out the old record of 2°F set in 1901. Actually one of the later 0 degree nights in Detroit. Some later ones are/were on the 8th, 17th, 20th and 21st in various years. All in 1900 or before except for one. I posted this in the Feb record cold threadDTW fell to 0F this morning, breaking the record low of 2F from 1901. This is Detroit's 7th record low since Feb 16th (18 days)! (6 record lows, 1 record low max temp....im not even counting record low daily mean temps in that). Since records go to 1874, I cant recall such a blitz of record temps outside of Mar 2012 & Feb/Mar 2015. Not even close actually. Remember the days when it seemed like we could never get a single record low? Well we have now broken 16 record low temps the last two winters a Detroit! 2013-14 saw 8 (5 rec lows, 3 rec low maxes) and 2014-15 saw 8 as well (7 rec lows, 1 rec low max). You bring up another interesting point...the only later dates we have hit 0F or below: 0F - Mar 6, 2015 -1F - Mar 8, 1943 -2F - Mar 17, 1900 -2F - Mar 20, 1885 -1F - Mar 21, 1885 So basically the latest 0F reading in modern times When the light doesn't hit it right it just looks like snow. When it does hit it right it looks like this. Strappin on the ice skates today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 ORD made it down to 0 this morning, which broke the record low min for the date of 2 (1960). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 CR dipped to -3 last evening and we may not get much above freezing today, but the extreme cold is finally over. Hallelujah! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chitown Storm Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 33° and full sun. Feels damn nice. Next week is gonna rock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukrocks Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 Up to 30 degrees at my place. The snow melt has started. I will be shocked if there's snow on the ground other than piles come Tuesday morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ovweather Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 Kentucky set a new state record for the coldest temperature ever recorded in March with -16 at Hillsboro this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 There is something criminally wrong with it being 7 degrees in March. Agree. I cannot wait to drive down the road with my window down and take in the fresh air. I know that is far away right now, but I can't wait! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 Impressive 40 degree swing in temps today from -3 to 37. Felt great out there. Snow didn't melt much if any though. Southwest Iowa made it into the low 60s. Even as close as Des Moines made it to 55. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 Record low of 0F rose only to 22F, glass still fully intact lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormtrackertf Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 I posted this in the Feb record cold thread DTW fell to 0F this morning, breaking the record low of 2F from 1901. This is Detroit's 7th record low since Feb 16th (18 days)! (6 record lows, 1 record low max temp....im not even counting record low daily mean temps in that). Since records go to 1874, I cant recall such a blitz of record temps outside of Mar 2012 & Feb/Mar 2015. Not even close actually. Remember the days when it seemed like we could never get a single record low? Well we have now broken 16 record low temps the last two winters a Detroit! 2013-14 saw 8 (5 rec lows, 3 rec low maxes) and 2014-15 saw 8 as well (7 rec lows, 1 rec low max). You bring up another interesting point...the only later dates we have hit 0F or below: 0F - Mar 6, 2015 -1F - Mar 8, 1943 -2F - Mar 17, 1900 -2F - Mar 20, 1885 -1F - Mar 21, 1885 So basically the latest 0F reading in modern times When the light doesn't hit it right it just looks like snow. When it does hit it right it looks like this. Strappin on the ice skates today Record low of 0F rose only to 22F, glass still fully intact lol Nice pics. This is probably the most interesting looking snowpack we've ever had. I've heard tons of people commenting about how cool it looks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 Nice pics. This is probably the most interesting looking snowpack we've ever had. I've heard tons of people commenting about how cool it looks. yup. I posted some more pics in the photo thread, didnt want to clutter this one up too much lol. This winter gets an A+ for photogenic appeal, thats for damn sure. We have had it all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ovweather Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 yup. I posted some more pics in the photo thread, didnt want to clutter this one up too much lol. This winter gets an A+ for photogenic appeal, thats for damn sure. We have had it all. I am curious why the snow has this appearance? Was there some freezing drizzle that fell on top of the pack? Very unique looking. Looks like glass. Great pics! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 Interesting contrast in conditions between here and the QC this eve. MLI is sitting at a balmy 40 right now, while it's 26 here. Even DVN is at 36. They are right on the edge of the warmer air apparently. EDIT: Just jumped up 4 degrees to 30 in the last 15mins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormtrackertf Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 I am curious why the snow has this appearance? Was there some freezing drizzle that fell on top of the pack? Very unique looking. Looks like glass. Great pics! Last system we had 2-3" of snow followed by several hours of freezing drizzle/freezing rain. Added up to .10" or so of a glazing. It was supposed to flip over to rain that evening, but it never did. The next day everything was frozen solid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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