Stebo Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 building faces NW and this is some of the most swaying i can remember KORD 211651Z 27024G45KT 10SM BKN050 09/M03 A2961 RMK AO2 PK WND 28045/1642 SLP031 T00891033 Last hourly had you guys gusting almost to 52mph. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McDude Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 It literally just snow hailed for 20 seconds. Like melted hail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torchageddon Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 It literally just snow hailed for 20 seconds. Like melted hail. That's exactly what happened in my neck of the woods 1.5 hours ago. Don't know what to call it but it made a different noise than anything else. They were pretty tiny ice fragments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chitown Storm Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 Snowing so hard at times its knocking visibilities down pretty good. Nice minor coating on my neighbor's freshly planted flowers. Whoops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted April 21, 2015 Author Share Posted April 21, 2015 Snowing so hard at times its knocking visibilities down pretty good. Nice minor coating on my neighbor's freshly planted flowers. Whoops. Wow, your neighbors actually went ahead and planted annual flowers in April! I won't even do that until about May 10th. Holding in the 40s with solid cloud cover here at 2pm. Wind strong enough to take down some small limbs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 Nearly every late March and April we get stretches of warm to very warm weather. The perennials shoot up and bloom and the trees leaf out. It's very tempting to think it's ok to plant annuals in the garden, but you just can't do it. It is still too easy to get a frost or freeze with any switch to a northwest flow. I have a few trays of annual hummingbird plants (salvias, cupheas) that I've been moving in and out of the house/garage recently, but I never plant them until the first mild/warm stretch in May. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chitown Storm Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 Yep, I agree Geos and Hawkeye. People should know better than to plant annuals in April regardless of how warm it's been. I wasn't here yet, but I believe it snowed here the first week of May last year. So there's very recent proof that April is not a good time to plant. Lows in the mid 20s the next few nights should polish off those flowers if the snow doesn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormtrackertf Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 Chance of below freezing temperatures next four nights. As a matter of fact a couple nights could dip well into the 20's. That cant be good. Terrible. Luckily most of the perennials have been very slow to emerge so far, but a lot of trees and shrubs haven't been so timid. building faces NW and this is some of the most swaying i can remember Yikes, how many floors up are you? Snowing so hard at times its knocking visibilities down pretty good. Nice minor coating on my neighbor's freshly planted flowers. Whoops. You aren't even supposed to plant here until after Mother's Day just to be sure. Granted, I've jumped the gun before many times by a week or two and been fine, but still. Pansies are usually fine any time after the snow melts, though. Only problem is they look like crap or have died by the time it starts getting above 85 or 90 because they can't take much heat. I hope that's what they planted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormtrackertf Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 Howling wind and the temperature dropped 6 degrees this hour, gusting to 47 MPH at DTW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smoof Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 Howling wind and the temperature dropped 6 degrees this hour, gusting to 47 MPH at DTW. I had some blue skies in between these lake effect type cells this morning, and I saw one coming in that looked pretty convective almost like a small tstorm, when it got here, it gusted to near 50mph (my estimate) It was roaring outside with sleet / graupel coming down heavily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted April 21, 2015 Author Share Posted April 21, 2015 Clouds have held tough today. Only managed 48°. Temps already starting to back down through the mid 40s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 Winds are rough. We had a 3' diameter dead tree fall on a woman here at about 3PM, severely injuring her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 White Sox game is gonna be wild if the winds stay up like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 Very windy day. Only made 55. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 Quite possibly the worst weather day ever... its got to be top 10... 40F ...wind...sleet ....rain... wind... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormtrackertf Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 I had some blue skies in between these lake effect type cells this morning, and I saw one coming in that looked pretty convective almost like a small tstorm, when it got here, it gusted to near 50mph (my estimate) It was roaring outside with sleet / graupel coming down heavily. No wintry precip here yet, temp is down to 43 though IMBY so one of these last little pockets of precip might do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 Quite possibly the worst weather day ever... its got to be top 10... 40F ...wind...sleet ....rain... wind... ... really? high 34, windy, off and on hvy snow showers all day, snow on the ground. more snow tonight and a high of 32 tomorrow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 Boundary layer temps could be an issue, but otherwise, things look cold enough tomorrow for any precipitation to fall as snow here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted April 22, 2015 Author Share Posted April 22, 2015 Mid 30s forecast tonight and now upper 20s for tomorrow night. At work a 3-4" across limb came down inches from someone's car. Peak wind gusts were up near 40 mph only, but it seemed like the wind today was blowing constantly near and over 30 mph. This week is going to erase the positive departure for the month we had going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonger Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 Had flurries all day today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmc76 Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 Bit of light snow this AM. Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 Light snow at ORD. SPECI KORD 221119Z 31016G27KT 7SM -SN SCT022 BKN026 OVC055 02/M03 A2972 RMK AO2 PK WND 31027/1115 SNB17 P0000 T00171028 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 Light snow at ORD. SPECI KORD 221119Z 31016G27KT 7SM -SN SCT022 BKN026 OVC055 02/M03 A2972 RMK AO2 PK WND 31027/1115 SNB17 P0000 T00171028 high end -SN downtown, looked like a thunderstorm pushing in the way visibility dropped off under the shelf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 high end -SN downtown, looked like a thunderstorm pushing in the way visibility dropped off under the shelf Best climo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmc76 Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 Parachutes falling. It's crazy to see these kids at the bus stop bundled up like it's January. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 Best climo. this was kind of cool, i got a before pic and a quick video, quite gusty and we flipped to heavy pingers...it actually looked wild for a second there listen to dat pingage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmc76 Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 Now its pouring snow. Damn! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 this was kind of cool, i got a before pic and a quick video, quite gusty and we flipped to heavy pingers...it actually looked wild for a second there listen to dat pingage Nice. I know that sound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 23 degrees and about 4-5" on the ground this morning. cool vid Alek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 snow just isn't letting up this morning. Temp stalled at 24 for an hour too. at least it's almost May! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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