weatherbo Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 What a beautiful looking storm across the northern plains. freaking thing has an eye! beautiful pics too, Geos! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beavis1729 Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 What a beautiful looking storm across the northern plains. Parts of ND are expecting 3-5" of snow tonight. If it pans out, it has to be the heaviest snow on record so late in the season...or at least close to it. URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1106 AM CDT SUN MAY 17 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OVER MUCH OF NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TONIGHT... .RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON OVER NORTHWESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. SNOW SHOULD BEGIN ACCUMULATING THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG AND NORTHEAST OF A LINE FROM STANLEY AND KENMARE...TO GARRISON AND HARVEY AND CARRINGTON. SOME AREAS IN THE TURTLE MOUNTAINS MAY RECEIVE HIGHER AMOUNTS. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL CREATE ADDITIONAL TRAVEL PROBLEMS AND WILL INCREASE THE THREAT TO LIVESTOCK. PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA SHOULD ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA STOPPING TIME. THE NORTH DAKOTA HIGHWAY PATROL ADVISES NOT USING YOUR CRUISE CONTROL WHILE DRIVING IN SNOW COVERED OR ICY ROADS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted May 17, 2015 Author Share Posted May 17, 2015 Turned out to be a nice July-like afternoon. The high was 81*F today. After further research, Friday's high was 79*F and yesterday's high was 78*F. Should have one more 80*F+ day tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 78F and sticky in the house..if that cold air wasn't coming tomorrow the AC would be on. Last nite sleeping sucked... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormtrackertf Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 White Trillium were dotting the forest floor in the area. Great pic. Looks like the wild Geraniums should be blooming in not too long also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormtrackertf Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 Turned out to be a nice July-like afternoon. The high was 81*F today. After further research, Friday's high was 79*F and yesterday's high was 78*F. Should have one more 80*F+ day tomorrow. Can't believe the dew point made it to 68 today. It REALLY feels like July with dews that high. On the flip side, Tuesday night looks like more frost for the distant suburbs... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brewers Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 Tomorrow is going suck. It will be a struggle to get out of the 40's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 Sunset tonight was very colorful. 81° for a high. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chitown Storm Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 Unbelievable wind with the front moving thru. Power has been out for over an hour. Hopefully it comes back on soon as it's gonna get cold in the house. Ha! I'm talking like it's January. Nope, mid May. Great pics, Geos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 Dry air moving in fast the last couple hours...down 10F ...can really tell. Winds gusting hard here... storms were turds...some very brief showers today but mostly mix of sun and clouds...very nice (warm) weekend overall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nwohweather Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 77/67 here at midnight. Just muggy as hell all day Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 The wind chill in nw Iowa is in the 20s this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 brrrrrrrrrr.... closed the house up to keep some heat in...free AC outside today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chitown Storm Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 41F with a wind chill of 30. A few sprinkles thrown in to complete the rawness. Absolute crap for mid May. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 cold all week with another weak sauce warm up and slim storm chances on tap for the weekend wash, rinse, repeat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 after a warm, windy weekend, reality comes crashing in later today. High tomorrow of 38 with snow in the forecast. Hopefully a frost/freeze will help ease up on the bugs. The infamous UP bug season has started. I swear yesterday 2 held me at gun point and one gave me a prostate exam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 Yeah the gnats around here have become awful again, just like last spring/summer. Last year they were around until July, which I've never seen before. Usually they would only last a few weeks. I think the lack of heat last year kept them around. Sure hope that isn't the case this year. Hard to be outside for more than a few secs if there isn't any wind. Cell phone shot yesterday eve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 Yeah the gnats around here have become awful again, just like last spring/summer. Last year they were around until July, which I've never seen before. Usually they would only last a few weeks. I think the lack of heat last year kept them around. Sure hope that isn't the case this year. Hard to be outside for more than a few secs if there isn't any wind. Cell phone shot yesterday eve. good lord man, you have a talent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slow poke Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 good lord man, you have a talent! X2!!! Love your pictures cyclone77! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 Must have gotten a heavy shower overnight. 0.61" in my gauge, only 0.04" at DTW. Some others said they heard it pouring, I slept right through it. I had been getting only tattered remnant showers in recent days, so this is the closest Ive had to heavy rain all week. Doubt we see any records set at Detroit, but some mid-May extremes coming. Todays forecast high is 86F (record is 93F) and tomorrow nights forecast low is 38F (record is 33F). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polar Vortex 2014 Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 Doubt we see any records set at Detroit, but some mid-May extremes coming. Todays forecast high is 86F (record is 93F) and tomorrow nights forecast low is 38F (record is 33F). Just remember it can always be worse. According to the Ohio Monthly Weather Review for May 1883, "a heavy fall of snow occurred on the 21st in the north-western parts of the State. Snow is reported on that date from Dayton, Sidney, Lima, Upper Sandusky, Wauseon, Lebanon, Westerville and Columbus. The greatest depth was 15.5 inches, at Lima. At Wauseon, the depth was 6.5 inches, at Sidney 7 inches, at Dayton 2 inches, and at Upper Sandusky 3 inches. At other stations the amount was small." I couldn't even begin to imagine 15.5 inches of snow accumulating this time of the year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 Just remember it can always be worse. According to the Ohio Monthly Weather Review for May 1883, "a heavy fall of snow occurred on the 21st in the north-western parts of the State. Snow is reported on that date from Dayton, Sidney, Lima, Upper Sandusky, Wauseon, Lebanon, Westerville and Columbus. The greatest depth was 15.5 inches, at Lima. At Wauseon, the depth was 6.5 inches, at Sidney 7 inches, at Dayton 2 inches, and at Upper Sandusky 3 inches. At other stations the amount was small." I couldn't even begin to imagine 15.5 inches of snow accumulating this time of the year. Detroit received 5.0" from this snowfall. It is by far the latest measurable snowfall on record. Would probably be quite a sight on fully leafed trees. Detroits latest freeze on record is 32F on May 29, 1966 (following a horrendously unimpressive winter). Its actually amusing to see how many instances of late May flakes, frosts, or even light freezes occurred after a tame winter. The ultimate insult to injury. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smoof Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 I had an interesting 40mph wind gust come out of nowhere an hour ago or so when I was driving to the local store. Anyways, It was when I was right next to an entire field of dandelions that just turned white in the last couple of days. The gust blew so many seeds off at me it looked like it was snowing hard for 30 seconds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 Anyone looking for summer temps, look way north... The 12z GFS for Fairbanks, AK is very interesting... mid 90fs??? no rain... days and days and days of 80Fs... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilbertfly Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 Yeah the gnats around here have become awful again, just like last spring/summer. Last year they were around until July, which I've never seen before. Usually they would only last a few weeks. I think the lack of heat last year kept them around. Sure hope that isn't the case this year. Hard to be outside for more than a few secs if there isn't any wind. Cell phone shot yesterday eve. Great pic! The gnats have invaded suburbia here....normally i only saw them in mass quantities when i visted family in NW IL...but they showed up yesterday and were rediculous this morning. All the walkers to school were flailing their arms and hands and running around. I'm used to it from my frequency of visits out your way...but it was depressing to see that they had invaded our airspace. (I say i am used to them, but in a similiar sense to you....outdoor activities are done ninja style as to not get swarmed and eatin' alive) I wonder if that is a migratory thing or maybe the crazy winds from yesterday vlew a few swarms? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 good lord man, you have a talent! Thanks man. Yeah I was driving back from playing softball and couldn't pass up that scene. Pretty nice day today with the lower dews in the low 40s. Fresh breeze is keeping the gnats away. Great day to mow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 Great pic! The gnats have invaded suburbia here....normally i only saw them in mass quantities when i visted family in NW IL...but they showed up yesterday and were rediculous this morning. All the walkers to school were flailing their arms and hands and running around. I'm used to it from my frequency of visits out your way...but it was depressing to see that they had invaded our airspace. (I say i am used to them, but in a similiar sense to you....outdoor activities are done ninja style as to not get swarmed and eatin' alive) I wonder if that is a migratory thing or maybe the crazy winds from yesterday vlew a few swarms? I wonder if there's been a decrease in the bat population. A few years ago I heard there was some disease that was killing off the bats, and wonder if they ate gnats as well as mosquitoes. If it's not that then something else must have changed. It's like the Amazon Jungle out there at times lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 I wonder if there's been a decrease in the bat population. A few years ago I heard there was some disease that was killing off the bats, and wonder if they ate gnats as well as mosquitoes. If it's not that then something else must have changed. It's like the Amazon Jungle out there at times lol. bats rule, this is a shame Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 It's called white nose fungus that's really infecting a large population of bats and eventually killing them. Plenty of them around my house it seems tho. Temp went from a morning high of 68, down to 44 currently. Had to turn the heat back on after windows open all weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chitown Storm Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 I have a ton of bats around my house (looks like something out of a horror movie some nights), but the gnats right now are still something fierce. They invaded about 2 weeks ago and they are relentless. Can't rely on the bats to kill off the gnats. We need a nice frosty stretch in mid May. Oh, look...it's 44F now going down to 33 tonight. Perfect! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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