dmc76 Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 What a day. If it's going to be uneventful might as well have like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonger Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 What a day. If it's going to be uneventful might as well have like this. As long as north of 45 stays reasonable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted January 30, 2016 Author Share Posted January 30, 2016 Way overperforming today. Sitting at 54° on January 30th. Point was 46°. Much more sun than was expected. Just starting to see some cirrus and altocumulus drift in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmc76 Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 As long as north of 45 stays reasonable. [/quote Everything will be fine up there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nwohweather Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Unreal temps right now. 55° at my house right now and sunny. I truly cannot believe it's almost Groundhog Day and pond hockey or snowmobiling has been a no go due to consistently warm temperatures Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonger Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Unreal temps right now. 55° at my house right now and sunny. I truly cannot believe it's almost Groundhog Day and pond hockey or snowmobiling has been a no go due to consistently warm temperatures Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk I can't imagine ever planning on snowmobiling down there with any reliability. Anyhow... the medium range GFS is an absolute frozen hell... Mega cold. Won't feel anything like spring with -30C 850's overhead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 That's probably an accurate number. But I don't mind gray so doesn't bother me. What's crazy is this is my brothers 2nd winter in chicago and it's crazy how many more sunny days they get than here. Not really. It's to be expected with their location relative to the lakes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Although we had quite a bit of Opaque cirrus, the low clouds failed to developed today. So yeah, things were still nicer tha expected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 46 here today. Feels pretty nice out there. You can definitely feel a little warmth inside your vehicle if it's been sitting out in the sun all day. Sun is starting to get stronger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Mostly cloudy here all day today. Held the temp down some. Hit 44° briefly. Glacier is still holding on. January will go down around -0.8° here, if tomorrow's high and low hold true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 Getting a nice cold rain at 37 degrees. Good practice for Tuesday lol. 0.03" so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chambana Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 If you were to wake up from a coma and step outside, and asked to guess what month it is, you would say April lol. 58 degrees already, full sun, and I believe I heard the ever so welcoming sounds of natures alarm clock aka birds chirping. Probably going to be the warmest January day since 2012. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 If you were to wake up from a coma and step outside, and asked to guess what month it is, you would say April lol. 58 degrees already, full sun, and I believe I heard the ever so welcoming sounds of natures alarm clock aka birds chirping. Probably going to be the warmest January day since 2012. I see you have dews above 50 down there as well. That's gotta feel nice. Definitely a stark contrast to up here lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh_4184 Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 Sitting here @ 37 w/ cold rain certainly not what I wanted to see. Going to make the current snowpack prety saturated for the pending freeze. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chambana Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 We just tagged 60. Straight up torch right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 Super crappy here today. 39°, dense fog with light rain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 Feels great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAFF Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 Buds are swelling, birds are chirping and the smell of spring is pungent this afternoon. Thinking the next cold spell might be the last of the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 Buds are swelling, birds are chirping and the smell of spring is pungent this afternoon. Thinking the next cold spell might be the last of the season. surely you are joking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osubrett2 Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 Over performed here yesterday by 8F for a 59F high with ample sunshine. Overcast today, but it remained in the 50s overnight and currently 57F IMBY. These warm spells have made the lack of snow tolerable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAFF Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 surely you are joking From the house I can see the red hue of the Maple buds from the bush in the back yard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 surely you are joking The maple in my yard has buds swelling too as does my neighbor's crimson king maple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 The maple in my yard has buds swelling too as does my neighbor's crimson king maple. All trees have winter buds so I wonder if some people confuse the two (maple trees have red buds all winter, but when they swell in spring you know it). But it has been cold until the last few days. A few days in the 40s-50s are common most years in Jan-Feb, so if all it takes is a few days to do that, I would have to assume it happens annually, and since the trees dont actually bloom until late April or early May I never notice mid-winter swelling. What I do notice is that it seems like every time we get a warm winter day people talk of buds swelling, and I always wonder if its the mind feeling how warm it is outside, seeing the winter buds, and connecting the two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted January 31, 2016 Author Share Posted January 31, 2016 surely you are joking I'm not joking about this: I have tulips poking leaves out of the ground. They are in for a shock in a few days. I went to the local spillway this morning and limited out on foot-long crappie. Not bad, 53° on Jan. 31. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OHweather Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 It's 66 here right now and still a good amount of sun. Absolutely gorgeous day. I like snow and cold no doubt, but I can not complain at all about days like this. Some completely shaded areas still have a little bit of patchy snow cover but that should be gone at some point tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TugHillMatt Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 Well, after the WARM December we had and things starting to bud and pop up then, it wouldn't be shocking to see these spring signs now. I still have 6 inches of snow/ice in my yard...so I don't see anything "springish" yet, besides dirty brown snow.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted January 31, 2016 Author Share Posted January 31, 2016 Well, after the WARM December we had and things starting to bud and pop up then, it wouldn't be shocking to see these spring signs now. I still have 6 inches of snow/ice in my yard...so I don't see anything "springish" yet, besides dirty brown snow.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 Well Jan is winding down. Will finish the month with 0.77" of precip. 3.2" of snow. That combined with the 1.3" in Dec brings the met winter snow total up to a staggering 4.5". Highest temp of the month was 48 on the 14th, and lowest was -6 on the 18th. -6 was also the coldest temp of the winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 That's something, seeing tulips pop up in January. Obviously your soil isn't frozen IWX. Here the ground is still a glacier and rock solid. Managed 0.08" of rain today. Slowing cooling off right now. Light fog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted January 31, 2016 Author Share Posted January 31, 2016 The ground was actually frozen earlier in the week, but not very deep. 4 days of above freezing obviously thawed the soil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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