Geos Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 Reached 60°, but now clouds have taken over the skies aggressively. Starting to hear Red-winged blackbirds in the wetlands - a sign that spring is almost here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chambana Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 It's so nice outside but you can't even go enjoy it, with the brutal winds out there. Willard airport in savoy measured a non thunderstorm wind gust of 48mph about an hour ago. Also the record of 63 set back in 1973 has officially been broken as CMI stands at 66 degrees. 2nd broken high temp record for the month. Complete 360 from February 14' and 15'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 Reached 60°, but now clouds have taken over the skies aggressively. Starting to hear Red-winged blackbirds in the wetlands - a sign that spring is almost here. The return of red-winged blackbirds and robins is something I always look forward to. The last couple years it has been around March 15th, so I'll likely have to wait until the next warmup during the second week of March. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 The return of red-winged blackbirds and robins is something I always look forward to. The last couple years it has been around March 15th, so I'll likely have to wait until the next warmup during the second week of March. I haven't seen any red-winged blackbirds yet, but spotted some robins a couple of days ago. Getting some strong wind gusts, verifying the advisory criteria. Got a couple of pretty good grass fires going and some trees down across roads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UMB WX Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 It's so nice outside but you can't even go enjoy it, with the brutal winds out there. Willard airport in savoy measured a non thunderstorm wind gust of 48mph about an hour ago. Also the record of 63 set back in 1973 has officially been broken as CMI stands at 66 degrees. 2nd broken high temp record for the month. Complete 360 from February 14' and 15'. yeah unfortunately winds almost always accompany and spoil these kind of freak days and especially this winter. Its a good day for all the McDonalds wrappers from winter to blow up in to the tree's and add some foliage, Bass bumpers are out in full force with their graffiti arms dancing out the windows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 Reached 60°, but now clouds have taken over the skies aggressively. Starting to hear Red-winged blackbirds in the wetlands - a sign that spring is almost here. closing in on 6" today. went shoeing and thought I heard a Spring bird, but then waited and never heard it again. 24 and raging ne wind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 51 mph gust at IND. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrisale Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 YYZ beat the daily record high today, set in 1954. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 Temp has actually bumped back up a few degrees after the sun came back out. Up to 63 now. Cold front on the doorstep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 Temp has actually bumped back up a few degrees after the sun came back out. Up to 63 now. Cold front on the doorstep. Must have been about literally true, as in the 10 minutes after that post it has fallen back to 60. Interesting little bump up in temps by a few degrees immediately ahead of the cold front. That was kind of strange. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 time to clear snow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 Must have been about literally true, as in the 10 minutes after that post it has fallen back to 60. Interesting little bump up in temps by a few degrees immediately ahead of the cold front. That was kind of strange. I've seen that happen on several occasions through the years. Temp jumps 3-5° within an hour of the front moving through, always with a dry passage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 Wind Advisory has been issued for Detroit and southward until 7pm. EDIT: Currently 64*F. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 I've seen that happen on several occasions through the years. Temp jumps 3-5° within an hour of the front moving through, always with a dry passage. Yep. Weird thing is I thought maybe the front had gone through earlier, as the winds had veered a little, and the temp dropped a few degrees. Turned out the temp drop was more due to the thick cirrus that moved overhead. Then once that cleared out, which just happened to be right ahead of the front we bumped up pretty quickly. Have since dropped back to 58, so a 5 degree drop the last 30min. I see Sterling just bumped up to 63 from 61, so they're seeing the same thing happen up there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 64*F looks to be the high today, which breaks (borderline shatters) Detroit's previous record high of 60*F set in 1880. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 DET recorded a wind gust of 49 MPH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormtrackertf Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 Wonder if we popped 65 today at DTW intra-hour. That would be something to crush a record by 5 degrees after being progged to only get to about 57 today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 Wonder if we popped 65 today at DTW intra-hour. That would be something to crush a record by 5 degrees after being progged to only get to about 57 today. It's possible that happened between 4pm and 5pm, but the climate report issued at 4:36pm says the official high was 64*F. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 Old FWA high temp record crushed: RECORD EVENT REPORTNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA429 PM EST SUN FEB 28 2016...RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE SET AT FORT WAYNE...AS OF 4 PM EST...A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 66 DEGREES WAS SET ATFORT WAYNE. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 59 SET IN 1931. THISSTATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED IF THE RECORD VALUE INCREASES THISAFTERNOON. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 Also, the area getting raked by high winds (I wonder if the Crows Nest got blown out of the tree): LOCATION SPEEDEAGLE CREEK AIRPARK AIRPORT 51 MPHINDIANAPOLIS, IN 51 MPHKOKOMO MUNICIPAL AIRPORT 51 MPH2 NW CROWS NEST 49 MPHHULMAN REGIONAL AIRPORT 49 MPHMONROE COUNTY AIRPORT 47 MPH2 ESE LAPEL 47 MPH2 NE PLAINFIELD 47 MPHPURDUE UNIVERSITY AIRPORT 47 MPHCOLUMBUS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT 46 MPH3 ENE BURLINGTON 46 MPHSHELBYVILLE MUNICIPAL AIRPOR 46 MPHMT COMFORT AIRPORT 46 MPHDAVIESS CNTY AP 45 MPHDELAWARE COUNTY-JOHNSON FIEL 45 MPH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chambana Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 Apparently we broke the record of 65 set back in 1895, according to Fabert. Always cool to see a 120 year old record go down, we hit 66 this afternoon. Sky has that deep blue thunder storm on the horizon look to it right now, hello spring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 Impressive temp drop the last 2-3hrs. Down to 46 now with a few sprinkles. 17 degree drop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 Impressive temp drop the last 2-3hrs. Down to 46 now with a few sprinkles. 17 degree drop. Make that 42 now with a pretty decent rain shower. Feels absolutely miserable out there with the rain and the 35mph+ gusts. That's one hell of a change from the outstanding weather from just 3hrs back. 21 degree drop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ottawa Blizzard Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 Drove through an incredible superfront today, going up to Musokoka for the day. While it was bare ground and in the upper 50s here in Toronto, it was in the upper 20s with a deep snowpack in Bracebridge and Huntsville in Muskoka. I essentially drove from spring to deep winter and back to spring in one day! Between Bracebridge and Orillia, the temperature rose a full 10 degrees celsius! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 Dropping here now. Mid 30s in Madison already. Going to feel really raw in a hour or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormtrackertf Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 It's possible that happened between 4pm and 5pm, but the climate report issued at 4:36pm says the official high was 64*F. Looks like that was the high. Still impressive that we're sitting at 61 with the sun fully set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 ORD topped out at 62 today, which broke the previous record high of 61 (1895). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchaumburgStormer Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 Solid gusty winds with this heavy shower moving through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 Apparently we broke the record of 65 set back in 1895, according to Fabert. Always cool to see a 120 year old record go down, we hit 66 this afternoon. Sky has that deep blue thunder storm on the horizon look to it right now, hello spring. A line of t'storms have developed along the IL/IN border, NE of Champaign. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UMB WX Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 can't tell if its snowing or fat rain drops.. def a nice temp drop if nothing else Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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