wisconsinwx Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 A lot of us wouldn't be whining if we lived in a climate that still supports snow to hang around this time of year like Bo's because it is actually useful then. Snow for Chicago and Milwaukee, while a novelty, is pretty pointless this time of year because it quickly melts or turns to a slushy mess. This pattern is particularly brutal for those near a great lake because at least those inland will have days that reach the 60s in the next week. Let what Geos said sink in: for him and myself, the temps are not proffer to hit the 50s even in the next 10 days (and the average high is approaching 60). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wisconsinwx Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 *progged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 I wasn't talking about Geos, as much as I don't like the winter talk he is objective. I was talking about Beavis who is complaining about some sort of phantom bullying. my bad then... he's kinda right, although I wouldn't call it bullying. the same could be said if there was an outbreak of warmth and thunderstorms in December... would it not be ok to discuss it? put beavis on ignore if you don't like what he posts. for Christ sake, Stebo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 my bad then... he's kinda right, although I wouldn't call it bullying. the same could be said if there was an outbreak of warmth and thunderstorms in December... would it not be ok to discuss it? put beavis on ignore if you don't like what he posts. for Christ sake, Stebo He doesn't bother me... You are making a mountain out of a molehill. I was clarifying one thing and complaining about a weather pattern not a poster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 The pattern is wearing on an on now. Was interesting those days where it was a white out one minute and the next the sun was out. That was the most interesting weather since the sleet storm. Been getting 2-3 warmish days and then 4 or 5 with winds off the lake. It's pretty much the same story every spring, but this month it's been more persistent. The weather will do what it wants to do. Just a few people that are within 5 miles of the lake... Alek, UMB, Bo, myself, and a couple posters in northern lower. This week would be nice if it was actually sunny everyday, but that doesn't look likely. So yeah, it will be a drag. Time to do some spring cleaning in the house anyways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 The pattern is wearing on an on now. Was interesting those days where it was a white out one minute and the next the sun was out. That was the most interesting weather since the sleet storm. Been getting 2-3 warmish days and then 4 or 5 with winds off the lake. It's pretty much the same story every spring, but this month it's been more persistent. The weather will do what it wants to do. Just a few people that are within 5 miles of the lake... Alek, UMB, Bo, myself, and a couple posters in northern lower. This week would be nice if it was actually sunny everyday, but that doesn't look likely. So yeah, it will be a drag. Time to do some spring cleaning in the house anyways. Man it really is like a different world up there lol. We have sunny and 70 for tomorrow, and then temps near, or in the 60s for the foreseeable future after that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 Man it really is like a different world up there lol. We have sunny and 70 for tomorrow, and then temps near, or in the 60s for the foreseeable future after that. Two days in the 70s and today with 82°. Good analogy would be I live next to the refrigerator in the kitchen, and you live in the next room. It is quite pleasant when you get one of those lake breezes on a hot day in July. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravisWx Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 The pattern is wearing on an on now. Was interesting those days where it was a white out one minute and the next the sun was out. That was the most interesting weather since the sleet storm. Been getting 2-3 warmish days and then 4 or 5 with winds off the lake. It's pretty much the same story every spring, but this month it's been more persistent. The weather will do what it wants to do. Just a few people that are within 5 miles of the lake... Alek, UMB, Bo, myself, and a couple posters in northern lower. This week would be nice if it was actually sunny everyday, but that doesn't look likely. So yeah, it will be a drag. Time to do some spring cleaning in the house anyways. I live within a mile of the Lake Huron shoreline. It was interesting during the last "warm" spell when it generally hit 68-70 degrees in northern lower MI. At my house the outdoor thermometer read 52 (shade). When I drove out to my parent's house that same hour, it was 74 (shade). The lake breezes are only nice when it's 95 degrees out. Otherwise, they make warm spring days miserable once the wind switches off the lake. I've walked on the local bike path that follows the shoreline north of Rogers City. There have been multiple occasions where in one spot the temperature would be in the 50's and less that 100 yards away it would be in the 70's. Very interesting to walk through those temp gradients. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 I live within a mile of the Lake Huron shoreline. It was interesting during the last "warm" spell when it generally hit 68-70 degrees in northern lower MI. At my house the outdoor thermometer read 52 (shade). When I drove out to my parent's house that same hour, it was 74 (shade). The lake breezes are only nice when it's 95 degrees out. Otherwise, they make warm spring days miserable once the wind switches off the lake. I've walked on the local bike path that follows the shoreline north of Rogers City. There have been multiple occasions where in one spot the temperature would be in the 50's and less that 100 yards away it would be in the 70's. Very interesting to walk through those temp gradients. I knew there was a Rogers City poster, just couldn't put my finger on your name. Your climate is similar to here - you probably get even more lake breezes then here though in the summer. I've been through some of those crazy temp gradients before walking along the lake, especially in Racine and Wind Point just north of here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 Thankfully the GFS/EURO backing off the cold snap considerably and shortening the length of it. Day 10 Euro/GFS actually is decently warm for parts of the region. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 no shocker there still a rather crappy stretch on deck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormtrackertf Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 At this point I'll just take frost-free... I won't even ask for things above 55. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 no shocker there still a rather crappy stretch on deck Yeah, crappy but not plant killing crappy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonger Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 Looks like a real crapfest for the next 2 weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonger Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 I live within a mile of the Lake Huron shoreline. It was interesting during the last "warm" spell when it generally hit 68-70 degrees in northern lower MI. At my house the outdoor thermometer read 52 (shade). When I drove out to my parent's house that same hour, it was 74 (shade). The lake breezes are only nice when it's 95 degrees out. Otherwise, they make warm spring days miserable once the wind switches off the lake. I've walked on the local bike path that follows the shoreline north of Rogers City. There have been multiple occasions where in one spot the temperature would be in the 50's and less that 100 yards away it would be in the 70's. Very interesting to walk through those temp gradients. I once took a motorcycle ride up the eastern coast of the state in early May. It was around 80F for most of the trip until I got close to Lake Huron and at that point my teeth were chattering for about 50 miles. Once I hit M72, I went straight west and it didn't take long for improvement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 like most aggressive medium range cold shots, the 0z GFS appears to be a mirage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nwohweather Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 I can't get over the absolute lack of severe weather either. Not a single system ramps up within the next week here and even then the southern Plains only look to have one real tornado day. I will say I'll take a quiet early part of May if it means that the second half will deliver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 could be worse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 12z EURO is nice after next Monday. Until then pretty crappy for most of us north of I-80. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wisconsinwx Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 I'll take that. You also mentioned Friday looking decent. For awhile there it sounded (and looked like) when I looked at the models that we might be looking at two straight weeks of N/NE flow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 There was some pretty nasty runs going out 10-14 days in the last 3 days. Hopefully the models don't backtrack at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 This weekend is still a bit up in the air. The euro had been driving a strong low up into Wisconsin, dumping heavy rain across the area, but today it suddenly joined the GFS's idea of suppressing the energy and shooting it eastward into the Ohio Valley, dropping very little rain up here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 long range getting pretty wacky. definitely entering a period of increased uncertainty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 long range getting pretty wacky. definitely entering a period of increased uncertainty Longer range Euro and EPS didn't look half bad beyond day 8, it was warmer that is for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 Kind of a roller coaster ride the first 5 days of May. An upper low system comes down from the north. Outlook for May from the CFS. Warm north, cooler south. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 44°, damp and cloudy for the first day of May. Grass is green like Ireland's, but the trees are running behind. Really hoping for some 50s at least this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 I can't get over the absolute lack of severe weather either. Not a single system ramps up within the next week here and even then the southern Plains only look to have one real tornado day. I will say I'll take a quiet early part of May if it means that the second half will deliver Climo suggests it's way too early in the season for us to be seeing much in the way of severe weather. Thus, I have very low expectations for any activity in April / May. Historically, the peak of severe weather season in our region isn't until late June / early July. And for the past decade of so, August has been the most active month (which is funny considering it's also traditionally one of the driest months). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 could be worse You can already see a repeat of the crap we're getting now brewing upstream on that map. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 44°, damp and cloudy for the first day of May. Grass is green like Ireland's, but the trees are running behind. Really hoping for some 50s at least this week. Indeed. We need a couple days in the 80s (and that ain't happening any time soon) for a more rapid bloom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 Indeed. We need a couple days in the 80s (and that ain't happening any time soon) for a more rapid bloom. Can't even buy a 70 to speak of. Just 3 days this year AOA 70°. GFS is kind of back and forth on temps, cooler as you go east. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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