Powerball Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 On 4/14/2017 at 5:43 AM, michsnowfreak said: April 6 and 7th were below normal at DTW. Greenup is hard to tell since it's all eyeballing..it's definitely a solid week earlier than normal, not sure about 2 weeks. After a record or near record early green up in 2012, each of the last 4 years had been later than normal. So we are due for an earlier green up, though naturally it's nowhere near 2012. I stand corrected. I was looking at the wrong column in the climate summary for April. I imagine we'll see some more rapid blossoming this weekend with dewpoints ratcheting upward and temps approaching 80*F. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchaumburgStormer Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 Got some strong winds yesterday as the line of storms crept north. Was driving down I-39, and my wife pointed out the flying wall of corn husks and dirt right before I drove into it. Probably gusted to 50 or so, enough to pucker the rear end as I watched the semi trailer in front of me swing back and forth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 On this date 3 years ago detroit broke the all time season snow record with a 3.2 inch snowfall. 94.9" at DTW, 96.2" imby. Someone in the ARB-DTW corridor no doubt saw 100". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 1 hour ago, michsnowfreak said: On this date 3 years ago detroit broke the all time season snow record with a 3.2 inch snowfall. 94.9" at DTW, 96.2" imby. Someone in the ARB-DTW corridor no doubt saw 100". And this year, we're flirting with record high temps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 80 degrees with a ripping southwest wind. Trees have really exploded over the past week, with most of them leafing out now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 So far 81 at DTW, record is 85 for the day, small chance we make a run toward it but I don't think we tie it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 26 minutes ago, cyclone77 said: 80 degrees with a ripping southwest wind. Trees have really exploded over the past week, with most of them leafing out now. WE're getting there. Most of them at least have buds on them, but only a few of them have leafed out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torchageddon Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 While my temperature is still at a lousy 15ºC (and cloudy), UW station since I followed from 1:00 pm has been rising insanely fast at 1.5-2.0ºC per 15 minutes! After the rain ended and sun started coming in that sucker just went nuts. Easily the fastest rise in temperature this year so far. They're closing in on 20ºC now (likely past it). 13.5 1:00 pm 15.0 1:15 pm 16.4 1:30 pm 18.4 1:45 pm 19.5 2:00 pm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 14 minutes ago, Torchageddon said: While my temperature is still at a lousy 15ºC (and cloudy), UW station since I followed from 1:00 pm has been rising insanely fast at 1.5-2.0ºC per 15 minutes! After the rain ended and sun started coming in that sucker just went nuts. Easily the fastest rise in temperature this year so far. They're closing in on 20ºC now (likely past it). 13.5 1:00 pm 15.0 1:15 pm 16.4 1:30 pm 18.4 1:45 pm 19.5 2:00 pm That's pretty much what happened here. We started off 50*F at 8am, gradually rose to 60*F at 10am and then jumped to 80*F by 2pm. A CU field's developing now, so we've probably reached our peak temp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 83 for a max today, 2 off the record. Not bad, though it was legit hot out there today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormtrackertf Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 It was amazing out today. Tons of people enjoying the weather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 Still 72 at 11pm here, pretty incredible for April. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 Still 74 at ORD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 I guess temps aren't dropping tonight, still 71 at DTW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormtrackertf Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 71 at 1:00am on April 16th...can't beat that. Even in 2003 from what I remember it wasn't this warm this late, but I'm too lazy to verify it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 3 minutes ago, IthielZ said: 71 at 1:00am on April 16th...can't beat that. Even in 2003 from what I remember it wasn't this warm this late, but I'm too lazy to verify it. Nope wasn't this warm, it cooled off quicker that night after we hit 84 on the 15th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 Even with the cloud cover upstream, shouldn't have much of a problem hitting 70*F+ again today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 Picked up 0.97" last night/this morning. up to 2.94" for April already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 Widespread 2-3 inches fell across the Cedar Rapids area last night, with isolated higher. I finished with 2.23". CR has been ground zero for training heavy rain events the last couple years. The area behind my garage must have been under water because there was mulch piled up in the grass downstream. My April total is now 4.39". Another couple inches may be on the way this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrisale Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 Easily slept with the window wide open last night, temperature was a gorgeous 68 at midnight, hit a low of 62 at 8am this morning. Spent the day at Point Pelee National Park yesterday, experienced near 80F even near the lake. Top notch pattern right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 Tried to get nice for a while earlier but it didn't happen. Heavy fog with a north wind and 35 degrees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 I dont know why I never caught this before, but I think this is a very neat weather fact for Detroit, a climate base that goes to 1874. Its been frequently discussed that the warmest and coldest Christmases were back to back, as Christmas 1982's record high of 64F was followed in 1983 with a record low of -10F. But I just now realized the warmest and coldest Easters were also back to back. Easter 1940 saw a low of 6F (Mar 24th) while Easter 1941 saw a high of 87F (Apr 13). Though many Easters have had flakes of snow, only 6 have been officially White - 1883, 1920, 1926, 1940, 2007, 2008. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 6 minutes ago, michsnowfreak said: I dont know why I never caught this before, but I think this is a very neat weather fact for Detroit, a climate base that goes to 1874. Its been frequently discussed that the warmest and coldest Christmases were back to back, as Christmas 1982's record high of 64F was followed in 1983 with a record low of -10F. But I just now realized the warmest and coldest Easters were also back to back. Easter 1940 saw a low of 6F (Mar 24th) while Easter 1941 saw a high of 87F (Apr 13). Though many Easters have had flakes of snow, only 6 have been officially White - 1883, 1920, 1926, 1940, 2007, 2008. Probably because the date of Easter varies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 Easter sunset Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 ^Beautiful, Josh! Woke up to a little bit of snow this morning, 27 degrees. Going to be a cool one today only in the mid-30's. Very up and down unsettled weather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 66 here with full sun and light winds. Should make the low 70s. Interesting that the point only has us hitting 63 on Wed, but some models show us reaching to near 80. Challenging forecast since a lot will ride on the Plains MCS that will roll east Wednesday. If it stays far enough north we hit 80 with mid 60 dews, and if it tracks a bit further south we may have a hard time reaching 60 degrees lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 Obviously this will largely depend on eventual surface low track, but the 12z NAM has Chicago going from the 40s to near 70 between 03z and 06z Thursday. I'm guessing 40s to 70 hasn't happened during the night very much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UMB WX Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 Glorious 40 degrees out. take a drive 12 mins and its 71 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trent Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 Today is the 31st day this year in Cleveland with a high at or above 60 and it's only April 17! An average year should have only had 11 days thus far. Previous record was 27 days in 1945. 2017 is definitely continuing the torch pattern. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 Interesting thing going on with the lake cooling today. Take Waukegan and Gary for example. Both places are in close proximity to the lake and fairly far behind the boundary, and yet it's 49 in Waukegan and 66 in Gary. At first I was wondering if Waukegan was cloudy or something but both places are sunny/mostly sunny. I would've bet my life on a bigger drop at GYY by now. Mother nature manages to throw a surprise from time to time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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