michsnowfreak Posted October 12, 2017 Share Posted October 12, 2017 So wait a minute . Highs in the 80s are "major heat" for October because of the time of year. Calling mid 80s major heat during summer would obviously be a joke. So while I do agree that 6"+ is appreciable any time of year, I don't see why we would hold November snow to the same standards as winter snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted October 12, 2017 Share Posted October 12, 2017 2 hours ago, weatherbo said: Can't get enough of the beautiful weather. Temps the past few days have been seasonal with highs in the mid-50's and lows around 30. The potential exists late Sunday night for the first snow flakes, with grassy areas here in the higher elevations possibly seeing a little. It's quickly approaching snow season up here and it's starting to look more mid-Fall like. Depending on where, some trees (especially maples) are close to bare, but in heavy oak areas, they're just peaking. The leaves this season started turning right on time, but seem to be running 7-10 days late peaking... just an observation. Spent the entire day outside. Took the first pic around 2pm as I snuck up on a couple Spring fawns chowing, getting fat, and preparing for the seasonal migration out of the local snow belt where it gets too deep for them to easily find food.. Second pic was taken just a few minutes ago as the sun was going down below the hill in my backyard. Sure gets chilly after that! Awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Martin Posted October 12, 2017 Share Posted October 12, 2017 Noticing on the GFS that the temperature anomalies during the next seven days are not quite as above normal, with a nice stretch of below normal temperatures too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted October 12, 2017 Share Posted October 12, 2017 4 hours ago, cyclone77 said: Great shots! Not sure we're going to get color that good down this way. The leaves have been changing for a good month now, and many trees are partially bare already. Kind of a weird mixture of mostly green trees, or partially bare trees that have both green and colorful leaves left. Strange autumn as far as the colors go. At a point, I felt it was going that way here too. There was this weird mini initial peak 3 1/2 weeks ago and then all of those leaves fell, leaving the rest to turn very slow but really hang on to the color once turned. Peak lasted better than a week here. Plenty of rain fell all summer so dryness wasn't a factor but there wasn't a lot of sun (maybe that was). At any rate, whatever played out, they're beautiful this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Martin Posted October 12, 2017 Share Posted October 12, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogueWaves Posted October 12, 2017 Share Posted October 12, 2017 ^^^ @ JM Shouldn't your graphic be for the 11th? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogueWaves Posted October 12, 2017 Share Posted October 12, 2017 13 hours ago, rainsucks said: I said it's RARE to get appreciable snow in November, I didn't say that it never happens. Keep twisting my words though. Also, the Nov 2015 storm was unprecedented. You can't just use freak storms like that and say that appreciable snow in Nov is a common thing. Just a glance to confirm memory, over the last decade in SWMI there's been at least 4 Novembers when 6+ has been recorded in the region. If you go with 3" it's at least 6 as I did not dig through the most LES-prone recording locales. You could argue that they're something of a micro-climate of their own. November can be, and often is a winter shoulder month that in certain years can have some mid-winter style conditions. It may be rare where you reside, but this is a pretty big sub region some of which gets real snow in Nov. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted October 12, 2017 Share Posted October 12, 2017 The drought has been eliminated over for the nw half of Iowa, and the area of extreme drought south of Des Moines is gone. Next week's drought monitor graphic will include the Tuesday soaker and this weekend's soaker, so there should be improvement over the rest of the state. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Martin Posted October 12, 2017 Share Posted October 12, 2017 8 hours ago, RogueWaves said: ^^^ @ JM Shouldn't your graphic be for the 11th? Yes. My bad there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted October 12, 2017 Share Posted October 12, 2017 Pretty warm look showing up on the day 10 Euro Ensemble mean Nearly 30 decameter above average Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted October 12, 2017 Share Posted October 12, 2017 Got 0.98" rain yesterday imby and another 0.05" of drizzle today. Raw with temps mostly in the low 50s. My house got to 59° so I caved and turnedon the best for the first time of the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rainsucks Posted October 13, 2017 Share Posted October 13, 2017 Lol @ having your house get down to 59° can't imagine that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted October 13, 2017 Author Share Posted October 13, 2017 It would have to be like the dead of winter for mine to get to 59... if I let it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Martin Posted October 13, 2017 Share Posted October 13, 2017 Perfect recipe setting up for fog overnight tonight in Northwest Ohio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogueWaves Posted October 13, 2017 Share Posted October 13, 2017 19 hours ago, Stebo said: Pretty warm look showing up on the day 10 Euro Ensemble mean Nearly 30 decameter above average Yeah, then is wants to do this 5 days later. Something's on Crack, or gotta crack lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted October 13, 2017 Share Posted October 13, 2017 Just now, RogueWaves said: Yeah, then is wants to do this 5 days later. Something's on Crack, or gotta crack lol Oh I believe that as well, you are going to get a snap back after the warm up especially with the flow out of the nw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted October 13, 2017 Share Posted October 13, 2017 16 hours ago, rainsucks said: Lol @ having your house get down to 59° can't imagine that. 15 hours ago, Hoosier said: It would have to be like the dead of winter for mine to get to 59... if I let it. My house tends to run cold. During the summer, my house has an excellent cross breeze, and also almost all hardwood floors. Been in the house 2 yrs (its a 100-yr old house, was my late grandparents). I wised up this year and bought a portable room AC for my bedroom upstairs (where it does get hot). It was getting silly to run the central AC all the time when it really was not needed some of the time on the main floor. While I used that most nights this summer, I only used the central air less than half the time. Now that the seasons are changing, its just about heat time, and since it will be on for 7 months straight I figured might as well ease in, but when I got home from work yesterday and saw it rose from 59 to 61, I figured the hell with it and turned on the heat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted October 13, 2017 Share Posted October 13, 2017 My house routinely gets into the 50's at night, especially if I don't feed the stove during the night. Doesn't bother me much. Half the time I'm dragging my Linus blanket around anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonger Posted October 13, 2017 Share Posted October 13, 2017 I wish normal would just lock in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted October 13, 2017 Share Posted October 13, 2017 I don't have AC so my house runs around 75-80 in summer. I usually keep it at 65-67 in winter. Looks like the heat continues right through the end of the month. I think we see a pattern swap during the first 2 weeks of November. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted October 13, 2017 Share Posted October 13, 2017 22 minutes ago, Jonger said: I wish normal would just lock in. When does normal lock in this time of year, it almost always is up and down in October. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted October 13, 2017 Share Posted October 13, 2017 53 minutes ago, michsnowfreak said: My house tends to run cold. During the summer, my house has an excellent cross breeze, and also almost all hardwood floors. Been in the house 2 yrs (its a 100-yr old house, was my late grandparents). I wised up this year and bought a portable room AC for my bedroom upstairs (where it does get hot). It was getting silly to run the central AC all the time when it really was not needed some of the time on the main floor. While I used that most nights this summer, I only used the central air less than half the time. Now that the seasons are changing, its just about heat time, and since it will be on for 7 months straight I figured might as well ease in, but when I got home from work yesterday and saw it rose from 59 to 61, I figured the hell with it and turned on the heat I would look into adding insulation, you shouldn't be leaking heat out of your house like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rainsucks Posted October 13, 2017 Share Posted October 13, 2017 3 hours ago, Stebo said: Oh I believe that as well, you are going to get a snap back after the warm up especially with the flow out of the nw. ....a snap back to average or maybe slightly above average Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted October 13, 2017 Share Posted October 13, 2017 Just now, rainsucks said: ....a snap back to average or maybe slightly above average Not with the look the ensembles are showing, it may be shorter lived but the magnitude should be pretty good especially with the cold that has been building in northern Canada. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted October 13, 2017 Share Posted October 13, 2017 Looking pretty stormy later this evening and overnight. Also off and on tomorrow/tomorrow eve. HRRRx showing 2-3" in parts of east Iowa/northern IL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Martin Posted October 13, 2017 Share Posted October 13, 2017 Fall colors here in Findlay today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted October 14, 2017 Share Posted October 14, 2017 41 degrees, bright stars, and the N lights are making an appearance this evening. Gale watches out for the lake... Nice weekend fall storm coming. Can't ask for more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted October 14, 2017 Share Posted October 14, 2017 4 minutes ago, weatherbo said: 41 degrees, bright stars, and the N lights are making an appearance this evening. Gale watches out for the lake... Nice weekend fall storm coming. Can't ask for more. Been a good showing for the northern lights lately, of course down this way it is cloudy again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted October 14, 2017 Share Posted October 14, 2017 5 minutes ago, Stebo said: Been a good showing for the northern lights lately, of course down this way it is cloudy again They've been a pretty common occurrence here the 3 years I've lived in the UP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UMB WX Posted October 14, 2017 Share Posted October 14, 2017 Another nice soaking. Good timing to bust the drought Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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