cyclone77 Posted March 27, 2018 Share Posted March 27, 2018 0.62" rain total. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrdIowPitMsp Posted March 27, 2018 Share Posted March 27, 2018 Picked up 0.8" of snow yesterday morning which freshened up the landscape, followed by 0.38" of very cold 34F rain which has turned everything brown. Can officially say 0" snow depth IMBY although north facing and shaded spots still holding onto a couple grungy inches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted March 27, 2018 Share Posted March 27, 2018 The good rain event failed to materialize here. The initial surge of rain was robbed by the big convection in Missouri and then the evening surge veered off to the east. I only picked up 0.12". After full sun and some good melting the day following the snowstorm, the last two days have been cloudy and continued cool, leading to a slower melt. Tomorrow's sunny 50s will certainly take care of the remaining snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted March 27, 2018 Share Posted March 27, 2018 Snow is toast here. Just scattered piles now. The grass really greened up beneath the snow, which was surprising. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted March 28, 2018 Share Posted March 28, 2018 This will go down as the most boring March in weather history for me. Lots of sun and that's been nice, but just nothing to follow. I've resorted to tracking the ice melt/movement and wind shifts. Also there has been no "spring" days to speak of really. My average high this month has been 30 and the low 10 (which isn't too far off normal). The warmest temp so far was 44 on the 17th and the coldest -4 on the 14th. Snow has been very slow to melt this year. Even with the large deficit (a whopping 50+"), there's still well over 2 feet of seasonal snow on the ground. Today should be a fairly decent melt day with a forecasted high of 52, which will be the warmest temp since October 23rd... then back in the freezer with AT LEAST snow chances. Haven't seen a deer since sometime in January but did happen to see a porcupine up in the trees while out snowshoeing, so there is movement in the woods starting... spring isn't far off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hlcater Posted March 28, 2018 Share Posted March 28, 2018 16 hours ago, cyclone77 said: Snow is toast here. Just scattered piles now. The grass really greened up beneath the snow, which was surprising. I've still got scattered patches of up to 3" depth. But there's also quite a bit of bare ground. But I expect today's 50s to promptly dispose of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted March 28, 2018 Share Posted March 28, 2018 With abundant sunshine and brisk southerly winds, the high today was a warm 51. Somehow tho, only 2" of snow melted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchaumburgStormer Posted March 28, 2018 Share Posted March 28, 2018 Busted about 10 degrees low today due to persistent cloud cover, but a nice day nonetheless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chambana Posted March 28, 2018 Share Posted March 28, 2018 51 for a high here as well, but persistent cloud cover, which made it feel not as warm. Here we are, heading into April without one 70 degree reading, not even sure if we have tagged 65 yet. For comparison by this time last year Champaign had already recorded six 70 degree readings, thanks in large part to a blowtorch February. April in in the extended doesn’t look to warm. Hope we get payback and have a stellar May. This spring so far has reminded me a lot of 2013, wet and cold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrisale Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 1 hour ago, Chambana said: 51 for a high here as well, but persistent cloud cover, which made it feel not as warm. Here we are, heading into April without one 70 degree reading, not even sure if we have tagged 65 yet. For comparison by this time last year Champaign had already recorded six 70 degree readings, thanks in large part to a blowtorch February. April in in the extended doesn’t look to warm. Hope we get payback and have a stellar May. This spring so far has reminded me a lot of 2013, wet and cold. Interesting. It’s been dry and cold here. Missed out on most of the moisture this month. Similar to Bo, lots of sunshine here as well this month yet few instances of above normal temps. Numerous sunny days have been slightly spoiled by a chilly NW wind. Nonetheless one of the driest Marches in recent memory, and with our big melt occurring in late Feb this year, there’s been little of the usual mud which has been a plus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 34 minutes ago, harrisale said: Interesting. It’s been dry and cold here. Missed out on most of the moisture this month. Similar to Bo, lots of sunshine here as well this month yet few instances of above normal temps. Numerous sunny days have been slightly spoiled by a chilly NW wind. Nonetheless one of the driest Marches in recent memory, and with our big melt occurring in late Feb this year, there’s been little of the usual mud which has been a plus. I was walking by the Humber last weekend. It looks like it would look during the middle of summer. Lots of the riverbed showing. Obviously not going to snow here but we could sure use some rain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chambana Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 Wow, so poking through some March stats for Champaign, it is looking very likely we will fail to reach 60 degrees during the month of March since 1996. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 On 3/27/2018 at 5:23 PM, cyclone77 said: Snow is toast here. Just scattered piles now. The grass really greened up beneath the snow, which was surprising. It's not much here, but I'm also seeing the first bits of green. It's going to be a slow green-up this spring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 looking at the GFS/NAM, it seems that Detroit area could see gusts to 40 kt or higher on Saturday, so I guess March will go out like a Lion! Lake Huron should have 35kt gusting to 50kt on Saturday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 20 hours ago, weatherbo said: With abundant sunshine and brisk southerly winds, the high today was a warm 51. Somehow tho, only 2" of snow melted. Low dewpoints and dense snow. My last shaded snow pile just melted yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osubrett2 Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 Dull and dreary weather to end March here at CMH. Haven't seen the sun since late Monday afternoon as clouds, fog, and rain have taken over. 1.20" since Tuesday mornings. Not much temperature variation either. Dipped into the mid-40s early Tuesday morning after tagging 58F on Monday, but it has since been in the 50s for 50+ hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 Last day of March is def going out with a roar in the north woods. Quick moving but potent system this morning with some pretty impressive rates currently... 5" of snow since yesterday afternoon. Snow depth is back over 30" on my snow stick in the front yard and 27" on the one out in the woods. Cold and snowy pattern for early April in the offing, but I've always felt if it's gonna be cold might as well snow... then a quick flip to spring in a few weeks (hopefully)! MQT: 9:45 AM EDT: A quick-hitting snowstorm continues across the area with increasingly heavy snowfall. Snowfall rates may approach 2 to 3 inches per hour in the heaviest snow bands. Snow will continue through the afternoon and early evening hours, ending from west to east. Gusty winds will increase this afternoon as well, strongest across eastern Upper Michigan. Travel is strongly discouraged across Upper Michigan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 There was a 58 mph wind gust at the Cedar Rapids airport this morning. It wasn't quite that strong here, but the gusts and rain certainly woke me up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrdIowPitMsp Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 The last minute southern shift put us right in the game for a little snow. Saw the HRRR nudging things south yesterday evening but it really was a nowcast as the radar blossomed. 3” is about what I finished with and it’s blowing a bit. Temperature has steadily dropped all morning so the slush on roads has become solid ice and looks like a deep freeze (for April standards) this next week. Record lows in play here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TugHillMatt Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 Actually have had bursts of wet snow mixing in with rain showers here in West Michigan. For sure waaaay too mild for anything to lay. Sure would like to see a few snowstorms this upcoming week before Spring sets in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 Snow starting to wind down a bit after 7" of new snow today. With 34" otg and more snow likely this coming week, should easily keep the seasonal snowpack a few more weeks. If so, it will mark 6 months straight with snow on the ground. Even with an underperforming season, it's still been hardcore winter here. Spring will no doubt be sweet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Met1985 Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 4 hours ago, weatherbo said: Snow starting to wind down a bit after 7" of new snow today. With 34" otg and more snow likely this coming week, should easily keep the seasonal snowpack a few more weeks. If so, it will mark 6 months straight with snow on the ground. Even with an underperforming season, it's still been hardcore winter here. Spring will no doubt be sweet! Impressive. I'm trying to find a place in northern Wisconsin around Tomahawk or Rhinlander. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 13 hours ago, Met1985 said: Impressive. I'm trying to find a place in northern Wisconsin around Tomahawk or Rhinlander. That's a really beautiful area of Wisconsin. If you could make it another 30 miles or so north of there, it puts you in another ballgame snow wise. What kind of work is found there? I'm assuming logging is pretty big like here. A cold low of 3 after clearing late afternoon yesterday, then snow moved back in around midnight and snowed at a good clip off and on until around 6 this morning... another 2" or so. Snow depth just over 3' now. The 2 day total of 10" averaged 20:1 ratios and even with a high today of only 26 forecasted, with mostly sun, I'm sure they'll be plenty of dripping in a few hours...loving winter's last gasp! Bug season will be here before ya know it. April 1st snow depth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 March was the 4th of the last 5 months to finish colder than normal (-1.8°) at DTW. But after a snowy winter and a somewhat destructive wet snowstorm roared the lion in on March 1st, it was also one of the more tranquil marches you will see here. Lots of sun and chilly temps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartman Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 000 CXUS51 KILN 010548 CF6DAY PRELIMINARY LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA (WS FORM: F-6) STATION: DAYTON OH MONTH: MARCH YEAR: 2018 LATITUDE: 39 54 N LONGITUDE: 84 12 W TEMPERATURE IN F: :PCPN: SNOW: WIND :SUNSHINE: SKY :PK WND ================================================================================ 1 2 3 4 5 6A 6B 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 12Z AVG MX 2MIN DY MAX MIN AVG DEP HDD CDD WTR SNW DPTH SPD SPD DIR MIN PSBL S-S WX SPD DR ================================================================================ 1 57 36 47 12 18 0 0.71 0.0 0 15.5 33 320 M M 10 128 42 310 2 44 30 37 2 28 0 0.00 0.0 0 12.2 23 330 M M 4 27 330 3 44 26 35 -1 30 0 0.00 0.0 0 8.1 16 30 M M 0 19 20 4 46 23 35 -1 30 0 0.00 0.0 0 8.6 15 50 M M 0 26 80 5 44 25 35 -1 30 0 T T 0 12.4 21 120 M M 6 28 110 6 55 33 44 7 21 0 T T 0 11.0 31 290 M M 6 42 270 7 37 24 31 -6 34 0 T T 0 16.0 29 270 M M 9 1 38 280 8 30 23 27 -10 38 0 0.15 1.6 1 14.0 25 260 M M 9 12 30 260 9 39 19 29 -9 36 0 0.00 0.0 0 10.1 20 250 M M 7 23 250 10 44 21 33 -5 32 0 0.00 0.0 0 5.8 14 20 M M 2 17 360 11 43 22 33 -5 32 0 0.00 0.0 0 10.9 21 30 M M 6 26 30 12 38 20 29 -10 36 0 0.01 0.3 0 10.7 24 310 M M 7 1 30 300 13 37 23 30 -9 35 0 0.03 0.5 T 11.3 29 350 M M 5 18 36 350 14 38 24 31 -9 34 0 T 0.1 T 14.4 26 270 M M 7 1 32 270 15 49 28 39 -1 26 0 0.00 0.0 0 13.7 24 270 M M 2 32 290 16 41 20 31 -9 34 0 0.00 0.0 0 8.4 22 350 M M 5 27 340 17 45 30 38 -3 27 0 0.22 0.0 0 10.3 20 30 M M 10 16 23 20 18 55 22 39 -2 26 0 0.00 0.0 0 2.8 8 360 M M 3 1 10 130 19 58 31 45 3 20 0 0.00 0.0 0 11.6 28 50 M M 7 1 33 50 20 43 29 36 -6 29 0 0.08 1.2 0 19.2 28 20 M M 10 16 38 20 21 35 27 31 -11 34 0 0.08 2.1 3 14.0 22 350 M M 10 1 28 10 22 41 21 31 -12 34 0 0.00 0.0 1 7.8 14 310 M M 2 21 280 23 44 26 35 -8 30 0 0.00 0.0 0 8.1 16 340 M M 2 22 350 24 39 28 34 -9 31 0 0.00 0.0 0 12.7 25 60 M M 9 30 50 25 45 23 34 -10 31 0 0.00 0.0 0 13.9 24 60 M M 4 30 70 26 50 32 41 -3 24 0 T 0.0 0 15.3 22 130 M M 7 27 120 27 53 46 50 6 15 0 0.44 0.0 0 12.7 21 180 M M 8 18 26 180 28 51 45 48 3 17 0 0.27 0.0 0 5.3 13 330 M M 10 12 14 320 29 59 41 50 5 15 0 1.36 0.0 0 10.9 22 20 M M 10 12 26 10 30 49 36 43 -3 22 0 0.21 0.0 0 7.7 22 20 M M 7 1 26 20 31 55 33 44 -2 21 0 T 0.0 0 14.9 35 220 M M 6 1 43 220 ================================================================================ SM 1408 867 870 0 3.56 5.8 350.3 M 190 ================================================================================ AV 45.4 28.0 11.3 FASTST M M 6 MAX(MPH) MISC ----> # 35 220 # 43 220 ================================================================================ NOTES: # LAST OF SEVERAL OCCURRENCES COLUMN 17 PEAK WIND IN M.P.H. PRELIMINARY LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA (WS FORM: F-6) , PAGE 2 STATION: DAYTON OH MONTH: MARCH YEAR: 2018 LATITUDE: 39 54 N LONGITUDE: 84 12 W [TEMPERATURE DATA] [PRECIPITATION DATA] SYMBOLS USED IN COLUMN 16 AVERAGE MONTHLY: 36.7 TOTAL FOR MONTH: 3.56 1 = FOG OR MIST DPTR FM NORMAL: -3.7 DPTR FM NORMAL: 0.22 2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY HIGHEST: 59 ON 29 GRTST 24HR 1.36 ON 29-29 TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS LOWEST: 19 ON 9 3 = THUNDER SNOW, ICE PELLETS, HAIL 4 = ICE PELLETS TOTAL MONTH: 5.8 INCHES 5 = HAIL GRTST 24HR 2.1 ON 21-21 6 = FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE GRTST DEPTH: 3 ON 21 7 = DUSTSTORM OR SANDSTORM: VSBY 1/2 MILE OR LESS 8 = SMOKE OR HAZE [NO. OF DAYS WITH] [WEATHER - DAYS WITH] 9 = BLOWING SNOW X = TORNADO MAX 32 OR BELOW: 1 0.01 INCH OR MORE: 11 MAX 90 OR ABOVE: 0 0.10 INCH OR MORE: 7 MIN 32 OR BELOW: 24 0.50 INCH OR MORE: 2 MIN 0 OR BELOW: 0 1.00 INCH OR MORE: 1 [HDD (BASE 65) ] TOTAL THIS MO. 870 CLEAR (SCALE 0-3) 7 DPTR FM NORMAL 106 PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7) 15 TOTAL FM JUL 1 4978 CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10) 9 DPTR FM NORMAL -61 [CDD (BASE 65) ] TOTAL THIS MO. 0 DPTR FM NORMAL 0 [PRESSURE DATA] TOTAL FM JAN 1 3 HIGHEST SLP 30.54 ON 3 DPTR FM NORMAL 3 LOWEST SLP 29.48 ON 1 [REMARKS] #FINAL-03-18# As expected, temperatures at DAY failed to reach 60 degrees in March for the first time since 2001 and only the 6th time on record. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowstorms Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 Here's how March faired at YYZ with averages in brackets; High: 39.3F (39.3F) Mean: 32.1F (31.5F) Low: 25.1F (23.5F) Total snow: 3.5" (7.0") Total Precipitation: 1.27" (2.1") Overall the month faired average temperature wise, but well below normal precipitation and snow wise. Don't even get me started on snow. That 3.5" of snow is literally 98% LES. Screw this winter! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 4 minutes ago, Snowstorms said: Here's how March faired at YYZ with averages in brackets; High: 39.3F (39.3F) Mean: 32.1F (31.5F) Low: 25.1F (23.5F) Total snow: 3.5" (7.0") Total Precipitation: 1.27" (2.1") Overall the month faired average temperature wise, but well below normal precipitation and snow wise. Don't even get me started on snow. That 3.5" of snow is literally 98% LES. Screw this winter! Wasn't really LES. More of a convective heavy snowshower generated by a trough of low pressure. But it's true that most areas of the GTA saw less than 3.5" of snow in March. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoboy645 Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 I got all of .71" for the month of March. That is extremely dry for March. If April keeps the dryness going we are going to run into drought concerns pretty quickly. Snow-wise we got a couple good snows in the beginning of the month,but after the 10th its been day in and day out of cold and dry. We haven't even hit 60 yet! Normally we at least one or two 60's by this point. I guess the biggest weather highlight for me was going through last week's blizzard in central Illinois and experiencing 70's and 80's in Tennessee. Its weird how green it gets as soon as you cross the Ohio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Met1985 Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 On 4/1/2018 at 7:59 AM, weatherbo said: That's a really beautiful area of Wisconsin. If you could make it another 30 miles or so north of there, it puts you in another ballgame snow wise. What kind of work is found there? I'm assuming logging is pretty big like here. A cold low of 3 after clearing late afternoon yesterday, then snow moved back in around midnight and snowed at a good clip off and on until around 6 this morning... another 2" or so. Snow depth just over 3' now. The 2 day total of 10" averaged 20:1 ratios and even with a high today of only 26 forecasted, with mostly sun, I'm sure they'll be plenty of dripping in a few hours...loving winter's last gasp! Bug season will be here before ya know it. April 1st snow depth Very nice! Yeah I'm trying to get as far north as I can. I'm in conductor training with a railroad up here so I'm trying to get stationed as far north as I can. Thanks for the info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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