snowstormcanuck Posted March 28, 2018 Share Posted March 28, 2018 Essentially 2 full cold-weather months without any synoptic snow. Really unfathomable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted March 28, 2018 Share Posted March 28, 2018 1 hour ago, snowstormcanuck said: Essentially 2 full cold-weather months without any synoptic snow. Really unfathomable. How did 2010 play out month to month, because I feel this winter mirrored that a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted March 28, 2018 Share Posted March 28, 2018 Way below average here as well. All of February and March, just 28" of snow when the average is around 80. The bitterness is really beginning to set in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 3 hours ago, snowstormcanuck said: Essentially 2 full cold-weather months without any synoptic snow. Really unfathomable. March and November? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 1 hour ago, Stebo said: How did 2010 play out month to month, because I feel this winter mirrored that a bit. I'm wondering if it did mirror 2010 in Toronto. Not so much here. In 2009-10 we had no snow in Nov and just a trace in March. Slightly below avg snow in dec and Jan, and well above avg in Feb. The net result was an average season in terms of total snowfall. In 2017-18 we had several days with flurries in Oct and Nov but nothing measurable. Slightly below avg snow in Jan, near avg snow in Mar and well above avg snow in Dec and Feb. The net result is a well above avg season in total snowfall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 2 hours ago, Stebo said: How did 2010 play out month to month, because I feel this winter mirrored that a bit. March 2010 was much warmer obviously. But yeah, no measurable snow that winter in March or April. The core of 2009-10 and 17-18 were much different for YYZ. 09-10 was a futility winter that sucked pretty much from wall to wall. This winter was ok up until the 2nd week in February. Then it disappeared. Honestly, can't think of a good analog locally for this winter. Usually when the snow season wraps up early it's because of premature spring warmth. Not massive blocking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 40 minutes ago, michsnowfreak said: March and November? No. Since Feb 11th, no synoptic snow (aside from a few tenths here and there). Nothing in sight through early April. Two miserable months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted March 29, 2018 Author Share Posted March 29, 2018 I know that the meaning behind the point-n-click forecast, but I always have chuckle when I see this. I have wonder what Joe Public thinks when he sees it. Tuesday A 30 percent chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 50. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowstorms Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 1 hour ago, snowstormcanuck said: March 2010 was much warmer obviously. But yeah, no measurable snow that winter in March or April. The core of 2009-10 and 17-18 were much different for YYZ. 09-10 was a futility winter that sucked pretty much from wall to wall. This winter was ok up until the 2nd week in February. Then it disappeared. Honestly, can't think of a good analog locally for this winter. Usually when the snow season wraps up early it's because of premature spring warmth. Not massive blocking. March 1962 is the only best analog I can think of. It featured strong atlantic blocking and YYZ barely recorded 2.0" of snow that month and only 0.47" of precipitation. Albeit, February 1962 is a top 5 snowy month at YYZ LOL. Snowfall amounts prior to March 1962, are almost comparable to this season (35.6" this season vs. 47.2" in 61-62). I mean other than that, I don't know. Bizarre season and for the worst too, smh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KokomoWX Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 Question about Holland Tulip Festival... Vacation has been planned to come for the Tulip Festival. With what seems like a slow start to spring, anything I should be aware of? We are going for an early morning photo tour before it opens so we have concerns about the development of the tulips. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Perry Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 2 hours ago, KokomoWX said: Question about Holland Tulip Festival... Vacation has been planned to come for the Tulip Festival. With what seems like a slow start to spring, anything I should be aware of? We are going for an early morning photo tour before it opens so we have concerns about the development of the tulips. Well, a lot can happen between now and cinco de mayo... but at this point I’d keep looking for atleast a solid week of 50-60’s for that to take place, and we’re 5 weeks out so plenty of time for that to happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Perry Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 Blocking.... anyone? Plenty to go around. Theres one of two things that will probably happen when and if this pattern breaks - and one would highly favor the sub. Either this blocking stays put and we carry on through a very chilly spring/early summer (near record breaking if all stays put... yuck)... OR we get a pattern change and we will make a sudden change from 30’s and 40’s, to 70’s and 80’s within a weeks time. The good about that is the amount of cold air that will still be to the north - thus a very good severe weather season. Hard to say what will happen though. With any luck blocking will stay in place and it’ll be in the 50’s for Memorial Day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestMichigan Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 3 hours ago, KokomoWX said: Question about Holland Tulip Festival... Vacation has been planned to come for the Tulip Festival. With what seems like a slow start to spring, anything I should be aware of? We are going for an early morning photo tour before it opens so we have concerns about the development of the tulips. Still too early to know. Several recent few years have seen early blooms, but this year is definitely colder right now so development is slower right now. My daffodils are barely breaking through the surface. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indystorm Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 The daffodils are blooming in my front lawn. Such is the difference in climo and geography from Michigan to Indianapolis. Plus I also have a new pond in part of the yard from all the recent rain and snow melt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoboy645 Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 Can this pattern end yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrisale Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 22 hours ago, snowstormcanuck said: This winter was ok up until the 2nd week in February. Then it disappeared. You could even argue winter began to transition out in late January. That thaw was pretty much the beginning of the end besides a slight winter resurgence in early Feb. Its just been a month-long end of the end this year ha.. On the plus side I have been able to bike to work for 4 weeks now; that’s a lot earlier than usual. Took a bit of a soaking on the ride home this afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ottawa Blizzard Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 21 hours ago, Harry Perry said: Blocking.... anyone? Plenty to go around. Theres one of two things that will probably happen when and if this pattern breaks - and one would highly favor the sub. Either this blocking stays put and we carry on through a very chilly spring/early summer (near record breaking if all stays put... yuck)... OR we get a pattern change and we will make a sudden change from 30’s and 40’s, to 70’s and 80’s within a weeks time. The good about that is the amount of cold air that will still be to the north - thus a very good severe weather season. Hard to say what will happen though. With any luck blocking will stay in place and it’ll be in the 50’s for Memorial Day. Imagine if this pattern snaps and we end up with a major May heat wave, like what happened in 1962? http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_data/daily_data_e.html?hlyRange=1953-01-01|2013-06-13&dlyRange=1937-11-01|2013-06-13&mlyRange=1937-01-01|2013-06-01&StationID=5097&Prov=ON&urlExtension=_e.html&searchType=stnName&optLimit=yearRange&StartYear=1840&EndYear=2017&selRowPerPage=25&Line=61&searchMethod=contains&txtStationName=Toronto&timeframe=2&Day=1&Year=1962&Month=5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AfewUniversesBelowNormal Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 21 hours ago, Harry Perry said: Blocking.... anyone? Plenty to go around. Theres one of two things that will probably happen when and if this pattern breaks - and one would highly favor the sub. Either this blocking stays put and we carry on through a very chilly spring/early summer (near record breaking if all stays put... yuck)... OR we get a pattern change and we will make a sudden change from 30’s and 40’s, to 70’s and 80’s within a weeks time. The good about that is the amount of cold air that will still be to the north - thus a very good severe weather season. Hard to say what will happen though. With any luck blocking will stay in place and it’ll be in the 50’s for Memorial Day. Definitely warm when breaks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogueWaves Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 On 3/29/2018 at 9:08 AM, KokomoWX said: Question about Holland Tulip Festival... Vacation has been planned to come for the Tulip Festival. With what seems like a slow start to spring, anything I should be aware of? We are going for an early morning photo tour before it opens so we have concerns about the development of the tulips. Timing the tulips with the festival is always a dice toss. In recent times, they often bloom before the actual festival but this may be the 1 in 6 yrs when they don't, or even the 1 in 12 yrs that they're late. City of Holland or tourism beaureau has a live web-cam on a sample plot of tulips so you can monitor the progress. Can't change it ofc, but at least you know what to expect. Before the web, it was a real crap shoot to know when to make the trip? Regardless, great city/region and you can't help but have a good time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 I planted my first tulips last November. They just emerged from the soil this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TugHillMatt Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 Snow north of here, snow south of here, with rain here this weekend....gotta love it...not. Same stupid thing over and over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 43 minutes ago, blackrock said: Snow north of here, snow south of here, with rain here this weekend....gotta love it...not. Same stupid thing over and over. Saying the same thing to myself. Everything finds a way to miss us. Mid-meek storm looks wet too now. I thought Snowstorms was going off the deep end when back in mid-March he said we wouldn't see 0.9" of snow the rest of the way. Looks like he'll be right. Smh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mississaugasnow Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 This was taken about 40 minutes NE of Parry Sound (3 hours north of Toronto) at the family cottage. Ice is still about 22 inches thick on the lake, but as you can see a lot of snow has melted. Great weather though for getting the cottage ready for summer, the people that winter up here said that winter has essentially been over for about a month as well. I wonder what an early snow melt and dry march will mean for the fire season. Not looking for a washout of a spring, but a couple good storms spaced out will do wonders to minimize the fire risk come May-September. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowstorms Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 1 hour ago, snowstormcanuck said: Saying the same thing to myself. Everything finds a way to miss us. Mid-meek storm looks wet too now. I thought Snowstorms was going off the deep end when back in mid-March he said we wouldn't see 0.9" of snow the rest of the way. Looks like he'll be right. Smh. This winter is a joke, straight up joke. I'm over it! I been wanting Spring for the last 2 weeks and it doesn't look like it's happening anytime soon ugh. I never would have thought we'd go mid February thru April 1st without a SINGLE snowstorm. Not even a 2" event, literally nada. Preposterous! Like wtf? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackstraw Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 Stop it already!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 Have to admit it would be impressive to get whiffed to the south with snow 3 times in late March/early April March 24 Today And this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 Chicago Storm gets an orange tag... on April Fools day. Hmmm Just kidding. Congrats man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 1 hour ago, Hoosier said: Chicago Storm gets an orange tag... on April Fools day. Hmmm Just kidding. Congrats man. Congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowtie` Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 ^ lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheeselandSkies Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 Same old same old, dry and cold for southern Wisconsin. Any weather of consequence misses us to the east/south (this past weekend's snow, tomorrow's severe) or north (tonight/tomorrow's snow). #AprilFail #Fapril (February in April) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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