snowstormcanuck Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 On 4/25/2018 at 11:44 PM, Torchageddon said: I'm getting a rain/snow mix this evening... Expand GFS and NAM say more of the same this weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 April 2018 is the wettest April on record at YYZ, with 5.70" of precipitation thus far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowstorms Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 With the cold shot this weekend, YYZ may finish April either tied for 2nd coldest or 3rd coldest on record. Insanity! The top coldest Aprils at YYZ are as follows; 1943/1972/1975 tied at 37.0F 1950/1965 tied at 38.1F. The average is ~44.0F. I had a brief scan of the following summers of those years and they are not the "warmest" summers ever lol . Most if not all of them ended up below normal temperature wise. Funny enough all the other cold April's mentioned above finished below normal precipitation wise. Maybe this year might be an exception to the correlation? Haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 72, sunny, light winds. Perfect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 We are putting together a real nice string of 70-degree days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 Actually have a couple cells to my NE and SE producing lightning with a 66/39 surface. Nice pocket of cold air aloft though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 Lake is playing games with temps again but it could be worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 Feels like we're sitting in western Kansas right now. Getting very strong wind gusts atm, probably over 45mph. Widespread blowing dust from the surrounding farm fields has made it very dusty and has reduced visibility quite a bit, even here in town. Had a few sprinkles a short while ago. The temp is actually rising with these strong northwest winds. Up to 73 and still rising. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 Guess this explains why we saw a nice jump in temps at the end of the day. MLI made it to at least 76. Excellent mixing with dry adiabatic up to 700mb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torchageddon Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 On 4/26/2018 at 3:38 PM, Snowstorms said: I had a brief scan of the following summers of those years and they are not the "warmest" summers ever lol . Most if not all of them ended up below normal temperature wise. Funny enough all the other cold April's mentioned above finished below normal precipitation wise. Maybe this year might be an exception to the correlation? Haha Expand Lets buck past climate data on that one! My favorite time of the year could end up disastrously quiet in the severe department too. It was mostly cloudy with sunny breaks on and off throughout the day. Made it to 14ºC then dropped 3 by 2:00 pm. I heard a low rumble of thunder by 4:00 pm interestingly enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 Had a brief t’storm here a bit ago, with a brief burst of graupel that followed.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 On 4/28/2018 at 12:04 AM, Chicago Storm said: Had a brief t’storm here a bit ago, with a brief burst of graupel that followed. . Expand Wow, didn't realize it was that cold up that way. Parts of southeast WI are in the 30s with showers. Ouch. Have cooled back to 64 here, and the winds aren't nearly as strong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 Approaching mid-day with a temp of 30 and a wc of 21. I want a refund. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 On 4/28/2018 at 12:29 AM, cyclone77 said: Wow, didn't realize it was that cold up that way. Parts of southeast WI are in the 30s with showers. Ouch. Have cooled back to 64 here, and the winds aren't nearly as strong. Expand It had been warmer than that, with temps near 60 prior to that activity and the lake enhanced from moving through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 With the windy conditions, open farm fields and field plowing occurring...A lot of dirt/dust was kicked up yesterday across IA/NW/W. IL. The outcome was a layer of dirt coating everything following the rain later yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 On 4/28/2018 at 10:17 PM, Chicago Storm said: With the windy conditions, open farm fields and field plowing occurring...A lot of dirt/dust was kicked up yesterday across IA/NW/W. IL. The outcome was a layer of dirt coating everything following the rain later yesterday. Expand I believe it. Saw a lot of that blowing dust, and the sky had a weird hazyness to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrdIowPitMsp Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 Beautiful spring day. Remaining piles of snow melting fast. Today Lake Bda Maka Ska (formally Lake Calhoun) tied the record for latest ice out. I’m hopefully the ice will last until Tuesday so the record is set in May. There is still feet of ice on the lakes up north. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 On 4/28/2018 at 10:17 PM, Chicago Storm said: With the windy conditions, open farm fields and field plowing occurring...A lot of dirt/dust was kicked up yesterday across IA/NW/W. IL. The outcome was a layer of dirt coating everything following the rain later yesterday. Expand Noticed this driving across Indiana and IL as well today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 By the way, to Indy people, 465 speed limit of 55 is a joke right? That thing could have been 80 and you'd still have people speeding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 On 4/29/2018 at 12:24 AM, Stebo said: By the way, to Indy people, 465 speed limit of 55 is a joke right? That thing could have been 80 and you'd still have people speeding. Expand Yes, it's laughable. I stay off of it at all costs. You have people driving anywhere from 55 to 85. Makes it more dangerous than just having it at 70. At least at 70, people would be driving in a narrower range of speeds on a road that was built for higher speeds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 On 4/29/2018 at 1:46 AM, IWXwx said: Yes, it's laughable. I stay off of it at all costs. You have people driving anywhere from 55 to 85. Makes it more dangerous than just having it at 70. At least at 70, people would be driving in a narrower range of speeds on a road that was built for higher speeds. Expand Yeah it was like Talladega speedway out there today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chambana Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 On 4/29/2018 at 2:03 AM, Stebo said: Yeah it was like Talladega speedway out there today. Expand 465 is the worst, I cringe every time I have to use it. 65 is a joke too. Luckily I rarely ever have to travel either one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chambana Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 Still not done with freezes, dropped down to 30 degrees this morning, latest freeze to occur in the last 10 years I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 After a low of 15 this morning, should see an impressive 50 degree jump in temps today. Fire weather becoming a concern for those areas that have lost all their snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chambana Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 On 4/29/2018 at 12:49 PM, weatherbo said: After a low of 15 this morning, should see an impressive 50 degree jump in temps today. Fire weather becoming a concern for those areas that have lost all their snow. Expand Bo, What’s your current snowdepth? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCNYILWX Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 ORD tied record low of 31 (1958, 2008) and set new record for lows of 32 or lower in month of April with 16 days. RFD tied record low of 27 from 1958 and will finish with 19 days with lows of 32 or lower, tied for 2nd most on record for April with 1918. Record is 20 days set in 1907. Based on where monthly average temperature is as of 4/28 and the addition of another below normal day today due to the cold lows, it appears that this month will finish as 4th coldest April on record at ORD and 2nd coldest on record at RFD. It really stands out at ORD, where this will be coldest April since the climate site has been inland. Including 2018, there will only be 5 Aprils in top 20 coldest Aprils for Chicago (2018, 1950, 1983, 1975, 1961) that were observed at MDW or ORD. 1982 will move to 21st coldest April. Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 On 4/29/2018 at 1:01 PM, Chambana said: Bo, What’s your current snowdepth? Expand It's starting to vary a lot, but anywhere from 12-18" is the average... with the ground opening up in a few spots. With a high today 65, 71 tomorrow and 74 Tuesday, all but the piles will be gone, I think. Taken this morning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 On 4/29/2018 at 1:24 PM, RCNYILWX said: ORD tied record low of 31 (1958, 2008) and set new record for lows of 32 or lower in month of April with 16 days. RFD tied record low of 27 from 1958 and will finish with 19 days with lows of 32 or lower, tied for 2nd most on record for April with 1918. Record is 20 days set in 1907. Based on where monthly average temperature is as of 4/28 and the addition of another below normal day today due to the cold lows, it appears that this month will finish as 4th coldest April on record at ORD and 2nd coldest on record at RFD. It really stands out at ORD, where this will be coldest April since the climate site has been inland. Including 2018, there will only be 5 Aprils in top 20 coldest Aprils for Chicago (2018, 1950, 1983, 1975, 1961) that were observed at MDW or ORD. 1982 will move to 21st coldest April. Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk Expand When does LOT resume frost/freeze headlines? Hopefully not until fall (lol) but if there is a frost/freeze in May? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 Looks like MLI tied the record low at 27. Hit 28 here. Should make a run at 80 tomorrow and Tue, which would be the first of the season. Biggest change will be the first bout of 60+ dews which should arrive by Wednesday. Looks like Thu will be our best shot at meaningful convection, but can't rule out Iowa sloppy seconds Wednesday/Wednesday night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCNYILWX Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 On 4/29/2018 at 4:02 PM, Hoosier said: When does LOT resume frost/freeze headlines? Hopefully not until fall (lol) but if there is a frost/freeze in May?Based off very low growing degree days thus far, we were going to have headlines starting as of April 30th and onward. Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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