Snowstorms Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 Today will be the first time this month YYZ will finally go above 50F and only the 2nd since March 1st. Currently sitting at 44F as of 2pm. Then the next 5-7 days or so are back below 50F before the potential for another warm-up next weekend as the central ridge retrogrades. Finally! From April 4th-10th we saw consecutive nights with a minimum below 26.5F, which is the 4th longest streak on record. Highest ever was in 1975 at 14. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowstorms Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 30 minutes ago, Hoosier said: 75 at the nearby reporting station. So lucky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chambana Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 Topped out at 77. Absolutely gorgeous day. Springfield was at 81 earlier. Grilling burgers and brats tonight. Enjoy the day everyone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 Victimized by the pneumonia front. Gary went from 77 to 54 in 1 hour, and much of that drop probably happened very quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 73 today and 66 yesterday at ORD. Nice two day hint of spring, with it looking more likely that the front stalls just to the south tomorrow. Should be able to see the first thunderstorms of the spring and since January though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 72 here, and 74 at MLI today. There's a different smell in the air today, as things have started to grow and/or give off pollen. There's something about that first smell of spring that is naturally very uplifting from a mental standpoint lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 12z HRRRx showing one heck of a contrast in temps from central to northern IA tomorrow. Low 90s in central Iowa to 40s just north. Overdone, but wow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 21 minutes ago, cyclone77 said: 12z HRRRx showing one heck of a contrast in temps from central to northern IA tomorrow. Low 90s in central Iowa to 40s just north. Overdone, but wow. That's a big boy gradient. Talk about deep mixing in the warm sector. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheeselandSkies Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 SO maddening to be stuck just on the wrong side of that boundary...but such is typical for southern WI in April, at least those Aprils that don't shove a desert ridge up north of the Canadian border (2012). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 The front is not expected to get north of Iowa City, and may remain as far south as Ottumwa, per the NWS. We maxed out at 67, today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 76 max for here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackstraw Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 75 and very breezy today. I can't catch a break. Half way decent days during the week. Every weekend, rain or snow or cold or wind..... or all of those combined. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 10 minutes ago, Stebo said: 76 max for here. 76 to a possible ice storm in a couple days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 Just now, Hoosier said: 76 to a possible ice storm in a couple days. Stop it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheeselandSkies Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 Never cracked 60 here yesterday or today, and we won't for some time. Might be a record, and not one I want to see set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osubrett2 Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 79 here, beats out 77 on 2/20/18 for this year’s max. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 34 minutes ago, Stebo said: Stop it To quote the great philosopher Joe Bastardi, enjoy the weather, it's the only weather you've got. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 1 hour ago, Hoosier said: To quote the great philosopher Joe Bastardi, enjoy the weather, it's the only weather you've got. Don't make me start quoting another great modern philosopher, George Carlin! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 Down about 35 degrees now from this afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 4 hours ago, Hoosier said: Victimized by the pneumonia front. Gary went from 77 to 54 in 1 hour, and much of that drop probably happened very quickly. Yes a friend was at Wrigley and said it went from 74 to 57 in a matter of minutes about the third inning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 1 hour ago, Stebo said: Don't make me start quoting another great modern philosopher, George Carlin! As Al Sleet says, "If you don't like the weather, move!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 Just now, IWXwx said: As Al Sleet says, "If you don't like the weather, move!" His best forecast: Tonight- Dark, continued dark becoming partially light by dawn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torchageddon Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 I think I got to 12ºC, extremely pathetic but I was fine with that because I didn't want the warmth to surge too far north (reason coming up). While this cold streak may be setting some type of record for consistency there is something I go by to determine how extraordinary this is: what date the first 20ºC or higher reading lands on. A bit arbitrary but I still like to use it. The UW Waterloo station has a contest for it and today was a close call: got to 18ºC as a high at 6:00 pm. What a relief, I hate those sneaky spikes that ruin the streak. What I've been waiting for years is unfolding with this stat in particular. The delay of the first 20ºC+ reading is in uncharted territory now since the inception of this station in 1998. Its never gone pass April 19th in 20 years but now for 2018 its definite and there is no end in sight because this pattern isn't heading for the door. I started an excel spreadsheet a few years ago from Kitchener to see what the first 20ºC or higher reading was for every year starting in 1914. The latest I've come across (I'm picking it up again past 1974) is May 13 during 1919. This is not Waterloo though but its close enough as I wanted a large dataset. After the nail-biting period from 5-7 pm that temperature at UW just freefalled. I think it nearly dropped 2.5ºC in 15 minutes and within the hour got a 2C windchill! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 I was looking at Chicago temp records and found that they have had a high of 35F or lower only 10 times on/after April 16, with the vast majority of them happening in the 1800s or early 1900s. The last time it happened was 4/16/1961. Given the airmass aloft and likelihood of considerable clouds, I think there is a shot to pull it off on Monday. It could at least be a close call assuming there's not too much sun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sojitodd Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 Very weird day. Very windy around noon, coming east in from London towards West Jeff there was a grass fire just burning away the grassy strip in the median and the smoke was messing with traffic on the westbound lanes, while directly to my south there is still a lake which is a flooded farm field. Then it is gets to near 80, and I just got woken up by thunder-there are a few pop up storms nearby-which was not called for. Just odd spring weather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sojitodd Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 4 hours ago, osubrett2 said: 79 here, beats out 77 on 2/20/18 for this year’s max. It got into the eighties inside the place here, I had to turn the AC on for a while-the place is still all wrapped up for winter no opening windows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 Big bust potential here if this boundary sinks any farther south. Almost a 30 degree difference on the HRRR between here and ORD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoalCityWxMan Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 10 minutes ago, Hoosier said: Big bust potential here if this boundary sinks any farther south. Almost a 30 degree difference on the HRRR between here and ORD Will be interested to see where the front sets up tomorrow. With that back door front coming down the lake and reaching as far inland as me, temps plunged over 30 degrees from 80 at 4pm to 48 by 9 with a chilly, brisk NE wind. Should get back in the 70’s tomorrow. Kind of a shock to the body when the temp is drastically different everytime you step outside lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Perry Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 28 minutes ago, CoalCityWxMan said: Will be interested to see where the front sets up tomorrow. With that back door front coming down the lake and reaching as far inland as me, temps plunged over 30 degrees from 80 at 4pm to 48 by 9 with a chilly, brisk NE wind. Should get back in the 70’s tomorrow. Kind of a shock to the body when the temp is drastically different everytime you step outside lol. Yeah... temp here dropped quickly too with that boundary sagging south. It was nice to feel 70° for the first time in months - even if it was only for an hour or two. Tomorrow at one point looked to be a 70’s lock, but models have given that up as time passes - looks like we’ll be lucky to achieve 60° around my neck of the woods tomorrow, the warm front just can’t make it. IIRC... there was an article somewhere about warm fronts stalling at the I-80 corridor due to lake influence, etc. Climatology just doesn’t support it. I fully expect that it stays at the border and much of southern MI stays in the 50’s for max’s (except the bordering counties) - big bust as of the current forecast if that indeed pans out. Makes me question the southern extent of the icing potential for the weekend - NAM keeps pulling the big dog icing further south. Interesting indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 The Cedar Rapids airport managed to hit 70 late this afternoon, so that official season first is done. The city fell a bit short, so I'll have to wait a while longer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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