Jackstraw Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 Finally, a chilly light rain the last couple hours. Was going to flip out if we drop 40 degrees in 12 hours and get nothing. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackstraw Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 4 hours ago, IWXwx said: We could, but with the winds expected to stay up, I'm not planning covering the ol' sensitive vegetation. I got nothing to cover after September lol. Still have some peppers in the garden but a light frost tends to pull the sugars into them so I'm for it. Might get some some sweet hots of the bush's this year, it's been awhile. I can honestly say this is going to be the first weekend that it truly feels like Fall in a long time. The extended seems to keep it coming. I'm all in if we can keep it going to turkey day. I swear, there has not been a Fall of my youth since I moved back 7 years ago. might get some sweet hots off the vine this year been awhile. It'll be patchy if it happens 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogueWaves Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 That chilly morning in the 30s this week triggered some color finally. Tough to get good shots with all the rain today but snagged a couple decent ones. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 This time last night the dew was 63. Right now it's 26. Have seen a thousand of these types of rapid air mass changes in my lifetime but it never seems to get old. Always exciting to see such a dramatic change take place. Temps have languished a bit this eve with the cloud deck at around 5k ft remaining overhead, but the back edge of the cloud deck is almost here. Should see our current temp of 39 dip down below freezing before sunrise. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 The temp has fallen to 31º in my yard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Flash* Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 Upper 30's have reached northern middle TN. 45 degree swing in 15 hours. Not far off from our first frost advisories of the season! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted October 12, 2019 Author Share Posted October 12, 2019 Looks like areas WELL west of Chicago got down to freezing or just below... talking like DeKalb and Rockford. Aurora didn't even make it but last night wasn't a night where they shine since it was mainly advective cooling. Then had widespread 33-34 readings south of the city (including here). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indystorm Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 Ahh...refreshing fall temps have finally arrived with some color appearing on trees down this way in central IN. Beautiful day for the first weekend of the Parke county covered bridge festival. But I must admit I have been spoiled by the warmer temps hanging on for so long.....it was quite a shock to the system Friday evening when that cold front finally arrived. KIND extended forecast says above normal temps and precip shall return however. We shall see. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 Freeze warning verified as we hit 31 here. Only made it to 33 at MLI and DVN though. Quite a bit windier than I thought it would be today. Have been getting gusts to near 40mph at times. There was even some blowing dust out in some of the freshly harvested fields while driving home from work earlier. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 Flurries all day. Steadier light snow the past hour... elevated surfaces and remaining leaves are turning white. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chambana Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 Dropped down to 32 last night, the one thing I don’t miss about colder temps is the inevitable car scraping. Amazing October day. Chili, college football, drinking rum with apple cider and cinnamon sticks with the family. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 Mason City, IA has been in the mid 30s with light snow for much of the day. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 1 hour ago, hawkeye_wx said: Mason City, IA has been in the mid 30s with light snow for much of the day. Yeah it was a whole different world up there today compared to our areas. It nearly hit 60 here with full sunshine all day. Felt cooler though with the very dry air, and the relentless winds. Speaking of the wind, it's likely somebody flipped a switch around sundown. It's practically dead calm out there now lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchaumburgStormer Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 On 10/12/2019 at 12:11 PM, Hoosier said: Looks like areas WELL west of Chicago got down to freezing or just below... talking like DeKalb and Rockford. Aurora didn't even make it but last night wasn't a night where they shine since it was mainly advective cooling. Then had widespread 33-34 readings south of the city (including here). Can confirm, have gotten under 32 both nights. Expect another frost tonight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 If you have 3+hrs to spare, here's a time lapse of snow depth from every day going back to 1950 (up to 2015). EDIT: I didn't make this time lapse lol 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogueWaves Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 I love that map and have spent hours confirming that it's pretty damned accurate all things considered. Cool find. Thx for re-sharing the link that got lost when my pc died unexpectedly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted October 15, 2019 Author Share Posted October 15, 2019 Big dog 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertSul Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 5 hours ago, Hoosier said: Big dog I saw that Harvey averages 27” of snow a year, so they got MORE than an entire year’s worth of snow in a few days??? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 7 hours ago, Hoosier said: Big dog Looks like the models had a pretty good handle on it. As per usual the GFS played catch up with the Euro. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowtie` Posted October 19, 2019 Share Posted October 19, 2019 Anyone else smelling bean dust in the air before the Sun comes up in the morning? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 0.75" in my gauge this morning. It was nice to see/hear some heavy downpours again after a needed ten days off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 Picked up 0.43" this morning here. The day has transitioned from a very dark/showery morning into a bright and windy afternoon with full sun, and some cu streets passing overhead. What little fall color we had developing on the trees is being stripped away today by the strong winds. Winds look lighter after tomorrow for the rest of the week, so hopefully the color will build up nicely by the weekend. DVN has bumped the wind advisory into the central/western cwa. Smart move as it looks to become very windy overnight. Have already been getting 30-35mph gusts, but 40-45+ looking likely after midnight. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowtie` Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 Interesting but totally coincidental that I have had 0.43 here ith the rain so far. Looks like just south of me picked up a tad more. KIND at 0.60. Have no idea if this water will help but the colors were rather muted yesterday while I as out and about trying to find them... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 some fall color shots this past weekend in SE MI 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted October 21, 2019 Author Share Posted October 21, 2019 Trees on my block are in the early stage of changing color, but had a non-trivial amount of leaf loss today. You expect it with the yellow leaves on a windy day but had more greens come down than I would've thought. Then again there was a period of gusts near 50 mph this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 1 hour ago, Hoosier said: Trees on my block are in the early stage of changing color, but had a non-trivial amount of leaf loss today. You expect it with the yellow leaves on a windy day but had more greens come down than I would've thought. Then again there was a period of gusts near 50 mph this morning. Looks like you made have had a wake low up in your area behind that rain shield this morning. Some pretty healthy gusts reported. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 Great pics MSF. Looks like rainy and gloomy conditions all week. Yesterday was gorgeous with sun and temps around 70. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 This system is pretty impressive with the wind. Nice long-duration strong wind event. MLI peaked at 50mph so far, DVN hit 47mph. Have consistently been getting 35-42mph gusts since this time yesterday. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted October 22, 2019 Author Share Posted October 22, 2019 Models are still not agreeing on how to handle the upcoming system. The foreign models want to cut off energy which results in a slower progression of things, while the NAM and GFS have been resisting the cutoff idea. This is like only 2 1/2 days until it cuts off (or not) so we aren't talking about something way out in the future. Usually it seems like the American model camp loses out when we have this kind of model separation but we shall see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 54MPH peak wind gust at ORD over the past day or so, with much of the area having topped out in the 45-55MPH range during that time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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