michsnowfreak Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 31 minutes ago, Snowstorms said: It's been surprisingly dry. A dry April was bound to happen at some point especially when you consider the last few April's. I believe 2018 was the wettest April on record. Sucks we couldn't cash in a couple more cm's in March and April. YYZ fell short of 140cm by 0.8cm. Rare (for April) combination of below average precip and above avg snow here in April. DTW at 1.71" precip (-0.50" to date) and 4.9" snow (+3.2") 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indystorm Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 Pulse type mini severe cells igniting over central and eastern MO this Friday afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartman Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 2 hours ago, Snowstorms said: It's been surprisingly dry. A dry April was bound to happen at some point especially when you consider the last few April's. I believe 2018 was the wettest April on record. Sucks we couldn't cash in a couple more cm's in March and April. YYZ fell short of 140cm by 0.8cm. Won't end up dry due to the upcoming soaker this weekend and a cutoff low around the end of the month. This April is currently at 2.45" for the month as of today. Haven't had a dry April here since 2016. Cincinnati, on the other hand, hasn't had a dry April since 2013. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janetjanet998 Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 models dump huge amounts of rain over me , 3-5 inches perfect pivot point 24 hours of rain .63 at PIA so far today as of 10 pm 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrdIowPitMsp Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 7.3” looks to be the final snow total for April 2020. It’s been a dry month here as well, only 0.86” of precipitation so the majority has been in frozen form. Honestly it’s nice to have a dry April for a change. The Mississippi flooding isn’t close to as bad as previous years as we also had a gradual melt off. Some of my favorite metro area trails through the bottomlands along the river were flooded most of the previous two years and are already almost good to go. Beautiful weekend on tap once again. Sitting outside and some of the honeysuckle and birch are beginning to leaf out. I see the large oak also is budding. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 Beautiful sat pic yesterday illustrating nicely the remaining snow in the high terrain snowbelts along with the still frozen lakes. High yesterday of 50 and should see a repeat today before the lake breeze cools things off after 3ish. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluoronium Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 I'm really enjoying this slow soaker of a rain storm here. Radar estimates of 2.5" so far here and higher amounts NW of Peoria. It was getting pretty dry and my plants weren't liking it. Plus this rain should really get the morel season going. This storm track would have been more appreciated in January though 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 Might as well be snowing if this is the alternative 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevlon62 Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 Been in the death band for a nice while.Sent from my SM-N960U using Tapatalk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 A few days ago the models had this cold defo band pivoting over eastern Iowa all day today. Instead, northern Illinois gets it and over here in Iowa it's a beautiful day in the low 60s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indystorm Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 67 on my car thermometer here just ne of Indpls. No rain here yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 Miserable day to be sure lol. Been stuck in the 40s all day beneath a heavy overcast and steady light rain. Thought it would shut off mid-morning but it keeps hanging on. 0.41" so far. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowstorms Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 22 hours ago, Spartman said: Won't end up dry due to the upcoming soaker this weekend and a cutoff low around the end of the month. This April is currently at 2.45" for the month as of today. Haven't had a dry April here since 2016. Cincinnati, on the other hand, hasn't had a dry April since 2013. We're currently sitting at 1.25" for the month. We average 2.70" in April. This will be our driest April since 2016 too. Quite the difference between Southern Ohio and Southern ON/SE Michigan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janetjanet998 Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 it has been literally been raining for a day straight....24 hours of obs at PIA looks like another 1 hour or so widespread 2-4 inches down 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frostfern Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 19 minutes ago, janetjanet998 said: it has been literally been raining for a day straight....24 hours of obs at PIA looks like another 1 hour or so widespread 2-4 inches down It's all virga so far up here. Only felt a sprinkle or two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 Finished with 0.44". Not all that far away at DVN they only picked up 0.05". Pretty steep gradient along the northwest fringe, like so many winter events. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
totsata Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 Beautiful sunset today. Clouds started to pull away just in time to grab a couple of pics. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartman Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 Ended up hitting 70 for the first time in more than 2 weeks before it became completely overcast. No more 70s until sometime next month. 2 hours ago, cyclone77 said: Finished with 0.44". Not all that far away at DVN they only picked up 0.05". Pretty steep gradient along the northwest fringe, like so many winter events. So far, DAY only got 0.01" so far from this soaker, but more to come from it throughout tomorrow afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 Beautiful day today. Full sun, low humidity, and temps pushing 70. Grilled up some nice steaks, and had a few frosties after doing some yard work. Took care of the ol' backyard in a little over a minute. 9 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowtie` Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 ^ Too bad the farm machinery was idle. But of course caught another train, as you always seem to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 33 minutes ago, bowtie` said: ^ Too bad the farm machinery was idle. But of course caught another train, as you always seem to do. Yeah today would have been the day to do it. They plowed and planted the fields there, and across the street. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 Had some nice downpours this evening, and a little thunder. Picked up 0.42". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrdIowPitMsp Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 Steady rain with a few heavier downpours all morning. 0.94” in the neighborhood gauge with more on the way. Needed a good soaker just sucks to have a job where you work outdoors in this weather. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 The main storm system will really wrap up across the Lakes tomorrow... While early day high temps will be in the 50's tomorrow, temps will likely drop into the 40's the rest of the day, with a lengthy period of rain and wind from late morning into early tomorrow night. Some guidance has upwards of a few inches of rain across N IL/S WI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 42 minutes ago, Chicago Storm said: The main storm system will really wrap up across the Lakes tomorrow... While early day high temps will be in the 50's tomorrow, temps will likely drop into the 40's the rest of the day, with a lengthy period of rain and wind from late morning into early tomorrow night. Some guidance has upwards of a few inches of rain across N IL/S WI. Yeah looks nasty. Thursday also looks like a real loser especially around Lake Michigan eastward. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowstorms Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 28 days into the month and the warmest temperature YYZ has recorded is ~59F. Although there's 2 more days left, its looking unlikely we'll beat that. If so, it'll be the lowest maximum temperature ever recorded in April. On another note, it's been 205 days since the last time YYZ hit 68-70F (20C). The weekend looks comparatively mild, but if we can avoid hitting 68F until after next Tuesday, we'll be in 2nd place. 1st place will be tough to beat as it stands at 243 days back in 1977-78. Almost seems like an anomaly compared to the others. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 As a cold, often wintry April draws to a close, flowering trees are rapidly blossoming. Took these on a walk today 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 Lots of standing water on the n side Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 liking the look of the current spring cyclone on some of the goes 16 products right now...the massive linear MCS, dry punch, caa, etc, it's all so nice 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 36 and rainy this morning. Temp probably wont go anywhere today and neither will the rain. Rain gauge reading .81 so far with another .5 - 1.0" through tonight. Good day to read by the fire. After nearly 6 months otg the snowpack is finally relinquishing its grip and receding, albeit stubbornly. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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