cyclone77 Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 Still in the 60s with 40 mph wind gusts from the south, and dewpoint of 54. Def feels like spring this evening. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrdIowPitMsp Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 Springtime brings out all sorts of different weather warnings. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 30 minutes ago, cyclone77 said: Still in the 60s with 40 mph wind gusts from the south, and dewpoint of 54. Def feels like spring this evening. I didn't get much rain from this as a weaker part of the line moved through Cedar Rapids, but we did get a very brief downpour. It's great to take a whiff of the mild, rainy spring air. I love that smell. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hlcater Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 Felt like spring watching dry air entrained towers in Mason City too. We love that feeling 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted March 11, 2021 Author Share Posted March 11, 2021 I still have the windows open. Really howling out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartman Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 12 hours ago, cyclone77 said: MLI hit 71 again, hit 69 here which is the warmest of the season so far. Trees are starting to bud now. Hit 71 here, too. First 70-degree day of the year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 As expected the Iowa convection slowly crapped out by the time it got here. Picked up 0.02", enough to rinse a grain or two of salt off the roads. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madwx Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 Easily broke the previous record warm min yesterday. The record was 40 and we only got down to 48 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malacka11 Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 Last night was the first real downpour of the year here. Went to bed at midnight, at 12:50 I woke up again and thought the world was ending because the rain was so loud. Totally forgot what that sounds like 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frostfern Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 Not much rain here, but a lot of wind. Gusts woke me up shaking the house. It was as nerve wracking as a severe t-storm, just without the lighting. Judging by the sound probably a 55mph gust. Enough to have me thinking about tree branches coming down. It was obviously a warm wind as now even the piles and snow forts are gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormfanaticInd Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 Pretty good convective shower here in Indy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 Parts of the area had 50-60MPH wind gusts last night.Peaks were 60MPH at UGN and 55MPH at ORD.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian D Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 Results of last night's snow. Typical March style weather for our region, snow north with svr stms south, albeit a little early for tornadic stuff in MN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted March 11, 2021 Author Share Posted March 11, 2021 Beating an old record in style RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 1240 AM CST THU MAR 11 2021 ...RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE SET AT CHICAGO-OHARE... THE LOW TEMPERATURE OF 57 DEGREES AT CHICAGO-O`HARE ON WEDNESDAY SET A NEW RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR MARCH 10TH. THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 52 DEGREES OCCURRED IN 1876. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted March 11, 2021 Author Share Posted March 11, 2021 On 3/10/2021 at 8:47 AM, MJO812 said: Terrible News Tom Skilling remembers Mike Hamernik: On another note, I hadn't watched any new clips of Skilling in a long time. He is looking noticeably thinner these days... good for him. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian D Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 Here's the winter data for our region. Ended pretty avg in the record. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torchageddon Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 Weds felt surprisingly cold despite reaching 60F since it was gloomy, but the big day yesterday was fantastic and was a nice homage to the kick-off to the greatest 10 days of weather I've ever experienced 9 years ago on the 11th. I didn't reach 68F but got to 64F with far more sun than I expected which made for the first true Spring day. The high winds didn't ruin it either. The clouds had "character" again. My snow pack was slightly above avg before the melt and with yesterday's high winds with 64F temps it was the fastest melt I've seen maybe ever but certainly since 14 years ago same time. I'm down to 10 inches depth from 40 inches just days ago. I wish I took photos each day to compare. Today's high was 6C, I've surpassed it already at 7C! Wet snow flakes for later were removed . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbnwx85 Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 I believe it's been touched on but we could really use some rain locally. A moderate drought has developed just to my south and southwest. In South Bend, we've only seen 0.01" of precipitation this month. Fulton County, IN, two counties south of me, has declared a burn ban due to drought conditions. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 Just a trace of precip and snow has fallen so far this month at Detroit, which makes it the driest March 1 through 15 on record. This is directly on the heels of February tying the record with 16 days of measurable snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 7 minutes ago, michsnowfreak said: Just a trace of precip and snow has fallen so far this month at Detroit, which makes it the driest March 1 through 15 on record. This is directly on the heels of February tying the record with 16 days of measurable snow. Yeah, pretty dry period. We ruined it with 0.2" of sleet here yesterday (on 0.09" of liquid), which unfortunately counts as snow. The dry spell will be broken as we're looking at up to an inch of qpf Wednesday night and Thursday with mmmaybe a couple more stat padding tenths as the precip ends. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frostfern Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 I think the dry high to the northeast will eat away the northern edge up here in Michigan... again. Would prefer either precip or sunshine and real warmth. Can't get either. Marginal cold + cloudy + dry = zzzzzzz. February was the only marginally interesting weather month in ages. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 5 hours ago, IWXwx said: Yeah, pretty dry period. We ruined it with 0.2" of sleet here yesterday (on 0.09" of liquid), which unfortunately counts as snow. The dry spell will be broken as we're looking at up to an inch of qpf Wednesday night and Thursday with mmmaybe a couple more stat padding tenths as the precip ends. Huge change from snowing nearly daily in February. February's deep snowpack did peak at 1.6" water content but once that slowly released itself into the ground we have had no measurable precipitation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 Looks likes 1/2-3/4" of cold rain tomorrow night and Thursday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted March 17, 2021 Author Share Posted March 17, 2021 To change to snow or not to change to snow, that is the question. Either way, a nasty cold/windy system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WaryWarren Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 ^best climo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted March 17, 2021 Author Share Posted March 17, 2021 Fwiw, I am leaning toward a changeover to wet snow on/near the northern flank of the precip on Thursday. It may be rate dependent but precip rates do look mod/hvy with freezing levels/wet bulbs getting just low enough to support some snow. Somewhat low confidence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 26 minutes ago, Hoosier said: Fwiw, I am leaning toward a changeover to wet snow on/near the northern flank of the precip on Thursday. It may be rate dependent but precip rates do look mod/hvy with freezing levels/wet bulbs getting just low enough to support some snow. Somewhat low confidence. Haven't looked since yesterday but the Euro was showing 45-50mph gust potential Thu morning. Would look pretty legit if it were to flip over to heavy snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frostfern Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 8 hours ago, michsnowfreak said: Huge change from snowing nearly daily in February. February's deep snowpack did peak at 1.6" water content but once that slowly released itself into the ground we have had no measurable precipitation There was right around 2.0" of water in the snowpack here before it all melted. This winter has had a distinct lack of rain though. What moisture we did get was mostly snow and mostly in the month of February. Overall it has been a dry winter. December-February had lots of days with measurable precip, but very light amounts most of the time. Now March has been downright dry. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrdIowPitMsp Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 0.3” of wet slush this morning. 7am snow depth of 3” should be all but gone by the end of the week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 6th day now that the DVN radar is down for maintenance. Wish they would have finished ahead of schedule like they have in the past, but not in the cards this time unfortunately. At least severe isn't threatening while it's down. HRRR shows over an inch of rain for the QC, Euro and other models around 0.5-0.7". Nothing major but a nice little soaker. EDIT: Radar is back in service. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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