WestMichigan Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 Yesterday GRR wasn’t certain if we even needed a wind advisory. The winds today have been worse than Friday night. Peaked out at 59MPH so far today and the number of gusts above 50 at my house is way higher than Friday night. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrdIowPitMsp Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 Temps peaked at 45 today. Warmest of the year. Winds have turned NW and sitting at 43. Lots of melting though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 We were able to hit 58º in the last hour. The wind has died down as well, so it's by far the most pleasant day of the year. I hope we don't have to wait a month to see 58º again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 8 hours ago, Chicago Storm said: You want to see rapid snow melt...Check out the vis sat loop since sunrise today across the region and increase loop speed a bit. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 Peak wind gusts Friday afternoon-early Saturday morning of 47MPH ORD, 49MPH MDW and 53MPH RFD (Including snow squall). Peak wind gusts today of 47MPH ORD, 45MPH MDW and 49MPH RFD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madwx Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 popped up to 51 here today, was nice to open some windows in the house for a little while Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogueWaves Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 33 minutes ago, madwx said: popped up to 51 here today, was nice to open some windows in the house for a little while Lol. In October that's close window temps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nwohweather Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 I appreciate you guys having a train of low pressures this week. We stay in the warm sector and rain free which should keep temps around 80° thru Friday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sielicki Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 4 minutes ago, nwohweather said: I appreciate you guys having a train of low pressures this week. We stay in the warm sector and rain free which should keep temps around 80° thru Friday not cool, man. I am starting to go crazy without a serious big melt over here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluoronium Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 Solid chance for severe weather on twosday in the southern parts of this subforum. I'd love to start chase season in February this year, and then follow it up with another snowstorm afterwards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 worst climo season has arrived early eps getting that winter is over look so this might it be it friends 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheeselandSkies Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 18 minutes ago, A-L-E-K said: worst climo season has arrived early eps getting that winter is over look so this might it be it friends Don't worry, we (at least we here in southern Wisconsin) will get repeated cold intrusions and more snow than we got in Dec./Jan. combined (although it will all be slushy slop and melt within two days) from now through the end of April. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baum Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 56 minutes ago, A-L-E-K said: worst climo season has arrived early eps getting that winter is over look so this might it be it friends let's face it if it's not going to snow let's get right to warm and wet. But we all know it's not ever that easy. Especially, with that cold body of water next to us. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cary67 Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 1 hour ago, A-L-E-K said: worst climo season has arrived early eps getting that winter is over look so this might it be it friends Bring it on. Have to go through the slugfest of pseudo spring anyways. Rockford has only 1.7" of snow for entire month of February. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 worst climo season has arrived early eps getting that winter is over look so this might it be it friendsyou’ve had some rough calls this season, might be best to sit the rest out.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 warm^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 warm^i’m not saying it’ll be right, but that is not a warm look at that time. things are up and down, but as a whole overall are colder/cooler as depicted currently, with 3 different patterns through mid march. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cary67 Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 53 minutes ago, Chicago Storm said: you’ve had some rough calls this season, might be best to sit the rest out. . That looks like an active pattern that could ease some drought concerns over far N.IL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian D Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 2 hours ago, Chicago Storm said: i’m not saying it’ll be right, but that is not a warm look at that time. things are up and down, but as a whole overall are colder/cooler as depicted currently, with 3 different patterns through mid march. When I worked up my latest forecast for the Holiday 2022 thread, the roller coaster looks to continue through Spring. This could be a rather violent spring season at times with the strong CA fronts and energy from the west. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowtie` Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 Cracked 60 both here and at KIND with 61 degrees. Too bad this will not last. A person could get used to being comfortable outside. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 22 hours ago, Chicago Storm said: you’ve had some rough calls this season, might be best to sit the rest out. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 . 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheeselandSkies Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 Well I had suspected the region might be in line for a "kitchen sink" winter storm similar to late February 2017, and we're certainly getting that; but no prospect of a outbreak a few days later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 Forgot to mention I saw two robins bouncing around in the backyard yesterday. Looked like they were hunting for worms, but with the ground frozen I'm guessing it was an exercise in futility. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madwx Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 Point forecast of 19 today. Likely the last time we have a high in the teens this year. The pattern and climo really start working against us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baum Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 46 minutes ago, madwx said: Point forecast of 19 today. Likely the last time we have a high in the teens this year. The pattern and climo really start working against us famous last words. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrdIowPitMsp Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 Low of -6 with the fresh snow this morning. Late February sun sure does knock some of the sting off though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beavis1729 Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 Low temps in MN this morning...I'm sure these are close to all-time record lows for so late in the season: International Falls -40F (old record -31F in 1917); 25" snow depth Ely -38F Cook -38F Orr -36F Bigfork -36F Hibbing -35F (old record -33F in 1965) Bemidji -34F Duluth -13F; 22" snow depth 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madwx Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 hit -40 in International Falls this morning, so much cold bottled up just to our north. Will be nice to see that pushed out of the region this weekend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beavis1729 Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 45 minutes ago, madwx said: hit -40 in International Falls this morning, so much cold bottled up just to our north. Will be nice to see that pushed out of the region this weekend Good catch, was -39 on the hourlies but hit -40 intrahour. Out of curiosity...why? Everyone here is jumping on the bandwagon for winter to end, when we haven't even had winter to begin with. We're all supposed to be kindred spirits on this forum, not like Joe Q. Public who hates winter. It used to be that way - but not anymore. Seems like everyone here all of a sudden likes warm and comfortable weather, and doesn't like the cold. If it were constantly below zero, fine...but it hasn't been all that cold in an absolute sense. Let's all just live in FL, AZ, or HI and call it a day... Not directed at you personally...but it just gets old. Tired of coming on to a winter weather forum and seeing posts hoping against winter weather. I'm ecstatic about the cold in MN, but am furious that we can't get it down here for any prolonged period of time. It isn't even that cold of an airmass...but amazing what can happen when winter takes hold of an area...with deep snowpack and calm winds. You know, winter conditions in DJF - go figure. Kind of like summer conditions in JJA - which always happens with no worries. The nights aren't even that short anymore up there, and it still hits -40. But everyone else wants the cold to go away, when we can't buy a frigid advective and/or calm morning here with deep snow cover if our life depended on it. It sucks. The last one was Jan 2019 - more than 3 years ago...but then it was 40F 2 days later...which ruined it. And on top of that, everyone here is obsessed with removing the snow and ice as quickly as possible - to just erase it from the earth. Traffic, on the go, never-ending drift away from nature, blah blah. And we don't really get radiational cooling here anymore - too much urban development...and I'm like 25 miles NW of the Chicago core. It's even worse closer in. This is very personal for me...as I gave up forecasting after getting a met degree, because I realized that I don't care about getting a forecast right. I only care about the outcome, especially in winter. I don't go around hoping for cold weather in August, pissing on everyone's summer fetish cheerios. If we actually had a winter here, I'd be more willing for it to end, especially as we get into mid-March. But when we don't have winter, there's a desire to make up for it later in the season....and then we never catch up and the season slips away...again and again and again. Everyone can just put me on ignore - who gives a fook anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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