Lightning Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 9 hours ago, weatherbo said: Late tomorrow night-Saturday morning could see some wet flakes mix in up this way. Did you get any hail out of the storms around your area today? Just wondering. When I viewed the MTU webcams as a storm was hitting them it looked like some hail was happening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardypalmguy Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 What do those go down to? I have a windmill palm and a few musa basjoo that Im going to leave out during this weather. Coconut, foxtail, spindle and flamethrower will die below 32 and sulk hard below 45. Windmill can be outside until we are getting super hard freezes. Windmill wouldn’t mind 30s/40s for highs all winter if we could maintain that. Here’s my foxtail. Almost 7 feet tall in pot. Others are about the same. @Chicago Storm 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 52 minutes ago, Lightning said: Did you get any hail out of the storms around your area today? Just wondering. When I viewed the MTU webcams as a storm was hitting them it looked like some hail was happening. No hail but had two rounds of quick downpours amounting to just under a half inch. Some brief clearing before lake effect rain takes shape, and cool, down to 47. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mississaugasnow Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 51 minutes ago, hardypalmguy said: Coconut, foxtail, spindle and flamethrower will die below 32 and sulk hard below 45. Windmill can be outside until we are getting super hard freezes. Windmill wouldn’t mind 30s/40s for highs all winter if we could maintain that. Here’s my foxtail. Almost 7 feet tall in pot. Others are about the same. @Chicago Storm Currently the Bananas and windmill are in pots but at my next place I'll be putting them in the ground. I started with 2 musa and now have 6. Going to cut down 4 of them and mulch and store, the other two will come in the house. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrdIowPitMsp Posted October 6, 2023 Share Posted October 6, 2023 The first mention of wet snow mixing in across central Minnesota tomorrow has appeared in the MPX afternoon forecast discussion. Widespread frost outside the metro and widespread freeze up north this weekend into early next week. Stuck in the low 50s here for awhile. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardypalmguy Posted October 6, 2023 Share Posted October 6, 2023 Currently the Bananas and windmill are in pots but at my next place I'll be putting them in the ground. I started with 2 musa and now have 6. Going to cut down 4 of them and mulch and store, the other two will come in the house. I have over 30 musa in ground along with one windmill and two needle palms. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted October 6, 2023 Share Posted October 6, 2023 5 hours ago, Stebo said: Last winter was fine and didn't linger into April too much. Last winter locally was the classic winter for the "I don't like cold and snowcover I just like a good storm" crowd. Multiple good storms/events with blinding snow and gorgeous scenery, plus the ice storm, but just not the year for the deep Winter cold/snowcover enthusiast. Outside of arctic Christmas week. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhou Posted October 6, 2023 Share Posted October 6, 2023 2 hours ago, OrdIowPitMsp said: The first mention of wet snow mixing in across central Minnesota tomorrow has appeared in the MPX afternoon forecast discussion. Widespread frost outside the metro and widespread freeze up north this weekend into early next week. Stuck in the low 50s here for awhile. Yep looks like it: https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=MPX&issuedby=MPX&product=AFD&format=ci&version=1&glossary=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted October 6, 2023 Share Posted October 6, 2023 1 hour ago, michsnowfreak said: Last winter locally was the classic winter for the "I don't like cold and snowcover I just like a good storm" crowd. Multiple good storms/events with blinding snow and gorgeous scenery, plus the ice storm, but just not the year for the deep Winter cold/snowcover enthusiast. Outside of arctic Christmas week. Yeah let's do that again. I like activity I don't care for dirty old crust. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted October 6, 2023 Share Posted October 6, 2023 It is still several days away, but models are trending better (both op and ensembles) mid to late next week regarding a potential heavy rain system. The current trend is the big southeast Canada/great lakes upper low backs off a bit and allows the western energy to eject farther north. We really need this to happen. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted October 6, 2023 Share Posted October 6, 2023 42 here this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrdIowPitMsp Posted October 6, 2023 Share Posted October 6, 2023 45 in the city. I’m sure much colder outside the heat island. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightning Posted October 6, 2023 Share Posted October 6, 2023 8 hours ago, Stebo said: Yeah let's do that again. I like activity I don't care for dirty old crust. Agree. I don't mind falls being a bit boring. Active winters are much better!! Being a skier, just need temps a tad bit cooler in Jan & Feb than last winter (local condition's were terrible last year). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhou Posted October 6, 2023 Share Posted October 6, 2023 43 degrees this morning with some light rain moving in. 850 mb temps look to be a few degrees below freezing but surface level is still way too warm to see any white stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SolidIcewx Posted October 6, 2023 Share Posted October 6, 2023 I’ll take the fall temps as long as that cold ass rain stays away. Perfect fall in my eyes is one without a ton of cold rain events. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian D Posted October 6, 2023 Share Posted October 6, 2023 Seasonable temps with scattered shwrs, and windy conditions yesterday turning pretty chilly today. It's midday, and only in the upper 40's right now, and my furnace is running a bit more. NW winds creating a gravity wave with LER over the big lake. Gravity waves are typical along the shoreline with the terrain we have. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted October 6, 2023 Share Posted October 6, 2023 What do those go down to? I have a windmill palm and a few musa basjoo that Im going to leave out during this weather. didn’t know you were in the palm group. nice.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian D Posted October 6, 2023 Share Posted October 6, 2023 21 hours ago, hardypalmguy said: Looking great late month. No cold air to be found this side of globe. Just looking at my own modelling method, I'd agree with those models to some degree. I'm seeing patterns favorable for near avg - much above temps for the 2nd half of Oct into the 1st half of Nov. So we'll shall see how that pans. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted October 6, 2023 Share Posted October 6, 2023 official summer is over line of showers 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mississaugasnow Posted October 6, 2023 Share Posted October 6, 2023 2 hours ago, Chicago Storm said: didn’t know you were in the palm group. nice. . Yep, started about 10 years ago. The most hardy palms can handle our weather (GTA) from mid March-mid November with minimal protection. I like pushing the boundaries with vegetation. Though you wont see me posting warm weather maps as I enjoy winter, especially front loaded winters haha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian D Posted October 6, 2023 Share Posted October 6, 2023 My 2nd great grandson was born yesterday. 9lb 11oz 22 1/4" long. Beefy kid. First one was 9lb 7oz 21 3/4" from another granddaughter back in early June. Those girls make some big kids. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted October 6, 2023 Share Posted October 6, 2023 Letting some fresh air in the house today before shutting the windows tonight. Looks like the first 30's tomorrow night, fall definitely in the air! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted October 6, 2023 Share Posted October 6, 2023 Temps were in the mid 40s at midday with a cold driving rain. Summer is definitely over. Picked up 0.12" 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiño Posted October 7, 2023 Share Posted October 7, 2023 Was hoping to catch a waterspout on the lake today conditions were pretty favorable. This little guy was trying. Saw a funnel very briefly but it moved out a little too far for my outdated iPhone camera to really pick up. Hopefully a couple more chances before winter hits. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardypalmguy Posted October 7, 2023 Share Posted October 7, 2023 Yep, started about 10 years ago. The most hardy palms can handle our weather (GTA) from mid March-mid November with minimal protection. I like pushing the boundaries with vegetation. Though you wont see me posting warm weather maps as I enjoy winter, especially front loaded winters haha I had a windmill palm in ground for over 10 years here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted October 7, 2023 Share Posted October 7, 2023 Toledo was 87 degrees on Wednesday Oct 4th, , now it's 55, so a 32 degree drop in 3 days. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted October 7, 2023 Share Posted October 7, 2023 Rain totals shown here are over 3.0" for western Michigan near Kalamazoo. My place got about 0.70" and then 0.05". You can already see the enhanced precipitation in the central Upper Peninsula from the instability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted October 7, 2023 Share Posted October 7, 2023 Next week's big storm is still flopping around a bit. The GFS was south of Iowa a couple days ago, but now it has jumped way north and dumps most of its rain over SD/MN. The UK is still south. The Canadian and Euro are in between, hitting Iowa hard. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted October 7, 2023 Share Posted October 7, 2023 3 hours ago, hawkeye_wx said: Next week's big storm is still flopping around a bit. The GFS was south of Iowa a couple days ago, but now it has jumped way north and dumps most of its rain over SD/MN. The UK is still south. The Canadian and Euro are in between, hitting Iowa hard. Just like winter being in the bullseye 4+ days out is usually the kiss of death. Some scattered frost here this morning as temps made it down to 38. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardypalmguy Posted October 7, 2023 Share Posted October 7, 2023 Took this awesome front yard shot just a bit ago. I think it could pass for Tampa area in October — definitely not fall in Wisconsin. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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