April 2024 General Discussion

[buckeye]

1 hour ago, King James said:

Ease up on the solar farms plz. Ugly ass things are popping up everywhere. 

amen!

that and those damn windmills too.    Poor birds, if they manage not to get sliced and diced, they have to hope they don't get fried in mid flight now.

[OrdIowPitMsp]

2 hours ago, King James said:

Ease up on the solar farms plz. Ugly ass things are popping up everywhere. 

My company doesn’t build them. We just got contracted to do some engineering work.

[King James]

3 hours ago, buckeye said:

amen!

that and those damn windmills too.    Poor birds, if they manage not to get sliced and diced, they have to hope they don't get fried in mid flight now.

Those are fields we use to grow crop in as well. As supply chains continue to falter, we continue to ruin good dirt. It won’t be without consequences. 

[bowtie`]

2.30" of rain last night, this morning. Got the worms out of the ground. Now to see if we any more of note this afternoon.

[Brian D]

@weatherbo under the gun for a couple days. Light snow falling here atm.

[purduewx80]

43 minutes ago, King James said:

Those are fields we use to grow crop in as well. As supply chains continue to falter, we continue to ruin good dirt. It won’t be without consequences. 

That dirt was ruined when modern ag took over. 

[A-L-E-K]

big ag arguable public enemy number 1 in america

just the worst group of interests destroying the planet 

[cyclone77]

2.11" of rain here since Sunday evening.

[Lightning]

18 minutes ago, cyclone77 said:

2.11" of rain here since Sunday evening.

0.3" here since Sunday evening 

[bowtie`]

Three day total of 2.47" IMBY.  Radar estimates show a county or two south and west easily doubled that. We needed every drop here. But over double that would probably be a tad excessive.

[A-L-E-K]

white raining

[hawkeye_wx]

My three day precip total is a solid 1.37".  My snow total is only 0.3".

[madwx]

last of the snow showers moved through around 1115.  Maybe the last snow of the year here?

[michsnowfreak]

Had a heavy grauple and sleet shower this afternoon that whitened the ground briefly, 0.1", however, it melted quickly. Popcorn showers dotted the area today

[nwohweather]

Had a heavy grauple and sleet shower this afternoon that whitened the ground briefly, 0.1", however, it melted quickly. Popcorn showers dotted the area today

So glad we went South for vacation. Just seems like brutal weather this week up there

[mississaugasnow]

@Snowstorms  @michsnowfreak Even with that big push in late March YYZ is still at 6th least snowiest season on record at the airport. I don't know about you guys but to me thats going in the futile pile. 6th place has a cushion of about 2" before this winter would slip to 7th. 

[Snowstorms]

5 hours ago, mississaugasnow said:

@Snowstorms  @michsnowfreak Even with that big push in late March YYZ is still at 6th least snowiest season on record at the airport. I don't know about you guys but to me thats going in the futile pile. 6th place has a cushion of about 2" before this winter would slip to 7th. 

Not happening. Just an initial look at the models and upper air pattern would suggest winter is largely over for us. The storm this week was underwhelming and only produced snow further north and east. YYZ will likely finish at 26.3" for the season, well below our 44.5" average. This winter receives an F grade from me. 

Hopefully this was our last sustained cold too, ready for some warmth and thunderstorms now. 

[michsnowfreak]

8 hours ago, mississaugasnow said:

@Snowstorms  @michsnowfreak Even with that big push in late March YYZ is still at 6th least snowiest season on record at the airport. I don't know about you guys but to me thats going in the futile pile. 6th place has a cushion of about 2" before this winter would slip to 7th. 

Where does this season rank in Torontos entire period of record?

[michsnowfreak]

Off and on snow showers today, Detroit Tigers Opening day. It honestly seems like it snows every other year on opening day.

 

[Snowstorms]

5 hours ago, michsnowfreak said:

Where does this season rank in Torontos entire period of record?

7th least snowiest on record. Here's the top 10 going back to 1840. Note I used YYZ from 1955-onwards. 

 

 

[mississaugasnow]

15 hours ago, michsnowfreak said:

Where does this season rank in Torontos entire period of record?

Pretty bad. As @Snowstormsmentioned 7th least since 1840. Which to me is worthy of futility discussion lol 

[Chinook]

I haven't seen a flood for a while. apparently we got 0.5ft over minor flood stage

[Chinook]

if the eclipse were right now

[michsnowfreak]

2 hours ago, mississaugasnow said:

Pretty bad. As @Snowstormsmentioned 7th least since 1840. Which to me is worthy of futility discussion lol 

Yeah, that's definitely futility. This season, Detroit ranks 18th least since 1880.

[mississaugasnow]

2 hours ago, michsnowfreak said:

Yeah, that's definitely futility. This season, Detroit ranks 18th least since 1880.

Ya, the good news is I can’t imagine next year is as bad as this one. 
 

Plus as you’ve mentioned before everything normally averages out. We had a good run the last few winters before this. 

[cyclone77]

Nice soaker this morning with 0.26" already, and probably another 1/3-1/2" to go. 

 

[weatherbo]

Sunny with a forecast high of 50 today should accelerate the melt, still a dense 14 inches otg.  Interesting to see most lakes in the UP are ice free with the exception of Marquette County and the tip of the Keweenaw.  That could change today.

[Brian D]

Windy off the Lake today as system approaches up to 30-35 mph. Looks like a good rain shield to my south. Messy wx starting later in the evening, but the precip will be welcome.

[CheeselandSkies]

Decent rain here going to work on those snow piles; should see an explosion of greenery within a few days.

[Geoboy645]

2 hours ago, CheeselandSkies said:

Decent rain here going to work on those snow piles; should seen an explosion of greenery within a few days.

Yeah up here at least our forecast doesn't drop close to 32 all week. Coupled with all the recent precip and sunny days later in the week, everything should be going nuts for green up by the end of the week.