October 2024 General Discussion

[Lightning]

Couple boomers this morning 

[A-L-E-K]

feel weird to have it to warm so early this time of year

[Lightning]

On 10/27/2024 at 1:03 PM, Chambana said:

Appears a much needed pattern change could be coming to close out October and open up November. As much as I’m loving the wall to wall sunshine, I’m jonesing for a wound up fall system. 

The wall to wall sunshine has been amazing and enjoyable for sure.   Definitely looking forward to it becoming more active.   It was very nice hearing rain this morning.  Plus I am ready to be done with the bugs/beetles; while they have decreased, I want them gone!!  

[OrdIowPitMsp]

Tied the record high of 75 yesterday. Making a push to 80 today with how mild the overnight lows are. 
 

Flakes might mix in for Halloween???

[Chambana]

1 hour ago, A-L-E-K said:

feel weird to have it to warm so early this time of year

Indeed. Went to get ready for a work at 5AM, had to fetch something from my car beforehand, and it was 66 degrees lol.

[Lightning]

3 days in a row of 30-40MPH wind gusts expected.  This will help remove many of the leaves from the trees.  Oaks and Norway Maples, as usual, will be the trees with the last leaves standing!!

[SchaumburgStormer]

Going to straight torch today. Took some time to convince my kids that they did not need thick sweatshirts for school today.

Also guessing we see some significant field/brush fires in the next couple days. 

[Brian D]

And so it begins!

Looks like up to an inch of precip possible for me in the next couple days. That would be nice. Higher terrain getting in on some snow action, as well. Just a mix here in town. 

[TheClimateChanger]

 

[TheClimateChanger]

Looks like the lower Mississippi might approach the record low levels set last October in the upcoming days. Army Corps going to be out there doing some dredging work, I'm sure.

[sbnwx85]

SBN hits 80 degrees to break the old daily record of 79 set in 1999. 

[A-L-E-K]

i see it's 80 at ORD, nice

[TheClimateChanger]

29 minutes ago, sbnwx85 said:

SBN hits 80 degrees to break the old daily record of 79 set in 1999. 

Wow, mighty impressive. Must be one of the latest 80F days on record in South Bend, I'd reckon.

[TheClimateChanger]

2 hours ago, TheClimateChanger said:

Looks like the lower Mississippi might approach the record low levels set last October in the upcoming days. Army Corps going to be out there doing some dredging work, I'm sure.

Relief may be soon on the way for parts of the region.

[Torchageddon]

I'm also going to enjoy some of the historic warmth, already 18C (high of 20C soon), tomorrow high of 23C! Probably near the record but my dataset sucks socks. Most unbelievable; the low overnight of 17C/64F!!!

[sbnwx85]

50 minutes ago, TheClimateChanger said:

Wow, mighty impressive. Must be one of the latest 80F days on record in South Bend, I'd reckon.

This is the third latest 80 degree day on record in South Bend. The latest 80+ day is November 1st, done twice, when it hit 82 on November 1, 1950 and 80 on November 1, 1933.

[michsnowfreak]

DTW set a record high of 79 today. Strong winds blowing showers of leaves everywhere. 

[cyclone77]

MLI tied the record high today with 84.  Only got down to 67 last night/this morning here.  

As expected a lot of color was stripped from the trees the past few days.  Now mostly oaks with the best color. 

[Geoboy645]

Madison reached 81 today, tied with 10/29/1937 for the latest 80 degree day on record. 

[Chicago Storm]

Today is what all deep fall days should be like.

[Chicago Storm]

ORD had a high temperature of 82° today, which broke the record high max temp for the date of 78° (1999/1901).

[Chinook]

these were record highs

[Torchageddon]

Still 17C here at 1:30am, It did dip to 16.5 earlier but it rebounds some, hourlies show it could increase til 3am. Some stations nearby even have 19C! Avg low is 2C. Wild!

[OrdIowPitMsp]

Record high of 80 yesterday for Minneapolis. The 2nd latest 80 on record behind 10/31/1950.

 

Winter storm warnings north of the metro. Someone in central Minnesota will see 3-6 of slushy accumulation tomorrow. My confidence is increasing that at the very least I’ll see first flakes imby tomorrow.

[A-L-E-K]

was like 70 at 4:30 am, felt weird

[A-L-E-K]

10 hours ago, Chicago Storm said:

Today is what all deep fall days should be like.

 

[OrdIowPitMsp]

Models say this is underdone but ground temps must be near record warmth for this time of year.