hardypalmguy

1 minute ago, TheClimateChanger said:

Mean March maxima for various cities in the Midwestern U.S. Using high temperatures here to minimize impacts of urban heat island effect. Any thoughts? Seems a lot more of an increase than I would have expected, considering the warming is said to be about 1C.

Cleveland, Ohio

1872-1900: 40.9F

2010-2022: 48.2F (+7.3F)

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

1874-1900: 37.1F

2010-2022: 44.1F (+7.0F)

Detroit, Michigan

1874-1900: 39.7F

2010-2022: 47.4F (+7.7F)

Chicago, Illinois

1873-1900: 40.9F

2010-2022: 47.6F (+6.7F)

Minneapolis, Minnesota

1873-1900: 36.7F

2010-2022: 43.3F (+6.6F)

Now do January, July & September.

Palm weather is officially here.  My 400 baby windmills are going outside this weekend.

Cold and miserable springs have become as common as warm and snowless early winters.

15 minutes ago, A-L-E-K said:

tracking fantasy 70s is like tracking the first flakes

still cold up in palm land tho

That's called the Ozaukee County screw hole.

45 today. The warmest reading of the year for Minneapolis. Snow pack is barely hanging on, plenty of bare ground under trees and south facing. Of course shaded and north facing areas are still 8-12” deep and going nowhere fast. 

I keep telling my kids we are within a month of having some 70s it can happen. Then a cold front that drops a quick 2-4 behind it

I got pounded folks.

Up to 43 today. It won’t be long now until the ground makes an appearance in spots. 

We also have a total solar eclipse 04/08/24. 98% totality thru most of the metro. I’ll be going to Toledo the day that happens. I’ve been waiting for that day since 2012 when I found out about it. And at some point we will have some Auroras overhead without clouds. I think we are 6/6 on clouds when it comes to the last few times they have been visible down this way

In typical fashion the Euro slashed precip in the past few runs, just as the system nears.  Went from 14"+ for the QC on kuchera down to under 8" now.  The 00Z will cut it back to under 4", which will be correct.  Boy that model really sucks ass now.  What a shame.

Let’s go.

When I think of the United Kingdom and Ireland my first thought is of palm trees................................. not.

There's a palm in China that can be planted in climates that look like northern Kentucky. 

2 hours ago, Cary67 said:

Heading to Clearwater tomorrow. Will post pics. Based on reviews may head to Siesta Key

Indian Rocks Beach south to Madeira Beach is way better than Sarasota area and Siesta Key in my opinion.

Just now, A-L-E-K said:

florida is objectively bad in almost every way but the gulf side is def the worst, total snoozer and just filled to the brim with the worst combination of old folks and rednecks

at least in miami u fell like you're in the tropics not the south and there's action and waves 

Coconut palms grow as far north as Clearwater.  They are all over Madeira Beach and Treasure Island.  Looks and feels tropical to me there.  Plus the white sand is top shelf.

43 minutes ago, madwx said:

Got about an inch of snow overnight.  Hope it all melts today.

Was ripping fat flakes about the size of quarters to half dollars on the way to work this morning at 5:30.

Just now, CheeselandSkies said:

Only downside is periodically losing everything to a 130kt+ hurricane, and your insurance refuses to pay out because the industry would collapse if they did.

Although Tampa seems pretty safe...Ian was always either gonna take the path it did or meander in the northern Gulf and limp into the Big Bend as a sheared barely-hurricane, so because the Tampa area lay between those extremes it was center of the cone for a while.

Hard to get a cane into Tampa proper.  The condo that I go to in the winter on the gulf has been standing since the 70s without a hit.

15 minutes ago, Baum said:

oh no

Either kiss of death or I'm getting 24 inches now.  I need this damn snow to stay away so I can put clear plastic on my planting beds to warm the soil for spring!

8 minutes ago, A-L-E-K said:

do it

Imagine the top shelf weather along the gulf.  Huge upgrade to the Lake Michigan beach.

11 minutes ago, Powerball said:

Someone has finally reached the acceptance stage of their grief...

I need to move to Tampa.

Pick your poison.  Someone is getting a thumping.  Now maybe that I started this thread, this doesn't happen and we can transition to spring.

5 minutes ago, rainsucks said:

My hopes aren't too high for a warm April either, but what makes you so sure that it's a lock?

he doesn't know.

Palm tree weather

12 hours ago, michsnowfreak said:

Meanwhile the last 3 April's at DTW

2022- 4.1"

2021- 3.6"

2020- 4.9"

 

The April 20/21, 2021 snowstorm dropped 3.6" at DTW but 4.4" here and with things blooming early, the scenes on Apr 21st were surreal. 

no thanks

22 minutes ago, A-L-E-K said:

Wishful thinking, cold and damp a lock

It's been cold and damp in April since 2017.  The winds are changing.