cyclone77

Very nice. It looks like my cell merged with a another storm from just south and produced your tor. One small thing I'll always regret about that chase was leaving my original position just to the south of Good Hope. Sat there for a short while with an excellent view of the approaching wall cloud, but repositioned a bit south to get out of the large hail threat. If I would have stayed there I would have captured a very nice long-lived time lapse of the approaching sup and evolution of the developing tor at very close range, as it passed very close to the original location. Here's where I wish I stayed put...

It's been like a summer evening. Still 72 at midnight at MLI, 70 at DVN.

Still 75 at MLI as of 9pm. Hard to believe it was in the single digits just 4 days ago. Amazing turnaround for sure.

86 at MLI and DVN smashing the record. I can now officially say I threw a snowball on a day it hit the mid 80s.

It has definitely been an entertaining stretch of weather the past few weeks. Hopefully that active stretch showing up on the models 8+ days out comes to fruition.

Several sites in Iowa now in the 93-95 degree range. MLI up to 85 now. 86-88 looks doable due to the 5pm or later max today.

I-80 was closed during the blizzard over much of Iowa, and a good portion of that stretch will exceed 90 5 days later.

Already mid 80s in southern IA. Looks to be widespread low to mid 90s throughout the southwest half of IA today.

84 in the point for today now for MLI. The high temp was 24 there on Tuesday, so a potential 60 degree increase in 4 days. EDIT: Had to throw one last snowball after taking in the trash bins from the street. That way I can say that I threw a snowball on an 80 degree day lol.

Just the remnant drifts now. Only the ones that were 2ft+ are left, and they are shrinking fast. Had a 3.5ft drift between the house and garage that is now shriveled down to a mere 8" deep strip about a foot wide. MLI hit 77 today. Tomorrow's record is 82, which should be tied or broken.

Think this is the first time I can remember seeing snow on the ground with temps in the mid 70s.

00z HRRR going bonkers and showing 87 for the QC on Saturday.

MLI tagged 70. The 7 inches there from Monday is toast.

Yeah already 62 here, MLI at 64.

The strength of the mid March sun did work yesterday. Down to just drifts already, albeit they are still big drifts. Low to mid 60s today should really shrink those by this evening.

Got 0.3" overnight. 72 Fri, 82 Saturday.

5 degrees with a wind chill of -9. Now looks like lower 80s just 4 days from now on Saturday.

Final storm stats here 0.48" rain, 6.3" snow. Also a trace of sleet thrown in as well. Guessing around 1.10" total QPF give or take.

A different type of frozen object falling from the sky this week eh?

The end of the drive keeps getting snow deposited from plows that keep going past. Snow keeps drifting across the road just to the north where there's an open field to the west. Snow blower (and me lol) getting a good workout.

Only 60 more model cycles to go lol.

Probably the hardest snow event I've ever attempted to measure. A lot of areas of the yard are completely scoured free of snow, with other areas buried 1-3ft with snow drifts. Still in heavy snow right now with this narrow band. Came up with an average of 6.3", but the real amount is likely higher than that. A lot of granulation going on at ground level with these steady 40+mph winds blowing in off of the farm fields. Definitely looks like a legit blizzard out there this morning.

Blizzard today, mid 70s by Friday. Maybe near 80 on Saturday. Gotta love March in the Midwest.

Still ripping pretty nicely with this final band rotating though. Vis is pretty low with the 45+mph winds.

It was off by a few days timing wise, but this actually kind of came to fruition.