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March 2011 general obs/discussion thread


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Isnt it ironic that something SO beautiful looks like this when it dies? Had my camera today as I was near the mall so I stopped for a few pics of a snowy winters post-mortem

That is some skanky looking snow.

Which reminds me, I saw a few small piles of snow left over in a parking lot here last Thursday. Amazing how it has still survived.

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That is some skanky looking snow.

Which reminds me, I saw a few small piles of snow left over in a parking lot here last Thursday. Amazing how it has still survived.

Had my son drive my up the the Best Buy in LAF last weekend, and there was one snow pile left

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Had my son drive my up the the Best Buy in LAF last weekend, and there was one snow pile left

Yeah, the mall area had some monster piles while the getting was good. My friend actually drove over one of the piles last Thursday, not seeing it (of what small amount that was left). Of course it was St. Paddy's day/night... :whistle:

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Looks like a week of boring cold in the upper midwest barring any surprises, then finally some indications of moderating temperatures as that block starts to move out.

This current storm surprised by being further north than forecasted, something to watch with the next 2 systems down the pipe. Although the First one probably will be suppressed

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I love these old school tornado accounts.

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN

615 AM EDT WED MAR 23 2011

..ON THIS DATE IN CENTRAL INDIANA WEATHER HISTORY

1913 A TORNADO WHIPPED THROUGH PRARIETON...GARDENTOWN...TERRE HAUTE TO NEAR BRAZIL...KILLING 21 PEOPLE AND INJURING 250 OTHERS. CHICKENS WERE SAID TO BE DEFEATHERED...AND A BABY WAS REPORTEDLY CARRIED BY THE WIND AND SET DOWN UNHARMED A BLOCK AWAY. A WOMAN REPORTED THAT BED CLOTHING WAS DRAWN OFF HER AND UP THROUGH A FIREPLACE. THE STORM WAS FOLLOWED BY FLOODING.

1917 SOUTH OF CARLISLE...A KILLER TORNADO...WITH A PATH 1/4 MILE WIDE AND 18 MILES LONG KILLED TWO AND INJURED 20 OTHERS AT 115 PM.

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Saw it on the NARR page. Very similar ul pattern to the one we're in now. How much snow did you get?

Nearby COOP had 5". Heavier totals occurred farther north. Looks like a fairly windy storm...given that and the temps there must've been a significant amount of blowing and drifting.

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The April '82 snowstorm was damn impressive. LAF started as rain on the 5th but then changed to snow as temps fell through the 20's. Snow continued into the 6th and the high was only 27 that day.

Started on the 3rd here as snow i think? Note the temps below. Looks like a Artic front blew through and then a storm rode up along it? :unsure:

KBTL

1982-04-03	58.0	24.0	0.48	5	
1982-04-04	30.0	16.0	0.06	2.4	
1982-04-05	29.0	16.0	0.28	2.4	
1982-04-06	32.0	16.0	0.32	3.8	

Grand Rapids

1982-04-03	58.0	20.0	0.85	5.6	
1982-04-04	27.0	18.0	0.02	4	
1982-04-05	27.0	18.0	0.23	4.9	
1982-04-06	28.0	19.0	0.05	1.1	

South Bend

1982-04-03	60.0	28.0	0.38	1.4	
1982-04-04	31.0	21.0	0.01	0.2	
1982-04-05	32.0	19.0	0.11	8.2	
1982-04-06	30.0	19.0	0.01	0.9		

I wonder if some of that was LES? :unsure:

There was another system on the 10/11th that dropped another 3.5 here as well.

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On 4/7/1982, ORD had a record low of 7 degrees with fresh snowcover, after the 8-9" snowstorm a couple days earlier. That's probably the most impressive record low in Chicago's history. Most of the record lows on surrounding dates are 10-15+ degrees warmer.

I would have to agree with that, based on climo and time of year that was some feat. The winter 0f 1982 was a wild one, i remember it being cold and snowy. I lived in STL at the time and we had nearly 2 feet of snow that winter.

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Dusting of snow here overnight has virtually all melted now. The cold forecast for this next week will take some getting used to at this late date. We stayed cold this far north in IN where others to the south broke into the warmth with this past system. I am ready for spring in all its glory.

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