turtlehurricane Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Hail > Mustang It's seen worse days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundersnow12 Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 ORD up to 75, breaking the record high by noon FTW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 ORD up to 75 at this point 5 straight days of 80 or above looks like a lock...this record should stand for a long time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevlon62 Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 We left the storms behind to the north and are ready to rock. Unbelievable. A touch of coolness but barely noticeable. Sweating in the sun. Epic day/week continues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 74 in LAF, one degree cooler than this time yesterday when we made it to 81. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevlon62 Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 That sucker just parked and kept back building while spitting small stones. It was a new experience for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 at this point 5 straight days of 80 or above looks like a lock...this record should stand for a long time Most of us aren't that old but I wouldn't be surprised if we don't see another March like this in our lifetimes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeastFromTheEast Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Maybe BeastFromTheEast was right when he said someone might get close/pass 90 with this warm blast. Get that shoe ready.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ottawa Blizzard Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 we seem to be the victim of a back-door cold front in Toronto today. Forecast high was for 59F with sunshine and we currently have 41F with fog/overcast skies/SE wind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Most of us aren't that old but I wouldn't be surprised if we don't see another March like this in our lifetimes. without getting into too much climate change talk, unless we see a major climate shift, you're probably right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 We left the storms behind to the north and are ready to rock. Unbelievable. A touch of coolness but barely noticeable. Sweating in the sun. Epic day/week continues. Just enough marine air bleeding inland to take the edge off...it's pretty much perfect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 We tacked on more than 1 degree to the monthly departure yesterday. Not very easy to do so far into the month. Departure now stands at +12.9. Given the cooldown toward the end of the week, +15 may be out of reach but I think we're almost a lock to finish above +10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 we seem to be the victim of a back-door cold front in Toronto today. Forecast high was for 59F with sunshine and we currently have 41F with fog/overcast skies/SE wind. You getting a lake breeze too!? SE wind here has checked the temperature rise and dropped the dewpoint. Steady at 72°. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 MOS has 85 here on Tuesday. It's tempting to go higher in an extreme pattern such as this but in this case I think that may be our ceiling given the 850 mb temps and progged mixing heights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpartyOn Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Beautiful day outside! Just top shelf Saturday weather. Its days like this that make life good and fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ottawa Blizzard Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Most of us aren't that old but I wouldn't be surprised if we don't see another March like this in our lifetimes. do you mean that we likely will see another March like this in our lifetimes or we won't? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 do you mean that we likely will see another March like this in our lifetimes or we won't? likely won't...100+ year records are being b**ch slapped all over the place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 do you mean that we likely will see another March like this in our lifetimes or we won't? Anything can happen...heck, this could happen again next year. But I'm saying I wouldn't really be surprised if this is the warmest March we ever experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 we seem to be the victim of a back-door cold front in Toronto today. Forecast high was for 59F with sunshine and we currently have 41F with fog/overcast skies/SE wind. You guys should finally mix out over the next hour. It's not really a backdoor cold front in the literal sense (as you have a SW wind at 850mb and 925mb, and the temp profiles aloft aren't dissimilar to everywhere else), more so it's the problem of a stubborn inversion just above surface due to the stagnant airmass and the fact that we're in March. We had the same issue here yesterday until around 2 PM. Meanwhile here today, stratus failed to develop above the fog so we've had CLEAR skies through 2 PM, other than the dense ground fog around sunrise. Temps are currently 73*F with dewpoints in th mid 50s, and we'll likely get warmer than that. You would think it was mid-June if not for the still bare trees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted March 17, 2012 Author Share Posted March 17, 2012 12z DVN sounding...Totally the opposite of what you would expect in March. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Already at 80 here, which is a few degrees ahead of yesterday when we hit 81. May make a run at the mid 80s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Sorry for all the IMBY stuff but based on forecast high/low temps, LAF should be sitting somewhere around +16 or +17 by Wednesday the 21st. After that it goes down or at least begins to level off but the question is by how much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 MLI already beat the record high again today as well. Also destroyed the record warm min again. Tomorrow's record high of 76 should easily be beaten. Saw some lightning to the east early this morning on the way into work. First time I've seen lightning this year. No precip here though, as the storms fired in the eastern end of the county. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted March 17, 2012 Author Share Posted March 17, 2012 ORD up to 81. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Cumulus have exploded over the last half hour, so our temp rise is probably about done. MLI actually dropped back to 78. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Only 77 degrees at 3 PM local. Looks like the 80 degree streak is in major jeopardy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trent Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 71 degrees at Copper Harbor at the tip of the Keweenaw Peninsula virtually surrounded by ice water! http://www.erh.noaa.gov/data/obhistory/KP59.html I can't even fathom those kind of conditions there at this time of the year. That must be incredibly record shattering. Their winter sports economy must have taken a beating this week! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 71 degrees at Copper Harbor at the tip of the Keweenaw Peninsula virtually surrounded by ice water! http://www.erh.noaa....story/KP59.html I can't even fathom those kind of conditions there at this time of the year. That must be incredibly record shattering. Their winter sports economy must have taken a beating this week! SW wind blowing right up the peninsula. About the only way they'll get that warm in March! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan11295 Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 4th Consecutive 80+ day for ORD INL up to 75 at 2pm...now that is absurd. Breaks the previous RECORD by 20 degrees. Breaks their all time March record (previous was 73 on 3/31/1963) Not easy to break a monthly record high during spring or fall in the middle of the month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 actually felt kind of hot out there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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