daddylonglegs Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 ahhhhh! Thank God its the 18z GFS... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeastFromTheEast Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 ahhhhh! Thank God its the 18z GFS... I'lll take it!!!!! Not done w/ the snow at all me thinks.. Maybe a duster and one sticker left.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtlehurricane Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 I'lll take it!!!!! Not done w/ the snow at all me thinks.. Maybe a duster and one sticker left.. Yup, we'll realize how crazy all those 80 degree temps were once we have some snow on the ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fickle Heights Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 Very vivid lightning with the storms banding on the back side of the rain. Good show for the past 45 minutes or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 I'lll take it!!!!! Not done w/ the snow at all me thinks.. Maybe a duster and one sticker left.. That would complicate the growing season (likley not for native plants), especially if leaves continue to push there way out next week. Skilling mentioned the back door/cool shot within 48 hours. Mentioned the frost potential and highs in the low 40s for Monday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundersnow12 Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 The 0z NAM is showing wintry precip in extreme northern IL/southern WI on Monday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 If one of those freak snowstorms were to hit in early-mid April it would be a very bad thing for wherever it hits. Mainly because the trees will be full of foliage and the result would be like a horrific ice storm. Lots of tree damage. Back in '97 we had almost a foot on April 10th, but the trees were still bare. Just something to think about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 The 0z NAM is showing wintry precip in extreme northern IL/southern WI on Monday. Looks like a narrow stripe of ZR/PL verbatim, although ZR may be difficult given the massive torch we are coming off of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 NAM has more precip in IL/WI on Tuesday morning with temps not far above freezing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundersnow12 Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 NAM has more precip in IL/WI on Tuesday morning with temps not far above freezing. holy inversion!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 holy inversion!! Yeah check out the gradient at 925mb. Crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 If one of those freak snowstorms were to hit in early-mid April it would be a very bad thing for wherever it hits. Mainly because the trees will be full of foliage and the result would be like a horrific ice storm. Lots of tree damage. Back in '97 we had almost a foot on April 10th, but the trees were still bare. Just something to think about. One doesn't have to look back very far to see what can happen when snow falls with leaves on the trees. NE October snowstorm. Had a brief reprieve from the dense fog, but it's back in full force now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 the plants beg for leniency Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmc76 Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 Amazing amount of dry air that's in place here. Rain bands fizzle out as it approaches this area all night long Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 0z GFS hinting at a similar setup on Monday. Not the GFS, but the NAM temperatures at 60 hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatrickSumner Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 If the GFS is correct, probably going to see a wild severe weather event around Easter followed by some much colder air... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeastFromTheEast Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 0z GFS hinting at a similar setup on Monday. Not the GFS, but the NAM temperatures at 60 hours. Sweet looking p-type map from the NAM as well.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 Sweet looking p-type map from the NAM as well.. I'm guessing pink is a mix and orange is snow. Cruel joke on the plants... Really socked in with the fog now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 ORD still needs 0.2" to get to 20" for the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyhb Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 If the GFS is correct, probably going to see a wild severe weather event around Easter followed by some much colder air... I) No it does not say that. II) That is 300+ hours out. III) I would watch the period from around 168 hrs (Around Palm Sunday and the following 3-5 days), as the GFS ejects a lead anomaly which helps beat down the ridge in front of the main incoming upper/mid level jet streak from the Pacific, which would likely help the resulting trough become more progressive. If nothing else, some rather notorious historical severe weather days in that period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowMeHunter Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 Folks at home, folks at home - it is becoming all but inevitable that there will be sizeable Veg-Dev across the Midwest before long. Oh how I pray for the veg if the gfs finds a needle in a haystack. I know we all would love a white easter after not having a white christmas. Can barely make out the treeline across the street.. Winter-resident and early spring arrival birds are singing even more joyfully than I do driving to the liquor strore. Grass is growing back faster than Alek's chest hair after a waxing. For one second I can almost convince myself I wish every March was like this but then I quickly snap back to my snow trumps all until May mentality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpartyOn Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 This spring seriously reminds me of 2010. We had a nutty warm march followed by a cool April then a wet mild May. Shaping up to be that way it seems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpartyOn Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 If the GFS is correct, probably going to see a wild severe weather event around Easter followed by some much colder air... Negative Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Trent Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 This spring seriously reminds me of 2010. We had a nutty warm march followed by a cool April then a wet mild May. Shaping up to be that way it seems. I think you have the wrong year for DTW: March 2010: 7th warmest http://www.crh.noaa.gov/dtx/display_climate.php?file=coldmar.htm April 2010: 2nd warmest http://www.crh.noaa.gov/dtx/display_climate.php?file=coldapr.htm May 2010: 18th warmest http://www.crh.noaa.gov/dtx/display_climate.php?file=coldmay.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchaumburgStormer Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 One doesn't have to look back very far to see what can happen when snow falls with leaves on the trees. NE October snowstorm. Had people without power in that area for 10-14 days... And I have been to CT twice since the snowstorm, and when they get a good severe thunderstorm, all the broken hanging limbs will come crashing down. I would just as much stay in the 70-80 range and avoid any possibility of that. This past heat wave really took me out of the winter mindset. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 Ahhhhh x2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted March 24, 2012 Author Share Posted March 24, 2012 Arrived in Ft. Lauderdale last night in time to see a great sunset. Beach day today...(Pic looks like crap as it was tapa talk uploaded) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowMeHunter Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 Enjoy your trip man and keep the pics coming when you have a chance..some girls gone wild on spring break shots would be nice, too. And just think when you get back you'll have the Tropical waters of Lake Michigan to return to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 Folks at home, folks at home - it is becoming all but inevitable that there will be sizeable Veg-Dev across the Midwest before long. Oh how I pray for the veg if the gfs finds a needle in a haystack. I know we all would love a white easter after not having a white christmas. Can barely make out the treeline across the street.. Winter-resident and early spring arrival birds are singing even more joyfully than I do driving to the liquor strore. Grass is growing back faster than Alek's chest hair after a waxing. For one second I can almost convince myself I wish every March was like this but then I quickly snap back to my snow trumps all until May mentality. Whats funny is our only back-to-back White Easters on record came after a not-white Christmas (in a decade full of White Christmases no less). Easter 2007 had just under an inch (but still an official 1") of powder on the ground after a completely bare Christmas '06....and Easter 2008 still had 4" left from our crazy Good Friday snowstorm, while Christmas '07 had just a T on the ground (major total meltoff of 10" snowpack a few days before Christmas but a last minute dusting allowed a T). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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