hm8 Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 still widespread low 80s across MI at 7:00. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tropical Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 re-calibrate...77 up there Davis Vantage Vue. Dead on. Hit 82 today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 Davis Vantage Vue. Dead on. Hit 82 today. Nice gear, did you get a met discount? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowMeHunter Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 Des Moines nws is now pushing most storm development to after midnight. The RAP model's first official day was not a good one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 Actually a big muggy out there for the first time this season. Feels great! Some tiny little elevated showers firing north of route 30 north of Des Moines. With the LLJ increasing in strength over next few hours these will probably begin to take off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundersnow12 Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 parts of IA should go boom soon I would think. Bubbling cu under that stratus deck, most likely result of the subtle jet streak that also set off the storm in nw KS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 Metro Airport and City Airport overachieved big time today with a high of 85*F. This is in spite of mostly cloudy skies until a few peeks of sun late in the afternoon. What's more impressive is this was after a morning low of 52*F. In fact, Detroit tied its record high for today, set previously in 1901. The latent heat release from the MCV certainly did wonders today. In generated a locally higher bubble of heat just to the SW, which advected in during supposed peak heating. Oh, and it appears the storms everyone was waiting on in this area develop out east towards Buffalo, along the actual Outflow Boundary from earlier. I wasn't expecting anything given the thick cirrus canopy overhead much of the afternoon. Hopefully, tomorrow isn't a repeat of today in terms of the lack of active weather and cloud cover. If anything, I like the odds for tomorrow given that the warm front has offically passed through now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NW Storm Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 Metro Airport and City Airport overachieved big time today with a high of 85*F. This is in spite of mostly cloudy skies until a few peeks of sun late in the afternoon. What's more impressive is this was after a morning low of 52*F. In fact, Detroit tied its record high for today, set previously in 1901. The latent heat release from the MCV certainly did wonders today. In generated a locally higher bubble of heat just to the SW, which advected in during supposed peak heating. Oh, and it appears the storms everyone was waiting on in this area develop out east towards Buffalo, along the actual Outflow Boundary from earlier. I wasn't expecting anything given the thick cirrus canopy overhead much of the afternoon. Hopefully, tomorrow isn't a repeat of today in terms of the lack of active weather and cloud cover. If anything, I like the odds for tomorrow given that the warm front has offically passed through now. That is impressive! Was this the highest temp recorded this year in Detroit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 That is impressive! Was this the highest temp recorded this year in Detroit? I've have to verify, but I'm pretty sure that 85*F is the highest, or it at least ties the highest temp recorded. EDIT: Actually, the highest temp recorded for Detroit thus far was 86*F back on March 22nd. It was close today, but not cigar. Of course, given what happened today with somewhat cooler temps aloft that's what's expected tomorrow, that 86*F definitely seems breakable tomorrow, depending on how convection evolves tonight. Upper 80s I don't think are out of the question in fact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 Stayed above 70° tonight, up until a little while ago. Onshore flow starting up. Lake side locations falling into the mid to upper 50s. About 68° here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted May 3, 2012 Author Share Posted May 3, 2012 Stayed above 70° tonight, up until a little while ago. Onshore flow starting up. Lake side locations falling into the mid to upper 50s. About 68° here. It's in the upper 60's-low 70's all the way up to the lake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hm8 Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 RAP has DTW hit 90 tomorrow. EDIT: NAM pops 90 in the area too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 Took my kids up to Lake Onalaska (its not really a lake, but the Mississippi River pool behind the dam at Dresbach, MN) and watched the storms off to the west ... Tried building a raft to send my kids downstream... They were all for it... don't worry..the water was only knee deep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 Southeast MI has gone from record cold to record heat in just THREE days! Flint smashed a record low Sunday (22F) and broke a record high (85F) today, while Detroit just missed a record low Sunday (and Friday) and tied a record high (85F) today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 It's in the upper 60's-low 70's all the way up to the lake. Waukegan Harbor is at 59 57° now. Carthage College in Kenosha is at 56°. 66° here. Friday is going to be a snap back to reality with a NE wind off the lake again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 Took my kids up to Lake Onalaska (its not really a lake, but the Mississippi River pool behind the dam at Dresbach, MN) and watched the storms off to the west ... Tried building a raft to send my kids downstream... They were all for it... don't worry..the water was only knee deep. Haha! Is the water really warm enough to wade in!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted May 3, 2012 Author Share Posted May 3, 2012 Waukegan Harbor is at 59 57° now. Carthage College in Kenosha is at 56°. Marine air affecting the beaches/harbors is not suprising, but no legit stations outside of that prone area were showing that cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted May 3, 2012 Author Share Posted May 3, 2012 Wednesday, May 2nd: Hi: 78F Lo: 58F Overall Sky Conditions: Mostly Cloudy Max Wind Gust: 33MPH Rainfall: Trace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 It looks like South Bend will break the record high minimum for today. They were sitting 71 at 6 AM. The record high minimum is 65. Fort Wayne is going to be close. 65 at 6 AM and the record is 63 set in 1938. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 Hmmm, a very quick, rogue t'storm moved through about 1/2 hour ago... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 66F for the low in La Crosse.... I should have turned on the AC last night. We were all a bunch of greasy monkeys this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 Geos- No... The water was cold. I sure wouldn't go swimming in it. My kids were both in their little swimming pool in the backyard which I filled up with the hose...our well water is in the mid 50Fs and they didn't seem to mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpartyOn Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 Hmmm, a very quick, rogue t'storm moved through about 1/2 hour ago... Cap breakers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted May 3, 2012 Author Share Posted May 3, 2012 Heat burst associated with the weakening MCS, SE of Des Moines... 0811 AM NON-TSTM WND GST 4 ESE PELLA AIRPORT 41.38N 92.87W 05/03/2012 M76.00 MPH MAHASKA IA MESONET HEAT BURST. MEASURED BY THE PELLA RWIS SITE. 0812 AM NON-TSTM WND GST 3 WNW BUSSEY 41.22N 92.94W 05/03/2012 M60.00 MPH MARION IA TRAINED SPOTTER HEAT BURST. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trent Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 Already sitting at 80 at 10am. Today's record of 85 should be easily reached. Also KBKL only hit 71 this morning for the low. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beavis1729 Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 Heat burst associated with the weakening MCS, SE of Des Moines... 0811 AM NON-TSTM WND GST 4 ESE PELLA AIRPORT 41.38N 92.87W 05/03/2012 M76.00 MPH MAHASKA IA MESONET HEAT BURST. MEASURED BY THE PELLA RWIS SITE. 0812 AM NON-TSTM WND GST 3 WNW BUSSEY 41.22N 92.94W 05/03/2012 M60.00 MPH MARION IA TRAINED SPOTTER HEAT BURST. Here are the obs in Pella: 7:55 AM: 68/57, RH 68%, wind SW 29 G 43 8:15 AM: 75/48, RH 38%, wind S 31 G 44 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 Already 79° out! Humid as all get out. Allergies really present today. Lots of clouds around, waiting to see if a shower might pop up in the area, like they are west of Milwaukee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 I bet BowMe has his air conditioned underwear on today... 79/66 right now in MKE... ouch... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 79°/66° here. Cumulus preventing any further rise in temperature in the last hour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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