Powerball Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 ^%&^*^*& me! Mid April before I see 50F??? GFS is a turd this morning... Fixed!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 Its going to be tough to hit a normal high temp at least the 1st week of this month...extended doesn't look much better. Opening day at Miller Park today...thank God for a roof. Target Field in Minneapolis is going to be a tad nippy. MSP was sitting around 20F last time i looked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gosaints Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 Its going to be tough to hit a normal high temp at least the 1st week of this month...extended doesn't look much better. Opening day at Miller Park today...thank God for a roof. Target Field in Minneapolis is going to be a tad nippy. MSP was sitting around 20F last time i looked. Too me extended looks pretty promising. Active and at least normal temps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 Down to 26 here this morning. Extended has us approaching 60 by Thu and Fri, and probably in the 60s Sat. This day back in 2002 we had an overachieving WAA snow event that dropped around 4" of cement. Even had thundersnow mixed with snow pellets towards the tail-end. We were only forecast to get an inch or so, and then reach close to 50 by late afternoon. The snow held on much longer and we never made it out of the mid 30s. IIRC at the same time we were getting dumped on the temps in southwest Iowa were in the 80s. Very strong baroclinic zone. EDIT: Just checked southwest Iowa had temps in the 70s not 80s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natester Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 This day back in 2002 we had an overachieving WAA snow event that dropped around 4" of cement. Even had thundersnow mixed with snow pellets towards the tail-end. We were only forecast to get an inch or so, and then reach close to 50 by late afternoon. The snow held on much longer and we never made it out of the mid 30s. IIRC at the same time we were getting dumped on the temps in southwest Iowa were in the 80s. Very strong baroclinic zone. I remember that day. If I recall correctly, we were forecast to hit 60F that afternoon. That never happened since we stayed in the 30s all day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 I remember that day. If I recall correctly, we were forecast to hit 60F that afternoon. That never happened since we stayed in the 30s all day. Just checked the archived radar page at IA State and unfortunately the DVN radar must have **** the bed that day. It was offline, or at least the archived data never made it. EDIT: Lack of DVN data must only be for IA State's archives. UCAR has it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 Too me extended looks pretty promising. Active and at least normal temps Maybe Thurs... NWS shows 54F and that is the avg high for that day..other then that..it looks sunny this week! This weekend looks like a giant turd...again... Need a winter jacket out there today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 For those looking for something decent to watch there should be some nice sups developing down in the TX panhandle later today. Other than that the weather is pretty much zzzzzzzzzz as Alek would say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frostfern Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 Maybe Thurs... NWS shows 54F and that is the avg high for that day..other then that..it looks sunny this week! This weekend looks like a giant turd...again... Need a winter jacket out there today. I think Phil thought February second was the new April Fool's day and CPC went along for the ride with his spring outlook Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 For those looking for something decent to watch there should be some nice sups developing down in the TX panhandle later today. Other than that the weather is pretty much zzzzzzzzzz as Alek would say. There is a enough on the not too distant horizon to keep me engaged...and last weekend really was top shelf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted April 1, 2013 Author Share Posted April 1, 2013 Down to 28° here this morning. Only about 33-34° right now. At least the snow in gone now - would be colder outside if it wasn't. Looks like some Pacific getting into the picture after this cool shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted April 1, 2013 Author Share Posted April 1, 2013 Just looking at precip for this coming weekend...GFS drops an inch+ of liquid...temps are very borderline, but should be all rain...a very very cold rain... I smell flooding Don't look at 216hr on the 12z GFS! haha MS River probably won't flood due to it being a bit low, but I'm sure smaller tributaries are going to rise with the next rain event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wisconsinwx Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 Down to 28° here this morning. Only about 33-34° right now. At least the snow in gone now - would be colder outside if it wasn't. Looks like some Pacific getting into the picture after this cool shot. We'll probably be in the unfortunate cold rain sector of the system(s) for the next week or two. Disappointing, but I suppose everyone else will point out it is climo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted April 1, 2013 Author Share Posted April 1, 2013 We'll probably be in the unfortunate cold rain sector of the system(s) for the next week or two. Disappointing, but I suppose everyone else will point out it is climo. Long as we get moisture and keeps the drought from redeveloping, it's fine with me. Maybe we can get the grass greened up later in the week. Temperature looks to top out at 36°. -14° normal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 33F here...wind still bitter cold...at least for april Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 We'll probably be in the unfortunate cold rain sector of the system(s) for the next week or two. Disappointing, but I suppose everyone else will point out it is climo. Wrong, like usual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyhb Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 We'll probably be in the unfortunate cold rain sector of the system(s) for the next week or two. Disappointing, but I suppose everyone else will point out it is climo. Late March into April is generally the true start for the Great Lakes severe season (aside from anomalies like Jan 08) so I don't know what this post is supposed to accomplish other than debby-downing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 40 here today for a high. Sky has that wintry look to it again. Upper teens possible tonight and tomorrow night. Hopefully the last of the bone chilling cold till fall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 Cyclone- Its can't go any lower? 34F looks like tops today. Still getting some melt, so the sun is helping out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidwestChaser Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 Late March into April is generally the true start for the Great Lakes severe season (aside from anomalies like Jan 08) so I don't know what this post is supposed to accomplish other than debby-downing. Hi. You must be new here. Have you met wisconsinwx? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyhb Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 Hi. You must be new here. Have you met wisconsinwx? lol A minor oversight on my part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 Some clown is racing up and down the street on a harley ...hope he gets frostbite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted April 1, 2013 Author Share Posted April 1, 2013 Lol^. I saw some people wearing shorts today! They weren't joggers either. Starting to see some farmers plowing up there fields today. Made it to 38 actually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Rent Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 Lol^. I saw some people wearing shorts today! They weren't joggers either.. Fat? Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted April 1, 2013 Author Share Posted April 1, 2013 Fat?Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk 2 Not really. They had jackets & sweatshirts on. My neighbor who's in his garage all the time, except if it's a snowstorm or below 20°, wears shorts every chance he gets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 I saw a guy in the grocery store this past Saturday evening in a t-shirt, shorts, and flip flops. It was 54º at the time. His wife/or girlfriend was dressed a little more appropriately. Still, I see people in the dead of winter wearing shorts in Lafayette. And only about half of them are overweight. I guess some just don't like pants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 Still snowing. nearing six inches total....oddly dense for lake snow. starting to organize a little better after disruption today. WWA until 5 am I think. A few more inches likely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wisconsinwx Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 You're convinced I'm wrong Chicago storm? What tells you that? Doesn't stalling i80 fronts in the spring have any pull to you? I could be wrong, but this is looking like a classic case so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted April 1, 2013 Author Share Posted April 1, 2013 RC mentioned last night that he could see an I-80 warm front stall out scenario coming up. Can't argue against those set ups in April. Just noticed there was some snow showers this morning here before I was up. Edit: A classic stalled out warm front scenario that is seen every spring at least once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrisale Posted April 2, 2013 Share Posted April 2, 2013 Photo of the remaining mall parking lot ice bergs (seriously, solid ice; can't put a dent in it) and some of the lake convection we had today: Satellite shot of today's snow squalls across the MI and ON: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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