Geos Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 All trees including the Burr Oak in my yard have new growth now. I noticed a few small pines planting along a highway last year died by the end of summer due to the drought. This may or may not be drought related, but I have a lot of dead branches on my birch this spring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frostfern Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 This cutoff low has provided us with absolutely incredible weather for 6 days in a row now. Low-mid 70's and clear blue skies should continue into tomorrow. Incredible way to begin May. I suppose its a bit boring having the same weather everyday but this is about as good as boring can get As for boring weather I do like the rare calm sunny days in the 20s after a fresh snowfall in January or February. March and April kind of got me down this year. So many cloudy, damp, windy, and uselessly cold days. I suppose the unprecedented April rainfall and flooding was notable, but flooding is more of an obnoxious inconvenience than excitement for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 On the way home from work I was noticing the trees its just CRAZY that they were essentially all bare just a week ago and now the landscape is green. Also upon closer inspection the honeylocusts have started to get some very tiny leaves. I didnt notice it because to the naked eye they look bare but when you look up close you see the tiny green sprouts. And things are accelerating by the day. I drive by a street that is lined with tall stately sycamores (what is this the south lol) and it looks as bare as mid-winter, and then another street filled with horsechestnuts and maples and its lush and green. We clearly started May running about 2 weeks late but a week of sun and temps in the 70s has absolutely sped things up closer to the normal to slightly late range. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hm8 Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 Mentioned it earlier but another sign of all the booming and budding lately... My allergies have been going bananas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 Mentioned it earlier but another sign of all the booming and budding lately... My allergies have been going bananas I deal with it every year. It hit a little later than usual this year but its in full force. Claritin/Zyrtec/Allegra (or the "D" version of any of those) help...but theres no stopping it. My allergies make me sleepy too. Due to THAT reason, spring is my least favorite season. My least favorite weather is summer heat, but if I have to pick a least favorite season, its Spring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowMeHunter Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 No dandelions, Veg is still in its very early stages here and Wife's allergies haven't kicked in yet but I bet after this week of 60's and mild nights she'll be hurting for certain right around mothers day going forward. couldn't script a better ZFP for early May than this weeks in to the weekends 50's and 60's with warmer inland. Off the scale window open 24/7 weather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 This weather is wonderful for sleeping. Allergies have not kicked in to speak of. Did experience them minorly on the 84° day last week. Allergies are worse in August and September for me though, compared to spring time. Wednesday it looks to hit 70° again- warmest day of the the week it looks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wisconsinwx Posted May 7, 2013 Author Share Posted May 7, 2013 This weather is wonderful for sleeping. Allergies have not kicked in to speak of. Did experience them minorly on the 84° day last week. Allergies are worse in August and September for me though, compared to spring time. Wednesday it looks to hit 70° again- warmest day of the the week it looks. Same here, so this is the time of year we need to take advantage of the great outdoor weather. I have a coworker who has bad spring allergies, and he has felt them from time to time the last couple weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 Same here, so this is the time of year we need to take advantage of the great outdoor weather. I have a coworker who has bad spring allergies, and he has felt them from time to time the last couple weeks. If ragweed didn't exist around here I'd be better in the late summer. Very light N wind right now isn't doing too much to cool it off - up to 65°. --- Neighbors Magnolia is full blown this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchaumburgStormer Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 Who do I have to pay to get a nice Thursday? My golf league plays on Thursdays and we have been rained out once, cold once, and stormed on last week, with this week not looking much better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 Who do I have to pay to get a nice Thursday? My golf league plays on Thursdays and we have been rained out once, cold once, and stormed on last week, with this week not looking much better. 12z GFS shows a washout for Thursday in N IL, N IN. Hopefully the model is over doing it. I can't wait until the stratiform rain events are done. Few of my events we're rained out last month as well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 We need to start thinking about a hard freeze in Michigan? GFS shows -10C 850's into TVC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpartyOn Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 We need to start thinking about a hard freeze in Michigan? GFS shows -10C 850's into TVC I think last freeze for them is around the 20th. No big deal for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 12z GFS came in warmer...good to see... Should be the last real cold shot of the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 Up to 69° imby. Probably the noisiest bird singing day on the season so far! lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wisconsinwx Posted May 7, 2013 Author Share Posted May 7, 2013 Another A+++ day. Temps look to top out right around 70F here in the western burbs, while near the lake they stay in the low to mid 60s, and inland areas are warming into the upper 70s. I'll take being in the middle of those two regimes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gosaints Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 Looks like a cool weekend, but at this point next week is looking A+++ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 79F...should click an 80F reading...house is 74F and it feels cool coming inside. Saints- Looks like summer after this weekend...maybe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 Made it to 80 today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 Had a a couple degree jump around 5pm when winds turned more E from NE. High 72° here. Lots of golfers out at the nearest course up the road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 Nice stretch of weather lately and all...but boring as all get out. Only 0.04" of rain in the past nine days in the LAF. Looking forward to a little action at the end of this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 GFS hacked rain totals with this next system... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 Definitely a southern trend for the rainfall. Yesterday the GFS had an 1"+ along I-80/88. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 First shot at 90 here next tue according to local tv met. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchaumburgStormer Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 Definitely a southern trend for the rainfall. Yesterday the GFS had an 1"+ along I-80/88. Keep on going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wisconsinwx Posted May 8, 2013 Author Share Posted May 8, 2013 Definitely a southern trend for the rainfall. Yesterday the GFS had an 1"+ along I-80/88. 12z NAM shifted north for us Geos. It's pretty much a lock that tomorrow will be a rainy/stormy one for much of N Illinois/S Wisconsin, especially in the afternoon and evening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wisconsinwx Posted May 8, 2013 Author Share Posted May 8, 2013 Already up to 72F. What looked like a perfect day may turn a bit too warm in a hurry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 Cold shot will make it feel very cold this weekend after this weather...next week torches right back up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wisconsinwx Posted May 8, 2013 Author Share Posted May 8, 2013 Gfs does a Nam as well. Who knows if its right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 Looks like a modest rain as a complex moves through the region tomorrow afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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