daddylonglegs Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 Not fair.. That is a cool thing that you have pictures of when they bloom...over the course of a decade it would be interesting to see the variation from year to year. Horrible here...rain and still chilly. drought cancel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 Here's a time-lapse I made of towering cumulus clouds from the past two afternoons. Also uploaded a time-lapse of the storms from Tuesday morning. Are you using a gopro? very nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 Been thundering the last half hour or so as some storms have passed by. They've missed so far, so still at 1.68" for the day. Grass is growing like crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 Not fair.. That is a cool thing that you have pictures of when they bloom...over the course of a decade it would be interesting to see the variation from year to year. Horrible here...rain and still chilly. drought cancel I was thinking of this today, as things have started to blossom so quickly. From a "visual" aspect spring is by far the shortest season imo. It seems that winter is definitely the longest followed by summer...then Fall. As for spring, yes things bud, leaves grow, its a process...but unlike the fact that it can snow for 7 months of the year or you can us the AC for 4 months of the year...and even Fall color makes about a month of gorgeous landscape, the flower-filled trees seem to last less than a week. As for dating the greenup...thats a great idea! It would be interesting to see when the grass greens, certain mature trees leaf out, etc. But i do take a pic every year of this magnolia tree when its in full bloom. My wunderground account is in chronological order so its easy to pull pics from previous years to see the timing of the greenup or fall foliage. This year with the very warm weather May 1st, the flowers werent even fully opened during sunrise but were overly opened by late afternoon.The "baby" magnolias seem to be the first trees to flower (several days ahead of the more mature ones). Pics from some different angles. MAY 1, 2013 MARCH 21, 2012 MAY 1, 2011 APRIL 6, 2010 APRIL 19, 2009 APRIL 20, 2008 2007 - NO FLOWERS (budded early in late March heat, froze in prolonged early April cold snap) APRIL 15, 2006 APRIL 24, 2005 (beginning of snowstorm) SO... While "full bloom" can vary by a couple days, the following dates are decent representations of approximately when the tree was in full bloom since it was planted in Fall 2004. April 24, 2005 April 15, 2006 No flowers 2007 April 20, 2008 April 19, 2009 April 6, 2010 May 1, 2011 March 21, 2012 May 1, 2013 Avg date based on 2005 - 2013 exluding 2007 is April 17. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 I wasn't sure we'd make it to 2 inches, but the last few hours we've been getting bursts of heavy rain and even a bit of thunder. My total is up to 2.29" with a bit more on the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 Picked up 0.18" of rain on Friday. Year to date total almost to 17". 16.97" so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnweather Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 Light sleet, freezing rain ,and snow today. High of 36 and low of 32. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 If I don't have snowstorms or severe to follow, I might as well have this as my p n c. Looks like a beautiful week ahead! Today Partly sunny, with a high near 70. East wind 10 to 15 mph. Tonight Mostly cloudy, with a low around 50. East wind 5 to 10 mph. Sunday Mostly sunny, with a high near 71. East wind 5 to 15 mph. Sunday Night Mostly cloudy, with a low around 48. East wind 5 to 10 mph. Monday Partly sunny, with a high near 72. East wind around 10 mph. Monday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 49. Tuesday Mostly sunny, with a high near 71. Tuesday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 52. Wednesday Mostly sunny, with a high near 73. Wednesday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 54. Thursday A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 74. Thursday Night A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 56. Friday A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 72. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 I was thinking of this today, as things have started to blossom so quickly. From a "visual" aspect spring is by far the shortest season imo. It seems that winter is definitely the longest followed by summer...then Fall. As for spring, yes things bud, leaves grow, its a process...but unlike the fact that it can snow for 7 months of the year or you can us the AC for 4 months of the year...and even Fall color makes about a month of gorgeous landscape, the flower-filled trees seem to last less than a week. As for dating the greenup...thats a great idea! It would be interesting to see when the grass greens, certain mature trees leaf out, etc. But i do take a pic every year of this magnolia tree when its in full bloom. My wunderground account is in chronological order so its easy to pull pics from previous years to see the timing of the greenup or fall foliage. This year with the very warm weather May 1st, the flowers werent even fully opened during sunrise but were overly opened by late afternoon.The "baby" magnolias seem to be the first trees to flower (several days ahead of the more mature ones). Pics from some different angles. MAY 1, 2013 MARCH 21, 2012 MAY 1, 2011 APRIL 6, 2010 APRIL 19, 2009 APRIL 20, 2008 2007 - NO FLOWERS (budded early in late March heat, froze in prolonged early April cold snap) APRIL 15, 2006 APRIL 24, 2005 (beginning of snowstorm) SO... While "full bloom" can vary by a couple days, the following dates are decent representations of approximately when the tree was in full bloom since it was planted in Fall 2004. April 24, 2005 April 15, 2006 No flowers 2007 April 20, 2008 April 19, 2009 April 6, 2010 May 1, 2011 March 21, 2012 May 1, 2013 Avg date based on 2005 - 2013 exluding 2007 is April 17. Wow... About 6 weeks variation on when that tree blooms...although 2012 is probably a once in 500 year outlier! I see a few of those trees around here...some over in La Crescent across the river...very pretty early in spring. Only thing i have blooming is apricots...but i'd imagine by next week the plums, apples, cherries (sweet/sour) pears, peaches will all be blooming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 RECORD EVENT REPORTNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI748 AM CDT SAT MAY 4 2013...COLDEST HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR MAY 3RD...ON MAY 3RD...THE HIGH TEMPERATURE AT LA CROSSE MUNICIPAL AIRPORTONLY CLIMBED TO 38 DEGREES. THIS TIED 1954 FOR THE COLDEST HIGHTEMPERATURE FOR THE DATE.THIS TIED MAY 1 1940 AND MAY 3 1954 FOR THE THIRD COLDEST HIGHTEMPERATURE IN A MAY. THE ONLY MAY HIGH TEMPERATURES WHICH WERECOLDER WERE 35 DEGREES ON MAY 1 1909 AND 37 DEGREES ON MAY 6 1989.$ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 Warming up nicely here with the milder easterly flow around the cutoff low as well as a few peeks of sun. It's up to 55. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frostfern Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 Are you using a gopro? very nice. For video stuff I use a Canon Powershot S95, a tripod, and a bunch of free software off the internet. The original videos look even better. Youtube messes up the quality and framerate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 I have a Panasonic LX7 that will shoot 1080p/60fps ...the quality of videos is amazing at full resolution...no studdering/jumping when you pan left to right...just smooth....but yeah...to see the full bit rate, you'd have to host the file or something. I think Vimeo does a good job with HD stuff. Sun is out here....upper 40Fs and it feels warm...lol...temp should shoot up nicely to the low 60fs..i'll take it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 Wow... About 6 weeks variation on when that tree blooms...although 2012 is probably a once in 500 year outlier! I see a few of those trees around here...some over in La Crescent across the river...very pretty early in spring. Only thing i have blooming is apricots...but i'd imagine by next week the plums, apples, cherries (sweet/sour) pears, peaches will all be blooming... Yeah 2012 a ridiculous outlier. If it wasnt for the insaneness that WAS the March heatwave of 2012, the warm spring of 2010 probably wouldnt have been so forgotten. That was a very early greenup. In 2010, though we started the first week of March with a nice snowpack, Detroit tied the record for earliest last measurable snowfall (Feb 27th), with only a trace falling in March and April. In Minneapolis, INCREDIBLY not a single flake of snow fell after Feb 23rd. That is simply unheard of for that latitude. (By comparison, the earliest last flakes at Detroit were March 11, 1946). Spring 2012 and 2010 hold the #1 and #2 spot for warmest springs here, so those years of blooms arent good representations. And your stuff will explode in blooms this week. Trust me, I saw it with my own eyes this week here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 Really nice out with mostly sunny skies. Temp up to 60° despite the east wind. Dandelions are popping up like crazy this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 surprise awesome day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frostfern Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 I have a Panasonic LX7 that will shoot 1080p/60fps ...the quality of videos is amazing at full resolution...no studdering/jumping when you pan left to right...just smooth....but yeah...to see the full bit rate, you'd have to host the file or something. I think Vimeo does a good job with HD stuff. Sun is out here....upper 40Fs and it feels warm...lol...temp should shoot up nicely to the low 60fs..i'll take it. 720p/24fps is good enough for me. That's the best my camera will do. I like the small size and travel/packing convenience as compared to a real camcorder that will be too bulky to carry around easily. CHDK has an intervalometer hack script for making time-lapse videos from still photos. I just tried it out the past two days and it worked pretty well, much better clarity than shooting in video mode and speeding up. Still, the video mode seems to capture more lightning flashes for some reason so I'll still do that instead of regularly spaced still shots when getting a thunderstorm time-lapse. The only big issue I run into with my camera is the battery runs out way too fast. The problem with Youtube is the site obviously converts 24 fps to 30 fps by simply showing every fifth frame twice. This makes it look more stuttery than if it was just left at 24 fps. I found some software algorithms that will interpolate frames quite well under most circumstances for more precise looking frame rate conversions. The problem is the result has ugly artifacts if the recording has any flashes (like lightning), sudden exposure/brightness changes, or if you pan too quickly. I also have an older Cannon DSLR camera as well but find myself not using it as much. It's bulky and doesn't record video. Of course it's still far superior for telephoto zooming and such but for most everything else the point-and-shoot is just as good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 A+ spring day. 63° with mostly sunny skies and a light wind. A lot of us lucked out with the cut off staying well southwest of the area. Edit: Peaked at 66°. Original forecast was 59-60°. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 Temps overachieved big time today. Made it to 71. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 720p/24fps is good enough for me. That's the best my camera will do. I like the small size and travel/packing convenience as compared to a real camcorder that will be too bulky to carry around easily. CHDK has an intervalometer hack script for making time-lapse videos from still photos. I just tried it out the past two days and it worked pretty well, much better clarity than shooting in video mode and speeding up. Still, the video mode seems to capture more lightning flashes for some reason so I'll still do that instead of regularly spaced still shots when getting a thunderstorm time-lapse. The only big issue I run into with my camera is the battery runs out way too fast. The problem with Youtube is the site obviously converts 24 fps to 30 fps by simply showing every fifth frame twice. This makes it look more stuttery than if it was just left at 24 fps. I found some software algorithms that will interpolate frames quite well under most circumstances for more precise looking frame rate conversions. The problem is the result has ugly artifacts if the recording has any flashes (like lightning), sudden exposure/brightness changes, or if you pan too quickly. I also have an older Cannon DSLR camera as well but find myself not using it as much. It's bulky and doesn't record video. Of course it's still far superior for telephoto zooming and such but for most everything else the point-and-shoot is just as good. I'm using a deer cam to do time lapse. The one i have you can use interval mode and shoot up to 1 pic every hour or 1 pic every second and always captures motion...the batteries last 6 months or longer (8 AA) and its 8mp... i'll post a video when i get one together.. My (panasonic) camera is too nice to risk leaving it out for a long period of time. I'm just trying to catch the green up/bloom...if/when it happens. Managed mostly sunny skies today and 63F...took a boat ride on some old 60's boat... wind was still cold out of the NW here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 Some cool high level clouds drifting by early this evening. Green up in the trees so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wisconsinwx Posted May 5, 2013 Author Share Posted May 5, 2013 Lake breeze kept Milwaukee's official high for today at 58F but slightly inland it was a perfect temp day in the mid 60s. Hopefully tomorrow can yield some outdoor time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 0.04" storm total rainfall for LAF with the cut-off low. Heh. Don't really need it right now anyway. 69º for the high here today. Pretty damn nice...boring as hell, but nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 I had 63F while Sparte, 20 minutes east had 70F.... front right over the area today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 Down to 53° right now, which isn't too bad. Looking at lower 60s for tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 The 0.13" today brings the storm total to 1.82". This combined with last month's 9.95" brings the total since April 6th to 11.77". We need a break for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxman1952 Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 Another beautiful day here in lower Michigan, lots of sunshine and a high of 75. A bit cooler than Friday when we hit 80. Normal is 64. I heard a report that for the US, the number of tornados are really down over other years. I wonder if we'll catch up some in the next couple months? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nwohweather Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 Yeah 2012 a ridiculous outlier. If it wasnt for the insaneness that WAS the March heatwave of 2012, the warm spring of 2010 probably wouldnt have been so forgotten. That was a very early greenup. In 2010, though we started the first week of March with a nice snowpack, Detroit tied the record for earliest last measurable snowfall (Feb 27th), with only a trace falling in March and April. In Minneapolis, INCREDIBLY not a single flake of snow fell after Feb 23rd. That is simply unheard of for that latitude. (By comparison, the earliest last flakes at Detroit were March 11, 1946). Spring 2012 and 2010 hold the #1 and #2 spot for warmest springs here, so those years of blooms arent good representations. And your stuff will explode in blooms this week. Trust me, I saw it with my own eyes this week here. Yeah 2012 a ridiculous outlier. If it wasnt for the insaneness that WAS the March heatwave of 2012, the warm spring of 2010 probably wouldnt have been so forgotten. That was a very early greenup. In 2010, though we started the first week of March with a nice snowpack, Detroit tied the record for earliest last measurable snowfall (Feb 27th), with only a trace falling in March and April. In Minneapolis, INCREDIBLY not a single flake of snow fell after Feb 23rd. That is simply unheard of for that latitude. (By comparison, the earliest last flakes at Detroit were March 11, 1946). Spring 2012 and 2010 hold the #1 and #2 spot for warmest springs here, so those years of blooms arent good representations. And your stuff will explode in blooms this week. Trust me, I saw it with my own eyes this week here. 2010 was insane however. I remember how January and February were brutally cold, and then it was like a flip got switched. I still wore a jacket around for awhile as there were a few cold snaps, but it was nice. 2011 was insanely rainy, I think that April we received rain in all but 5 days that month, and there were a few tornadoes I think as well that spring Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 My 3-day rain total is 3.14", our third 3+" rain event in the last month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 Up to 59° already. Forecasted high has been bumped to 65°. Mostly sunny again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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