April 2021 General Discussion

[cyclone77]

Gave 80 a good run today.  Hit 78 here, DVN and MLI both 79.  Felt pretty toasty in the sun.

[Hoosier]

Might have a shot at 80 here tomorrow if enough sun.

I saw smoke in the northern sky earlier and figured it was a brush fire.  Did some investigating and turns out somebody drove into a gas pump and started a fire.  

[madwx]

Some feisty storms crossing the Mississippi.  Really taking advantage of the steep mid level lapse rates despite the meager surface moisture 

[RyanDe680]

50 minutes ago, Hoosier said:

Might have a shot at 80 here tomorrow if enough sun.

I saw smoke in the northern sky earlier and figured it was a brush fire.  Did some investigating and turns out somebody drove into a gas pump and started a fire.  

Ride the RGEM

[Jim Martin]

Elevated supercells taking shape tonight in northeast Iowa and southeast Wisconsin. 

[Mogget]

Pea-sized hail in a baby t-storm just now.  Nice to hear the change of seasons.  From inside, of course.

[cyclone77]

Head some thunder earlier as some isolated cells passed nearby.  Picked up 0.04" from a micro cell.

[SchaumburgStormer]

22 minutes ago, cyclone77 said:

Head some thunder earlier as some isolated cells passed nearby.  Picked up 0.04" from a micro cell.

.31” here as the storms stalled and crapped the bed overhead. Some pretty good lightning, but not much thunder. Should perk the grass and trees up a bit

[cyclone77]

Looks like the Euro has been correct the past several days in showing clouds holding back max temp potential today.  Probably gonna make a late day run at 80 so it's still possible we make 80, but think without these clouds 80 would have been achieved easily.

[CheeselandSkies]

Captured some pretty good lightning with one of our skycams at work this morning. Our meteorologist on duty put some of the highlights on Facebook:

https://fb.watch/4GOJAuYVat/

[frostfern]

Very small cell just ripped hail for about 5 minutes.  It was a little bit bigger than pea sized, but not quite dime size.  Nice hour long period of gentle rain and occasional rolling thunder earlier this morning too.  Saw some decent anvil crawlers.

[Brian D]

Much needed rain on its way with some thunder mixed in. Might get a little squirrely down towards the Twin Cities with the hot early April weather. Record highs possible!

[Hoosier]

Have managed to get into the mid 70s even with a ton of clouds.  Definitely would've had a shot at 80 with more sun.

[cyclone77]

Despite clouds we managed our first 80 today.  MLI and DVN both have as well.  

Looking forward to the rains wed.  We can use some.

EDIT:  MLI tied a record high with 81 degrees. 

[Indystorm]

Saw two great cg's off to the west while in Munster this mid morning....with sonic boom like thunder.  Very little rain though.

[StormfanaticInd]

Ready for some good thunderstorms. Come on spring 

[StormfanaticInd]

Looking like another beautiful day here

[StormfanaticInd]

Looks like blocking could force the pattern to turn cooler 

[StormfanaticInd]

1 hour ago, StormfanaticInd said:

Looks like blocking could force the pattern to turn cooler 

[A-L-E-K]

ban

[Hoosier]

If ORD hits 80, which looks likely, it would be the earliest one since March 24, 2017.

[WaryWarren]

3 hours ago, StormfanaticInd said:

Yes and please.

[Torchageddon]

From a climatic data perspective, what's bothered me is with all the data supposedly available why on earth can't I find out something easy like "What is the warmest April in Ontario's history" or even a specific city!? If you type that question right in Google you only get averages and most results are unrelated .

The beginning of the decent warmth is today and I'm even suppose to hit 20ºC+ for two days . Rain chances reduced again for today but storms possible overnight.

[madwx]

Gonna make a solid run at 80 here, would be the earliest since 2012 and about 3-4 weeks ahead of average.

[A-L-E-K]

final remnant snow pile on the north side of the target on foster at the edens finally melted out

[Chicago Storm]

Peak of 80 here at ORD thus far today.

 

Edit: 81 for a high.

[Torchageddon]

For the 3rd time so far in 2021 I reached 20ºC (68F) which is 3C over my forecast high! With the next few days' temps continuously being bumped higher can I get a 26C for Thursday? Let's get greedy here.

[luckyweather]

final remnant snow pile on the north side of the target on foster at the edens finally melted out

Pour one out for the 20/21 winter, my backyard base fully disappeared on Sunday, c’est finis. Until November....

[StormfanaticInd]

Gefs is not budging. Might even get cold with this look

[StormfanaticInd]

4 minutes ago, StormfanaticInd said:

Gefs is not budging. Might even get cold with this look

Eps agrees