May 2025 General Discussion

[OrdIowPitMsp]

3 blocks from my house, the water is glass, can’t beat this. 

[roardog]

2 hours ago, TheClimateChanger said:

Spartaman is not going to like the Old Farmer’s Almanac outlook for the summer. Hot and dry pretty much everywhere, except in Ohio and surrounding areas. At least it’ll still be hot - although with all that rain, you have to assume it would be more from warmer minimum temperatures.
 

If you're going to Miami this summer, make sure to take a hoodie. It's going to be cool there.

[cyclone77]

3 hours ago, A-L-E-K said:

today sunnier and nicer than expected so far

Nice thing about May is the sun will make it feel much better than the actual temp if it's out.  

[sbnwx85]

First time trying to grow grass. The rain and garden hose are getting the job done. Tomorrow’s rain will be welcome. Look at these little babies.

[cyclone77]

Got down to 38 here this morning.  

[Brian D]

Improved drought status from all the recent precip we've had up my way. We'll see if we can at least maintain that in the coming weeks. Doesn't look like much precip in the forecast/models for my area. I'm expecting better potential late May into June for some heavier stuff.

[nwohweather]

Absolute fire hose off the lake today. Would love to see this in November

[Harry Perry]

On 5/3/2025 at 11:33 AM, OrdIowPitMsp said:

3 blocks from my house, the water is glass, can’t beat this. 

Could’ve swore that was one of my kids on our lake at first glance haha (also 3 blocks from my house). 
 

We don’t get too many nice glass days, it’s always windy and cold, or windy and hot with tons of wake from all the boats. Awesome picture. 

[A-L-E-K]

Some cold rain incoming 

[michsnowfreak]

Cold raw and rainy day today. Yesterday was a cool spring day but nice for a walk.

[OrdIowPitMsp]

80 and sunny at msp. 
 

First official 80 of 2025

[Jackstraw]

11 hours ago, cyclone77 said:

Got down to 38 here this morning.  

42 this morning here. Been stuck under the core of that cutoff all day and haven't broke out of the 40's with rain up until a couple of hours ago. The wind was blowing pretty good this morning had a wind chill of 35 lol. I woke up with very chilly bones. Had to go pull the propane tank off the grill and hook it up to my Mr. Buddy for a few hours. Need a break from those Winter heating bills 

Edit: And its raining again and 47. I'm going back to sleep lol.

[TheNiño]

Sunset up here was pretty cool especially out over the lake. The sky turned several different shades as the sun went down. Also caught this in Racine just north of the system which was a nice bonus 

[michsnowfreak]

5 hours ago, OrdIowPitMsp said:

80 and sunny at msp. 
 

First official 80 of 2025

Meanwhile I wore a sweater and the heat ran all day. Lol spring in the midwest

[Stevo6899]

1 hour ago, michsnowfreak said:

Meanwhile I wore a sweater and the heat ran all day. Lol spring in the midwest

I have been home from Florida for 65 days and I think we've had maybe 20 decent days. I'd be okay if we deleted march and April from the calendar.

[Spartman]

Don't be pushing for a repeat of this past weekend now, NWS ILN!
From NWS ILN's recent Long Term 

Ensemble guidance seems to be in fairly good agreement showing an
influx of very dry air from the N into the daytime Friday, even with
the details regarding the digging S/W into the ern Great Lakes and
NE CONUS still somewhat uncertain. Should this feature dig to the SW
a bit more into the ern OH Vly, some of the driest air may be
shunted a bit more to the W of the local area into Saturday, but
latest guidance still maintains a dry fcst locally during this
period. This being said, the ensemble data points toward a cutoff
low that develops further to the W closer to the ILN FA Friday into
Saturday, which would likely mean daytime temps that may be quite a
bit cooler than the blended fcst currently suggests. Certainly the
trends portend that we may have another cutoff low to contend with
immediately to our E into Saturday and the interaction between the
digging S/W NE CONUS trof and the lumbering broad cutoff low in the
S mid MS Rvr Vly will be watched closely for adjustments to the
fcst. The exact evolution of this pattern into next weekend still
has some uncertainties at these time ranges given the weak flow and
interaction between various relatively weak systems. But for now,
near to slightly below normal temperatures and drier conditions are
favored mid to late week before a gradual warming trend evolves by
late next weekend into early next week.