Brian D Posted Tuesday at 04:02 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 04:02 PM A nice stretch of boring, but seasonably mild conditions up coming. Ready for some late winter, early spring storm action. Really need the precip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted Tuesday at 04:03 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 04:03 PM noticing the daylight improvements and hearing more bird activity as well early signs of spring abound 3 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted Wednesday at 12:53 AM Share Posted Wednesday at 12:53 AM DTW soared to 45° today with sun. First time over freezing in 3 weeks. Snow depth went from 8" to 5" and should glaciate as temps drop below freezing tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrdIowPitMsp Posted Wednesday at 01:33 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 01:33 PM Down in Lake Okoboji Iowa for work. Beautiful office views last evening. I love working outside. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian D Posted Wednesday at 04:07 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 04:07 PM Weekly ice report rather robust. Think we hit the peak with the warmer, windy wx on tap tho. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted Thursday at 03:23 AM Share Posted Thursday at 03:23 AM The three weeks from Jan 18 to Feb 7 being the 2nd coldest stretch, and #1 coldest for around Cleveland, Saginaw, a couple spots in Michigan, and some of the Mid-Atlantic. The value of 12.1 degrees F at Toledo is comparable to the 2nd and 3rd coldest months here, Feb 78 and Feb 2015. However, comparing a specific 21-day period to one calendar month is a little bit of comparing apples to oranges. In this case, I guess I would be comparing this 21-day value to a full 28-day long month of February, as mentioned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted Thursday at 03:26 AM Share Posted Thursday at 03:26 AM 13 hours ago, OrdIowPitMsp said: Down in Lake Okoboji Iowa for work. Beautiful office views last evening. I love working outside. The sky is red? the other side of the Earth is ON FIRE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocATL Posted Thursday at 02:19 PM Share Posted Thursday at 02:19 PM Will ORD get above 0.9” this month?. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted Thursday at 10:43 PM Share Posted Thursday at 10:43 PM 52 here today. Several days of 60s coming up shortly. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roardog Posted Friday at 12:43 AM Share Posted Friday at 12:43 AM 1 hour ago, cyclone77 said: 52 here today. Several days of 60s coming up shortly. I told Alek last month it wouldn’t be long until you’re in the 60s and he’s in the 30s along the shore and here we are. lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted Friday at 01:56 AM Share Posted Friday at 01:56 AM Went to Lake Erie Metropark late this afternoon. Frozen Lake Erie is a beautiful scene. Great Lakes ice coverage peaked at 54.8% this week. After a near average winter in 2024-25, this winter ice coverage is solidly above the historical average around 40%. Superior is now half covered, with Erie nearly 100% covered. The Erie ice is 12-28" thick near the Detroit River. https://bridgemi.com/michigan-environment-watch/ice-grips-great-lakes-with-erie-nearly-fully-covered/ 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrdIowPitMsp Posted Friday at 02:06 AM Share Posted Friday at 02:06 AM Back in Minnesota, the thaw is on. Full sun and mid 40s today was awesome. Sad seeing these old historic farmsteads turn into suburbs, but such is the pace of progress 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted Friday at 01:01 PM Share Posted Friday at 01:01 PM return 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted yesterday at 12:38 AM Share Posted yesterday at 12:38 AM Almost made 60 today with 58 here and 59 at MLI. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted yesterday at 05:34 PM Share Posted yesterday at 05:34 PM Feb 9th was the last of 27 consecutive days where Detroit saw a low temp of 17° or colder. This was the 4th longest stretch on record (behind only 1918, 1948, 1936). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbnwx85 Posted yesterday at 06:28 PM Share Posted yesterday at 06:28 PM Snowpack taking a big hit obviously. Still have 4” in the shade. Bare spots popping up in the sun. 43 feels phenomenal. 60 on Wednesday is gonna have me breaking out the shorts. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocATL Posted yesterday at 07:20 PM Share Posted yesterday at 07:20 PM Increasingly likely that ORD is headed for the lowest snow totals in February since 2017 and would be in the top 10 for lowest snowfall totals. Pretty interesting stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted yesterday at 08:17 PM Share Posted yesterday at 08:17 PM Increasingly likely that ORD is headed for the lowest snow totals in February since 2017 and would be in the top 10 for lowest snowfall totals. Pretty interesting stuff.both are unlikely. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocATL Posted yesterday at 08:52 PM Share Posted yesterday at 08:52 PM both are unlikely.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrdIowPitMsp Posted 8 hours ago Share Posted 8 hours ago MSP achieved a record high of 54 yesterday. This was somewhat low hanging fruit as record highs over the next week range from the upper 50s to mid 60s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocATL Posted 7 hours ago Share Posted 7 hours ago I mean the MJO phase 4, positive NAO and AO positive, PNA negative…I mean…not a great set up for snow unless I’m totally off base here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted 6 hours ago Share Posted 6 hours ago After getting off to a very hot start MLI is now -6.3" of snow for the season, and will likely reach double digits fairly soon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian D Posted 6 hours ago Share Posted 6 hours ago Looking good. With lots of ice floating around the W side of L Superior, the temps over the Lake will be colder with warmer air running over the top (WAA) during the early part of the stm. Dry air might be an issue to start tho. Always do well along the shoreline with these conditions. Inland should do really well with oro lifting along the ridges. Strong E winds at the surface with strong SE winds at the mid level. LP weakens with a trough lingering, and a new LP moving in to the S sub, will keep an ENE to NE flow off the Lake, so lighter snows should linger thru Friday. Possible LES banding is in the mix then, and wherever they form could be a significant hit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted 1 hour ago Share Posted 1 hour ago 5 hours ago, DocATL said: I mean the MJO phase 4, positive NAO and AO positive, PNA negative…I mean…not a great set up for snow unless I’m totally off base here. there's a lag time with the mjo. we're currently feeling the effect of the passage through phases 6-7 to end january. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted 9 minutes ago Share Posted 9 minutes ago Even though its been an excellent snowcover winter here, i always hate watching snow melt. Id say that even if i lived where Bo does and watched the last melt in May. The snowmelt and temp inversion is actually causing poor air quality today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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