April 2026 General Discussion

[Brian D]

Poor little birdie smacked my living room window. Heard a loud thump, and when I checked, there he was sitting on the deck rail trying to regain his bearings. At least he made it. Sometimes they break their neck. Not uncommon to find a dead bird laying on the deck. 

[roardog]

1 hour ago, Brian D said:

Poor little birdie smacked my living room window. Heard a loud thump, and when I checked, there he was sitting on the deck rail trying to regain his bearings. At least he made it. Sometimes they break their neck. Not uncommon to find a dead bird laying on the deck. 

I always wonder what birds think after they hit a window. They probably think where did that come from?

[cyclone77]

2 hours ago, roardog said:

I always wonder what birds think after they hit a window. They probably think where did that come from?

First thing they think is probably damn that windex!

[Jonger]

On 4/19/2026 at 10:42 AM, weatherbo said:

Spent the day in Houghton yesterday then drove the spine of the Keweenaw down to Ontonagon County to check out Victoria Dam Falls.  Never seen anything quite like it.  The falls created their own rain. 

My bad on the audio, I had my finger over the microphone by mistake.

 

I saw a few years ago there were a couple kayakers who rode this one on a day like this. Not as much flow, but damn close.

[Brian D]

15 hours ago, cyclone77 said:

First thing they think is probably damn that windex!

That commercial came to mind  

[Brian D]

Funny stuff

 

[thomp2mp]

On 4/19/2026 at 6:11 PM, HillsdaleMIWeather said:

Incredibly rare phenomenon here right now, quick burst of snow despite it being 47 degrees outside 

was a very strange feeling mowing my front lawn with the sun out, 45°, and snowflakes hitting me in the face

[A-L-E-K]

green up coming along nicely

[A-L-E-K]

line trying to back build just in time for some garden variety

[Chinook]

I thought maybe you guys in Chicago would be talking about this storm an hour and a half ago

[sbnwx85]

More good boomers out this way. Classic spring storm.

Lightning strike believed to be the cause of a fire at a furniture store in Mishawaka.

[weatherbo]

Beautiful sunny day in the mid 50's before the lake breeze hit, dropping temps down into the 40's. Cool sat shot today of the remaining snowpack.

[Jackstraw]

So got a measly .2 of precip with the last "severe" outbreak here. Storms have been dodging us like crazy lately. Dust blowing everywhere today with the winds gusting upwards of 40-45. It's brutally dry locally. This incoming line looks to continue the trend.

[Brian D]

Thought I'd post the GL ice maps. Still some out there in the N areas. Pretty robust year overall. Ships had been getting stuck in DLH earlier, as well as on the upper, and lower sides of the Soo Locks. Much better now, except for the lower Huron side which is keeping the CGC Mackinaw busy.

[nvck]

A rare (the first this season?) warm spring day here with very calm winds. usually we pay a price with these 60s/70s, but thankfully not today

[A-L-E-K]

beautiful day despite lake cooling

[Chinook]

NW Ohio had a stormy evening.

[OrdIowPitMsp]

86 here today. Warmest day of the year by far. Hopefully we can get some good storms tomorrow to get the perennials going, then back to normal with 50s/60s in the extended. 

[Jackstraw]

Well I guess it all comes out in the wash, kinda. While I just watched the last 2 or 3 severe outbreaks in our sub blow by with nary a drop, we received .25 inches total in a couple of quick, severe warned downpours. One elevated cell around 11pm last night and another around 4am. Had dime size hail with the first and pea size hail with the second. They both lasted less than 10min and the wind gusted to 45 with the first. The ground slurped it up like a drunk waiting on the bar door to be unlocked. Farmers were out doing their thing by 11, dust everywhere again. That's .6 locally for April so far.  

Yay