March 2022 Observations and Discussions

[westMJim]

The official high at Grand Rapids yesterday was 29. That is the 5th coldest high for any March 27th at Grand Rapids and the coldest for the date since a high of 28 in 1955. The coldest maximum for the date is 24 in 1904. The overnight low here in MBY was 15 the official overnight low at GRR was 17 and that is the 8 coldest low for any March 28th at Grand Rapids. This month has seen a couple of extremes. Back on March the high of 67 was the 8th warmest. So this month has seen both one of the warmest and coldest maximums for the month. At this time it is clear and a cold 18 here.

[Madtown]

10 below this am...up to 8 already.

[jaster220]

On 3/26/2022 at 6:16 PM, westMJim said:

Even more amazing is that on that May 9th 1923 that snow fell during the daytime. So that must have been some heavy snow fall. Here are some reported totals from that snow storm. Detroit 6", Flint 12.0" Lansing 11.5" Saginaw 9.0" Grand Rapids 5.5", Muskegon 5" Toledo 4" Even Milwaukee 1.5" and Chicago 0.5" got in on the event. 

THIS!  That event has to be by far the most anomalous out-of-season winter event for SMI. My dad used to tell quite a few interesting winter storm stories. He said that one time his dad went to work on the trolley in Detroit comfy in a short sleeved shirt in the morning (he worked at Ford's foundry in Dearborn), and came home later that day in drifts to his knees. I've often wondered if this was that day? My dad would've only been 3 y.o. so he wouldn't have had firsthand memory. I thought he said it was some time in the "late teens" (1918?) though, so not certain. Also, a heavy wet snow like in spring is even harder to drift. Takes some serious winds. I'd be curious to see some daily wx map archives of this May snowstorm.  

[westMJim]

2 hours ago, jaster220 said:

He said that one time his dad went to work on the trolley in Detroit comfy in a short sleeved shirt in the morning (he worked at Ford's foundry in Dearborn), and came home later that day in drifts to his knees.

It was not the day of the snow fall but on May 7th the high in Detroit was 74 and on the 8th it the high was 62. At Flint the the high was 78 on the 7th and 75 on the 8th before before the 12" of snow on the 9th So That very well may have been the day with a little padding added.

[Andie]

Have got to say today is just gorgeous.  
I’ll take a summer of this!!  Not a hint of the storms to come   

85*. Partly cloudy
29% Humidity

15-20 mph breezes. Gusting to 25mph +or-

 

[Andie]

I have to add this as our Spring is becoming a fire season. Fire still not controlled.
I hope our rain solves this. 
my city had a small fire not far from me near the lake.  
 

Update: the #CrittenburgComplex in Coryell County is an estimated 33,175 acres and 0% contained. Crews will be working to secure portions of the fire and working as directly as possible. 
The fire is located West of Waco in Central Texas 

[Phil]

Recorded a 54mph gust today with the passage of the 3rd cold front. That’s with some tree obstruction of my anemometer.

Low temp tonight should reach the low 20s at least. 

[Niko]

Currently at 19F under crystal clear skies, oh and there is a WWA for my area for snow and then freezing rain.

 

 

[Andie]

65* clear this a.m. High of 83*. 
32 Wind Warnings up today.  
Bad for fires and will whip these storms up tonight. 
 

Severe storms to hit us at midnight tonight and storm till dawn. 
Heavy rain, high winds, potential for hail and nighttime tornados.  
 

Hurrah

[Iceresistance]

1 hour ago, Andie said:

65* clear this a.m. High of 83*. 
 

Severe storms to hit us at midnight tonight and storm till dawn. 
Heavy rain, high winds, potential for hail and nighttime tornados.  
 

Hurrah

At least you won't have to worry about a expanding drought for a while, it's better then having very little rain.

[westMJim]

Even with a lot of late March sunshine yesterday the official high at Grand Rapids was only 33. That high of 33 is the 4th coldest maximum for any March 28th at Grand Rapids. The official overnight low at GRR was 16. That is the 5th coldest low for any March 29th No way around it very cold for the end of March. With that cold the spring green up is being somewhat delayed. Here in MBY the overnight low was 17 and at this time with some clouds it is 24. 

[Iceresistance]

Damaging Wind event looks very possible for the OV down into the Deep South, with wind gusts up to 50-60 in Alabama & Mississippi, & possibly up to hurricane force further North.

 

Now try to combine the 50-60 mph gusts with a Squall Line, & the results aren't pretty, with possible thunderstorm gusts up to 100 mph. 

A High Risk for Destructive Wind Gusts is not out of the question for Mississippi & Alabama.

[Timmy Supercell]

Is this the first Moderate of 2022 or was there one on New Years Day? I forget. But someone is in for some storms tomorrow.

[Iceresistance]

1 hour ago, Timmy_Supercell said:

Is this the first Moderate of 2022 or was there one on New Years Day? I forget. But someone is in for some storms tomorrow.

No, there was one just last week

[james1976]

Driving through Maryland today. It's actually sunny for a change. Bout 40°. Gonna be in D.C. for a couple days. Looking forward to that cuz I've never been there before. 

[Andie]

75*. 
Wind 21 gusting to 38 mph. 
Humidity 52%. Dew 57%
 

Thought I’d post this as come the Big Blow it will be stripped tonight.  
Front should hit around midnight and rain till dawn.
Want the rain but you can keep nighttime tornado warnings! 

 

[CentralNebWeather]

Pretty bad situation.  Nothing down the road shows much promise in alleviating these conditions.  Droughts just stink, no other way to say it.

 

[Andie]

Very consistent 40 mph winds right now. 
They’re warning of 60-70 mph tonight 1am to 5 am “with brief tornados and hail”.  
 

Somebody help me. 
WTF is a “brief tornado” forecast??

[IMoveALot_Weather]

9 hours ago, Iceresistance said:

No, there was one just last week

Same exact spot as last week's too. That area cannot catch a break.

[CentralNebWeather]

Local farmers weatherlink digital stations are showing between 0.30"-0.48" total precipitation from Jan. 1 - March 30.  Many on Weatherforums can blink and get 0.48".  I knew we hadn't had much, but didn't know it was this low.  Then add in a very dry Oct., Nov. and Dec. and you can see why we are in such a dangerous situation.  

[Tom]

18 minutes ago, CentralNebWeather said:

Local farmers weatherlink digital stations are showing between 0.30"-0.48" total precipitation from Jan. 1 - March 30.  Many on Weatherforums can blink and get 0.48".  I knew we hadn't had much, but didn't know if was this low.  Then add in a very dry Oct., Nov. and Dec. and you can see why we are in such a dangerous situation.  

What is the main crop that is grown in NE?  I can’t remember the last time I drove through the state in the summer.

[CentralNebWeather]

39 minutes ago, Tom said:

What is the main crop that is grown in NE?  I can’t remember the last time I drove through the state in the summer.

In our area it is corn and soybeans.  The soil in this area is considered the best in the world.    It is why they can grow 300 Bushel an acre corn.  Luckily we have the Ogallala Aquifer below us for irrigation.  Unfortunately, that costs money for the electricity, fuel costs, and water.  There is a fear that it may be tough for a crop to come up without turning on irrigation systems if rain doesn't come.  This will hurt our local economy as everything is tied in some part to agriculture.  

[hawkstwelve]

Got a solid inch or so coating overnight. KFSD officially reported 1.1 inches with, apparently, upwards of 3 inches on the west side of the city. Not horrible. 

Temp is up to 33 after a low of 31 and sky is lightening up as precip moves off to the east. 

[Clinton]

KC area has been wet of late.

 

NWS Kansas City

 

@NWSKansasCity

 

Yesterday, KC picked up 1.40"of rain falling just short of the daily record 1.44" (2017). The 1.40" KC received yesterday brings the monthly total to 5.13" over double the normal amount of 2.36". This is currently the 6th wettest March on the 134-year record

[Niko]

Cant wait to start getting severe weather. Today felt beautiful w/ milder air coming in.

[Phil]

Southerly winds have arrived here this evening. Much warmer compared to this time yesterday.

Highs in the 70s tomorrow with gusts up to 50mph possible by midday. Also a slight risk of severe thunderstorms according to the CPC.

Low expectations for severe this early in the season, but it’s happened before. We’ll see.

[Andie]

1 hour ago, Niko said:

Cant wait to start getting severe weather. Today felt beautiful w/ milder air coming in.

Better you than me. It gets too dangerous down here.  I’m tired of hail damage and torn up houses, wildfires. 

[Grizzcoat]

Not sure where to post this but here goes- Kind of an interesting data point.

Jan/Feb/March 2022 will be only the 4th(see note*) time this century that KDSM has had below normal temps each of the first 3 months of the year.

using current 30 year normals (1991-2020)-- all would have qualified though with their "at the time normals"

2022-      Jan 18.1F (-4.3) Feb 24.2F (-2.6) March going to be 39.1F (-.3F)

the others-

2008   Jan 19.4F (-3.0)  Feb 19.7F (-7.4)  March 35.6F (-3.8)

2014   Jan  18.0F (-4.4)  Feb 18.3F (-8.6) March 34.6F (-4.7)

2019   Jan 20.8F (-1.5)   Feb  18.3F (-8.6) March  34.4F (-4.9)

* would be a fifth in 2011 with current normals, but not at the time.

Some heavy hitters in there for snowfall (esp FEB all 3 top 5 all time)  and 2014 and 2019 were nearly identical. Scary close.

2022 though it qualified is by far the mildest and least snowy of the others.

[IMoveALot_Weather]

Last night in Grand Forks. Sadly, clouds existed here so that was a no-go.

[westMJim]

Yesterday was a very wet day. The official rain fall amount at Grand Rapids was 1.13″ and around 0.33″ more fell after midnight. Yesterdays high of 58 was recorded just before 8:30 PM and todays high of 56 was recorded overnight. March 2022 will end up wetter, a little warmer and have less snow fall than the current 30 year average. At the current time it is windy and 38 in MBY.

[Timmy Supercell]

I guess it wasn't meant to be in northeastern Kentucky. We got the wind gusts. Somewhere over 40mph? But no lightning and only rained a little bit just to wet the lawns. 

Will be ending March with 2 thunders, I bet April sees more. 

[Timmy Supercell]

3 hours ago, Grizzcoat said:

Not sure where to post this but here goes- Kind of an interesting data point.

Jan/Feb/March 2022 will be only the 4th(see note*) time this century that KDSM has had below normal temps each of the first 3 months of the year.

using current 30 year normals (1991-2020)-- all would have qualified though with their "at the time normals"

2022-      Jan 18.1F (-4.3) Feb 24.2F (-2.6) March going to be 39.1F (-.3F)

the others-

2008   Jan 19.4F (-3.0)  Feb 19.7F (-7.4)  March 35.6F (-3.8)

2014   Jan  18.0F (-4.4)  Feb 18.3F (-8.6) March 34.6F (-4.7)

2019   Jan 20.8F (-1.5)   Feb  18.3F (-8.6) March  34.4F (-4.9)

* would be a fifth in 2011 with current normals, but not at the time.

Some heavy hitters in there for snowfall (esp FEB all 3 top 5 all time)  and 2014 and 2019 were nearly identical. Scary close.

2022 though it qualified is by far the mildest and least snowy of the others.

I'm still learning some info for my new place but I at least filled Ashland's annual snowfall (around 13-14"?). No idea where mean temperatures are Jan-Feb-March. December was a torch and this winter would have been decently stormier than a normal one had we gotten snow events before New Years. 

You're okay posting that on this thread, it is afterall an observations post. I did this with the PNW monthly posts.

I thought January wasn't bad. Half or more of the month had pretty chilly days. Healthy number of highs below 40. I think February had a couple 70+ but considering the sun angle I would say it's hard to avoid recording at least one of those in late Winter.

[james1976]

Hello from D.C Really warm this morning 66°. Had a t-storm earlier. We saw the capitol and had a few minutes to see the back side of the White House and Washington Monument. Really cool and quite moving. 

Off to Chesapeake, VA today!

[Hawkeye]

Despite a temp in the low 30s and no sun, our nearly 1" of snow is already completely gone.

[OttumwaSnomow]

Was a interesting march!

This am 1" new snow today and .62 this event.

8 inches snow in march. Snowed on 5 occasions which  is way above avg.

High was 77.7 on 21st

Low was 6.6 on 12th

March 2022 will be remembered  by  at very wet pattern 3.62 rainfall and probably  4.3 if i melted snow. Early march had wild swings in temps, but in general very cool wet windy month compared  to avg. Heres a couple pics this am from my game cameras.

 

 

[Hawkeye]

My March precip total is a real nice 4.08".  The snow total is 6.3".

[Phil]

3 hours ago, james1976 said:

Hello from D.C Really warm this morning 66°. Had a t-storm earlier. We saw the capitol and had a few minutes to see the back side of the White House and Washington Monument. Really cool and quite moving. 

Off to Chesapeake, VA today!

No thunderstorm here yet. But some serious winds moving into the area.

KJYO sustained at 45, gusting to 58. Lots of 50+ gusts showing up in the dry slot now. Could be arriving here shortly.

[westMJim]

There is light snow falling here at this time with a current temperature of 38. It has only snowed 8 times in the last 32 years on Mache 31.  but snow has now been reported 4 years in a row on March 31. 

[Clinton]

Hard freeze for my area tonight, lows will dip to the mid to upper 20s.  I have one apricot tree that has started blooming already hope it can hang in there.  Currently cloudy with a few flurries and a temp of 36. 

[IMoveALot_Weather]

2 hours ago, OttumwaSnomow said:

Was a interesting march!

This am 1" new snow today and .62 this event.

8 inches snow in march. Snowed on 5 occasions which  is way above avg.

High was 77.7 on 21st

Low was 6.6 on 12th

March 2022 will be remembered  by  at very wet pattern 3.62 rainfall and probably  4.3 if i melted snow. Early march had wild swings in temps, but in general very cool wet windy month compared  to avg. Heres a couple pics this am from my game cameras.

 

 

Aw, look at those road blocks walking in the snow...

[Madtown]

Lake effect snow all day today. Nothing heavy steady. 26 degrees atm

[CentralNebWeather]

The beat goes on. Very sad. 

[Phil]

A tornado just missed me by a few miles. Definitely over-performed my expectations.

A few good lightning bolts and heavy rain here but nothing severe. The gradient winds earlier in the day were close to severe threshold, though. Solid day considering how early it is in the season.

[Dan the Weatherman]

7 hours ago, CentralNebWeather said:

The beat goes on. Very sad. 

Hopefully this isn't the beginning of another Dust Bowl!

[Niko]

On 3/30/2022 at 9:50 PM, Andie said:

Better you than me. It gets too dangerous down here.  I’m tired of hail damage and torn up houses, wildfires. 

Yes..You definitely have it worse down there.

[Andie]

19 hours ago, Niko said:

Yes..You definitely have it worse down there.

It’s going to rock and roll tomorrow.  
Hopefully the tornados and hail will go east.  Maps I’ve seen appear to involve south down to Austin and east into Louisiana.   
I’ll take the rain. The nasty storm parts -no thanks.  I have 2 family members on the road Monday.  

[Niko]

3 hours ago, Andie said:

It’s going to rock and roll tomorrow.  
Hopefully the tornados and hail will go east.  Maps I’ve seen appear to involve south down to Austin and east into Louisiana.   
I’ll take the rain. The nasty storm parts -no thanks.  I have 2 family members on the road Monday.  

Speaking of rain, I have more snow in my forecast tomorrow that will eventually switch on over to all rain. More flakes are possible by weeks end again, b4 temps start to really warm up, perhaps breaking the 60 degree mark by the weekend and especially early next week. It has certainly been a cold Winter and start of Spring up here, so hopefully, temps begin to become more milder.

Stay safe down there. Hopefully, as you say, receive only rain and no severe weather.

[Andie]

Spring has arrived.  Everything busting out green down here. 

We have a 100% chance of severe storms with hail and possible tornadoes this evening and tonight. 

You know, night time tornadoes use to be a rarity in Texas but the climate has changed over the past 25 yrs and they are equal chances now.  I just hate it. 

High of 80* today, Low of 58*  Chances of rain and evening storms 100%