June 2016 Observations and Discussions

[Geos]

After this weekend, I'm really ready for some cooler weather. Today was really oppressive. High of 89° today with a low of only 72°. Hottest day of the year so far.

[OKwx2k4]

JB seems very optimistic about a day 10-15 cooldown over the central US per super high heights and cold over Australia in the coming days and a crash in the SOI. I can't say I'd be disappointed by that but if I have to suffer through 64 more days of real summer just to get to have a real good winter this year I would rather have that instead. CFS is pretty much locked into showing above normal all the way through September so we will have a decent fight on our hands for the next 2 months it looks like.

[Tom]

Our warm Spring and Summer so far has Lake Michigan shoreline water temps in the mid 70's which is above normal.  Those are August-like temps.  I don't recall having water temps that warm so early in the season in some years.

 

 

 

 

A fantastic streak of weather this week...can't beat highs near 80F and cooler nights...

 

[jaster220]

Do you ever get droughts?

 

Yep! 2012, 1991 (NMI), and 1988 are the (3) worst I've personally lived through. They usually last a couple months, not years thankfully. You don't see lakes drying up and the ground cracking like in TX and other western states. I do know that in 2012 the inland lakes were getting stagnant to the point people swimming in them were getting ear infections and such nuisance effects though. We just like our warm seasons green and deep, deep blue here in The GL's!

 

It is another great looking summer day here in the Great Lakes.  With only a week left in June 2016 its time to do something that I have not done in a long time and that is take a look around the state and see where we are compared to average. For the most part the start of summer in the Great Lakes has been above average temperature wise and most places have been dryer than average.  Here is the break down. As of June 23^rd 2016.

In the UP

Sault Ste Marie   Mean temp 59.4° (+0.3°)  rain fall 1.68”

Marquette   mean temp  59.3° (-0.3°) rain fall 2.11”

Houghton     mean temp 58.3° (-0.1) rain fall 2.59”

Northern Lower

Alpena   mean temp 62.2° (+1.1°) rain fall 1.26”

Houghton Lake   mean temp 62.2° (+0.2) rain fall 2.39”

Gaylord mean temp 62.4° (+0.1°) rain fall 2.04”

South west lower

Grand Rapids mean temp 70.0° (+2.5°) rain fall 0.93”

Lansing   mean temp  68.1° (+1.4°) rain fall 0.58”

Muskegon   meant temp 67.1° (+1.7°) rain fall 1.88”

South east lower

Detroit  mean temp 70.4° (+2.2°) rain fall 1.30”

Flint mean temp 69.5° (+3.8°) rain fall 0.67”

Saginaw  mean temp  66.5° (+0.1°) rain fall 1.25”

As has been the case for some time now Flint continues to run warmer than their long term average.

SlimJim

 

 

That Lansing amount! Pathetic and it may be even less down in Marshall. It's been horrible the way (almost) everything has missed mby this month including yesterday's "skip-over" event.

 

Both the airport and here at my house we had 0.22" of rain this morning so now here at my house I am at 0.95" and at the airport they are now at at 1.15" for the month of June. So far at GRR the departure from average is now at +2.5° and there have been 6 days of 90 or better (with the highest being 93° (officially GRR only had 2 days of 90 or better last two summers with two last summer and none the year before).  So while not a hot June it none-the less has been warmer than average.

 

Oddly, I doubt we've hit 90*F six times in Marshall. I'm thinking (4) max.

[NEJeremy]

Missed all rain this past Saturday when there was a 70% chance and now today a couple of slow, surprise pop storms formed in the area but missed Omaha and formed over in western Iowa. We can't win lately for any precip.

[Geos]

Relief has arrived. Temperatures have tumbled 15° in the last hour. High of 88° today around 3pm.

[Thunder98]

Eau Claire, Wisconsin has been getting very wet Junes since 2010! June 2016 so far has experienced 6.05" of rain this year. The only month below average was in June 2012 with 3.73" of rain.

 

June 2010: 4.84"   Avg: 4.27"

June 2011: 7.23"   Avg: 4.27"

June 2012: 3.73"   Avg: 4.13"

June 2013: 5.86"   Avg: 4.13"

June 2014: 9.84"   Avg: 4.13"

June 2015: 4.83"   Avg: 4.13"

 

 

 

[Geos]

June is on average the wettest month here. It has been averaging at 4.96" since 2002. Some June's have had 7" or more!

[westMJim]

At this time, I have cloudy skies and a cool 58° in fact today looks to be on the very cool side for late June.  And tonight could be one of the coldest for June 29^th If the temperature falls into the forecasted upper 40’s it will be the first time it has gotten below 50 since 1989 and only the 3^rd time it has gotten into the 40’s since 1943. And to top it off there are chances that in parts of Michigan it could get down into the 30’s. Time to close the window and put on a extra blanket.

[Tom]

ORD hit 90F or better for the 6th time this summer, 4 is avg in the month of June.  Looks like the heat will be back later next week as both the GEFS/EPS usher in a torch by the following weekend.

 

In the meantime, its a cloudy a rather cool June morning with a temp of 65F.  If the clouds hang around, I think we may not get out of the 60's if your closer to the lake shore today.  The remainder of the week/weekend looks to be near perfection with temps near 80F, sunshine and comfortable humidity levels.  Wouldn't mind giving the A/C a break bc I got a feeling after the holiday it's going to get hot around here once again.

[jaster220]

@ Thunder98

 

Thx - nice to know where all my rain's been going

[Geos]

67° under mostly sunny skies here right now. Dew point of 50° today is making it feel great.

[jaster220]

KRMY actually dropped to 59*F around 10am and has since fought back to a 66 briefly.  Grid still calling for 71, but idk 'bout that. Could spike later if clearing happens in time. Had to walk to the other building at the office earlier and when I came around the north side of mine, the wind was like a cold slap. NOT pleasant on the heals of yesterday's warmth. These extreme pull-backs have been a recurring theme all year and I'm not a fan tbh.  

[Tom]

A chilly start in northern Michigan this morning...some upper 30's showed up...

 

 

 

[westMJim]

With what looks to be the official low of 51° (I had lows of that 51 and a cooler 46 in the cold spot of my yard) overnight will make this June 29^th low the coldest it has gotten on this date here in Grand Rapids since 1989! And for the six 90° days Grand Rapids has gotten this June one would have to go back to (well not that far back)to 2012 when Grand Rapids had 8 days at or above 90 and the hottest that June was 97° but then again Junes here in Michigan are not that hot to start with. In fact, the whole summer season here is not that hot compared to many other parts of the United States.

[Geos]

Went down to 50° here this morning, inland locations went well down into the 40s.

 

https://twitter.com/NWSChicago/status/748182220578365440

[jaster220]

Tagged 46*F about the time I woke up with windows left open - brr!

[jaster220]

A chilly start in northern Michigan this morning...some upper 30's showed up...

 

 

Gonna kick-off premature leaf change - sheesh!

[NEJeremy]

Had .84" of sweet nectar fall from the sky overnight last night. Man we needed it. Unfortunately, it was a pretty small area that had rain as the Omaha airport only had .04".

Prior to this, we've had less than an inch of rain and 18 days over 90 degrees this month so you can imagine how much the ground has dried up this month. 

[CentralNebWeather]

I was just reading on the nws Hastings site that the grand island Nebraska airport has only received .05 for June with 4.30 inches being normal. That would be the driest June out of the 121 year weather record keeping at the site.

 

However, I am about 70 miles southwest of grand island and have gotten approximately 2.50 so far in June with .40 last night and .30 Sunday night. Not to bad here and with irrigation things look great around this area.

[Tom]

Some spots in the U.P. dipped below freezing yesterday morning...

 

Tweet from Mike Hammernick:

 

 

 

Summer Chill. Temps dropped below freezing in the U.P this AM: 30° Doe Lake MI 33° Roscommon MI 34° Stonington MI

 

[jaster220]

Had .84" of sweet nectar fall from the sky overnight last night. Man we needed it. Unfortunately, it was a pretty small area that had rain as the Omaha airport only had .04".

Prior to this, we've had less than an inch of rain and 18 days over 90 degrees this month so you can imagine how much the ground has dried up this month. 

 

I was just reading on the nws Hastings site that the grand island Nebraska airport has only received .05 for June with 4.30 inches being normal. That would be the driest June out of the 121 year weather record keeping at the site.

 

However, I am about 70 miles southwest of grand island and have gotten approximately 2.50 so far in June with .40 last night and .30 Sunday night. Not to bad here and with irrigation things look great around this area.

 

WOW! some of your area has it bad. Over here I'm the other bookend to the moist region in between. KLAN (working here since January but returning to St. Joseph on the coast next week - yes!) Lansing has 0.59" on the month and KRMY down in Marshall where I live may have scored even less. Several rains up here fizzled as they headed south. Not sure of exact records for Lansing (and there is no data set for little Marshall) but data goes back to 1864! So we'll get a real good idea just how bad it's been (long term) when GRR posts some graphic(s) on the month. Oh, and KLAN had nearly 9 inches last June! Quite the contrast here!

[OKwx2k4]

Some spots in the U.P. dipped below freezing yesterday morning...

 

Tweet from Mike Hammernick:

 

 

Wow. That's pretty impressive.

[jaster220]

Some spots in the U.P. dipped below freezing yesterday morning...

 

Tweet from Mike Hammernick:

 

 

 

Truly ironic for a summer that so far has been known for hot-n-dry in a lot of MI. I will say that the Roscommon site would be legit. It's about 1/2 a county south of Grayling where I worked back in the 90's and some small "berg" around there set the state record of -57*F one Saturday morning in early '94. Interestingly, at that time the news folks interviewed residents of Wolverine another small town north of Gaylord who still remembered the cold morning of the previous record of -53*F set back in the 30's. Meanwhile, I was at home in cozy Traverse City where it was a balmy -28*F. Didn't go into work that Saturday morning even though I normally did at that time. Maybe my car wouldn't start - lol

[CentralNebWeather]

 

Unfortunately this is what a hot and dry June can do.

[Thunder98]

Somebody should start the July 2016 Obs and discuss thread.

[Tom]

Somebody should start the July 2016 Obs and discuss thread.

Started...thanks...

[jaster220]

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Unfortunately this is what a hot and dry June can do.

 

Fully expect D1 conditions to exist in most of S. Michigan unless we get a miracle in the next few days.

 

EDIT: NWS has actually upped my rain chances from 50 to 60% overnight..so as they say, "stay tuned"

[NEJeremy]

Had a surprise tornadic storm yesterday in western Iowa only about 25-30 miles away from Omaha. I was at work and checked the radar and noticed a pretty nice looking storm to the northeast of Omaha. It was moving slowly south and was already warned for golf ball sized hail. I figured it was close enough to go out and take a look at and hopefully it would have some nice structure. I left from work without any of my chase equipment, only having my phone and radarscope. 

I wanted to be able to come up to the storm from the south to get the best view, but in my haste to figure out a route, I somehow determined the best way would be to follow I-29 north to I-680 east. Unfortunately, I didn't beat the storm to the east/west interstate. I briefly saw a wall cloud that soon got lost in the rain and about that time a tornado warning was issued for a confirmed tornado on the ground. I drove through the hook and got back out of the rain. I had a pretty decent view of the core of the storm now and eventually a large rotating mass of rain moved across the road in front of me. I couldn't confirm there was a tornado in there, but that's where it had to be based on location reports.

Shortly thereafter the core of the storm moved over me and I experienced 60-70 mph winds, quarter sized hail, and intense rainfall.

I moved back west and drove south in an attempt to get in front of the storm as it was still warned for a confirmed tornado that I couldn't see!

By the time I got around to the front of the storm, it had weakened though and was no longer tornadic.

I drove a total of 60 miles which is my shortest chase of the year and ended up missing a pretty photogenic tornado by maybe a few minutes/miles.

 

http://www.ketv.com/news/photos-tornado-touches-down-in-iowa/40285410

[Geos]

High of 80 today with dew points in the 50s. Hoping those storms near Milwaukee drop to the southeast this evening. Been watering everyday for the past week.

 

It's funny; the lows averaged 1.87°, and so did the highs for June!

[gabel23]

Finished the month with 1.7" of precip. All of this coming from two storms.....I faired way better than some parts of the state. Hoping we can pick up some precipitation this weekend. 

[Hawkeye]

I picked up 0.38" yesterday, boosting my June total to 8.45".  My total for the last three Junes combined is a staggering 33.19".

[gabel23]

I picked up 0.38" yesterday, boosting my June total to 8.45".  My total for the last three Junes combined is a staggering 33.19".

WOW! That's an impressive total once, let alone three consecutive Junes!