September 2017 Observations and Discussion

[Niko]

Currently, temps in the 50s, with mostly cloudy skies and breezy. A nice refreshing change.

[jaster220]

 

 

Hey Niko, you look to get your first "taste" of an autumn-like clipper tomorrow...

 

Beat me to this. Yeah, clipper style action. And if we do get some convection, that'll be a great sign going forward. Like Niko said, there's been so little around, though I scored that rare 90 min storm on the 17th. 

 

 

[james1976]

Hope u get that fixed Tom!

Got down to 41 here this morning.

[jaster220]

Currently, temps in the 50s, with mostly cloudy skies and breezy. A nice refreshing change.

 

KRMY hit 44º this morning - #refreshing 

[Niko]

Beat me to this. Yeah, clipper style action. And if we do get some convection, that'll be a great sign going forward. Like Niko said, there's been so little around, though I scored that rare 90 min storm on the 17th. 

 

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Bring it on by....looking forward to it. That front looks sweet!

[Niko]

KRMY hit 44º this morning - #refreshing 

Indeed.....big, nice change in airmass.

[Niko]

Like the feeling of seeing everyone outside in sweaters and light jackets. Back to reality. Dark, mean low clouds with peeks of blue sky in between, a cool breeze with temps at 54F. Nice!

[jaster220]

 

By departures from normal (going by Chicago data), the recent anomalous warmth stretches rank March 2012 first, February 2017 2nd and September 2017 third. 

 

For anyone comparing the recent heatwave and where it ranked, I snagged this from another site. I believe he's an NWS-Chicago MET, so it's a reliable ranking. I personally don't care for extreme heat and/or drought, so last week's event didn't so much for me. Having said that, I'm glad the 1st and 2nd place heatwaves were early tastes of spring, not in the middle of an already hot summer. I actually made use of and enjoyed Feb's warmth playing tourist downtown Chicago and similar stuff back in Morch of '12 

[Niko]

For anyone comparing the recent heatwave and where it ranked, I snagged this from another site. I believe he's an NWS-Chicago MET, so it's a reliable ranking. I personally don't care for extreme heat and/or drought, so last week's event didn't so much for me. Having said that, I'm glad the 1st and 2nd place heatwaves were early tastes of spring, not in the middle of an already hot summer. I actually made use of and enjoyed Feb's warmth playing tourist downtown Chicago and similar stuff back in Morch of '12 

Cool!

[Niko]

Currently, mostly cloudy with a few sprinkles in the air. Temps at 57F. Feels great out there.

[Tom]

I had the windows open last night and a 30 second shower, literally, sprinkled my area when the re-enforcing cold front came through.  Can't wait for the wetter pattern to begin later next week. 

 

Interesting, lake effect rain showers may skirt NE IL beginning around midnight tonight...

 

 

 

There may even be some lake effect showers off of Huron near Niko's place...

 

 

[Niko]

I received a few raindrops overnight as the front came through. Although, not enough to satisfy the abnormally dry conditions in the area.

[Niko]

I had the windows open last night and a 30 second shower, literally, sprinkled my area when the re-enforcing cold front came through.  Can't wait for the wetter pattern to begin later next week. 

 

Interesting, lake effect rain showers may skirt NE IL beginning around midnight tonight...

 

 

 

There may even be some lake effect showers off of Huron near Niko's place...

 

 

I'll take any lake effect rainshower to help the drought situation. Reinforcing shot of cool air will feel great.

[Niko]

Currently sunny and coolish with temps in the low 50s (52F). Everything is wet outside, as rainshowers departed my area not long ago.

[Tom]

Currently sunny and coolish with temps in the low 50s (52F). Everything is wet outside, as rainshowers departed my area not long ago.

That clipper looks pretty vigorous on radar...this is prob a tease of the new pattern setting up....

[westMJim]

IMBY I received 0.12" of rain this morning this is the first rain at my house in 21 days.  Right now it is partly cloudy and I have a temperature of 61° 

[Tom]

Finally, we are back to reality today wx wise, as it feels like a normal autumnal day out here in Chi.  Blue skies with cool temps holding in the upper 60's and a stiff breeze out of the NW.  This is more like it.  Planning on heading out for some King Salmon fishing early Sun am prob up near Winthrop harbor.  Hope the lake quiets down by then as there may be residual swells from the NE winds.

[Niko]

That clipper looks pretty vigorous on radar...this is prob a tease of the new pattern setting up....

Cant wait! Should be fun.

[Niko]

Very Autumn-like day today with on and off showers, sunshine mixing in, breezy cool conditions. Felt great.

[Niko]

Was outside just now taking out the garbage and man its chilly. I am almost ready to light up a bonfire, but too lazy now.

[Tom]

On this last day of September, temps locally only dipped down into the low 50's this morning IMBY, but places just west of me into the low/mid 40's.  Some upper 30's showing up near Burlington, WI and across the lake near Benton Harbor and Kalamazoo.  Radiational cooling did the trick with clear skies and calm winds.  #Refreshing

[Niko]

Currently at 46F. Brrrr!! Gorgeous day on tap today, but it will get quite chilly tanite as temps bottom out in the upper 30s.

[St Paul Storm]

Made it down to 45F here overnight. Great day on tap here today too. Sunny and 64 before the nice cool soakers move in. Currently 1-3” of rain forecasted through Wednesday.

[jaster220]

Hit 40, looking at 30s in the morn. So long to Sept, a month of record exteme temps!

 

(Models did a great "head-fake" on warm trolls flashing another monster heatwave for October. Love today perfect outside!

[Niko]

It will be a cold one tanite. My low temps will fall into the 30s. Brake out the blankets.

[Niko]

My temps are already falling into the upper 40s. The air outside feels so crisp and dry. Great Autumn weather.

[Minny_Weather]

Last WSW issued under the old text format. Tomorrow they change to the what/where/when formatting.

 

 

 

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT
MONDAY NIGHT...

The National Weather Service in Grand Junction has issued a Winter
Storm Warning for heavy snow and blowing snow, which is in effect
from 3 PM Sunday to midnight MDT Monday night.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE...Columbine, Hahns Peak, Toponas, Buford,
Trappers Lake, Manila, and Dutch John.

* TIMING...Snow will begin falling and accumulating Sunday
afternoon and continue through Monday evening.

* SNOW ACCUMULATION...8 to 18 inches with highest amounts above
9000 feet.

* SNOW LEVEL...Starting at about 10,000 feet then lowering to
about 7000 to 8000 feet by Monday morning.

* WINDS...West to southwest at 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30
mph.

* VISIBILITY...Lowering to less than 1 mile at times.

* IMPACTS...The heavy snow will make many roads impassable and may
produce widespread power outages due to the weight of the snow
on tree limbs and power lines. Be prepared for hazardous winter
driving conditions over the high mountain passes.

[Tom]

Last WSW issued under the old text format. Tomorrow they change to the what/where/when formatting.

I drove through this same area last year on Nov 2nd, the day the Cub's won the World Series.  Just had a visual memory of these mountains....ahhh, memories....makes you wanna go back!

[Tom]

September ended up largely above normal for our members....wetter farther west you go...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Minny_Weather]

At the Lincoln airport, the month of Aug- I mean September finished with a mean temperature of 70.3, which is 4.3 above the normal September mean temperature of 66. The coldest minimum temperature recorded was 43, which occurred on the 6th. The warmest minimum temperature was 75, on the 22nd. The warmest maximum temperature was 97 on the 22nd, and the coldest maximum temperature was 64, just three days later on the 25th. The total precipitation for the month was 1.85", most of which fell on the 24th and the 25th. While we are not experiencing the same drought conditions some are in the Midwest, that was still 1.17" below normal. One record was tied during the month, that being the record warm minimum of 75 on the 22nd. The last time that occurred was 1937. No new records were set for the month. 

[jaster220]

"September ended up largely above normal for our members....wetter farther west you go..."

 

Likely we see those temps opposite that mid-winter is my gut feeling.

[Tom]

From NWS Chicago:

 

It's been a wild ride last month...