October 2019 Observations and Discussion

[Tom]

Denver went from temps in the low 70's last night down into the low 20's right now with light snow!  Incredible "blue norther" effecting the Plains states.

 

MY FORECAST

Denver CO

Light Snow

22°F

[james1976]

I'm in a freeze watch Friday night as well. Wasn't expecting that this soon if at all. Hello cold season!

[james1976]

Nice area of rain and storms moving in. Had some off and on rain during the night.

[Clinton]

Should be fun to watch and experience this cold front today.

[james1976]

Should be fun to watch and experience this cold front today.

That's amazing. I was thinking that last night when the local met was showing it. Unfortunately I think it will roll through here during the overnight.

[Niko]

Should be fun to watch and experience this cold front today.

Indeed. You can easily tell where the front is located just by looking at that sharp contrast of temps. Its a potent one as well.

[CentralNebWeather]

37 degrees with winds gusting to 45 mph and drizzle blowing sideways. May have freezing drizzle or a little snow this afternoon as the temps keep falling. Amazing

[Andie]

Ill be enjoying your cold from afar.

 

How does this cold compare to injections of cold in the past?

Is it early or about on time?

 

We have another warm day. 93*. But tomorrow will. Be windy, 20-30 mph and a high of 63*

Tonight will see that front blow through. Windy.

90% chance of rain, some severe cells.

 

Here comes Fall! Ready or not!

[Tom]

37 degrees with winds gusting to 45 mph and drizzle blowing sideways. May have freezing drizzle or a little snow this afternoon as the temps keep falling. Amazing

Not long ago you were dealing with 90’s and humidity! The day has finally come which you had been waiting for a long time.

[Tom]

Ill be enjoying your cold from afar.

 

How does this cold compare to injections of cold in the past?

Is it early or about on time?

 

We have another warm day. 93*. But tomorrow will. Be windy, 20-30 mph and a high of 63*

Tonight will see that front blow through. Windy.

90% chance of rain, some severe cells.

 

Here comes Fall! Ready or not!

It’s about on time in terms of norms, maybe a bit behind schedule for those up north and a little ahead for those in the S Plains.

[Niko]

Temps are slowly rising into the upper 40s under abundant sunshine. Highs today will be pushing 70F. What a great stretch of weather this week. Lots of sunshine, mild days and chilly, crisp nights. Gotta enjoy this weather. Wont last.

[CentralNebWeather]

Not long ago you were dealing with 90’s and humidity! The day has finally come which you had been waiting for a long time.

Monday September 30th it hit 94 with dews around 70. October has been a complete flip. I think you predicted that. Nice work.

[OKwx2k4]

Well, Andie, you asked for some rain....

 

There won't be any drought down this way, guaranteed. Lol.

[OKwx2k4]

Ill be enjoying your cold from afar.

 

How does this cold compare to injections of cold in the past?

Is it early or about on time?

 

We have another warm day. 93*. But tomorrow will. Be windy, 20-30 mph and a high of 63*

Tonight will see that front blow through. Windy.

90% chance of rain, some severe cells.

 

Here comes Fall! Ready or not!

As Tom stated, down here, about on time in terms of simple stats like high and low temps. The kicker is, though, the methodology and extreme of going from calm, humid, warm and tranquil to a complete reversal in less than a week. Like flipping a switch. Most autumns on our end sort of stair-step down as we go. This one is just going to crash down. So, in terms of extremes, and rapid changes, it's pretty extreme.

[westMJim]

As I have stated before the site, I use for much of my past weather data is down due some kind of budget issues (lack of money)

The low at both my house and GRR last nigh was 48. The current temperature here at my house is now 58 with cloudy skies. The H/L at Grand Rapids yesterday was 70/43. For today the average H/L is 63/44. The record high was 85 set in 1949.  The record low is 26 set in 1956. The warmest minimum is 63 set in 1954 and the coldest maximum is 40 set in 1906. Last year the H/L was 72/62.

[OmahaSnowFan]

Another 2.24" of rain so far here early this morning with my favorite time for tstorms, 5am-9am.   Now at just under 6" of rain the first 10 days of October.

[Tom]

The "blue norther" has left its mark in Denver...that is insane, literally from Summer to Winter by the time you ate dinner yesterday and woke up this morning.  Wild times!

 

 

In 16 hours, Denver’s temperature has dropped 62°. From 83° (3pm yesterday) to 21° (7am this morning). #COwx

[Andie]

Well, Andie, you asked for some rain.... gfs_apcpn_us_64.png

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There won't be any drought down this way, guaranteed. Lol.

Oh Baby!! Those rain dances DO work!

Looking forward to finally giving everything some relief plus the psychological relief that always seems to come with rain. I’m so pumped for this.

 

The air is warm and very humid this morning. It just need a little push and it will drop from the sky. It’s overcast and breezy. On its way.

[CentralNebWeather]

We obviously reached our high temp at midnight when we were in the mid 60's.  Right now we continue dropping at 10:15 AM down to 35 with winds still gusting to 35 MPH.  Raw and wet day out there.  Forecast now says we could drop to 23 or 24 tomorrow morning.  Freeze warning covers almost all of Nebraska for the next 2 nights.  Chadron State College in Northwest Nebraska is closed today due to blizzard conditions.  I'm sure many schools in the Panhandle also called off.

[CentralNebWeather]

Nice map of Nebraska and the effects of the cold front from our local ABC meteorologist's Twitter page.

 

https://twitter.com/NTVsTimReith/status/1182314568002859008?s=20

[Bryan1117]

Picked up a little bit over 2 inches of rain from another round of loud morning thunderstorms. This stretch of very wet weather continues around here as the amounts over the last month and a half are starting to really pile up.

 

Now waiting on the cold front to come through around noon time to drop our temps from the 60’s into the 30’s and 40’s, I am ready.

[jaster220]

As I have stated before the site, I use for much of my past weather data is down due some kind of budget issues (lack of money)

The low at both my house and GRR last nigh was 48. The current temperature here at my house is now 58 with cloudy skies. The H/L at Grand Rapids yesterday was 70/43. For today the average H/L is 63/44. The record high was 85 set in 1949.  The record low is 26 set in 1956. The warmest minimum is 63 set in 1954 and the coldest maximum is 40 set in 1906. Last year the H/L was 72/62.

 

Found that out last evening as well when I went to research the storm of Jan 2005

[jaster220]

The "blue norther" has left its mark in Denver...that is insane, literally from Summer to Winter by the time you at dinner yesterday and woke up this morning.  Wild times!

 

That's stuff of yore right there! 

[OKwx2k4]

Oh Baby!! Those rain dances DO work!

Looking forward to finally giving everything some relief plus the psychological relief that always seems to come with rain. I’m so pumped for this.

 

The air is warm and very humid this morning. It just need a little push and it will drop from the sky. It’s overcast and breezy. On its way.

Figured you'd like that!

[OKwx2k4]

The "blue norther" has left its mark in Denver...that is insane, literally from Summer to Winter by the time you at dinner yesterday and woke up this morning. Wild times!

Wait til we all see this again. That word "precedent" will have some real meaning then. Timewarp 1898-99 and 1911-12 style!

[OKwx2k4]

Only thing I'm disappointed in so far is that I called September 20th or so out and its October 10th today instead.

As they always say, Better late than never. Happy real autumn everyone.

[jaster220]

Wait til we all see this again. That word "precedent" will have some real meaning then. Timewarp 1898-99 and 1911-12 style!

 

Believe it or not, there was an even worse arctic front sometime in the pioneer era (1860s to 1880s). This one was during a winter month and a balmy snow melting day with a 40F high had folks turning out their animals in pastures. When the front came thru with high winds and dropped the temp to -40F those animals were literally frozen to death in their tracks! Many people died trying to help their animals as well. As if pioneering this vast wilderness back then wasn't full of enough risks, Nature was downright scary as well. 

[OKwx2k4]

Believe it or not, there was an even worse arctic front sometime in the pioneer era (1860s to 1880s). This one was during a winter month and a balmy snow melting day with a 40F high had folks turning out their animals in pastures. When the front came thru with high winds and dropped the temp to -40F those animals were literally frozen to death in their tracks! Many people died trying to help their animals as well. As if pioneering this vast wilderness back then wasn't full of enough risks, Nature was downright scary as well.

No kidding. I need to sit down and do some more research this season when I get frozen in here in a month and a half.

[CentralNebWeather]

No kidding. I need to sit down and do some more research this season when I get frozen in here in a month and a half.

Schoolchildren's Blizzard of Jan. 1888 is still required reading in Nebraska Elementary Schools.  Also in the State Capitol in Lincoln, they have artwork and statues of teacher's that gave their lives trying to cover children as they tried to walk home from 1 room school houses.  Tremendous stories of bravery and sadness from that long ago blizzard and arctic front.

[james1976]

The "blue norther" has left its mark in Denver...that is insane, literally from Summer to Winter by the time you ate dinner yesterday and woke up this morning. Wild times!

That is unbelievable and I love everything about it

[Niko]

A gorgeous sunny day in downtown, Detroit today.

 

 

 

[Stormy]

There is now a freeze watch for my area, unfortunately.  This is the way it always works.  For days leading up to the cold, the NWS will keep lows in the mid 30s and talk about wind and maybe clouds holding the temp up, but then just before the cold arrives they lower the temps to the low 30s or even upper 20s and hoist the frost/freeze advisories.

Yeah that sucks. That could also mute the fall colors which are just starting to show a bit on the trees here though colors may be further advanced in towns, which usually is the case since more hardwoods etc are planted there.

 

The cold front will be here sooner than earlier forecast unless it slows down. It’s making good progress across western Iowa. Just maybe we can get some storms firing along it as timing might be a little more favorable if it arrives this evening. This morning’s rain really crapped out and had way less than was forecast with only 0.17” here so far. The sun even peeped a little and it’s mild and humid so.....? But the HRRR isn’t showing much.

[Stormy]

Some photos I took around sunrise today. Saw a short rainbow to the northwest (and west, not pictured) in a tiny shower. Also a virga-like shower to the right in the sunrise photos. You can tell there was some dry air preventing much rainfall.

 

 

 

[Stormy]

Another 2.24" of rain so far here early this morning with my favorite time for tstorms, 5am-9am.   Now at just under 6" of rain the first 10 days of October.

Wow, you lucky duck! I’m jealous though I don’t need it.ha

[james1976]

I have 1.20" from last night and today so far

[OKwx2k4]

Tomorrow's high temps here. Wow.

[OKwx2k4]

Schoolchildren's Blizzard of Jan. 1888 is still required reading in Nebraska Elementary Schools. Also in the State Capitol in Lincoln, they have artwork and statues of teacher's that gave their lives trying to cover children as they tried to walk home from 1 room school houses. Tremendous stories of bravery and sadness from that long ago blizzard and arctic front.

Yes. I have read extensively about that one. Was a horrific tragedy. Amazing weather event, but horrible at the same time.

[Andie]

Severe thunderstorm watch along the Red River into Okla..   We may see thunderstorms in the 7-8 pm timeframe. 

Low in the mid 40's high around 58*. Saturdays will give us mid 40's as a low  I can dig it. 

 

We still will be in the mid-'80s some next week, but that's Fall in Texas.  It's famous for making some folks sick as hell.

I'm just hoping we don't miss the rain train. 

[Craig-OmahaWX]

Temperature at 38 degrees here now, wow! Received about 1.70 inches of rainfall this morning from some loud thunderstorms.

[james1976]

Local met just showed above normal temps 18th-24th. We'll see!