April 2014 Observations and Discussion

[james1976]

06z GFS has the cutoff low hanging around ALL next week.

[Geos]

0.30" of rain with the first system. Sunny, mild and dry right now.

 

0z EURO rainfall through early next Friday.

 

[Tom]

CFSv2 temp departures first 5 days of May...

[WildWisconsinWeather]

CFSv2 temp departures first 5 days of May...

 

Not the time of year to have major temperature departures.  The average high temp for early May (generally low 60s) is about perfectly comfortable assuming full sunshine.  Last May was one of the few recent Mays that yielded that extremely desirable weather on a frequent basis.

[Geos]

I wish today's weather could repeat for the next 3 weeks or so. Perfect spring day, high 67°.

 

Currently forecast holds temps between 40-55° through Wednesday. Pretty boring forecast.

 

18z GFS showing Tuesday and being a pretty mild one into the area.

 

[East Dubzz]

What a great day out today. Got some grass cutting in and did some shoveling and working on my grandmas garden. Beautiful day to do so.

[tim the weatherman]

looked at my forecast and rain all thru the week.

[East Dubzz]

looked at my forecast and rain all thru the week.

Yeah starting tomorrow this week looks like it's going to be a rough one.

[Geos]

Forecast for next week has been warming up actually. Now every day is near 50° or above. If the EURO plays out it could be 70° on Tuesday! 65-68° in far SE WI.

Rain likely starting tomorrow night with heavy rain wording at that.

 

On a side note: 12z EURO is showing highs west of I-35 and south of I-70 near 100° on the Monday the 5th!

[WildWisconsinWeather]

Lol Geos, I'm glad I live even north of I94.

[East Dubzz]

It's windy as heck outside. Can hear the wind roaring out there, didn't know it was supposed to be like that tonight.

[Geos]

Lol Geos, I'm glad I live even north of I94.

 

EURO gets 'Tosa up to about 66-67° on Tuesday. 

 

 

[WildWisconsinWeather]

EURO gets 'Tosa up to about 66-67° on Tuesday. 

 

euro_042914highs.jpg

 

I'll take that, but more importantly pointing out we have a 0% chance of hitting 100F on May 5th.

[Niko]

My forecast is very wet for next week. Porbably no sunshine until maybe end of the week. Temps are looking more like March than late April.

[Geos]

I'll take that, but more importantly pointing out we have a 0% chance of hitting 100F on May 5th.

 

Lol, note the location/area that I said. It wasn't in Wisconsin or anywhere near it!

 

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A pleasant surprise that it isn't raining yet.

[East Dubzz]

100% chance of 'Heavy Rain' tonight. I'll remember that in case the percent starts dropping, which is usually what happens. Going with 1-2" on the point forecast.

[tim the weatherman]

watches are already being posted by the spc  for neb ia mo ks and tx so that means that the cap is weakening.

[Geos]

12z GFS rainfall through 12z Wednesday.

 

 

Tomorrow AM rush hour looks like a soaker for a good chunk of Iowa, Illinois, and Indiana.

 

[Tom]

Man, this is a monster system covering a huge amount of real estate in the center of the country.

[Geos]

Turned out to be a nice afternoon so far. Sunny skies with some high clouds, near 50°. Quite windy though.

[Tom]

Wow, almost identical CPC temp outlook from back in late Feb to open up March.  Very similar set up, right in line with LRC.

[Tom]

E IA about to get hit hard from that squall line...T-Storm warnings and there is a Tornado warning that popped up in this line.

[East Dubzz]

Severe storms just south of here! Radar really is shaping up for some nice rainfall, though.

[East Dubzz]

What a win by the Blackhawks! I know Keith got the top star of the game, but dang nabbit Crawford was right up there with him! HUGE second period with the Hawks being outshot 17-3. But I had a feeling the Blues wasted their opportunities, and I was right. Hawks came out guns blazing in the 3rd and ended any hope the Blues had of taking it back to St. Louis! Wow, what a freakin response after being down 2-0, let's take the next series and keep this rolling!

[Tom]

Hawks win!!!!  Hawks win!!!!  Hawks win!!!!  This team just showed the entire NHL why they are the champs...down 0-2 in the series and come back to win 4 straight against a respected team in the NHL.  I'm sure Chitown is electric after today's victory!!!!

[Tom]

I'm about to go down by the Pool and celebrate!  Go Hawks!  Speaking of electric, Mother Nature about to put on an electric show in E IA!

[tim the weatherman]

just heard of 89 mph wind gust in iowa in benton county.

[Geos]

Not one drop of rain during the day today, but that's about to change. Was sunny for about 6 hours today, high 51°.

[Money]

Looked like Arkansas would have gotten out of it pretty good today tornado wise until this huge one just happened in Viloina/Mayflower. Huge tornado hit those two towns with numerous reports of damage and injuries.

[East Dubzz]

Looks like I finished with .61" from the round today, also got .02" overnight. Windy as heck out there!

[james1976]

what a massive system!
http://www.weather.gov/Radar

[Money]

Major casualties reported with towns being wiped out. Tornado is still on the ground and the cell has been producing for the last 1 1/2 hrs+

[gabel23]

Ended up catching up to that cell just to my west this afternoon and it went tornado warned about 20 minutes after I got there! I snapped some pics of the massive super cell. I missed out snapping a pic of the elephant trunk funnel cloud, also was two brief touch downs from this super cell. I was surprised to see all the chasers out and about! 

[gabel23]

This pic was snapped by some chasers from the Hastings NWS office. Same storm I was on. 

[Geos]

This pic was snapped by some chasers from the Hastings NWS office. Same storm I was on. 

 

That photos is really good. 

 

No severe weather over this way. Few thunder showers tonight though.

 

0.11" of rain with this system so far.

[Geos]

Nice breezy rain this morning. Did not really get any rain to speak of overnight though. T-storms to the south seems to be shunting a lot of moisture off to the east.

[East Dubzz]

Got another .20" overnight, so that makes .87" since early Sunday morning.

[East Dubzz]

There has been like a light mist outside all day. Quite crappy weather, at least give us some decent rain if that's all it's going to do!

[Geos]

Only 0.23" at the airport here. 0.27" in Racine. Looks like a long lull about to start.

 

With a warmer day forecast tomorrow the grass is really going to take off. Will probably have to cut it next week when it dries out...

[james1976]

storms firing in southern iowa. tornado watches up.