February 2014 Observations and Discussion

[East Dubzz]

That would mean about 386 hours below zero this winter! And this next graphic is pretty nuts too for a majority of the U.S.:

[East Dubzz]

Dubuque is at 1 degree currently, struggling to even get above 0. That's just crazy.

[Tom]

ORD will probably get out of the single digits today.  Sitting at 9F.  Too much open ground with the snow melt has kept it warmer in urban areas.  This bitter blast def has some punch.  Probably the coldest night remaining of the season will be tonight.

[East Dubzz]

Lol, the GFS still with just crazy temps for tonight, showing -33 here. Talk about a cold bias. Haha.

[Snowshoe]

Crazy cold today. All-time record low for tonight is -18 and the forecast calls for -16.

CENTRAL WISCONSIN

CITY SKY/WX TMP DP WIND WINDCHILL

WAUSAU SUNNY -2 -17 W14G20 WCI -21
MOSINEE SUNNY 0 -18 NW9 WCI -16
MARSHFIELD SUNNY -1 -20 NW9 WCI -16
STEVENS POINT SUNNY -2 -20 W7G21  WCI -15
WAUPACA SUNNY 5 -21 W9  WCI -9
WAUTOMA SUNNY 4 -18 NW9  WCI -10
WISC RAPIDS SUNNY 1 -20 NW8  WCI -13
CAMP DOUGLAS MOSUNNY 1 -18 W9  WCI -14

[East Dubzz]

Currently 7 degrees here and starting to drop fast. About 5 degrees warmer than the Dubuque airport, and other observations around me confirm that mine is accurate. This is why I'm glad I have this weather station now, will be nice to report my own stuff instead of the Dubuque airport's..

[East Dubzz]

Temps hovering right around 0 here currently.

[East Dubzz]

And has dropped down to -3 here in the last hour. Temps will moderate and rise a little in the early morning hours, but I am interested to see exactly how low they drop.

[Geos]

And has dropped down to -3 here in the last hour. Temps will moderate and rise a little in the early morning hours, but I am interested to see exactly how low they drop.

 

A easterly flow is supposed to develop here after 10pm tonight. So it may not bottom out much more here. Very cold right now though.

Too bad you didn't have the marine influence out by you!

[East Dubzz]

A easterly flow is supposed to develop here after 10pm tonight. So it may not bottom out much more here. Very cold right now though.

Too bad you didn't have the marine influence out by you!

I've noticed the temps have actually stopped falling and risen slightly. But according to the GFS, it's supposed to be like -30 right now, I'm confused!?? Lol. But the forecast is -14, I don't see that happening.

[Geos]

I've noticed the temps have actually stopped falling and risen slightly. But according to the GFS, it's supposed to be like -30 right now, I'm confused!?? Lol. But the forecast is -14, I don't see that happening.

 

NAM hires shows winds blowing out of the SE lightly later on, so that should mix the air enough to prevent a -10° by you. - Unless you're in a protected valley.

 

 

[East Dubzz]

NAM hires shows winds blowing out of the SE lightly later on, so that should mix the air enough to prevent a -10° by you. - Unless you're in a protected valley.

 

 

Some of my town is in a valley, but I live on the top of a hill so my house isn't as much. Kind of funny, though, because right after I said the temps were rising, they started dropping again. Down to -4.

[Geos]

Some of my town is in a valley, but I live on the top of a hill so my house isn't as much. Kind of funny, though, because right after I said the temps were rising, they started dropping again. Down to -4.

 

I'm sure a slight wind is playing with the temps.

 

The amount of frozen water pipes I've seen in the last three days has been pretty crazy. Never seen a frozen water main burst so late in the season before.

[East Dubzz]

Didn't expect it... But it's colder here than in Dubuque, currently -8 here, DBQ "only" -4..

[Geos]

-3° here with calm winds. Noticing SE winds blowing off shore in Michigan now.

[Money]

GREEN BAY HAS TIED THE RECORD WITH THE MOST SUBZERO TEMPERATURES

IN A WINTER WITH 47...WHICH WAS SET DURING THE WINTER OF 1976-77.

THE RECORD WILL BE BROKEN FRIDAY MORNING. AT WAUSAU...THERE HAVE

BEEN 51 DAYS...WHICH IS TIED FOR THIRD MOST SUBZERO DAYS IN A

WINTER. THE RECORD IS 55 SET IN 1916-17. AT RHINELANDER...THERE

HAVE BEEN 54 DAYS BELOW ZERO. THE RECORD IS 74 SET IN 1985-86.

THERE WILL BE AT LEAST 3 OR 4 MORE DAYS OF SUBZERO TEMPERATURES

AT ALL THREE SITES...AND POSSIBLY MORE ACROSS THE NORTH.

 

FEBRUARY 2014 IS EXPECTED TO GO DOWN IN THE RECORD BOOKS AS THE

4TH OR 5TH COLDEST FEBRUARY ON RECORD AT WAUSAU...GREEN BAY AND

RHINELANDER. IT IS ALSO INTERESTING TO NOTE THAT FEBRUARY IS

LIKELY TO END UP BEING COLDER THAN JANUARY.

 

THE WINTER OF 2013-14 WILL END UP IN THE TOP 3 COLDEST WINTERS

ON RECORD AT RHINELANDER...WAUSAU AND GREEN BAY. PRETTY IMPRESSIVE

SINCE RECORDS AT GREEN BAY BEGAN IN 1886 AND WAUSAU IN 1895. AT

GREEN BAY...IT WILL BE THE COLDEST WINTER SINCE THE FRIGID WINTER

OF 1976-77. THE WINTERS OF THE LATE 70S WERE PRETTY BRUTAL ACROSS

NORTH-CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN.

 

FINAL STATISTICS FOR FEBRUARY 2014 AND THE 2013-14 WINTER

(DEC-JAN-FEB) WILL BE ISSUED ON SATURDAY VIA PUBLIC INFORMATION

STATEMENTS OR THROUGH THE TOP NEWS STORY OF THE DAY AT THE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WEB SITE: WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GRB.

[East Dubzz]

Down to -10 here.

[East Dubzz]

Hit -11 early in the morning, already back above 0 now, though.

[Snowshoe]

A little chilly this morning but it "warmed" up quickly with the morning sun.

 

[Snowshoe]

I'm looking forward to late this morning when low temps from last night are confirmed. There will be a lot of new record lows. Yesterday saw records low max temps for Feb 27th.

RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
130 PM CST THU FEB 27 2014

...RECORD LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES SET ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST
WISCONSIN TODAY...

AN INTENSE ARCTIC AIR MASS DOMINATED THE GREAT LAKES REGION TODAY...
LEADING TO NUMEROUS RECORDS BEING BROKEN. HERE IS A LIST OF RECORD LOW
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES BROKEN FOR TODAY.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

                  RECORD LOW
                  MAX TEMP         PREVIOUS           YEAR

LOCATION
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RHINELANDER          -1              10           1922 & 2009
WAUSAU                1               6           1925
MARSHFIELD            2               6           1919 & 1934
ANTIGO                4               7           1925
MERRILL               4              12           1925
STURGEON BAY          5               8           1925
WISCONSIN RAPIDS      5               8           1919
GREEN BAY(NWS)        8               9           1888
$$
SAC
WEATHER.GOV/GREENBAY

and the most sub zero temps set in Green Bay

RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
1201 AM CST FRI FEB 28 2014

...RECORD NUMBER OF SUB-ZERO DAYS FOR A WINTER ESTABLISHED AT
GREEN BAY WI...

THE TEMPERATURE AT GREEN BAY/S AUSTIN STRAUBEL AIRPORT AT MIDNIGHT
WAS 14 BELOW ZERO. AS A RESULT...TODAY IS THE 49TH DAY THIS COLD
SEASON /NOVEMBER 1 THROUGH APRIL 30/ IN WHICH THE TEMPERATURE HAS
FALLEN BELOW ZERO. THIS ESTABLISHES A NEW RECORD.

THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 48 DAYS...SET IN THE WINTER OF 1976-1977.

[Geos]

Hit -6° at about 2am, but bounced above zero by sunrise. Now all the way up to 12° with a SSE wind here in Racine.

[jaster220]

Over here, surrounded by the Lakes, mby will rarely see a -15*F or lower reading. This is at least the 4th time this winter we've done it. Crazy stuff this season!

 

 

[Snowshoe]

Impressive record lows last night!

RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
1134 AM CST FRI FEB 28 2014

...RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES SET ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST
WISCONSIN THIS MORNING...

AN INTENSE ARCTIC AIR MASS DOMINATED THE GREAT LAKES REGION LAST
NIGHT...LEADING TO NUMEROUS RECORDS BEING BROKEN. HERE IS A LIST
OF PRELIMINARY RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES THAT WERE BROKEN.

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                 NEW RECORD      PREVIOUS
                  LOW TEMP        RECORD           YEAR
LOCATION
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ANTIGO             -30             -17             2009
GREEN BAY          -21             -17             1962
MANITOWOC          -15             -14             1884
MARSHFIELD         -18 (TIE)       -18             1922
MERRILL            -29             -19             1963
OSHKOSH            -14             -12             1962
RHINELANDER        -25             -22             2009
STEVENS POINT      -27             -12             1917
STURGEON BAY       -11              -9             1922
WAUSAU             -23             -21             1962
WISCONSIN RAPIDS   -20             -18             1922

[Geos]

Peaking around 26° here this evening. Feels pretty good outside really. No snow yet.

[Geos]

Met Winter stats:

 

-8.86°

Snowfall: 66.0"

Total moisture: 6.77"

 

Extremes: 53°, -16°

 

41 days were there was a winter weather headline out for the county.

 

32 lows below zero.

 

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