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April 2015 Observations and Discussion


Tom

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Every day this week the forecasted high has busted too high. It's been sunny, but it's barely getting above 50°. There's been frost every morning since last Wednesday, except Friday.

 

Need some sustained warmth to help the trees push out their leaves!

Mercer Island, 350 ft

2021-2022: 11.6", 02/21

2020-2021: 15.6"

2019-2020: ~10"

2018-2019 winter snowfall total: 29.5"

2017-2018: 9.0", 2016-2017: 14.0"

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Every day this week the forecasted high has busted too high. It's been sunny, but it's barely getting above 50°. There's been frost every morning since last Wednesday, except Friday.

 

Need some sustained warmth to help the trees push out their leaves!

That's because you live close to the lake, and probably the worst area that receives all the cooling effects of the lake (can't think of any worse place to live during the spring than UGN or RAC). Areas further inland like Rockford have been well into the 60s each day.
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That's because you live close to the lake, and probably the worst area that receives all the cooling effects of the lake (can't think of any worse place to live during the spring than UGN or RAC). Areas further inland like Rockford have been well into the 60s each day.

 

Yeah I know I do. Sheboygan is another spot that takes for ever to get sustained warmth. The onshore winds need to stop for several days! 

I see a lot of fog over this way in the mid to late spring. So I know those days are coming soon. Air has been too dry so far.

Mercer Island, 350 ft

2021-2022: 11.6", 02/21

2020-2021: 15.6"

2019-2020: ~10"

2018-2019 winter snowfall total: 29.5"

2017-2018: 9.0", 2016-2017: 14.0"

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Yeah I know I do. Sheboygan is another spot that takes for ever to get sustained warmth. The onshore winds need to stop for several days! 

I see a lot of fog over this way in the mid to late spring. So I know those days are coming soon. Air has been too dry so far.

It's strange how UGN is coming in warmer than ORD at the moment though despite a NE flow :huh:
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It's strange how UGN is coming in warmer than ORD at the moment though despite a NE flow :huh:

 

It was probably due to more clouds at ORD. It reached 59° briefly... now at 49°.

Mercer Island, 350 ft

2021-2022: 11.6", 02/21

2020-2021: 15.6"

2019-2020: ~10"

2018-2019 winter snowfall total: 29.5"

2017-2018: 9.0", 2016-2017: 14.0"

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Hopefully this is the last day with temps in the 40s. Raw day out there with NNE/N winds gusting to 25mph.

Mercer Island, 350 ft

2021-2022: 11.6", 02/21

2020-2021: 15.6"

2019-2020: ~10"

2018-2019 winter snowfall total: 29.5"

2017-2018: 9.0", 2016-2017: 14.0"

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Usually I get away for a time in the spring, but not this year. With the exception of March 2012, the most consistent warm stretches I've been in this early in the season have been spent down south or to the west.

 

Month ended up about -0.6° from normal. Wet month also - almost 4".

Mercer Island, 350 ft

2021-2022: 11.6", 02/21

2020-2021: 15.6"

2019-2020: ~10"

2018-2019 winter snowfall total: 29.5"

2017-2018: 9.0", 2016-2017: 14.0"

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