Spring 2018 Thread - Northern Hemisphere (warm, record, temp, rainfall)

[CH86]

Real Spring has Finally Arrived in my area Today. Dandelions are sprouting up in my backyard and elsewhere (last year they first appeared on April 19/April 20, normally they first appear between April 25 and May 1).

[Cambium]

Originally Posted by ral31

Rainless over a good part of the southern half of the U.S. the next 7 days per NOAA forecast. Glad I got 0.42" of rain Friday evening thru Saturday morning.

I'm at 6.59" since April 1st. 10.22" Since March 1st.

Originally Posted by CH86

Real Spring has Finally Arrived in my area Today. Dandelions are sprouting up in my backyard and elsewhere (last year they first appeared on April 19/April 20, normally they first appear between April 25 and May 1).

Nice to hear. sounds like you're about 1 week behind me. Dandelions started sprouting last week but more so after the heat we had.

Originally Posted by nei

just gloomy here, rain is missing me all morning. GFS has an offshore storm and rain further inland
cloudy day in the Northeast

Yup.. Socked in clouds all day here with moisture missing us to the north and south. Or West & East which ever you prefer.

Nice NW flow behind this southerly flow but nothing cold anymore.. See loop in next post


10:30am-2:30pm

[Cambium]

Check it out.. Next 2 weeks per GFS. The digging isn't coming south too far in the Northeast anymore. It tries, and tries, and tries but gets blocked... The coldest air stays in Quebec. Naturally. But I don't see any freeze or frost threats anymore..


Meanwhile there are deeper troughs over the Rockies than Eastern U.S. Oh boy. Not a fan of that for Summer. lol

[ral31]

Originally Posted by Cambium

I'm at 6.59" since April 1st. 10.22" Since March 1st.

I have 5.16" since April 1.

31.15" since January 1, which is already more than half the normal annual amount.

[LKJ1988]

I have had only 6.20" since March. But that beats the year before when i had no rain at all in March or Apr.

[dontbelievehim]

Did some yard work this morning
Went to check weather
Saw Phoenix at almost 30 degrees hotter than Fresno



Keep an eye on phx today. Pray for phx.
I think it hits 108

[chicagogeorge]

High at IKK was 77F today before the wind switched to the north chilly lake waters helped keep the city stations in the upper 60s with lakeshore temps in the low 60s. Nice and sunny though

3pm temps

[srfoskey]

Originally Posted by ral31

I have 5.16" since April 1.

31.15" since January 1, which is already more than half the normal annual amount.

That's almost 4x what I have on the year, and 100x what Midland, TX has.

[Cambium]

Originally Posted by ral31

I have 5.16" since April 1.

31.15" since January 1, which is already more than half the normal annual amount.

Originally Posted by LKJ1988

I have had only 6.20" since March. But that beats the year before when i had no rain at all in March or Apr.

Originally Posted by srfoskey

That's almost 4x what I have on the year, and 100x what Midland, TX has.

20.16" in my backyard so far.




West Palm with the most south of Gainesville.

Poor Amarillo with 0.32". GEES.. Minot, North Dakota with only 0.79".

A look at the precip totals so far this year.


3 Regions

[LKJ1988]

I think i had 4" In Jan, 1" in Feb and around 1" in March and 4.20" in Apr. Now compare that to last year, under 2" in Jan, 1" in feb and no rain in March or Apr. So i am batting around 10" so far this year and that is good even with a below normal Feb and March.