Spring 2013 Thread (March-May) - Northern Hemisphere (snow storm, climate, warm, ice)

[Patricius Maximus]

Originally Posted by owenc

I personally could nto imagine ice days everyday in april. It just seems weird.

It's certainly a bit cold, but I think it's kind of nice.

Originally Posted by wavehunter007

Here is a nice mid April weather forecast ....

Lows in the 70's? In April? Blech .

[SnowboundwithCabinFever]

Moose Jaw, SK
Current Weather 19:45 CST
Overcast

0°C

Overcast

Feels Like : -6
Wind : N 19 km/h

Humidity : 68%
Pressure : 102 kPa
Visibility : 11.3 km

Sunrise : 6:10
Sunset : 19:55
Ceiling : 12200 ft





That snow had better head elsewhere!!!! :P

[Cambium]

Records go back to Since 1875 in Bismarck..

Broke for the day of April 14th. Broke for a single April snowstorm amount. Broke for highest snow total for(and still not done). And Broke for any day of the entire year back to 1875. Unbelievable.

A storm that closed Interstate I-94 is closed from the Montana state line to Fargo. Also I-29 closed from Fargo to Grand Forks. US 83 is closed from Bismarck to Underwood.

Iowa Environmental Mesonet

...ALL KINDS OF SNOWFALL RECORDS SMASHED AT BISMARCK NORTH
DAKOTA ON APRIL 14 2013...

AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BISMARCK...RECORDS GO
BACK TO 1875.

SNOWFALL TOTAL FOR APRIL 14 2013 WAS 17.3 INCHES. THE STORM TOTAL
SO FAR IS 17.4 INCHES. A TENTH OF AN INCH FELL ON APRIL 13.

THE 17.3 INCHES OF SNOW THAT FELL IN BISMARCK SUNDAY BROKE THE
RECORD FOR THE DATE...APRIL 14...OF 5.0 INCHES FROM 1986.

THE RECORD SNOWFALL FOR ANY DAY IN APRIL IS BROKEN. IT WAS 15.2
INCHES ON APRIL 5 1997.

THE RECORD SNOWFALL FOR THE ENTIRE MONTH OF APRIL WAS 18.7 INCHES
IN 1984. IT IS NOW...21.2 INCHES SO FAR THIS APRIL...2013.

THE RECORD FOR THE MOST SNOW ON ANY DAY OF THE YEAR IN BISMARCK
WAS 15.5 INCHES ON MARCH 3...1966. IT IS NOW...17.3 INCHES.

[nei]

29°F overnight.

[theunbrainwashed]

Originally Posted by nei

29°F overnight.

Sure sounds like spring alright Currently 50°F at my local airport

[wavehunter007]

Originally Posted by Patricius Maximus

Lows in the 70's? In April? Blech .

Here is a more moderate forecast...at least there is one day with highs below 70 F for CWF - lol

[Cambium]

I dipped to 35.4F. Normal low is 40 for me.

Here was the 5am temps.

[Woodrow LI]

I'm not brave enough to step out the door until I have a few more cups of coffee. Still snowing I can see I wont be moving the truck unitl the road is plowed. Too deep even for the 4WD.

Just about every road in ND is impassable. Both interstate highways are closed.

[SnowboundwithCabinFever]

-3C currently with 3 cm of snow due to fall

[Patricius Maximus]

Originally Posted by Woodrow LI

Just about every road in ND is impassable. Both interstate highways are closed.

Between I-94 and I-29, I think all freeways in North Dakota are currently closed. I imagine that's somewhat rare .

Here's an Accuweather article on the new snowstorm coming into the Plains region, laying snow down in a swath from Colorado to southern Minnesota to western Ontario. The previous winter storm has buffed up the snowpack in the Upper Midwest - most of the remaining snowpack now has a snow depth of 2 feet or more according to the maps. This coming storm will buff it up further. I say keep the snows coming . Accumulations greater than 18 inches are predicted by The Weather Channel in Wyoming and northern Colorado. Blizzard conditions are possible in some areas. There have been some huge and sometimes record-smashing snows lately, and it looks like this storm will continue the trend.

TWC has christened this one "Winter Storm Yogi", but I think it's an awful moniker. The next name in the list is "Zeus" - with a name like that it will have to be a whopper . If this pattern continues there may be more winter storms that meet TWC's criteria, so I wonder what they will name storms after the list is exhausted . My guess is that they will adopt the hurricane list protocol of using the Greek alphabet.