Beautiful skies and temps yesterday and now today! Snow is melting fast too!!This first chart (to the right) is a screenshot from my weather station's software. Temperatures from the last seven days are shown, with a few of my own additions (e.g. average highs and lows).
Except for Monday's snowstorm, we've been above average for afternoon temps, and even warm low temps too.
The snow pack is taking a hit from the warmth.This second chart (to the left) shows my measurements of snow depth and a running total of snow fall throughout the winter. Again, I've added a few embellishments.
April 1st saw the deepest snow depth of the winter, and now three days later we are down by 6.2 inches. At this rate we'll be snow-free by the middle of next week.
Watching Sunday very closely!This map (to the right) is from the NWS Duluth and shows their Weather Story for today.
The models are not in agreement of the exact location, nor the strength of the system... but a strong low pressure will move across the Rockies tomorrow.
HPC's QPF map puts my location between 1.25" and 1.5" of liquid by Monday morning, with a bullseye of 1.85" just north of Duluth.
The question turns to the exact placement of the rain/snow line. With that much liquid possible, someone may see heavy & wet snow. NWS Duluth is waiting for one more model run to gain more insight on how this system will behave before issuing any Watches.
Popped in on our forecasts for the weekend. Seems the North will be a bit chilly compared to us down here.
ReplyDeletePerhaps the winds will be right to see some ice shoves move on shore for our side of Lake Winnebago. That's always a fun thing to watch. I've lived in Oshkosh since 1996 and have only experienced one major ice shove that took place early in my days here.
This is what it was like... these photos are not from Oshkosh or Winnebago unfortunately. I did a quick search and this is the best I could find. Nothing from Winnebago, but I am 90% sure this was the event.
LMAO! I have seen those exact pictures from the author himself. Prof Dutch was one of my geology professors during my time at UWGB. If I remember his lecture on this phenomenon correctly, all these pictures are from the east shoreline of the Door Peninsula. Smart man but a little too grumpy.
ReplyDeleteI've never seen ice shoves in person, but I've heard that they can be huge on Lake Superior in Douglas County also. Chequamgeon Bay doesn't usually see such things since it's so sheltered from the winds. Please post pictures if you do manage to observe anything!
That's awesome! It's a small corner of our world... hilarious!
ReplyDeleteI didn't make my way to the lake yesterday mostly because I was being lazy after raking and cleaning up the yard. I also re-gripped my golf clubs. Today we plan on taking a walk down there to check out what's been happening. The winds will be a bit more favorable for some possible ice shove action.
Yesterday was absolutely gorgeous.