***Official 2024 Weather Thread***

[nfrine]

Drake Relays week...it will be wet.

 

[carvers4math]

A cold NW wind at that.

I camped this weekend and it didn't matter if I was behind trees or whatever; that wind got there.

It’s 63 degrees here but working on a shady flower garden with my winter coat on.

 

[Gunnerclone]

And what does this mean?

Multi-day, multi-region severe weather event.

 

[herbicide]

All I know is I'm REALLY sick of this wind. Every. Stinking. Day.

Wind has become my least liked weather element. You are teased with a nice day out the window, then you step outside and get knocked over.

 

[CycloneErik]

Whatever this is, it's all over.

 

[cycloner29]

Whatever this is, it's all over.

Reminds me of this tune:

 

[BoxsterCy]

The wind never stops this month. Gusts up to 37 mph again today.

Been like this most every day this month in the Twin Cities.

 

[Cyhig]

Yup, been windy windy windy here.

Lots of garbage can casualties today in the twin cities

 

[ISUAgronomist]

Looks like Wednesday will be our one day break from crazy wind.

 

[awd4cy]

That’s why I’m looking forward to 80-90 degree temps all the time. The wind everyday won’t be so bad.

 

[BoxsterCy]

Lots of garbage can casualties today in the twin cities

Half afraid to go birding walkabout in the woods least something drop on me from the trees.

 

[wxman1]

Some wind data for you all.

Has it been windier in Iowa this Spring? It turns out, yes

After a lot of windy days, we’re running ahead of normal for the month of April to date for wind speeds.

www.kcrg.com

 

[Cyclonepride]

All I know is I'm REALLY sick of this wind. Every. Stinking. Day.

I used to hate wind more when I had hair lol

 

[Clonefan32]

Looks like Wednesday will be our one day break from crazy wind.

I was just having this conversation with a buddy the other day. It seems like the last 2-3 years if it's at all warm it's 30 mph+ winds all spring. Has it always been like that? We just couldn't remember the wind being consistently this bad up until a few years ago.

 

[Gunnerclone]

I was just having this conversation with a buddy the other day. It seems like the last 2-3 years if it's at all warm it's 30 mph+ winds all spring. Has it always been like that? We just couldn't remember the wind being consistently this bad up until a few years ago.

I would say that is scientifically correct. It takes a lot of energy to push warm air north during March and April. Lots of energy generally correlates to a lot of wind. This is beyond me but also El Niño is still present and currently dying out so I wonder if the last gasps of that pattern have any effect on wind patterns.

 

[BoxsterCy]

Looks like Wednesday will be our one day break from crazy wind.

Yup, and it's over. Back to wind gusts up to 39 mph today in the Twin Cities after that calm Wednesday. So tired of this.

 

[snowcraig2.0]

Anything going to fire up today?

 

[awd4cy]

sure doesn’t seem like it’s going to be warm enough in central Iowa by this evening to brew anything up. High of 60 today.

 

[Gunnerclone]

sure doesn’t seem like it’s going to be warm enough in central Iowa by this evening to brew anything up. High of 60 today.

This is a cold core setup for Iowa. Don’t let your guard completely down based on what it looks like and feels like. It’s all about what’s going on above you.

 

[Gunnerclone]

For example it’s 61 right now in Rockville, NE and this just happened.