Incredible temperature swing coming to Eastern Iowa tomorrow

[Colonoscopy]

Tomorrow Cedar Rapids is forecast to have a high of 69 and a low of 12.

https://weather.com/weather/tenday/l/Cedar+Rapids+IA?canonicalCityId=864169961f17aef534130151d03945ac529b44592ec051d6bab7b52727b819a2

Still pales in comparison to the record:

Extreme Short-Duration Temperature Changes in the U.S.

The U.S. winter of 2017-18 was one of wild temperature variations, bringing to mind some of the most dramatic historical extremes of rapid temperature change in U.S. history.

www.wunderground.com

 

[Bro D]

 

[hydro2.0]

I wonder if our climate is changing

 

[IAFB2021Champs]

I wonder if our climate is changing

Nope. It’s been the same temp every day now for years.

 

[Hawk_4shur]

I wonder if our climate is changing

 

[hydro2.0]

Nope. It’s been the same temp every day now for years.

70s in Feb is totes normal

 

[An Iowa fan]

When it is colder than normal, it is weather.
When it is warmer than normal, it is climate change.

Regarding weather, you are never at average.

 

[QChawks]

 

[IAFB2021Champs]

70s in Feb is totes normal

Some places sure, but 70s in Iowa sure is strange.

 

[MepoDawg#]

I wonder if our climate is changing

Always has been, always will.

 

[mthawkeyes]

Montana's east slope has crazy temperature swings.
Browning (1916) temperature dropped from +44 to -56 in 24 hours.
Loma (1972) temperature increased from -54 to +49 in 24 hours. (If you don't know what a Chinook wind is, you never lived on the east slope of the Northern Rockies.

I don't no the exact temperature swing, but the craziest I ever experienced was leaving Valier on a bus for a basketball game with a temperature in the 50s. Went less than one hour north to Sunburst and it was in the 10s and starting to snow. We were delayed in leaving for a couple hours after the game because of the blowing snow and the temperature had dropped to the -10s.

 

[Colonoscopy]

System will produce a threat further east across N Illinois and Indiana. Doesn't appear to be a big threat.

 

[DeangeloVickers]

I wonder if our climate is changing

How much more do I have to pay in taxes so we don't have anymore wild temperature swings like this?

 

[JWolf74]

Wednesday is my only day off this week, was hoping to golf. So of course that's when the random 24hour cold front will roll through. Back up into the 60s within a couple days.

 

[JWolf74]

How much more do I have to pay in taxes so we don't have anymore wild temperature swings like this?

Well since you're a taker, probably -11 Dollars. Sorry for your loss.

 

[DeangeloVickers]

Armistice day 1940.
Day started in the mid 60s and by afternoon it was blizzard with temps in the teens.
My grandfather was duck hunting near Savanah Illinois with his uncle when the storm rolled in... they were lucky they weren't on one of the islands and had walked in to their spot instead, so they were able to work their way out. That day and D-Day on Omaha Beach were the 2 days he was most certain he was going to die in his entire life.

1940 Armistice Day Blizzard - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[bagdropper]

The cold isn't going to last long, really only one day (Wednesday). This weekend, back up into the 60's. Does seem though like spring rollercoaster weather has begun a bit early.

I have watched a few spring spring storm season forecasts (including one just now), and the common theme across them is we here in the upper midwest might have a pretty active spring tornado season. Key word as always is "might". Given it looks like our strong El Nino winter might be waning to where we might go back into La Nina in summer - the past years' analogs seem to indicate a bumpy ride for us up north (especially in May).

We'll see. Been awhile since we've had a holy crap spring storm season, so we're due.

 

[DeangeloVickers]

Well since you're a taker, probably -11 Dollars. Sorry for your loss.

That's not gonna cut it

 

[QChawks]

 

[BlIIlken2]

69​

 

[hawkirugged17]

 

[OutbackBowl2017]

Wednesday is my only day off this week, was hoping to golf. So of course that's when the random 24hour cold front will roll through. Back up into the 60s within a couple days.

Indoor simulator golf with food and drinks for the win or if you are in Eastern IA, suite shots for the same but outdoors with heaters.

 

[JWolf74]

That's not gonna cut it

Might have to give an extra handy behind the 7-11. I'm sorry.

 

[Fan In Black]

I'm sick of weather. I wish it would just go away.

 

[onlyTheObvious]

How much more do I have to pay in taxes so we don't have anymore wild temperature swings like this?

As long as we can travel, own big homes, vacation homes, boats, and gas guzzlers you can count me as one of the people that are concerned.

 

[Colonoscopy]

As long as we can travel, own big homes, vacation homes, boats, and gas guzzlers you can count me as one of the people that are concerned.

Rest of the world too. America alone wouldn't fix it

 

[torbee]

I wonder if our climate is changing

The main driver here is the jet stream being parked north due to El Niño - but climate change is definitely a contributing factor.

 

[torbee]

Always has been, always will.

True statement.

This particular epoch, one of the chief drivers is the arrival of the Anthropocene era and the attendant industrialization.

 

[JRHawk2003]

How much more do I have to pay in taxes so we don't have anymore wild temperature swings like this?

Or live in a more modest ecological friendly way without any help from the govt.

Why do I have to absorb the costs of others pollution?

 

[QChawks]

nearly 50 degree temperature drop tomorrow

 

[DeangeloVickers]

Might have to give an extra handy behind the 7-11. I'm sorry.

Do they still have 7-11s? Was actually one of my first jobs at age 13, stocking shelves. The owner was a hot 40 something blonde woman with bigguns... I'd have happily taken a handy back then.
Now at 49 I'm less than a year from retirement so maybe chill out on the "taker' assumptions.

 

[DeangeloVickers]

Or live in a more modest ecological friendly way without any help from the govt.

Why do I have to absorb the costs of others pollution?

I'm down with that 100%. Buying a chunk of land in the next 1-2 years and building a 100% self sustainable place on it.

 

[NoleATL]

Tomorrow Cedar Rapids is forecast to have a high of 69 and a low of 12.

https://weather.com/weather/tenday/l/Cedar+Rapids+IA?canonicalCityId=864169961f17aef534130151d03945ac529b44592ec051d6bab7b52727b819a2

Still pales in comparison to the record:

Extreme Short-Duration Temperature Changes in the U.S.

The U.S. winter of 2017-18 was one of wild temperature variations, bringing to mind some of the most dramatic historical extremes of rapid temperature change in U.S. history.

www.wunderground.com

You think that is bad, Key West today has a high of 73 and low of 69. THAT is a temperature swing.

 

[JRHawk2003]

I'm down with that 100%. Buying a chunk of land in the next 1-2 years and building a 100% self sustainable place on it.

I moved 4 blocks from my office, downsized to 900 sq ft. (Also so my kids dont have a bunch of my shit to go through), etc. I dont need to govt to tell me to do it.

 

[jasonrann]

High of 80 expected today in KC, low tonight of 20 with sleet and snow showers. Good times.

 

[torbee]

High of 80 expected today in KC, low tonight of 20 with sleet and snow showers. Good times.

Crazy to see these drops of 6-10 degrees PER HOUR!

 

[HawkBall23]

You think that is bad, Key West today has a high of 73 and low of 69. THAT is a temperature swing.

 

[Colonoscopy]

If you guys pay attention to the temp map you can time the cold front passage and feel the wind shift temperature change in real time.

 

[Colonoscopy]

I wonder if our climate is changing

It's the amount of unique weather over a period of time that reveals what's going on.

It wouldn't be unusual to have some warm(er) and a record day or two with an el nino year.

But the degree to which this winter has deviated from norm seems unique. I've never seen one this warm. We have a bunch of record days and then what seems to be a record overall season. (warmest winter.... definitely would seem to be warmest February)

 

[QChawks]

If you guys pay attention to the temp map you can time the cold front passage and feel the wind shift temperature change in real time.