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Great Lakes Cyclone V & A Spring Temperature Comparison

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The fifth iteration of the 'signature' storm in this years LRC introduced Oshkosh to it's first bout with summer time heat and humidity. That summer feeling lasted a day. Nothing new though as this is how it has been since November. The cycling pattern teasing folks with a glimmer of warmer times ahead. We are now so far into spring that it is just a matter of time until a smaller temperature contrast between the north pole and the equator creates a weaker jet and summer takes hold in our region. With this thought in mind it is worth mentioning that following the LRC one knows that our region should expect a potent warm-up near the end of the month. This thinking is still on track and if one would enjoy following this part of the 2010-11 LRC through its fruition please visit the WeatherWatch12 blog as Jeremy Nelson will provide many opportunities for learning and opinion sharing. ( OSNW3 Weather Brief ) ( OSNW3 May Observations ) (OSNW3 May 2011 Summary) (clic...

Season Of The Unicorn

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The garden is in. Four kinds of tomatoes, three kinds of peppers, squash, pumpkin, zucchini and an assortment of herbs. The rain barrel is installed and working as well. As far as the weather is concerned, things have continued to be Summer like. Temperatures have been above normal for the most part and precipitation has been plentiful as of late. The 8-14 day temp/precip forecast from the CPC suggests seasonal temps and above normal precip for our area through Jun 18. Keep up with the evolution of the prediction by using the links in the OSNW3 WxBrief. Unicorns . ( OSNW3 Weather Brief ) ( OSNW3 June Observations ) (OSNW3 June 2010 Summary) (click on graph for the month summary data - it will open a new tab/window) ---- Spring 2010 One of the Warmest Ever The NWS Green Bay put out a news article mentioning that a few local cities had one of their warmest meteorological Springs ever. Oshkosh is no exception. Similar to Green Bay, Oshkosh experienced it's second warmest Sp...