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Opening Weekend Weather (As of 4/29)
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Tell me about it, just dress for the weather!
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oh gosh...that day was awful! I got sooooo sick...it was so rainy, windy and cold. blech.
I dont think I got sick on Mothers Day, but I got there a little late and only stayed an hour because they closed the park early...like around 5. But I got A LOT of ride time on Batman!
 *~There's a light~*
*~In the darkness~* *~Of everybody's life~*
My 42904-1900Z Forcast
Saturday-AM Showers. High of 50. Gusty north winds. Hour By Hour 7AM-Rain. Temperatures near 49. NNW winds around 10mph. Chance of precip near 90% 10AM-Showers. Overcast. Winds turning North. Temperatures steady near 50. Chance of precip near 70% 12PM-Isolated showers. Overcast. NNE winds increasing to 20mph. Temperatures steady or slowly falling. Chance of precip 40% 6PM-Mostly cloudy. Temperature around 45. NNE winds gusty. Winds around 20 mph gusting above 30mph. Chance of precip 20% Sunday- Cold and windy. NE winds around 15mph. Temperatures (AM 40 degrees, PM 50). Little chance of rain. All these are my forcasts not copied from any site. All using the 42904-1200Z GFS.
Mother's Day last year was the best, except for the weather. My friend and I were eating pizza and it blew away!
In case any of you were wondering how the weather was last year (Mothersday)
May 11th. High of 71 Low of 48. Average 24 hour temperature was 60 degrees. .18 inches of rain fell. The average wind speed was 24.7mph with a maximum sustained wind of 39mph out of the S. The peak gust was 53mph out of the SSE. DY MAX MIN AVG DEP HDD CDD WTR SNW DPTH SPD SPD DIR MIN PSBL S-S WX SPD DR 11 71 48 60 3 5 0 0.18 0.0 0 24.7 39 260 M M 10 18 53 260
Yes! Perfect weather, well as long as it doesn't prevent the rides from being open, there arn't crowds, and it doesn't rain all day. This is where I would usually put stuff. Can't think of anything right now... =/
I actully don't want it to rain now cause I want to enjoy opening
day without rain but if it does rain then oh well, that just means less crowds. So I'll bring my coat and get a locker just in case. This is where I would usually put stuff. Can't think of anything right now... =/
The system looks to be arriving earlier and earlier than initially thought. Here is my 43004-1700Z Forcast for 50104-50204 Saturday 7AM- Scattered showers. Rain mainly south of Chicago. North gusty winds around 20-25mph with gusts over 35mph. Temperature around 48. 10AM-Sprinkles possible. North winds turning NE off the lake around 15mph. Temperature around 50. 3PM-NE winds. Mostly Cloudy. Temperatures around 50. 8PM- NE winds around 25mph with gusts possible over 40mph. Temperatures around 45. Mostly Cloudy turning Partly Cloudy. Chance of precip during operating hours 75% Sunday. 7AM- Light North winds. Cold. Temperatures around 45. Mostly Cloudy 10AM-Mostly Cloudy. Light variable winds. Temps around 50 3PM-Mostly to Partly Cloudy. North Winds Temps around 50 8PM-Partly Cloudy, clearing. North winds around 5 mph. Temps around 46 Chance of precip during operating hours 20% There you have it, the forcast is impoving (or getting worse depending on who you are-Dave  ).Next forcast will be around 500Z [/quote]
Notice it says it's supposed to rain in the morning and stop in the afternoon, just what youve all been wanting?
Anyway, whatevers fine with me it's nice to hear thats what its looking like but they're not always 100% right.
It's nice to see some budding meteorologists here. I myself am a meteorologist up here in Madison, Wisconsin. Anyway I just checked some of the latest models and it's looking fairly good for opening weekend, albeit a bit on the cool side. There may be a few lingering showers when the park opens, but things should dry out as the day progresses. Sunday should be dry, but quite cool. A breeze right of the lake will probably keep Gurnee in the upper 40s to low 50s.
Well, It's nice to know that we have an acuall meteorologist on these forums.
If you have time, could you post some of your notes for the 1st? I always check the models first then use the NWS forcast discussion to check my forcasts. The models took quite a swing on Tuesday (well the GFS did) and I was hesitant to call for rain as most forcasts and previous model runs were still calling for nice weather. As for the current model runs, it looks like they are really toning down the total possible precipitation. Most of the rain looks to be occuring south of us along the warmfront.
Yarr, I know what 043004 means, but I'm stumped as to what 1700Z is.
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1700Z is UTC (or zulu) time. It is a 24 hour clock that is based off of English time (one of their two timezones). They are 6 hours ahead of us during the summer and 5 hours ahead of us during the winter (Daylight savings time). So when you see 1700Z, subtract 6 and you get 1100. So it was written at 11 AM
Aye, that's what I thought.
EDIT: You wouldn't happen to have the weather for November 2nd last year, would you? I'd just like to compare that to tomorrow. If you don't, that's fine. this is a signature
Sounds good!
The lingering showers should keep the crowds away during the morning. This is where I would usually put stuff. Can't think of anything right now... =/
Nov. 2nd.
High of 52 low of 48. Total precip .78 inches. Average wind speed 5mph from the NNE. Other than having a bit less rain (out rain will be earlier on sat) and we will have gusty winds, the forcasts are somewhat similar. DY MAX MIN AVG DEP HDD CDD WTR SNW DPTH SPD SPD DIR MIN PSBL S-S WX SPD DR 2 55 48 52 7 13 0 0.78 0.0 0 5.0 16 20 M M 10 1 23 50
Well the Final Forecasts are in: And As of 10:15 pm on April 30th. the forecast calls for Overcast skies and showers likely in the morning up until 11am or so with overcast skies continuing throughout the day.
10 Hours and park opens, wahoo! Lol!
Ill get about 6 hours of sleep, then 2-3 hour drive depending on traffic, once again, wahoo!
Well it is supposed to rain all day but hopefully that won't stop the rides from running and hopefully it won't rain at all except for in the morning till 11am.(slow down the crowds.
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Cya at the park! This is where I would usually put stuff. Can't think of anything right now... =/
No, it's looking more and more like it wont rain at all. Most of the rain is in S. Illinois.
As of 7:20 a passing shower in the afternoon! Enjoy the day! High of 51 cooler by the lake!
Waiting to fill this space with something stupid to say!
Aight! That is good! This is where I would usually put stuff. Can't think of anything right now... =/
Sadly all of your rain is prob making it this way. The only open window of no rain that we have is around 3-5pm
Derby is today, so I was looking forward to a nearly empty SFKK. Oh well, I still plan on going, not like I'm a stranger to a poncho....too bad my poncho says PKI on it hehe
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