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fan in the window and a nice cool breeze.. we take!

Confirmed tornado just south of Janesville.

This drought it only going to get worse.

4 fatalities in Lena, IL.

Looks great

0.75” Of rain overnight and today Sunny, 59F. Nice out

insane triple storm with one tornado warning

We got nothing over here. The first cells developed east of CR, then the frontal line was broken into mostly little garden-variety cells, which mostly went around me. I only got 0.13" of rain.

90 mph warned winds headed toward Davenport

Ok, we have hail. Not spectacular hail but some nice pea-sized or slightly larger specimen. Siren goes off every ten minutes, too, but nothing to see in the rain.

Timmer on it, this time of day on a Friday, densely populated area approaching Chitown burbs, every hill dilly jack boot armchair chaser is gonna be on that thing with Old Styles and IPhones hanging out the windows lol. No thanx

Man that is a mess

I should be a fortune teller. When I saw that it was going to be cold on Monday I said to the wife that I'd probably get our Hazleton customer. Lo and behold, I'm doing Hazleton deliveries on Monday. It'll be 8 to 10 degrees colder (and much windier) there than at our Allentown and Reading customers. Such is my life...

Looks like the Rockton/South Beloit area may be under the gun real soon.

Those bottom ones are the worst. Fucker germinate so early they were impossible to stop. Then the pods pop and sprays seeds all over.

The defense is the most concerning to me, but they have enough pieces to figure it out. Not too worried about the hitting at this juncture, and pitching consistency should come with time, esp with guys like Bradish coming off injury. You can see he still has the stuff, but not the control he wants yet. Its a marathon. And so far, all teams in the division have issues.

Confirmed EF-1 https://www.wcax.com/2026/04/17/nws-confirms-ef-1-tornado-williamstown-thursday/

tornado rolled over Reed Timmer

Back to back 90+ at KSAV with 3rd so far this spring. Today’s was a doozy at 93!

Storm chasers see funnel cloud outside of Rockford IL

possible tornado near Rockford IL

Ravens new threads are pretty sick. Love all the subtle details, and the 4 different versions. 'Baltimore' appears on road jerseys. And apparently they can be mixed and matched. 3 different helmets, with the standard in the middle

About to have a fairly significant cell merger west of Springfield IL. They're out ahead of front all by themselves moving into ever increasing instability and shear with plenty of backing surface winds. If they can get rooted look out, there's nothing in the way. Big overshooting tops.

MD on that Rockford cell Mesoscale Discussion 0480 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0442 PM CDT Fri Apr 17 2026 Areas affected...Southern Wisconsin and far northern Illinois Concerning...Tornado Watch 129...131... Valid 172142Z - 172345Z The severe weather threat for Tornado Watch 129, 131 continues. SUMMARY...Leading supercells across northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin will likely pose a tornado (possibly significant) and very large hail threat as they move downstream over the next 1-2 hours. DISCUSSION...A pair of leading supercells continues to precede a broken line of storms along the IL/WI border. Regional radar imagery continues to indicate that these cells are rather intense with a three-body scatter spike, a bounded weak echo region, and a recent 3-inch hail report noted with the southern storm. An improving downstream convective environment is noted in recent observations and analyses (0-1 km SRH values remain between 200-250 m2/s2 per the KMKX VWP, and STP values have recently increased to 2-3 per recent mesoanalysis). Additionally, the southern storm will also likely propagate along a subtle surface theta-e gradient draped across northern IL to southern WI. Given these trends and the presence of a well-established updraft/mesocyclone with the southern cell, the potential for very large hail (likely in excess of 2 inches) and strong tornadoes will likely persist for the next couple of hours downstream into southeast WI and far northern IL. ..Moore.. 04/17/2026 ...Please see www.spc.noaa.gov for graphic product... ATTN...WFO...LOT...MKX...DVN... LAT...LON 42138771 42158906 42268948 42378957 42608965 42798955 42968903 43188791 43108770 42848764 42588767 42138771 MOST PROBABLE PEAK TORNADO INTENSITY...140-170 MPH MOST PROBABLE PEAK WIND GUST...55-70 MPH MOST PROBABLE PEAK HAIL SIZE...2.75-4.25 IN

I'm guessing 2" or so. Maybe a bit more that melted before it started to stick.