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Mostly cloudy all day at CEF and still hit 87 on 4/15

This has been awesome, no doubt Just the right amount of dews

Not surprised that there's a tornado warning north of Dixon. Those showers moved over here an hour or so ago and even when they were weak you could see everything had nice blocky bases. LCLs are pretty low in northern IL as well.

For the other side of door party ruiners.. you’ll be happy to know that it started raining from a mainly blue clear sky before I could fully finish cleaning and olive oiling the Blackstone. Congrats!

The EML on Friday morning/early afternoon is ridiculous and should raise alarm bells for anyone familiar with what is necessary to get an outbreak in the Midwest.

You should’ve threw it down a couple days ago. But anyways, yeah, there’s definitely a chance. I throw it down just in case.

I’ll believe it when it rains. Last system I was promised 1/2”-1” one day out and ended with the bare minimum to be considered measurable. Drought breeds drought and there has been a trend to dry out every system including our winter storms up until the moment they start. A pattern shift with multiple and repeated rain chances would be extremely welcomed though and honestly at this point beyond needed

I hate this weather this early. 84 today and probably everyday until Sunday. I absolutely hate freaking summer. Sorry but eff summer.

We always look ahead. Onward.

Why bring up next week other than to bring misery? It like getting a foot of snow knowing 3 days later a screamer is coming and people dwelling on that

It’s coming. It’s just a question of how much fescue you’ll lose between now and then.

WB 18Z GFS. May want hold off planting annuals in the NW burbs; flirting with freezing Tuesday am after a strong cold front rolls through this weekend with decent rain forecasted....

Is rain a reliable bet here tonight? Want to throw down some fert real quick, but not if it’s going to be dry

Second marriage and I’m 32. So just a bit off

I’m here for work and it’s great to be back… but I’m pretty sure my coworker and I just had a literal run in with a murder hornet

Prepare for an attack

I hit 73F today. It was nice. But what does that have to do with next week?

Mesonet topped me out at 88.6 IMBY I like warm weather, but I'd prefer acclimating to it first...

It’s amazing how some folks like to try and kill people enjoying weather they love. It sucks to be on the wrong side of the front . I get that. But you and Scoots just trying to shit on folks that got lucky https://imgur.com/a/WH4har0#bKvnrZu

40s

I can't find climate-specific data regarding the accuracy of modeled -NAO(+NAO) index values, at different time ranges... Then considering seasons? no chance. Good luck trying to find what no one has apparently ever sicced a red-eyed grad student on because it doesn't apparently exist. That said, I'm personally certain that -NAOs modeled beyond D7 have a deplorably bad verification score, where as ...those scheduled to manifest between D3 and 6 ( mid range) are the ones that most often materialize. This -NAO in the guidance since last week is a nice candidate to test Charlie Browning with that particular index, because it's been out there in the extended index prog a lot longer than 7 days. Thing is... I wouldn't be shocked if there is at least some sort of -NAO observed down wind and time of this warm anomaly over the eastern mid latitude continent. That's a correlation actually that I have personally seen. It doesn't say anything to magnitude or west or eastern limb. But warms up --> cools down/-NAO is progression. The 12z Euro is attempting to abandon the -NAO by D8/9 now ...and it reminds of the fragility in modeling that index is all. It could go either way.

Yep, smh Monday seemed like they were turning a corner...but obviously still a lot of work to do.

@Eskimo Joethis is the best place for us Southern MD and Eastern Shore peeps for future Mesonet site adds

Why would look forward to a few days nest 60 ?