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Was in Lena, IL all day for work, left about 2:30. Sounds like they took a hit from that tor

Try that week in third week of May 2006, "endless Nor'easter" capped off by the bow echo and tornado at Hampton Falls NH later.

That thing is absolutely buried inside that cell

3.3" here with good water content! Best in a month. Hoping this may start a trend. 29 F at 3 PM.

I am sure you recall the Memorial Day Weekend coastals from the recent past..

There defense is awful. Not much they can do to fix that this season. I'm guessing there plan was that the hitting would overcome there defense but so far that hasn't happened on a regular basis. This team feels like a better team than last year but not a playoff team. Poor roster construction on Elias's part. I think if they miss the playoffs again he should be fired but who knows if he would be. He just got a promotion last year. There outfield defense is really really bad. Not just in errors but balls that average defenders get too and catch that our guys do not.

Timmer got a big rain-wrapped wedge in NW IL.

Ryan Hall showing debris was generally visible in Lena Illinois on a web cam.

High 73F Beautiful afternoon

Nice sup in nw il

Reports of 1" - 1.5" hail that scooted just E of my location on the shore. Just missed it.

A cooling trend is getting underway and it will culminate in a sharp cold shot early next week. tomorrow will see temperatures top out in the upper 60s. Sunday will be even cooler with highs in the upper 50s and lower 60s. A sharp cold shot is likely early next week. Highw will reach the middle 50s, while low temperatures fall into the upper 30s and lower 40s. Generally dry conditions will also persist through at least tomorrow. Some showers or thundershowers are possible Sunday afternoon into Sunday night. No significant rainfall appears likely through the foreseeable future. The ENSO Region 1+2 anomaly was +1.5°C and the Region 3.4 anomaly was +0.2°C for the week centered around April 8. For the past six weeks, the ENSO Region 1+2 anomaly has averaged +1.30°C and the ENSO Region 3.4 anomaly has averaged +0.07°C. Neutral ENSO conditions will continue through at least mid-spring. The SOI was +14.78 today. The preliminary Arctic Oscillation (AO) was +0.178 today. Based on sensitivity analysis applied to the latest guidance, there is an implied near 90% probability that New York City will have a warmer than normal April (1991-2020 normal). April will likely finish with a mean temperature near 56.3° (2.6° above normal). Supplemental Information: The projected mean would be 3.3° above the 1981-2010 normal monthly value.

Huge nado in Wisconsin

Great news on today’s EW for short term drought relief 4/27-5/3: Yesterday’s run: Today’s run is even wetter:

This year has been a refreshing change from the chilly, wet Aprils we often get. The sunshine and low humidity is reminding me of 1985, the most pleasant April in my memory.

Peterborough NH Thu evening. Photo by Thomas Bensenhaver.

Another resident in town mPinged 1" hail near the shoreline EDIT: 0.75" hail

Or winter equivalent "DIAMOND DUST AT 30,000 FT!"

Update to the warm lows: we are now at 8 days with lows in the 60s. No other year in the entire period of record, KPIT or not, has had more than 5 through today’s date. Lastly, today is the 15th day of this year with a high of 75 or above, which is the most through today’s date, pulling ahead of 1945 which had 14. No other year had more than 9. The median number of 75 degree days through today’s date is 2.

Scott needs another 6/1/11 wicked CG supercell show like he had when living in Dorchester. Right, biggest svr wx day in years and he still has a Bruins playoff party at his house, and of course he loses power! I know, another "PC jolt" he got from the +CG strike some years ago!

Also with the window for measurable snow this month likely closed, the 0.2” we’ve received combined over the past 4 Aprils is the second lowest total April snowfall over a 4 year span (1945-1948 had just a trace in each year).

One benefit of the warm weather is that my plan to wake up and take pictures of the sunrise is a lot less chilly for tomorrow. Otherwise, its been a dry heat which is better than a humid one... though, any temperatures above 80 this time of year aren't ideal.

Raining here