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2025 Short Range Severe Weather Discussion
Chicago Storm replied to Chicago Storm's topic in Lakes/Ohio Valley
LOT confirmed 1 tornado in their CWA from Tuesday's event (May 20th). 1 tornado in IL. The 2025 LOT CWA tornado count is now 17. -
Also, add in that the area it had originated from had missed out on activity with the event on the previous day. With the resurging dry/drought conditions lately, it just happened to be a perfect situation that the severe t'storm activity had collapse in that exact area.
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Spring 2025 Medium/Long Range Discussion
Chicago Storm replied to Chicago Storm's topic in Lakes/Ohio Valley
spartman broke character? i didn't have that on my bingo card. but, i didn't have a dust storm on it either. -
Friday's dust storm was quite an experience... Never thought I'd ever report a DS at ORD. Peak conditions... ORD: DS 1/2SM G50MPH MDW: +DS 1/4SM G60MPH Info... •The dust storm warning for Cook County was only the second ever issued for the county. •It was the first ever dust storm warning issued for downtown Chicago. •Per Frank Wachowski, the last dust storm of this severity in the metro area was way back on May 10th, 1934.
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ORD had a high temp of 94° on Thursday, which broke the record high maximum temp for the date of 91° (1962).
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Chicago Weather Records Tracking
Chicago Storm replied to Chicago Storm's topic in Lakes/Ohio Valley
Chicago/O'Hare had a high temperature of 94° on May 15th, which broke the record high maximum temperature for the date of 91° (1962). -
To add the the above, if the Euro, which is sort of alone in with the idea right now, has any clue... Things could be more interesting southward. Check out the significant dry line/bulge it depicts pressing across N and C IL. If frontal convergence can tighten up a bit more, and if that scenario were to be more realistic and gain support, then...
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But, it really doesn't check more boxes, in a way. Capping, lack of frontal convergence (roughly south of the IL/WI border latitude), and the fact that the best dynamics are lifting further north into the Midwest/Western Great Lakes, are all significant concerns. The SPC overlooked concerns with that previous event and went with a balls to the wall approach...and failed. There is zero reason to do that once again this time across areas that are clearly more conditional. Highest coverage of activity will most definitely be across MN/NE IA/WI, though I think quality will be a bit more in question there. South of there, it's really too conditional overall. S Wisconsin may have the greatest shot of the most interesting activity, as there may be a more optimal overlap of everything there. South of there, sure, the environment is great across IL, but the three aforementioned issues will be problematic.