Chicago Storm

i never want to see hawkeye ever complain that he's not getting rain, t'storms, snow or whatever...ever again.

so good, it had to be mentioned x3.

93MPH peak wind gusts in Marshaltown, IA (MIW).

Numerous locations in Western and Southern Illinois are breaching 100.

Quincy and Macomb are the hottest, at 102 so far.

17 minutes ago, A-L-E-K said:

Feels way nice other side of lake breeze, probably hurts storm chances imby tho

at least you finally tagged 90.

It's 99 as of noon in Hannibal, MO (HAE).

The only concern I have for the area today is that the backdoor front drives too far inland and too early, undercutting the best goods a bit.

Outside of that one concern, all systems are a go with a solid environment.

Topped out at 92 at ORD, 91 at MDW, and 91 at RFD today.

...2023 90°+ Day Tally...
12 - ORD
11 - MDW
8 - DPA
8 - ARR
8 - LOT
7 - RFD
7 - PWK
3 - UGN

A nice overlap of hot temps and high DP's once again today in Western Illinois.

It's currently 98/82/122 in Macomb.

Topped out at 90 at ORD, 91 at MDW, and 90 at RFD today.

...2023 90°+ Day Tally...
11 - ORD
10 - MDW
7 - DPA
7 - PWK
7 - ARR
7 - LOT
6 - RFD
3 - UGN

6 hours ago, Chicago Storm said:

It’s a race of time right now.

A potent MCV continues steadily moving east across S WI. The window of opportunity is fairly short though, before the MCV moves too far east.

Shall see how it goes here over the next two hours or so, but a solid environment for severe t'storms is advecting back in, in the wake of the early round of activity.

And not surprisingly, nothing happened. 

Timing on the passage of the MCV was just not optimal, a few hours too early.

It's currently 99/80/121 in Macomb.

There seems to be an overlap of quality moisture and hot temperatures right around there... Head southwest and it's also 99 in Quincy, head north and there's also an 80 DP in Galesburg.

6 hours ago, SchaumburgStormer said:

N IL clearing out nicely. Lots of questions for a potential round 2, but temps should be off to the races shortly. 

It’s a race of time right now.

A potent MCV continues steadily moving east across S WI. The window of opportunity is fairly short though, before the MCV moves too far east.

Shall see how it goes here over the next two hours or so, but a solid environment for severe t'storms is advecting back in, in the wake of the early round of activity.

Topped out at 91 at ORD and 90 at MDW today.

...2023 90°+ Day Tally...
10 - ORD
9 - MDW
7 - DPA
7 - PWK
7 - ARR
6 - LOT
5 - RFD
3 - UGN

1 hour ago, SolidIcewx said:

Beautiful over there. Homes in the area are really cool too. Neat town

It's a nice area.

Gives me a Midwestern Key West vibe.

Spent the weekend over in Saugatuck, MI.

Solid weather prevailed, allowing for all activities.

4 hours ago, A-L-E-K said:

euro looks mcs-laden, should be a good stretch

This next weekend into early the following week will be the time, as the better flow and disturbance train returns.

Until then it looks to stay mostly zzz on the front of interesting wx.

next week threatening heat but suspect storms will play a role

seasonal trends will probably win out.


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6 hours ago, luckyweather said:

a year ago for compare and contrast fun:

Yea, we haven't had any real pushes of heat/humidity this far northeast into the sub-forum yet this warm season.

Even so, most areas around here (Minus near the IL/WI border) are still on pace to hit or exceed average for amount of 90° days on the year.

12 minutes ago, Chicago Storm said:

Made it into the 90's across portions of the area this past Friday (July 14th). ORD and MDW topped out at 90.

...2023 90°+ Day Tally...
9 - ORD
8 - MDW
7 - DPA
7 - ARR
6 - LOT
6 - PWK
5 - RFD
3 - UGN

The difference between official OBS sites of MLI and RFD is significant, to say the least.

MLI has 23 90°+ days on the year, compared to 5 at RFD. Both sites are only ~87 miles apart. 

Made it into the 90's across portions of the area this past Friday (July 14th). ORD and MDW topped out at 90.

...2023 90°+ Day Tally...
9 - ORD
8 - MDW
7 - DPA
7 - ARR
6 - LOT
6 - PWK
5 - RFD
3 - UGN

did any of the hundreds of thousands of people around ohare take photos of the tornado? i keep seeing the same thick funnel with suspect ground contact...

Didn’t have a visual from here at the weather office at ORD.

Rain and haze prevented viewing until the area of interest was moving from Rosemont into Park Ridge. At that point I could see a big ground scrubbing wall cloud. Probably was something under it, but no way could say with confidence given the visibility issues.


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Joe is one of the best, today looks like one for the L file tho

took the L in Northeast Illinois.


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Small corridor across Southern DuPage/Will/Cook is the corridor of interest at this point. Warm front/recovery made it far enough north for MCV influence overlap.

46 minutes ago, andyhb said:

You sure about that? RAP seems behind on recovery.

Recovery across North-Central and Northeast Illinois is limited and struggling, to say the least.