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  1. Chicago Storm
    Right at peak fall foliage color across the area right now. If not for the drought, it's quite possible that peak conditions may have not been until early November. The consistently mild temps did a great job at offsetting drought effects, allowing the peak as late as we're seeing now.
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    If it's coded as hail, it will not count towards being the 2nd earliest snowfall on record.
  3. Chicago Storm
    For those that are bored and want to watch random hurricane clips, video is up...
  4. Chicago Storm
    CPC outlooks are useless. They're always "forecasting" what a certain ENSO pattern should look like. Long range forecasts months in advance are useless in general.
  5. Chicago Storm
    not this time, but it would have been helpful to have had an above ground level report.
  6. Chicago Storm
    Made it back to St. Petersburg after the intercept in Sarasota earlier. Checked out Tropicana Field and the crane downed…
  7. Chicago Storm
    Yea, it was a fairly steady/quick rise or perhaps 1-3’.
  8. Chicago Storm
    Surge coming into Sarasota steadily now. Had to retreat from Bayfront Park and back into “downtown” a bit.
  9. Chicago Storm
    Low and mid level clouds have cleared in the residual eye here in Sarasota. Directly above at this time, totally calm. 957MB on Kestrel.
  10. Chicago Storm
    Consistent high end tropical storm force/low end hurricane force wind gusts in Sarasota. Still very limited surge, nothing of note.
  11. Chicago Storm
    Made it to Sarasota. Water levels are a bit elevated, but not enough for much flooding along the shore. Winds are still consistently gusting to mid to high level tropical storm force.
  12. Chicago Storm
    Stepping south to Sarasota now. Getting mid to upper tropical storm force wind gusts at times now, resulting in some scattered tree damage. Water rise at Cortez was still slow. Scattered road and land flooding from the heavy rainfall. Just passed a large fire near Bayshore Gardens.
  13. Chicago Storm
    Conditions slowly, but steadily increasing here in Cortez. Getting low end tropical storm force wind gusts, with a slow water rise over the past hour to hour and a half.
  14. Chicago Storm
    Currently in Cortez, FL…on the coast near Bradenton. The outer bands have been gusty, but nothing significant. Monitoring for the possibility of needing to step south a bit.
  15. Chicago Storm
    Starting the morning here in St. Pete, and will be stepping southward as needed through the day today.
  16. Chicago Storm
    Flying into Orlando tomorrow morning to "chase" Milton.
  17. Chicago Storm
    September 2024 finished tied as the 2nd warmest September on record for Chicago. Record Warmest September's 1. 71.2° - 1931 2. 70.6° - 2024 2. 70.6° - 1960 2. 70.6° - 1908 5. 70.3° - 2021 6. 70.2° - 1978 6. 70.2° - 1925 6. 70.2° - 1881 9. 70.1° - 1906 10. 70.0° - 1939 10. 70.0° - 1921
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    September 2024 finished tied as the 2nd warmest September on record for Chicago. Record Warmest September's 1. 71.2° - 1931 2. 70.6° - 2024 2. 70.6° - 1960 2. 70.6° - 1908 5. 70.3° - 2021 6. 70.2° - 1978 6. 70.2° - 1925 6. 70.2° - 1881 9. 70.1° - 1906 10. 70.0° - 1939 10. 70.0° - 1921
  19. Chicago Storm
    MDW does usually win the race against ORD, but there is some variability from year to year... 2024: +2 MDW 2023: +2 ORD 2022: +12 MDW 2021: +8 MDW 2020: +6 ORD 2019: +4 MDW 2018: +3 MDW 2017: Even 2016: +9 MDW 2015: +8 MDW 2014: +5 MDW 2013: +4 MDW 2012: +5 ORD 2011: +5 MDW 2010: +1 MDW
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    Things ended on a high note this weekend, with the last hot/summer-like day of the year... Topped out at 92° at ORD and at 93° MDW on Saturday. ...2024 90°+ Day Tally... 25 - MDW 23 - ORD 19 - ARR 19 - LOT 18 - RFD 18 - PWK 17 - DPA 10 - UGN
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    This late season stretch of summer continues... Topped out at 90° at MDW on Thursday. Peaked at 91° at ORD and at 92° MDW on today. ...2024 90°+ Day Tally... 24 - MDW 22 - ORD 18 - ARR 18 - LOT 17 - RFD 17 - PWK 16 - DPA 10 - UGN
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    I've noticed over time that those who make the drought monitor maps are usually slow at adding conditions and slow at removing conditions. Not sure why the lag on both ends, but it always seems to be the case.
  23. Chicago Storm
    With the help of the increasing drought, we've eeked out a few 90° days recently. Topped out at 90° at ORD on Sunday. Peaked at 90° at both ORD and at MDW on Monday. ...2024 90°+ Day Tally... 22 - MDW 21 - ORD 18 - LOT 17 - PWK 17 - ARR 16 - RFD 15 - DPA 10 - UGN
  24. Chicago Storm
    lol
  25. Chicago Storm
    Activity around here on Tuesday evening/night had prolific lightning production. It was probably a top 10 light show. Ended up with a peak wind gust of 53MPH at ORD, with some blowing dirt/dust for awhile as well, as it has been dry and outflow winds were well ahead of any rain/t'storm activity.
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