Chicago Storm

54MPH peak wind gust at ORD over the past day or so, with much of the area having topped out in the 45-55MPH range during that time.

Hittin' it on a Tuesday morning, huh?

Sept was the 6th wettest Sept on record for Chicago... Top 10 Wettest Septembers: 1. 14.17" - 1961 2. 13.63" - 2008 3. 9.44" - 1977 4. 8.97" - 1936 5. 8.28" - 1894 6. 7.61" - 2019 7. 7.12" - 1986 8. 6.93" - 1886 9. 6.72" - 1927 10. 6.71" - 1970

Yea... ORD has been a bit of an odd-ball all summer temp wise, but it finally looks like the sensor is fully trashed now.

Delayed response, but I did end up chasing the tor warned storm on the 12th. I ended up intercepting the storm near Ashton, a bit after it had gone tor warned. Upon arriving, the storm was interacting with the warm front, and made a serious attempt at wrapping up and producing. Unfortunately, due to the warm front being in a NW/SE orientation, there was a small window of opportunity to produce..in which it did not succeed. I followed along east with the storm for a bit longer just in case it tried to do something interesting, before dropping off of it and ending the short chase. On the way home, another storm developed and went severe/tor warned south of the original storm. It was well north of the warm front, even so tried its best to do something...but ultimately failed as well. If the warm front would have been oriented more W-E instead of NW/SE, along with not retreating SW, activity likely would have been able to latch on to the boundary, and would have had a better chance at producing and would have had longevity.

2.28” of rain at ORD on Friday...easily broke the precip record for the date of 1.33” (1936). .

Looks like one more push of summer-like temps on Mon/Tue with mid to upper 80’s, before fall conditions quickly set in with highs in the 60’s/50’s beyond that as we push into October. .

I’m surprised how “low” those records are. .

89'd at ORD today. Hit 91 at MDW and 90 here. Other local sites in the vicinity also hit 90/91...so ORD lagged just a bit.

15th on the year now. 91 MDW and here. .

89-91 across the western/northwest suburbs right now. Immediate city area on south lagging a bit. Looks like the site is totally down, unfortunately. Needed it one last time for these two periods.

Bit late... But if things would have cleared out earlier in the day on the 3rd, we probably would have been looking at a fairly significant day. The tor near UGN from that small spud t’storm shows the potential that was there. .

Looks like we have two upcoming periods to tag the last 90(s) of the season. Tomorrow-Thursday and Sunday-Wednesday all have potential to be in the vicinity of 90. The biggest issues during both periods will be clouds, potential rain/t'storms and lower end UA temp thresholds. ORD has been sitting at 14 90+ days on the year for a while now, which is the average for the year. We'll see if we can tack on one or more, to push things above average.

Yes. .

Still waiting for TH to make a valid point.

This RI we’re seeing now that the storm is moving over the Gulf Stream is unfathomable.

Questionable at best. .

turtlehurricane gonna be waiting a bit for that RI. .

Lookin’ pretty dire. How much for metfan? .

Man, that due W wobble must mean it’s gonna hit MIA. .

Love these ‘canes that get hyped and then go OTS. .

As expected... The SPC holding on to the ENH with the new D1 is lolz. .

Just got back yesterday from being up in Eagle River since the 10th. Had fairly good weather up there most of the time, with a few bouts of rain/storms a few of the nights. Did a bunch of hiking, kayaking, boating, etc. Also ventured up into the UP for one day as well, not too far from Bo country. Looks like I didn't miss too much down here. A few bouts of rain/storms in the area, but didn't miss much imby.

Looks like an overzealous outlook. The main threat will be across IA into W IL later tonight into early tomorrow morning, before a weakening MCS spreads east from there. There's high agreement for that scenario as well.

90 ORD, 91 MDW and 90 here today,