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3 hours ago, IllinoisWedges said:
This is true, ordered a 3x2 a few minutes ago :^)
Great shot, Matt! Jealous. That was a weirdly structured storm. One of the reasons my view wasn't so good was because I kept trying to hug the southern flank where it would periodically look like a hook was trying to form. However the couplet was way off to the north, I assumed it would be buried in rain but it wasn't.
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2 hours ago, andyhb said:
Easy sig tor in this video.
Yep, glimpsed that one but was a little too far away, too many trees lining the roads. If I wanted that I'd chase in Wisconsin!
Actual grab instead of phone photo of my camcorder screen. Unfortunately only got a few seconds of usable video. It was also hard to keep up with the storm, despite the warning text saying it was moving at 35 MPH and I was mostly able to keep to main roads at 45-50 MPH and had pretty good luck with the traffic lights, I never seemed to gain any distance on them. Gave up at Bartlett Metra Station. I think the train video I took there is longer than my tornado video will end up being.
This is from Silver Glen Rd. just east of Corron Rd., north of Campton Hills.
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Looks like a cell has fired just WNW of here. Wasn't a lot of time for sunshine, though. Maybe @Chicago Storm was right. Gonna give it some time, though as impatience has burned me in the past (most notably 4/9/15).Just arrived. Thoughts?
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Sun coming out in Davis Jct. Warm front must be here.Recovery across North-Central and Northeast Illinois is limited and struggling, to say the least.
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Gonna sit tight in Davis Jct., IL for a little while.
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1 minute ago, A-L-E-K said:
lol same
Tropical Tidbits has a CONUS visible loop. I can't zoom in on the Midwest region but you can see some clearing nosing into NW IL.
https://www.tropicaltidbits.com/sat/satlooper.php?region=us&product=vis_swir -
COD visible loop is stuck at 15:16Z (10:16 AM CDT) for some reason, anyone have another good source for satellite?
...at first I thought that recovery wasn't gonna happen.
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This is what I meant with my (partially) tounge-in-cheek observation; that predictability of severe weather in the summer is such that even as recently as the overnight hours, today was looking like a wash for severe potential north of I-80 in IL.
The flip side of this of course, is that it makes it near impossible to plan chases/take PTO in advance. For me, it's local enough that I can head out with my 3A-noon shift.
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6 minutes ago, IWXwx said:
The details...
...Northern IL/southern WI east to northwest OH/southern lower MI... Current MCS continues a general weakening trend based on IR cloud tops, radar trends and recent reports. Air mass recovery in the wake of the morning convection currently appears plausible, aided by a modestly enhanced low-level jet later this afternoon and evening. Steepening mid-level lapse rates will contribute to moderate/pockets of strong MLCAPE this afternoon, and coupled with 40-50 kts of deep-layer shear would result in a favorable parameter space for supercell development by late afternoon/early evening with all severe hazards possible. Will introduce a small 5 percent tornado probability area across this region, where forecast sounding hodograph structure appears most favorable for low-level rotation/tornado potential east of a weak surface low.
Hmmm...
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1 hour ago, hardypalmguy said:
No more rain for us.
Looks like some stuff is pushing into at least southwest WI after all...we'll see how well it holds together.
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Enhanced risk upgrade for wind with the Iowa MCS, looks like a miss south again for I-80 and north.
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Models yesterday showing rain/storms over southern WI this morning were completely wrong. The sun's out.
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12 hours ago, Malacka11 said:
Any thoughts on severe potential Tuesday/Wednesday?
Pretty weak north of wherever the second MCS on Wednesday tracks, which as @hawkeye_wx alluded to in another thread, will probably be further south than most of us would like.
Sadly, just the fact that there's a pretty good chance for thunder is better than we've done for most of this year.
Edit: NAM now has even the first MCS going south of the state line Wednesday morning.
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7 hours ago, DLMKA said:
If you were in that spot today it would be blocked by a Dollar General.
Yup. Google Street View shows it was there by July of 2018.
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16 hours ago, cyclone77 said:
Well if it makes you feel any better my 2016 chase season peaked even earlier on March 15th with the Good Hope IL nader lol.
Caught a twilight glimpse of the Trivoli EF2 from the Casey's gas station on the west edge of Hanna City that day. I wanted to stay put and shoot it, or even drive a little north up IL-78 to try and get around the tree line, but my chase partner at the time (who was driving) freaked out a bit and wanted to keep driving east to stay ahead of it. So we let it go in the darkness and never did see it again.
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8 hours ago, frostfern said:
Still feels like miss south will be the rule for me with the frontal zone refusing to push north of I-80. High latitude Greenland block is good for shear/baroclinicity this time of year, but the constantly bad MJO / ENSO phase combo keeps the SE ridge from ever really flexing.
Yeah. GFS has pretty strong WNW 500mb flow for the time of year over us next Tuesday/Wednesday, but suggests instability will be lacking.
Despite being a career chase for me, March 31 is too damn early for our season to start and finish.
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Actually looking like we might get more rain than expected late this afternoon and tonight...
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Severe thunderstorm warning for a little pop-up hailer.
Timed just perfectly to pour on my 10-minute commute home from work. We'll take what we can get, but these teensy popcorn things ain't gonna make a dent in this drought.
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SPC has much of WI highlighted in the Day 4 outlook. They're the professionals, but I'm not really seeing it. NAM/GFS soundings for Wednesday look pretty mediocre. Could be some isolated wind/hail but not worthy of a Day 4 areal highlight IMO.
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