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Walaka 2018 took a "right hook" track similar to Iniki, but was already too far west to hit the islands.

Getting a little tired of these heat "ripples" always coming on weekends. My fiancee and I were hoping to drive to Kenosha this weekend to do a socially distant/outdoors visit with her mother. Not thrilled with the idea of doing that in 90 degrees. Conditions like yesterday or today would have been perfect, but we all have to work.

Maybe it doesn't help that I only have my two all-black work-provided ones (and a limited supply of surgical masks at home). I've got my first custom one on order.

I don't know if I'd go that far. I'll stick with "Annoying, but necessary for the time being."

Interesting there are still those little patches of southwest-central Iowa and northeastern Minnesota in up to D2 (severe drought).

Bring it. If that timing is right, I'll be going to work in the trailing stratiform precip region, which if any luck will have some lightning I can catch on-air with our skycams.

We shall see...

Miss north FTL. Just get to bake tomorrow and Sunday.

Nice storm about to roll in from the northwest. CAMs I looked at earlier today didn't really show Madison getting much of anything, so that's nice although the severe threat kind of went pfffft.

MKX with this nugget in the HWO... .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday There is a small chance for thunderstorms on Friday, and again Saturday night and Sunday. Thunderstorm chances return next Tuesday and Wednesday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed this afternoon and evening and again next Wednesday. Highly unusual for them to imply possible spotter activation nearly a week out, especially in a nondescript, low-predictability summer ridge pattern like the one we're in. The GFS does show some actual deep-layer shear getting into the region mid-next week for a change. Or, it's possible somebody was just bored.

Storms dropped us down to 70.

Yep. Nice boomer about to roll in.

One washed out a railroad bridge near Oostburg and derailed a coal train bound for Sheboygan.

1995 , 2012 . I was only 9 in 1995 but remember it being a very stormy summer. 2012 OTH was unrelenting hot and maddeningly quiet. 1995 also had a very busy spring tornado season leading into the summer heatwave (including the early June Texas Panhandle outbreaks). Which as we know this year has not featured.

Come on, ring of fire... SPC 4-8 outlook sounds like they expect most of it to be along/north of the international border, which figures.

So if I (34) were to be in a car accident, or were to catch COVID-19 and be one of the unfortunate few in my age group who needs hospital treatment, they should turn me away? Gee. thanks.

Good. The only thing worse than a hot and boring pattern is a cold and boring pattern.

Coastal bomb in summer...why not, 2020?

Nearly hydroplaned on Mineral Point eastbound just off the Beltline on my way home.

First peeks of sun all day as the backside of the line clears. Have fun, IL folks.

Never made it above the mid-70s today. Line coming in from the northwest, not expecting it to intensify much more than it already has.

MD out, says "tornado threat will be maximized in southern WI/northern IL." https://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/md/md1006.html Gonna need to see some sun to be convinced...

Is it me or is MKX radar down now for the last 20-ish minutes?

Not liking all these showers in the late morning.

Oh man, how did I blank on Dorian?