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Some dog walk pics of a line of storms that rolled through a bit before sunset. Was zooted; walked up a local preserve sled hill and didn't realize how close the storms were getting until the first rain drops started falling out ahead.  Just as I started to walk back down the hill, the cell headed straight for me started producing really consistent branching CC lightning; checked radarscope  to find a new severe t-storm warning on said cell. Only then did it register that I now needed to run two miles back through the muddy ass forest to my neighborhood with the accompaniment of lightning overhead and rapidly worsening rain. I had barely wrapped my head around the warning when I started hearing tornado sirens. At that point, ofc, the ol' adrenal glands managed to shake off the thc with ease and whoo boy, I don't think my ass has hauled like that since college track. I did slip in the mud one like a fool but other than a muddy pair of pants, I was fine. Sirens lasted for about five minutes; family says they were on in Plainfield, too. The storm never received an official tornado warning, to my knowledge. I don't think I've ever seen the sky be that rich in color. 

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

 

Raw as hell

While this isn't looking like a huge severe event locally, I'm happy to be seemingly reeling in another day of multiple rounds of storms.  My heart of hearts would love to go chasing tomorrow but I'm extremely wary of any chase to the east of home because I despise that moment of realization when you consider that every minute you stay in pursuit becomes another minute you're going to spend driving back. I love driving, but what really seals the deal is my car doesn't have functioning cruise control atm (from when I had to replace the ignition cylinder back in November and I broke some pins on the module connecting everything under the steering column), and I'm not about to make myself have to drive six hours back from NW Ohio in the dark without CC. 

Looking forward to some more storms this evening. Will be fun to see whether we just get some decaying popcorn at the hyper-local level or if a baby squall line can form as lot is discussing 

Have had storms rolling through on and off for like the last 7 or 8 hours now. Nothing severe here really but the lightning was surprisingly good with this last wave. This really is a fun season overall, I can really get behind the storms every day or two 

Little gv+ moving through right now packs a bit of a punch tbh. Nice gust or two for sure 

3 hours ago, frostfern said:

 

You called that pretty good like over an hour in advance 

19 minutes ago, bowtie` said:

Can anyone tell me why KIND and KLOT suddenly stopped updating every five minutes and went to just updating every hour since one this afternoon. Is it just a western region thing or all over?

Idk if I'm just dumb but I don't have any issue with LOT's radar on radarscope

Curious to see what's going to happen with tail end charleston over there, looks like a merger of sorts underway with supposedly clear skies to the south and east

34 minutes ago, bowtie` said:

Had some cirrus in Indianapolis also. Best I could do...

 

 

Best I've seen so far for sure

40 minutes ago, CheeselandSkies said:

Happy to do it, just need something to talk about that doesn't mostly go belly-up on the day (fortunately for the OH/IN/KY area, though).

In the meantime, feel free to rewatch my Keota video.

3:08 - 3:38 - 30 seconds is what it took to go from a little tendril of condensation curling around the top of the funnel, to that massive collar cloud that would crown the wedge stage.

 

That really is a once in a lifetime chase. Rivals any footage I've ever seen 

Is this JPB guy at LOT new or am I tweaking? His AFD sounds pretty good

3 hours ago, Geoboy645 said:

It's already starting to snow a little bit here in Green Bay. GRB has issued a winter storm watch for tomorrow and Wednesday for it's eastern half and this is pretty strong wording considering the low lead time for this.

 

This is really giving me the same vibes as 3/25 last year. Large area of snow, with a death band that we don't really know where it's going to set up in the event is underway. And this time, there's going to be a hefty wind component to it. Green Bay may legit get it's second foot plus storm this year which is insane considering the rest of the winter. 

Hope you get something good out of it king 

Trees are really sneezing out there tn

1 minute ago, Stebo said:

C- winter

What was your snow total?

I'll go D here. What really broke me early this winter is that it felt like several of our chances were real chances, until suddenly they weren't. The hype train had definitely left the station at least a couple times only to get accidentally routed into a siding. I guess it's cool that we had even two weeks of real winter, but it was hard to enjoy it in the shadow of what could've been. 

2 hours ago, michsnowfreak said:

I've heard NWS mets frequently say not to add up the point and click, which I never understood lol

 

Isn't it largely due to melting/compaction?

1 hour ago, OrdIowPitMsp said:

Quite a bullish afternoon forecast discussion by MPX. This tidbit at the end caught my attention. Things are about to change.

 

“However, after the benign
winter and how dry it`s been (MSP is now experiencing their
second longest stretch ever with less than 0.01"), this system
could bring major impacts to the region for a prolonged period.”

Hope you guys get the goods. Certainly looks like a memorable time.

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

extended looks cool to cold so should slow things down

As long as it doesn't actually damage anything for the rest of the season but yeah that's tough for sure

Banking on the NAM for some ~GV around here at sunset. That'd be a great. Also planning to take a trip to Central Indiana tomorrow coincidentally to pick up a salvaged fender to replace the one that I got crushed by a tornado last April. It'd be nice to at least catch some cool clouds on the way back, let alone any noteworthy severe threat to navigate through.

You know that point in spring where the green is subliminally taking the forest over? Like you look around and everything is still mostly brown but the green is just seeping in anyway when you stare long enough? Can't believe we're there already

1 hour ago, CheeselandSkies said:

Which radar site is that? KMKX?

Whoops, looks like that was LOT. Completely failed to notice that somehow

I hope this isn't a silly question to ask, but what does it mean if there's a lot of red or whatever but not green? Like a one-sided velocity signature, I guess you could say? Does that mean rotation is breaking down or something?