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Hands down the strongest I have smelled wildfire smoke in Chicago area. Glad I opted to do my run indoors this morning

Brining me back to 2014-16 summer times. Love it

Lots of discussion concerning ring of fire pattern setting up with this heatwave coming through. Honestly feeling like we'll get missed north this time around

Still a lot of summer left. Hoping you snag a great, closer chase

Likely strong tornado ongoing in IA heading toward southwest/west wisconsin

Does anyone have any good examples of when the warm front has advanced far north in just a few hours i.e. low central IL to far N IL? It feels like more often than not models will suggest this can happen but often it just stalls or barely retreats north.

Little under 48 hours out looks like a thread the needle event for areas of DuPage and Cook near the city. Will be incredibly fast storm motion

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TORE now. Unbelievable.

So clearly defined. Haven't seen a clear, detached debris ball like that in a while. Nothing much else impeding it either in the near term outside of the two small cells to its southeast

Lots of chasers reporting VERY strong winds leading to quick recovery. Will see how much that affects Chicagoland area but do think we recover some compared to previous crapvection days

Assuming I am reading my UTC times correctly, this was pretty spot on with winds so far.

Might some convergence on the line as it approaches Elburn, IL area

Are you referring to Thursday? Because I am seeing/wondering same. The convection isn't quite as large/robust at the very end of run but a bit more discrete than earlier models