TheNiño

Looks fake but I hate that we are now in a timeline we can’t tell

It has been confirmed

There could be a flash flooding risk in the Milwaukee area Thurs night into fri morning. Train going to be riding that stationary front. Milwaukee doesn’t do well with these events

I was born and raised in the Midwest but have lived all over. My favorite was probably in the mountains near Durango Colorado. Stunningly beautiful and nature every direction you look. The summers were incredible. Perfect weather and no mosquitos or annoying bugs due to the altitude I was at (about 8,000ft). The mountains created almost daily little thunderstorms. By little, I mean you could legit actually walk around them. Almost every afternoon around 3pm you could plan on it. It was very cool. Fire danger wasn’t cool though and the winters could get a little depressing. The mountains made the sun disappear by 2pm so it was just cold and dark most of the time. I also enjoyed San Diego. Absolutely amazing beaches and pretty much perfect weather daily. But I really started missing changing weather and season changes. Going 6 months without rain was something I could never get used to. I heard thunder maybe twice in those 6 years I lived there. I know it’s weird to complain about perfect weather all the time, but the lack of variety was torturing me as a weather weenie. As with most of you, I’m just a midwesterner through and through. I’d like to move to the northwoods of Wisconsin someday as I don’t mind the cold and snow and move it up there, but the job market keeps me further south. Maybe I’ll retire up there someday. But as someone who has lived all over the country and travelled it extensively (49/50 states multiple times), there are many places I love to visit, but the Midwest has always been “home.” I will likely spend the rest of my life here. we are very fortunate to live in this big, beautiful country though. Anything you want, we got it. photo of one of the Durango thunderstorms I was talking about…

Only 27 more to go to tie the record for most tornadoes on record in any state. Not sure it’ll happen but it’ll be remarkably close. What a crazy spring/summer

My windows are covered in moisture and I’m well north of the main risk areas. Feels juiced but I guess we’ll see

Nothing burger here. Rainer and great lightning but that’s it

These dudes are crazy rn. Also sorry for spamming the thread but ya these dudes are nuts

Thunder is crazy.

Svr warnings all over here. I knew I felt it lol Edit: Feeling a tail end Charlie coming through here let’s see.

Fair lol still beautiful

Sometimes you can just see and feel it. Que the twister meme dropping dirt lol

Watch is up lol. Significant clearing behind the line. Madison is sunny and already at 92

Seriously. I had the same thought. Feels like I’m wearing the air. Pretty dense fog here next to the lake too

Good grief. Hopefully they get it out of their system before Oshkosh

This is my moment

Welp here we go again

Oshkosh AirVenture could be interesting. Not like there’s 10s of thousands of people camping and thousands of planes that aren’t tied down properly. Hopefully they catch a break

Six Flags closed at 3 today. First time in the parks history it closed due to air quality. Black Keys concert in Chicago also cancelled

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The past few years has been crazy with the smoke but this is the worst I’ve ever experienced. AQI in Libertyville was over 700 briefly. That’s absolutely insane. Not sure how to look up historical data on this but is this a relatively new thing within the past 5-10 years? I do not remember anything like this ever happening in the 90s - 2010s. I’m sure climate change is a contributor but what else is at play here? Why are the fires so much more intense than in decades past? Has Canada stopped doing some sort of prevention/mitigation that they used to do in the past? Have rainfall amounts dramatically decreased up there recently? Or am I simply misremembering and this has always been an issue? It feels like this only started happening maybe 5 years ago but it’s been every summer since.

Tor warned here. I’ve actually lost track of how many we’ve had. What a crazy year Edit: Warning was cancelled before it got here. Nice little non rotating wall cloud rolled through though. I’d estimate 50mph gusts. Power is out. Was a fun one

I am absolutely loving this show. Got about 12 mosquito bites taking this though. Little bastards