TheNiño

Jonas…. Son of a bitch.

4th tornado warning in 4 days now lol

Third tornado warning in as many days here

Nice big watch box now. Some strong-ish language… Tornado Watch for portions of Central and Eastern lowa Northern Illinois Extreme Southeast Minnesota Southern Wisconsin Lake Michigan Effective this Tuesday afternoon and evening from 230 PM until 1000 PM CDT. Primary threats include... Several tornadoes and a couple intense tornadoes likely Widespread large hail and scattered very large hail events to 4 inches in diameter likely Scattered damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts to 75 mph possible SUMMARY...Supercell thunderstorms will pose a threat for very large to giant hail this afternoon and evening as they track eastward, with the largest hailstones potentially reaching up to 3-4 inches in diameter. The threat for several tornadoes will increase later this afternoon and evening along a warm front, and any sustained supercell will be capable of producing a strong tornado. Otherwise, scattered to numerous severe/damaging winds may eventually occur as thunderstorms consolidate into one or more bowing clusters, with peak gusts up to 65-75 mph.

It’s definitely time.

Was wondering if that could possibly be the first PDS watch of the year. Might not be enough to reach that criteria but it could be close.

Juicy

South of Davenport looking gnarly

What I was thinking too. Appreciate the ALEK call

Any thoughts on the Springfield area? Will be there and am having trouble getting a read on it. Timing seems too early rn but still in the slight risk. Going from near 90 to 35 is going to be interesting. Will have to switch from AC to heat at my Airbnb. Gotta love March.

MKE hoisted a watch for SE Wisconsin. I thought they’d wait it out a bit longer but due to the potential for heavy impacts it’s understandable. The MKE area will probably vary pretty widely county by county. I do not envy the forecasters on this one. Going to be an interesting few days here in Kenosha trying to figure this one out.

Sounds like you did ok brother. We all know what to do during a tornado when we’re sitting on the couch in clear weather. And it’s easy to judge when we are safely watching videos away from the danger. When it actually happens IRL it’s so much different and I know from experience. I also regret some of my decisions when I was in one. I hope you’re all safe man glad you’re ok. Take a breather, and I’m being serious here, play some Tetris (an actual proven way to help with trauma right after experiencing it). You’re not dumb. When shtf our brains go to mush. You did what you could under stress and pressure and it sounds like you’re all ok that’s what matters. You did good man. I’m sorry you experienced this though.

Pretty cool. Sorry you no longer hold the record (I know this one isn’t confirmed yet), but let’s hope this one doesn’t get beat. Good grief I can’t imagine the noise and damage 6in hail would do. Feel bad for any people or animals that had to endure that.

Wouldn’t this be the largest hailstone ever recorded in Illinois by over an inch?? Correct me if I’m wrong.

Holy…

Sorry if it’s annoying to resurrect this thread but saw this and thought my fellow weather nerds would enjoy:

Sorry not sorry.

Once again SE WI actually cashing in. Moving here has been a blessing. Nothing major but not anything to scoff at either. Don’t mind my fallen over bird feeder and flag pole with no flag lol

It’s not just your memory. Last winter ORD saw 11.9 in for the entire 2024-2025 winter season which was a record low. Last winter was brutal. I got lucky up here in SE WI but it was extremely localized, as in basically Racine and Kenosha counties were the only winners in the region. Most of NE IL saw a pitiful amount of snow it was downright depressing. I lost count of how many times the models showed something fun brewing only for it to completely collapse or massively shift 48hrs out. At least we had a fun early start to this one but my greed is hoping we can manage another banger soon in the next few weeks. But even still this has been miles better than last year already. Last winter was so painful.

We should have a thread either way given the importance of the day lol

Welp. See y’all in a few weeks.

The lake is steaming

Ended up with ~4in. I’ll definitely take it.

We’ve started off pretty good here. MKE calling for possibly 6in near the lake in Kenosha and Racine counties with lake enhancement. Every snow so far has far exceeded my expectations. What a change from previous years (although even last year SE WI somehow locally cashed in during the few events we had). Loving this snowy start to winter. Dreaming of a White Christmas for once! Although this weather has been limiting how many Christmas lights and decorations are going up.