Cyclone-68

1 minute ago, HoarfrostHubb said:

I read about that fire when I was a youth... loved reading about natural and manmade disasters.  I cannot even fathom how people dealt with that in the 1870s.  No real communication or way to fight fire.

 

The Maine fires in the 1940s always intrigued me

I heard another theory recently that sparks from that tragedy in Wisconsin may have started the Chicago fire?

I’d love to get some severe thundersmoke tomorrow afternoon 

Some house rattlers with this batch 

Just passed the 38th anniversary of this incredible event:

https://stormstalker.wordpress.com/2022/06/08/may-31-1985-the-united-states-canada-outbreak/

2 hours ago, butterfish55 said:

Very smokey in Fall River right now from those fires in Nova Scotia. Can smell it too
 

If we help them out again maybe we can get another tree out of the deal?

Severe is like world peace..It’ll never happen but there’s always hope 

I’ve been busy re reading everything I can about NE tornadoes so I’m ready 

1 hour ago, CoastalWx said:

Might get a lot of low topped convection/graupel next several days after today. 

I’ve already started to get lightning alerts on my phone. Let’s keep ‘‘em coming 

I thought these murky days only happened when we were under a potential severe weather “threat” 

Ahhh was finally looking forward to cracking the window open to some warmth and sun today  but when I woke up I noticed once again I would be stuck in the murk. When will I ever learn 

 I can’t even remember a previous severe threat around here in April but we did get a legit severe storm in Feb a few years ago 

How does this potential today compare/not compare to say 2011 in terms of possible severity?

There may even be snow showers early tomorrow morning in the same places as the tornado watch is in currently..Always found that fascinating 

1 minute ago, weatherwiz said:

Scary wording 

 Mesoscale Discussion 0390
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   1037 AM CDT Fri Mar 31 2023

   Areas affected...portions of southeastern Iowa...northwestern
   Illinois...and far northeastern Missouri

   Concerning...Outlook upgrade 

   Valid 311537Z - 311630Z

   SUMMARY...Portions of the Moderate Risk over southeastern IA,
   northwestern IL, and far northeastern MO will be upgraded to a
   categorical High Risk in the 1630 UTC Convective outlook.

   DISCUSSION...An upgrade to a tornado-driven High Risk (30%
   probability) is expected for the 1630 UTC outlook. Environmental
   conditions are quickly becoming favorable to support the potential
   for numerous strong to potentially violent and long-track tornadoes
   across portions of southeastern IA, northwestern IL, and far
   northeastern MO. Please see the forthcoming Day 1 outlook update for
   more information.

   ..Lyons/Smith.. 03/31/2023

It just doesn’t get any scarier than that 

Looks like parts of that moderate zone are being upgraded to high risk very soon per posts in the Midwest thread 

The new moderate risk area for today is insane. Can’t recall anything that extensive 

6 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

Go west.

Horace Greeley must have been a meteorologist in these parts too lol

If we end up with severe even up in our parts then I can only imagine what the folks in the Midwest are going to be dealing with tomorrow…

13 minutes ago, weatherwiz said:

I was debating starting a severe thread. Not a fan of how dry alot of soundings looked though...but there may be enhanced convergence right along the front. Good sign to see models with decent QPF signal. 

What are your thoughts about the probable severe outbreak in the central part of the country Friday Wiz? Reed Timmer seems to be hitting it hard.

I never took any official snow measurements but off the top of my head we wound up with somewhere between 10-13 inches for the season. That would definitely be the quietest winter in my lifetime 

Hopefully at least the tropics will be interesting this year 

1 minute ago, Lava Rock said:

I can't recall a Noreaster that gave up to 40" over in NH, but Maine got relatively skunked.

That’s got to be even more of a rarity 

I don’t think I can recall a storm with such incredible discrepancies in snow totals in such a short distance. Doesn’t mean it hasn’t happened just that I can’t recall it 

Finally more snow than rain but precip is light. Glad I don’t let this stuff get to me anymore 

Two inches and falling heavily! (of rain, DOOH!)