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One thing to consider is the almighty lakes. Typically it holds up advancing warm fronts, and I see no reason this is going to be different especially with precip and clouds ahead of the low

Best setup I've seen in years for you guys. I would absolutely be driving from OH to IL if I still lived there but I digress. I'm REALLLLLYYYYYY impressed with lapse rates for tomorrow. While chasing would be cool, you have to take into account that there will be some giant hail tomorrow. This kind of explosive growth should aid supercell development tremendously, and bring strong downdrafts down leading to quite a few tornadoes. A sub-990 mb low and dry line is some serious stuff for this area. Promising but kind of terrifying considering the possibilities it may bring. Would not shock me to see multiple long track tornadoes tomorrow in IL leading into a fierce MCV-Bow Echo that blows through IN/OH

This weather cannot make up its mind. Had all the windows open last night, put a little bit of a chill in the house when I woke up. Then tomorrow thru Sunday we'll have the AC on full blast

The big problem with this in America is our first test did not work. That was the greatest failure by our country, we simply do not prepare in case the testing does not work. That's like showing up to the golf course without tees, lol it's unreasonable to predict that. I think this thing will be on the down turn by the end of April, everyone seems to be taking it seriously enough that it should flatten the curve

Right. This isn't the Plains where you get extremely unstable atmospheres. 10 C°/KM is completely unstable correct?

I imagine there will be a pretty nice outflow boundary laid down as well. Helicity levels are pretty darn high for today with a decent environment

I think the warm air slows it down a bit, simply because UV light burns it off of outside surfaces and people are more inclined to naturally be distant from each other due to the nicer weather. Regardless right now I think we have a better chance of getting sick from these wild temperature swings, to go from 89 on Saturday, 61 yesterday and 59 right now is wild. Then Friday & Saturday we're right back at it making a run at 90.

China is kinda both of those things sir. As a person in supply chain I can tell you right now it is easily a dictatorial-capitalist society which holds them back severely

I'm saying people with lost incomes are going to be motivated to get out and rob people

The statewide shutdown is ridiculous and should be illegal. It is going to spread pure chaos similar to a hurricane, except there is nowhere to evacuate to. You'll literally have to be armed at all times if something like this were to happen as those who have lost their incomes will become incredibly desperate. I currently am keeping a firearm on me at all times when going into the store with how crazy things are. I mean heck people get mugged all the time during Black Friday, imagine true desperation

They shouldn’t lock anything down other than cities. People should be able to at least go to work and go home

Why would our infrastructure be prepared? Lol there has never been a reason for en masse ventilators and respirators

Yeah people are still working here in SC, just most of the service/retail industry is closed. I'm working from home now (supply chain analyst) and we've got a contingency list where if any of us are hospitalized/die we take over their responsibilities in the meantime. Crazy times we're living in but it was a matter of time until a virus turned into a global pandemic

Meanwhile here in Charleston no one cares lol. I won't lie though temps are regularly above 70° by now and UV light is very effective at killing bacteria

12" of snow is not measly at all lol. That is a legitimate snowstorm, especially during the dry season for us

Wow that is unreal to see. Basically got hit by a Tropical Storm on the southern shores of Lake Michigan today

Unbelievable how winter just died out as we rolled into March. I officially move next week down South and will have recorded my second round of golf this season on Sunday. Bonkers stat for Northern Ohio

Easy rusty. I've seen quite a few tornadoes in chillier than usual temperatures, helicity can do some incredible things with limited instability

Yeah you have to think our typical nighttime lows are around 60-65 in the Summer.

Why's that? It's honestly pretty commonplace to see that up here in Ohio, especially in the Fall

Already 32° here by Toledo. I think the weather people were off and misleading on their 2-4” in the local area. Column has already cooled considerably, I think 5-6” is going to be the number for the majority of the area

One thing not being talked about much is the winds associated with this. Rush hour conditions are going to be absolutely horrible tomorrow in places like Toledo and Detroit

It’s like Mother Nature knows I’m moving and wants me to see legit snow one more time lol

Not only that but it is the geography as well. If it gets going in IA/WI/IL your storms are going to lineup by the time the low approaches. Also typical SW-NE trajectory of low pressures as they gain strength and go poleward means you get farther from the low in the Great Lakes as the storm tracks through. I was based out of Columbus this summer for work and let me just say the Memorial Day Tornado Outbreak was something. Total flashback to June 5-6, 2010 in how charged the atmosphere was after sunset. Helicities were off the charts and everything was spinning

Well well another one leaving the NW Ohio area. I nearly got relocated to CS but it's gonna be Charleston instead for work. The office is out of Boulder correct?