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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

35 minutes ago, Stebo said:

7-7.5 c/km are not poor lapse rates, only the GFS is closer to 6.5 which is workable but also poorly underdone by a shitty model. 

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

48 minutes ago, frazdaddy said:

I should have been more clear. The fact that they have many cases already seems to preclude the "Warm air will stop it  mentality"

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.

3 hours ago, sokolow said:

@RCNYILWX I think it is important to recognize that China is not an evil and monolithic orwellian total state with iron control over an antlike brainwashed populace; geopolitically it’s a modern state-capitalist superpower with a strong centralized government that has foreign, domestic, and economic policy priorities different to those of the USA. Those priorities don’t rate some individual rights as highly, and do rate some collective rights more highly.  Nonetheless the level of active surveillance power & coercive intrusion the central government can apply is probably less than the DDR had at its height and likely less than the USA can apply to you or me if it thinks we’re a national security threat

If I wanted to round up a dozen candid accounts & frank opinions from Chinese nationals all I’d have to do is just ask a bunch of friends and I’d probably get answers within a day

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

1 minute ago, RobertSul said:

There’s nowhere to evacuate to because people just stay home (a lot of the chaos before a hurricane comes from everyone trying to leave at once), and how would this affect people with lost incomes anymore than they’re already being impacted?
 

Besides, there’s legislation being worked on to help people in need. 

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

Missed some of it but sounds like Pritzker is dropping the hammer in IL.

In what ways is our infrastructure and medical system not prepared? Or maybe, I should ask what other things  do you think that should be in place that would have us prepared for an instance like we are currently expecting?

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

On 2/29/2020 at 2:51 AM, hlcater said:

So... Apparently, its been 47 YEARS since CID last measured 12" of snow. I measured 12" in 2008, but apparently the airport did not. Absolutely astonishing how hard a measly 12" is around here.

http://www.midwestweathercenter.com/nstew-blog/2020/2/28/missing-the-big-one-streaks-without-a-big-snow-storm

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

19 hours ago, burrel2 said:

Tornados that do this type of damage aren't common in any environment. What the f*** are you talking about?

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

1 hour ago, BuffaloWeather said:

Ef 3/4 tornadoes at nighttime with temps in the 50s/60s is commonplace? If so, I need to brush up on my tornadic knowledge. 

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

39 minutes ago, BuffaloWeather said:

19 people were sleeping at home in their beds and didn't wake this morning. Pretty crazy to think about a nighttime tornado in early March with low 60s temps creating a tornado strong enough to do that type of damage. Was it 10% hatch tornado last night in that area? 

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

On 2/19/2020 at 1:37 PM, Hoosier said:

With how big of an area we cover, it's tough to get one in all the states.  I can think of some since then that have affected 4 or 5 states but not sure about all of them.

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

1 hour ago, AppsRunner said:

Hey guys,  just dropping in here now to say hello! I'll be moving out to DEN/BOU near the end of June to start at the WFO. Looking forward to some future discussions with you all, and I'm excited to live in a slightly more exciting state! Hopefully you'll be seeing me in more threads around here over the next few months. Any advice on the best places to live would always be appreciated (and maybe the best places to get out to storm chase from too )

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?

Thanks guys. And yeah hurricane forecasting is going to be interesting for sure with something locally at stake lol. I will miss most weather wise the tornado chasing on the flat country of NW Ohio. It's basically Oklahoma East out here and has made for some awesome intercepts in recent years

I’ve been a poster on here since 2011 and enjoyed these forums quite well. However my work is relocating me to the Charleston SC area so I will not be posting much with you guys anymore.

Hope everyone here gets dumped on the last few weeks of winter and has a warm spring! Also cheers to a few solid tornadoes this year lol