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The summer of never-ending 10kt 500mb flow. All in all will be a forgettable summer weather-wise. Wasn't terrible, wasn't great. A decent amount of 90s, but lame in big heat. 94 the hottest temp of the summer at MLI which is pretty meh. Still some time to beat that, but summer is going fast.

For here I guess it'd be the 50mph winds the evening of 7/11, the night MLI gusted to 80mph. Seems like nocturnal MCS are non-existent this season. Most action has been from pulse type stuff back in parts of June and July.

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Nice day today. Dews back in the 70s this weekend. Could go for a good thunderstorm, it's been awhile.

46 at Rochelle, and 45 for Aurora for low temps (on the hour at least).

Down to 49 already at Rochelle. 53 here. Dewpoint dipped into the upper 40s this afternoon for awhile.

Already down to 46 at Hampton Iowa as of midnight. Black River Falls at 42. A fantastic taste of fall is a breath of relief from the stagnant summer stank. Fresh cool/dry air pouring in through the open windows tonight will make for some great sleeping conditions.

Yeah this is making me look forward to fall. The look of the sky, the air, and even the smell is different today. Only 69 for a high here so far.

Could see dews dip into the 40s tomorrow or Wednesday. That's pretty tough to do this time of the year with crops in full swing. Top notch weather for sure.

Picked up 0.26" from a passing thundershower around midday.

Geez. What state's Kitchener in? Never heard of it lol.

This little feature persisted for a good 10 minutes to the southeast of work an hour ago or so underneath a light rain shower. When it started to dissipate it looked like it roped out. Pretty sure this was a funnel.

Sorry to beat a dead horse with this, but as a weather enthusiast this is just flat out amazing to me. It's only mid-morning there local time, and the heat index is already up to 151 at Bandar Iran with a temp/dew of 99/91. Several other locations with dews in the upper 80s/low 90s in the region lends credence to the obs legitimacy. A short ways to the west at Abadan the dew is substantially lower at 54, where the wind is blowing off shore. Needless to say if you lived in that area you'd be constantly praying for the wind to blow off shore as opposed to on shore lol. On a side note, Kuwait City is already at 109 actual temp as of their 8am ob lol. What an interesting region of weather. EDIT: There were 6 locations with dews between 90-91 at the 04z ob, the obs below are from 05z (which has 4 90+ dew obs). EDIT2: Kuwait City actual temp 115 at 9am. Click image for larger picture.

A brief but very heavy shower dropped 0.23" late this morning. That brings us to 3.98" for July.

Iowa does it again. A tornado has been reported out southwest of Cedar Rapids a short while ago.

90 at MLI and here today. Some nice towers billowing up in the northern sky atm.

Some incredible heat index readings on the other side of the world around the Persion Gulf this morning (afternoon there). On shore flow off the blazingly warm Persion Gulf is blowing in extreme humidity, with dews in the mid 80s in several locations. One location (Jask in Iran) has a dew of 90. The big winner for what must be absolute hell on Earth goes to Bandar Iran, where they are at 109/86 with a heat index of 148 lol.

It probably was, but that storm would probably have had to be 100kft tall for me to see it from here.

Was walking out to my truck after work a short while ago and noticed a large thunderhead waaaaay down on the distant northeast horizon. Could tell it was quite strong, and kind of guessed it could be way up by Milwaukee. Was quite surprised to see that the storm is actually way up by Sheboygan!

Got about a half inch of rain this evening, and a pretty nice light show for a few hours. Much heavier rains all around us, but I'll take what we got, as it looks dry for the next 7-10 days as Hawkeye said.

Hit 93 at MLI and here, heat index reached 109/108 here/MLI. Dewpoint peaked at 79 here.

Dews are barely above 70 up in Chicagoland where temps are hottest. Must be some deeper mixing going on or something. Out this way dews have stayed AOA 77 most of the day and temps are several degrees "cooler". Heat index values are higher here though, and pushing 110 at times. EDIT: Looks like a rogue storm has popped right over the city, and is heading towards ALEK lol

92/79/108 here. At least there's a breeze unlike yesterday. Still a shot at bumping 80 dewpoint this afternoon.

They had a late rally and hit 90 after climate data was posted.