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Had a 40-50ft section of one of the south Hackberry trees split off this afternoon.  About 15" diameter at the attachment.  

Made it to 76 here, 79 at MLI.  May make another run at 80 tomorrow.

58mph at the Iowa City ASOS recently. 

Winds are pushing 50mph here.  DVN laid an egg by not including more of the IL counties in the wind advisory.

40-45mph southerly gusts out there, with a temp of 74 already here, and 76 at MLI.  Lots of blowing dust out in the open country.

Mid to upper 60s today, and another run at 80 tomorrow.  It's as dry as a desert so the sky's the limit wrt temp potential.

21 minutes ago, Chicago Storm said:

Skilling road off into the sunset tonight…

Sad to see, but what a great career.  Grew up watching him like so many others.  Unfortunately couldn't see his forecasts on TV anymore after WGN America became a thing, and WGN news wasn't available to us outside of Chicagoland.  That happened 10 years ago or so IIRC.  Hopefully he has a relaxing/long retirement.

Saw a few flurries fluttering down from scattered statocu early this morning.  Only made it to 30 here today, 47 degrees colder than yesterday's high.

EDIT:  With 0.13" of precip, this is the driest Feb I can remember here.  MLI picked up a little rain yesterday and that bumped them up to a lofty 0.26".  DVN has 0.18".  

Snowfall this month will total 0.3" here, with 0.6"/0.5" at MLI/DVN.

Looks like the snow threat crapped the bed tonight, but the temp crash has still been impressive.  Most areas have crashed over 50 degrees already from 8-9 hours ago, with wind chill values making it feel over 60 degrees colder.  

An unbelievable 79 at MLI today, hit 77 here.

Out the south window at work literally watched the southern sky go from clear to filled with towering cu in a matter of a half hour.  Would have made for an amazing time lapse.  

EDIT:  Cold front just slammed through.  Outside you could literally hear it coming, as it was nearly dead calm as it came in.

25 minutes ago, hawkeye_wx said:

The HRRR has 74º here at 2pm, snow showers by midnight, and a -15º wind chill by sunrise Wednesday.

This is gonna be like high plains Colorado kind of action.  All we need is a landspout tomorrow afternoon from the high-based convection here west of the main moisture axis lol

Tomorrow could be a day in which we see mid-upper 70s in the afternoon, and snow on the same calendar day if it arrives before midnight like some of the guidance shows.  

MLI ended up breaking the February and also the meteorological winter all-time high with today's 76.  Beat the "regular" record by 10 degrees lol.  

The all-time Feb high at MLI is 74, and the all-time meteorological winter record high is 75.  Both of those will probably be tied or broken tomorrow.  Many other sites in the DVN cwa will see the same as their records are attainable as well.

From a chasing standpoint this system might not be so good as initiation looks to hold off until near or after sunset.  That LaSalle/Joliet/Champaign triangle does look like a decent chance for a tor though.  

Near 70 tomorrow, and maybe mid 70s on Tue which will both be new record highs.

Looks like much of the sub will return to the 70s next weekend.  

Picked up a T here and at MLI/DVN.  Not sure what the records are for least snowy February but MLI will probably be in the top 5 with their 0.6" lol.

56 here this afternoon, but snowing lightly this evening. Temp has crashed back to freezing.

Looking pretty dry for the next 10 days for much of the DVN area.  Have 0.12" for Feb here, so may finish with <0.25" of precip.  

MLI hit 66 today, DVN 65, hit 61 here.  We're getting spoiled as this doesn't really feel that special/unusual anymore lol.

Models are showing a 50 degree drop in high temps over much of Iowa between Tue-Wed next week.  Around Des Moines they go from a high in mid 70s Tue, to a high in the mid 20s on Wed, with teens still holding on at midday.  That would/will be a brutal slap in the face. 

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With dews pushing 60 to mesh with temps in the 70s next Tue is gonna be great.  

What ever happened to Jackstraw?  Noticed the last of the snowpack was around his area today in Indiana and it reminded me that he hasn't been around in a long time.

'24-'25 winter will be rockin'

2 hours ago, hawkeye_wx said:

We are over-performing by several degrees today, now at 56º.  It's going to be a very mild week.

Seems to happen every spring.  This time of year we're desert-like with no vegetation and in this case dry top soil.  Even the most aggressive models for warmth tend to low-ball.

Snowpack having a big impact on temps this afternoon.