That sugar maple looks a little young to be crapping out already.
Deep blue skies here as well, with some towers going up. A few isolated downpours have popped up in the heat of the day.
A moderate risk would definitely have worked out quite well this evening. Fairly dense population of severe reports showing up as the evening progresses.
55 MPH quality gust front. Enough to be entertaining and don't have to worry about a massive cleanup.
Heavy rains arriving now. Temp has crashed over 20 degrees.
Sirens going off here with the emergency notification blasting everyone's phones. Good shot at 70-80mph from the looks of things, especially just north.
Yeah this flash flood threat is definitely pretty high end. These storms are lined up parallel with the swath of highest PWs, north of 2". Some seriously high totals I'm afraid for some peeps.
Thunder crashing woke me up around 4am. Picked up a few tenths which pushes us up over the 4" mark for July.
Looking forward to the action later today/this evening.
Heat index in Peoria is still 104 with the new midnight ob (86/82). The wind is nearly calm too so it would not be a good night to be out camping or having a bonfire lol.
EDIT: Still 104 heat index at 1am ob.
Spoke too soon about this lol. 2nd day in a row with a 78 dew. Good chance we hit 80 tomorrow. Nice pool of 80-83 dews lurking just to the south/southwest.
MLI hit 96 today which ties for the hottest to date so far. Morning clouds in the wake of the convection knocked a degree or two off the potential today.
Nice area of elevated action heading this way, putting out a lot of strokes. Ready for some rumbles before baking this afternoon. Gonna be sweating like Patrick Ewing in the 4th quarter lol.
Dews have crept up into the 70s. That and the hazy/smoky conditions make it seem like the air is stagnant.
Looks like a good chance at tagging 100 either tomorrow/Thu/Fri. Best chance looks like Friday, but can't completely rule out tomorrow or Thu.
DVN has 100 in the point for Thu at MLI, 99 on Friday.
We still haven't made a run at an 80 degree dewpoint yet, which is kind of unusual. Looking like there's a good chance we won't make it this year.