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Had 45mph gusts with the gust front a bit ago. Temp crashed nicely.

Yeah just a bit over a half inch for Aug here. Finished with 0.17" of anvil rain this morning.

The dust has been properly settled here, as we picked up 0.09" of rain as the storms slowly withered and crapped the bed at the doorstep.

Or not. We received nothing.

Ready for my favorite; late-night Iowa sloppy seconds later tonight. Another 90 for MLI today, only 89 here.

92 here today, only 90 at MLI. With dews about 10-14 degrees lower than what the heatwave earlier this month had this didn't really feel all that warm.

89'd both here and at MLI today. MLI has 22ish AOA 90 degree days last time I checked.

Can't believe it's already been over a year since our beloved derecho hit. Time flies.

Perfect night for sleeping with the windows open, as temps tanked pretty nicely here. Made it down to 50 degrees.

Interesting concept with the lack of moving parts etc. I've read that those aren't very accurate with rainfall, especially during heavy rains. Have you tried verifying it against an old fashioned regular rain gauge? When I got the first Davis years ago it took me awhile to trust the automated tippy cup style gauge. I verified it against my old gauge for several different types of events before I fully trusted it. One thing I like about having a station with moving cups is it keeps the birds away. With the lack of moving cups I'd imagine cleaning bird crap off the station on a weekly basis lol.

Wow, 3rd afternoon/evening in a row that failed to produce anything. Definitely a huge fail to be sure. Luckily we got that 0.33" yesterday morning with that severe storm.

MLI with a heat index of 98 at 11pm (86/78). Very impressive. EDIT: And now a 97 degree heat index at midnight.

The past two evenings have ended up considerably more quiet than what models/SPC had advertised. Luckily we got in on that action this morning or this would have been a pretty bad back to back bust for this area. Dews have ascended into the upper 70s again. Even a few 80 degree dews in the area as well (Clinton and Sterling).

lol yeah. It stormed pretty decently at work at least which was cool, although not severe like here.

Must have had a pretty bad storm here this morning. Lots of sticks and branches down, with some tree damage around town as well. A large cottonwood splintered near the railroad tracks just west of town. Guessing we had 60mph winds here for a time. Picked up 0.33" of rain. EDIT: Thanks @Chicago Storm for the radar pic in other thread. Definitely explains things lol.

Picked up 0.02" from decaying anvil shower earlier. Today another letdown, let's try again tomorrow lol.

Nice 45 mph gusts with the outflow boundary that just blew in. Temp/dew has crashed nicely.

Looks like it's gonna be a nice whale's mouth.

MLI had 95/81/117 earlier. Heat index peaked at 116 here with a peak dew of a sweltering 82.

The storm that blew up right overhead a bit ago started putting out nice CGs before there was any rain shaft visible. Pretty kewl.

Congrats on all the tornadoes today everyone! I had some obligations which kept me from getting out the door until 7pm lol. Managed to get on a nice tornado warned sup south of Princeton IL. Had nice structure and a few brief funnels. This near Tiskilwa around 8:15pm

Towering cu in the southern and eastern halves of the sky. Look like they could go at any point, but they will blow up just southeast/east of this area as expected. Hopefully we can get in some thunderstorms tomorrow night. Dews in the upper 70s again, with heat index readings around 100 again.

Some nice looking agitated cu back here on the western end of things. Looking quite interesting for a good chunk of n. IL.

Yeah the longevity of that sup out in IA is very impressive.

89'd for 2nd day in a row at MLI as afternoon clouds came in and coc k blocked today's 90 potential. Today was looking like a good chance for storms for days but the setup has skipped over us. Hopefully can get a storm early tomorrow before the better storms fire up to the east (again) later in the day.