IWXwx

Just now, IWXwx said:

It never gets old

14 hours ago, cyclone77 said:

Not sure if Broyles issued a crappy day 3 outlook early this morning, as a new updated day 3 has been issued earlier this afternoon to replace his original day 3.

Dude, you are wasting a lot of time splitting hairs over the temperatures during the '88 heat wave/drought, as if 100° was some sort magical number.  So what if the actual temps at first order stations were inflated by a degree or two? As you said yourself, it was the worst since '36.

As an aside, I was 30 years old in '88 and drove from Indiana (with no a/c), spending some time in Philly and D. C. during the height of the heat wave.  I saw several mercury thermometers that registered 100° or more in the shade during that trip.  And it wasn't a one and done, it was days upon days of mid and upper 90's. It was most extreme heat and dryness I have ever experienced and is still one for the record books, whether the thermometer read 102° or 99°.

0.72" of much needed rain here this morning. Also, with a little instability, we got to enjoy some thunder, music to my ears. Now waiting on the big show.

I'm pretty excited.  Initiation looks to occur just to my west/overhead.

Since I retired from Emergency Management, I won't be tied down to our county, so I will be able to chase. However, it should practically be a back yard chase.

22 hours ago, weatherbo said:

Nice.  What area did you visit?  Too bad streams and rivers are entering their seasonal lows, especially with the dry stretch.  Come back in early Autumn.

We hit most of the falls east of Marquette. The Rock River area, around Munising, the Pictured Rock lakeshore area, including a few that doesn't show up on a Google search.  I wanted to go west, but we had limited time.  I would like to go back in the fall, as you said, and hit some falls farther west and up your way.

32 minutes ago, A-L-E-K said:

lol

same as it ever was

You’re slacking 

10 hours ago, weatherbo said:

Here in the boreal woods of the north it's very swampy, even during drier times.  On my property alone there's three separate swamps with one being right close to the house.  It's always buggy until about mid-august.  Some years are just worse than others.

High of 83 yesterday and looking like a carbon copy today.  Breeze will help.

My wife and I spent the past few days hiking in the UP, taking a self-made waterfall tour. I can vouch for Amazonian-type insects. Also, the waterfalls were not as exciting as what they would be with a little more water to work with.

14 hours ago, Chicago Storm said:

have been mia for the past few weeks, but am back and see we're still in zzzzz mode.

 

I realized yesterday that you hadn't posted for awhile. I figured that it was just because of the boring pattern we are in.

11 hours ago, SchaumburgStormer said:

With .04" and no rain in the forecast for the extended, time to dust off this puppy. 

 

Lol. IWX is all over it already.

Given the long duration of dry conditions in the forecast, it is
possible that a flash drought could occur towards the end of the
month. Rain totals across much of the CWA are between 1 to 2 inches
below normal for the month to date, and with prolonged dry
conditions expected through at least the end of the next week (if
not longer depending on how strong the upper level ridge can
get), this signals drought could develop. The CPC highlights the
southern half of our CWA as an area that could potentially
experience a rapid onset of drought conditions by the start of
June. This is something we will have to continue to monitor in the
coming week.

Almost four hours of off and on nocturnal boomers. A good night.

Normal temps for mid-May here are 72°/61°.  I'd take 10 degrees below normal and be happy.  Of course I also wouldn't complain about 10 degrees above normal.

23 minutes ago, cyclone77 said:

This ranks up there at the top of shittiest weather days possible for the very end of April.  Just awful.  40 degrees with steady very light rain that is too light to benefit any living plants.  40mph winds added for a dash of misery.  Anything following this day of garbage weather will be an improvement.

That will be my weather for the next two days. The few days of summer-like weather is not a fair trade for the crap we've had to endure, otherwise.

4 minutes ago, weatherbo said:

Measured 3” on the grill and still coming down. Should reach 50 today and melt, however, heavier snow possible this weekend.  

Bo, turn the snow machine off up there or at least keep it in the UP, as it's only a couple of weeks before it's time to head up to the Upper Lower for some shrooms.

The trough just keeps on troughin'

My contribution to the complaint thread. Aside from the one week torch this year, April has been dominated by cutoff lows for the past several years in our sub-forum. This sucks.

6 hours ago, weatherbo said:

Off and on snow/rain mix yesterday, and some flurries today. Nothing substantial.

Northern lights are incredible tonight. 

Posted by MQT WFO.

I want to see those again some day. I only witnessed them once, 45 years ago. It's very rare to see them in Northeast IN.

10 hours ago, bowtie` said:

Some interesting fun a couple of hours ago here.

Crews and services investigate loud boom near Hamilton County | wthr.com

 

I had just walked back from dinner downtown and was walking to the car to put it in the garage. I heard the rolling boom and thought thunder or there as a big train wreck. It was 100% overcast here so I did not see any flash. Came in the house and turned on the puter and when the radar came up I saw nothing even close to me that could have made any thunder. A real head-scratcher. Turned on the radio scanner and here the town east of here inspecting a large natural gas line in the country but not finding anything. Just before I hit the shower I heard the dispatcher mention either the NWS or EMS thought it might have been a meteor. Too bad it was overcast and I as not out taking sunset pics. Might not have got it even if I could see it. Post sunset I am usually focused to the west and if it was east of me I probably would not have been able to get swung around in time.

I didn't see or hear anything, but there were hundreds of reports all across Indiana. The link you posted has been updated (at the end) to include a security video of a meteor. I'd say mystery solved.

It must be undulatus asperatus season.

On 4/18/2023 at 11:49 PM, Geoboy645 said:

And the crests continue to go up and up on the Mississippi. ARX is now expecting at least April 2019 level crests along its entire stretch of the river, with some gauges nearing 2001 levels. For instance, McGregor IA which is just across the river from Prairie Du Chien is expected to reach a top 3 crest on record. Only behind 1965 and 2001. La Crosse is forecasted for a top 5 crest behind those years and 1952 and 1969. Governor Evers has declared a state of emergency already for the flooding. And the rain the next two days, which could be as much as 2 inches in spots including the areas that just got 10"+ of snow two days ago, is going to make things even worse. Especially south of the Black River. It's not just up there though. Dubuque is forecasted at least to 22ft, with that number almost certainly increasing as the crest becomes in view of the forecast period. And even as far as south as Davenport, which is already forecasted at 18.2 ft, which is major flooding. And that is with the crest potentially being 10 days out yet and a continued wet pattern for the forseeable future. 2023 is already shaping up to be a renowned flooding year on the Mississippi, and we've barely started this.

P.S: I know that I have been basically the only one posting anything in this thread, but I really don't care. This is too major of a event to be not talked about. If a random snowstorm in January can get incessantly talked about for days and days, this should be too. 

That's okay if you are the only one posting about this. Even though,the flooding will be destructive, it is fascinating to read about. Please continue to update.

Fortunately for the east side of the forum, we will remain at least around normal tempwise and normal is ~63°-40°. I'll take it.

D+ White Christmas and 6.7" in late January saved it from being a total failure.

Bust impending for FWA.

1 hour ago, hardypalmguy said:

Morch was delayed, not denied. 

Except it's April.

Just now, Jackstraw said:

Wish I had a screenshot of the debris ball when it happened.  I swear I've never seen one that big and it lingered in the storm for nearly an hour.  It was insane.  There's not much emergency infrastructure in that area.  That area of SW IN is one of the poorest areas in the country.

i saw that too. It probably dropped Sullivan debris on Martinsville.