Torchageddon

I couldn't believe it so I checked; 19C still! The east wind taketh away.

Too bad that was just a (predictable) fantasy. 15 Hrs of sun per day = pipe dream. I think last night the skies were partly obscured by wildfire smoke. So far I'm at 27C/81F / 3C/37F - RH is very low at 20%. Still a stiff breeze from the south. Very good but 29C with this dewpoint and winds is perfect for me.

Updated 7-day, they lowered tomorrow's high to 22C! I love these guys, busting too low by 4 today then lowers the start of the real deal . Changed the weekend to chance of storms both days.

I'm up to 25C/78F so far, that's 4C higher than what TWN is showing. This is the second day of summer here.

I can't find a cloud in this frame, this is rare. On another note, my forecast is trending in the wrong direction

I should've known TWN was full of it, yesterday it just clouded right up to a overcast after 4pm so a forecast for the day (hours really) completely busted and it wasn't even a close call. This morning was cloudy but it had partly cloudy in there anyways then became sunny. My 14 day from said entity which is for entertainment only, shows no precip at all which is exceptionally rare for May here. It shows even for the back-half of the 14 days mostly sun. Seeing as how the engine can't even forecast clouds hours from now, I'm back to wanting the intense heat.

Good phrase, it had to happen after these last few months. I'm a "the hotter the better" type guy but even I don't mind foregoing the heat if it means endless sun for 8-10 days, just as long as its comfy. I also have a feeling it would prevent a rubberband snap to the opposite as has been historically common. This GFS accumulated precip map is extraordinary:

When I checked my 7-day I was stunned to see this: And today has also been changed to full sun no clouds! I'd happily trade more intense heat for something historic like this - I don't see this happening but its a major step in a positive direction . I had 7 days of no clouds during a period in June 2020 helped by less aircraft flying.

This is a cool tornado, vortices would spin up out of nowhere and dissipate just as fast.

On the CFS dashboard the chiclets are getting feisty with a rare 3 day red-x streak for nearly 4 runs - with some dark reds every other day before said period. It sniffed out that memorable TX day earlier this spring (Taylor) 11 days out. I've been watching that May 8-11 period for a while now. If there was ever a time to get a bingo on the SPC dashboard this was it, surprised and disappointed Broyles didn't outline due to a lack of large-scale ascent those Days 7-8. The first dark red-x 372-396 hours before May 11-12: We'll see how close it was to the outcome.

I have ptwd - post traumatic winter disorder. The difference is mine goes away during the summer where I have little memory of how bad things can get and always believe the lie that I can overcome winter's blah mind-numbs.

Do you mean the model or me?

I just checked the GFS, I'm just relived that it has the GLs deep into the reds too. Its hard to have crappy overcast skies in such a regime.

I'm going to be playing this game again, next Tue is not going to be 21C but more like 28C with a 30C possible. I'd lean to my first 30C reading of the year occurring during next week's heat being a certainty. I can't believe PMX's medium-range forecasts are this bad!

That's more like it.

I recall it being after 2013, likely 2015. It was some gorgeous heli shots (from stated media) of weak tornadoes with sun-rays lighting parts of the landscape.

Weird, just before I saw this that scene is exactly what I'd imagined it'd be - like a few other OK tor days.

For those in SE MI how much sunlight was there from Thurs-Sat? I saw some cirrus hanging around close but I didn't have mine til later Sat. Considering the nightmare we're in I was surprised I got that much sun those 3 days which gives me pause.

I lol'd at the tags for this one, as long as its sunny this month I do mind.

Its weird but wonderful waking up to clear blue skies morning after morning, I'm not getting those mid-day slumps anymore and I'm more on the ball. I do have a thin layer of cirrus from the low in the mid-west. Hoping to get over 20C today as the forecast under-estimates during these diurnal swing periods. Likely had the largest swing of the season; -1C overnight.

Even though I checked things a few hours ago I missed the historic tornado, fascinating that its behavior had characteristics to the Wynnewood EF4 and also had a likeness to it on the ground! Briefly it reminded me of the Andover tornado of 1991. How come there was only one post in here while it was actually in progress? Catch that many off guard? https://twitter.com/Tornadof123/status/1520236918822567938?s=20&t=BQwSLNwFJdGf1CR72vaMFg

It seems there needs to be a lot of cloud cover in the Central US/Southern Canada for us in the eastern Great Lakes to get clear skies.

Something very rare: I'm suppose to get 39 hours of sunlight during the next 72 hours including today's full sun . I'm skeptical about "not a cloud til Sun" however I'll take this despite the meager temps. I feel very cold when not in direct sunlight today with that wind.

What is this row of clouds that generated south to north? By 2:40 I'm already mostly cloudy with sunny breaks

I never got myself sorted on the exact differences so I found this article: https://www.theweathernetwork.com/news/articles/humidex-vs-heat-index-whats-the-difference/10243 "The equation used to calculate the humidex is different from what is used for the Heat Index in the United States. Therefore, one cannot convert the Heat Index to Celsius to compare conditions in the two countries. For example, at a temperature of 32 °C with a relative humidity of 50%, the Heat Index would be 35 °C, but the humidex would be 39." For the equation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humidex I'm currently sitting at 26C with a humidex of 30. There is just enough of a breeze that unless I'm standing in direct sunlight I still feel a slight tinge of coolness!