Torchageddon

I was one step ahead, I stopped checking a month ago. I was tired of 'rona in early April and stopped watching/following the news and everything became better instantly. I quickly read a few headlines and sometimes read an article every 3 days but that's the extent of it. As for weather, it hasn't been interesting since early Sept when I got my 3 thunderstorms and then it was over for the year (insanity) plus the 2nd half of Sept was putrid. I'm in Canada in the snowbelt, I don't even get interesting winter weather anymore (going on 4 years) so I think I'm outta here again.

For a week I was looking forward to this weekend and some modest warmth and sunshine after the mixed week, instead of waking up to the final hours of good weather I see a dark, gloomy overcast (noon is as bright as 6:45 pm!!) and higher than expected winds. Just 24 hours ago it was showing mainly sunny conditions. This was the last day on my 7-day showing both 20C+ and some sunlight...

This is one ugly-looking hurricane on IR, every frame it loses more of its shape. Its rather bizarre looking.

A rapidly deepening hurricane with a possible new LLC forming, its 2020 alright.

And here I was on pinhole eye watch this evening. What a tease!

Its been an awful 4 days and no sun has been sighted. I want to paste over this that mid-June streak of blue skies that lasted 6 days. Its not just overcast, but very dark and gloomy like day and night are indistinguishable.

One of the things I really hated about TWN forecast and conditions page that was redesigned a few years ago (every iteration gets worse) was this idiotic "headline" that would be just to the right of the current temperature...hard to ignore. Today is one for the ages as it states, "Get set for the COLDEST DAY in months, some may not even get up to 20C. When the warmth returns, HERE." Most spots in SON have had highs under 20C in the last 10 days and not just a couple of days, but like 5 or more. It should be "nearly everywhere may not get to 20C" or what I think was intended "some may not even get up to 15C" which is my point (14C for a high IMBY). BTW I'm sitting at 12C and its nearly 2pm, this is easily the crappiest day of the summer and has the stench of 2014 on it.

Can it not I just checked the radar after seeing a view flashes and I was shocked to see the mass of heavy rain and storms heading towards SON. Highest winds of the summer ongoing.

I got my first CGs of 2020 last night from some nebulous storms that were originally together then quickly were falling apart precip wise. I saw a bunch of nice streaks in the sky. I'm wary of storms here in Sept and advise that's when to take them seriously in my neck of the woods. Looks like last night was right on cue.

I'm surprised you didn't get a drop from that, I probably got 60-80mm of rain. Lambton and Essex had 130 mm from earlier in the day.

I just had my top thunderstorm of 2020 so far, just like 2 years ago today when my first storm also took place. Even after all that rain a few hours ago, it just dumped even more while the humidity is continuing to rise. Also the most amount of rain in a night of the year. No severe warning from EC on this one (not that this is warn worthy anyways), they issued it for something that wasn't a storm earlier though...good job guys.

I've encountered a few peeps who agree with me that forecasts are still poor even going over 4 years now. Its even worse now probably due to the lack of obs from aircraft and such. The complacency in K-W will mean if there is ever a severe tornado like that its not going to be pretty injury and death toll wise. I'm getting my moderate sort-of rain currently. I find it strange that on GRLevel 3 the returns are pretty modest but then on TWN radar (which is beyond terrible and has been all but neglected) it shows heavy thunderstorms. I'm getting light rain mostly, surprisingly. EDIT: I'm getting clocked by the heaviest rains I've had this year, just continuous with some rumbles of thunder. Strange how the radar almost is ahead of reality as it was showing heavy returns and light to no rain, but then as the line sunk south I'm still getting drenched.

There was a sharp temperature gradient today in southern ON. Toronto was feeling like 30C (air temp maybe 25C?) while in Kingston it was 19C. Windsor felt like near 40C.

This is the most insane stat of Laura potentially, I can't make sense of it. If Laura was heading for Kincardine and Grey-Bruce county was as flat as the Gulf coast then I'd have a living room full of Lake Huron water.

I was put under a severe thunderstorm watch just a hour ago: Issued at 11:20 Wednesday 26 August 2020 Conditions will become favourable for the development of severe thunderstorms beginning in the afternoon. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 100 km/h, nickel size hail and locally heavy rain. A tornado is also possible. Timing: This afternoon and into the evening. I wouldn't mind a twister spinning away in a field near me this afternoon, I could watch Laura spin at the same time.

SUMMARY OF 700 AM CDT...1200 UTC...INFORMATION ---------------------------------------------- LOCATION...26.4N 91.4W ABOUT 280 MI...450 KM SSE OF LAKE CHARLES LOUISIANA ABOUT 290 MI...465 KM SE OF GALVESTON TEXAS MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...115 MPH...185 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT...NW OR 310 DEGREES AT 15 MPH...24 KM/H MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...963 MB...28.44 INCHES 3 hours off.

963 mb by 5 am EDT.

I had a cell a few minutes to my west from around 11 pm dive south. All the convection came around midnight so TWN map actually did verify. My landfall guess for Laura is 110 mph at McFaddin National Wildlife Refuge just barely in TX. Reverse Jinx.

Which cliché will be invoked at the end of Laura? Will it be "If she just had 12 hours more time over water" or maybe the "magical windshear"? The only impressive thing about this season is running through the name list. You don't have a dissipating Marco near the Gulf coast at the end of August in a true blockbuster season.

Strong storms were forecast for yesterday evening here, then changed to partly cloudy. Then the two rounds of strong storms both at noon and from 5-11 pm tonight were also removed. Overnight I may have a chance, but I guess the chance is 1%. Its been a very boring summer but a great one. I hope Friday's rain showers are removed.

I'm under a tornado watch, and only Grey and Bruce counties are under one which may be a first. The sun is full, but I hear a rumble or two in the distance. Those cells looked sheared and highly unusual for my boring locale. I have a weird vibe, like Aug 20 vibes .

What happened to the thread in the New England sub? I saw off-topic banter non=stop which I assume has something to do with it being missing. What I remember the most from that thread was this line, "Kids in September need to be back in a physical classroom learning environment, PERIOD!"

Did you cook up the more expensive frozen food before it spoiled? BBQ?

Just like with everything else that is changed, it then transforms into poo. I can't think of the last time a weather product page was changed and it was actually better than before. Remember Intellicast? Oh wait, its gone too. Tryin' not to be a downer, but as August started my hopes for going Greek were dashed. There will be a lot of magical bummers yet to come.

As soon as I saw that 240 hr frame I felt like I wanted to punch my screen. We better not see that **** on the next run. Manitoba tornadoes have been Canada's most fearsome and incredible for 9 years now, and Canada's most photogenic tornado of 2020 occurred yesterday ejecting two 18-year olds out of their car and killing them. https://www.theweathernetwork.com/ca/news/article/powerful-storms-spawn-large-tornado-in-southern-manitoba-scarth-virden Tons of different shots of the beast. I think the casualties are the youngest since the Aug 20 2009 Durham ON tornado.