Torchageddon

Thanks I'll check it out. The Adirondacks Derecho would've grazed me but I wouldn't be old enough to remember it.

Not that I believe the hourlies from TWN, but even along the shoreline winds were forecast to be elevated overnight with the temp reaching nearly as low as me. Gusts have calmed down.

I had an enormous diurnal temp swing that surpassed the previous largest, low of 5.5C and a high of 27C. Funny you mention the lack of clouds, it was almost 100% blue skies except a ghost or two of a wisp which is something I honestly can't recall before in a very dry day like this. Usually its either nothing at all or some fluffs. It was great out there. Overall it was a strange day since it got very breezy as the afternoon wore on and now its just plain windy as fall is, I'm getting gusts of 40 mph by estimate. Not many were outside by early evening. Going back down to 5C overnight with winds high?

The wiki article on the Ontario Derecho had something I disagreed with and has since been removed. The cited source doesn't have anything about this within: "In Southwestern Ontario, a derecho can be expected about once every two years (once a year for Windsor-Essex), usually developing in the U.S. [[Midwest]]. The [[Kitchener-Waterloo]] and [[greater Toronto]] region experience derechos about once in every four years. Derechos in Ottawa, Montreal, and Quebec City are considerably rarer, but are not unheard of." It was removed a few days ago since the link below never had anything about Canada in it. I wasn't even sure if there was ever a documented derecho in SON, writing that K-W and Toronto get one every 4 years is ludicrous . For Ottawa, Montreal and QC - I'd have to disagree and say they are unheard of . https://web.archive.org/web/20141222110142/http://www.erh.noaa.gov/rah/newsletter/RAHNewsletter_Mar13.pdf If the author comes across this I'd like to hear their side of the story, and if there is evidence of a derecho hitting SON before May 2022.

In the early 2000s you couldn't pull up SSTs? That would be benumbling. That gives rise to this question, what was the earliest one could access satellite images online? I've seen floater images of TCs from 2002 but no earlier.

Looked like a crap day but was waiting for the supposed clearing, found that blue skies rapidly came and an insane increase in my temps that even exceeded those isolated warm days during mid-morning recently. Just in 40 mins I went from 14.8C to 19.5C!! My station showed a 1.7ºC jump from 3:05 pm to 3:10 pm - largest I've ever seen. If I'd known that was coming I would've stood outside and pretended I was in Rapid City. I also had an extreme temp overnight yesterday where I was at 23C at 3:20 am (low of 21C), get those 4 times each summer, and this morning's low was 6C which I didn't appreciate. Had to dress like it was early-Spring.

The heat ended the lamest way possible, no storms! I had some short-lived showers. In the distance there were some rumbles. A May like we had and all those chances with not a single t-storm: phenomenal.

I can handle it if its just off of winter but without sun and higher winds, I'm not a fan anymore of high 60s for temps.

I was just going to post that I had just that one afternoon a few weeks ago with many rumbles of thunder but no real t-storm for May here, I'm at 3-4 storms for 2022 with 1 occurring in both March and April. I'm curious if I can make it through this heat without a storm, crazy if I do. I had one flash and a few rumbles during the historic Ontario derecho 10 days ago. Awesome day so far, I'm sitting at 32C/89F with the highest DP so far making it feel like 36C. Its very unstable with many roll clouds. I'm beaming after the terrible spring of clouds and non-heat like low 20s that still feels too cold. I must live in a climate like Phoenix has.

From last check there have been 0 tornado reports both on the 28th and 29th. Considering its the end of May, and both days were ENH that is bewildering.

I don't think I've laughed this hard on here in years, maybe ever

I put a question in AndiSearch I never thought I'd get a clear answer to but was surprised and then dumbfounded:

What will facilitate the dissipating of those storms in the morning?

I haven't heard this phrase, found out peal is a synonym of ring/clang. TWN at the last min forecast storms both thurs and fri and I never had anything. I'm not complaining. Its cloudy today, mix of sun and clouds isn't present!

I've never seen one that long either, impressive. A large MCS is hauling across SON this Sat: This MCS is meaty, had a few flashes of lightning ironically when nothing was forecast this afternoon, but yet all those chances of strong storms yesterday into early this morning just nothing lol.

Storms forecast 3 separate times today, morning ones weren't even close, nothing at 7pm-10pm, then some close by storms just after 10 that somehow fizzled out fast despite thermos being decent. The CAMs which can't be trusted showed storms at 1am-7am at some point but backing off that now just showing light showers haha. I'm not complaining! ^ That went to this in 40 mins:

At one point my 7 day showed a min of 23C/73F on Fri which if that happened would be one of the most insane temp anomalies I've ever had. Of course its not going to verify but just to show how cartoonish my forecasts are now: My min from one day to the next has also never been that different AFAIK.

I think this was the most gorgeous day out of the set, before the clouds and storms surrounded me by 3pm. Leaf out is complete, since the humidity rose there were more true spring scents that were missing til today. Just the right amount of wind. By noon which was the stunner there were the fluffy clouds covering the sky that I missed since last year. The way in which the forming clouds above covered the sun was like an eclipse. I heard thunder all afternoon into evening then the pulse glob finally reached me after 8pm. Today also might have been the PMX's (the software used to generate TWN forecasts and displays data across Canada and the world) worst performing day by giving me not just totally wrong wx info for my location all day, but in fact absurd opposite trend data e.g. as my temp started falling it was showing it increasing! There was no bias that could account for the wrong data. I kept tabs on the hourly and it was flip-flopping all afternoon. To be fair the CAMs got pretty much everything wrong from an timing perspective - I checked 5. The finisher was just as I'm getting my downpour after being surrounded by storms all afternoon, it shows just overcast This is worse than useless. I'm in total amazement just how wretched it is!!

I was playing around with a new AI search engine and this is what it spat out for tornado wind record: There is a fandom wiki just for hypothetical tornadoes https://hypotheticaltornadoes.fandom.com/wiki/Hypothetical_Tornadoes_Wiki Outlined: "2,662 articles and 73,513 edits edited by 39 friendly active users since March 2, 2012 - Complete with a discord server" I can't believe thousands have been made. Some are detailed with pics and sub-par Meteorological History diction.

Is this for real? The feels like is using humidex I think not HI.

Station says 33C/91F but I think TWN is correct this time with 31C as expected. Warmest so early here? May 1911 may have something to say about it though. Can't have the windows open anymore, wild! I noticed this: Don't tell me!

It was 22 years ago today that I experienced the worst storm, reminder that it lasted 5 hours and had everything except hail but was warned for such. I was going to post the radar images I found years ago on ISU's IEM but I can't find that portal. The images I saved are on an unknown storage device. https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/search?q=interactive+radar It all started from a fast moving cell that originated in Iowa that morning. It was a very intense cell during the course of its life.

Some of the fastest temp rises since I started tracking my backyard stats; 3.5C/6F increase in 30 mins. TWN still shows me at 14C lol. I'm at 20C/68F / 8C/46F - RH 50% High increased to a staggering 31C and likely a touch of humidity. It will be over 30C for 5 hours. Overnight low an equally crazy 17C.

I did it, I got the first 30C reading of 2022 . This is the earliest since 2015 I believe when it happened May 1/2. My station likely running a touch too hot as well but not by more than 1C. I'm noticing objects around me indoors really starting to heat up fast. Sun is out as the clouds are rapidly dissipating (whew). 30C/86F / 10C/50F - RH 24-28%

Woke up to dense overcast, gloomy. Not forecast and now there is blow-off from the cells over N MI . In a turn of events, TWN forecast had a huge jump in my highs for today and the next 3 days showing 30C tomorrow (!) and more humidity. Hourly depicts 11am the temp to soar to 29 by 4pm and stay that way til dusk. I would normally be thrilled but this damn overcast. Next week they lowered my highs a tad when guidance was going to other way. Then with the overcast it shows currently mainly sunny. I should just disregard everything once more if they can't even get that right. EDIT: I'm going up 1C every 5-10 mins now, last 1C was in 5 mins; the rocket is taking off First 30C of 2022 in store?