BowMeHunter Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 what to do... I NEED to water but can't until tuesday evening if I don't this evening. Thee ole blah, blah, blah, I know if I water it will rain 2" and if I don't water it wont rain.. Guess my only safe choice is to obviously water Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 what to do... I NEED to water but can't until tuesday evening if I don't this evening. Thee ole blah, blah, blah, I know if I water it will rain 2" and if I don't water it wont rain.. Guess my only safe choice is to obviously water Ehhh... Why waste water? My front yard (at least the weeds are still green): Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wisconsinwx Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 what to do... I NEED to water but can't until tuesday evening if I don't this evening. Thee ole blah, blah, blah, I know if I water it will rain 2" and if I don't water it wont rain.. Guess my only safe choice is to obviously water I second that. If you do wait until Tuesday night, your lawn shouldn't get much worse. Even if it doesn't rain here, there's likely to be cloud debris, which will at least keep temps from getting too out of hand (like the century mark ). On second thought, water away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowMeHunter Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 Growing up my father wasted more water than ever should be allowed and sadly it has carried over to me Trust me it makes me sick watering for hrs when there is probably near a billion people who do not have access to clean drinking water.. it can can really get nasty tho when you have a dog that pisses like a fire hose all day and obviously craps and if you don't get any rain for like 5 days and its sweltering out. I like to at least give the lawn a good rinsing in those situations.. Thankfully I've only had to water twice so far over the last 2.5 summers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 Ehhh... Why waste water? My front yard (at least the weeds are still green): That's pretty much a carbon copy of what many yards look like around here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowMeHunter Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 dream run of the euro..3" of rain and a little relief in the long range Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wisconsinwx Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 dream run of the euro..3" of rain and a little relief in the long range The GFS has been on board with some rainy relief. Now if only we could get the NAM on board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 Yeah the lawns around here are pretty fried now. I'm actually loving it as the last several years have been so wet I had to mow about every 4-5 days. Gets old in a hurry. Still less than a quarter inch of rain for the month. Part of me kind of wishes it continues lol, even though it's kind of boring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OHSnow Posted July 17, 2011 Author Share Posted July 17, 2011 Looks like a record high today at Alpena, Michigan. The record was 95, set in 1931. It's reached at least 97 there this afternoon. Gaylord also reached a record high of 93, beating the old record of 92 from 1983. Hot day in general across northern Michigan, especially near the lakeshores with some added downsloping. Iron Mountain, Traverse City, Marquette (Sawyer Airport), Oscoda all reached at least 95, in addition to the 97 at Alpena. I'm sure it's day like this up there that Kid Rock recalls so fondly in All Summer Long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpartyOn Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 Looks like a record high today at Alpena, Michigan. The record was 95, set in 1931. It's reached at least 97 there this afternoon. Gaylord also reached a record high of 93, beating the old record of 92 from 1983. Hot day in general across northern Michigan, especially near the lakeshores with some added downsloping. Iron Mountain, Traverse City, Marquette (Sawyer Airport), Oscoda all reached at least 95, in addition to the 97 at Alpena. I'm sure it's day like this up there that Kid Rock recalls so fondly in All Summer Long. Yea..Im in Elk Rapids ATM. Straight up hot here. Hit 95 earlier with insane humidity. Most of the vacation rental homes have no AC and the locals call this "extreme". Gotta love downsloping. DTW was at 91 while Elk Rapids was at 95. Crazy heat for up here in the north country. Now if I could just get a beautiful MCS to roll off Lake Michigan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmc76 Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 Yea..Im in Elk Rapids ATM. Straight up hot here. Hit 95 earlier with insane humidity. Most of the vacation rental homes have no AC and the locals call this "extreme". Gotta love downsloping. DTW was at 91 while Elk Rapids was at 95. Crazy heat for up here in the north country. Now if I could just get a beautiful MCS to roll off Lake Michigan. Back in the summer 2006 I was in Charlevoix working it hit 98 and 99 back to back days..then a ripping cold front came through dropped the temp almost 40 degrees the 3rd day had to put on a hoody. Crazy weather up there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 Sunday, July 17th: Hi: 94F Lo: 68F Overall Sky Conditions: Clear Max Wind Gust: 14MPH Rainfall: 0.00" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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wisconsinwx Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 I have a question for the mets on this board: how do you even put up with the weather models? It seems human brains are many times smarter than the models, even when they initialize well. Take tonight for example: most of the models indicated strong convection developing near Lake Michigan, yet the mets were smart enough to put a very low chance of precip in. They clearly had a good handle on the cap, forcing (or lack thereof), and other factors. I ask this because I think the models are a large part of the reason mets are maligned by many in the general public. It's hard to go against them, especially in the short term, yet given the large margin of error in them, you almost can't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baroclinic_instability Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 I have a question for the mets on this board: how do you even put up with the weather models? It seems human brains are many times smarter than the models, even when they initialize well. Take tonight for example: most of the models indicated strong convection developing near Lake Michigan, yet the mets were smart enough to put a very low chance of precip in. They clearly had a good handle on the cap, forcing (or lack thereof), and other factors. I ask this because I think the models are a large part of the reason mets are maligned by many in the general public. It's hard to go against them, especially in the short term, yet given the large margin of error in them, you almost can't. Meteorologists aren't "maligned" by the public, they are misunderstood. Trivialization of careers is simply something that will happen to all folks in poorly understood fields, especially sciences. While there certainly are some model hugging meteorologists these days with little to no ability beyond the models alone, much of the dislike and general lack of understanding of meteorology comes from public ignorance/misunderstanding, not model hugging meteorologists. People simply do not realize all the meteorological data they have available to them was created and disseminated by meteorologists. They take for granted 24/7 weather information which is often correct--information which wasn't even available 50+ years ago the way it is today. 100s of people don't die in big winter storms like they did in the past, and beyond freak outbreaks like April 27th and the Joplin event, 100's of people don't die in severe weather anymore either. I don't blame the public for things they really shouldn't know. Would it be nice if mets were more appreciated? sure. But that is just part of the job. And let us not get carried away, numerical models are amazing tools. They are, without a doubt, a nod to human ingenuity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 Monday, July 18th: Hi: 91F Lo: 79F Overall Sky Conditions: Partly Cloudy Max Wind Gust: 19MPH Rainfall: 0.02" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AppsRunner Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 Although we made it to 94 degrees here yesterday, we still managed to pick up another .5" of rain. With only two days of rainfall this July, we still managed to pick up 2.31" of rain this month at my house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpartyOn Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 Meteorologists aren't "maligned" by the public, they are misunderstood. Trivialization of careers is simply something that will happen to all folks in poorly understood fields, especially sciences. While there certainly are some model hugging meteorologists these days with little to no ability beyond the models alone, much of the dislike and general lack of understanding of meteorology comes from public ignorance/misunderstanding, not model hugging meteorologists. People simply do not realize all the meteorological data they have available to them was created and disseminated by meteorologists. They take for granted 24/7 weather information which is often correct--information which wasn't even available 50+ years ago the way it is today. 100s of people don't die in big winter storms like they did in the past, and beyond freak outbreaks like April 27th and the Joplin event, 100's of people don't die in severe weather anymore either. I don't blame the public for things they really shouldn't know. Would it be nice if mets were more appreciated? sure. But that is just part of the job. And let us not get carried away, numerical models are amazing tools. They are, without a doubt, a nod to human ingenuity. I like! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 Some unique conditions, dense fog with temps in the mid 80s..but dropping, might hit the mid/upper 70s. Now under simultaneous heat and fog headlines, although the heat really isn't applicable imby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trent Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 3.54" of rain at CLE last night. This is the fourth rainiest day at CLE since the 50s. Number one is 4.59" on 9/7/1996, with 2 being just a hundredth more on 8/20/05 and 8/13/94. In addition 2.5" fell in one hour. Downright tropical! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 southern lake now with widespread 76 degree water temps, if this warm/hot stretch continues for more than a week, 80+ should be no problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeastFromTheEast Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 Some unique conditions, dense fog with temps in the mid 80s..but dropping, might hit the mid/upper 70s. Now under simultaneous heat and fog headlines, although the heat really isn't applicable imby. WOW! That fog is crazy! Apparently they are also shutting down the beaches because the lifeguards can't see far enough.. If you guys get a chance checkout the chicago lake shore webcams... http://www.mykpod.com/chicago.shtml Here are some pics as well from the skycam of the fog rolling in off the lake... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 Awesome tower going up almost right overhead and to the west. Beautiful sight after all the heat today. EDIT: CGs hitting very close all around me. Very impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 Just picked up almost 0.40" of rain from the small cell that popped up just west of us. It was interesting, the dewpoint rose to 82 at the beginning of the heavy rain and held there for a bit. It then crashed to 69 once the winds kicked up later on during the downpour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 Tuesday, July 19th: Hi: 96F Lo: 77F Overall Sky Conditions: Mostly Clear Max Wind Gust: 13MPH Rainfall: 0.00" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 Amazing combination of heat and humidity here today. Dewpoint hit 83 on my weather station. It's usually very comparable to surrounding readings, and today was the first time we broke the 80 degree dewpoint barrier since 2009. 83 seems a bit extreme, but considering this whole area is one huge corn field, and being less than a mile from the Rock River makes me think it may not have been too far off. Here's a screen shot of my software that collects and uploads the weather station data.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowMeHunter Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 This is about the time in Jan (20th) where I'm starting to get sad thoughts that in another month trying to keep snow pack down here is tough and winter is going on its last legs the last 10 days of feb. March is so hit and miss filled with lots of 40's. At least the greatest fishing of the yr happens that month and there isn't much things better in life than ice fishing in those 40 and 50+ degree conditions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wisconsinwx Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 Looks like the chances for rain in the Upper Mississippi Valley will be abundant through Sunday. Perhaps several MCS' tracking E or NE. I would say parts of Northern Iowa, Southern Minnesota, and Southwest Wisconsin look to get a lot of rain if the trends hold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 Wednesday, July 20th: Hi: 98F Lo: 76F Overall Sky Conditions: Mostly Clear Max Wind Gust: 20MPH Rainfall: 0.00" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunder Road Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 Hello Central/Western posters: I'm Ryan and I'll be moving in to Valparaiso University a month from today, and I wanted to introduce myself since I'll probably be crashing over here while I'm at school. (Hoosier or whoever can feel free to move this if it's not in the right place, but you all don't seem to have a thread for pointless banter like we do in the Philly subforum so I'm guessing this is a good place?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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