June 2025 General Discussion

[madwx]

3 hours ago, CheeselandSkies said:

Huh. Unless I was reading it wrong all the social media hype seemed to be for Sunday night.

Forecast was off. Imagine trying to predict tornadoes when the only info you got before convective initiation was when a trough hit the west coast

[IWXwx]

26 minutes ago, madwx said:

Forecast was off. Imagine trying to predict tornadoes when the only info you got before convective initiation was when a trough hit the west coast

That's what happens when some imbeciles decide to take a meat clever to NOAA personnel.

[cyclone77]

4 hours ago, TheClimateChanger said:

Wow. Ashland, Wisconsin - 32 yesterday morning to the upper 80s this afternoon. Talk about a big temperature swing.

National Weather Service

Damn.  That's over 100 degrees according to my calculations.

[IWXwx]

We did have a nice diurnal swing today, but not over 100 degrees.

[OrdIowPitMsp]

Find a dark sky and look north. 

[TheClimateChanger]

4 hours ago, cyclone77 said:

Damn.  That's over 100 degrees according to my calculations.

For the record, that was intended as an em dash, not a negative sign.

[OrdIowPitMsp]

Very smoky rain this morning. AQI over 200, visibility under 3 miles. The smell of burnt boreal forest in the air. 

[Torchageddon]

The most smoky day yet, the sky is entirely blotted out with the modest orange ball. Now instead of streaks of overcast we have this dreaded blight!

[CheeselandSkies]

1 hour ago, OrdIowPitMsp said:

Very smoky rain this morning. AQI over 200, visibility under 3 miles. The smell of burnt boreal forest in the air. 

I'm curious, at what level are the winds bringing the smoke in? According to the models we should be in southwest flow at 500 with this thunderstorm setup ahead of the incoming cold front.

[OrdIowPitMsp]

1 hour ago, CheeselandSkies said:

I'm curious, at what level are the winds bringing the smoke in? According to the models we should be in southwest flow at 500 with this thunderstorm setup ahead of the incoming cold front.

Cold front passed through the twin cities last night. Subsidence behind the front is bringing the smoke to ground level. The upper flow pattern had been out of the NW to my understanding. It’s a pretty thin band of surface level smoke. Western and Central Minnesota are already seeing improvements. 

[Torchageddon]

Already 26C/79F - I'm thinking I get to 30 and over-perform. Low will be 21-22C overnight!

[TheClimateChanger]

1 hour ago, OrdIowPitMsp said:

Cold front passed through the twin cities last night. Subsidence behind the front is bringing the smoke to ground level. The upper flow pattern had been out of the NW to my understanding. It’s a pretty thin band of surface level smoke. Western and Central Minnesota are already seeing improvements. 

Looks like a rough morning for the Twin Cities. At least, it should move out fairly quickly.

[OrdIowPitMsp]

2 hours ago, TheClimateChanger said:

Looks like a rough morning for the Twin Cities. At least, it should move out fairly quickly.

Couldn’t see across the lake on my commute this morning. Conditions are improving already thank goodness. 

[Chinook]

two possible QLCS tornadoes near Moline, IL

 

edit: new PDS warning extended through the Quad Cities

Quote

* Until 745 PM CDT.

* At 706 PM CDT, a possible large and extremely dangerous tornado
  was located over Taylor Ridge, or near Rock Island, moving
  northeast at 50 mph.

  This is a PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. TAKE COVER NOW!

  HAZARD...Damaging tornado.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation

[CheeselandSkies]

Ugh. Not a fan of this type of warning.

"Possible large and extremely dangerous..."

"Radar indicated rotation"

It's either radar (TDS) or spotter confirmed as being "large and extremely dangerous," or you don't use the PDS designation.
 

[cyclone77]

Was tornado warned here but weak rotation passed northwest of here on a weakening trend.  Did get a nice period of 50mph winds and near zero visibility in absolute car wash style deluge.  

Up to 0.85" for the day but guessing a good amount of rain blew across the rain funnel during the storm.

EDIT:  Also, lol at SPC bumping us out of the slight after days of being in it, only to add it back late in the day.

EDIT2:  Finished with 1.20".

[hawkeye_wx]

This system was a dud for a large swath of sw through ne Iowa, where not much rain fell.... following days of models dropping 1+" across most of the state.  I was lucky to get 0.53", with only a couple very low rumbles.  Models are showing very little rain, again, for the next week+.  

[TheClimateChanger]

We will have to keep a close eye on this. The Canadian smoke model seems to want to create a smokepocalypse at the end of its run with dense surface smoke spanning pretty much all of southern Canada and northern Michigan by Friday morning.

 

[Mogget]

Just over an inch of much-appreciated rain here.  Locations less than ten miles south picked up nearly 1.8” from a SW to NE oriented line, so location mattered.

Nevertheless, grass and garden will proper.

[cyclone77]

Another 0.60" overnight brings the total up to 1.80". 

Still quite a few people in the IL portion of the QC without power early this morning.

[Brian D]

A nice early June day on tap with highs in the upper 70's. Skies have mellowed out with the smoke. Just a light veil. Sunrise n set have had a reddish orange sun. Still in need of precip. Early week rains were a dud here with maybe a tenth in the bucket.