August 2025 General Discussion

[frostfern]

Someone please pray it actually rains good IMBY some time in the next 36 hours.  Most frustrating summer ever.

[Stevo6899]

1 minute ago, frostfern said:

Someone please pray it actually rains good IMBY some time in the next 36 hours.  Most frustrating summer ever.

Let's save all the precip for the winter months. Not sure why so many people want severe storm in their backyards.

[frostfern]

10 minutes ago, Stevo6899 said:

Let's save all the precip for the winter months. Not sure why so many people want severe storm in their backyards.

It’s still brown as hell here in the ever present lake shadow.  I don’t need a severe storm.  ANY storm will do.  

It does seem that severe setups are the best for getting storms to survive Lake Michigan and provide rain.  Garden variety popups and weakly forced MCSs just love to avoid this area.

As for winter, even those have been boring and dry lately.  Lake effect is a nuisance when it only comes 2-3”at a time.

[Stebo]

Nice little storm passing through here. We actually needed some rain here in Southern Macomb. We missed out on most of the flood that hit North of here 

[luckyweather]

1.07” imby ne of RFD for the weekend, all yesterday. Been a lush summer here, no stretches of crunchy grass or dust yet this warm season. The corn out this way looks as good as you’ll ever see it.

[cyclone77]

The big 3-day high-end rain event that was so hyped by NWS and guidance resulted in a paltry 0.57" here.  As per typical the northwest part of the DVN cashed in bigtime though.  That area is way overdue for a run of bad luck in the precip department.

[Chicago Storm]

Topped out at 95° at ORD and 94° at MDW on Saturday. On Sunday, MDW hit 92° (ORD 89°'d).

...2025 90°+ Day Tally...
26 - MDW
26 - PWK
25 - ORD
25 - DPA
23 - ARR
20 - RFD
20 - LOT
16 - UGN

[totsata]

Couple of pics from the Wheeling train station this morning looking north. 

[hawkeye_wx]

Another MCS rolled through eastern Iowa overnight.  I received 0.82".  My six-week total is about 11.5".  It is very green around here.

[SchaumburgStormer]

12 hours ago, cyclone77 said:

The big 3-day high-end rain event that was so hyped by NWS and guidance resulted in a paltry 0.57" here.  As per typical the northwest part of the DVN cashed in bigtime though.  That area is way overdue for a run of bad luck in the precip department.

Ended with .36" here, of which .30 fell this morning. Been the summer of near misses IMBY where we are barely keeping drought at bay while areas just north and south are more lush.