frostfern Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 Someone please pray it actually rains good IMBY some time in the next 36 hours. Most frustrating summer ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo6899 Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frostfern Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyweather Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 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. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
totsata Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 Couple of pics from the Wheeling train station this morning looking north. 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 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. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchaumburgStormer Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbnwx85 Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 We've had just a trace of rain in August. But we should get at least a half-inch today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frostfern Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 Nearby cell is bombing CGs. Line needs to fill in a little extending SW for good rain coverage though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiño Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 I know STL isn’t discussed much here but they just got rocked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frostfern Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 The heaviest rain is missing just 2-3 miles NW but it’s been a great loud CG show IMBY. Doesn’t seem like drought buster though unless it backbuilds some more fills in farther SW which seems unlikely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frostfern Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 I picked up .18 in the AM and .47 in the PM so far for a total of .67. Areas just a little north and west are probably closer to 2 inches. Quite a bit of rain-free CGs from the tail end of the cell cluster passing to my NW. Extremely low dark blue-greenish scuddy cloud bases as well. Sad I didn’t have a chance to film anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 rainfall reports from W Michigan and Chicago 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roardog Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 We got a good region wide soaker over here this evening after some downpours late this morning/early afternoon too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 ula vulcan rocket launch was apparently visible overhead for all a short time ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 Heavy squall line in Ontario Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartman Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 6 hours ago, roardog said: We got a good region wide soaker over here this evening after some downpours late this morning/early afternoon too. 1.21" here. First day with any rainfall for this month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian D Posted August 13 Author Share Posted August 13 Been a dry, and seasonable Aug so far up my way (favoring the + side). Chance at precip in the next couple days. Early Fall wx starting to creep in next week. Much better than sticky, but this week has been pretty good with cooler mornings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 14 hours ago, roardog said: We got a good region wide soaker over here this evening after some downpours late this morning/early afternoon too. Finally got rain, but just 0.59". I have been screwed on almost everything event this summer. Better now than winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 My place has had a couple of traces of rain since the beginning of the month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roardog Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 4 hours ago, michsnowfreak said: Finally got rain, but just 0.59". I have been screwed on almost everything event this summer. Better now than winter. We had 2.2 inches yesterday and 1.25 inches last week so all grass is green and happy again. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian D Posted August 14 Author Share Posted August 14 Summer winding down. Large flock of Canadian geese went overhead this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheClimateChanger Posted August 14 Share Posted August 14 Will be interesting to see where meteorological summer finishes up in the NOAA/NCEI statewide rankings. Ohio was in 4th place for June & July, with a mean of 74.5F. The hottest for that period since 1952, which was also 74.5F. Michigan was in a rather more pedestrian 13th place, with a mean of 68.6F (tied with 1931 & 1934). Through the first 13 days of August, I have the Ohio statewide mean at around 72.5F and Michigan at 70.9F. If those values hold, meteorological summer would come in at 73.8F for Ohio and 69.4F for Michigan. That would be the 4th hottest in both states (in Michigan tied with 1995; and in Ohio, tied with 1901, 1949, 2002 & 2010). For Ohio, that's 0.7F below the record hot summer of 1934. August's mean would need to come in ~2.1F higher than the current mean just to tie the record - the last 18 days would have to be absolutely blazing. So a record is very unlikely. For Michigan, however, the estimated current August temperature would yield a summertime mean just 0.2F below the existing record (1955 & 2005 tie), so August's mean would need to increase by ~0.6F to tie the record. Doable, but it would be a tall task as it has already been quite warm the first 13 days. And the last 18 days would need to be about 1F or so warmer to get the full month mean up another 0.6F. So unlikely to tie/break the existing record values, especially with cooler air returning to northern lower Michigan and the UP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frog Town Posted August 14 Share Posted August 14 Wrong thread and all the other crap, I know, but I'm just gonna leave this right here... It's never too early in my book and I know most of you are as nutty as me! lol. https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1Hdk5E2Wr6/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian D Posted August 14 Author Share Posted August 14 3 hours ago, Frog Town said: Wrong thread and all the other crap, I know, but I'm just gonna leave this right here... It's never too early in my book and I know most of you are as nutty as me! lol. https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1Hdk5E2Wr6/ Could be. This year I'm looking at Dec & Feb as possible well below normal, especially Feb. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frostfern Posted August 14 Share Posted August 14 On 8/13/2025 at 3:46 PM, Chinook said: My place has had a couple of traces of rain since the beginning of the month. The 90 day total is still low IMBY. 0.67” Tuesday was not a drought ender here. It’s going to take another 2 inches plus cooler weather to get things green again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roardog Posted August 15 Share Posted August 15 1 hour ago, frostfern said: The 90 day total is still low IMBY. 0.67” Tuesday was not a drought ender here. It’s going to take another 2 inches plus cooler weather to get things green again. This weekend/early next week might actually bring you some organized widespread convection for a change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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