April 2026 General Discussion

[A-L-E-K]

24 minutes ago, Jackstraw said:

Bone dry here. no significant precip (a couple hundreths here and there) since the 5th/6th. Wind gets above 25 and we've got mini dust storms out here. Pretty crazy. Feels like a desert island. I've got grass that took off thats showing brown because its dry. Hopefully some relief overnight. Timing of these systems lately just suck. By the time they get here we're into overnight hours and lose all forcing. Had one setup (Sweetster hail) where storms trained N and S missing us completely. I could watch both lines from my porch as outflow winds blew through making small dustnado's. My well level is about 4ft below normal. I'm really getting fascinated by micro climates and if theres trends in certain small areas and if there are, what could be the causes. My current problem is not uncommon for this area. We shall see

the new Erie, IL

[Torchageddon]

Suppose to get some sun in the aft and high of 21C/73F - fog and grey again this morning. Guidance shows our crepuscular nightmare ends Sunday with a new wx regime.

[IWXwx]

1 hour ago, Jackstraw said:

Bone dry here. no significant precip (a couple hundreths here and there) since the 5th/6th. Wind gets above 25 and we've got mini dust storms out here. Pretty crazy. Feels like a desert island. I've got grass that took off thats showing brown because its dry. Hopefully some relief overnight. Timing of these systems lately just suck. By the time they get here we're into overnight hours and lose all forcing. Had one setup (Sweetster hail) where storms trained N and S missing us completely. I could watch both lines from my porch as outflow winds blew through making small dustnado's. My well level is about 4ft below normal. I'm really getting fascinated by micro climates and if theres trends in certain small areas and if there are, what could be the causes. My current problem is not uncommon for this area. We shall see

I thought that you got hammered a few weeks ago, while I was suffering one miss after another. In the meantime, we've had 5.66" in the past 30 days, completely wiping out our extreme drought. Amazing how different it can be in only 50 miles.

[Jackstraw]

37 minutes ago, IWXwx said:

I thought that you got hammered a few weeks ago, while I was suffering one miss after another. In the meantime, we've had 5.66" in the past 30 days, completely wiping out our extreme drought. Amazing how different it can be in only 50 miles.

Yeah, we got about .75 the 5th and 6th but nothing since. Of course we had some super soakers back in March but my memory doesn't work that far back anymore lol. Hope you're feeling better 

[cyclone77]

1 hour ago, A-L-E-K said:

the new Erie, IL

We're either drowing or droughting.  Not much in between it seems lately.