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Augdewst 2026: Summer's Last Stand


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11 minutes ago, weatherwiz said:

Some serious wind on the south end of Chicago and headed into northern IN. 70-80+ knots ~1500 ft off the ground!!!

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Chicago/Romeoville
1108 AM CDT Tue Aug 11 2026

INC089-127-111645-
/O.CON.KLOT.TO.W.0075.000000T0000Z-260811T1645Z/
Porter IN-Lake IN-
1108 AM CDT Tue Aug 11 2026

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 AM CDT FOR PORTER
AND EAST CENTRAL LAKE COUNTIES...

At 1107 AM CDT, a severe squall line capable of producing both
tornadoes and extensive straight line wind damage was racing toward
Porter County at over 75 mph.

HAZARD...Tornadoes and wind gusts in excess of 100 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.

IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
         shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
         to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur.  Tree damage is
         likely.

These dangerous storms will be near...
  Valparaiso around 1115 AM CDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.

This cluster of thunderstorms is capable of producing tornadoes and
widespread significant wind damage. Do not wait to see or hear the
tornado. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest
floor of a building.

&&

LAT...LON 4122 8697 4127 8706 4129 8712 4127 8719
      4124 8722 4162 8723 4163 8716 4165 8715
      4165 8710 4171 8693 4124 8693
TIME...MOT...LOC 1607Z 275DEG 59KT 4145 8727

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
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1 minute ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Why can’t we ever get anything remotely similar to that ? We just live in such a boring area of the country .Terrible 

It's just so hard to get everything to align perfectly. You need the ridge to be oriented just the right way, you need to time EML advection with a shortwave/front, you need the llvl flow to transport rich moisture into the region. Everything has to be perfection 

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7 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Why can’t we ever get anything remotely similar to that ? We just live in such a boring area of the country .Terrible 

It's that nasty north Atlantic.  Ruins everything.  Not even really good for noreasters anymore, unless in SE MA. 

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17 minutes ago, weatherwiz said:

It's just so hard to get everything to align perfectly. You need the ridge to be oriented just the right way, you need to time EML advection with a shortwave/front, you need the llvl flow to transport rich moisture into the region. Everything has to be perfection 

It’s happened about 12 times perfectly for that area this summer 

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Just now, Damage In Tolland said:

It’s happened about 12 times perfectly for that area this summer 

Where they are geographically it just works out. They tend to end up on the northern periphery of the ridging and also closer to the EML source so a lesser chance to disrupt the integrity of the EML and they can very easily pull up dews well into the 70's. You get temps well into the 80's and 90's with dews into the mid 70's under lapse rates > 7.5-8 C/KM, good shear, and shortwaves moving through the flow and it all comes together. 

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4 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Just the whole region blows for anything remotely exciting or extreme 

I've said this before...the extremeness of our weather events is relatively tame. Even winter storms. Sure now and then we get the monster 2-3ft snowstorms but they're really not crippling. Look at the northern/central Plains and upper-Midwest...they will have large stretches of major interstates closed because combination of winds and snow. But infrastructure and density of trees and the issues of tree disease, the impacts for lesser weather extremes can be far greater than elsewhere. 

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1 minute ago, weatherwiz said:

I've said this before...the extremeness of our weather events is relatively tame. Even winter storms. Sure now and then we get the monster 2-3ft snowstorms but they're really not crippling. Look at the northern/central Plains and upper-Midwest...they will have large stretches of major interstates closed because combination of winds and snow. But infrastructure and density of trees and the issues of tree disease, the impacts for lesser weather extremes can be far greater than elsewhere. 

Bring back 1955 , 1938, June 1954 again. Make it great again 

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