September 2026 General Discussion

[A-L-E-K]

they death ridge, we garden variety

 

 

[michsnowfreak]

4 hours ago, Stebo said:

I beleaf the leaves are going to be pretty solidly changed for my vacation next week, very hyped.

Im noticing the usual early color popping here. Im going to Traverse City Oct 20-22. Hoping its perfect up there then. They usually change later on the lakeshore than inland, so their color peak is usually around ours as opposed to more inland places like Gaylord which peak at least 2 weeks earlier.

[hawkeye_wx]

DVN issued a flood watch for tonight, but models have shifted south again (has been recent theme).  I may get little or even nothing.

[Brian D]

6 hours ago, michsnowfreak said:

Im noticing the usual early color popping here. Im going to Traverse City Oct 20-22. Hoping its perfect up there then. They usually change later on the lakeshore than inland, so their color peak is usually around ours as opposed to more inland places like Gaylord which peak at least 2 weeks earlier.

Same here. Along the shore is 2 weeks later than inland. Mid Oct here, with early Oct peak inland. Maples go first, and should be peaking in a about 10 days or so inland. 

[A-L-E-K]

Ready 2 garden variety 

[cyclone77]

The models showing the heaviest rains along and south of I-80 were wrong.  Only picked up 0.25" here.  QC had a few rain drops.

[A-L-E-K]

13 hours ago, hawkeye_wx said:

DVN issued a flood watch for tonight, but models have shifted south again (has been recent theme).  I may get little or even nothing.

 

24 minutes ago, cyclone77 said:

The models showing the heaviest rains along and south of I-80 were wrong.  Only picked up 0.25" here.  QC had a few rain drops.

classic

[hawkeye_wx]

Yeah, the CAMs struggled to figure out where the storms would fire.  The RRFS was by far the worst.  Up until bedtime it had southeast Iowa getting hit.  I was hoping I wouldn't get missed south, but instead most of it went north.  I caught the southern edge of the band and finished with a solid 1.06".  There were some nice boomers, too.

[A-L-E-K]

5 minutes ago, hawkeye_wx said:

Yeah, the CAMs struggled to figure out where the storms would fire.  The RRFS was by far the worst.  Up until bedtime it had southeast Iowa getting hit.  I was hoping I wouldn't get missed south, but instead most of it went north.  I caught the southern edge of the band and finished with a solid 1.06".  There were some nice boomers, too.

love when the miss south/little or nothing hits like this^

[Brian D]

0.06" from a batch of shwrs that moved through last night. Looks like a nice Fall day with highs around 70 on a light SW wind. 

[A-L-E-K]

late fri/sat looks like another nice train setup somewhere of n il, the trend of zzzzs and followed by a few inches looks to continue

[OrdIowPitMsp]

Picked up 0.99” overnight. Most rain we’ve had since the end of July and nearly doubling our August-September total so far. Glad to have it.

[Spartman]

BAM is anticipating an Omega block to form next week.

https://x.com/bam_weather/status/2100011954584617218

[A-L-E-K]

we're gonna be doing a lot of torching this winter

[cyclone77]

Last September we had <0.50" for the whole month, so this year is much wetter.  Sitting at 2.76 for the month already here.

[SchaumburgStormer]

2.36” of surprise rain this morning with constant, close thunder and lightning. 10/10

[A-L-E-K]

riding it

[A-L-E-K]

Quote

...Areas of flooding and rises in river levels possible next week...

Several rounds of showers and thunderstorms are possible starting
late Friday night and continuing into Monday across southern
Wisconsin, northern Illinois, and part of northwestern Indiana. High
moisture content in the atmosphere will lead to torrential downpours
where thunderstorms are most frequent, leading to the potential for
several inches of rain on a widespread basis.

The favored area for several rounds of showers and thunderstorms
Friday night through Monday will be near and north of Interstate 80
where several inches of rain have fallen in the past 24 hours. The
intersection of increasingly saturated soils and repeated downpours
may lead to areas of flooding and rises in river levels, including
along the Rock, Fox, DuPage, and Illinois rivers.

This outlook means that elevated water levels and potential impacts
are possible, but not yet certain. Persons should closely monitor
forecasts including the possibility of flood watches, warnings, and
advisories.

Additional statements or outlooks may be issued by tomorrow morning.