roardog

I think it’s funny how you can drive a few miles in any direction from the severe drought area in Michigan and get to no drought in probably like 20 minutes. lol

What weeks do you get to go out there?

After all of the rain recently, I'm starting to see some pockets of green grass in the lawn now.

This winter? Where have you been the last decade? lol

2012 wins for me. I remember it hitting 100F in 1988 but I feel like the beginning of Summer wasn't hot at all, maybe even cool? 1995 was crazy with how high the dewpoints were with the heat. However, I remember there being some good backdoor cold fronts which brought highs down into the 70s around here. I think we were really on the NE edge of the heat and Ontario actually had much cooler weather, hence the backdoor cold fronts and also the big derecho that July. 2012 was warm to hot already in May and seemed like it just never gave up until September, when it actually cooled way down the second half of that month.

I always say that too. 2012 is the only summer that I can remember where it really felt like there was no relief. By the middle of July, temps over 90 felt normal.

Saying there is 5 months of Summer weather in Michigan might be a little generous.

It’s 32F with icicles hanging from everything right now. That’s usually not a good sign for severe storms. lol

I know snow lovers in the Midwest generally hate an El Niño but a weaker Nino can be good, especially once you get to the eastern part of the sub including you and I.

I would say there’s a reasonably good chance Enso will be weak either way.

I’d estimate it was about 60MPH here briefly. I didn’t see any hail. Decent amount of lightning though. For some reason it’s not as exciting as summer storms IMO. There’s something about the constant lightning of a t-storm on an oppressive sunny 92F day that gives more satisfaction.

I would think the areas north of the front that are in the 40s wouldn’t have much wind even though they issued warnings for those areas.

Good thing there isn’t leaves on the trees.

80MPH winds are interesting but I could also do without the mess that would cause. We are on the warm side of the front right now here with mid 60s so I guess severe isn’t out of the question even up here.

That’s impressive.