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Was thinking the same thing. Whole area has a threat but I'd give some favor to the area around I-88/south.

Should be below 10k on the next Friday update. Let's hope so, because the Friday after that isn't until July 2 and then we'd be left with some ambiguity.

To me, Sunday is the best severe weather setup this year in the bulk of the LOT cwa (except maybe northern areas). That is partly an indictment on how lackluster this year has been, but the setup on its own has some decent potential imo with all severe hazards on the table. Would expect to see elevated probabilities as we approach.

SPI got to 99

101 in St. Louis today, which is their first triple digit temp since 7/14/2018.

LAF did hit 100 today. As it is my former home, I put together a little something for this momentous occasion. Congratulations to all residents of Lafayette, you made it through a hot one Today you stand alone in Indiana, second to none Some won't like it, others may consider it a gift from the heavens One man surely loves it, your local met Chad Evans At least the triple digits have given us something to talk about All the more impressive, it was done while not in a drought How many more hundred degree days will there be, no one can tell But if you aren't a fan of 100 degree days, I think you can go straight to...

Arm soreness is gone. Took 4 days both times. I actually bruised at the injection site this time though.

There is a 100 degree reading on the 5 min obs, so accounting for possible rounding, the high will be at least 99.

96 at LAF. Is this the day it reaches 100? Looks like there'll be increasing clouds to deal with later.

Some good rains clipped extreme northeast IL around Waukegan. South of there was generally less than 0.5" with many areas less than 0.25"

A somewhat toned down version of what happened in Minnesota that one night is happening farther east. It's 85/70 in MLI... ok, that's not so shocking. But go farther east into the LOT cwa and you find many readings still near or even above 80 with much drier dews in 50s to low 60s. Why hasn't it cooled off more? Airmass aloft is quite warm (850 mb temps in the 20s C) and winds have stayed up a bit.

I mean, one event is not really going to break a drought that has reached the magnitude of this. The upcoming period looks to have multiple precip chances, so at least there's that. Throw enough s*** at the wall and something is bound to stick. If it does turn into a series of misses or underperformers, then I think that could be a real problem because I forsee some big heat potential building in around the close of this month.

If I had any less enthusiasm about this thing for my area, it might be in negative territory.

Winter in Minnesota Just kidding

It took a while, but in general seeing a lot more maskless at indoor places around here now.

Des Moines got to (at least) 101

Did not feel anything, but other people in the area did, which is not too surprising as earthquakes in this part of the country tend to be felt at much farther distances compared to out west. Wonder if this one was on the northern end of the Wabash Valley Seismic Zone. Can't remember exactly how far north that goes. https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/nm60344372/executive

Today seems ripe for a slightly delayed high... maybe 5 pm or so (central time).

Unfortunately the Drought Monitor archive is down, but I don't recall that northeastern corner of IL being in D3 even in 2012. There was more drought north and south of there if I'm remembering correctly.

Though the reports are that you are more likely to be hospitalized if you have the Delta variant (which is prevalent in the UK). Guess it would take some digging into, and perhaps the picture is becoming more muddled with increasing numbers of people being vaccinated to help blunt symptoms. How the virus is behaving in unvaccinated people is a good way to see what it's doing.

The Day 1+2 SPC outlooks vis-a-vis my backyard. That is all.

Already down to 52. 40s are looking likely.

Not sure if reporting lags after Memorial Day are playing a role, but there are some signs of slowing declines in case numbers nationally in recent days. Whether it's actually happening or it's just a mirage, you'd expect this at some point as you'd otherwise eventually get to 0 cases on a straight linear decline. 14 days left for our resident doctor's prediction to pan out.

The dewpoint of 26 is certainly near record territory for Chicago in June, if not a record. Impossible to say for sure because there is a considerable amount of missing data especially as you go back through the 1990s and earlier. It is the lowest dewpoint in June in at least the last 20+ years. There was an intrahour reading of 27 on 6/10/2004, but looking at dewpoint readings just before/after, it appears to be erroneous as the dewpoint went from the 60s to the 20s and then right back into the 60s.

ORD is 72/26 at 00z. You don't see that very often in June. Meanwhile, swing over to Gary and the dewpoint is 50. They are much closer to the lake.