Chicago Storm

i also drove her into the naperville/woodridge EF-3 tornado back on June 20th, 2021, and distracted her while doing so by telling her to look for power flashes. that was before we were married though. so, she knows what she's in for with me.

So, now that I have some time... Monday night's shift at ORD was top tier, right alongside 7/12/2023. There were numerous power flashes to the W-WNW, as the activity approached and then hit. The peak wind gust at ORD was 75MPH. However, there was not much in the way of damage, due to the lack of trees here at the OBS site. I know there were reports of a tornado over the airport field, but there was nothing that was visible nor any other concrete evidence that one was occurring/occurred. There was a brief moment of erratic winds, but that doesn't' necessarily mean a tornado. Back home in North Naperville, destructive level damaging winds impacted the area. The preserve across from our apartment was hit hard, as well as down into North Naperville. Across this area, uprooted and snapped trees are widespread, in addition to widespread tree limbs downed. Straight-line wind damage in this area is likely in the 70-90MPH range. I made sure my wife was out on the balcony when the action hit, and she said "It was windy". Yea...a bit. I then spent all of Tuesday and part of Wednesday with @RCNYILWX surveying out in the West/Southwest Metro, where we confirmed three tornadoes.

That is indeed the case. Some years the gap is closer than others.

Catching up... ORD received 1.60" of rain on Saturday, which broke the record precip total for the date of 1.49" (1963). On Saturday, ORD topped out at 91° and MDW 92°. On Monday, ORD topped out at 90° and MDW 91°. ...2024 90°+ Day Tally... 12 - MDW 10 - ORD 10 - RFD 10 - PWK 10 - ARR 10 - LOT 9 - DPA 6 - UGN

Chicago/O'Hare received 1.60" of precipitation on July 13th, which broke the record precipitation total for the date of 1.49" (1963).

what a fucking night, eh.

Moderate is the way to go for sure. Everything is there for a high end event, with widespread/significant damaging winds and QLCS tornadoes.

The remnants of Beryl weren't too big of a deal around here, with a sharper gradient more-so across the southern metro. ORD ended up with 0.61" of rain, while MDW had 1.17"

The brief push of hotter temps for a portion of this weekend and early next week looks to be about it for now.

Hour about an hour 0z bust. 18z run looking horrid as well.

One thing we have learned following the evolution of Beryl the past week or so. The Euro is hot garbage. 6Z run jumped well SE today, and it's going to badly bust short term.

Topped out at 90° at MDW on Wednesday, while ORD missed by a few degrees. (No other area sites hit 90°+) ...2024 90°+ Day Tally... 10 - MDW 10 - RFD 10 - ARR 8 - ORD 8 - PWK 8 - DPA 8 - LOT 5 - UGN

Topped out at 90° at MDW today, while ORD missed by a few degrees. (No other area sites hit 90°+) ...2024 90°+ Day Tally... 10 - MDW 10 - RFD 10 - ARR 8 - ORD 8 - PWK 8 - DPA 8 - LOT 5 - UGN

those touting the mega/sustained heat should stay in hiding, cause it isn't coming any time soon.

worst climo.

June 2024 finished tied as the 10th warmest June on record for Chicago. Record Warmest June's 1. 76.2° - 1933 2. 75.8° - 1971 3. 75.7° - 1954 4. 74.3° - 2021 4. 74.3° - 1952 6. 74.2° - 2005 7. 74.0° - 2020 7. 74.0° - 2012 7. 74.0° - 1949 10. 73.9° - 2024 10. 73.9° - 1956

June 2024 finished tied as the 10th warmest June on record for Chicago. Record Warmest June's 1. 76.2° - 1933 2. 75.8° - 1971 3. 75.7° - 1954 4. 74.3° - 2021 4. 74.3° - 1952 6. 74.2° - 2005 7. 74.0° - 2020 7. 74.0° - 2012 7. 74.0° - 1949 10. 73.9° - 2024 10. 73.9° - 1956

the best month of the year is here.

you lost me seeing bamwx right off the bat.

Solid light show at both ORD and home from last evening into early last night, though it didn't result in much other than that. The QLCS this morning featured peak wind gusts of 50-55MPH at home.

what a trash watch issuance.

Although it was lacking high humidity/heat indices, this period was a solid mid-June heat wave for the area. Barely missing out on 90°+ temps on June 20th prevented a 7-day stretch of 90°+ temps, which would have ranked 3rd longest stretch on record for June. ...ORD... June 16th: 95° June 17th: 97° June 18th: 94° June 19th: 93° June 21st: 94° June 22nd: 93° ...MDW... June 16th: 96° June 17th: 97° June 18th: 95° June 19th: 95° June 21st: 95° June 22nd: 95°

sup.