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50 days and counting... ...HISTORIC PERIOD OF DRY WEATHER CONTINUES AT INDIANAPOLIS... TODAY...OCTOBER 6...MARKS THE 49TH CONSECUTIVE DAY THAT LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH HAS FALLEN OFFICIALLY AT INDIANAPOLIS...THE LONGEST SUCH STRETCH IN RECORDED HISTORY. WITH JUST A SMALL THREAT FOR RAIN THIS WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK...THIS STREAK WILL EXTEND SEVERAL MORE DAYS. THE TOP FIVE LONGEST CONSECUTIVE STREAKS OF LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH OF DAILY PRECIPITATION: 1) 49 DAYS: 8/19-10/6/2020 ***ACTIVE*** 2) 47 DAYS: 6/1-7/17/2012 T3) 46 DAYS: 12/3/1955-1/17/1956 T3) 46 DAYS: 8/13-9/27/1908 5) 44 DAYS: 1/22-3/6/1935 (0.39")

LOL, we posted almost the same thought simultaneously.

NEOH, you've hit the nail on the head about the State Governors making the COVID-related decisions. However, that is also my main bone of contention. The No. 1 job of the President is to be a leader, not day-to-day governing (legislature and courts). It is the President's job to guide the national conversation, be a leader in times of crisis, to work to unify the country through civil discourse. When Covid hit, the executive branch did not show leadership, it handed this political hot potato off to State Governors to handle. Therefore, there have been myriad courses of action instead of a solid, united effort to control this pandemic. Instead, this administration has taken no responsibility other than to criticize individual states' responses and create even more divisiveness than before this nightmare began. So my opinion is yes, it is the President's responsibility to promote the safety and well-being of the citizens by taking what the medical community recommends seriously, which our President has not done.

Let the feet of gfs modeled snow begin.

I'm smelling smoke. Not sure if it's from wild fires, but can't locate any local source.

It's that time of year when we begin seeing wide diurnal swings. For FWA, the normal summer differences of around 20° widens to around 25° before condensing again in late October. Should be about a 35° swing here tomorrow and the weekend also should see at least 30° differences. Shorts during the day and a hoodie at night.

We had a small cell pop up this afternoon. I saw an old OFB drifting southward toward it, so I thought I'd get under it. Sure enough, they collided and went boom. Although the worst of it only lasted about 30 seconds, we had hail off and on for about 5 minutes. It later blew a semi over on I 69. Pardon the French, but it caught me by surprise. I only say that when the winds are north of 50.

Finished with 1.78" here. Areas just to my south had 2-4". Maybe not a drought buster, but it put a dent in it.

Showers and storms have been firing and semi-training here all day. We haven't had a day like this all summer. Not a lot of accumulation locally, but some areas nearby have received a healthy dose. The boundary has been slowly floating south and it should drive back north, keeping the rain chances high overnight. It will be a nice night to sleep with the windows open and hear the rain falling and thunder rumbling.

Alek's idea of a yard. Even though my county is only in a D0, our grass is completely dormant. A cigarette butt thrown in the right spot and my lawn would be black. EDIT: 0.96" in the past 30 days. Not terrible, but with already semi-dry conditions, it's pretty parched here. We had a nearby hay field on fire this afternoon, helped along with the 20-25MPH wind gusts.

A large area of cumulus radiatus over the area today.

I was listening to the Cubs/Sox game earlier and Pat and Ron mentioned the hazy conditions at Wrigley, which seemed unusual as they also reported a stiff wind blowing out to center.

IND has the same concerns in their afternoon discussion. There's still time though.

I just spent a couple of days in Porter and LaPorte County. Seemed awfully dry in that area and it's not even showing as abnormally dry. After driving the area today, I'm betting on a large chunk of northeast IN being in D1. As you said, sunny and 90° for the next several days should see our area likely being in D2 conditions by late next week.

With our June 10th storm, our EMA Facebook page lit up with people wondering what the low roar was that they heard as the storm approached. It was a localized event in a small town (Andrews, IN). While doing damage assessments, several residents also commented on it and asked if it was a tornado due to the roar. I've only heard it a couple of times in my life from straight-line winds. Eerie stuff.

Wow. That's gotta be rough.

We've had 2 in the past 7 days and 4 in the past 3 1/2 weeks.

We got dumped on this afternoon. I caught 2.21" in 45 minutes, approaching 2.5" for the day. Street flooding galore. A buddy said his weather station recorded a 5.17" rainfall rate at the peak of the storm.

Thanks!

Jack, I'm glad to see that you are recovering. I was really concerned when you quit posting, I just knew something was terribly wrong. What a horrible nightmare for you. Your story should be told to every anti-masker. As you said, you really don't deserve what happened to you. Prayers for a full recovery.

I know that this is not a political thread, but alarms should be raised with the White House's order that the Corona data sent by hospitals go to them rather than the CDC. Months before an election and a political entity is trying direct the conversation. Just wow. How transparent is this ploy? How are Americans supposed to be honestly informed if the narrative is controlled by a politician.? https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/14/us/politics/trump-cdc-coronavirus.html?campaign_id=9&emc=edit_nn_20200715&instance_id=20323&nl=the-morning&regi_id=132190987&segment_id=33439&te=1&user_id=6c0c6198ea2aad1257a6d55b6ad8e814 Sorry for the political rant. Now back to your regularly scheduled program.

Yep, we're toast here. We've had over and inch and a half in the past 24 hrs and expecting more storms off and on through the end of the week. Dry ground feedback cancel.

We had a storm drop a microburst right over I 69 that flipped a semi tanker and took down some trees and interstate signs. The tanker was hauling glycerin, which didn't spill, although if it did, the firefighters on scene could have moisturized their hands.

Congratulations on your retirement, but do people in your profession really ever retire? I'm glad that you have the opportunity to be close to your family.

I'm already seeing some pissed off cumulus this morning, with other storms already formed along the old boundary in Indiana. They are nearly stationary and someone is going to get dumped on while most just bake. Gotta love midsummer Midwest weather.