Hoosier Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Yep, made it to 90. First one of the year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonbo Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 So I went outside to watch the storm that was coming for me. I get some decent shelf cloud pictures but realize it didn't do much except maybe a 20-25mph gust if that. Come in, checked the radar loop....it basically died right as it came into town and then created what I call now a "Donut hole of death" right over the Des Moines area (mostly northern part but as it died and moved north it created that death hole south to north over town) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeastFromTheEast Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Absolutely picturesque skyline here as the storms have moved off.. Cooled off nicely as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Yep, made it to 90. First one of the year. First of many I'm sure. Now we need to work on getting your first 80 degree dewpoint lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tropical Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 First of many I'm sure. Now we need to work on getting your first 80 degree dewpoint lol. Still have yet to get past 66. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sc2man13 Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 About to get trucked here in GR by a line of storms. Good lightning already, lots of red on the radar. Coming in soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpartyOn Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Still have yet to get past 66. Not sure of your location...But I assume its in the central states so I'm sure by June you will baking in the sun well past 66 degrees. I don't think it should shock any of us that we have a potential "cool" snap lurking considering its still early May. This time of spring is littered with cool snaps and torches. My Birthday is on the 18th so I seriously can remember many cool/chilly May 18ths..In fact the majority of them were cool/chilly so too me this is more than normal!!! If not expected Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpartyOn Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 After this recent warmth this will feel cold. Brrrr... BowMe Approves 50's FTW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! May 2008???? Could be a while before things break to the warmer side for a while..GFS and Euro kinda think so..Get your Hoodies out and put away the shorts! Fall weather in Spring! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baroclinic_instability Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Nothing severe but a seriously cool hail storm. Came down like rain on the west end of North Platte here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Nothing severe but a seriously cool hail storm. Came down like rain on the west end of North Platte here. Pretty cool. I have never seen hail even come close to covering the ground here. It's tough just to get any hail at all here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kab2791 Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Nice Accumulating hail Baro! Yep, the most hail I've seen IMBY was pea size hail here and there. Pretty cool. I have never seen hail even come close to covering the ground here. It's tough just to get any hail at all here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Nothing severe but a seriously cool hail storm. Came down like rain on the west end of North Platte here. Wow! Very impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baroclinic_instability Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Pretty cool. I have never seen hail even come close to covering the ground here. It's tough just to get any hail at all here. Nice Accumulating hail Baro! Yep, the most hail I've seen IMBY was pea size hail here and there. Wow! Very impressive. It came down for about 5 mins--but it was raining hail. I called in the LSR to the office--and they got nothing there. The office is about 5 miles to the east of my location. Freezing levels are only 8612' AGL, but still, I have never seen hail come down that hard in quite a long time. Pretty awesome stuff considering the non-supercellular nature of the storms! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Nothing severe but a seriously cool hail storm. Came down like rain on the west end of North Platte here. Nice pic. I've only seen that a couple times. One time there were still small piles remaining 6 hours later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 It came down for about 5 mins--but it was raining hail. I called in the LSR to the office--and they got nothing there. The office is about 5 miles to the east of my location. Freezing levels are only 8612' AGL, but still, I have never seen hail come down that hard in quite a long time. Pretty awesome stuff considering the non-supercellular nature of the storms! That much hail on the ground would probably be enough to lower the ambient temps a bit I would assume. That's a hell of a lot of ice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baroclinic_instability Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Nice pic. I've only seen that a couple times. One time there were still small piles remaining 6 hours later. That much hail on the ground would probably be enough to lower the ambient temps a bit I would assume. That's a hell of a lot of ice. It was still in a pile for a bit--but we are getting a ton of rain now. All melting now It was pretty neat picking it up and running it through your hands. Literally felt like beads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Wednesday, May 11th: Hi: 90F Lo: 66F Overall Sky Conditions: Partly Cloudy Max Wind Gust: 16MPH Rainfall: 0.30" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Baro's pics remind me of a family vaca to the black hills back in the day. We drove up into the hills and noticed large white piles in shaded areas, i thought they were left over snow patches, but turns out it was leftovers from what must have been an epic hail storm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpartyOn Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 This is a straight up Mid July morning here..Very muggy and mild! Just nasty sleeping weather last night could have turned on the AC but I have yet to do my spring inspection of the system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Overcast and 75 here. Picked up 0.05" of rain from a few showers yesterday evening. SPC took us out of the slight risk again. 3rd or 4th time this year we've been downgraded on the day of the event lol. The QCA is definitely the dead zone for surface based convection this year so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 This is kinda funny. A couple days ago I used the word "pulsy" (which I wasn't even sure was a word) to describe the thunderstorms since the meaning was obvious. I'm reading the IND afd and notice this: THE ONLY FORCING MECHANISM TO SPEAK OF WOULD BE DIURNALLY CHARGED CONVECTION AS A WEAK S/WV MOVES ACROSS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON...WHICH BASED ON THE AVAILABLE DATA ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO POP UP SHOULD BE SHORT LIVED AND "PULSY" IN NATURE SINCE SHEAR PROFILES LOOK UNIMPRESSIVE. I looked it up in the dictionary and it is not a word. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpartyOn Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 WOWzers .. Highs may struggle to hit the 60 degree mark for Monday & Tuesday. Even worse for those closer to Lake Huron in the Thumb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hm8 Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Great day for my school's cooler to break down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpartyOn Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 This is a very difficult pattern for temperature predictions. Evolution of the omega can be a pain(looks painful on the maps, like a pitcher with bad bad mechanics lol) for models to forecast. I suspect reduced maxes with less low mins. Frankly, I don't care how much cooler it get. Just to get rid of this awful summer weather with no ac. I don't mind it in June, but mid-May? It has run its course. There are some hints of another heat release by the end of the month.........bleh. Without a doubt the region cools down. The duration is whats in question. Who knows maybe 7+ days more or less ATM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msp Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 good to be back in minny. what a change in weather though. only 52F now in the middle of the afternoon. 70s as close as dodge center and rochester with tds in the 60s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 with southwest winds, today is probably the warmest day right along the lakefront. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundersnow12 Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 12z GFS is showing low-mid 30's early monday morning from MSN down through DBQ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Great day for my school's cooler to break down Back when I was in High School we didn't even have AC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
River Card Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Still have yet to get past 66. Next week you might be looking at a wicked plant and tree leaf killing freeze...Looks serious come Mon and Tue night. The dew points easily look mid 20's up your way. You'll have bare trees into July once the frozen leaves fall off. Let's hope not but it does look sh*tty for the next 2 weeks. Theme for summer I'm betting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowMeHunter Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Almost never fails..the last day of torches the temperature always exceeds the mke office call by 5-10 degrees... Miserable 86/62 out there...on the bright side my fetish with no high temp for the day in the 70's since oct 20th of last yr continues on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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