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May 2011 general discussion/obs thread


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Yup, everything's fine Tim. Weatherwise, it's been a wet, but otherwise uninteresting spring. Best TSRA so far was a 10 minute downpour yesterday around 7pm. No hail, no wind, no svr. How 'bout you?

Everything's well. Weatherwise, can't buy any rain/storms here lately and I'm dreading another hot summer. Looking forward to fall and winter already. :lol:

Tonight's radar a good example of our luck lately. :arrowhead:

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Had a hailstorm move through town here earlier today. I was at work so I missed it, but apparently it was about quarter size. Also a funnel was spotted west of here. Definitely didn't expect anything like that today.

No hail here, of course, but we got our first real thunderstorm in weeks... ended up with 0.60". We should have a pretty good total after tomorrow's main event.

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No hail here, of course, but we got our first real thunderstorm in weeks... ended up with 0.60". We should have a pretty good total after tomorrow's main event.

Yep, looks pretty wet.

We haven't had anything other than a few pea size hail events since moving here in '06. Now this year we've had two quarter size hail storms.

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Thursday could be interesting around here.

I would prefer if the front could slow down just a hair and we could shake all of that moisture around 850mb (screams stratocumulus), but otherwise the setup isn't half bad with the 500mb cold pool moving in during peak heating and the impressive DPVA. 00z NAM has improved as well form its previous run. It has temps getting to around 80*F with 1500-2000 J/KG of CAPE and LI's of -3 to -5. Bulk shear values aren't the best (35-40kts) and the best directional shear will be displaced just to the NW of the front, but none of less it's something to get an eye on.

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Thursday could be interesting around here.

I would prefer if the front could slow down just a hair and we could shake all of that moisture around 850mb (screams stratocumulus), but otherwise the setup isn't half bad with the 500mb cold pool moving in during peak heating and the impressive DPVA. 00z NAM has improved as well form its previous run. It has temps getting to around 80*F with 1500-2000 J/KG of CAPE and LI's of -3 to -5. Bulk shear values aren't the best (35-40kts) and the best directional shear will be displaced just to the NW of the front, but none of less it's something to get an eye on.

next few days gfs soaks us while the nam keeps the heavy stuff to the west and us right on the cusp of the warm sector

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I can't wait for LAF summer dewpoints again. I read this forum(at eastern) off and on which it always seemed LAF was the dewpoint King.

Yeah, we tended to run a couple degrees higher than most surrounding sites, although a site north of us was higher (right in the middle of the corn fields).

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Getting missed by storms by the thinnest of margins this morning. Starting to get a little silly how they avoid LAF this month...

EDIT: Ahh, grazed by a trailing cell. Decent 5 minute downpour. Better than nothing...

I can't wait for LAF summer dewpoints again. I read this forum(at eastern) off and on which it always seemed LAF was the dewpoint King.

Should be a hoot.

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Getting missed by storms by the thinnest of margins this morning. Starting to get a little silly how they avoid LAF this month...

EDIT: Ahh, grazed by a trailing cell. Decent 5 minute downpour. Better than nothing...

I haven't done great up here but have probably had a 3-4 solid garden variety storms with another in progress today. Problem up here is we just haven't been able to break into a warm sector for any real period of time.

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I haven't done great up here but have probably had a 3-4 solid garden variety storms with another in progress today. Problem up here is we just haven't been able to break into a warm sector for any real period of time.

Well April was very good here, but May has been a 180. Warm sector hasn't been a problem...just crappy luck. Nature of the beast I guess. Though today looks like a day it will be good to miss out, relatively speaking (EDIT: Not saying the threat isn't real, it is, but the bigger one looks to be south of here. Not a bad thing for us IMO)...

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Beats having to to think the world is going to end like that may 25th weenie thread.

I was about to say that, as uncomfortable and blah as this weather might be, it still beats being in that long track tornado outbreak. Severe weather events up here are one thing, but in Tornado Alley they are serious business.

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Yes, at least we get a couple comfortable days in between this nasty weather and the torch. Maybe Friday, Saturday?

Yeah.. looks nice albeit a little cool friday and sat.. Sunday afternoon through most of next week continues with the pretty smoking scenario on last nights euro. Then 12z keeps coming around and disappears the uncomfortable DP stuff next week quicker than a fart in a fan factory and its pretty pleasant after tues.

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Man wonder if we will ever see a spring like this one regarding the severe/tornadic weather. Man this has been something else. Missouri suddenly looks like the new Tornado Alley. All of guys have been friggin awesome pointing out all the little details about the storm scenarios. Honestly you guys rock, have learned a ton and can totally see why you guys love this stuff. I get it. Keep up all your hard work guys!

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INL dropped to 28F this morning, one degree short of the record low of 27F in 1983.

It could drop into the low-mid 20s tonight or tomorrow night...if so, would be nearly the coldest on record so late in the season.

And ORD may only hit 50F tomorrow...crazy. But it could be near 90F three days later, and on Memorial Day...

Amazing spring...huge temperature contrasts betwen N and S...even more so than normal. That helps explain all of the severe weather.

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INL dropped to 28F this morning, one degree short of the record low of 27F in 1983.

It could drop into the low-mid 20s tonight or tomorrow night...if so, would be nearly the coldest on record so late in the season.

And ORD may only hit 50F tomorrow...crazy. But it could be near 90F three days later, and on Memorial Day...

Amazing spring...huge temperature contrasts betwen N and S...even more so than normal. That helps explain all of the severe weather.

Yeah, same deal here in Milwaukee. I don't think it got above 50 today with wind chills in the upper 30s, then will warm into the mid to upper 80s with heat indices higher. This is why everyone around here jokes there is no spring, only winter and summer with a short fall.

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