Hoosier Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 Hello Central/Western posters: I'm Ryan and I'll be moving in to Valparaiso University a month from today, and I wanted to introduce myself since I'll probably be crashing over here while I'm at school. (Hoosier or whoever can feel free to move this if it's not in the right place, but you all don't seem to have a thread for pointless banter like we do in the Philly subforum so I'm guessing this is a good place?) Welcome, from one Ryan to another. Hope Valpo treats you well and you get hammered with some good LES events. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baroclinic_instability Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 Hello Central/Western posters: I'm Ryan and I'll be moving in to Valparaiso University a month from today, and I wanted to introduce myself since I'll probably be crashing over here while I'm at school. (Hoosier or whoever can feel free to move this if it's not in the right place, but you all don't seem to have a thread for pointless banter like we do in the Philly subforum so I'm guessing this is a good place?) Welcome to this side. We typically do not need pointless banter threads, but that is generally a good thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wisconsinwx Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 Hello Central/Western posters: I'm Ryan and I'll be moving in to Valparaiso University a month from today, and I wanted to introduce myself since I'll probably be crashing over here while I'm at school. (Hoosier or whoever can feel free to move this if it's not in the right place, but you all don't seem to have a thread for pointless banter like we do in the Philly subforum so I'm guessing this is a good place?) I like your photo and sig under it, but if you ask me the truck should have NAM on the front. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunder Road Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 Welcome, from one Ryan to another. Hope Valpo treats you well and you get hammered with some good LES events. I didn't know your name was Ryan! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunder Road Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 I like your photo and sig under it, but if you ask me the truck should have NAM on the front. Eh let's see how the NAM's upgrade performs first. I actually thought of that idea when I saw a GFS truck at Valpo and laughed out loud. Apparently Gordon Food Services provides food for a lot of businesses and colleges and whatnot...I don't know of any NAM trucks... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wisconsinwx Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 Eh let's see how the NAM's upgrade performs first. I actually thought of that idea when I saw a GFS truck at Valpo and laughed out loud. Apparently Gordon Food Services provides food for a lot of businesses and colleges and whatnot...I don't know of any NAM trucks... Well then I assume given the state of college food that statement could apply to both meanings of GFS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunder Road Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 Well then I assume given the state of college food that statement could apply to both meanings of GFS. Haha yeah. They've only fed us the good stuff so far while I was visiting, but now that I'm a student let's see... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 Hello Central/Western posters: I'm Ryan and I'll be moving in to Valparaiso University a month from today, and I wanted to introduce myself since I'll probably be crashing over here while I'm at school. (Hoosier or whoever can feel free to move this if it's not in the right place, but you all don't seem to have a thread for pointless banter like we do in the Philly subforum so I'm guessing this is a good place?) Welcome to the Midwest where all the action is at. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 Lot honking on heavy rain potential tonight, e.iowa up along the wi/il border does look good if an mcs can materialize, although like many recent scenarios, forcing is somewhat lacking. EDIT: Did some looking around and the 0z 4km WRF seems to have a decent handle on the on going action and blows up a really efficent slow moving w/e MCS from central Iowa into southern Wisconsin, slowly drifting south into extreme northern Illinois. Confidence is growing that there will be a stripe of 2"+ from northeast Iowa to MKE. Possible the target area shifts south some but probably not north. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowMeHunter Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 2 months from today and the AVG high temp is down to 70 and we won't see an avg high of 71 again for over 8 months.. Less than 4 months of avg highs in the 70's is about as good as it gets when breaking things down to the 4 seasons. MKE - the 4 seasons capital of the southern MW Bring on some of that rain and lets nip any drought in the bud before it gets going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tropical Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 2 months from today and the AVG high temp is down to 70 and we won't see an avg high of 71 again for over 8 months.. Less than 4 months of avg highs in the 70's is about as good as it gets when breaking things down to the 4 seasons. MKE - the 4 seasons capital of the southern MW Bring on some of that rain and lets nip any drought in the bud before it gets going. You are sick. Considering 70F is the general baseline for human comfort. This heat is quite pleasant, thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wisconsinwx Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 You are sick. Considering 70F is the general baseline for human comfort. This heat is quite pleasant, thank you. How is he sick? You're sick for enjoying the weather like we had yesterday and this morning. I like heat and humidity only if thunderstorms are likely to result, or if we have a chance to reach a significant milestone like 100F. Otherwise, the heat can stay away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 LOT TSRA APPROACHING RFD HAVE HISTORY OF GUSTS INTO MID-30 KT RANGE.A BOUNDARY EXTENDS EAST-WEST TOWARD THE CHICAGO TERMINALS. POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT ALONG THIS BOUNDARY IN THE NEXT 1-3 HOURS...UNTIL THE FRONT PUSHES FURTHER TO THE SOUTH. it is starting to get that look on sat, anything that does pop will have plenty of instability but should remain isolated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msp Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 81/56 and sunny paradise outside Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimChgo9 Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 100.4 from the backyard temp sensor.... :thumbsdown: :thumbsdown: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 After a crystal clear late afternoon the sky has quickly become full of rapidly growing towering cumulus. Some large anvils moving overhead from the southwest as well. Very impressive thunderhead looking southeast too. Can hear thunder from the cell that's popped up southwest of here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 No real good place to put this I suppose, but I tallied some of the longest 90º+ day streaks from the WL COOP (1901 to 1963) on my blog recently. I did the LAF ones (1964 to present) earlier in this thread I believe. We're at 5 and counting right now, with the next 4 being a lock. Tuesday and Wednesday of next week look like the streak may end, but barely. We'll see. Anyways, the numbers... 21 days: July 10-30, 1901 (peak temp of 104º three days) 20 days: August 7-26, 1936 (peak temp of 101º two days) 19 days: July 25-August 12, 1935 (peak temp of 98º) 19 days: July 18-August 5, 1940 (peak temp of 101º) 18 days: July 30-August 16, 1944 (peak temp of 98º) 17 days: June 29-July 15, 1921 (peak temp of 98º two days) 17 days: June 16-July 2, 1933 (peak temp of 99º four times) 16 days: July 25-August 9, 1931 (peak temp of 99º) 16 days: July 14-29, 1934 (peak temp of 110º two times) 16 days: July 3-18, 1936 (peak temp of 111º) And the longest streak of days with a high temp of 100º+... 13 days: July 5-17, 1936...104º, 103º, 108º, 109º, 103º, 107º, 108º, 110º, 110º, 111º, 105º, 101º, 103º EDIT: As a refresher, here's the LAF streaks (again, 1964 to present): 14 days*...7/11-24/1983: 95, 91, 93, 96, 93, 93, 96, 98, 99, 102, 102, 104, 100, 90 * It was 89 on 7/25/1983, but was followed by this: 7/26-31/1983: 90, 91, 99, 99, 91, 93 9 days...7/28-8/5/1988: 91, 91, 90, 91, 95, 93, 95, 93, 90 9 days...8/10-18/1988: 90, 91, 91, 91, 90, 97, 97, 98, 96 9 days...6/14-22/1994: 90, 92, 92, 93, 93, 97, 93, 91, 90 9 days...8/5-13/2007: 93, 94, 98, 96, 94, 92, 93, 98, 90 8 days...7/19-26/1987: 90, 91, 91, 91, 91, 91, 93, 91 8 days...7/27-8/3/1995: 91, 90, 95, 95, 95, 90, 91, 90 8 days...8/11-18/1995: 91, 95, 95, 93, 91, 93, 91, 95 7 days...6/22-28/1966: 90, 90, 91, 93, 95, 91, 90 7 days*...7/14-20/1980: 95, 104, 97, 91, 93, 100, 102 * Just missed a 11 day streak: 7/10-13/1980: 91, 93, 99, 89 7 days...7/3-9/1988: 90, 96, 98, 98, 97, 99, 99 7 days...7/17-23/1991: 91, 91, 96, 93, 95, 99, 91 7 days...7/11-17/1995: 90, 92, 97, 99, 99, 93, 91 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 some beautiful cloud to air lightning, from the cell over the lake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 some beautiful cloud to air lightning, from the cell over the lake Ahhh man, I'd love to get some pics of something like that! Thunder getting pretty close now. Hope I don't lose power again. For whatever reason this season the power goes out at least for a short bit every time the lightning gets close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 Only picked up a few hundreths of an inch of rain, but we've had one hell of a lightning show the last half hour to 45 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OHSnow Posted July 22, 2011 Author Share Posted July 22, 2011 Month to date temperatures (ranking based on complete months) Detroit 89.4/68.8 79.1 (1) Flint 89.4/64.7 77.0 (3) Toledo 90.5/66.2 78.4 (3) Cleveland 86.9/67.2 (3) Mansfield 86.9/64.2 75.5 (5) Akron/Canton 86.6/65.1 75.9 (9) Erie, PA 84.5/66.2 75.4 (7) Indianapolis 90.5/71.1 80.8 (5) Chicago 89.0/69.4 79.2 (3) Rockford 90.4/68.1 79.3 (4) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OHSnow Posted July 22, 2011 Author Share Posted July 22, 2011 The water temperature of Lake Erie off Buffalo was 77 degrees this morning, setting a new record high for the date. The old record was 76, set in 2005, 1987, 1952, and 1935. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 Thursday, July 21st: Hi: 98F Lo: 78F Overall Sky Conditions: Partly Cloudy Max Wind Gust: 15MPH Rainfall: 0.03" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 Parts of IA/IL/IN/MI/OH/WI have been place in D0 (Abnormally dry) on the Drought Monitor... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 Parts of IA/IL/IN/MI/OH/WI have been place in D0 (Abnormally dry) on the Drought Monitor... Wow. Detroit saw its 5th snowiest winter on record (69.1"), the 2nd wettest spring on record (14.60").....had a deluge of a storm on July 2nd, and yet a blob of yellow is creeping into S MI. Just crazy what a little hot weather can do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 The current heat wave has helped Lake Michigan water temps get up around 80 in some areas... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wisconsinwx Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 Parts of IA/IL/IN/MI/OH/WI have been place in D0 (Abnormally dry) on the Drought Monitor... Doesn't surprise me. We have had two precipitation events this month basically, one of which was during a period where rain wasn't originally forecasted. The derecho last Monday represents about 80% of our July rainfall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 Getting a good deal of lightning off to the northwest with the line/cluster of storms that are about to push through. We'll see how much rain we get... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 Getting a good deal of lightning off to the northwest with the line/cluster of storms that are about to push through. We'll see how much rain we get... The storms tonight were very electrical to say the least when they were around here. Enjoy the show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 The storms tonight were very electrical to say the least when they were around here. Enjoy the show. Will do... Getting a bunch of cg and cc lightning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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