Geos Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 My high for the day might be 50°, which was about 2am in the morning! Raining moderately again. Welcome to the subforum mjwise! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted May 31, 2012 Author Share Posted May 31, 2012 Just over 0.80" of rain here with more to come. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 going to be interesting to see how far north and west the defo band pushes back tonight...it's possible there will be an overlap area nearby that sees 2" from both bands. RPM model shows the defo band covering Lake and Cook Counties at least tonight. 2"+ of rain for eastern Cook. Skilling mention "lake enhancement" rain tonight! A term you don't hear often outside of winter! 46° with mod. rain right now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 This is not easy to do in the middle of the day on the last day of May. It'd be one thing if there were 40's in a localized area along the lake but that is not the case. Even though highs occurred after midnight, there's a chance that some of these areas stay in the 40's throughout the afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KokomoWX Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 Waiting on the rain to come reminds me of waiting for a good winter snow. I am not being very patient right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 RPM model shows the defo band covering Lake and Cook Counties at least tonight. 2"+ of rain for eastern Cook. Skilling mention "lake enhancement" rain tonight! A term you don't hear often outside of winter! 46° with mod. rain right now! Sounds good...was starting to notice early signs of moisture problems on area plants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpartyOn Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 I hope we get dry slotted! :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roardog Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 Sun is out. 54 here if it can hold then enough heating might make the RAPs 70-71 verify and yet another temp bust. Not quite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpartyOn Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 Not quite. Word. 64 out now. I think the majority of us knew the RAP would fail. Was a fleeting small chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpartyOn Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 The Sat views and radar returns most def look like something out of October rather than the end of May. Neat stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchaumburgStormer Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 The Sat views and radar returns most def look like something out of October rather than the end of May. Neat stuff. Or February of last winter... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeastFromTheEast Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 anyone know what is causing the faint radar return that hugs the shoreline along Chicago? Lake Enhancement.. It will even get "stronger" through the day as winds pick up a bit and the full fetch winds develop! Skilling's graphic, bottom right image.. There will be some lake enhancement of this rain. Big Delta T's (temp drop from the lake surface temp to 850 mb--5,000 ft aloft) with this system and a near full fetch NNE wind developing and strengthening as Thu night comes on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeastFromTheEast Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 0.84" down here so far.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 I hope we get all the rain that is in the forecast, anyone stating they want a miss on this is just a drought monger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 30F this morning in Ely, MN...would imagine some 20Fs around the border area of MN... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 see some 44-45 readings on mesonet out around crystal lake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtlehurricane Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 0.4" of rain total. A wet 52 °F outside, way better than hot summer weather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 0.62" of rain here through 2:30pm. Looks like an area north and parallel to I-88 has seen 4"+ of rain today (east of Sterling). 44° at Woodstock and Sycamore at this hour! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 0.62" of rain here through 2:30pm. Looks like an area north and parallel to I-88 has seen 4"+ of rain today (east of Sterling). 44° at Woodstock and Sycamore at this hour! 4" sounds suspicious...smells like bright banding Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 4" sounds suspicious. That was doppler estimated. Blown way out of proportion... only 0.85" in Sterling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 That was doppler estimated. Blown way out of proportion... only 0.85" in Sterling. probably some bright banding Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtlehurricane Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 1 °C at 850 hPa over Madison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hm8 Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 Even though it will bring little more then a steady rain for most people here, this is a very impressive system for May/June. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 I hope we get all the rain that is in the forecast, anyone stating they want a miss on this is just a drought monger. No. Some would prefer if our rains came from frequent convection episodes versus a long duation light stratiform rain event with below average temperatures. But ultimately whatever happens will happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmc76 Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 Even though it will bring little more then a steady rain for most people here, this is a very impressive system for May/June. I wish we can save this system for December. Actually this would miss most of the Detroit area. Good track for Chicago to Alpena if it was a snow system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCNYILWX Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 probably some bright banding Definite bright banding. Radar estimates are useless today. We've found that Dual Pol doesn't do well when the freezing levels are low and the melting layer gets involved. Dual Pol storm total estimating 6" in western Lee and Ogle counties! Highest report through early afternoon was 1.15" from the NIU campus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeastFromTheEast Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 No. Some would prefer if our rains came from frequent convection episodes versus a long duation light stratiform rain event with below average temperatures. But ultimately whatever happens will happen. Ummm.. No. In terms of drought relief these types of "systems" >>> convection.. These are the best types of systems for drought relief as they bring a uniform longer duration type of soaking. Basic stuff but convective episodes otoh are usually isolated/scattered and only drop decent rains in parts of areas.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpartyOn Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 No. Some would prefer if our rains came from frequent convection episodes versus a long duation light stratiform rain event with below average temperatures. But ultimately whatever happens will happen. This. I would take evening Summer T-Storm rain over the pending forecast any day. Just not a fan of this rain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpartyOn Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 Sun actually just came out. Calm before the rains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hm8 Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 As much as I may not "be a fan" of stratiform rains like today... I'd more than willingly take one of these once or twice a month to keep the drought away. The localized nature of convection doesn't really do the trick... I mean obviously severe storms are more fun than this but wishing for bone dry conditions over occasional boring rain is silly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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