IWXwx Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 Does anyone have access to NWS Chat? I have been unable to get on in the past half an hour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoar_Frost Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 We have 91/54 right now in Geneva, Illinois, a hot day to be sure (though not humid or torrid) and the eighth day of the year at or above 90 degrees. Hoping for some rain tomorrow afternoon: no measurable rain has yet occurred in June (though 1.13" was recorded at the 12z 24-h observation on the 1st from rain that fell on 31 May), and only 0.12" was recorded between 8 and 31 May from minor events on the 12th and 20th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frostfern Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 Statistics argue that your time frame is one of the worst time frames for severe weather. Sure you can pick out notable events to match any time frame but collectively between 4-10pm will always be the best time of the day to see severe/significant severe. I'll still take a 11:00 PM frontal passage over a 11:00 AM frontal passage any day. Perhaps I'm just making a semantic nitpick but I take the term "nocturnal" to literally mean the hours of darkness. In terms of severe weather and thunderstorms in general, the PM hours are the most favorable while the AM hours are the least. In my mind "nocturnal" doesn't refer to only the latter half of the night, but the entire time from sunset to sunrise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 I'll still take a 11:00 PM frontal passage over a 11:00 AM frontal passage any day. Perhaps I'm just making a semantic nitpick but I take the term "nocturnal" to literally mean the hours of darkness. In terms of severe weather and thunderstorms in general, the PM hours are the most favorable while the AM hours are the least. In my mind "nocturnal" doesn't refer to only the latter half of the night, but the entire time from sunset to sunrise. In terms of heavy rain producing thunderstorms, the best ones here seem to be between 9pm - 9am. With a lot of them occurring in the early morning more around sunrise. In terms of the most severe storms, they seem to be most common late afternoon through about 9pm. That's what I've observed the last decade or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpartyOn Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 Looks like a omega ridge will develope.........more sun and dry. Just peaked at all the 12z guidance and it looks very warm straight through the end. Not much rain either, lots of sun for the most part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeastFromTheEast Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 12z Euro very promising in the day 6-10 period. It has dropped the extended dry heat of a few days ago and has replaced it with persisent upper midwest troughiness with a front stalled over the area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 pretty weird stretch...quality heat if you're in the sun without any wind but the dry air, breeze and shade keeps things pretty great. Lake Michigan offering some nice late day relief as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 pretty weird stretch...quality heat if you're in the sun without any wind but the dry air, breeze and shade keeps things pretty great. Lake Michigan offering some nice late day relief as well. Agreed. 90 degrees just doesn't feel that hot to me without any humidity. Feels great outside. I'm sure at some point this summer the humidity will finally get in here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted June 10, 2012 Author Share Posted June 10, 2012 ORD up to 93 as of 4PM...Appears to be the hottest temp in the region at this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtlehurricane Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 High of 88 °F, back down to 87 °F probably from all the clouds. Hoping for those storms in western IA/MN to get here later, maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtlehurricane Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 ORD up to 93 as of 4PM...Appears to be the hottest temp in the region at this time. Besides South St. Paul, MN. http://mesowest.utah.edu/cgi-bin/droman/meso_base.cgi?stn=KSGS&unit=0&timetype=LOCAL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 92F now... too much wind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 6th 90 degree day here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 After the warm, potentially stormy day tomorrow, the forecast is for low to mid 70s through Friday. No rain though. Currently 82/58. Cumulus being pushed further inland. 12th day of 80s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted June 10, 2012 Author Share Posted June 10, 2012 Besides South St. Paul, MN. http://mesowest.utah...&timetype=LOCAL Not part of this sub-forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpartyOn Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 GRR talking 90s for late next week. Hopeful that if we see this expanding heat dome it will usher in some MCS/MCVs to the area. Although it appears we drought out this summer. Really shaping up that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 Still no 90 degree days in June here. Had 5 in May including a 98. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hm8 Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 Two grad parties today...everyone was melting outside, someone ended up bringing out the slip n' slide at one point, which is totally meant for college kids to use, right? On the topic of severe wx timing that was being talked about earlier.... DTX: GRR: LOT: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frostfern Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 pretty weird stretch...quality heat if you're in the sun without any wind but the dry air, breeze and shade keeps things pretty great. Lake Michigan offering some nice late day relief as well. Today's 90 degree high felt more like what you sometimes get in Seattle in July and everyone whines and complains how "humid" it is with a dewpoint in the upper 50s to low 60s. To be fair though, there is very little air conditioning there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 Yes...today was not bad with such low humidity. I was sitting in the shade and it wasn't bad at all. The problem i see is evaporation, which must be huge on a day like today with full sun, high temps and strong winds... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 75°/60° currently with a lot of haze and high clouds. First time in June dewpoints have cracked 60°. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 Biking home on my bike ride, I could see the clouds from the storms over to the west in MN...just the edge of them was blocking out the sun as it set. Still very warm...bike ride was a little greasy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frostfern Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 75°/60° currently with a lot of haze and high clouds. First time in June dewpoints have cracked 60°. In GRR the dewpoint reached 67 on back on May 3. I don't think that number ever was exceeded during the following heat waves in May. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frostfern Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 Biking home on my bike ride, I could see the clouds from the storms over to the west in MN...just the edge of them was blocking out the sun as it set. Still very warm...bike ride was a little greasy. MN has been hogging all the rain like mad this spring and summer. It's just like our economics, the rich get richer while the poor get poorer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wisconsinwx Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 MN has been hogging all the rain like mad this spring and summer. It's just like our economics, the rich get richer while the poor get poorer. Minnesota was quite dry late last summer and fall, while much of the GLOV region was incredibly wet, so it's the law of averages I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 On the topic of severe wx timing that was being talked about earlier.... DTX: GRR: LOT: They should label those. I'm assuming the times are UTC? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 In GRR the dewpoint reached 67 on back on May 3. I don't think that number ever was exceeded during the following heat waves in May. I think 66° is about the highest dewpoint I've observed here. Probably back on the same day you mentioned. Warm night on tap, sitting at 76° at home with mostly cloudy skies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 This weekend we were only able to get up to 86 and 88 for highs... a bit below the forecasted temps both days. Throw in the tame dewpoints and it didn't even qualify as hot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hm8 Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 They should label those. I'm assuming the times are UTC? That is correct Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frostfern Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 Minnesota was quite dry late last summer and fall, while much of the GLOV region was incredibly wet, so it's the law of averages I guess. There must have been a sharp cutoff somewhere because it was a rather dry and uneventful late summer and fall where I live. In October the leaves started falling off the trees before they even turned color. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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