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A very credible forecaster at LOT with whom I am Facebook friends has expressed via a status post his confidence that ORD has a 'decent shot' of hitting 100 at some point(s) next Monday through Thursday.

Bill Snyder at WGN agrees.

Speaking of LOT, they're losing another met... Shea is taking a position at the Anchorage office.

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Bill Snyder at WGN agrees.

Speaking of LOT, they're losing another met... Shea is taking a position at the Anchorage office.

Given that, I'll be interested to see what Tom's official seven-day shows. I might just have to go catch that once I finish this post.

Yep, Shea is going up to Anchorage to take a Lead Forecaster position. Now there'll be a Journeyman opening at LOT; there will probably be a few hundred applicants to it, as has become usual for NWS positions.

EDIT: Skilling is going 98 Monday through Wednesday (or at least Monday and Tuesday), when he says that an area-wide spread in temperatures might span 96 to 102, and 90 or higher every day, except Friday, when he's going 85.

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It might be overdoing things, but the St. Louis WRF as of 0z is showing 1000-2000 J/kg of CAPE and about 40 knots of bulk shear tomorrow in the 21z-0z period. I wonder if SPC will consider extending the current slight risk when they do their new Day 1. If so, I think I will start a thread on the potential.

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That rain must really be raising my dew points...

75F/71F in La Crosse

76F/53F in Milwaukee

Your vegetation is probably doing some transpiring after all that rain!

71°/55° here. Tomorrow is looking like a bust for the heat.

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Short term/hi-res guidance seems to be in good agreement that there will be rain/storm chances with the lead vort during the morning/afternoon and then new development later in the afternoon...continuing during the night. Decent/widespread severe potential appears to be low.

Probably the best chance of a widespread rainfall since May 31st.

At this point without decent severe potential, i'd rather keep dry and have max heating potential for Mon-Wed.

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Short term/hi-res guidance seems to be in good agreement that there will be rain/storm chances with the lead vort during the morning/afternoon and then new development later in the afternoon...continuing during the night. Decent/widespread severe potential appears to be low.

Probably the best chance of a widespread rainfall since May 31st.

At this point without decent severe potential, i'd rather keep dry and have max heating potential for Mon-Wed.

Come on, there is something to be said for non-severe convection when it is desperately needed. :cry: All joking aside, it would be nice just to get some much needed rain for everyone in the region, so hopefully we get some of that action tomorrow, severe or not.

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Short term/hi-res guidance seems to be in good agreement that there will be rain/storm chances with the lead vort during the morning/afternoon and then new development later in the afternoon...continuing during the night. Decent/widespread severe potential appears to be low.

Probably the best chance of a widespread rainfall since May 31st.

At this point without decent severe potential, i'd rather keep dry and have max heating potential for Mon-Wed.

We really need some rain around here so I'll take whatever we can get at this point. I'm sure we'll have plenty chances in July for some serious hot weather.

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Come on, there is something to be said for non-severe convection when it is desperately needed. :cry: All joking aside, it would be nice just to get some much needed rain for everyone in the region, so hopefully we get some of that action tomorrow, severe or not.

We really need some rain around here so I'll take whatever we can get at this point. I'm sure we'll have plenty chances in July for some serious hot weather.

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

125 PM CDT FRI JUN 15 2012

..ONE OF THE SUNNIEST JUNES ON RECORD FOR CHICAGO SO FAR

CHICAGO HAS RECEIVED 83 PERCENT OF POSSIBLE SUNSHINE THROUGH JUNE

14. NORMAL FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE IS 65 PERCENT. SUNSHINE DATA FOR

CHICAGO GOES BACK TO 1894. THERE HAVE ONLY BEEN 4 JUNES IN CHICAGO

HISTORY THAT HAD MORE THAN 80 PERCENT OF POSSIBLE SUNSHINE. THE MOST

RECENT WAS 1988 WHEN 86 PERCENT OF POSSIBLE SUNSHINE OCCURRED.

IF THIS TREND CONTINUES...JUNE WILL LIKELY BE THE 9TH CONSECUTIVE

MONTH IN CHICAGO WITH BOTH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND ABOVE

NORMAL SUNSHINE.

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Burn bans spreading like wildfire....

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Huntington County is also included. I will check today to see why the map didn't update.

Even though the forecast is showing a chance of rain tonight through tomorrow night, the disco forecaster at IWX summed it up:

PROLONGED PD OF ABOVE NORMAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION TO MORE THAN

NEGATE ANY ANTICIPATED OFFSET FM QUITE ISOLD-WDLY SCT CONVECTION

THROUGH ENTIRE FCST CYCLE AND BYND WITH FURTHER EXACERBATION OF

DROUGHT CONDS ASSURED.

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

125 PM CDT FRI JUN 15 2012

..ONE OF THE SUNNIEST JUNES ON RECORD FOR CHICAGO SO FAR

CHICAGO HAS RECEIVED 83 PERCENT OF POSSIBLE SUNSHINE THROUGH JUNE

14. NORMAL FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE IS 65 PERCENT. SUNSHINE DATA FOR

CHICAGO GOES BACK TO 1894. THERE HAVE ONLY BEEN 4 JUNES IN CHICAGO

HISTORY THAT HAD MORE THAN 80 PERCENT OF POSSIBLE SUNSHINE. THE MOST

RECENT WAS 1988 WHEN 86 PERCENT OF POSSIBLE SUNSHINE OCCURRED.

IF THIS TREND CONTINUES...JUNE WILL LIKELY BE THE 9TH CONSECUTIVE

MONTH IN CHICAGO WITH BOTH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND ABOVE

NORMAL SUNSHINE.

I love sun. Keep it coming.

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Only got down to 70 here this morning. Stark contrast to the 48 the other day. Dews are starting to creep up finally too. Up to 65 currently.

So far the rain has missed just to the northwest, although did get a few sprinkles a little bit ago. May get a decent soaking later tonight depending on how the convection evolves out of Missouri/southern Iowa.

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Rain last evening fell apart again as it moved into east-central Iowa. I only got 0.03". I'm hoping the mcv in eastern Kansas doesn't completely miss this area to the south this evening. Otherwise, Wednesday night looks like the next chance of rain.

Latest 4km NAM shows a nice complex traversing Iowa later this afternoon.

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Looking at the latest HRRR run, looks to keep the rain out of the northern part of Indiana.. I know still early and can change, but looks like a Monday repeat. Where storms rolled through Ill and then completely died at the IL/IN border.

Would love to see some rain today though.

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Given that, I'll be interested to see what Tom's official seven-day shows. I might just have to go catch that once I finish this post.

Yep, Shea is going up to Anchorage to take a Lead Forecaster position. Now there'll be a Journeyman opening at LOT; there will probably be a few hundred applicants to it, as has become usual for NWS positions.

EDIT: Skilling is going 98 Monday through Wednesday (or at least Monday and Tuesday), when he says that an area-wide spread in temperatures might span 96 to 102, and 90 or higher every day, except Friday, when he's going 85.

I know temps have been overachieving lately but I'm not too optimistic on ORD hitting 100.

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