cyclone77 Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 A trailing line of little elevated cells heading this way. Hoping to pick up a quarter inch or so in the next hour. Lots of lightning with the ones to the north. Outflow blew through here when I was out shooting the time lapse. Felt absolutely fantastic after standing there sweating in the calm air for a half hour. Temp has been knocked back into the upper 70s after topping out at 102 earlier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 Looks close, but I'll go T at best. Might be a KTIM special. EDIT: and we have rain here. And lightning and thunder. Woo. Looks like it rained for 9 minutes at LAF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 Picked up 0.59" of rain so far. Given most of it fell in about 20min and with the ground being so dry, there was a lot of run off. So it essentially does little for the drought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 More elevated storms firing in southwestern Wisconsin now. May give some of you southern Wisconsin guys some more rain later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 More elevated storms firing in southwestern Wisconsin now. May give some of you southern Wisconsin guys some more rain later. Yes! I see some more heading this way. Have picked up about 1.35" of rain since 8pm. Lightning is not as ridiculous as it was. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 Amazing amount of lightning coming out of these tiny little elevated cells. Picked up 0.12" so far with another cell about to hit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 Not a darn thing out of this system for most of Iowa, including Cedar Rapids. Nothing but another week of scorching, dry weather to look forward to. Nice to see southern Wisconsin to Chicago getting a good soaking today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 IND picked up 0.02" in the past hour. Banner day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 Rain looks to be over for the night. Ended up with 0.25". Should be enough to green it up a bit again in the next day or so before it fries again this weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeenerWx Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 Pretty gusty here from the storms to the north. Alas, the rain will miss to the north. Lake and Porter Counties, although still dry, have been getting quite lucky the past few weeks. They seem to be able to eek out storms while a majority of the LOT CWA stays high and dry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowlord81 Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 IND picked up 0.02" in the past hour. Banner day. Picked up .19 at my house today. Grass feels just a tiny bit damp. If we get any sun tomorrow its gonna be Do you think .25 is going to stop IND from torching the next few weeks? lol I dont. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 Picked up .19 at my house today. Grass feels just a tiny bit damp. If we get any sun tomorrow its gonna be Do you think .25 is going to stop IND from torching the next few weeks? lol I dont. Nope Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 1.40" of rain for the 18th. Still raining out there. Hoping the wetter ground will hold back on the extreme heat in the coming week. Water is definitely soaking into the ground well - sump pump is going off every 15 minutes compared to twice a week before tonight! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 1.40" of rain for the 18th. Still raining out there. Hoping the wetter ground will hold back on the extreme heat in the coming week. Water is definitely soaking into the ground well - sump pump is going off every 15 minutes compared to twice a week before tonight! Southern Wisconsin and far northern Illinois have been roasting of late with the very dry ground up there. Tonight's rain may keep things from getting too out of hand temp wise early next week. Rockford has been the perennial hot spot of late in northern Illinois. That may be over now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 Southern Wisconsin and far northern Illinois have been roasting of late with the very dry ground up there. Tonight's rain may keep things from getting too out of hand temp wise early next week. Rockford has been the perennial hot spot of late in northern Illinois. That may be over now. No kidding! Would be nice to keep it under 95°! The trade off will probably be higher dewpoints. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 IND wound up with 0.40". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 This next vort that will be dropping in from the Northwest could give this area a pretty good shot at some severe weather. SPC certainly agrees as they have a day 7 and day 8 risk areas for the Great Lakes region. ...DISCUSSION... AN UPPER RIDGE WILL HOLD OVER THE CNTRL U.S. FOR THE D4-D5 PERIOD...WITH MODEST NW FLOW ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES INTO THE NE. FORCING FOR STORMS...ANYWHERE FROM THE NRN PLAINS INTO THE GREAT LAKES...WILL BE WARM ADVECTION...WITH A FEW SMALL CLUSTERS OF STORMS WITH MARGINAL WIND AND HAIL THREATS EACH DAY. AS AN UPPER LOW MOVES INTO THE NRN ROCKIES ON D6...A MORE SUBSTANTIAL SEVERE THREAT MAY MATERIALIZE OVER ND AND NRN MN TUE NIGHT...WITH THE THREAT PERSISTING ACROSS MN/WI/MI ON WED/D7 AND INTO THE LOWER LAKES REGION BY THU/D8. THIS TROUGH WILL BRING FORCING WITH A COLD FRONT...AS WELL AS STRONG FLOW AND SHEAR FOR SEVERE INTO AN AREA THAT WILL BE UNSTABLE. THIS GENERAL SOLUTION IS SUPPORTED BY BOTH THE ECMWF AND GFS MODELS...WITH RELATIVELY LITTLE ENSEMBLE SPREAD. WHILE POSITION ERROR MAY BE ON THE ORDER OF 200 MILES WITH THE EVENTUAL COLD FRONT...THIS IS NOT UNCOMMON FOR AN OUTLOOK THIS FAR OUT. ADJUSTMENTS WILL BE MADE IN SUBSEQUENT OUTLOOKS AS THE EVENT NEARS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 another inch plus rain...second in about a week. Still raining. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 another inch plus rain...second in about a week. Still raining. I said it the other day and I'll say it again. Chi-town has been the sweet spot lately. You've had your share of severe, periodic rains, along with some good heat. Couldn't ask for much more out of summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 I said it the other day and I'll say it again. Chi-town has been the sweet spot lately. You've had your share of severe, periodic rains, along with some good heat. Couldn't ask for much more out of summer. I'm not a huge heat fan but it hasn't been the worst summer of all time...chasing records has been entertaining and we've had just enough convection to keep it from being a total disaster...with the last two providing good soaking rains. Real loud thunder with this little line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brewers Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 That was a well need soaking, airport picked up 1.57" LOCATION PRECIPITATION TOTALS (INCHES) DODGEVILLE RAWS 2.20 KENOSHA ASOS 1.85 RACINE ASOS 1.84 WISC-TV MADISON 1.58 (2-DAY TOTAL) MADISON ASOS 1.43 NWS SULLIVAN 3 SE 1.29 LONE ROCK ASOS 1.09 MILWAUKEE ASOS 0.82 PARDEEVILLE RAWS 0.58 HORICON RAWS 0.30 WAUKESHA AWOS 0.17 FOND DU LAC ASOS 0.14 SHEBOYGAN ASOS 0.05 Also nice to see things start to get a little more active next week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LizardMafia Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 Didn't pick up even a drop of rain yesterday, which I find amazing due to the number of storms that rolled through yesterday.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 Looks like it rained for 9 minutes at LAF. T it is then. Poured for about 10 minutes here last night. Still some puddles standing as of this morning. Southeast side>>>>northwest side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 Northside of LAF getting in on some fun this morning. Pretty dark at my place right now, but looks like the cells will barely miss me to the north and east. EDIT: or not, some redevelopers...and it's raining here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 1014 PM HEAVY SNOW 3 SW MIDWAY AIRPORT 41.75N 87.79W 07/18/2012 M1.3 INCH COOK IL CO-OP OBSERVER IN 20 MINUTES. 3" per hour rates! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 1014 PM HEAVY SNOW 3 SW MIDWAY AIRPORT 41.75N 87.79W 07/18/2012 M1.3 INCH COOK IL CO-OP OBSERVER IN 20 MINUTES. 3" per hour rates! Last night got rock n' rolling again around 3:30am. Poured, with large amounts of lightning again! Ended up with 2.42" of rain between both days. Solid overcast still. Really nice to wake up to a wet morning for a change! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 1014 PM HEAVY SNOW 3 SW MIDWAY AIRPORT 41.75N 87.79W 07/18/2012 M1.3 INCH COOK IL CO-OP OBSERVER IN 20 MINUTES. 3" per hour rates! Almost 4"/hour really. Nice tropical downpour here at the moment. We're rolling now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtlehurricane Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 I wonder how long it'll take to burn off these low-level clouds, stuck at 71 °F under their protection. Much better drought wise than the sun scorching the ground all day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoar_Frost Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 0.57" here. With respect to taking the edge off extreme heat early next week, that won't be enough really to do much around here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpartyOn Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 Ideally I prefer a sunny warm day. But since I'm craving some awesome MI sweet corn I'm embracing this rain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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