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August 2012 General Discussion


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Strong storms in and around Milwaukee popping up in the last hour.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI

124 PM CDT SUN AUG 19 2012

WIZ066-071-191900-

MILWAUKEE-RACINE-

124 PM CDT SUN AUG 19 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING THROUGH EAST CENTRAL MILWAUKEE

COUNTY...

AT 122 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A

STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR DOWNTOWN MILWAUKEE...MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST

AT 15 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL...WINDS GREATER THAN 40 MPH...CLOUD TO GROUND

LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

* THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...

DOWNTOWN MILWAUKEE BY 130 PM CDT...

MILWAUKEE HOAN BRIDGE AND UW-MILWAUKEE CAMPUS BY 135 PM CDT...

ST. FRANCIS AND MILWAUKEE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT BY 150 PM CDT...

CUDAHY BY 155 PM CDT...

GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH BINS TO BLOW

AROUND. STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS TREES. SEEK

SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED.

...

83° is the highest temperature in my 7 day. ~That's warm enough!

Edit: Waterspout reported north of Racine!

* AT 136 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF

PRODUCING A WATERSPOUT...STRONG WINDS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER AND SMALL

HAIL OVER NORTH POINT LIGHTHOUSE....MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 10

KNOTS.

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Your getting it good in Wauwatosa!

Just had a shower and a faint rainbow here! 74° so far for the high.

-0.90° for the month.

Yeah, the whole region (Southern Wisconsin and Northern Illinois at least) has had pretty good luck with rain since mid July. Little complaints about the lack of rain (even though it clearly was too late for the drought troubles. Two nice 15 minute downpours today.

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Somehow DTW managed to hit 80 today (morning low 57). Still below normal, but a bit warmer than expected and certainly above everyone else in SE MI lol (hit 77 in Wyandotte). Regardless, warm sunny days and cool nights with large diurnal ranges are perfect for mid-late August, perhaps eliminating worries of earlier drought regarding brilliancy of Fall color.

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Somehow DTW managed to hit 80 today (morning low 57). Still below normal, but a bit warmer than expected and certainly below everyone else in SE MI lol (hit 77 in Wyandotte). Regardless, warm sunny days and cool nights with large diurnal ranges are perfect for mid-late August, perhaps eliminating worries of earlier drought regarding brilliancy of Fall color.

You mean above everyone else in DTW?

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Intense cell has been pounding downtown Madison for the past 40 minutes or so. 40+ mph gusts and torrential downpours, some of the heaviest rains I've seen since leaving Florida. 1-2" of rain probably, minor flash flooding. Also there were whitecaps on Lake Mendota :lol:

Feels refreshing out, low 60s.

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Awesome time lapse! Get any hail?

Only one little shower here today.

No hail, I think it was on the downswing by the time it got here. I bet the NW shore of Lake Mendota got raked, that's where it was when it was peaking. These storms have a very quick lifecycle due to low wind shear, much quicker than standard severe weather.

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Jonger you can turn off the "best forecast" back to the NWS. Best forecast is awful.

Dry/boring pattern this week with temps reaching 83-87 Thursday through early next week before the next shot of cooler air...good going to the pool and drinking beer weather.

Death Ridge really building west of the rockies. Does it stay west or does slide back to the central of the US?

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Jonger you can turn off the "best forecast" back to the NWS. Best forecast is awful.

Dry/boring pattern this week with temps reaching 83-87 Thursday through early next week before the next shot of cooler air...good going to the pool and drinking beer weather.

Death Ridge really building west of the rockies. Does it stay west or does slide back to the central of the US?

Long range models say it slides East, those who were saying summer is over and no more heat to come, might not want to look long range.

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Kinda cool this morning seeing storms over the lake with the sun shining low around the clouds. Nice dewy morning at 57°. Had a little fog about an hour ago.

CPC at least shows below normal temperatures (overall) over the Central Plains through both time periods. Hopefully if the ridge swings back this way, it will bring only typical warm temperatures with it and not ridiculous + departures.

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