cyclone77 Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 First lightning shot of the year for me. From the backyard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowtie` Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 First lightning shot of the year for me. From the backyard. Electrifying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wisconsinwx Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 Last night's convection did one of the better fizzling jobs I've seen in awhile, right on my doorstep (due to the OFB racing ahead of the storms). I hope this doesn't become an ongoing theme this late spring/summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 Well....way more rain then i expected...stuck around a lot longer too... ended up with .82... chance of rain/storms every day in the forecast after today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 I picked up 0.30" from the gusted-out overnight leftovers. There were a couple gusts approaching 40 mph and there was some nice lightning as the storms sank down from the north. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchaumburgStormer Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 Nice pics cyclone. Tossed some grass seed out this weekend, with this forecast I shouldn't need to pull the garden hose out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 Picked up 0.40" overnight. Winds were fairly frisky with that gust front. Probably around 35-40mph. Took about 15 minutes after the gust front hit before the rains started. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 timing is poor here and looks like we'll end up too far north/east for anything other than cool showers all week. warm and wet cancel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 timing is poor here and looks like we'll end up too far north/east for anything other than cool showers all week. warm and wet cancel What are you talking about? The warm front comes blasting back through Wednesday.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 meh, point has upper 60s to 70, LOT talking lake breezes, etc...nice-ish but hardly the type of warm/wet pattern i was hoping for but it's early Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 stehbo fail Yeah and what will it be just a few miles West... Lets be real besides your micro climate you live in, it is going to warm up starting Wednesday for the rest of the area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 stehbo fail Inland forecast looks much better.Lake FTL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormtrackertf Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 Last time I was on the road around midday Thursday, only the earliest blooming trees were starting to leaf out. This morning just about every tree, shrub or bush is either in full bloom or leafing out. Extremely rapid greening going on right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilbertfly Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 Lake breeze rolling through chi metro....quite visible on radar today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 Reached 69° today. Lake breeze blew through awhile ago around here. Currently near 50° at the lakefront, low 60s several miles inland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 Elevated storms south of the QC crapping the bed as they approach. Was hoping for another lightning op tonight, but not as confident as I was the last few days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 Elevated storms south of the QC crapping the bed as they approach. Was hoping for another lightning op tonight, but not as confident as I was the last few days. I wouldn't completely rule out the storm chance yet, seems like there are some pop up storms south of DSM moving ENE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 Yeah - looks like a lot of those storms in Iowa will target areas along and north of I-88 tonight. Chilly outside now - and damp feeling. Currently 48°. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 Storms mushed out as expected. Did have a few slow rumbles of thunder, but no CG action. Turned out to be a pretty lame evening, which is disappointing as tonight was looking pretty decent for days for some solid boomers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchaumburgStormer Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 Storms mushed out as expected. Did have a few slow rumbles of thunder, but no CG action. Turned out to be a pretty lame evening, which is disappointing as tonight was looking pretty decent for days for some solid boomers. Seems dekalb has been a ctg and boomer magnet lately. Just had another solid storm roll through. Not a ton of rain, but enough that I won't have to water the grass seedlings tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 Seems dekalb has been a ctg and boomer magnet lately. Just had another solid storm roll through. Not a ton of rain, but enough that I won't have to water the grass seedlings tomorrow. Nice. Getting a solid rain here, but was hoping for CG action. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 First lightning shot of the year for me. From the backyard. Awesome shot, any suggestions on how to get shots like this. I've attempted lightning shots dozens of times and they all suck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 Alek's hood seeing some rumblers as an alarm clock. Haven't checked the ol' gauge yet, but at least 0.50" between yesterday morning and early this morning should knock back the drier than normal conditions and help my morels finally pop. EDIT: 0.57" as of 7 AM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 Heavy rain plus a bit of embedded thunder. Nice soaking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 We have had a few rumbles of thunder this spring. But thats about it. The largest rain event has been 0.67". The largest precipitation event of the year, by far, has been the Superbowl snowstorm when the 16.5" of snow melted down to 1.08" liquid. People always joke about nickel and dime in winter, i cant recall a similar year where we haven't had a rain event of at least 3/4 inch by early May. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 We have had a few rumbles of thunder this spring. But thats about it. The largest rain event has been 0.67". The largest precipitation event of the year, by far, has been the Superbowl snowstorm when the 16.5" of snow melted down to 1.08" liquid. People always joke about nickel and dime in winter, i cant recall a similar year where we haven't had a rain event of at least 3/4 inch by early May. winter is over, bro check back in 7 months Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormtrackertf Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 I hope this doesn't die out much more before it gets here.Look at that cutoff on the northern edge. Running into a wall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 I was also disappointed with a lack of thunder overnight, but I did pick up another 0.96" of rain. Down by I-80 over 3 inches fell. My 3-day total is up to 1.45". It has been a foggy, drizzly morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 I hope this doesn't die out much more before it gets here. Look at that cutoff on the northern edge. Running into a wall. centgrtlakes_loop.gif I'm glad that you saved that. Rare to see that sharp of a straight line north/south gradient for hundreds of miles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrisale Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 Looks like the best day of the year on tap for Thursday 75 and sunny Leaf out has accelerated rapidly here as well. A week ago there were barely buds but within the last 2 days we're up to maybe 20% coverage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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