purduewx80 Posted February 19, 2016 Share Posted February 19, 2016 ORD gusting to 60 mph now with cold advection under way...down to 59F now. Probably see gusts like this til that stratocu overspreads the area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted February 19, 2016 Share Posted February 19, 2016 Turning into one of the more impressive gradient wind events I've seen in awhile. MLI now sustained at 40kts (46mph)! Extremely impressive. Iowa City now gusting to 60mph. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IllinoisWedges Posted February 19, 2016 Share Posted February 19, 2016 Power has flickered multiple times here. Very windy, but I wish the Davis Vantage Pro had wind gusts. Sitting at 61 degrees with winds reaching 30 mph. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted February 19, 2016 Share Posted February 19, 2016 Iowa City actually hit 63mph, and DVN just hit 62mph about 15 min ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chitown Storm Posted February 19, 2016 Share Posted February 19, 2016 snowpack taking a huge hit, but it's keeping it cold here. Only in the upper 30s. Good rains earlier annihilated the pack. Wind gusts around 35mph. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCNYILWX Posted February 19, 2016 Share Posted February 19, 2016 Just dialed into the Chicago ASOS sites, MDW hit a high of 65 at 1218pm and ORD topped out at 62 as of 1218pm. Highest wind gust at ASOS sites in northern IL l has been 61 mph (RFD and UGN) and the Crib peaked at 69 mph at 1246pm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted February 19, 2016 Share Posted February 19, 2016 Just dialed into the Chicago ASOS sites, MDW hit a high of 65 at 1218pm and ORD topped out at 62 as of 1218pm. Highest wind gust at ASOS sites in northern IL l has been 61 mph (RFD and UGN) and the Crib peaked at 69 mph at 1246pm. hell yeah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted February 19, 2016 Share Posted February 19, 2016 i guess the power just went out at my place on the northside, p impressive for the city Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted February 19, 2016 Share Posted February 19, 2016 Stratus deck has taken over now. Winds still gusting up around 50mph. Would love to be on the eastern shoreline watching the waves come in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonger Posted February 19, 2016 Share Posted February 19, 2016 Amazing. Record low for DTW was 2015, Record high MIGHT be 2016. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted February 19, 2016 Share Posted February 19, 2016 It seems the NAM (and NAM 4km) just doesn't like to forecast warm temperatures in the winter, when cold temps are giving way to warm temps and dry adiabatic mixing. Last night's 00z NAM predicted 45F at Toledo at 21z today (4PM) and Toledo has already reached 62F before 4PM. The NAM forecast temp profile didn't show a dry adiabatic profile-- it had a much weaker lapse rate below 850mb. In reality, the temp profile is close to dry adiabatic right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted February 19, 2016 Share Posted February 19, 2016 4km and 12km NAM now have snow showers for Sunday morning back in S, MI, S WI, N IL. Roller coaster ride over the next 48 hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveNay Posted February 19, 2016 Share Posted February 19, 2016 Stratus deck has taken over now. Winds still gusting up around 50mph. Would love to be on the eastern shoreline watching the waves come in. With the lack of ice, I'm surprised there hasn't been talk of a seiche. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chambana Posted February 19, 2016 Share Posted February 19, 2016 Wunderground says 65, but my car has 67, so close to that record. Either way one of the warmest February days I've ever experienced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sokolow Posted February 19, 2016 Share Posted February 19, 2016 i guess the power just went out at my place on the northside, p impressive for the cityapartment windows visibly flexing atm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purduewx80 Posted February 19, 2016 Share Posted February 19, 2016 gusting to 62 mph at ORD now. have been a lot of power outages in logan square, too. city drivers have no idea what to do when traffic lights are out. it's pretty chaotic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted February 19, 2016 Share Posted February 19, 2016 Winds starting to show signs of slowing down. Still getting an occasional gust to 50, but the sustained winds have dropped some. Had quite the period of 55-60mph gusts this afternoon. Highest gust on the weather station was 54mph, which is only 5ft above the ground. This will rank in the top 3 events of the whole winter to be sure. Nov snowstorm, Dec 23rd severe, and today's extremely impressive gradient wind event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted February 19, 2016 Share Posted February 19, 2016 Trees down all over Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted February 19, 2016 Share Posted February 19, 2016 Very strong winds near Hoosier. Gary gusted up to 70mph. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted February 19, 2016 Share Posted February 19, 2016 A list of some peak gusts from various ASOS/AWOS in DVN area from DVN fb page. Both QC ASOS peaked over 60mph. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted February 19, 2016 Share Posted February 19, 2016 Winds are really cooking here too gusted to near 50 this hour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchaumburgStormer Posted February 19, 2016 Share Posted February 19, 2016 Sleet piles nearly gone, peak gust of 60mph earlier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted February 19, 2016 Share Posted February 19, 2016 Peak gust of 62mph at ORD and 58mph here. Few LSR's from the LOT CWA... ..REMARKS.. 0300 PM NON-TSTM WND GST THORNTON 41.57N 87.62W 02/19/2016 M72 MPH COOK IL TRAINED SPOTTER WIND DAMAGED A HEATING AND AIR CONDITION UNIT. 0245 PM NON-TSTM WND GST GARY 41.60N 87.34W 02/19/2016 M70 MPH LAKE IN AWOS 61 KT GUST AT GARY AIRPORT. 0246 PM NON-TSTM WND GST OHARE AIRPORT 41.98N 87.90W 02/19/2016 M62 MPH COOK IL ASOS 54 KT WIND GUST. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCNYILWX Posted February 19, 2016 Share Posted February 19, 2016 The Chicago Crib peaked at 73 mph at 1258pm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted February 19, 2016 Share Posted February 19, 2016 Just got in...twigs and small branches down all over. I'm sure we gusted over 60 mph. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrisale Posted February 19, 2016 Share Posted February 19, 2016 One of the windiest places on earth right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted February 19, 2016 Share Posted February 19, 2016 From IWX 0520 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG 1 N ELKHART 41.71N 85.97W02/19/2016 ELKHART IN BROADCAST MEDIATREE FELL ONTO A HOUSE CAUSING SIGNIFICANTDAMAGE. INJURIES WERE NOT REPORTED. 0345 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG 3 E LYDICK 41.70N 86.32W02/19/2016 ST. JOSEPH IN BROADCAST MEDIASEMI BLOWN OVER BY WIND IN THE EASTBOUNDLANES OF THE US 20 BYPASS JUST EAST OF THEMAYFLOWER EXIT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted February 19, 2016 Share Posted February 19, 2016 With the lack of ice, I'm surprised there hasn't been talk of a seiche. Yeah that would occur once the winds drop. Usually a seiche on the lake is caused by a thunderstorm line, but these winds are probably high enough and constant enough. I went out and saw all kinds of debris littering roads and yards. Whole trees snapped off at ground level. Power lines down and lights out. Heard of a couple semi's that got flipped over on the interstate in Racine County this afternoon. My neighbor had a 15 foot diameter trampoline in their backyard. The 60mph gusts took the thing, flipped it over the house and landed it in the street! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted February 20, 2016 Share Posted February 20, 2016 Just gusted to 55mph here at DTW, seeing power flashes off in the distance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted February 20, 2016 Share Posted February 20, 2016 Almost as impressive as the high winds were how fast they shut down. Barely 10mph out there now with no gusting at all. Wasn't all that long ago it was roaring out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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