cyclone77 Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 Cool. Are there other states available? Scroll down a little bit.. http://www.outlookmaps.com/shop/state-maps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 That is a really cool map. Never seen one like that before. Have seen similar maps with GIS 3D modeling software. Those moraines really stand out of the landscape. Was wondering if there was other states as well? A dry heat today, what a treat. 85/57 currently. I read somewhere a few years ago (wish I could remember where) that the Mississippi River used to flow towards LaSalle IL, and met up with the Illinois River there. If you look at that map you can almost envision that. Would explain why this area is so low. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 Scroll down a little bit.. http://www.outlookmaps.com/shop/state-maps awesome! Thanks for the link. I suppose this map explains why I receive 240" of snow each season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 awesome! Thanks for the link. I suppose this map explains why I receive 240" of snow each season. Untitled.png Yeah, upslope from basically every direction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 awesome! Thanks for the link. I suppose this map explains why I receive 240" of snow each season. Untitled.png Oh wow that's a pretty impressive elevation increase. Up to 91 here. Really not too bad with the breezy conditions out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 KARR is much lower than the hills to the north/northwest. Not as low as the valleys down near Morris, but the draining off of those higher hills to the north may explain why it gets so cold there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 After 3 hourly observations off 89*F, managed to eek out an intra-hour 90*F today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 I read somewhere a few years ago (wish I could remember where) that the Mississippi River used to flow towards LaSalle IL, and met up with the Illinois River there. If you look at that map you can almost envision that. Would explain why this area is so low. Yes it did, when a lobe of the Kansas or Nebraskan ice age glacier blocked off the flow to the west. Scroll to bottom to see maps. https://www.isgs.illinois.edu/outreach/geology-resources/quaternary-glaciations-illinois http://media-2.web.britannica.com/eb-media/18/64918-004-69BCB037.jpg Very cool map link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 Yes it did, when a lobe of the Kansas or Nebraskan ice age glacier blocked off the flow to the west. Scroll to bottom to see maps. https://www.isgs.illinois.edu/outreach/geology-resources/quaternary-glaciations-illinois http://media-2.web.britannica.com/eb-media/18/64918-004-69BCB037.jpg Very cool map link. Nice! Thanks for the links. Very interesting. Looks like we used to be at the bottom of the mighty Miss lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HillsdaleMIWeather Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 Moving across town sucks in this heat, hit 91 today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 After 3 hourly observations off 89*F, managed to eek out an intra-hour 90*F today.It's odd that the temp hit 89 so early and then just stalled. But there was never a doubt about an intra hour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 Hit 88° here today after a low of 58° this morning. Dew point has stayed between 55-57° for the most part. Grass is starting to look a bit dry now, although not yellow/brown yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowtie` Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 Scroll down a little bit.. http://www.outlookmaps.com/shop/state-mapsThis is a cool link, thanks! Kind of explains why this area here was called in rough translation "Area of Bad Wind" by local Indian tribes, or so the story goes. Seeing how southwest flow is what we have Spring through Fall most of the time, being on a plateau between the White and Tippecanoe river valleys does nothing but help funnel the wind right over us. Kind of explains why still days are so rare here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 Iowa's topo map is also very interesting. Muscatine's AWOS (KMUT) site resides in relatively low valley compared to surrounding areas. The elevation at that site is only around 550ft ASL. This would explain why they get so much hotter on well mixed days than many of the other surrounding sites. Not only is there an increase in mixing depth compared to surrounding sights, but actual air pressure (not adjusted to sea level) is higher than surrounding sights. Just 200ft elevation difference is almost 10mb more or less pressure. Higher air pressure = warmer temp. Muscatine reported a high of 93 today, which was 2-3 degrees higher than many of the surrounding sights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted June 20, 2016 Author Share Posted June 20, 2016 Scroll down a little bit.. http://www.outlookmaps.com/shop/state-maps Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanStWx Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 Iowa's topo map is also very interesting. Muscatine's AWOS (KMUT) site resides in relatively low valley compared to surrounding areas. The elevation at that site is only around 550ft ASL. This would explain why they get so much hotter on well mixed days than many of the other surrounding sites. Not only is there an increase in mixing depth compared to surrounding sights, but actual air pressure (not adjusted to sea level) is higher than surrounding sights. Just 200ft elevation difference is almost 10mb more or less pressure. Higher air pressure = warmer temp. Muscatine reported a high of 93 today, which was 2-3 degrees higher than many of the surrounding sights. It's always been a torchy spot in the DVN CWA. On a well mixed day that elevation difference between MUT and DVN (just shy of 100 m) could be nearly a full degree right there. A place like CID, closer to 2 degrees. Not to mention any westerly wind is downsloping into MUT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 Front came through dry early this morning but winds are really cranking through the higher terrain... Recorded a 42 mph gust Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrisale Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 Another amazing summer day on Sunday. High of 88 while the dewpoint only reached 52. Can't remember a weekend with so much sun and heat yet little humidity. Saturday was 86/46 and yesterday 88/52. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chambana Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 Through 19 days of June we are running 1.8 degrees above normal, with five 90 degree readings so far, last June we had one such reading. Should only add to the anomalies this week, the weekend looks warm. Maybe some nice action Wednesday too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 Got a few sprinkles here and some gusty winds, but that was it. Sun is back out now. Was looking at the terrain of western WI. You can see how those cold readings around Sparta and in the lower Wisconsin River Valley happen with cold air draining off the surrounding hills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 Big dew point drop forecasted this afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted June 20, 2016 Author Share Posted June 20, 2016 Couple of the reporting sites around here are at 90. Some clouds about to slide in though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 bit more active over the area than i expected Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 Big dew point drop forecasted this afternoon. Yeah real nice moisture convergence today. 49 in Prairie Du Chien and 74 at Cedar Rapids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 A couple hours ago it was a very steamy 88/74. The dewpoint plunge lagged the front, but it just passed us. Now we're a much more tolerable 88/59. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 93/70 here. Dews were in the mid 70s a short while ago. Cool front passed a few hours ago, but the air mass was so juicy it's taking awhile to mix this moisture out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormtrackertf Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 Fitting that the summer solstice comes with a high of 93ºF at Detroit today, tied for hottest so far in 2016.That's the third 90 degree day of the season, which to put in perspective, is one shy of the total we achieved during the entire summer of 2009, a truly dreadful memory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 93 was the high here today. MLI tagged 95. Dews dropped from the mid 70s to near 60 late in the afternoon. Big difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 OMG I am seeing lightning from a cloud, is this real life? In all seriousness though, got a cell moving toward me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted June 21, 2016 Author Share Posted June 21, 2016 Had a bit of rain earlier today but it disappeared quicker than Steph Curry in game 7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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