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May 2017 Discussion


Jonger

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1 hour ago, janetjanet998 said:

hey

RELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL  
348 PM CDT WED MAY 24 2017  
   
.TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON  
   
.DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.  
  
            ..REMARKS..  
  
0255 PM     TORNADO          4 WNW PROPHETSTOWN      41.69N 90.00W   
05/23/2017  F0               WHITESIDE          IL   NWS STORM SURVEY  
  
            A TORNADO WAS OBSERVED BY EYEWITNESSES ALONG WITH RADAR   
            DEBRIS SIGNATURE. EYEWITNESS SAID THAT THEY HAD TO SLOW   
            DOWN AND WAIT FOR THE TORNADO TO PASS IN FRONT OF THEM ON  
            THE ROAD. A SURVEY FOUND NO DAMAGE, HOWEVER, MOST OF THE   
            AREA WAS OPEN FARM FIELDS. RADAR SUGGESTS A PATH THAT IS   
            LONGER THAN THE TORNADO WAS ACTUALLY ON THE GROUND.  
  

Interesting.  Looked like a brief landspout type touchdown.  Interesting how the debris signature shows up a few scans later east of where it was reported to have touched down.  That's 3 tornadoes within 10 miles of us since early March.  They're closing in on us lol.  Luckily they've all been very wimpy relatively speaking.

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2 hours ago, Jonger said:

It has been just a hair below normal. 

Well obviously, one's opinion of a month can be formed based on lot more than just the average temperature.

Besides the fact that it's below normal temperature-wise, it's been a cloudier month than normal, there's been a below number of days with t'storms (never mind severe weather), above average rainfall and the only days with a positive departure greater than 5*C were the days with temps in the upper 80s. 

 

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26 minutes ago, Powerball said:

Well obviously, one's opinion of a month can be formed based on lot more than just the average temperature.

Besides the fact that it's below normal temperature-wise, it's been a cloudier month than normal, there's been a below number of days with t'storms (never mind severe weather), above average rainfall and the only days with a positive departure greater than 5*C were the days with temps in the upper 80s. 

 

Upper 70's are so much nicer anyhow. 

Flip side of the coin, in the winter I'm more happy at 25F than I am at 5F.

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1 hour ago, Jonger said:

Upper 70's are so much nicer anyhow. 

Flip side of the coin, in the winter I'm more happy at 25F than I am at 5F.

Agreed, hot weather does suck.

mid 70s to low 80s with low humidity is perfect though. 

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The morning MCS dried up over central Iowa, but the remnant disturbance re-fired this evening and dropped another 0.30" on my yard.  I've received measurable rain on 8 of the last 11 days.  We aren't getting a ton of rain (4.53" in May), but we can't shake the constant clouds and dampness.

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1.71" yesterday with more in surrounding areas. Up to 9.41" for May with some outlying areas in the 10-12" range. Just crazy wet.

Had a tornado warned cell yesterday (saw nothing) and a funnel cloud just our our northwest on an unwarned storm (video link below) Thanks to Matt Leach for posting on his Facebook page. Matt posts here occasionally, especially during winter storms. I got to the area 5 minutes after it dissipated, story of my life lol . Also had straight-line wind damage from late Friday night's storm.

 

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18 hours ago, hawkeye_wx said:

Absolutely gorgeous day!  Temp in the mid 70s, dew in the 40s, nice breeze, full sun.

Yesterday was OK here, definitely more summer-like. It was humid and we managed a high of 78*F.

We got screwed though in almost every direction by the "strong" t'storms.

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Hello, dropping into all regional forums to mention that there is a 2017 tropical season forecast over at Tropical Headquarters.

Entries are welcome into early June without penalty.

This is where to go if you're interested ...

http://www.americanwx.com/bb/topic/50014-2017-north-atlantic-tropical-storm-hurricane-forecast-contest/

Thanks. 

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1 hour ago, Powerball said:

Top shelf day here, with a high of 80*F and now t'storms moving through.

Make that a high of 81*F.

Interestingly enough, with the exception of 2013 (in which the high barely got above 60*F), every Memorial Day since 2010 has featured a high of 80*F or higher.

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