Tim from Springfield (IL) Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 May is off to a torchy and windy start in much of the sub--and stormy soon after a lull during the last half of April. 86 at SPI as of 2:52 this afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 Forgot it's May 1... been posting away in the April thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 85 at ORD. Even some isolated upper 80s around the area. No doubt Chicagowx is cranking that A/C. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 Made it to 86 at ORD, which is the earliest 85+ degree temperature since 2013. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowtie` Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 Might be a red flag warning day but the flowering trees are loving it around here... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 84 here and MLI. May have added a few degrees if it weren't for all the cloud cover. Dews up into the upper 50s now. All the precip avoided this area as expected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 1 hour ago, Hoosier said: 85 at ORD. Even some isolated upper 80s around the area. No doubt Chicagowx is cranking that A/C. Lol, nah. Manageable dews and breezy conditions made for a nice day. Long overdue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 1 hour ago, Chicago WX said: Lol, nah. Manageable dews and breezy conditions made for a nice day. Long overdue. I put the air on in my car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 CFS has generally been suggesting a warmer than average May Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chambana Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 1 hour ago, Hoosier said: CFS has generally been suggesting a warmer than average May Pretty typical coming off record cold April’s. Although 1983 featured a colder than normal may. This summer will be interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheeselandSkies Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 3 hours ago, Hoosier said: Made it to 86 at ORD, which is the earliest 85+ degree temperature since 2013. After this April, that's LOL worthy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowstorms Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 82F yesterday at YYZ. Quite the surprise since we went through all of April without a single 70F day, lol. Another stellar day today. Only got down to 64F last night, felt like a summer night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 85 at ORD. The earliest back to back 85+ days since March 20-21, 2012. 2013 almost did it with 85 on 4/30 and 84 on 5/1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 Maples on my block literally changed overnight. Yesterday it was just the buds and this morning there were small leaves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoboy645 Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 2 hours ago, Hoosier said: 85 at ORD. The earliest back to back 85+ days since March 20-21, 2012. 2013 almost did it with 85 on 4/30 and 84 on 5/1. Ironically same time period and after a cold early spring Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 Warmest day of the year. Hit 86 here and at MLI. Dew up to 66. Far cry from the mid teen dews several days ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 Last night's storms all missed north and west. Tonight's storms are mostly going to miss south. The lack of rain is allowing me to get the garden planted, but boy we sure do need a good soaking. Models have had us in the 2+" bullseye for days, but it's not working out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 2 minutes ago, hawkeye_wx said: Last night's storms all missed north and west. Tonight's storms are mostly going to miss south. The lack of rain is allowing me to get the garden planted, but boy we sure do need a good soaking. Models have had us in the 2+" bullseye for days, but it's not working out. Some of the guidance shows a nice comma head moving up through Iowa later tonight. Could get dumped on tomorrow night too if some of the guidance is to be believed. Picked up 0.28" here so far. Nice to hear thunder again after what's been many months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 Impressed to see dews in the 66-68 range south of the boundary from parts of Chicago back into eastern/southeast Iowa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 4 minutes ago, cyclone77 said: Impressed to see dews in the 66-68 range south of the boundary from parts of Chicago back into eastern/southeast Iowa. Looks like the rain gave a little upward bump to the dews. Like they were low/mid 60s, then some places went to 66-68 right after it started raining. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoalCityWxMan Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 2 hours ago, Hoosier said: Looks like the rain gave a little upward bump to the dews. Like they were low/mid 60s, then some places went to 66-68 right after it started raining. Yeah, dews jumped a good 7 degrees after the first cell moved through. Everything seemed to instantly green up too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 Radar shows that SE Michigan near Monroe has gotten 1.0" to 1.6" of rain today. I'd love to be there to see the lightning and thunder! KCLE radar shows 2-3" of rain has fallen on the Canadian side of Lake Erie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAFF Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 Drove home south from Pontiac last night and it was an amazing view from the top of the Ambassador bridge. Non stop action for over an hour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 Nice soaking, picked up 1.74". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 The storms remained north and south, but the rain shield dropped 0.51" here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchaumburgStormer Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 11 hours ago, CoalCityWxMan said: Yeah, dews jumped a good 7 degrees after the first cell moved through. Everything seemed to instantly green up too You aren’t kidding about the green up. I parked my squad car and went inside to write a couple reports. It stormed while I was inside and I come back out to see the trees went into bud out overdrive. Crazy green up for such a short 2-3 hour timeframe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrisale Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 Had our first real thunderstorm of the year last night. A bolt of lightning must have struck VERY near my house as I was abruptly awakened around 3am by the loudest crack of thunder I have ever heard. Literally lurched me out of sleep. Fun way to start storm season! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 Another 0.31" this afternoon brings us up to 2.05" for the event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 0427 PM EDT THU MAY 03 2018 ...RECORD DAILY MAXIMUM RAINFALL SET AT FORT WAYNE... A RECORD RAINFALL OF 1.16 INCH(ES) WAS SET AT FORT WAYNE TODAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 0.77 SET IN 1997. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 Been an up and down day with temps. Around 70 in the morning before the lake boundary moved through and dropped temps into the 50s. Now it has warmed back up to around 70. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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