IWXwx Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 28 minutes ago, weatherbo said: .25" of rain this morning, with temps around 40 this afternoon. Fog settled in after the rain but am hoping for some late day sun and a small spike in temps for a bit. Road up to my place... mud season starting. Just curious, do people find any morels in that area? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snownado Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 40 minutes ago, weatherbo said: .25" of rain this morning, with temps around 40 this afternoon. Fog settled in after the rain but am hoping for some late day sun and a small spike in temps for a bit. Road up to my place... mud season starting. When does spring begin up there ? June ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 10 minutes ago, bowtie` said: ^ washboard roads, fun. Not! If only it would stay this nice. 2 minutes ago, IWXwx said: Just curious, do people find any morels in that area? Supposedly. I hear and see stories of people finding them by the dozens in mid to late May, but for whatever reason my local area doesn't seem to have them. I've not found a singe morel in 7 years of looking. I've often wondered if it's the heavy pine or just harder to spot with the ferns that grow up so quick. It was so easy to find them in Indiana. Some local grocer's will carry them in-season and they're much cheaper than buying them down that way. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 1 minute ago, Snownado said: When does spring begin up there ? June ? This is Spring. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 Hit 80 at ORD and MDW today. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 Made it to 78 here, and 79 at MLI. Had quite a bit of cloud cover that lasted into early afternoon, otherwise low to mid 80s would have been likely. Nice thunderhead gracing the northern horizon, with a nice flank of TCU feeding in from the left (west-southwest). EDIT: Seen MLI hit 81 at 5:05 ob, so that should be at least 80. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Castaway Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 Currently 74 degrees with Dew point at 58. Have the balcony open, had a couple bangers hit already with the first storm coming in. First night time mid/late spring/summer storm feel of the year. Flashes and rolling thunder intensifying. Awesome. See how well the back one holds. Some hail hitting now! Pea size sounding. Was very brief. Eastern dupage. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 Tomorrow could be a little entertaining from a squall perspective. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madwx Posted April 8, 2020 Author Share Posted April 8, 2020 12 minutes ago, Hoosier said: Tomorrow could be a little entertaining from a squall perspective. yeah the HRRR is hitting the rain/snow shower pretty hard throughout the upper midwest. Wonder if we could get some graupel with these storms Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 1 hour ago, Hoosier said: Tomorrow could be a little entertaining from a squall perspective. 1 hour ago, madwx said: yeah the HRRR is hitting the rain/snow shower pretty hard throughout the upper midwest. Wonder if we could get some graupel with these storms Steep low level lapse rates, up to 200 cape, low freezing levels...has all the makings of convective showers, with +SN and/or graupel. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 8 minutes ago, Chicago Storm said: Steep low level lapse rates, up to 200 cape, low freezing levels...has all the makings of convective showers, with +SN and/or graupel. 2 days after 80 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 Ma nature balancing things out a bit, as we had that 3.5" deluge a few weeks ago. We were split again by today's activity. Did manage to pick up 0.01" though. Temp has crashed from 75 back to 53, with very gusty north winds. MLI made it to 79. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Castaway Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 Became dark quickly about a half hour ago. Got clipped by the southern edge of the storm with pea size hail again. Went through quickly heading ESE around 60mph Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeatherMonger Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 Hit a Record High 87 degrees today. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 1 minute ago, WeatherMonger said: Hit a Record High 87 degrees today. Dang 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 STL hit 90 today, which was also a record. Not the earliest 90+ on record though, as 90+ previously occurred on 4/1 in a previous year. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCNYILWX Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 Steep low level lapse rates, up to 200 cape, low freezing levels...has all the makings of convective showers, with +SN and/or graupel.April 2, 2016 redux. Sent from my SM-G965U using Tapatalk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIstorm97 Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 HRRR, RAP, and NAMs all have pockets of 200-300+ cape today across SEMI. As mentioned above, LLLR are very steep and freezing levels are low. Definitely some graupel/hail potential in the stronger convection, with bursts of heavy snow also possible. DTX highlighting the potential for convective gusts of 50MPH in the stronger cells. Probably will be out documenting them, as these types of events always excite me for some reason. Should have robust looking convective clouds to photograph as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 17 hours ago, Chicago Storm said: Steep low level lapse rates, up to 200 cape, low freezing levels...has all the makings of convective showers, with +SN and/or graupel. 4 hours ago, RCNYILWX said: April 2, 2016 redux. Sent from my SM-G965U using Tapatalk today is gonna be good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 going for it today, spring squall events are the new thing 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madwx Posted April 9, 2020 Author Share Posted April 9, 2020 cumulus already developing quickly across southern Wisconsin, this is gonna be a fun ride today 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 Soundings for today across the area are rockin'... Upwards of 400 cape, low level lapse rates up around 10C, freezing level around 900mb, deep mixing to ~600mb, -6C at 850mb... Gonna be convective precip o' plenty, with +SN/graupel...and probably some +TSSN. Add in the 35-50mph wind gusts, and likely higher in the convective precip. There's even some inverted V soundings showing up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 Just now, Chicago Storm said: Soundings for today across the area are rockin'... Upwards of 400 cape, low level lapse rates up around 10C, freezing level around 900mb, deep mixing to ~600mb, -6C at 850mb... Gonna be convective precip o' plenty, with +SN/graupel...and probably some +TSSN. Add in the 35-50mph wind gusts, and likely higher in the convective precip. There's even some inverted V soundings showing up. yeah, been getting hyped gonna be photogenic too 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baum Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 Today's Lesson, and perhaps the next week or so:“April is the cruelest month, breeding. lilacs out of the dead land, mixing. memory and desire, stirring. dull roots with spring rain.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIstorm97 Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 Already over 250 SBCAPE across SEMI per mesoanalysis. RAP has pockets of 500 SBCAPE later today. It’s gonna be a good day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 Several 1-2" snow reports from some of the heavier squalls in SD/MN/WI. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madwx Posted April 9, 2020 Author Share Posted April 9, 2020 Snow showers imminent. Winds getting very gusty outside Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wisconsinwx Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 A passing light snow/graupel shower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevlon62 Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 Flakeage and gusty winds.Sent from my SM-N960U using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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