SchaumburgStormer Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 9 hours ago, Hoosier said: This was the first tornado (well, funnel at that point) I ever witnessed when I was 8 years old. Was in Decatur and told my mom that a cloud behind our car was “pointy and spinning” we ducked into a gas station to hide in the bathroom and I watched a large concrete ashtray/garbage can spin end over end down the middle of the street as some trees and power poles broke off. We were on the NE side of Decatur, just in the area where the tornado lifted. Sparked quite the enduring weather fascination. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheeselandSkies Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 Also noting that the PDS tornado watch included southern Wisconsin, but as usual the state line acted like a brick wall for severe convection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madwx Posted April 21, 2021 Author Share Posted April 21, 2021 people act like it doesn't snow in April, even though it snows in April every year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snownado Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 7 minutes ago, madwx said: people act like it doesn't snow in April, even though it snows in April every year maybe for your area, but not for the southern midwest. This is truly an historic event. Unbelievable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madwx Posted April 21, 2021 Author Share Posted April 21, 2021 27 minutes ago, Snownado said: maybe for your area, but not for the southern midwest. This is truly an historic event. Unbelievable. thats fair. Wasn't really thinking about south of I80 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snownado Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 4 minutes ago, madwx said: thats fair. Wasn't really thinking about south of I80 This is a once in a lifetime event for some ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 Also, as has been pointed out, there is a massive difference between getting snow in the first week of April vs after the midpoint of the month, especially with southward extent. It is not like the difference between February 5 and February 20. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 As an example, here are the daily snowfall records for Indianapolis. Once you get around/after April 20, there is a noticeable dropoff and it becomes much more unusual to see measurable snow, let alone an inch or more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madwx Posted April 21, 2021 Author Share Posted April 21, 2021 Yeah I had a bad take. I’m willing to admit that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NTXYankee Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 23 minutes ago, Hoosier said: As an example, here are the daily snowfall records for Indianapolis. Once you get around/after April 20, there is a noticeable dropoff and it becomes much more unusual to see measurable snow, let alone an inch or more. If I saw snow in June, July, or August. There would be a for sale sign in front of my house that day and head south. Unless that is hail being recorded? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donsutherland1 Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 24 minutes ago, NTXYankee said: If I saw snow in June, July, or August. There would be a for sale sign in front of my house that day and head south. Unless that is hail being recorded? Yes, that’s hail. For example, on August 11, 1989 and August 12, 1989, a trace was recorded. Temperature ranges on those days were 79-58 and 83-58 respectively. Both days had some thunderstorms. A temperature-based rule would flag those items for quality control. Unfortunately, the quality control algorithms don’t take into consideration such events. One can find them listed for numerous locations. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 Here's something remarkable. Illinois hasn't had an EF2 or greater tornado since 12/1/2018. On average, Illinois gets maybe 7 or 8 tornadoes of such strength per year. I have a feeling that streak is going to end this year. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 18 hours ago, Hoosier said: Here's something remarkable. Illinois hasn't had an EF2 or greater tornado since 12/1/2018. On average, Illinois gets maybe 7 or 8 tornadoes of such strength per year. I have a feeling that streak is going to end this year. Shocker, Michigan has had one more recently, in Mar 2019. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 1 hour ago, Stebo said: Shocker, Michigan has had one more recently, in Mar 2019. Yeah, but Michigan only had 3 tornadoes in total in 2020. Womp womp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 It looks like the Crazy Uncle may finally get committed: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-56840169?xtor=AL-72-[partner]-[bbc.news.twitter]-[headline]-[news]-[bizdev]-[isapi]&at_custom3=%40BBCWorld&at_custom1=[post+type]&at_medium=custom7&at_custom2=twitter&at_campaign=64&at_custom4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitchener poster Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 The GFS says that parts of Ontario may hit 80 degrees next weekend. Too bad that part of Ontario is about 1000 miles away from me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 Hey beavis, any thoughts on this summer-like warmth in April? 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beavis1729 Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 25 minutes ago, Hoosier said: Hey beavis, any thoughts on this summer-like warmth in April? Ugh...too early in the season. Should take a trip to MKE airport...49 there, 86 here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 25 minutes ago, beavis1729 said: Ugh...too early in the season. Should take a trip to MKE airport...49 there, 86 here. Disappointing. I was expecting a long post about seasons in seasons, etc. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 Now for something a little different. We are slightly over 6 weeks out from the June 10 solar eclipse. This is a partial eclipse in the United States, so not nearly as spectacular as the 8/21/2017 eclipse. It will be happening around sunrise and will be the first sunrise eclipse that is visible in the subforum since 11/3/2013 (which was only in the eastern part of the sub). For the Chicago area, it will be the first eclipse at sunrise since 12/24/1973, which is an unusually long period of time between eclipses at sunrise. Hopefully the weather cooperates. Will have more details as it gets closer of course. If you are located in the gray area on this map, the eclipse will not be visible since it's occurring entirely before sunrise. So as you can see, there will be an opportunity for just about the entire subforum region as long as weather permits. However, the closer you are to the gray area, the less time that you will have to view it. The farther east you are, the better. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonger Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 The Wunderground interactive map/radar looping tool makes the NWS version look like a child's toy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madwx Posted April 29, 2021 Author Share Posted April 29, 2021 so there's been talk of lack of severe weather in the spring in the Midwest so I decided to look at number of Severe Thunderstorm Warnings issued by Milwaukee by April 30 each year: 2021: 0 2020: 8 2019: 3 2018: 3 2017: 26 2016: 2 2015: 12 2014: 14 2013: 3 2012: 4 2011: 24 2010: 10 2009: 3 2008: 14 2007: 11 2006: 21 2005: 29 2004: 10 2003: 0 2002: 29 2001: 6 2000: 19 So no huge trends but we've definitely been in a drought recently for severe weather in the spring. 2002-2011 was really a boom time for early spring severe 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheeselandSkies Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 Little popcorn showers lighting up across southern WI now. Wasn't really expecting anything today. They're small, scattered and brief but at this point we need every drop we can get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NTXYankee Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 lol on a pattern change. After midweek next week we apparently go back into the dumpster, GFS has also apparently decided the Euro is right. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 lol on a pattern change. The pattern has already changed.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mississaugasnow Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 27 minutes ago, Chicago Storm said: The pattern has already changed. . ya, May looks to be a dumpster fire for the eastern lakes. Paying now for the nice march and first two weeks of April. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NTXYankee Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 51 minutes ago, Chicago Storm said: The pattern has already changed. . LOL. I guess if you blinked you missed it. 50’s is far from a normal high in May for this area which is what shows up after Wednesday and the same pattern we can’t get out of. I heard 3 rumbles of thunder yesterday so going by 2021 standards I’m above average for the year. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 LOL. I guess if you blinked you missed it. 50’s is far from a normal high in May for this area which is what shows up after Wednesday and the same pattern we can’t get out of. I heard 3 rumbles of thunder yesterday so going by 2021 standards I’m above average for the year.Again, the pattern has changed.. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormfanaticInd Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 Really a remarkable pattern we are in. We are struggling just to get a rumble of thunder these days. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormfanaticInd Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 All of the action this spring has been in the south 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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