Stebo Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 As for here, one of the busier days I have ever had and it is still ongoing with the current storms passing through. It was a complete whiteout of rain when the gusts came through, 67 beats the 63 I had last week as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightning Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 28 minutes ago, frostfern said: Umm. I don’t live at the airport. There were some very disorganized clusters with occasional CG lightning about 3-4 miles south and east. Just downpours and soft rumbles from tiny cells right here. Similar to what has happened previously. Wanting CGs close enough to see is not the same as wanting an EF5. Ugh. Just poking some fun. I know it's disappointing to miss out on good CG. Just look at my screen name . July has been so much better than May/June. After living in several locations I have found that some years you win and others you're just not ground zero. There are still 2-3 months of potential ahead. August and September have some of my favorite Thunderstorm event memories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chargers09 Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 8 hours ago, Chargers09 said: Zero severe warnings currently, radar trends not great either Bust Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyhb Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 Classic Michigan underperformance... again. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightning Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 6 minutes ago, andyhb said: Classic Michigan underperformance... again. I'm not upset about this one not being there today. I don't think my family knows how to run the generator Friday evening looks pretty good for some good thunderstorms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 The thunder and rain keep going here. It's so much what I was thinking would happen in June. It's going to be well over 1" by the time it ends in the morning hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 Underperformance indeed... https://www.clickondetroit.com/features/2023/07/26/mipics-submit-your-severe-weather-photos-and-videos/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=snd&utm_content=wdiv4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SolidIcewx Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 3 minutes ago, Chinook said: The thunder and rain keep going here. It's so much what I was thinking would happen in June. It's going to be well over 1" by the time it ends in the morning hours. Hoping it sinks to Lima will make for some good sleepin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightning Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 16 minutes ago, Powerball said: Underperformance indeed... Yes there was severe weather. The overall results where an underperformer compared to the majority of the the potential that was being modeled. He is not belittling the areas that were hit but rather pointing out it was expected to be much worse. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo6899 Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 There's been more severe action here in the northern/east of 75 burbs the past 10 days, than what seems like the last 10 years combined. As always, even with good parameters in place, weather can still be unpredictable, and underwhelming, especially in these parts. I think some get too caught up in the hype and then are quick to call bust when there isn't as big of an outbreak as modeled. Just like in the winter, gotta take what the models show with a grain of salt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 10 minutes ago, Stevo6899 said: There's been more severe action here in the northern/east of 75 burbs the past 10 days, than what seems like the last 10 years combined. As always, even with good parameters in place, weather can still be unpredictable, and underwhelming, especially in these parts. I think some get too caught up in the hype and then are quick to call bust when there isn't as big of an outbreak as modeled. Just like in the winter, gotta take what the models show with a grain of salt. Just like last week, this was a solid episode by all accounts for a major metro area that doesn't get these significant severe weather events often. Given the videos and damage pictures I've seen, not to mention the fact that there are well over 100K people without power, describing this as a underpeformance is kind of silly and tone deaf. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo6899 Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 7 minutes ago, Powerball said: Just like last week, this was a solid episode by all accounts for a major metro area that doesn't get these significant severe weather events often. Given the videos and damage pictures I've seen, not to mention the fact that there are well over 100K people without power, describing this as a underpeformance is kind of silly and tone deaf. Agreed. I think some are so spoiled with awesome tornado vids people post on here, that when there isn't a tornado outbreak, or a derecho with 100 mph winds, it's auto bust. 60+ mph winds and ping pong hail here is like an ef5 tornado in tornado alley. It'll only take 30+ yrs of living with ZZZzz weather for people to realize how today wasn't a bust. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torchageddon Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 1 hour ago, Powerball said: Underperformance indeed... https://www.clickondetroit.com/features/2023/07/26/mipics-submit-your-severe-weather-photos-and-videos/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=snd&utm_content=wdiv4 Just thinking is it the caliber of storm where its the only news story covered at 5pm and they have people calling in with those slideshows of big trees toppled. Judging by that I'd say it was. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frostfern Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 4 hours ago, Stebo said: Judging by how widespread the rain and storms were there in GRR's area I have a hard time believing you didn't get a good thunderstorm The closest strong storms were 10 miles north and like 30 miles south with the stuff that came around noon. The gap started to fill in with small showers overhead, but they weren’t producing much lightning, just hard rain. The late afternoon training cells were south of me by at least 5 miles. I heard distant booms but couldn’t see anything as it just wasn’t very close. I got a few hard showers early on but the show was mostly from the airport south and east. Airport is 5 miles southeast of me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frostfern Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 4 hours ago, Lightning said: I'm not upset about this one not being there today. I don't think my family knows how to run the generator Friday evening looks pretty good for some good thunderstorms. I’m not upset about missing wind. My favorite storms are those where its perfectly still with big bolts cracking close by before the rain hits. Elevated nocturnal storms are my favorite. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightning Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 4 hours ago, frostfern said: I’m not upset about missing wind. My favorite storms are those where its perfectly still with big bolts cracking close by before the rain hits. Elevated nocturnal storms are my favorite. Right there with you. I have only seen a handful of CG. Nothing close (we had a couple a but I was looking the wrong direction of course). I am also waiting for one of those great CG events. Nocturnal training events are my favorite. 15-20 minute severe weather events are definitely fun but couple hour nocturnal events are what I prefer too. Sadly they have been MIA in our area in recent years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 11 hours ago, frostfern said: The closest strong storms were 10 miles north and like 30 miles south with the stuff that came around noon. The gap started to fill in with small showers overhead, but they weren’t producing much lightning, just hard rain. The late afternoon training cells were south of me by at least 5 miles. I heard distant booms but couldn’t see anything as it just wasn’t very close. I got a few hard showers early on but the show was mostly from the airport south and east. Airport is 5 miles southeast of me. The airport got over an inch of rain with several thunderstorms, there is no way you were missed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HillsdaleMIWeather Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 Two EF-0s confirmed in Jackson County 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frostfern Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 8 hours ago, Stebo said: The airport got over an inch of rain with several thunderstorms, there is no way you were missed. Missed by lightning. Yes it rained. Ugh. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 3 minutes ago, frostfern said: Missed by lightning dumbass. Yes it rained. Ugh. Oh right, lightning doesn't travel 5 miles, silly me I forgot. It's not like all the storms last night didnt have a ton of lightning everywhere including massive CC spider lightning. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frostfern Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 6 minutes ago, Stebo said: Oh right, lightning doesn't travel 5 miles, silly me I forgot. It's not like all the storms last night didnt have a ton of lightning everywhere including massive CC spider lightning. It was a poor show. Low clouds blocked the view of any anvil crawlers and CGs were distant. I was waiting to make video but nothing was worthy. Disbelieve me all you want, but purposely twisting my words in order to pull a “gotcha” isn’t clever trolling. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 Just now, frostfern said: It was a poor show. Low clouds blocked the view of any anvil crawlers and CGs were distant. I was waiting to make video but nothing was worthy. Disbelieve me all you want, but purposely twisting my words in order to pull a “gotcha” isn’t clever trolling. Its not a gotcha, I just don't see how its possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 On 7/25/2023 at 6:42 AM, SolidIcewx said: Nice analog to start the day. Anyone remember this baby rolling through? What's funny is that in hindsight, yesterday did play out quite similar to what's depicted in your post... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frostfern Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 1 minute ago, Stebo said: Its not a gotcha, I just don't see how its possible. I don’t see the point of this argument. I don’t care about your definition of “miss” vs “no miss” in terms of rain and distant thunder since that isn’t my criteria but yours. It wasn’t electrically cooperative near me. I also only got 0.5” for the day. I live northwest of the airport, as most of the city is northwest of the airport. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nwohweather Posted July 28, 2023 Author Share Posted July 28, 2023 Everyone needs to calm down, downed trees in the yard aren’t fun anyways 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SolidIcewx Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 4 minutes ago, nwohweather said: Everyone needs to calm down, downed trees in the yard aren’t fun anyways Or distribution lines and service drops downed 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SolidIcewx Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 11 minutes ago, Powerball said: What's funny is that in hindsight, yesterday did play out quite similar to what's depicted in your post... Yes it did lol wanted a throwback analog instead of a more recent one. Just not quite as powerful. That one in 2004 was pretty crazy growing up. Had a bad flood in my neighborhood at the time as-well. Pitch black followed by dark green skies. Family would tell me it reminded them of the great Green Storm of the 80s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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