Chinook Posted August 6, 2023 Share Posted August 6, 2023 The convection allowing models favor the idea of several storms near St. Louis and into the southern half of Illinois tomorrow. The NAM-12km says the CAPE could be up to 2000-3000 J/kg late in the day at 00z. The 500mb winds will be pretty strong, increasing into the nighttime, with over 40 kt of 0-6km shear, so I think there could be supercells. I would think tornado chances will be low due to weaker 850mb winds. The storms could move to southern Indiana and northern Kentucky, while riding along the faster 500mb-700mb winds. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SolidIcewx Posted August 6, 2023 Share Posted August 6, 2023 3 hours ago, Columbus said: Hoping for some fun in Cbus tomorrow. (First time poster, long time lurker!) Welcome friend!! I’ll be down there for work and I’m with you! Hope for some action around the area 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchaumburgStormer Posted August 6, 2023 Share Posted August 6, 2023 Things appear to be rocking and rolling in central IL. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyhb Posted August 6, 2023 Share Posted August 6, 2023 Multiple vortex confirmed with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchaumburgStormer Posted August 6, 2023 Share Posted August 6, 2023 3 minutes ago, andyhb said: Multiple vortex confirmed with that. Luckily barreling through a relatively sparsely occupied section of the county at the moment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vortex Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 1 hour ago, SchaumburgStormer said: Things appear to be rocking and rolling in central IL. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheeselandSkies Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 We'll see if we even get a drop tonight. Funny, as of 3 days ago SPC was expecting us to be in the prime tornado risk area for today. Trying to remember the last time a good summer MCV outbreak didn't miss southern Wisconsin to the south. Might have to go all the way back to July 22nd, 2010. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartman Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 Should've extended this thread to tomorrow. Didn't get a drop today, but it'll change tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluoronium Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 Yesterday was an awesome chase for me! I was on a few supercells earlier in the day that tried to produce but struggled in the limited low level shear. I kept hopping to the SE to catch newly developing cells as the ones to the NW got washed out. Eventually I hopped on a big supercell near Jacksonville, IL that was producing a spectacular lightning show. At first, the cell looked outflow dominant but kept cycling with periods of strong inflow. As it started to undergo a merger with several other cells, the RFD winds began SCREAMING while a nice wall cloud carved out of the base. I decided to take a risk and go for a northern view as I figured it was now or never for tornadogenesis. I positioned myself on the north shore of Sangchris Lake without a single other chaser in sight. Sure enough, the storm planted a BEAST tornado and I got to watch it until the blinding RFD blocked my view. What an amazing experience!! 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchaumburgStormer Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 This is bonkers 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightning Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 26 minutes ago, SchaumburgStormer said: This is bonkers Just wow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowtie` Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 "It is like deja vu, all over again" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluoronium Posted August 9, 2023 Share Posted August 9, 2023 August 6th was the craziest tornado intercept of my life. I was probably a bit too bold following it so closely from the north, however I never lost my storm awareness and in return I got some incredible views. 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SolidIcewx Posted August 9, 2023 Share Posted August 9, 2023 33 minutes ago, fluoronium said: August 6th was the craziest tornado intercept of my life. I was probably a bit too bold following it so closely from the north, however I never lost my storm awareness and in return I got some incredible views. Glad you were safe and got those awesome views!! Great video keep it up 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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