September 2023 General Discussion

[michsnowfreak]

53 minutes ago, hardypalmguy said:

If you believe the BS concocted story of a hurricane over a month ago blowing them up here, I have a bridge to sell you.  They are up here because the planet is warming.

Five very smart birds to leave their native florida, skip a ton of states between FL & WI, and land in WI. It will probably be an extremely smooth transition for them to go from 0 sub-freezing nights a year to 130 sub-freezing nights a year.

[Powerball]

5 hours ago, CheeselandSkies said:

Remnants of Idalia didn't come anywhere near Wisconsin. It headed east back out over the Atlantic.

 

[TheClimateChanger]

5 hours ago, hardypalmguy said:

If you believe the BS concocted story of a hurricane over a month ago blowing them up here, I have a bridge to sell you.  They are up here because the planet is warming.

 

[thunderoussnow34]

14 hours ago, hardypalmguy said:

I was down there taking pics.  3 miles from my house.  If this isn't a STRONG sign of climate change, what will the deniers need to see it?

Think I’ll be seeing any up here anytime soon?

[Lightning]

Cherry Picking events does not constitute climate change.   Climate will always change because it was NEVER a constant.  These birds showing up is due to various circumstances the least likely being climate change.  Last I checked winters with snow and subfreezing temps still occurs in Wisconsin.   Acting like animals have never shown up in places they don't belong is just ridiculous as saying every one of these events are because of climate change.

[cyclone77]

[Castaway]

Wanted to share

 

 

[hardypalmguy]

9 hours ago, thunderoussnow34 said:

Think I’ll be seeing any up here anytime soon?

They were spotted in Menasha a couple days ago.  Getting closer to you!

[hardypalmguy]

9 hours ago, Lightning said:

Cherry Picking events does not constitute climate change.   Climate will always change because it was NEVER a constant.  These birds showing up is due to various circumstances the least likely being climate change.  Last I checked winters with snow and subfreezing temps still occurs in Wisconsin.   Acting like animals have never shown up in places they don't belong is just ridiculous as saying every one of these events are because of climate change.

<Lightning head in sand> climate isn't warming, climate isn't warming, climate isn't warming. 

[A-L-E-K]

popcorn 

[hawkeye_wx]

It appears Madison, and much of southern Wisconsin, got a nice soaker overnight.

[thunderoussnow34]

2 hours ago, hardypalmguy said:

They were spotted in Menasha a couple days ago.  Getting closer to you!

We’re likely to tickle 80 by this weekend, mid summer warmth.

[michsnowfreak]

Very gray autumn skies the last few days

[michsnowfreak]

3 hours ago, hardypalmguy said:

<Lightning head in sand> climate isn't warming, climate isn't warming, climate isn't warming. 

If you dare to challenge the most outrageous claims (new climate is 70 in January in WI with flamingos) or don't attribute every single solitary weather event to climate change, you don't believe in cc lmao. Learn how the weather works sometime.

[CheeselandSkies]

1 hour ago, hawkeye_wx said:

It appears Madison, and much of southern Wisconsin, got a nice soaker overnight.

Yes we did.

[Brian D]

From Fri pm - Mon pm 4.64" of rain. Very wet weekend around here. 7.79" (3.53" avg) for Sept so far. YTD 23.84" (24.95" avg), so we have nearly closed the gap from the dry spell this summer. Very glad it came slowly, and soaked in really good. Some minor flooding, so no big deal there. The lawn hasn't looked this good since early summer.  

Bright, sunny day today, with a stiff E wind. Sun sure feels nice after such a gloomy stretch.

[Brian D]

3 hours ago, thunderoussnow34 said:

We’re likely to tickle 80 by this weekend, mid summer warmth.

Howdy neighbor   Yeah, some very nice wx on tap. 

[Lightning]

7 hours ago, hardypalmguy said:

<Lightning head in sand> climate isn't warming, climate isn't warming, climate isn't warming. 

 ... funny thing is no where do I say things haven't warmed.   It's fun seeing all the responses.    

[SolidIcewx]

6 minutes ago, Lightning said:

 ... funny thing is no where do I say things haven't warmed.   It's fun seeing all the responses.    

Been popcorn worthy here as of late 

[Lightning]

1 hour ago, Brian D said:

From Fri pm - Mon pm 4.64" of rain. Very wet weekend around here. 7.79" (3.53" avg) for Sept so far. YTD 23.84" (24.95" avg), so we have nearly closed the gap from the dry spell this summer. Very glad it came slowly, and soaked in really good. Some minor flooding, so no big deal there. The lawn hasn't looked this good since early summer.  

Bright, sunny day today, with a stiff E wind. Sun sure feels nice after such a gloomy stretch.

Always fun when an big event brings you right back to average!!   

[bowtie`]

omg, there is liquid stuff falling from the sky here. The brown grass is going to go into convulsions.

[Malacka11]

Second day in a row of watching the popcorn shid and fard itself to smithereens just a county SSW. At least it rains overnight ig

[cyclone77]

5 hours ago, michsnowfreak said:

Very gray autumn skies the last few days

Nice mix of colors on that.  Do you know which variety of freeman that is?

[Torchageddon]

This has been an impressive streak of great wx for Sep standards, mainly sunny for 6-7 days straight and pleasant temps. Its now been a full year since the blocking patterns started giving long streaks of crap or fantastic conditions. We had a wretched 6 days of overcast I think in late Aug, now the inverse but I'm fortunate that the cloud shield of Ophelia remained east in Niagara/Toronto this weekend. I liked this Sep better than Aug.

[Stebo]

On 9/25/2023 at 4:44 PM, hardypalmguy said:

If you believe the BS concocted story of a hurricane over a month ago blowing them up here, I have a bridge to sell you.  They are up here because the planet is warming.

It isn't BS, this is a known thing.

[Stebo]

On 9/25/2023 at 4:46 PM, CheeselandSkies said:

Remnants of Idalia didn't come anywhere near Wisconsin. It headed east back out over the Atlantic.

They came due north from the Yucatan Channel where they migrate.

[bowtie`]

3 hours ago, bowtie&#x60; said:

omg, there is liquid stuff falling from the sky here. The brown grass is going to go into convulsions.

Well that was interesting. The first time the tippy bucket has moved in over a month. Good to know it still works. 0.50" was put through in short order under a thunderstorm. Could do that for a couple days in a row. Now, will it?

[michsnowfreak]

3 hours ago, cyclone77 said:

Nice mix of colors on that.  Do you know which variety of freeman that is?

I'm not sure. Love the zoom on my phone. It's actually across the alley. I was in my office working, which looks out the backyard, and I loved the way the dark sky hit the leaves. Proof you don't always need sun for a good Fall shot. 

 

If I remember, it usually turns orange/red on top but yellow everywhere else.

[hawkeye_wx]

After getting nothing over the weekend, we got nothing again today as the upper low moved over us.  It appears I will finish September with only 1.08" of rain, the driest month of 2023.

[OrdIowPitMsp]

Saturday through Tuesday rainfall. Extremely beneficial. We could still use more.