Chinook Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 Here's something intereting. There's a relative minimum of EF2+ tornadoes and total tornadoes in Missouri. On the third chart shown, I have chosen the wind probability climatology for June 24th. It is well known that June has the maximum number of wind reports of any month across the US. This chart shows the wind damage reports maximize at Kansas, also, what I'll call "Derecho Alley," from Iowa to Ohio. Also, the southern Appalachians have a maximum of wind reports. Thunderstorms are numerous in the southern Appalachians but sometimes there is not high deep-layer shear in summer. On the fourth chart you can see the hail over 1" maximizes in the central Plains, pretty much lines up with traditional tornado alley. The area with the maximum number of hail-days (of any hail size) is at Cheyenne, Wyoming to the Nebraska high plains and over to Goodland, Kansas (Not shown) Final map: total number of days of severe hail of over 1" 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian D Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 Looking at posts on grading the Winter season, I'll say it was a D my way. Winter is generally Nov-Mar here, and we've had just enough to keep it from an epic fail. But A+ on the heating bill. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 I'll go with a D+. cons: 100" below avg brown Christmas persistent thaws pros: 30+ inch storm in January which had a blizzard warning (55 inches for the month) Blizzard a few days ago 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowtie` Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 5 hours ago, weatherbo said: I'll go with a D+. cons: 100" below avg brown Christmas persistent thaws pros: 30+ inch storm in January which had a blizzard warning (55 inches for the month) Blizzard a few days ago I bet your chickens would flip your pros and cons. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 16 hours ago, bowtie` said: I bet your chickens would flip your pros and cons. A chicken needs two things to be happy, food and water. A rooster needs three. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowtie` Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 Can anyone tell me why KIND and KLOT suddenly stopped updating every five minutes and went to just updating every hour since one this afternoon. Is it just a western region thing or all over? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malacka11 Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 19 minutes ago, bowtie` said: Can anyone tell me why KIND and KLOT suddenly stopped updating every five minutes and went to just updating every hour since one this afternoon. Is it just a western region thing or all over? Idk if I'm just dumb but I don't have any issue with LOT's radar on radarscope Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowtie` Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 Just now, Malacka11 said: Idk if I'm just dumb but I don't have any issue with LOT's radar on radarscope The radar is fine, I am talking about the time series viewer through the NWS and NOAA. I just checked KEWR and they have been only updating hourly also. Must be a system wide thing. Just wonder if it is accidental or on purpose? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowtie` Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 This is what I am talking about... Indianapolis International Airport (weather.gov) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted April 17 Author Share Posted April 17 9 hours ago, bowtie` said: The radar is fine, I am talking about the time series viewer through the NWS and NOAA. I just checked KEWR and they have been only updating hourly also. Must be a system wide thing. Just wonder if it is accidental or on purpose? KFWA also switched to hourly at 12:55 (Eastern time) yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 Yesterday was fun. I'm ready for some more backyard supercells. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madwx Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 lol at this warning 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 lol at this warningthink that they forgot that high wind warnings exist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 Has anyone seen (or heard lol) any of these 17yr cicadas that are supposed to be out by now? Only thing I've heard so far is the buzzing of mosquitoes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 7 hours ago, cyclone77 said: Has anyone seen (or heard lol) any of these 17yr cicadas that are supposed to be out by now? Only thing I've heard so far is the buzzing of mosquitoes. Isn't it a soil temp thing, got to imagine still not warm enough imby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baum Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 8 hours ago, cyclone77 said: Has anyone seen (or heard lol) any of these 17yr cicadas that are supposed to be out by now? Only thing I've heard so far is the buzzing of mosquitoes. late May. Too soon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King James Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 2 hours ago, A-L-E-K said: Isn't it a soil temp thing, got to imagine still not warm enough imby 64 degrees at an 8 inch depth https://extension.illinois.edu/insects/cicadas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King James Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 Anyone getting their veggie garden started early this year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted April 29 Author Share Posted April 29 10 hours ago, King James said: Anyone getting their veggie garden started early this year? Kinda. I’ve had cool weather crops in for three weeks (carrots, onions, peas, strawberries, cabbage, lettuce, potatoes). I was planning on doing the sweet corn, cukes, beans, tomatoes and peppers in the next couple of days. However, that’s on hold for a couple days due to the overproducing rain this afternoon. That’s not unusual for April, as I will end up with over 7 1/2” for the month. Fortunately, it looks like top shelf weather here until at least Friday afternoon. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torchageddon Posted May 2 Share Posted May 2 How is the location name of a famous tornado settled in the wx community? Some of these recent iconic tornadoes like Katie/Wynnewood OK and Dalton/Ashby MN have equal occurrences of both places as a name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted May 4 Author Share Posted May 4 Absolutely no complaints about the spring weather we've enjoyed in Northeast Indiana. I couldn't walk out of the local garden center without picking a couple of these beauts. No, I wasn't influenced by palm dude, but maybe by the above normal temps we've enjoyed this spring. 5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chambana Posted May 4 Share Posted May 4 10 minutes ago, IWXwx said: Absolutely no complaints about the spring weather we've enjoyed in Northeast Indiana. I couldn't walk out of the local garden center without picking a couple of these beauts. No, I wasn't influenced by palm dude, but maybe by the above normal temps we've enjoyed this spring. Those are some beauties. I’ve decided to expand my vegetable garden this year to not only tomatoes and peppers, but Swiss chard, brussel sprouts, potatoes, and cukes. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted May 4 Share Posted May 4 Absolutely no complaints about the spring weather we've enjoyed in Northeast Indiana. I couldn't walk out of the local garden center without picking a couple of these beauts. No, I wasn't influenced by palm dude, but maybe by the above normal temps we've enjoyed this spring.it’s hard to tell what the bottom one is, but the top is a needle palm. solid cold hardy palm there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted May 4 Author Share Posted May 4 17 minutes ago, Chicago Storm said: it’s hard to tell what the bottom one is, but the top is a needle palm. solid cold hardy palm there. The bottom one is called a Majesty Palm. I don't know much about it except it is also supposed to be cold hardy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winterwx01 Posted May 8 Share Posted May 8 F- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted May 9 Share Posted May 9 hell yeah to the palms 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted May 10 Share Posted May 10 2 years ago tomorrow we started a very impressive 4-day stretch of 90s with high humidity. That included a few days where we reached 96, with heat indices near 105. DVN hit 97 on the 12th. That was almost as impressive as the infamous morch stretch to me. What was most impressive is that the high temps were associated with dews AOA 70. Usually to get temps that high this early in the year you'd need very dry air in place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 On 5/4/2024 at 5:06 PM, IWXwx said: The bottom one is called a Majesty Palm. I don't know much about it except it is also supposed to be cold hardy. I thought it looked familiar, but couldn't put my finger on exactly which species it was. The majesty palm is somewhat cold hardy, but not as much so as a few other species. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 the weather always has a lot of question marks 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King James Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 This spring / summer has reminded me of my childhood. This spring feels very nostalgic, like the springs I remember. If we can get a squall going tonight, lighting up the skies to the west just before dark, it’ll be perfect I remember these days as a kid asking my parents “is it going to get us?” I feel that way about tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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