TheClimateChanger Posted October 5 Share Posted October 5 13 hours ago, OrdIowPitMsp said: Not sure it will be better then the epic showing in May when we had multiple X-class CMEs impact Earth. We shall see, space weather can do funny things sometimes. I’m planning on going out to my usual spot tomorrow night. Well I’m not seeing anything from my vantage point, even with the phone this go around. Are you folks seeing anything tonight? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrdIowPitMsp Posted October 5 Share Posted October 5 7 hours ago, TheClimateChanger said: Well I’m not seeing anything from my vantage point, even with the phone this go around. Are you folks seeing anything tonight? Tonight is the night. KP never really got above 3 last night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted October 5 Share Posted October 5 With the weather this week colors should explode. I'm headed to the UP tomorrow thru Wed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madwx Posted October 5 Share Posted October 5 Areas of northern Wisconsin had a frost advisory this morning and now have a slight risk of severe storms this evening. Probably a very rare combo to get both in the same day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowtie` Posted October 6 Share Posted October 6 Sunny, clear, sunny, clear, sunny, clear, sunny, clear, sunny. The point forecast is repeatable and consistent. Only the temps vary, and not that much either, Nice Autumn so far. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightning Posted October 6 Share Posted October 6 On 10/5/2024 at 8:08 AM, OrdIowPitMsp said: Tonight is the night. KP never really got above 3 last night. Last night was very quite. Unfortunately it is not looking so good but there remains some hope for tonight: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torchageddon Posted October 6 Share Posted October 6 Went out for a ride in the morning air before the line of storms hits, I could see darkness, hear thunder off in the distance, tepid breeze, hear the birds chirping like it was Spring, observing the colours, with the sun still shining - memorable! Line seems okay so far on radar and I tend to believe with the number of strikes my station is sensing this may not be a flop, TWN wrote kind of setup we’ll see on Sunday has been known to overperform in the past. Sadly they gave no details nor get into the nitty gritty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrdIowPitMsp Posted October 7 Share Posted October 7 This is likely the most exciting weather locally for the next week+ Dewpoint down in the 20s. Widespread frost possible outside the metro. Let’s see if we can break 40 tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightning Posted October 7 Share Posted October 7 K-index has been increasing. Some areas should be seeing the Aurora. Unfortunately clouds have moved in here for a bit. Hopefully they will move out sooner than later! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted October 7 Share Posted October 7 maybe some people could see the auroras from Michigan, Wisconsin tonight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeenerWx Posted October 7 Share Posted October 7 Caught some brief reds on the horizon, but each spike in activity was short lived. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted October 7 Share Posted October 7 Coolest morning so far with 35 here. Maybe some patchy frost? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted October 7 Share Posted October 7 A few spots in northeast Iowa and also western Iowa have bottomed out in the low 30s this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madwx Posted October 7 Share Posted October 7 Down to 32 at my house. First official freeze of the season. Live in a bit of a depression so always run cold on clear calm mornings like this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrdIowPitMsp Posted October 7 Share Posted October 7 The UHI wins again, MSP only made it down to 44. There was patchy frost in the suburbs this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madwx Posted October 7 Share Posted October 7 On 9/30/2024 at 6:58 PM, madwx said: WPAC typhoons will likely lead to downstream wave breaking and cooler weather near mid month looking good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeenerWx Posted October 8 Share Posted October 8 Decent storming going on for a KP5. Low horizon glow locally, but seeing some reports from Southern WI that sound a bit more impressive. Not going to be anything like the May storm of course, but worth a peak outside if you're bored - or otherwise just generally interested. Edit: NVM - see that we reached KP7/G3. Quite a bit stronger than the original forecasts for tonight. Edit x2: Ended up lucking out and catching the strongest of the substorms this evening. They were quite brief but what a treat - show was visible to the naked eye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightning Posted October 8 Share Posted October 8 8 hours ago, KeenerWx said: Decent storming going on for a KP5. Low horizon glow locally, but seeing some reports from Southern WI that sound a bit more impressive. Not going to be anything like the May storm of course, but worth a peak outside if you're bored - or otherwise just generally interested. Edit: NVM - see that we reached KP7/G3. Quite a bit stronger than the original forecasts for tonight. Edit x2: Ended up lucking out and catching the strongest of the substorms this evening. They were quite brief but what a treat - show was visible to the naked eye. Yeah it was brief but much better than nothing last night. My niece in Alaska sent some awesome pictures north of Anchorage last night!! Last couple days I have been using my eclipse glasses to see the Sunspots as a couple have visible to the naked eye with the right protection of course!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian D Posted October 8 Share Posted October 8 Early data for Sept in, and looks like a very warm Sept in the record. Currently sitting at 5th warmest, just a couple hundredths ahead of 1933, so it may or may not hold in the end. It was driven by a very warm 2nd half of the month, especially in the N sub. 5 & 10 yr trend charts shown respectively. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightning Posted October 8 Share Posted October 8 Looks like Sunday is going to bring in something other than endless sun and mild temps!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torchageddon Posted October 9 Share Posted October 9 On 10/4/2024 at 7:28 PM, Torchageddon said: Most of the week was pleasant, nice sunny fall vibes with very gradual decrease in temps. Happy with us getting very little rain since Aug, some day recently it was less than 3mm; dried up fast. I can't remember the last time I heard rain on the roof, its been so light and brief. Sun I'm suppose to get a t-storm (me thinks Nov/Dec will be turbulent) on Sunday with 8mm of precip - hope it all misses me or fizzles. It did today; just some clouds mid-day. The storm on Sun morning did fizzle, I got gapped! I heard sig thunder and before the split line 150 strikes detected. My station didn't even measure any rain lol. Sun came out early that afternoon too. Some downpours the first in months started last night though. This was a dynamic fall day with heavy showers then full sun minutes later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeenerWx Posted October 9 Share Posted October 9 Potential for more lights tomorrow night across the region, weather permitting! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightning Posted October 9 Share Posted October 9 How do you know the surface weather is boring? Most of our recent posts are about Space Weather 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeenerWx Posted October 9 Share Posted October 9 14 minutes ago, Lightning said: How do you know the surface weather is boring? Most of our recent posts are about Space Weather For sure. At least this year has been pretty extraordinary from that perspective with several shots at Aurora & the eclipse. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightning Posted October 9 Share Posted October 9 12 minutes ago, KeenerWx said: For sure. At least this year has been pretty extraordinary from that perspective with several shots at Aurora & the eclipse. Absolutely wonderful Space Weather year. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrdIowPitMsp Posted October 9 Share Posted October 9 First freeze of the season in the point forecast for Monday night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheClimateChanger Posted Thursday at 03:48 PM Share Posted Thursday at 03:48 PM On 10/3/2024 at 10:31 AM, Geoboy645 said: Drought Monitor updated, and it is starting to look really rough for the areas that have missed out on the last couple of events. The Northwoods especially is looking rough, that's a large area of D2 added this week with no real precip chances in sight. Definitely an increased chance of wildfires up there as we continue on into October and November. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted Thursday at 06:57 PM Share Posted Thursday at 06:57 PM Absolutely perfect crisp, clear Fall weather for playoff baseball in Detroit tonight! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightning Posted Thursday at 08:23 PM Share Posted Thursday at 08:23 PM Aurora looking very probable tonight!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeenerWx Posted Thursday at 10:49 PM Share Posted Thursday at 10:49 PM 2 hours ago, Lightning said: Aurora looking very probable tonight!!! Data looking very promising. Not long until darkness sets in! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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