May 2019 Observations and Discussion

[St Paul Storm]

Wow. Even the thick smoke in the upper atmosphere isn’t going to deter the heat today. Forecast now upped to 92F for the TC metro. Bring it! And to think we saw snowflakes 13 days ago....

[westMJim]

At this time the sky is milky white here with a temperature of 67° Grand Rapids is still waiting for it's first 80° day.

[Stacsh]

At this time the sky is milky white here with a temperature of 67° Grand Rapids is still waiting for it's first 80° day.

Surprisingly Muskegon has hit 80.  What's the latest date of 80 in GR?

[St Paul Storm]

From the U of Minn:

 

May of 2019 will rank among the 20 wettest and 20 coolest in state history. Only 66 percent of the state’s corn acreage planted by May 26th and only 35 percent of soybeans. It's latest planting season in Minnesota on a statewide basis since 1979

[Tom]

Milky skies across central North America...

 

 

 

[St Paul Storm]

Milky skies across central North America...

 

 

 

It’s thick, and it’s creating ozone issues here today.

 

Up to 89F and still ticking up.

[Andie]

Large thunderstorm moving into North Texas.

67*

83% humidity.

Nice thunder rumbling and getting very dark.

The lake and river folks won't be happy. The lakes are releasing the maximum they can and all rivers here are quite full and dangerous as to currents. The Trinity River is way up.

At 3:30 were at 84*. Sunny, clear skies.

Humdity dropped to 50%.

[Andie]

Here's a link from NOAA:  https://twitter.com/NOAASatellites/status/1134441935052034053

So, I haven't been paying attention to Canadian weather. Are they in a drought?

[Tom]

It’s thick, and it’s creating ozone issues here today.

 

Up to 89F and still ticking up.

Incredible rebound in your neck of the woods. Reminds me sorta of last year when suddenly you appeared into a heat wave after an abysmal start to the month. Enjoy it! I’m basking in the heat here as well. Topping out in the upper 90’s. Looking forward to summer wx back home. Leaving here just as the summer heat builds.

[Minny_Weather]

Surprised at the heat North of here. 85.4°F with an equal amount of smoke as the TCs.

[East Dubzz]

Definitely a hazy look outside. I always find it crazy when this happens.

[westMJim]

Surprisingly Muskegon has hit 80.  What's the latest date of 80 in GR?

June 12 1924

[westMJim]

he 6 PM readings across Michigan range from 81 at several locations to cold 46 at Macinac Island. All locations in the UP are in the 50's

Still waiting for Grand Rapids to report 80 it has been hanging on at 79 for a couple of hours now.

[CentralNebWeather]

78 with smoky skies. Not a bit of wind which is almost unheard of around here.

[Iowawx]

The high temperture here was held down because of the hazy sunshine from the wildfires. We made it up to 81, and the forecast high was 86. May 16 was our warmest day here in Cedar Rapids, when we got up to 90 degrees. 

 

There are some isolated storms devloping to the northwest. We may or may not get these storms as they slowly move. 

[St Paul Storm]

Incredible rebound in your neck of the woods. Reminds me sorta of last year when suddenly you appeared into a heat wave after an abysmal start to the month. Enjoy it! I’m basking in the heat here as well. Topping out in the upper 90’s. Looking forward to summer wx back home. Leaving here just as the summer heat builds.

We had 18” of snow in mid April last year and on Memorial Day we had temps in the low 100s. I love living in the Midwest because of the extreme differences in weather.

 

Meanwhile, topped out at 89F here and now a severe t-storm warning one county north of me.

 

Enjoy the heat,Tom. And then safe travels home.

[snowstorm83]

I had nothing to do today so I decided to go down and check out Indian Cave State Park in the southeast corner of the state. A lot of areas were closed (including the cave) due to flooding but there was still a lot of trails available. You can see the water taking over the road and theres also a picnic area underwater. I liked it overall. It's a pretty place and even the drive there is green, rolling hills (especially south of NE City), not quite fitting the flat Nebraska stereotype. Hopefully I can make it back after the cave reopens again. 

 

 

 

[OKwx2k4]

Flooding night on the Arkansas River to close out May 2019. Wow...

More flooding sure to come.

 

https://www.wsj.com/articles/arkansas-river-flooding-breaches-levee-in-western-arkansas-11559324620

[Iowawx]

Here's some stats for May 2019 in Cedar Rapids 

 

Total rainfall: 7.98"

Highest single day rainfall: May 18, 2019 1.89" 

Warmest Temperature: 90 degrees on May 16

Coldest high temperature: 53 degrees on May 21 

[Tom]

I missed out on a record setting month back home...but on the flip side, I enjoyed a fantastic month of weather in the SW...PHX averaged 6 degrees BN with average precip (.10").

 

[jaster220]

Incredible rebound in your neck of the woods. Reminds me sorta of last year when suddenly you appeared into a heat wave after an abysmal start to the month. Enjoy it! I’m basking in the heat here as well. Topping out in the upper 90’s. Looking forward to summer wx back home. Leaving here just as the summer heat builds.

 

Twas a gorgeous day last Saturday when we spent a night in your fabulous home town. The place was a-buzz with holiday weekend fervor you could almost cut with a knife. #great economy #thankyoupresTrump! 

[Tom]

Twas a gorgeous day last Saturday when we spent a night in your fabulous home town. The place was a-buzz with holiday weekend fervor you could almost cut with a knife. #great economy #thankyoupresTrump!

Glad to hear you had a great time. I heard Sat was the pick day of the MDW holiday weekend.

 

Edit: That skyline never gets old...

[Stormy]

May seemed like a very chilly month and I was expecting it to be around 5°- 6° below normal, but it ended up only around 2.4° below normal in my area. Probably due to more mildish nights from all of clouds and rain.

[jaster220]

Glad to hear you had a great time. I heard Sat was the pick day of the MDW holiday weekend.

 

Edit: That skyline never gets old...

 

Not only that, but it's on the rise (pun intended). I love skyscrapers. Always have. Thus fascinated to see more just popping up like mushrooms in season!

 

https://chicago.curbed.com/2018/3/16/17121148/chicago-supertall-skyscraper-architecture