May 2022 Observations & Discussions

[Andie]

We’re helping with that to some degree.  
 

94*. 
Wind 22-32 mph.  More than 32 to be honest.
Roaring out there.  Straight out of the South.  
Really unpleasant day. 

[OmahaSnowFan]

Record high for the date is 96.

[CentralNebWeather]

22 minutes ago, OmahaSnowFan said:

Record high for the date is 96.

Actually very pleasant here in the 70’s with fairly low dews. No thanks on mid 90’s. 

[OmahaSnowFan]

Made it 94.1 IMBY today. This morning at one point it was 80/70, but thankfully a dry line moved through and dropped the dews down to the low 50s.

You can really see the dew point tank earlier today.

[Clinton]

Let's hope we don't repeat 2012.  Big difference though we've had rain this spring.

 

NWS Kansas City

 

✔@NWSKansasCity

Last time Kansas City reached 90° earlier in the season was in 2012 when we reached 90 for the first time on 4/25. We won't talk about the rest of that Summer

[Thunder98]

Active tonight in MN and WI. Tornado warnings near Eau Claire.

 

 

 

[OmahaSnowFan]

Smoke from fires down in New Mexico made it all the way up here this afternoon after the dry line moved through. Dropped visibility and made the air quality unhealthy.

[james1976]

Just some rain up here in the TC. Line didn't really get going til it got east of here. Perfect weather right now. Upper 70s with a light breeze. Got chicken breasts on the Weber and a cold one. Feels like summer finally.

[Andie]

We’re still sitting at a warm 85*.  
Very windy for this time at night.  It usually lays down some.  
Currently 18-30 mph.  
 

 

[westMJim]

The official H/L yesterday at Grand Rapids was 78/45. There 100% of possible sunshine. The overnight low here in MBY was a warm 65. The forecasted high today is 83. If it makes it to that 83 or better it would be a top 10 warmest for this date. The record for today is 89 so that looks safe. The overnight low here in MBY was 65. At the current time it is 67 here in MBY with cloudy skies.

[Clinton]

Warm and muggy already this morning, the low only went down to 75.  Thursday looks like an active weather day as the heat begins to shift east.

[Hawkeye]

Models, for days, advertised a line of storms sagging southeast through my area last night, but nothing came anywhere near us.  Yesterday, the HRRR trended toward nothing so it performed the best.

[Iceresistance]

14 hours ago, Andie said:

We’re helping with that to some degree.  
 

94*. 
Wind 22-32 mph.  More than 32 to be honest.
Roaring out there.  Straight out of the South.  
Really unpleasant day. 

It's going to be worst with the Heatwave, Altus, OK reached 107°F Yesterday compared to 94°F in OKC

[Andie]

That’s just crazy and too darn early.  
 

Somebody please tell me this summer won’t be a nightmare down here! 

[Iceresistance]

25 minutes ago, Andie said:

That’s just crazy and too darn early.  
 

Somebody please tell me this summer won’t be a nightmare down here! 

I'm afraid to say that the Summer Nightmare is only getting started

This is really really bad . . . 

[Tom]

It's good to be back home and be welcomed by this warm and humid air!  Gosh, I def got dried out in the desert over the past few weeks!  I flew back late last night and was able to witness the line of active storms that formed out in IA.  I had a window seat and a perfect view  of the gorgeous lightning show mother nature was producing.  It has been years since I've seen thunderstorms at 35,000 ft, but especially, witnessing it at night it is a different animal.  It was certainly something I'll always remember.

Heading up to near 90F and quite humid today.  Boy, what a difference in airmass as I get back into the swing of things.  Looks like I'll be turning on the A/C here for the 1st time this season.  I miss the smells of Summer.

[Tom]

28 minutes ago, Iceresistance said:

I'm afraid to say that the Summer Nightmare is only getting started

This is really really bad . . . 

When I left for Chicago yesterday I saw the 10 day forecast and the local mets in PHX are already showing a few days around 105F next weekend!  That is WAY to early and I'm glad to be here where it'll be MUCH more enjoyable.  Not to mention, my sister's daughter has her communion this weekend and the wx looks to be cooperating.  I'm just surprised to see that the trees are just beginning to bloom.  

[westMJim]

8 minutes ago, Tom said:

That is WAY to early and I'm glad to be here where it'll be MUCH more enjoyable.  Not to mention, my sister's daughter has her communion this weekend and the wx looks to be cooperating.  I'm just surprised to see that the trees are just beginning to bloom.  

While it is not the case to the south and southwest. Here in the Great Lakes area it is hit and miss for a warm May leading into a warm/hot summer. Ad for the trees I was taking to a person who flew into Grand Rapids from Minneapolis  this past weekend and they said GRR is way ahead of Minneapolis. What is odd is that we are well behind where we should be for this time of the year. We will advance rapidly in the next few days. Note that there was still some snow is places in Houghton area just this last week.

[Clinton]

Currently 88 with a heat index of 96 and a dewpoint of 73. 12z models look stormy starting this weekend through the extended.

[Tom]

Are you guys getting email notifications?  Mine have stopped coming in today for some reason...just checking to see if its just me or the site.

[Iceresistance]

14 minutes ago, Tom said:

Are you guys getting email notifications?  Mine have stopped coming in today for some reason...just checking to see if its just me or the site.

I don't follow the forum.

[Phil]

6 hours ago, Tom said:

When I left for Chicago yesterday I saw the 10 day forecast and the local mets in PHX are already showing a few days around 105F next weekend!  That is WAY to early and I'm glad to be here where it'll be MUCH more enjoyable.  Not to mention, my sister's daughter has her communion this weekend and the wx looks to be cooperating.  I'm just surprised to see that the trees are just beginning to bloom.  

I think that 4-corners/plains ridge is going to be a beast this summer. All the warning signs are there.

[Hawkeye]

It's a hot one today.  Thankfully, some clouds have helped.  We are up to the upper 80s with 73 dew.  The wind is much lighter than yesterday, too.

Unfortunately, we missed rain last night and both the Euro and GFS predict very little rain over the next week+.

[Andie]

It’s settling down some.  

High of 92*

Wind SSE. (unusual for us)

17-26 mph. 

Allergens climbing. Moderately high.  
Grass, trees. 
 

 

 

 

[Niko]

11 hours ago, Tom said:

When I left for Chicago yesterday I saw the 10 day forecast and the local mets in PHX are already showing a few days around 105F next weekend!  That is WAY to early and I'm glad to be here where it'll be MUCH more enjoyable.  Not to mention, my sister's daughter has her communion this weekend and the wx looks to be cooperating.  I'm just surprised to see that the trees are just beginning to bloom.  

Here too. Not sure why, but some trees are taking their sweet old time to blossom, even w temps in the 70s. Its weird to see bare trees in May.

[Andie]

We’ll, we’re still seeing winds at 12-24 mph at 9:15.  
Humidity 55%

But winds are out of the SSE still.  
That often indicates rain for us, but no rain in the forecast for a week.  

[Iceresistance]

Just now, Andie said:

We’ll, we’re still seeing winds at 12-24 mph at 9:15.  
Humidity 55%

But winds are out of the SSE still.  
That often indicates rain for us, but no rain in the forecast for a week.  

Just took a look at the Mesoanalysis, and you would never believe on what I say until you see the CAPE levels on College of DuPage!

[Andie]

59 minutes ago, Niko said:

Here too. Not sure why, but some trees are taking their sweet old time to blossom, even w temps in the 70s. Its weird to see bare trees in May.

Seems everyone is heating up early.   
There has to be something causing an early continental heating.  

[Iceresistance]

16 minutes ago, Andie said:

Seems everyone is heating up early.   
There has to be something causing an early continental heating.  

La Nina conditions, -PDO, Very positive SOI, and preexisting drought conditions are doing this.

 

This is the 4 horsemen of the Southern Plains Summer Apocalypse . . .

[Tom]

It's a very warm and muggy morning....I gotta tell ya, I do miss these type of mornings.  UHI in full effect around here...current temp of 78F at ORD...feels like mid July out there this morning.

 

[Tom]

Once we get past this very warm few days, it appears we won't be seeing these type of temps for a little bit according to the latest data around the MW/GL's region.  Maybe a day or two but I don't see any signs of a longer stretch of real Heat.  ORD topped out officially at 89F, but according to their wx station it did hit 90F for a few minutes around 4:15pm.

 

 

Meantime, MDW did in fact log their 1st 90F day of the season and set a record of 92F!

 

An active period setting up shop up and over the periphery of the southern plains ridge later early next week for pretty much every one on here.

 

[Andie]

A bit more seasonal today.

74 currently. High of 92 today.  
Windy 10- 24 mph.  
Dew at 65
Allergy index pretty high! 

West Tx/Ok will be expecting strong storms. Hope they get the rain they need so bad.  

[westMJim]

Yesterday official H/L at Grand Rapids of 84/61 was both the 5th warmest maximum and the 5 warmest minimum. The overnight low here at my house was 67 the official low at GRR looks to be 66. If it can stay at or above that 66 until midnight it would tie the record for the warmest minimum for May 11th. The record high for today at Grand Rapids is 89 set in 1922 and 1896. At Lansing the record high is 88 set in 1896 then 87 set in 1922. At Muskegon the record is 87 set in 1930. For our friends to the east the record at Detroit  in 1993. At Flint it is 90 in 1922 

[Iceresistance]

4 minutes ago, hawkstwelve said:

I swear there is a little protective bubble over my house that causes thunderstorms to move around me. In the appetizer of storms this morning, the main cell went to my west and a secondary cell to my east. This has repeatedly happened over the past few months we've been here.

My wife is a pretty religious woman and whenever I tell her there are chances of severe thunderstorms she says a little prayer that no tornadoes or anything will hit us. At first I thought it was cute, now I might need to tell her to knock it off. 

That also usually happens at my house too with Supercells!

[Clinton]

Another hot sticky day ahead with lighter winds, KC may break another record high.  Severe weather chances today and tomorrow across the north and western parts of the forum.

[westMJim]

On the flip side of all of the warm temperatures. There is still some snow on the ground up in the UP this is from the ski hill just north of Houghton 
https://www.mtu.edu/webcams/ski-hill/
 

[Niko]

It feels like June outside w temps in the upper 70s (79 to be exact). Do I dare say the word "Humid" because it certainly does have that mugginess around. Tbh, I kinda miss this airmass. Now, all we need is a few severe t'stms to top it all off.

[snowstorm83]

It seems pretty early for a heat and humidity combo like this. This type of stuff is more typical for July and august. 

[CentralNebWeather]

41 minutes ago, snowstorm83 said:

It seems pretty early for a heat and humidity combo like this. This type of stuff is more typical for July and august. 

We've been really fortunate here.  Thick cloud cover has held temps down and it is only in the 70's as of 12:15 PM with a 55 dew.  

[Phil]

3 hours ago, hawkstwelve said:

I swear there is a little protective bubble over my house that causes thunderstorms to move around me. In the appetizer of storms this morning, the main cell went to my west and a secondary cell to my east. This has repeatedly happened over the past few months we've been here.

My wife is a pretty religious woman and whenever I tell her there are chances of severe thunderstorms she says a little prayer that no tornadoes or anything will hit us. At first I thought it was cute, now I might need to tell her to knock it off. 

You don’t want AM crapvection anyway. Dampens instability.