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7 minutes ago, Andie said:

Wow, Sun broke through, clouds high tailed it out of here and we have very westerly winds - 15-28mph

(More 28 than 15)  But 65* and Sunny.  After today it will start to warm back up fast.  Enjoy it while I can!

Still cloudy, it's in the 50s. I'm really enjoying the cooler temperatures. It's very odd to have 50s and 40s in May.

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All observations are in Tecumseh, OK unless otherwise noted

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I've picked up another .25 so far today bringing my storm total to .65 inches.  Temps have warmed up to 68 with a few peeks of sun as the low is slowly churning near by.  I may see some heavier showers tomorrow as I make it to the backside of the low.

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It was an interesting wx day yesterday as it started off cool/damp till about Noon when the warmer and more humid air began to creep north.  Then about 4:00pm or so, I was awakened by the sound of Sirens from my midday napski.  Initially, I thought it was the monthly "test" but that happens during the 1st Tuesday of the month iirc.  I followed the local news tracking the storm cell just west of ORD and my place.  My cousin captured a good video of the funnel cloud which pilots reported right away.  

As I skim through social media, this is a fantastic video capturing the lowering/rotating funnel cloud....

 

Here's a good video that captured the backside of the cell as it weakened tracked into the northern burbs...

 

 

This circle on the radar image is literally right over my place....pretty wild...

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28 minutes ago, westMJim said:

The official H/L yesterday at Grand Rapids was 69/51 and at the airport 0.56" of rain fell. The overnight low here at my house was 65 and at this time it is cloudy and 69. I recorded 0.69" of rain fall up to 9:30 this morning.

I had pretty close to that at .70" since yesterday when it first rained.  

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Models suggest a decent band of rain/storms will spiral northwestward through southeast Iowa this afternoon, getting as far nw as Cedar Rapids.  We are right on the line, though, so we could get nothing or an inch.

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season snowfall: 34.8"

'22-23: 30.2"      '21-22: 27.1"      '20-21: 52.5"      '19-20: 36.2"      '18-19: 50.2"      '17-18: 39.5"

Average snowfall: ~30"

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It is kinda dreary outside w temps in the 60s.

 

Mini "Heatwave" next week for S MI (3day stretch) b4 it cools off. Temps have a shot at 90F, or even slightly better. 

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Snowfall for Winter 2023 -24 for Metro Detroit Area 

Oct 2023: 0.2" AN

Nov 2023: 2.2" AN

Dec 2023: 0.5" BN Insane!

Jan 2024: 17.0" AN

Feb 2024: 1.9"  BN

Mar 2024: 4.9" BN

April 2024:

Season So Far: 26.7"

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Warm/moist advection has definitely begun here despite no change in visible conditions. Dews have risen by over 20 degrees since midnight and winds are coming in from the SE instead of the NE.

Likely won’t see much if any sunlight today, though. Tomorrow likely more of the same, but severe storms may fire in the increasingly unstable airmass by mid/late afternoon.

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This morning's Euro has our next chance of rain in ten days. 🙁

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season snowfall: 34.8"

'22-23: 30.2"      '21-22: 27.1"      '20-21: 52.5"      '19-20: 36.2"      '18-19: 50.2"      '17-18: 39.5"

Average snowfall: ~30"

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It is raining at a good clip now w temps in the mild 70s. Hopefully some boomers later on.

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Snowfall for Winter 2023 -24 for Metro Detroit Area 

Oct 2023: 0.2" AN

Nov 2023: 2.2" AN

Dec 2023: 0.5" BN Insane!

Jan 2024: 17.0" AN

Feb 2024: 1.9"  BN

Mar 2024: 4.9" BN

April 2024:

Season So Far: 26.7"

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2 hours ago, Phil said:

Warm/moist advection has definitely begun here despite no change in visible conditions. Dews have risen by over 20 degrees since midnight and winds are coming in from the SE instead of the NE.

Likely won’t see much if any sunlight today, though. Tomorrow likely more of the same, but severe storms may fire in the increasingly unstable airmass by mid/late afternoon.

This was exactly what it felt like yesterday over here, but we did get some severe wx to pop.  I just got done mowing the lawn and not much sweating TBH.  Sitting at 75/65F with the sun making an appearance to close out the day!

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Considering we had pretty much no sun, this is very widespread activity sandwiching my area from several directions!

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Ashland, KY Weather

'23-'24 Winter

Snowfall - 5.50"
First freeze: 11/1 (32)
Minimum: 2 on 1/17

Measurable snows: 4
Max 1 day snow: 3" (1/19)

Thunders: 11
1/27, 1/28, 2/10, 2/22, 2/27, 2/28, 3/5, 3/6, 3/14, 3/15
3/26, 

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[Klamath Falls, OR 2010 to 2021]
https://imgur.com/SuGTijl

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8 hours ago, Hawkeye said:

Models suggest a decent band of rain/storms will spiral northwestward through southeast Iowa this afternoon, getting as far nw as Cedar Rapids.  We are right on the line, though, so we could get nothing or an inch.

Models nailed the band of rain/storms, but, unfortunately, they were not able to make it this far nw.

season snowfall: 34.8"

'22-23: 30.2"      '21-22: 27.1"      '20-21: 52.5"      '19-20: 36.2"      '18-19: 50.2"      '17-18: 39.5"

Average snowfall: ~30"

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New Euro weeklies really start cranking that death ridge over the south central US. Gonna be a hot summer for @Andie and others living across the Southern Plains/Deep South.

Precipitation anomalies over the next 46 days:

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I gotta say im in total shock! This pm rain moved  slowly  westward along highway  34. When it reach Ottumwa  it unloaded on us!  I got 1.23  just today!   Few spots  closeby possibly  more.  The entire sys since tues I have 1.82", way way more than expected! After shockingly  dry middle  of May I currently  have 2.70" lawns love it, garden loves it, crops love it!

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From what I'm gathering, it appears this slow moving mid lat cyclone certainly delivered the goods!  It's like the Summer version of a "Share the Wealth" system we would be tracking in the cold months.  #Blessings

It was another warmer and humid day yesterday with highs in the mid 70's.  I really enjoy going out in the morning and soaking in the smells of Summer without having to wear a hoodie!  The sun broke out later in the day boosting temps to a high of 77F.  Meantime, temps have dropped and we have a wind off the lake.  It's going to be a cool one today...BUT...the Sun will make its presence later in the day and throughout the Holiday weekend.  I gotta tell ya, when I was back in AZ weeks ago, I kept thinking to myself "Will this pattern flip right into Summer for MDW like it did in 2019?".  Glad to see Mother Nature cooperating for literally all of us on here.

Our local WGN news team, like always, seems to pump the HEAT almost always when there could be a Heat wave.  I was laughing when I saw Tom Skilling post a 7-day forecast suggesting mid 90's for MON/TUE...I was scratching my head asking myself, "what in the world and what model are they looking at?"  Personally, I don't think it's Tom Skilling himself but instead, it's the lead producer Bill Snyder...SMH

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I was surprised to see a record rain fall at Grand Rapids for yesterday. The official rain fall at GRR was a record amount of 1.32" from a thunderstorm that passed to the SE of my house. Here at my house just 0.02" of rain fell. The official H/L at Grand Rapids yesterday was 76/62. The overnight low at GRR was 58. Here at my house the low was 59 and the current temperature is  61 with a few clouds.

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1 hour ago, Tom said:

Our local WGN news team, like always, seems to pump the HEAT almost always when there could be a Heat wave.  I was laughing when I saw Tom Skilling post a 7-day forecast suggesting mid 90's for MON/TUE...I was scratching my head asking myself, "what in the world and what model are they looking at?"

I am not sure if you will see the mid 90's or not and the CPC in their long range guess have the GL area fall to below average in their long range guess. So any heat wave would be on the short side.

https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/predictions/814day/

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On 5/24/2022 at 11:53 AM, snowstorm83 said:

For sure IMG_1450.thumb.jpg.feab68100b6d50e2aa8d7a20d10e9ee1.jpg

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Looks comfortable :)

I love the weird lighting that nearly vertical tropical sun angles give

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Weather stats for MBY

Snowfall:

-Total snowfall since joining: 50.25"

-2018-19: 21"

-2019-20: 2.5"

-2020-21: 13"

-2021-22: 8.75"

-2022-23: 5.75"

-2023-24*: 0.25"

-Most recent snowfall: 0.25”; January 17th, 2024

-Largest snowfall (single storm): 8.5"; February 12-13, 2021

-Largest snow depth: 14"; 1:30am February 12th, 2019

Temperatures:

-Warmest: 109F; June 28th, 2021

-Coldest: 13F; December 27th, 2021

-Phreeze Count 2023-24: 31

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I finished this week's slow moving system with 2.72". Coworker said he had over 3. I dont recall models showing that much. Anyway, weather looks great for the long weekend. Woke up to full sunshine this morning. Enjoy it folks.

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Under a tornado watch here this AM. Incoming QLCS doesn’t seem overly intense but we’ll see!

Currently 76/70. Muggy.

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Possible tornado missed me by 5 miles or so. Second near miss this spring.

Conditions here were sub-severe but still interesting. Booming thunder and winds around 40mph. Felt more like an autumn QLCS with the cloudy/muggy weather and stiff gradient winds ahead of it.

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It just got done torrentially downpouring out here and folks weed eating. Gotta make money I guess!

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Rain is still coming down. No thunder at KDWU yet.. Been dark all afternoon.

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Ashland, KY Weather

'23-'24 Winter

Snowfall - 5.50"
First freeze: 11/1 (32)
Minimum: 2 on 1/17

Measurable snows: 4
Max 1 day snow: 3" (1/19)

Thunders: 11
1/27, 1/28, 2/10, 2/22, 2/27, 2/28, 3/5, 3/6, 3/14, 3/15
3/26, 

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[Klamath Falls, OR 2010 to 2021]
https://imgur.com/SuGTijl

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This is why I love the weather....On May 25th, the far northern territories of Canada (Nunavut) just experienced its coldest temp so late in the year...not just for this region, but the entire country of Canada!  Just incredible...

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Article for reference: https://electroverse.net/canadas-record-cold-u-s-growing-woes-persist-mexican-grapes-delayed-russia-snubs-uns-grain-for-fertilizer-plan/

 

Watch this as it is mesmerizing and quite fascinating....you can literally see a piece of the PV (Just NE of Alaska) come off and track into this part of the country way up north...what happens next is truly fascinating, given the amount of high lat blocking ongoing.  This energy tracks south and then phases with the Memorial Day storm coming out of the Rockies into the Upper MW/Southern Prairies of Canada.   It takes about 9-10 days for this piece of the PV that originated off the N Pole to eventually track into Ontario....#WxPorn

 

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End Result???  Cool to Rule through mid June....#JuneGloom...The 1st day of Met Summer will likely feature daytime highs in the 50's for parts of the Plains.  Don't worry, however, Summer returns in a Flash for this region.  A wet/stormy period will ignite later next weekend into the First Full week of June.  "Ring of Fire"...Summer time Boomers are looking pretty darn good!

 

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The official H/L yesterday at Grand Rapids was 69/54 there was 0.01″ of reported rain fall. That brings the May total to 4.07″ There was just 5% of possible sunshine yesterday. The average H/L for today is 74/53. The record high for today is 94 set in 2018 the record low is 33 set in 1949. Last year the H/L was 51/39.
Today looks to be a very pleasant late May day with near average highs in the mid 70’s. There still looks to be a brief 3 days of very warm to hot weather then back down to below average temperatures.

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Just took a morning B Day stroll around the neighborhood on this beautiful and gorgeous sunny morning.  There is heavy dew all over the grass.  Temps dipped into the upper 40's (48F).  Have a splendid day and enjoy the long weekend everyone!

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