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Post by guyatacomputer - NE St. Peters on Apr 17, 2018 8:09:10 GMT -6
Wednesday will be hold on to your hairpiece day. And not a good day to wear a skirt...or a mile. That is unless you are an exhibitionist *skirt...or kilt. Stupid autocorrect |
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Post by bdgwx on Apr 17, 2018 9:42:07 GMT -6
And not a good day to wear a skirt...or a mile. That is unless you are an exhibitionist *skirt...or kilt. Stupid autocorrect Or Freudian slip  |
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Post by Chris Higgins on Apr 17, 2018 18:07:21 GMT -6
I strongly suspect models are not capturing the magnitude of the wind potential tomorrow afternoon. These small, compact systems are historically prolific wind makers... like the strongest clipper systems...excellent mixing and momentum transfer will lead to some gusts to 50 mph...and I suspect some wind damage to trees will be reported in some areas.
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Post by WEAXWATCHER on Apr 17, 2018 18:16:03 GMT -6
Wife is still at Fort McCoy WI, she just shared a WWW that said 2 to 3 inch per hour rates for up to 8 inches of snow... is this system gonna be trucking along at 70 miles an hour?
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Post by Chris Higgins on Apr 17, 2018 18:46:09 GMT -6
its a fast mover for sure
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Post by cozpregon on Apr 17, 2018 18:59:40 GMT -6
I strongly suspect models are not capturing the magnitude of the wind potential tomorrow afternoon. These small, compact systems are historically prolific wind makers... like the strongest clipper systems...excellent mixing and momentum transfer will lead to some gusts to 50 mph...and I suspect some wind damage to trees will be reported in some areas. Don't see mixing that deep too often. Only thing going against winds to 50mph may be the cloud deck the models (especially the NAM) have around the 850 level. Sunshine... I think we get there. |
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Post by ams3389 on Apr 17, 2018 19:33:54 GMT -6
It was beautiful today... but you can tell something is brewing. Wind already picking up after we got us some Ted Drew’s.
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Post by cozpregon on Apr 17, 2018 19:41:36 GMT -6
It's a different world there... but blowing 70mph+ in western KS now.
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Post by STGOutdoors on Apr 18, 2018 6:34:01 GMT -6
Good bit of lightning in the Iowa snow. Cardinals/Cubs might get snowed out again today!
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Post by maddogchief on Apr 18, 2018 7:17:57 GMT -6
Menominee, MI  |
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Post by Jeffmw on Apr 18, 2018 9:12:19 GMT -6
So looks like St. Louis area is going to be in for a stretch of quiet weather uh?
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Post by unclesam6 on Apr 18, 2018 9:33:38 GMT -6
W 29 G 48
last hour
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Post by toddatfarmington on Apr 18, 2018 9:37:30 GMT -6
www.weather.gov/grb/041518_blizzardNWS Report on the Wisconsin Blizzard of April 2018, highest recorded snow was 31.6" with highest wind gust of 52mph. Some good photos, records, ect included.
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Post by Chris Higgins on Apr 18, 2018 9:50:28 GMT -6
Wind Advisory now in effect for this afternoon. Looks like we will top off pretty close to 50 mph with the strongest gusts for a time this afternoon.
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Post by Tilawn on Apr 18, 2018 10:47:12 GMT -6
This wind is horrible to drive my 24’ enclosed trailer around today. Unfortunately I do a lot of north-south driving for today’s mowing route.
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Post by WEAXWATCHER on Apr 18, 2018 11:42:54 GMT -6
I have a lower profile car... driving in this still sucks.
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Post by mosue56 on Apr 18, 2018 11:45:29 GMT -6
Quite windy down in st Francois cty! Hanging onto our hats! Hubby tied a extra rope on the boat!
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Post by Chris Higgins on Apr 18, 2018 11:52:52 GMT -6
Better hope there is no severe weather in southeast MO or far southern IL into northeast Arkansas the next 3 weeks.... this could not be worse timing. A large portion of southeast MO will be left without any useful radar coverage. Public Information Statement National Weather Service Paducah, KY 1149 AM CDT Wed Apr 18 2018 ...PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT... The KPAH WSR-88D Doppler Radar operated by the NOAA National Weather Service in Paducah, KY will be down for a little over 3 weeks for the repair of a major mechanical component. An engineering team from the Radar Operations Center (ROC) in Norman, Oklahoma, determined that the bull gear, the primary gear for turning the radar antenna, has failed. This repair will require 12,000 to 15,000 pounds of equipment and a six-person team from the ROC to restore the radar. At this time, the team anticipates repairs being completed during the next couple of weeks, with the radar being returned to service by May 11th. During the downtime, adjacent NWS supporting radars include: Springfield, MO (KSGF), St. Louis, MO (KLSX), Lincoln, IL (KILX), Indianapolis, IN (KIND), Louisville, KY (KLVX), Evansville, IN (KVWX), Fort Campbell, KY (KHPX), Nashville, TN (KOHX), Memphis, TN (KNQA), and Little Rock, AR (KLZK). The Paducah, KY WSR-88D is 23 years old and part of a network of 159 operational radars. The radars are supported by three federal agencies: NOAA National Weather Service, United States Air Force, and the Federal Aviation Administration. The Radar Operations Center provides lifecycle management and support for all WSR-88Ds. For a radar mosaic loop for the region: radar.weather.gov/ridge/Conus/centgrtlakes.phpThis statement will be updated when new information is received on radar status. Contact: Beverly Poole Meteorologist In Charge 270-744-6440x642 beverly.poole@noaa.gov |
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Post by Labrat-O'Fallon IL on Apr 18, 2018 13:55:35 GMT -6
It seems the bull gear went out not too long ago on another radar (maybe the Pueblo one?). I don't think it took them 3 weeks to get it back up, they seem to work pretty fast.
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Post by Snowstorm920 on Apr 18, 2018 13:59:48 GMT -6
Wind knocked out the power here in Edwardsville
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Post by bdgwx on Apr 18, 2018 14:12:53 GMT -6
Yeah...no severe weather for 3 weeks...in April and May...I'm not going to hold my breath on that. Anyway, this highlights the need for a better radar network with better coverage and more overlap of coverage for redundancy.
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Post by nascarfan999 on Apr 18, 2018 14:18:22 GMT -6
Better hope there is no severe weather in southeast MO or far southern IL into northeast Arkansas the next 3 weeks.... this could not be worse timing. A large portion of southeast MO will be left without any useful radar coverage. Fortunately their office does have the Fort Campbell radar to help, but it is going to be much more useful for Western Kentucky and maybe Southern Illinois rather than Southeast Missouri. |
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Post by nascarfan999 on Apr 18, 2018 14:20:56 GMT -6
Yeah...no severe weather for 3 weeks...in April and May...I'm not going to hold my breath on that. Anyway, this highlights the need for a better radar network with better coverage and more overlap of coverage for redundancy. Is the technology there to be able to deploy a "mobile" or "temporary" radar? I would think a nationwide network upgrade and filling in gaps/overlap would be extremely costly, but if a temporary radar could be set up for situations like then (and moved around the country to cover other maintenance periods, scheduled or unscheduled), it would be a decent stop-gap solution. |
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Post by birddog on Apr 18, 2018 16:02:50 GMT -6
Highest wind speed here 39 mph so far.
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Post by guyatacomputer - NE St. Peters on Apr 18, 2018 17:53:18 GMT -6
Something you usually don't see unless it's associated with a tropical system. The entire state of Hawaii - every island - is under a flash flood watch.
And a winter storm watch for the summits on the big island for 6-12 inches of snow.
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Post by Tilawn on Apr 18, 2018 18:56:36 GMT -6
Sprinkles here
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Post by Chris Higgins on Apr 18, 2018 20:55:55 GMT -6
We didnt hit 50... but had some mid and upper 40s gusts... close enough to make me happy.
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Post by cozpregon on Apr 18, 2018 21:10:52 GMT -6
We didnt hit 50... but had some mid and upper 40s gusts... close enough to make me happy. Thought we get there with the sunshine... just didn't seem to mix enough to bring down the 45kt wind. |
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Post by bear1 on Apr 19, 2018 9:20:11 GMT -6
Guess the wind blew everybody away yesterday, No comments in over 12 hours?
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Post by Jeffmw on Apr 19, 2018 9:37:04 GMT -6
Half of Day between posts. Weather definitely getting quiet around here.
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