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Post by guyatacomputer - NE St. Peters on Sept 28, 2020 16:39:05 GMT -6
Instability showers quickly bubbling up with the cold core/vort max digging in...gonna be some quick hitting downpours until the sun sets. Had one about 3 or 3:30. Lasted for about 30 seconds. |
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Post by Chris Higgins on Sept 29, 2020 5:34:17 GMT -6
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Post by Tilawn on Sept 29, 2020 5:52:23 GMT -6
Had a 40° temp on the truck this morning in a low area that is normally 2-3° lower then the rest of the area.
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Post by guyatacomputer - NE St. Peters on Sept 29, 2020 12:43:58 GMT -6
There was nothing in the forecast and I don't see anything in the ground clutter on radar. But I have a few dark clouds going overhead that look like they could drop a few sprinkles or maybe something more substantial
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Post by BRTNWXMAN on Sept 29, 2020 12:50:28 GMT -6
There was nothing in the forecast and I don't see anything in the ground clutter on radar. But I have a few dark clouds going overhead that look like they could drop a few sprinkles or maybe something more substantial Hi-res shows a few tiny popcorn showers bubbling..."never trust the NW flow" |
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Post by Snowstorm920 on Sept 29, 2020 12:56:55 GMT -6
Definitely an unsettled look to the sky. Low level lapse rates are pretty steep
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Post by ndolan387 on Sept 29, 2020 22:52:57 GMT -6
I like this pattern we are in, but maybe too dry. Still too early. Sat looks like a sneaky ripple in the WNW flow producing some rain...maybe a quick 1-2" er come time 2+ months from now when winter is here!
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Post by mosue56 on Sept 30, 2020 10:51:18 GMT -6
Coming home from vaca, passing Horseshoe Lake, two flocks of snow geese! Beautiful!
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Post by BRTNWXMAN on Sept 30, 2020 11:02:49 GMT -6
Coming home from vaca, passing Horseshoe Lake, two flocks of snow geese! Beautiful! Those are more than likely pelicans. |
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Post by modracer on Sept 30, 2020 11:49:48 GMT -6
I was just getting ready to say the same, we were racing at Gateway 2 weeks ago, and the Pelicans are getting pretty heavy in that area. Snow geese are migrating, but not through the central Mississippi Flyway yet, more central states.
Coming home from vaca, passing Horseshoe Lake, two flocks of snow geese! Beautiful! Those are more than likely pelicans. |
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Post by amstilost on Sept 30, 2020 12:28:48 GMT -6
87* on the shaded porch...  |
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Post by Snowstorm920 on Sept 30, 2020 12:46:15 GMT -6
Up to 83* here. Very breezy out there as well
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Post by Snowman99 on Sept 30, 2020 13:03:42 GMT -6
too hot.  |
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Post by STGOutdoors on Sept 30, 2020 13:45:02 GMT -6
Agreed, I'll take my fall weather back now! Pretty good blowtorch effect today.
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Post by Snowman99 on Sept 30, 2020 14:42:46 GMT -6
Well I thought it was supposed to be cool for a few weeks. Nws already saying warmup thru next week. Yay.
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Post by ndolan387 on Sept 30, 2020 14:56:30 GMT -6
Well I thought it was supposed to be cool for a few weeks. Nws already saying warmup thru next week. Yay. This pattern is more progressive than anything else. |
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Post by BRTNWXMAN on Sept 30, 2020 17:31:12 GMT -6
You really can't expect a solid 3 weeks of cool air this time of year...next week looks to moderate for sure, but no blowtorch in sight.
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Post by Snowman99 on Sept 30, 2020 17:49:38 GMT -6
No one expected 3 solid weeks of cool weather. But cool, then maybe a bit of a warm up then cool again..even Chris said it was going to hang around for a few weeks.
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Post by BRTNWXMAN on Sept 30, 2020 18:00:36 GMT -6
How dare you, Chris...
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Post by Chris Higgins on Sept 30, 2020 23:53:08 GMT -6
No one expected 3 solid weeks of cool weather. But cool, then maybe a bit of a warm up then cool again..even Chris said it was going to hang around for a few weeks. I said the pattern would stick around for up to 3 weeks... where its cool stretches interrupted by warm-ups. But definitely not a solid 3 weeks of cold...nor a solid 3 weeks of warm either. In the end, it is pretty evenly split between the two... which makes for a pretty nice Fall set-up. |
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Post by Jeffmw on Oct 1, 2020 10:34:07 GMT -6
We had to turn the heat on last night for the first time this season. Anyone else?
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Post by Snowman99 on Oct 1, 2020 10:43:10 GMT -6
lol I had a fan in my window
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Post by ElburnDave on Oct 1, 2020 10:59:51 GMT -6
lol I had a fan in my window Has to be sub-teens before my window gets closed. Below 50 before I open it, otherwise it's A/C. I know...you shouldn't run them that cold, but I've never had a problem yet. |
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Post by guyatacomputer - NE St. Peters on Oct 1, 2020 11:05:20 GMT -6
We had to turn the heat on last night for the first time this season. Anyone else? Had to turn ours on Tuesday morning. Was just too chilly getting out of the shower. |
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Post by Labrat-O'Fallon IL on Oct 1, 2020 11:23:46 GMT -6
We tuned ours on for one night last week. Had the furnace people come out to do the furnace check, and found out our heat exchanger was cracked. Got a whole new furnace and AC installed. I'm ready for cold and hot.
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Post by BRTNWXMAN on Oct 1, 2020 12:10:22 GMT -6
We tuned ours on for one night last week. Had the furnace people come out to do the furnace check, and found out our heat exchanger was cracked. Got a whole new furnace and AC installed. I'm ready for cold and hot. This is exactly why inspections are so important! Glad you got ahead of the issue. |
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Post by guyatacomputer - NE St. Peters on Oct 1, 2020 14:11:37 GMT -6
We tuned ours on for one night last week. Had the furnace people come out to do the furnace check, and found out our heat exchanger was cracked. Got a whole new furnace and AC installed. I'm ready for cold and hot. This is exactly why inspections are so important! Glad you got ahead of the issue. I agree. A preseason inspection last year found we had a cracked heat exchanger. Fournd it before we needed the furnace on. Was glad we had the inspection done with early enough to get the furnace replaced before it got really cold. |
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Post by Worldserieschampions (Chicago) on Oct 1, 2020 18:36:10 GMT -6
lol I had a fan in my window Has to be sub-teens before my window gets closed. Below 50 before I open it, otherwise it's A/C. I know...you shouldn't run them that cold, but I've never had a problem yet. It’s felt great this week by the lake. I would love to see a system like we did today in January. Intense snow squalls instead of heavy rain. I’m very optimistic for a big winter for us this year. I’m going 50 inches at O’hare. I think STL gets caught in the”battle zone” and has a hard time breaking 20 inches. Not bad, and probably a big mixed bag storm, but don’t think it’s a blockbuster back home. |
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Post by bellevillewxguy on Oct 1, 2020 19:11:05 GMT -6
Persistent troughing in the northwest and western Canada will be the bane of our existence this Winter looking at overall trends. Also very strong trends of intense upper level ridging right over the mid-Mississippi river valley into the southern plains. Unless both of those break anything other than a no-winter or only brief weak cool downs is all we can expect going forward. If the trough shifts west enough over the winter we could cash in on some muddy rain events but snow and ice may be tough to find especially the first half of the Winter.
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Post by ndolan387 on Oct 1, 2020 19:32:19 GMT -6
It's Oct 1, please don't throw the !Drying Cloth! in yet
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