***Official 2024 Weather Thread***

[ISpyCy]

Still pretty messed up in the Omaha area.

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Lincoln is under mandatory water restrictions due to all 44 wellfields having no power, which is supplied by OPPD. Lots of tree damage around here as well, but Omaha got shredded yesterday. Elkhorn/Waterloo can't catch a break this year (same can be said for most of Iowa too).

 

[dafarmer]

Got walnut tree cleaned up and .1 of rain.

 

[Turn2]

Got walnut tree cleaned up and .1 of rain.

I hope you're not gonna burn that.

 

[Cyclonepride]

Got a half inch of rain and a pretty normal night's sleep (stayed up about an hour later just to make sure things were calm enough for my pup to settle down).

 

[MartyFine]

 

[NoCreativity]

The people on the local Beaverdale page are claiming it was a "microburst".

 

[wxman1]

The people on the local Beaverdale page are claiming it was a "microburst".

This one could be interesting and I am not sure how much @FDWxMan can chime in given his job. Microburst would make sense as they were somewhat dying at that time but what catches my eyes for the tornado aspect is debris goes one way and then a little bit the other way.

 

[Letterkenny]

I drove through there today. One block got absolutely hammered. 2-3 houses had large trees come down on them. Then everything around it was basically untouched. I lived in Beaverdale during the derecho, and the damage on this one block was worse than that.

 

[Gonzo]

Weather has been really sucky for the National Balloon Classic in Indianola. They've only flown one night all week, normally they fly mornings and evenings every day. Hopefully the rest of the week smooths out for them.

 

[FDWxMan]

This one could be interesting and I am not sure how much @FDWxMan can chime in given his job. Microburst would make sense as they were somewhat dying at that time but what catches my eyes for the tornado aspect is debris goes one way and then a little bit the other way.

This was brought up in the NWS/media chatroom, NWS thinks outflow winds likely.

-Storms outflow dominate at the time, with the outflow well ahead of the storms

-Tree damage motion is downward, whereas tornado should be upward.

-Change of direction could be from local eddy as winds moved through. (Think of atmosphere as a fluid)

 

[houjix]

This was brought up in the NWS/media chatroom, NWS thinks outflow winds likely.

-Storms outflow dominate at the time, with the outflow well ahead of the storms

-Tree damage motion is downward, whereas tornado should be upward.

-Change of direction could be from local eddy as winds moved through. (Think of atmosphere as a fluid)

Those outflow winds are probably what caused several toppled trees in the Valley West and Ashworth area. I live just southeast of there and the neighbor's tree that got taken out happened right at the start of the storm. Once that leading edge moved through, winds weren't nearly as bad.

 

[madguy30]

Ok it's August, it's time for nights to get cooler and hints of that drier fall air coming through.

Right?


Right!?

 

[Turn2]

Ok it's August, it's time for nights to get cooler and hints of that drier fall air coming through.

Right?


Right!?

Actually the middle of next week looks cooler, maybe not all dry though.

 

[jsb]

I hadn't looked out the windows today yet and we have a lot of big branches down after the storm last night. Our association has some ash trees that they've tried to keep alive, but they lose branches like crazy. A couple more storms and we'll be without trees

 

[NorthCyd]

 

[FLYINGCYCLONE]

State Fair starts in a week or so, usually kinda hot. Maybe not this year?

 

[Sousaclone]

Ok it's August, it's time for nights to get cooler and hints of that drier fall air coming through.

Right?


Right!?

I believe you are asking for the false fall to start? Maybe get a couple of nice days (or at least nights) and then wham, back to 90+ just in time for labor day weekend and the first couple of football games.

 

[KidSilverhair]

State Fair starts in a week or so, usually kinda hot. Maybe not this year?

My weather app is calling for high temps in the upper 70s to around 80 for the end of next week.

However, that app is also notoriously bad at predicting that far out.

 

[BigJCy]

My weather app is calling for high temps in the upper 70s to around 80 for the end of next week.

However, that app is also notoriously bad at predicting that far out.

Yep, starting Tuesday the week's forecast looks NICE. I'm sure even with that we won't be done with the 90's at some point.

 

[AirWalke]

My weather app is calling for high temps in the upper 70s to around 80 for the end of next week.

However, that app is also notoriously bad at predicting that far out.

National Weather Service has their projections out for the next 14 days which is showing far below normal temps for this time of year in the upper midwest. It'll be nice. Other than that, the upper midwest is far and away the toughest temperature forecasts to get right compared to the east/west coasts.)