Rep Retirement Lodge #152: Next to get married?

[Scarlet]

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Well, depending on what newscast I watch, the 4th will either be fine with a chance of an isolated thunderstorm, or several rounds of thunderstorms. *big sigh*

 

[bigmrg74]

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Morning, was suppose to go in early for work today, as the was thinking it was going to be pretty busy with it being a holiday this week, and the schedule was looking pretty full for the morning when they asked me to do it last week. Then we had a few people cancel on us for this morning, and well, they just called and told me to come in at my usual start time for 3 pm.

 

[Ralph Baer]

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Best guess is this heatwave will last 'til Friday and then things should cool down into the 80s with less humidity by Sunday.

Tiny chance of storms tonight (20%); it's unclear if anything will form at all. In the event something does form, there's a real possibility of upscale growth into an MCS along with a threat of widespread wind damage.

For where is that a forecast?

 

[St. Clown]

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For where is that a forecast?

The Twin Cities.

 

[Beer Pong Horn]

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The Twin Cities.

Yep. Hot as a dragon's balls in an oven... or something. Today is an air conditioning day for me, haha.


Morning, Lodge. I do hope some of this heat breaks before July 4 since I know I'll be outside for almost all of that day, though I'm not holding out much hope.

 

[St. Clown]

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Yep. Hot as a dragon's balls in an oven... or something. Today is an air conditioning day for me, haha.


Morning, Lodge. I do hope some of this heat breaks before July 4 since I know I'll be outside for almost all of that day, though I'm not holding out much hope.

Wednesday's high is predicted to be 94, some clouds.

 

[Ralph Baer]

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The Twin Cities.

Washington and Baltimore?

 

[Almington]

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MCS, for us non-weather geeks, does that mean multi-celled storm?

Mesoscale Convective System (broad term) or Mesoscale Convective Complex (more specific term). Generally form in the late afternoon or early evening and can persist overnight delivering heavy rain. Severe weather often accompanies the early stages of development.

 

[DaveStPaul]

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What churches?

Only one yesterday. They all were at Nativity, in St. Paul.

Washington and Baltimore?

San Fran and Oakland?

 

[Bakunin]

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Mesoscale Convective System (broad term) or Mesoscale Convective Complex (more specific term). Generally form in the late afternoon or early evening and can persist overnight delivering heavy rain. Severe weather often accompanies the early stages of development.

To expand a bit on this, basically an MCS is a large organized cluster of thunderstorms that can span 70-100 miles. Oftentimes, these systems move quite rapidly at speeds exceeding 50-60mph and can maintain intensity during the night hours thanks to a fetch of air a few thousand feet above the surface blowing from the south across the plains states (called a low level jet). Severe weather can occur throughout the lifespan of such systems - while all forms (wind, hail, and tornadoes) are possible at the outset, damaging wind events become the primary threat later on. The stronger systems can produce a "derecho", which is a widespread swath of wind damage (that is what occurred a few days ago from IL to the east coast and knocked out power to millions of people).

It should also be noted these systems are very important for rainfall, as they contribute a significant chunk of the moisture received by the plains states in the summer months.

As far as the MCS/MCC terminology is concerned, the latter is used when certain criteria are met relating to cloud top temperature, duration, and the area covered by the system.

Per the latest outlook, the largest threat for severe weather is in the northern 1/2 of MN; Minneapolis/St. Paul is on the southern fringe (mainly because the warm front has pushed so far to the north). Places such as Duluth have the greatest threat of seeing bad weather this evening/tonight.

 

[Beer Pong Horn]

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Washington and Baltimore?

Tweedledee and Tweedledum?

San Fran and Oakland?

Dumb and Dumber?

 

[bigmrg74]

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Yep. Hot as a dragon's balls in an oven... or something. Today is an air conditioning day for me, haha.


Morning, Lodge. I do hope some of this heat breaks before July 4 since I know I'll be outside for almost all of that day, though I'm not holding out much hope.

The National Weather Service has all of SE Lower Michigan under an excessive heat watch til friday evening. We're looking at heat indexes from the upper 90's to around 110. Nasty stuff.

 

[Greyeagle]

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Only one yesterday. They all were at Nativity, in St. Paul.

Was Beth singing?

 

[Bakunin]

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Per the latest outlook, the largest threat for severe weather is in the northern 1/2 of MN; Minneapolis/St. Paul is on the southern fringe (mainly because the warm front has pushed so far to the north). Places such as Duluth have the greatest threat of seeing bad weather this evening/tonight.

This was dead-on. Extensive damage has been reported in Beltrami county, and a line of really nasty storms is approaching Duluth and surrounding areas.

 

[gmann]

This was dead-on. Extensive damage has been reported in Beltrami county, and a line of really nasty storms is approaching Duluth and surrounding areas.

My brother lives about 20 miles north of Bemidji and had a nasty storm fly through earlier this evening. Trees down and some damage to his property.

My sister was at the lakefront in Bemidji volunteering to help set up stuff for the carnival for fourth of July stuff. Sounds like many people took refuge under the beer tent which collapsed.

 

[Bakunin]

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My sister was at the lakefront in Bemidji volunteering to help set up stuff for the carnival for fourth of July stuff. Sounds like many people took refuge under the beer tent which collapsed.

I don't know why people think a ****ing tent will protect them from severe weather.

Estimated wind gusts of 80mph were reported in Itasca State Park.

The line of storms approaching Duluth is a classic bow echo, so more of the same is likely to hit there shortly.

 

[gmann]

I don't know why people think a ****ing tent will protect them from severe weather.

Estimated wind gusts of 80mph were reported in Itasca State Park.

The line of storms approaching Duluth is a classic bow echo, so more of the same is likely to hit there shortly.

My sister heard the sirens and headed to appropriate shelter. She heard a few people ( on their way to the beer tent to seek shelter) complain about
What a nuisance the sirens were. Idiots. Had to be from cityslickerville.

 

[Hammer]

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My sister heard the sirens and headed to appropriate shelter. She heard a few people ( on their way to the beer tent to seek shelter) complain about
What a nuisance the sirens were. Idiots. Had to be from cityslickerville.

When they get their asses blown to Kansas to see the wizard, they'll get quite an education about those sirens, and just how much of a nuisance those winds were.

 

[Bakunin]

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Being outside and ignoring the sirens is even dumber than being inside and relying on the sirens as your warning that bad weather is approaching.

I like to think of this as Darwinism. It's a shame more people that do that are not killed for their stupidity. We need to take them out of the gene pool.

 

[The Rube]

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Yeah, it was friggin' hot. From what I've seen, Wed is the "coolest" of the days, and Thu the hottest (real temp 100+).

And (my work's) customers! Take the week off! Go to your cabins! JFC.

I think I drank my weight in water today.