***Official 2023 Weather Thread***

[somecyguy]

Sounds like this was due to a lack of umps not the smoke.

Yeah, just deleted my post. That sucks

 

[wxman1]

 

[FOREVERTRUE]

I saw a girl tweet that she thinks it's normal LMAO

 

[alarson]

Just hide in the corner for safety

 

[Dirtguy4CY]

Haven't had a measurable rain in my area since the first week of May. Lawn is brown, and crops will be done for in about 2-3 weeks if it doesn't rain. Gravel and light spots are already burning up.

 

[cmjh10]

I saw a girl tweet that she thinks it's normal LMAO

Forgot the decimal I see

 

[Ms3r4ISU]

Slightly smaller than a boom box.

 

[cyclonespiker33]

I saw a girl tweet that she thinks it's normal LMAO

Was it one of your OF clients?

 

[ISUcyclones11]

Slight damage and spotter confirmed tornado south of lawton.

That cell has some nasty ingredients if it gets going

 

[cstrunk]

Perryton, TX took a hit from a tornado earlier. Lots of damage and reported injuries.

 

[isufbcurt]

Was it one of your OF clients?

No LOL, it was just some random girl tweeting that showed up on my feed.

 

[FerShizzle]

******* meteorites made of ice.

 

[CRcyclone6]

Wash plays Jeff in baseball tonight. I wonder if they will postpone it.

Well, it was canceled due to no umps available. Varsity double header at Jeff Friday night. Same teams

 

[Gunnerclone]

******* meteorites made of ice.

 

[clone4life82]

Is that even possible!?

 

[NoCreativity]

I am hoping the rain this weekend comes to fruition. I live in Ankeny and went to screw in an anchor that is about a foot long (that had a small auger tip (about 2in diameter) for a swingset anchor and had to work really hard with a long screwdriver for a twist handle just to get them to screw in. I had to apply a ton of down pressure when turning to get it to go otherwise it just spun on the hard dirt. About 6in down it was a hard pan like a rock and then finally broke through. With the heat, we really need some moisture.

Ankeny must not have gotten the 1/2 inch most of the metro got last Saturday night? I was fishing up there Tuesday night and it's extremely dry and the ponds are stagnant.

 

[mapnerd]

That size hail is apocalyptic

 

[nfrine]

Not sure the car would be safe in the garage with that one.

 

[clone52]

Is that even considered hail, or is it a case where the hail was so heavy that multiple hailstones froze together?

I thought hail was related to updrafts. Basically, the updraft keeps pushing the hail up to get more layers of water frozen to it, so it becomes mostly spherical. But if you have incredibly heavy hail, you can get multiple hailstones freezing together as they fall.

I may be completely wrong, though.

 

[Gunnerclone]

Is that even considered hail, or is it a case where the hail was so heavy that multiple hailstones froze together?

I thought hail was related to updrafts. Basically, the updraft keeps pushing the hail up to get more layers of water frozen to it, so it becomes mostly spherical. But if you have incredibly heavy hail, you can get multiple hailstones freezing together as they fall.

I may be completely wrong, though.

Can confirm via some of the chaser I watched and some of the structure pictures I’ve seen the updrafts were insane with these storms.