Wind!

[zxcvbob]

There's also this one if you want to see what's going on everywhere:

https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/isobaric/700hPa/winkel3=-106.45,39.59,696

That's interesting.  Looks like there are multiple systems converging in about Oklahoma or maybe Kansas right now.

[BobR]

There's also this one if you want to see what's going on everywhere:

https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/isobaric/700hPa/winkel3=-106.45,39.59,696

I like that one. It looks like around 33,000 feet (around 34K) is the sweet spot for flying west to east today. Not so much the other way.

https://www.aviationweather.gov/windtemp

bob

[Ben]

That's interesting.  Looks like there are multiple systems converging in about Oklahoma or maybe Kansas right now.

For those that haven't found it, there's the clicky thing in the lower left where you can adjust for altitude. just figure hPa is the same as mbar and use this to get altitude:

https://www.boqueteweather.com/millibars_altitude.htm

[Brad Johnson]

Getting word from peeps in the Texas panhandle that it's bad. Lots of fires breaking out, fire fronts advancing faster than some of the older fire trucks can even drive. Multiple houses already lost in Pampa, TX. Evacuation orders issued for Guymon, OK. Several major roads closed due to smoke or blowing dust.

*edit to add*

And a snow squall in Colorado Springs.

https://fb.watch/9W4ASjvTeP/

Brad

[charby]

radar is wild too

https://www.accuweather.com/en/us/iowa/weather-radar

[charby]

Starting to look similar to the 2020 derecho, I hope not, because that is a whole lot of suck.

[Jim147]

Driving home from a furnace install there were shingles all over the road and a carport got relocated to a back yard. No trees down here yet but it is a blowing.

[lee n. field]

We're getting some pretty significant wind here in the Midwest.  Gusts in the Kansas City area are forecaster to hit 55mph today.  Further out in Kansas, Colorado, and up in Iowa I'm hearing 70+ mph winds are forecasted.  Wildfire risk in Colorado is severe.

Yea yea, I know this is normalish for you folks down in hurricane-land, but it's significant for here.   Our trees and structures aren't often subjected to this kind of loading.

Tornado warnings watch here (NWIL), through the evening until 11.  Sounds a bit breezy outside.

[zxcvbob]

Tornado warnings here (NWIL), through the evening until 11.  Sounds a bit breezy outside.

That's a really long time for a t-warning.  Are you sure it's not a watch?  Those can last for hours.

[Nick1911]

Winds are still strong here.  There's an incredible amount of dust in the air.  I still have power and hope it lasts, but 166k folks in KC are down.  Our power company notes: "We are experiencing a high number of outages related to extreme wind. Restoration times are unavailable at this time due to the extent of the storms. Expect delayed restoration times."

I've lost some branches.  I'll have to do some yard cleanup - if that's the worst of it, I'm happy.

[Jim147]

The rain hitting me sitting 10 feet from the south window woke me up. It's starting to cool off and the wind is dyeing down.

[Bogie]

I'm betting I'll have at least one guy in the store tomorrow, looking at the "car wash" aisle, asking what he can use to fix a big dent...
 
"What do you mean I can't just rub something on?"

[lee n. field]

That's a really long time for a t-warning.  Are you sure it's not a watch?  Those can last for hours.

You are correct.  Fixed.

[charby]

83 mph gusts here, power lines down in town. Big cottonwood in my backyard snapped off mid trunk and in my pond. I'll check my roof in the AM.

[zxcvbob]

SE Minnesota (a.k.a. here) is under a tornado watch until 23:00.  Then a high wind warning until 06:00 tomorrow.  We've had one band move through; lightning and a brief hard rain but no other drama yet.  It's calm right now but stormy-looking.

[Nick1911]

83 mph gusts here, power lines down in town. Big cottonwood in my backyard snapped off mid trunk and in my pond. I'll check my roof in the AM.

Ahh, that sucks.  Sounds like a lot of work.

[RoadKingLarry]

We're under a sever thunderstorm watch here in NE Oklahoma.
Had some strong winds earlier today but 45-50 mph were the worst we saw.

[lee n. field]

SE Minnesota (a.k.a. here) is under a tornado watch until 23:00.  Then a high wind warning until 06:00 tomorrow.  We've had one band move through; lightning and a brief hard rain but no other drama yet.  It's calm right now but stormy-looking.

Map I saw on the book of faces showed a watch area going from NWIL (aka "down where I is") to up past Minneapolis.

Lights flickered a bit earlier.

I suspect the guys in the wifi side will be scrambling tomorrow.

[zxcvbob]

It is still dark so I haven't been outside yet to look around, but we never lost power last night, and if there was a storm I slept through it.

[Jim147]

Looks like there is no power in my town. Glad I'm outside of town on a different power company.

[K Frame]

Got an e-mail in to see how my friends made out. They live in the outskirts of Cedar Rapids.

They lost some fence panels and tree limbs to the Derecho last year, and had their cars pretty beaten about, but nothing catastrophic.

[Fly320s]

I like that one. It looks like around 33,000 feet (around 34K) is the sweet spot for flying west to east today. Not so much the other way.

https://www.aviationweather.gov/windtemp

bob

Yep.  6:20 BOS-SFO today.  Last week was 6:40.

[lee n. field]

It is still dark so I haven't been outside yet to look around, but we never lost power last night, and if there was a storm I slept through it.

Likewise.  My shop computer had rebooted itself, otherwise nothing much.

[K Frame]

Friends in Cedar Rapids metro said the worst of it missed them. They got some rain and some gusts of about 40 mph but nothing serious.

[charby]

Lots of weather stations in the path were kia last night too.