2020 Weather Thread

Busguy2010 · Post by **Busguy2010** » Mon Jul 20, 2020 3:50 pm

NWS forecasting well over an inch of rain for tonight. Hopefully that stays together.

GetUrban · Post by **GetUrban** » Mon Jul 20, 2020 9:52 pm

We got 5/8” here in north-central Douglas County earlier this morning (7/20). Looking forward to getting more, hopefully.

Busguy2010 · Post by **Busguy2010** » Mon Jul 20, 2020 11:45 pm

Wouldn't you know, they've dialed it back to a little over a half inch.

GetUrban · Post by **GetUrban** » Tue Jul 21, 2020 2:30 am

Things are looking pretty active out west and northwest now, by who knows if it will come together here.

NUub · Post by **NUub** » Tue Jul 21, 2020 2:31 am

We better not get jobbed again.

GetUrban · Post by **GetUrban** » Tue Jul 21, 2020 3:07 am

It will

Rain again someday.

stormchaser · Post by **stormchaser** » Sat Jul 25, 2020 9:38 pm

Looks like some decent rainfall in much of the area late tonight/early tomorrow morning with additional rainfall tomorrow as the cold front comes through (with possibly a few strong/severe storms as well). Heaviest rainfall will end up south of town probably but at this point we will take anything we can get...

NUub · Post by **NUub** » Sun Jul 26, 2020 2:05 am

Activate bowing and chanting to Jim Schwartz doll idol with incense burning.

Busguy2010 · Post by **Busguy2010** » Mon Jul 27, 2020 3:56 pm

So we got a little rain, but this really turned out to be another bust, as they were talking inches. Only .15" at Eppley.

Post by **Omaha Cowboy** » Tue Jul 28, 2020 2:34 am

Busguy2010 wrote: Mon Jul 27, 2020 3:56 pm So we got a little rain, but this really turned out to be another bust, as they were talking inches. Only .15" at Eppley.

It was so agitating to watch the radar.. and once again see the significant rain avoid the Omaha metro and hit south once again..

It’s uncanny really...

Ciao..LiO...Peace

GetUrban · Post by **GetUrban** » Tue Jul 28, 2020 5:18 am

Omaha Cowboy wrote: Tue Jul 28, 2020 2:34 am
Busguy2010 wrote: Mon Jul 27, 2020 3:56 pm So we got a little rain, but this really turned out to be another bust, as they were talking inches. Only .15" at Eppley.
It was so agitating to watch the radar.. and once again see the significant rain avoid the Omaha metro and hit south once again..

It’s uncanny really...

Ciao..LiO...Peace

I miss talking about severe wether, even heavy rain. Beats talking about Covid 19 and masks.

Busguy2010 · Post by **Busguy2010** » Wed Jul 29, 2020 1:36 am

Looks like after tomorrow, dewpoints will be on a steady decline and will settle around 60 and stay there for the foreseeable forecast. What a relief.

Post by **Omaha Cowboy** » Wed Jul 29, 2020 1:46 am

GetUrban wrote: Tue Jul 28, 2020 5:18 am
Omaha Cowboy wrote: Tue Jul 28, 2020 2:34 am
Busguy2010 wrote: Mon Jul 27, 2020 3:56 pm So we got a little rain, but this really turned out to be another bust, as they were talking inches. Only .15" at Eppley.
It was so agitating to watch the radar.. and once again see the significant rain avoid the Omaha metro and hit south once again..

It’s uncanny really...

Ciao..LiO...Peace
I miss talking about severe wether, even heavy rain. Beats talking about Covid 19 and masks.

True statement

...

Ciao..LiO...Peace

NUub · Post by **NUub** » Wed Jul 29, 2020 2:27 pm

More than a month beyond summer solstice where Omaha reaches a yearly maximum of around 73 degree solar elevation, continually falling to where it currently only reaches 67 degrees at around 1:30PM.

Busguy2010 · Post by **Busguy2010** » Wed Jul 29, 2020 4:23 pm

NUub wrote: Wed Jul 29, 2020 2:27 pm More than a month beyond summer solstice where Omaha reaches a yearly maximum of around 73 degree solar elevation, continually falling to where it currently only reaches 67 degrees at around 1:30PM.

I thought I was noticing the shadows were visibly longer. In years past it has taken me til about a week through August to notice, but this year I've actually been looking for it.

Busguy2010 · Post by **Busguy2010** » Wed Jul 29, 2020 5:12 pm

Don't look now, the NWS is forecasting a little over an inch of rain between now and tomorrow evening...

GetUrban · Post by **GetUrban** » Wed Jul 29, 2020 5:46 pm

Busguy2010 wrote: Wed Jul 29, 2020 4:23 pm
NUub wrote: Wed Jul 29, 2020 2:27 pm More than a month beyond summer solstice where Omaha reaches a yearly maximum of around 73 degree solar elevation, continually falling to where it currently only reaches 67 degrees at around 1:30PM.
I thought I was noticing the shadows were visibly longer. In years past it has taken me til about a week through August to notice, but this year I've actually been looking for it.

Do you all have the app called “Sunrise & Set” on your phone? If not, I’d recommend trying it out. It gives you all of that fun info based on your GPS location and date. I’m sure there are other apps that do the same, but this one is handy when you want to look ahead at future dates by simply pressing an arrow > or < to move forward or back. Edit: I take that back, it doesn’t give sun angle. That must have been some other app. Just sunrise, sunset, civil twilight (dusk & Dawn) & total daylight and solar noon plus a compass

Busguy2010 · Post by **Busguy2010** » Wed Jul 29, 2020 6:10 pm

GetUrban wrote: Wed Jul 29, 2020 5:46 pm Do you all have the app called “Sunrise & Set” on your phone? If not, I’d recommend trying it out. It gives you all of that fun info based on your GPS location and date. I’m sure there are other apps that do the same, but this one is handy when you want to look ahead at future dates by simply pressing an arrow > or < to move forward or back. Edit: I take that back, it doesn’t give sun angle. That must have been some other app. Just sunrise, sunset, civil twilight (dusk & Dawn) & total daylight and solar noon.

I'm wary of downloading apps, but I've definitely done a lot of research on the sunrise and sunset. I've developed the position that we shouldn't observe daylight savings time (another one of them government over-reaching things, huh) and should run on standard time all year. Very unpopular opinion, I know. DST doesn't change the amount of time the sun is out, it just shifts our clocks an hour later so we feel like the sun is out longer. It really is one of those very out-dated concepts that for some reason nearly all of america observes. If people want to have more daylight after work, we should implore our workplaces to go to work an hour earlier so we can get off an hour earlier. Sorry, just when I see sunrise and sunset, DST comes to mind, and I hate DST.

GetUrban · Post by **GetUrban** » Wed Jul 29, 2020 7:46 pm

Busguy2010 wrote: Wed Jul 29, 2020 6:10 pm
GetUrban wrote: Wed Jul 29, 2020 5:46 pm Do you all have the app called “Sunrise & Set” on your phone? If not, I’d recommend trying it out. It gives you all of that fun info based on your GPS location and date. I’m sure there are other apps that do the same, but this one is handy when you want to look ahead at future dates by simply pressing an arrow > or < to move forward or back. Edit: I take that back, it doesn’t give sun angle. That must have been some other app. Just sunrise, sunset, civil twilight (dusk & Dawn) & total daylight and solar noon.
I'm wary of downloading apps, but I've definitely done a lot of research on the sunrise and sunset. I've developed the position that we shouldn't observe daylight savings time (another one of them government over-reaching things, huh) and should run on standard time all year. Very unpopular opinion, I know. DST doesn't change the amount of time the sun is out, it just shifts our clocks an hour later so we feel like the sun is out longer. It really is one of those very out-dated concepts that for some reason nearly all of america observes. If people want to have more daylight after work, we should implore our workplaces to go to work an hour earlier so we can get off an hour earlier. Sorry, just when I see sunrise and sunset, DST comes to mind, and I hate DST.

I love the effects of DST, but you’re right it could probably be handled simply with more flexible work schedules to allow people to take advantage of being able to better utilize daylight as needed. As far as government over-reach, that makes it sound more evil than it really is. Laws are just a consensus reached by duly-elected officials after debate, occasionally with some influence wielded by outside special interests, but kept in-check by our system of checks and balances. That is when the system is working properly, which it doesn’t seem to be lately. Just my opinion. But DST probably makes sense for scheduling millions of workers who have to interact with each other on a scheduled basis.

Louie · Post by **Louie** » Wed Jul 29, 2020 7:56 pm

Looks like we should at least get some quality rain today. But we could also miss per this summer's trends.

Busguy2010 · Post by **Busguy2010** » Wed Jul 29, 2020 8:42 pm

GetUrban wrote: Wed Jul 29, 2020 7:46 pm As far as government over-reach, that makes it sound more evil than it really is.

I know, I was being sarcastic. As in most of the people who hate being told to wear a mask probably love DST. Sorry, I didn't mean to bring that stuff into this subject. Carry on please.

NUub · Post by **NUub** » Wed Jul 29, 2020 8:50 pm

Reference for solar positioning calculations https://equation-of-time.info/calculati ... on-of-time
People don't realize how non-uniformly the earth revolves around the sun. For instance, certain times of the year near solstice, both sunset and sunrise might both get later or earlier, as opposed to logically assuming the both close or expand evenly- or that thinking solar noon/midnight are always at the same time of day.

GetUrban · Post by **GetUrban** » Thu Jul 30, 2020 5:00 am

Busguy2010 wrote: Wed Jul 29, 2020 8:42 pm
GetUrban wrote: Wed Jul 29, 2020 7:46 pm As far as government over-reach, that makes it sound more evil than it really is.
I know, I was being sarcastic. As in most of the people who hate being told to wear a mask probably love DST. Sorry, I didn't mean to bring that stuff into this subject. Carry on please.

Lol, Sorry, I got “triggered” and missed the sarcasm.

Busguy2010 · Post by **Busguy2010** » Thu Jul 30, 2020 5:03 am

Just so happens to be downpouring at my location. Finally, finally... And I will love the lower temps for the upcoming week.

GetUrban · Post by **GetUrban** » Thu Jul 30, 2020 5:05 am

NUub wrote: Wed Jul 29, 2020 8:50 pm Reference for solar positioning calculations https://equation-of-time.info/calculati ... on-of-time
People don't realize how non-uniformly the earth revolves around the sun. For instance, certain times of the year near solstice, both sunset and sunrise might both get later or earlier, as opposed to logically assuming the both close or expand evenly- or that thinking solar noon/midnight are always at the same time of day.

You’re going to make my head explode, one way or another. Let me know when there’s an app for that please.

Busguy2010 · Post by **Busguy2010** » Thu Jul 30, 2020 5:51 am

Such a nice rain right now...

Busguy2010 · Post by **Busguy2010** » Fri Jul 31, 2020 4:01 pm

After tomorrow, dew points in the 50s and temperatures struggling to hit 80 pretty much the whole forecast period. It is going to feel AWESOME

Post by **nebugeater** » Fri Jul 31, 2020 4:04 pm

Busguy2010 wrote: Fri Jul 31, 2020 4:01 pm After tomorrow, dew points in the 50s and temperatures struggling to hit 80 pretty much the whole forecast period. It is going to feel AWESOME

Not bad for the first week of Aug

Post by **Omaha Cowboy** » Fri Jul 31, 2020 4:22 pm

nebugeater wrote: Fri Jul 31, 2020 4:04 pm
Busguy2010 wrote: Fri Jul 31, 2020 4:01 pm After tomorrow, dew points in the 50s and temperatures struggling to hit 80 pretty much the whole forecast period. It is going to feel AWESOME
Not bad for the first week of Aug

I picked a good time to be on staycation. Even yesterday evening, the weather was darn near perfect for patio adult beverage consumption...

Ciao..LiO...Peace

Busguy2010 · Post by **Busguy2010** » Fri Jul 31, 2020 4:42 pm

Omaha Cowboy wrote: Fri Jul 31, 2020 4:22 pm
nebugeater wrote: Fri Jul 31, 2020 4:04 pm
Busguy2010 wrote: Fri Jul 31, 2020 4:01 pm After tomorrow, dew points in the 50s and temperatures struggling to hit 80 pretty much the whole forecast period. It is going to feel AWESOME
Not bad for the first week of Aug
I picked a good time to be on staycation. Even yesterday evening, the weather was darn near perfect for patio adult beverage consumption...

Ciao..LiO...Peace

Yes, I was even thinking that yesterday, even though it got up to 86, you could still feel a bit of coolness in the air. Gotta be the dew point. Now today it will be the same dew point, but 2 degrees cooler. Tomorrow will be a bit sticky, but after that, dewpoints in the 50's and temperatures pressed to reach 80. It's been such a hot summer that I can't even remember the last time it felt as good as it will feel next week.

Busguy2010 · Post by **Busguy2010** » Fri Jul 31, 2020 4:51 pm

Just looked back and May as a whole and all the way to the end of it was below average, then on June 1st it's loke a switch Wes flipped and we've been well above average ever since.

Busguy2010 · Post by **Busguy2010** » Fri Jul 31, 2020 4:54 pm

And when the average is between 84 and 88, you know its been bad.

Post by **Omaha Cowboy** » Fri Jul 31, 2020 6:51 pm

Busguy2010 wrote: Fri Jul 31, 2020 4:51 pm Just looked back and May as a whole and all the way to the end of it was below average, then on June 1st it's loke a switch Wes flipped and we've been well above average ever since.

Yes. When looking back, much of May felt like March.. Then once we got to June, the switch flipped and it’s been pretty much a dry hot box ever since...

Busguy2010 · Post by **Busguy2010** » Sun Aug 02, 2020 12:41 am

Now THIS is the rain I've been waiting for all summer... In a popcorn cell, not thunder or anything, just HEAVY rain right now in Central Omaha, may not even register across all town. Wouldn't doubt if I got about a half inch in 10 minutes... And now the sun is out.

Post by **Omaha Cowboy** » Sun Aug 02, 2020 2:54 am

Busguy2010 wrote: Sun Aug 02, 2020 12:41 am Now THIS is the rain I've been waiting for all summer... In a popcorn cell, not thunder or anything, just HEAVY rain right now in Central Omaha, may not even register across all town. Wouldn't doubt if I got about a half inch in 10 minutes... And now the sun is out.

We’ve been getting some decent rain since this afternoon in my neck of the woods in West Omaha..

Just what the yard needed!...

Ciao..LiO...Peace

GetUrban · Post by **GetUrban** » Sun Aug 02, 2020 6:07 pm

We ended up with 0.80” from that last little storm. It was traveling straight north to south and had quite a bit of lightning just south of Blair heading into Ft Calhoun. Seems like the lightning quickly diminished as it made its way south down into Omaha.

Busguy2010 · Post by **Busguy2010** » Sun Aug 02, 2020 6:17 pm

Officially .19" at Eppley, but often the NWS gauge there doesn't paint the whole picture, as the airport really isn't anywhere near where most people experience rain in this city. I was happy with that rain yesterday.

NUub · Post by **NUub** » Sun Aug 02, 2020 9:34 pm

The blob on radar cut right through the eastern half of Omaha. I'm still waiting for the 2-3" variety that will really fill the cracks in the soil.

Busguy2010 · Post by **Busguy2010** » Mon Aug 03, 2020 6:26 am

Beautiful. Tonight could get down to 56 and tomorrow 55, both in the neighborhood of the coolest temperatures on record for this exact time of year. I'll be sleeping with my bedroom windows open and a blanket or two. Enjoying this break to the fullest before summer comes back through at the end of the week and for the foreseeable future after that.

Busguy2010 · Post by **Busguy2010** » Thu Aug 06, 2020 4:48 pm

This has been a very satisfying rain for a 20% chance.