2023 Weather Thread

Busguy2010 · Post by **Busguy2010** » Fri Jul 28, 2023 10:11 pm

The back end of that storm looks pretty impressive. I wasn't paying attention, has it really been stationary for that long? On radar it kind of looks like it wants to form a hook.

Its got the hook and the v notch, its a supercell!

stormchaser · Post by **stormchaser** » Fri Jul 28, 2023 10:16 pm

Busguy2010 wrote: Fri Jul 28, 2023 10:11 pm The back end of that storm looks pretty impressive. I wasn't paying attention, has it really been stationary for that long? On radar it kind of looks like it wants to form a hook.

It’s definitely a supercell at this point so it has a hook but I’m assuming it’s pretty elevated so tornado potential should be low. That said, this setup is pretty unique so who knows.

Busguy2010 · Post by **Busguy2010** » Fri Jul 28, 2023 10:19 pm

stormchaser wrote: Fri Jul 28, 2023 10:16 pm
Busguy2010 wrote: Fri Jul 28, 2023 10:11 pm The back end of that storm looks pretty impressive. I wasn't paying attention, has it really been stationary for that long? On radar it kind of looks like it wants to form a hook.
It’s definitely a supercell at this point so it has a hook but I’m assuming it’s pretty elevated so tornado potential should be low. That said, this setup is pretty unique so who knows.

That's funny, I edited my post right as you replied, adding that its a supercell.

Busguy2010 · Post by **Busguy2010** » Fri Jul 28, 2023 10:34 pm

Golf ball sized hail... Looks like the western half of Omaha would get in on it.

Post by **BRoss** » Fri Jul 28, 2023 11:10 pm

Busguy2010 wrote: Fri Jul 28, 2023 10:34 pm Golf ball sized hail... Looks like the western half of Omaha would get in on it.

Getting close to that here. A lot of hail at the moment.

Padre · Post by **Padre** » Fri Jul 28, 2023 11:43 pm

Just rain in Benson.

Cermak · Post by **Cermak** » Fri Jul 28, 2023 11:47 pm

We had some hail around 6pm or so. A few good sized stones but it only lasted a few minutes and never amounted to much. Not much wind either maybe a 30 mph gust. Then it rained for maybe 10 minutes.

Busguy2010 · Post by **Busguy2010** » Sat Jul 29, 2023 12:09 am

That really fizzled out quickly. Severe with almost 2" hail by Fremont, to nothing by the time it got to Bellevue. I bet that'll screw us for later.

stormchaser · Post by **stormchaser** » Sat Jul 29, 2023 12:17 am

Busguy2010 wrote: Sat Jul 29, 2023 12:09 am That really fizzled out quickly. Severe with almost 2" hail by Fremont, to nothing by the time it got to Bellevue. I bet that'll screw us for later.

Yeah, I’d be surprised if we get storms overnight since the boundary is through. Who knows though.

Post by **Brad** » Sat Jul 29, 2023 1:21 am

HRRR currently showing rain for around 9 or 10 am on Saturday Morning.

nativeomahan · Post by **nativeomahan** » Sat Jul 29, 2023 1:35 am

Here in the Westside district we had less than a quarter inch of rain, maybe 25 mph winds for a few minutes, and a smattering of pea to marble size hail that fortunately did not amount to anything damaging.
Of note, it did officially hit 102f today. Probably will end up as the hottest day of 2023.

Post by **Omaha Cowboy** » Sat Jul 29, 2023 2:00 am

We had rain, and some spotty hail in my west Omaha neck of the woods (132nd and West Center Rd) around 6:15pm.. The event didn’t last long…

Ciao..LiO…Peace

stormchaser · Post by **stormchaser** » Sat Jul 29, 2023 12:05 pm

Brad wrote: Sat Jul 29, 2023 1:21 am HRRR currently showing rain for around 9 or 10 am on Saturday Morning.

Looks like the HRRR will be pretty spot on with this morning’s round of rain storms anyway. Most of the severe stuff will miss us to the south but hopefully we will get some decent rainfall.

ShawJ · Post by **ShawJ** » Sat Jul 29, 2023 12:55 pm

Looks like a really nasty bit of radar that is moving south of us, more toward Lincoln and Beatrice. Hoping the other rain holds and hits us.

Busguy2010 · Post by **Busguy2010** » Sat Jul 29, 2023 3:38 pm

WOW, with the way that thing bowed out into a point, I wouldn't be surprised by 100mph wind reports around Auburn.
And unfortunately it looks like the majority of the leftover rain is swirling around to miss us.

stormchaser · Post by **stormchaser** » Sat Jul 29, 2023 3:43 pm

Busguy2010 wrote: Sat Jul 29, 2023 3:38 pm WOW, with the way that thing bowed out into a point, I wouldn't be surprised by 100mph wind reports around Auburn.
And unfortunately it looks like the majority of the leftover rain is swirling around to miss us.

It’s bowed out but it’s also a fairly ragged looking line at this point and showing signs it’ll probably start dying out in the next hour or 2. Most wind reports have been in the 60-70 mph range so based on radar, I’d be surprised if anything occurs much stronger than that (even at the apex of the line).

Unfortunately Omaha itself is likely going to miss the rain (or most of it) thanks to the storms yesterday pushing the boundary to far southeast NE (which is why all the severe weather missed us).

stormchaser · Post by **stormchaser** » Sun Jul 30, 2023 9:13 pm

Strong (but not severe warned currently anyway) storms are currently moving into the local area:

Radar as of ~4:05 PM

stormchaser · Post by **stormchaser** » Sun Jul 30, 2023 9:15 pm

…scratch that, 1 storm is severe warned northwest of Omaha…

stormchaser · Post by **stormchaser** » Sun Jul 30, 2023 9:24 pm

Now 3 severe warned moving into the area…

Louie · Post by **Louie** » Sun Jul 30, 2023 10:03 pm

Very heavy rain, pockets of pea sized hail in Dundee. Radar looks like we should see quite a bit more rain from this cluster.

Busguy2010 · Post by **Busguy2010** » Mon Jul 31, 2023 12:55 am

That was the biggest hail I've seen this year. Pea sized, maybe pushing dime. Kind of a surprise to me as there was little to no talk about storms today.

nativeomahan · Post by **nativeomahan** » Mon Jul 31, 2023 2:35 am

I left at 3:40 pm to take my husband to the airport. Brilliant sunshine. I left our beach towels from swimming to dry hanging over our patio chairs. The cushions were still on the chairs from our patio breakfast.
3:50 pm the sun disappeared behind some clouds. I glanced to the west and it looked kind of dark.
4:05 pm arrived at the airport. Missed the south garage parking sign, so I had to loop back in order to park.
4:15 pm. Wished my hubby a safe flight and returned to my car in the garage.
4:20 pm paid the parking fee and had a severe thunderstorm warning alert on my phone. Head back into town, watching the darkish sky to the west. No rain yet.
4:35 pm get to 72nd and Pacific and the rain drops were starting to fall. Almost home and wondering what all I had left out on our patio that wasn’t supposed to be getting wet.
4:40 pm arrive home in the pouring rain. Retrieve already soaked chair cushions and beach towels. Lower patio umbrella as wind was picking up. Got soaked in the process.
5 pm rain stopped.
6:30 pm brilliant sunshine. Took dog for an evening walk.
It’s amazing how the weather can change so abruptly here. I could have walked into a movie theater wearing sunglasses at 3:40 pm and walked back out at 6:15 pm and put the sun glasses back on, and wondered why my car was wet.

thenewguy · Post by **thenewguy** » Mon Jul 31, 2023 12:57 pm

^ how very true!

Also some pretty good showers this morning. Naturally, there were 3 crashes on 80 on my way to work

almighty_tuna · Post by **almighty_tuna** » Mon Jul 31, 2023 2:11 pm

nativeomahan wrote: Mon Jul 31, 2023 2:35 am I left at 3:40 pm to take my husband to the airport. Brilliant sunshine. I left our beach towels from swimming to dry hanging over our patio chairs. The cushions were still on the chairs from our patio breakfast.
3:50 pm the sun disappeared behind some clouds. I glanced to the west and it looked kind of dark.
4:05 pm arrived at the airport. Missed the south garage parking sign, so I had to loop back in order to park.
4:15 pm. Wished my hubby a safe flight and returned to my car in the garage.
4:20 pm paid the parking fee and had a severe thunderstorm warning alert on my phone. Head back into town, watching the darkish sky to the west. No rain yet.
4:35 pm get to 72nd and Pacific and the rain drops were starting to fall. Almost home and wondering what all I had left out on our patio that wasn’t supposed to be getting wet.
4:40 pm arrive home in the pouring rain. Retrieve already soaked chair cushions and beach towels. Lower patio umbrella as wind was picking up. Got soaked in the process.
5 pm rain stopped.
6:30 pm brilliant sunshine. Took dog for an evening walk.
It’s amazing how the weather can change so abruptly here. I could have walked into a movie theater wearing sunglasses at 3:40 pm and walked back out at 6:15 pm and put the sun glasses back on, and wondered why my car was wet.

Indeed! Caught us off guard with the top off the Jeep! It was a wet drive home from Oakview

skinzfan23 · Post by **skinzfan23** » Mon Jul 31, 2023 2:22 pm

nativeomahan wrote: Mon Jul 31, 2023 2:35 am I left at 3:40 pm to take my husband to the airport. Brilliant sunshine. I left our beach towels from swimming to dry hanging over our patio chairs. The cushions were still on the chairs from our patio breakfast.
3:50 pm the sun disappeared behind some clouds. I glanced to the west and it looked kind of dark.
4:05 pm arrived at the airport. Missed the south garage parking sign, so I had to loop back in order to park.
4:15 pm. Wished my hubby a safe flight and returned to my car in the garage.
4:20 pm paid the parking fee and had a severe thunderstorm warning alert on my phone. Head back into town, watching the darkish sky to the west. No rain yet.
4:35 pm get to 72nd and Pacific and the rain drops were starting to fall. Almost home and wondering what all I had left out on our patio that wasn’t supposed to be getting wet.
4:40 pm arrive home in the pouring rain. Retrieve already soaked chair cushions and beach towels. Lower patio umbrella as wind was picking up. Got soaked in the process.
5 pm rain stopped.
6:30 pm brilliant sunshine. Took dog for an evening walk.
It’s amazing how the weather can change so abruptly here. I could have walked into a movie theater wearing sunglasses at 3:40 pm and walked back out at 6:15 pm and put the sun glasses back on, and wondered why my car was wet.

Funny, kinda like us....we decided to go out to Mahoney to the water park, with no mention of rain.

Get out there and it looks like it is going to be hot and sunny. We put sunblock on and after 30 min it starts to cloud over. They were made everyone get out of the water due to lightening only to close a few min later.

On our way home, near Nebraska Crossing it starts hailing and pouring.

nativeomahan · Post by **nativeomahan** » Mon Jul 31, 2023 3:42 pm

A nice heavy pre dawn rain this morning. Definitely the heaviest rain of the entire spring-summer season. Bonus for no wind or hail!

Louie · Post by **Louie** » Mon Jul 31, 2023 4:39 pm

nativeomahan wrote: Mon Jul 31, 2023 3:42 pm A nice heavy pre dawn rain this morning. Definitely the heaviest rain of the entire spring-summer season. Bonus for no wind or hail!

No joke, Eppley reporting over 1.2 inches. heck of a soaker.

Post by **Brad** » Mon Jul 31, 2023 5:47 pm

nativeomahan wrote: Mon Jul 31, 2023 3:42 pm A nice heavy pre dawn rain this morning. Definitely the heaviest rain of the entire spring-summer season. Bonus for no wind or hail!

Our neighborhood got right at an inch. I had 0.97" and verified it with the station at Happy Hollow and they get 0.99". There is a weather station closer to your place, but I think its under a tree.

Louie · Post by **Louie** » Mon Jul 31, 2023 5:52 pm

Brad wrote: Mon Jul 31, 2023 5:47 pm
nativeomahan wrote: Mon Jul 31, 2023 3:42 pm
There is a weather station closer to your place, but I think its under a tree.

Lol, brilliant.

GetUrban · Post by **GetUrban** » Tue Aug 01, 2023 4:34 am

Ended up with 5.75" for July in northeast DoCo.

Cermak · Post by **Cermak** » Tue Aug 01, 2023 12:28 pm

A pretty wet July. A big change from June. All this rain has hopefully made a dent in our drought.

Post by **Brad** » Tue Aug 01, 2023 1:30 pm

Wettest July since 2016

Post by **BRoss** » Tue Aug 01, 2023 1:32 pm

I had around 6.5".

Busguy2010 · Post by **Busguy2010** » Tue Aug 01, 2023 5:03 pm

This excess of rain has been quite nice. And the extended forecast looks to be cooler and wetter than normal too! I'm starting to see hints of fall. Yesterday I noticed the shadows are a bit longer, and it's starting to get dark noticeably earlier. Before ya know it, football will be starting and we'll be getting those comfortable days and brisk nights. Can't wait!

Busguy2010 · Post by **Busguy2010** » Tue Aug 01, 2023 5:25 pm

So, we have a brand new meteorologist at KETV, Luke Vickery. He seems like he's gonna be pretty good. So is somebody leaving/left?

stormchaser · Post by **stormchaser** » Tue Aug 01, 2023 6:10 pm

There ended up being a brief EF-1 tornado in Lancaster county Saturday morning. The link below is for the damage survey.

https://www.weather.gov/oax/MartellTornado07292023

thenewguy · Post by **thenewguy** » Tue Aug 01, 2023 6:11 pm

maybe caitlin harvey or anthony copeland.

skinzfan23 · Post by **skinzfan23** » Tue Aug 01, 2023 6:12 pm

thenewguy wrote: Tue Aug 01, 2023 6:11 pm maybe caitlin harvey or anthony copeland.

Hopefully Caitlin

thenewguy · Post by **thenewguy** » Tue Aug 01, 2023 6:16 pm

skinzfan23 wrote: Tue Aug 01, 2023 6:12 pm
thenewguy wrote: Tue Aug 01, 2023 6:11 pm maybe caitlin harvey or anthony copeland.
Hopefully Caitlin

that's what I was thinking. Sean Everson is pretty good, and obviously Bill Randby is an Omaha legend, but she doesn't have a great presentation.

Post by **BRoss** » Tue Aug 01, 2023 6:24 pm

Busguy2010 wrote: Tue Aug 01, 2023 5:03 pmI'm starting to see hints of fall.

I don't think it's really signs of fall yet. We haven't even passed halfway through summer. NOAA had predicted August to be cooler than normal for the center of the country.