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All membership payments are CANCELED as of today at 2:43PM CST. You shouldn't be sending any money to Wisconsin Weather from this point forward. Registration page is disabled until I can figure out next step. Feel free to reach out if you have any questions or concerns.

Got the location right. Too low/not aggressive enough on magnitude/amts. I somewhat joked on the forecast that heavy rain wouldn't be an issue unless someone got 10.0". That nearly happened north of WI Dells! I think ma nature is mocking me. 

New membership registration is disabled until further notice. With announcement on Facebook I didn't want to "drive memberships" or make it seem like anything other than what it is. Just wanted to be honest. I will be out of the office this weekend. Will reassess the situation on Monday. Burn out SUCKS. 2020 = not good. But still pushing through. Thank you.

Gosh, the rainfall estimates from the last event!!

Right turn? Thunderstorms last night took a hard right turn into southern WI. This happens as the updrafts backbuild towards the strongest instability...in this case storms were pulled south & west. Made me chuckle when compared to the outlook. Mother nature still has a sense of humor.

severe warned cell cluster diving into southern WI. Taking the best instability with it. Not over for east central WI yet.

Very DRY for most of us. Was forecast to be a wet month. We need the rain. Ground to make up in the final days of AUG.

Two storm event forecasts were created for MON PM & TUES AFT timeframe. Perhaps another event later in the week too. Somewhat active - relative to the nothing burger it's been - in the days ahead. Talk to you soon.

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New SQL code snippet(partial) I wrote today to pull comments from the database into the various feeds across the website. Requires a new preview template on comment post types. Two day project that I plan to finish tomorrow!

I want to do BI-WEEKLY 7-day forecast updates. SUN PM/MON & THU? Try to do it at a higher quality. Getting into a rhythm would be incredibly helpful. Think I need more tools in the toolbox [ i.e more forecast graphics to choose from]. Dew point & weekend forecast graphics are top of my list but depends on where the development priorities are.

MONTHLY FORECASTS are updated thru OCT 2020.

New website update pushed live tonight includes a few improvements to 7-day forecast graphics. Watching for bugs..want it to be stable ahead of bigger changes to come. I seem to be drifting back into development mode. New stuff in the works. Talk to you soon!

New t-shirt design will come eventually. Had to make changes to the first attempt because nobody liked the upside-down lettering. I always test them first.

Working on the 7-DAY graphic jpegs. Successfully added storm events shown by impact color class using test events. Will go live on the next website update.

Trying to make 7-day forecasts more enjoyable to create & view. Working on the next evolution of the 7-day forecast editor tool. First attempt at integrating the storm events system (test storm marked by red shading) which operates on an HOURLY basis. Thought this might be a nice way to differentiate from other wx sources. This is on the admin side and planning to copy it over to the HOME page. I also want to integrate with automated/local 7-day forecast system graphics...specifically the .jpeg images...on a regional basis where if you're county is not targeted for a storm event, the red shading won't appear. Large project. Making progress.

Trending cooler than average in mid-August, precip near average after a wetter start for some

Everything back up & running today at IEM who supplies our map elements. Their servers lost power during the derecho in IA yesterday. This type of outage has never happened before on WIWX. Also caused the SMS system to error on send. Added a new failsafe this AM that will allow SMS to still send even if maps are down.

Not a good day. Compounding failures. Got swallowed by heavy rain near Monroe before I could get in final position. Feel sick to my stomach seeing the damage in Iowa. The IEM data warehouse has been down since 11AM so maps are still not updating. Tomorrow is a new day.

significant severe weather situation for northeast IA at the moment with widespread straightline wind gust damage...wind gusts of 70-90MPH. This complex will move near/along the WI/IL border this aft. Additional storm development likely across the rest of southern WI. Eyes on

Storms in Iowa causing wiwx maps crash. Unable to connect to Iowa State server. Definitely a serious weather situation down in Cedar Rapids/Iowa City, IA where the reports, radar, warning information source data is located. Server overload or outage.

short range models all in agreeement

Latest trends suggest severe thunderstorms are likely today. Pushed to SEVERE. Worst near/along WI/IL border. Damaging winds the primary threat. I'll be in the area. Stay safe!

Small cluster of strong to severe t-storms w/ damaging wind gusts pushing through central WI atm. Models suggest weakening east of I39. Another t-storm event likely develops today/this aft for the rest of S WI.

Models trending more aggressive with t-storm activity SAT AM over northern & central WI. Remnants of overnight complex. Timing is poor for severe wx but at least will mention the chance of storms. Gradually weakening during the day.

Small cluster of thunderstorms continues through northern MN, set to head into northwest WI tonight. You can tell by the yellow SVR TSTORM WATCH that more development was expected into the Minneapolis region. Simply hasn't happened to this point and it's looking more likely that the existing storm cluster to head due east into far northern WI. A few damaging wind gusts overnight.

I've never waited until the last minute on so many events like I have in 2020. Storms have favored Minnesota and NW WI. I won't put THE ENTIRE STATE on blast if only a small percentage is potentially impacted. Low certainty. Slow year overall. I'm worried one will sneak through like Aug 2013. When you are least suspecting, it comes and need the message to get across. Miss miss miss, hit.

Models seem to be struggling on tstorm chances this weekend. Still think best chance for storms will be Sunday night or early Monday morning statewide with cold front. Just bizzare that latest models showing nothing SAT PM with heat/instability pool developing. Best chances north throughout the weekend. Some short range models sparse for SUN PM too. Dont want to rule out anything right now.

Based on top 10 coldest 8/4's in Green Bay, the following SEP-OCT looks like this. Interesting that early AUGUST cold suggests warmer/drier SEP-OCT.

00/06 EC/GFS focusing bulk of t-storm chance on Sunday night, less aggressive for SAT & MON. GFS pictured here.

In an average year, Wisconsin will have 11 days of severe t-storm activity after 8/5. The season is 75% over.

Another cool August morning! Temperatures are 15 degrees below average! It's beautiful but also scary...we need another two months of summer! High near 70 today (warmer west). Have a great day :)

A few recent changes/improvements: 1. disabled yearly membership option. Might bring it back in winter. 2. New "Send all Comms" option on the account page if you wish to receive all wiwx alerts regardless of location. 3. fixed the GPS location not updating bug on the LIVE MAP. 4. When membership payments are canceled, your membership continues until the renewal date. Quiet weather is hard but I keep pushing.

Pretty quiet weather!

A strong cell or two possible this aft/tonight in western WI. Rain and clouds have kept the atmosphere stabilized limiting overall threat. Some talk of a SVR WATCH. Some models develop a few more storms tonight.

Isolated tstorms are possible this afternoon & evening across Wisconsin. A few storms moving into western WI right now.

Fewer warnings than before across the state. Keeping a close eye on it yet....not over. Based on reports it could be worse. Think we'll be alright. Strong to severe storms could make it all the way to Lake Michigan...specifically those in central WI which are also trying to get into southern WI.

Cells losing some organization on latest scans. Looked primed to roll not long ago. Told you this event would be hard to pin down. The night is young. I'm taking a break rn, will check back in a couple hours. I will head out locally around 3am if needed...not too far. Just enough to get in on some of the action.

Interesting to watch these three cells. Not warned currently. Heavy rain primarily. Southernmost cell is a right mover that could dive into central WI. Instability gradient in play.

Dealing with supercells west of Eau Claire atm and TOR WARNING near River Falls is legit. I believe this activity will continue eastward along the instability gradient. Busy night? Eyes on

SEVERE TSTORM WATCH for northern WI tonight. Scattered strong tstorms are developing in northwest WI heading east overnight. A few cells could move into central or southern WI. Severe weather possible including damaging winds, hail, and isolated tornadoes.

CAPE gradient NW to SE through WI. Keep an eye on that tonight.

Large supercell set to track near & north of Eau Claire this evening...we'll call it "Big Boy". TOR WARNINGS earlier but weak rotation, since reduced to SVR TSTORM. What about additional development? Strange than were not seeing more cells popping. Suggests Big Boy will be the focal point tonight.

T-storms expected to develop in the region along the Mississippi River north of Minneapolis late this afternoon. They will push east this evening into the overnight hours. Severe weather is possible. Setting the stage with this update. Will keep you posted!

Overnight storms heading out to sea soon in NE WI. Damaging wind gusts the main threat for Marinette, Door County. Watching the cluster west of La Crosse...not certain it will hold together as it heads east but it looks solid still.