7/21/04 NOW: Great Lakes & Central Plains

[rdale]

AWS sites in GRR showing gusts to 50mph, I'm headed out towards Ionia Co...

 

[mikegeukes]

Just got back, from Ottawa County, just west of Hudsonville MI recorded wind speeds to 47 mph at 508 pm,.anemometer only sits a few inches all the roof, so wind speeds were probably much higher than was it was reading.

Mike

 

[Robert Dewey]

Convection looks like its trying to organize into a larger scale bow echo. DTX VAD is looking more impressive (compared to the <20knts column earlier), with southerly SFC winds and northwesterly winds in the 10-15K foot layer:

Given the shear and instability, large scale bow echo appears likely, but NEXRAD images have been kind of weak looking...

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[Amos Magliocco]

I've edited the topic subject to include the Central Plains. Please feel free to include discussions of ongoing convection in the Great Plains here.