Quad City Weather Bubble in full effect

[torbee]

Ts and Ps to those in areas impacted by severe weather across Iowa tonight.

Our defenses are currently holding:

 

[Hawkman34]

It really is insane. I have loved and followed weather (severe weather in particular) my whole life and have seen this happen incredibly often. I have NO IDEA what specifically could be at play, but something sure seems to protect the QC area more than not.

 

[z_ape]

It really is insane. I have loved and followed weather (severe weather in particular) my whole life and have seen this happen incredibly often. I have NO IDEA what specifically could be at play, but something sure seems to protect the QC area more than not.

Dumb luck and paying more attention to your location than other locations

 

[Jimmy McGill]

Quad City Pizza farts...

 

[HawCory]

It really is insane. I have loved and followed weather (severe weather in particular) my whole life and have seen this happen incredibly often. I have NO IDEA what specifically could be at play, but something sure seems to protect the QC area more than not.

Higher concentration of Thoughts and Prayers than the surrounding area, of course.

 

[Hawkman34]

Dumb luck and paying more attention to your location than other locations

Not sure what this means.....LOL!!

 

[z_ape]

Not sure what this means.....LOL!!

I was speaking of your referencing that it seems like something is keeping storms away from QC.

In reality a bunch of other locations could say the same things -- but you don't notice them.

There is no scientific explanation. Effectively dumb luck.

 

[PoopandBoogers]

Wind turbines blowing the weather away?

 

[jdw10224405]

I know there's no real science behind it, but anecdotally, it sure seems like Clinton and Muscatine get the brunt of the more severe weather. Its been that way as long as I can remember.

 

[Menace Sockeyes]

The CR weather bubble was out in force yesterday. The morning cell skirted the metro almost entirely, jogging east as it hit the metro.

OP, just be careful what you post. Ol’ bagdropper posted the above, and a few weeks later CR was hit by an inland hurricane-strength derecho that turned out to be the costliest storm in US history.

 

[davenporter]

I know there's no real science behind it, but anecdotally, it sure seems like Clinton and Muscatine get the brunt of the more severe weather. Its been that way as long as I can remember.

Always seems like Jo Davies county in Illinois gets all the storms too

 

[Dorrman]

I was hoping for some serious rain today. Damn you QC Weather bubble

 

[QChawks]

Even Mother Nature stays away from the gawd awful pizza!

 

[ICWestfan]

It really is insane. I have loved and followed weather (severe weather in particular) my whole life and have seen this happen incredibly often. I have NO IDEA what specifically could be at play, but something sure seems to protect the QC area more than not.

I 80, I 74, I 280 axis creates a heat shield. It's like the I 80- 380 interchange that blocks all the severe weather over in our neck of the woods.

 

[TheCainer]

I 80, I 74, I 280 axis creates a heat shield. It's like the I 80- 380 interchange that blocks all the severe weather over in our neck of the woods.

__it happens.

 

[iahawks10]

I was hoping for some serious rain today. Damn you QC Weather bubble

About to get your wish.

 

[torbee]

I was speaking of your referencing that it seems like something is keeping storms away from QC.

In reality a bunch of other locations could say the same things -- but you don't notice them.

There is no scientific explanation. Effectively dumb luck.

The river runs east to west here. That’s my theory. 🙂

 

[BigDelHawk]

I 80, I 74, I 280 axis creates a heat shield. It's like the I 80- 380 interchange that blocks all the severe weather over in our neck of the woods.

The river runs west to east here. The River Valley is wide and deep. The pressure fronts approach the river and the fronts weaken and evaporate, then reform ten miles east. If you ever get a chance to go the Putnam museum, you will see a model of the topography of the area, and it makes instance sense.

 

[torbee]

The river runs west to east here. The River Valley is wide and deep. The pressure fronts approach the river and the fronts weaken and evaporate, then reform ten miles east. If you ever get a chance to go the Putnam museum, you will see a model of the topography of the area, and it makes instance sense.

It's east-to-west, isn't it?

 

[torbee]

Like a force field!

 

[LuciousBDragon]

Ts and Ps to those in areas impacted by severe weather across Iowa tonight.

Our defenses are currently holding:

Meth cookhouse exhaust creating a localized high-pressure dome over the QC. Add in crappy pizza farts and you have your answer.

 

[QChawks]

my patio chair blew over

We’ll rebuild though, #qcstrong!

 

[HawCory]

my patio chair blew over

We’ll rebuild though, #qcstrong!

I know the struggle, bro. I almost lost a cooler lid.

#rebuildingtheqc

 

[13thman]

The river runs west to east here. The River Valley is wide and deep. The pressure fronts approach the river and the fronts weaken and evaporate, then reform ten miles east. If you ever get a chance to go the Putnam museum, you will see a model of the topography of the area, and it makes instance sense.

I lived in the QC area in 87-89. On more than one occasion I heard stories of Indian Legend and the bend in the river affecting storm tracks.

 

[jamesvanderwulf]

 

[TJ8869]

God doesn't want the bison to get wet.

 

[srams21]

I know there's no real science behind it, but anecdotally, it sure seems like Clinton and Muscatine get the brunt of the more severe weather. Its been that way as long as I can remember.

Muscatine always seems to get severe weather. I think they have had like 2 or 3 tornadoes in the past few years.

 

[BigDelHawk]

It's east-to-west, isn't it?

OOOPs

 

[z_ape]

The river runs west to east here. The River Valley is wide and deep. The pressure fronts approach the river and the fronts weaken and evaporate, then reform ten miles east. If you ever get a chance to go the Putnam museum, you will see a model of the topography of the area, and it makes instance sense.

Eh... not even sure what you mean by "pressure fronts" -- cold fronts or warm fronts? -- but it certainly doesn't cause them to dissolve.

People have been saying stuff like this forever, and there just isn't anything to it.

VERIFY: Does a river influence the path of a tornado?

Tornado season peeks in May here in the Quad Cities. Now is a good time to verify a popular weather tale about rivers and tornadoes.

www.wqad.com

 

[General Tso]

**** Hooppole

 

[torbee]

Eh... not even sure what you mean by "pressure fronts" -- cold fronts or warm fronts? -- but it certainly doesn't cause them to dissolve.

People have been saying stuff like this forever, and there just isn't anything to it.

VERIFY: Does a river influence the path of a tornado?

Tornado season peeks in May here in the Quad Cities. Now is a good time to verify a popular weather tale about rivers and tornadoes.

www.wqad.com

You are a thief of joy.