What is going on near the Great Lakes?

[nicholle]

http://wwwa.accuweather.com/maps-satell ... op&large=0

[Radar]

It is not uncommon for the Great Lake's region to occassionally have what they call alittle inland hurricane. When I lived in Michigan I can recall several times when we had bad thundershowers that would intensify over the Lakes and cause Tropical Storm force or rarely Cat 1 force winds...

[leonardo]

actually...that's just the thunderstorm complex (MCS) that developed over Minnesota earlier tonight and was responsible for the tornadoes near Minneapolis...the result of a cold front diving southeast through the region. Nothing more.

[mcw]

Hello from the NE shore of Lake MI.

Good eye for the unusual, Nicolle! You're looking at development in conjunction with a strong cold front/low pressure system. It's not even close to a 'cane, but pretty impressive for being after sunset (no diurnal heating). Got an interesting symmetry.

Agree with Radar - we've "enjoyed" derechos on a frequent basis - straight-line winds with thunderstorm complexes that can hold together for hundreds of miles.

Though this isn't a derecho, there is a good read here: http://www.spc.noaa.gov/misc/AbtDerechos/derechofacts

Hope it helps!

[vortex100]

I am a meteorologist here in the Twin Cities and we had a series of back-building supercells run through the area with tennis-ball size hail, damaging winds and a couple of tornadoes. There is a lot of local damage with trees down and power out.

This is a situation most likely in June or July, but we have seen a few nasty storms in September in the past. We are transitioning into fall up here and the cold fronts and jet winds are becoming more intense.

[gben027]

It was almost 90 here today, so I'm just waiting for the huge storms to hit our area....

[Pileus]

Nicholle, looks like a hook echo just east of Minn/St.Paul on your image.

[Pileus]

Whoa! Thats a SAT image ! Even more impressive

[borderPatrol2329]

Hi Nicholle, while this MSC is not related to tropical cyclonic storms, you might be interested to know that there once was a "Hurricane Huron", or as it also became known "Hurroncane". No joke, this occurred September 11-15th, 1996. Here are some links:

http://www.crh.noaa.gov/dtx/?page=stories/dtxcane

http://ams.allenpress.com/amsonline/?re ... -0477(2000)081%3C0223:HH%3E2.3.CO%3B2

http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/t/j/tjm128/

[wxmann_91]

I am a meteorologist here in the Twin Cities and we had a series of back-building supercells run through the area with tennis-ball size hail, damaging winds and a couple of tornadoes. There is a lot of local damage with trees down and power out.

This is a situation most likely in June or July, but we have seen a few nasty storms in September in the past. We are transitioning into fall up here and the cold fronts and jet winds are becoming more intense.

Unfortunately a fatality with this line of storms.

0032 UNK MINNEAPOLIS HENNEPIN MN 4496 9327 *** 1 FATAL *** LARGE TREE BRANCH FELL ON TOP OF VICTIM. (MPX)

[THead]

Hi Nicholle, while this MSC is not related to tropical cyclonic storms, you might be interested to know that there once was a "Hurricane Huron", or as it also became known "Hurroncane". No joke, this occurred September 11-15th, 1996. Here are some links:

http://www.crh.noaa.gov/dtx/?page=stories/dtxcane

http://ams.allenpress.com/amsonline/?re ... -0477(2000)081%3C0223:HH%3E2.3.CO%3B2

http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/t/j/tjm128/

Thanks for the links, great stuff. I had heard about that "huroncane" but didn't know it was an actual warm core system. Impressive looking on satellite.