Check out this rendering of the weather around Illinois

[AgaBoogaBoo]

http://weather.cod.edu/analysis/loops/radloop.master.pl?S_Illinois

First time I'm seeing this kind of thing and all I can say is wow, that looks really cool!

 

[veloc1ty]

thats from rita correct?

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

yes the remnant low remains
winds die down = energy dissipated by lots of rain
after all the heat from the sun evaporates ocean water making these (storms) - funny thing is wind is a form of solar energy

Just for the record, those are not my words, weatherman I know said it

 

[lokiju]

Our weather station will be down for quite some time.

Our weather station is reporting erroneous data. At this time we haven't been able to diagnose the problem. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause you and hope to have it up and working as soon as possible.

http://weather.cod.edu/