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Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/weather-with-enthusiasm--4911017/support.Weather with Enthusiasm is produced by Kol Simcha Productions.New episodes drop daily (B'N)— a morning forecast at 7 AM and historical deep dives Tuesdays and Thursdays. Contact: [email protected] content is thoroughly researched and factually verified. After it has been factually verified it often will say so in the description. Should you find any mistakes, please email [email protected] so we can look into it and correct it. Not affiliated with any government agency or academic institution. Presented for educational and entertainment purposes — with meaning.Support the show — exclusive bonus episodes available to subscribers for just $2/month at spreaker.com/organization/kol-simcha

Jerusalem Morning Briefing — Thursday, July 2, 2026 | Zmanim, IMS Israel and MoreHEBREW DATE: 17 Tamuz 5786 | Tzom Tammuz | Parashat Pinchas (Israel cycle)⚠️ TODAY IS TZOM TAMMUZ — The fast commemorates the breaching of the walls of Jerusalem before the destruction of the Second Temple.Fast begins: 4:10 AM (Alot HaShachar)Fast ends: 8:23 PM Israel timeZMANIM — Thursday, July 2, 2026 (Jerusalem):• Alos HaShachar (Fast begins): 4:10 AM• Earliest Talis & Tefillin: 4:38 AM• Netz HaChama (Sunrise): 5:37 AM• Latest Krias Shma: 9:10 AM• Latest Tefila: 10:21 AM• Chatzos: 12:43 PM• Earliest Mincha: 1:18 PM• Shkiah (Sunset): 7:48 PM• Fast ends: 8:23 PMWEATHER SUMMARY (IMS / Multiple Sources):Sunny and warm in Jerusalem. High: 29°C (84°F). Low: 18°C (64°F). Humidity: 25-30% at peak afternoon. UV index: 11 (Extreme). West-northwest sea breeze develops by early afternoon, winds 25-30 km/h. Classic summertime Eastern Mediterranean ridge of high pressure — clear, hot, dry conditions persist through the holiday weekend.5-DAY OUTLOOK: Sunny and dry through at least Monday. High temperatures in the upper 20s Celsius throughout.WEATHER HISTORY — July 2nd:• 1934: A massive dust storm swept across the central and southern United States during the height of the Dust Bowl, part of the worst single year of that environmental catastrophe. Walls of dust traveled as far as Washington, D.C.FAMILY ACTIVITIES IN JERUSALEM TODAY:1. Israel Museum — Dead Sea Scrolls, Second Temple Model, air-conditioned | Open daytime2. Tower of David Museum — Summer at the Tower programming | Check hours3. City of David — Hezekiah's Tunnel guided tours | Open daytime (cool inside)4. Mahane Yehuda Shuk — morning stroll through Jerusalem's famous market | Morning5. Post-fast walk on Old City walls / Ben Yehuda pedestrian street (after 8:23 PM)TOMORROW'S ZMANIM — Friday, July 3 / 18 Tamuz:• Alos HaShachar: 4:11 AM• Earliest Talis & Tefillin: 4:38 AM• Netz HaChama (Sunrise): 5:38 AM• Latest Krias Shma: 9:10 AM• Latest Tefila: 10:21 AM• Chatzos: 12:43 PM• Earliest Mincha: 1:18 PM• Shkiah (Sunset): 7:48 PMSHABBOS TIMES — Parashat Pinchas:• Hadlakas Neiros (Candle lighting): 7:08 PM Friday (40 min before sunset — Jerusalem minhag)• Havdalah (Motzaei Shabbos): 8:38 PM Saturday (50 min after sunset)Morning forecasts at 7 AM every day on Spreaker. Historical weather deep-dives every Tuesday and Thursday at 7 AM CDT. $5/month keeps this going.#weather #zmanim #Jerusalem #Israel #IMS #morningbriefing #forecast #Jewishtimes #Yerushalayim #TzomTammuz #PinchasBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/weather-with-enthusiasm--4911017/support.Weather with Enthusiasm is produced by Kol Simcha Productions.New episodes drop daily (B'N)— a morning forecast at 7 AM and historical deep dives Tuesdays and Thursdays. Contact: [email protected] content is thoroughly researched and factually verified. After it has been factually verified it often will say so in the description. Should you find any mistakes, please email [email protected] so we can look into it and correct it. Not affiliated with any government agency or academic institution. Presented for educational and entertainment purposes — with meaning.Support the show — exclusive bonus episodes available to subscribers for just $2/month at spreaker.com/organization/kol-simcha

Here's a timestamp breakdown:00:00 Morning Briefing & Fast Information01:10 Weather Setup & Extreme Heat02:14 Storm Chances & Severe Weather Risk03:23 Supporter's Club & Call to ActionBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/weather-with-enthusiasm--4911017/support.Weather with Enthusiasm is produced by Kol Simcha Productions.New episodes drop daily (B'N)— a morning forecast at 7 AM and historical deep dives Tuesdays and Thursdays. Contact: [email protected] content is thoroughly researched and factually verified. After it has been factually verified it often will say so in the description. Should you find any mistakes, please email [email protected] so we can look into it and correct it. Not affiliated with any government agency or academic institution. Presented for educational and entertainment purposes — with meaning.Support the show — exclusive bonus episodes available to subscribers for just $2/month at spreaker.com/organization/kol-simcha

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/weather-with-enthusiasm--4911017/support.Weather with Enthusiasm is produced by Kol Simcha Productions.New episodes drop daily (B'N)— a morning forecast at 7 AM and historical deep dives Tuesdays and Thursdays. Contact: [email protected] content is thoroughly researched and factually verified. After it has been factually verified it often will say so in the description. Should you find any mistakes, please email [email protected] so we can look into it and correct it. Not affiliated with any government agency or academic institution. Presented for educational and entertainment purposes — with meaning.Support the show — exclusive bonus episodes available to subscribers for just $2/month at spreaker.com/organization/kol-simcha

Morning Briefing — Thursday, July 2, 2026 | Zmanim, NWS Chicago and MoreWest Rogers Park, ChicagoHebrew Date: 17 Tammuz 5786 | Shiva Asar B'Tammuz (Tzom Tammuz — FAST DAY)Parashat Pinchas━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━FAST OF TAMMUZ — 17 TAMMUZ 5786━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Fast begins: Alot HaShachar — 3:26 AM CDTFast end times (ZIP 60645):• KINS / Bnei Reuven: 9:00 PM CDT (30 min after sunset)• Young Israel: 9:12 PM CDT (42 min after sunset)• Yeshiva / 50 min: 9:20 PM CDT (50 min after sunset)━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━TODAY'S ZMANIM — Thursday, July 2, 2026 (17 Tammuz 5786)ZIP 60645 | CDT━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Alos HaShachar (fast begins): 3:26 AMMisheyakir (earliest Talis & Tefillin): 4:05 AMNetz HaChama (sunrise): 5:19 AMLatest Krias Shma: 9:07 AMLatest Tefila: 10:23 AMChatzos (halachic midday): 12:54 PMEarliest Mincha: 1:32 PMShkiah (sunset): 8:30 PM━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━TOMORROW'S ZMANIM — Friday, July 3, 2026 (18 Tammuz 5786)ZIP 60645 | CDT━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Alos HaShachar: 3:27 AMMisheyakir: 4:05 AMSunrise: 5:20 AMLatest Krias Shma: 9:07 AMLatest Tefila: 10:23 AMChatzos: 12:54 PMEarliest Mincha: 1:32 PMSunset: 8:29 PM━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━SHABBOS TIMES━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Shabbat Parashat PinchasFriday, July 3 — Hadlakas Neiros (candle lighting): 8:09 PM CDT(20 minutes before sunset of 8:29 PM — Chicago minhag)Saturday, July 4 (Independence Day) — Havdalah: 9:19 PM CDT(50 minutes after Shabbos sunset of 8:29 PM)━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━NWS CHICAGO WEATHER FORECAST━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Issued: 6:48 AM CDT, Thursday July 2, 2026 (Forecaster Kluber)EXTREME HEAT WARNING in effect through midnight CDT tonight.TODAY (Thursday, July 2):• High: low to mid 90s°F• Dew points: low to mid 70s (tropical moisture)• Heat index: 100–105°F• Thunderstorm risk: possible organized MCS from NE/IA line late tonight/overnightBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/weather-with-enthusiasm--4911017/support.Weather with Enthusiasm is produced by Kol Simcha Productions.New episodes drop daily (B'N)— a morning forecast at 7 AM and historical deep dives Tuesdays and Thursdays. Contact: [email protected] content is thoroughly researched and factually verified. After it has been factually verified it often will say so in the description. Should you find any mistakes, please email [email protected] so we can look into it and correct it. Not affiliated with any government agency or academic institution. Presented for educational and entertainment purposes — with meaning.Support the show — exclusive bonus episodes available to subscribers for just $2/month at spreaker.com/organization/kol-simcha

00:00-01:01: Introduction to the "Weather with Enthusiasm" episode, focusing on the unusual heat moving into Chicago, hotter than St. Louis, and especially significant in Wisconsin.01:01-02:03: Discussion of the developing heat wave, high dew points in Wisconsin (forecasted to hit 80 degrees), and the hidden danger of high dew points making temperatures feel much warmer.02:03-03:06: Explanation of wet bulb temperatures, their dangerous levels (84-86 degrees, with wet bulb globe temperatures possibly hitting 88-90 degrees), and the 95-degree wet bulb temperature as the upper limit of human survival.03:06-04:10: National Weather Service guidance on wet bulb temperatures and human survival, historical comparisons of high wet bulb temperatures in Texas, India, and the Persian Gulf, and the rare occurrence of 95-97 degree dew points.04:10-05:10: Comparison of the current heat wave to typical St. Louis summer weather and the 1994 heat wave, noting higher heat indices this time (close to 110 degrees), and the unique situation in central Wisconsin with 80-degree dew points and 105-degree heat indices despite lower air temperatures.05:10-06:22: Reasons for lower temperatures in some areas (thunderstorm development, cloud cover, "Ring of Fire" effect), comparison to the 1995 heat wave, and the impact of water temperatures (Mississippi River, Lake of the Ozarks) on dew points.06:22-07:25: Geographic areas with highest dew points (cornfields of southwest Indiana, southern Illinois, Mississippi River area between Iowa and Illinois), lack of impact from Ozark Plateau breeze, and expected conditions for St. Louis and Chicago. Mention of Baltimore's drier dew points but more efficient solar heating leading to triple-digit heat.07:25-08:27: The heat dome reaching a record geographical height (600 decameters), comparison to the 1995 heat wave (which was stronger in terms of temperatures and humidity), and the "biggest shocker" being Wisconsin's 80-degree dew points.08:27-09:33: Reflection on previous podcasts and the "spark of enthusiasm," mentioning the "cold blob" in the Atlantic Ocean, and the strengthening of the heat dome affecting Chicago more definitively than initially thought.09:33-10:33: The Baltimore National Weather Service's insights and the common pattern of intense storms breaking the heat dome, especially in St. Louis. Importance of heat safety tips and resources from the National Weather Service.10:33-10:44: Closing remarks, wishing listeners a good day.20 Hashtags:#HeatWave#WeatherEnthusiasm#WisconsinWeather#ChicagoHeat#DewPointDanger#WetBulbTemperature#HeatDome#ClimateChange#ExtremeWeather#HumanSurvival#NationalWeatherService#MidwestHeat#GulfCoastHeat#WeatherUpdate#HeatIndex#SummerHeat#WeatherForecast#HeatSafety#UnusualWeather#PhenomenalHeatBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/weather-with-enthusiasm--4911017/support.Weather with Enthusiasm is produced by Kol Simcha Productions.New episodes drop daily (B'N)— a morning forecast at 7 AM and historical deep dives Tuesdays and Thursdays. Contact: [email protected] content is thoroughly researched and factually verified. After it has been factually verified it often will say so in the description. Should you find any mistakes, please email [email protected] so we can look into it and correct it. Not affiliated with any government agency or academic institution. Presented for educational and entertainment purposes — with meaning.Support the show — exclusive bonus episodes available to subscribers for just $2/month at spreaker.com/organization/kol-simcha

Lakewood Morning Briefing — Thursday, July 2, 2026 | Zmanim, NWS New Jersey and MoreLakewood, New Jersey (ZIP 08701)Hebrew Date: 17 Tammuz 5786 | Shiva Asar B'Tammuz (Tzom Tammuz — FAST DAY)Parashat Pinchas━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━FAST OF TAMMUZ — 17 TAMMUZ 5786━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Fast began: Alot HaShachar — 3:46 AM EDTFast ends tonight: • Standard (42 min after sunset): 9:11 PM EDT • Machmir (50 min after sunset): 9:19 PM EDT━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━TODAY'S ZMANIM — ZIP 08701━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Alos HaShachar (Dawn): 3:46 AMMisheyakir (Earliest Talis & Tefillin): 4:21 AMNetz HaChama (Sunrise): 5:31 AMLatest Krias Shma: 9:14 AMLatest Tefila: 10:29 AMChatzos (Halachic Midday): 1:00 PMEarliest Mincha: 1:37 PMShkiah (Sunset): 8:29 PM━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━NWS MOUNT HOLLY FORECAST DISCUSSION━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Extreme Heat Warning in effect. Heat indices exceeding 105°F, potentially reaching 115°F.Strong mid-level ridge over Mississippi Valley/Ohio Valley/Great Lakes.Friday downsloping effect from westerly/northwesterly winds will intensify heat.Slight Risk (2/5) for severe weather Friday and Saturday — damaging winds primary threat.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━KIDS ACTIVITIES — JULY 2, 2026━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Indoor/air-conditioned options strongly recommended — Extreme Heat Warning in effect:1. Ocean County Library — Free summer programming, fully air-conditioned2. Jersey Shore Premium Outlets (Tinton Falls) — Indoor, family-friendly shopping3. Point Pleasant area aquarium — Indoor air-conditioned exhibits4. Local community center indoor pools (check your shul bulletin)5. Six Flags Great Adventure (Jackson NJ) — Go early morning before peak heat━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━WEATHER HISTORY — JULY 2━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━July 2, 1934: During the height of the Dust Bowl, a massive black blizzard swept across the central and southern United States. Enormous walls of dust traveled as far as Washington D.C., and fine Great Plains soil was deposited on ships hundreds of miles out in the Atlantic Ocean.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━TOMORROW'S ZMANIM — FRIDAY, JULY 3 (18 TAMMUZ)━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Alos HaShachar: 3:46 AMMisheyakir: 4:22 AMNetz HaChama (Sunrise): 5:32 AMLatest Krias Shma: 9:16 AMLatest Tefila: 10:31 AMChatzos: 1:01 PMEarliest Mincha: 1:38 PMShkiah (Sunset): 8:29 PM━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━SHABBOS TIMES — SHABBAT PARASHAT PINCHAS━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Hadlakas Neiros (Candle Lighting): Friday, July 3 — 8:11 PM EDT (18 min before sunset)Havdalah: Saturday, July 5 — 9:19 PM EDT (50 min after sunset of 8:29 PM)━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ABOUT THIS PODCAST━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Morning forecasts at 7 AM every day on Spreaker, plus historical weather deep-dives every Tuesday and Thursday at 7 AM CDT.$5/month keeps this going — support the show at spreaker.com/podcast/weather-with-enthusiasm--4911017/supportTags: weather, zmanim, Lakewood, New Jersey, NWS, morning briefing, forecast, Jewish times, Ocean County, Tzom TammuzWeather with Enthusiasm is produced by Kol Simcha Productions.New episodes drop daily (B'N)— a morning forecast at 7 AM and historical deep dives Tuesdays and Thursdays. Contact: [email protected] content is thoroughly researched and factually verified. After it has been factually verified it often will say so in the description. Should you find any mistakes, please email [email protected] so we can look into it and correct it. Not affiliated with any government agency or academic institution. Presented for educational and entertainment purposes — with meaning.Support the show — exclusive bonus episodes available to subscribers for just $2/month at spreaker.com/organization/kol-simcha

Title: Honoring Extended Family: A Deeper Look into Kibbud Av Va'Eim Timestamp Breakdown: 0:00 - 0:56: Introduction to the topic: honoring one's older brother and father's wife (stepmother), even if she's not one's biological mother. The discussion starts with Rebbe's instruction to his children. 0:56 - 1:59: Rebbe's final words to his children: "Be careful about the covenant of your mother." Initial confusion: why instruct this, as honoring parents is already known? 1:59 - 2:30: Clarification of Rebbe's statement: "mother" here refers not to their biological mother, but to their father's wife (stepmother). 2:30 - 3:09: The source for honoring a stepmother: "Et Avicha" in the Torah, which is interpreted to include "Es Aish Es Avicha" (the wife of your father). 3:09 - 4:06: The source for honoring an older brother: an extra "vav" in "Et Imcha" ("vav yitzeira") is interpreted to include "Achicha HaGadol" (your oldest brother). 4:06 - 5:12: When is the mitzvah to honor a stepmother applicable? The Gemara answers it's only during the father's lifetime, not after his death. This explains Rebbe's specific command. 5:12 - 7:07: Rambam's view on honoring a stepmother: it's included in honoring one's father, thus only applicable during the father's lifetime. 7:07 - 8:13: Transition to honoring an older brother. Ramban's view: the obligation to honor an older brother is also only during the father's lifetime, as degrading his children causes the father pain. 8:13 - 9:13: Rambam's differing view on older brother: it's implied that the obligation to honor an older brother continues even after the father's death. 9:13 - 11:01: Elaboration on why honoring an older brother might continue after the father's death, unlike honoring a stepmother. It's not just about the father's honor. 11:01 - 13:17: Further discussion on the differing opinions regarding the duration of honoring an older brother, and if it applies to any older sibling, not just the eldest. 20 Hashtags: #KibbudAvVeEim #JewishLaw #Halacha #FamilyHonor #Stepmother #OlderBrother #Rambam #Ramban #Gemara #TorahInterpretation #Mitzvah #JewishEthics #FilialPiety #Respect #FamilyDynamics #RabbinicTeachings #ReligiousDuty #SiblingRespect #DeathAndMitzvah #JewishWisdomBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/torah-with-simcha--4985090/support.Torah with Simcha is produced by Kol Simcha Productions.New episodes released regularly — exploring Torah, Jewish thought, and the wisdom that connects ancient text to everyday life.Contact: [email protected] is shared for educational, spiritual, and inspirational purposes. Sources are cited to the best of our ability. If you find an error or have a question about a source, please email [email protected] and we will look into it promptly.Support the show — exclusive bonus content available to subscribers for just $2/month at spreaker.com/organization/kol-simchaNot affiliated with any synagogue, rabbinical organization, or academic institution. All Torah discussion is offered in the spirit of learning — with meaning.

Hurricane Hazel: The Storm That Changed a Nation — 1954Episode 12 of the Weather With Enthusiasm historical weather podcast.On the night of October 15, 1954, Hurricane Hazel swept through the Toronto suburb of Raymore Drive and erased it from the map. Thirty-five people died on a single street. This is the story of one of the most remarkable and deadly storms in North American history — a storm that killed across four countries, defied meteorological expectations, and permanently changed how Canada manages its rivers and floodplains.KEY FACTS:• Formed: October 5, 1954 | Dissipated: October 18, 1954• Peak intensity: Category 4 — 130 mph sustained winds• Lowest pressure: 938 mb (27.70 inHg)• Landfall: October 15, 1954 — North/South Carolina border, near Calabash, NC• Total fatalities: 592–1,192 (estimates vary due to Haiti) – Haiti: 469–1,000+ killed – United States: 95 killedBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/weather-with-enthusiasm--4911017/support.Weather with Enthusiasm is produced by Kol Simcha Productions.New episodes drop daily (B'N)— a morning forecast at 7 AM and historical deep dives Tuesdays and Thursdays. Contact: [email protected] content is thoroughly researched and factually verified. After it has been factually verified it often will say so in the description. Should you find any mistakes, please email [email protected] so we can look into it and correct it. Not affiliated with any government agency or academic institution. Presented for educational and entertainment purposes — with meaning.Support the show — exclusive bonus episodes available to subscribers for just $2/month at spreaker.com/organization/kol-simcha

Hurricane Audrey: The Night Cameron Disappeared — 1957Episode 13 of the Weather With Enthusiasm historical weather podcast.At midnight on June 26, 1957, water began rising in the streets of Cameron, Louisiana. By dawn, the town was gone. Hurricane Audrey arrived twelve hours ahead of schedule, while most residents were still asleep — and the storm surge that followed erased an entire community from the map.KEY FACTS:• Dates: June 26–29, 1957• Landfall: Early morning June 27, 1957 — Cameron Parish, southwest Louisiana• Category at landfall: Category 4 — 125 mph sustained winds• Strongest June hurricane on record at landfall (held that record until 2024 — 67 years)• Storm surge: 12–14 feet MSL in Cameron ParishBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/weather-with-enthusiasm--4911017/support.Weather with Enthusiasm is produced by Kol Simcha Productions.New episodes drop daily (B'N)— a morning forecast at 7 AM and historical deep dives Tuesdays and Thursdays. Contact: [email protected] content is thoroughly researched and factually verified. After it has been factually verified it often will say so in the description. Should you find any mistakes, please email [email protected] so we can look into it and correct it. Not affiliated with any government agency or academic institution. Presented for educational and entertainment purposes — with meaning.Support the show — exclusive bonus episodes available to subscribers for just $2/month at spreaker.com/organization/kol-simcha

Chicago Storm Alert: Severe Thunderstorm Threat July 2-4, 2026Weather With Enthusiasm — Special EpisodeA deep meteorological breakdown of the thunderstorm threat facing Chicago and northern Illinois over the next 48 hours — sourced directly from the NWS Chicago Area Forecast Discussion (3:15 PM CDT, July 2), the NWS Hazardous Weather Outlook (3:24 PM CDT, July 2), the SPC Day 1 Convective Outlook (3:00 PM CDT, July 2 — forecaster Squitieri), and the SPC Day 2 Convective Outlook (12:17 PM CDT, July 2 — forecaster Jewell).━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━TONIGHT — THURSDAY JULY 2 (after 8-9 PM CDT)━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• SPC Day 1: MARGINAL Risk for Chicago | SLIGHT Risk for Milwaukee/WI corridor• HWO: Level 1 of 5 Damaging Wind Risk (up to 60 mph) | Level 1 of 5 Large Hail (up to quarter size) | Limited Flooding Risk• Storm type: MCS (Mesoscale Convective System) traversing WI/IL border• Key threats: Wet microbursts, DCAPE >1,000 J/kg, elevated PWATs• Flash flood scenario: Training convection possible if cold pools merge across far northern Illinois• Storm spotters activated• Activity wanes after ~4 AM Friday━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━FRIDAY JULY 3 — THE BIGGER EVENT (1 PM–7 PM CDT)━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• SPC Day 2: SLIGHT Risk for Chicago — one category higher than tonight• HWO: Level 2 of 5 Severe Thunderstorm Risk (Elevated) | Limited Flooding Risk• Driver: More potent upper-level shortwave crossing northern Arizona Thursday → reaches northern IL/southern WI Friday afternoon• Environment: Dew points solidly mid to locally upper 70s°F | Uncapped air mass | Modest deep-layer shear• Storm mode: Potential line or multicell clusters traversing northern IL into NW Indiana• Primary threat: Damaging wind gusts• Extreme Heat Warning extended until 7 PM Friday for areas near/south of Kankakee River (Day 5 of heat wave)• Possible improvement Friday evening — watch 5 and 7 PM NWS updates for fireworks forecast━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━SATURDAY — INDEPENDENCE DAY (July 4)━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• HWO: Level 1 of 5 Severe Thunderstorm Risk | Limited Flooding Risk• Storm location highly uncertain — range from southern Wisconsin to southern Illinois• Mid-level wave may slow/stall over western Great Lakes• Many dry hours expected between rounds• Heat index near 95-100°F near/south of I-80━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━SUNDAY JULY 5━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• HWO: Limited Thunderstorm Risk — no elevated severe parameters• Drier, somewhat cooler conditions expected by mid-week━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━KEY TECHNICAL TERMS EXPLAINED━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• PWAT (Precipitable Water): Total atmospheric moisture column — high values = heavy rain potential• DCAPE (Downward CAPE): Energy available for damaging downdrafts — >1,000 J/kg = significant• Wet Microburst: Downburst driven by precipitation weight + evaporation — 60+ mph surface gusts possible• MCS (Mesoscale Convective System): Large organized cluster of thunderstorms• Outflow Boundary: Gust front of cold air pushed ahead of storm clusters• Training Convection: Multiple cells repeatedly crossing same area — flash flood setup• HREF: High Resolution Ensemble Forecast — blended high-res model output• Shortwave: Ripple of energy rotating through the jet stream that triggers convection• Zonal Flow: Jet stream flowing straight west-to-east, embedding smaller shortwavesSources: NWS Chicago (weather.gov/chicago) | Storm Prediction Center (spc.noaa.gov)Morning forecasts at 7 AM every day on Spreaker. Historical weather deep-dives every Tuesday and Thursday.$5/month supports this broadcast — spreaker.com/podcast/weather-with-enthusiasm--4911017/support#Chicago #SevereWeather #Thunderstorms #NWS #SPC #WeatherWithEnthusiasm #July4th #StormAlertWeather with Enthusiasm is produced by Kol Simcha Productions.New episodes drop daily (B'N)— a morning forecast at 7 AM and historical deep dives Tuesdays and Thursdays. Contact: [email protected] content is thoroughly researched and factually verified. After it has been factually verified it often will say so in the description. Should you find any mistakes, please email [email protected] so we can look into it and correct it. Not affiliated with any government agency or academic institution. Presented for educational and entertainment purposes — with meaning.Support the show — exclusive bonus episodes available to subscribers for just $2/month at spreaker.com/organization/kol-simcha

Morning Briefing — Friday, July 3, 2026West Rogers Park, Chicago (ZIP 60645)Weather With Enthusiasm📅 Hebrew Date: 18 Tamuz 5786 | Erev Shabbos Parashat Pinchas🕍 PARSHAParashat Pinchas — Numbers 25:10–30:1Pinchas ben Elazar ben Aharon HaKohen is rewarded with the Covenant of Peace for his zealotry on behalf of Hashem. The parsha includes the second census of Bnei Yisrael, the petition of the daughters of Zelophchad, the appointment of Yehoshua as Moshe's successor, and the laws of the Musaf offerings.🕯️ ZMANIM — West Rogers Park, Chicago (60645)Alos HaShachar: 3:27 AMEarliest Talis & Tefillin: 4:05 AMNetz HaChama (Sunrise): 5:20 AMLatest Krias Shma (GRA): 9:07 AMLatest Tefila (GRA): 10:23 AMChatzos: 12:54 PMEarliest Mincha: 1:32 PMShkiah (Sunset): 8:29 PM🕯️ SHABBOS TIMESHadlakas Neiros (Candle Lighting): 8:09 PM CDT (20 min before Shkiah — Chicago minhag)Havdalah (Motzei Shabbos, Saturday July 4): 9:19 PM CDT (50 min after Shkiah — Chicago minhag)🌤️ WEATHER SUMMARYHot, humid, and stormy on this pre-July 4th Friday. Heat Advisory in effect south of I-80 with heat indices reaching ~100°F. The Chicago metro area faces two storm windows: the first arriving late morning to early afternoon (11 AM–3 PM), with damaging wind potentialBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/weather-with-enthusiasm--4911017/support.Weather with Enthusiasm is produced by Kol Simcha Productions.New episodes drop daily (B'N)— a morning forecast at 7 AM and historical deep dives Tuesdays and Thursdays. Contact: [email protected] content is thoroughly researched and factually verified. After it has been factually verified it often will say so in the description. Should you find any mistakes, please email [email protected] so we can look into it and correct it. Not affiliated with any government agency or academic institution. Presented for educational and entertainment purposes — with meaning.Support the show — exclusive bonus episodes available to subscribers for just $2/month at spreaker.com/organization/kol-simcha

Chicago Weather Deep Dive — Heat Dome vs. Thunderstorm SeasonWeek of July 5–11, 2026 | Weather With Enthusiasm🌡️ WHAT JUST HAPPENED: THE HEAT DOME RECAPFrom June 29 through July 4, a powerful upper-level ridge of high pressure locked over the central and eastern US, producing Chicago's most significant heat event in years. Five consecutive days with highs in the low-to-mid 90s. Dew points reached 74–76°F — what NWS meteorologist Brett Borchardt called "air you can wear." Heat index values hit 100–108°F. Overnight lows stayed near 80°F in the city — the most dangerous aspect, preventing the body from recovering from daytime heat stress. Extreme Heat Warnings were in effect for multiple consecutive days.🌩️ WHAT BROKE THE HEATUpper-level short-wave troughs (dips in the jet stream) eroded the ridge late in the week. July 4 storms were organized around a Mesoscale Convective Vortex (MCV) — a spinning mid-level circulation leftover from overnight storm clusters. Precipitable water (PWAT) approached 2" (exceptionally high for Chicago). MUCAPE reached ~3,000 J/kg (extreme instability). Rain rates exceeded 2–4"/hr. Flash flooding across Kane, DuPage, Cook, Will, and Lake (IN) counties.📋 NWS CHICAGO AFD — KEY TAKEAWAYSSource: NWS Chicago/Romeoville AFD issued 6:45 PM CDT Sat Jul 4 2026 — Forecasters Borchardt & Yack☀️ WEEK AHEAD FORECAST• Sunday July 5: Isolated storms south of I-80, far less coverage. Highs upper 70s–low 80s. Moderate swim risk (2–4 ft lake waves).• Monday July 6: Mostly dry, high pressure building. Highs low-to-mid 80s. Very pleasant.• Tuesday July 7: Dry and warmer, mid-to-upper 80s. Southerly winds increase moisture.• Wednesday July 8: WATCH THIS DAY — increasing instability, storm chances return. Highs upper 80s to near 90.• Thursday July 9 – Friday July 10: More active pattern, storm chances increase. West-southwest flow returns. Upper 80s to near 90.🔥 HEAT DOME QUESTION: Will it return?Not in its extreme form next week. The pattern is rebuilding toward above-normal warmth with moisture return, but current guidance does not support a repeat of the extreme heat index values of late June/early July. The brief quiet window Sun–Tue is your best weather of the next 10 days. Temperatures return to upper 80s–low 90s by Wed–Fri with storm chances — not record-breaking heat, but still above normal with humidity.🏙️ LAKE MICHIGAN'S ROLEWith onshore northeast winds this weekend, lakefront neighborhoods will be 8–12°F cooler than inland areas at peak afternoon heating. If you can get to the lakefront Mon–Tue, those are the most comfortable days in the metro.🌡️ CLIMATE CONTEXTChicago's urban heat island effect amplifies heat waves — concrete, asphalt, and steel absorb solar radiation and re-radiate it overnight, preventing rural-style cooling. The 1995 Chicago heat wave (700+ deaths) occurred under similar pattern conditions. The city's cooling center network, check-in systems, and emergency protocols have expanded significantly since 1995 — but they only work when people use them.⚠️ SAFETY RESOURCES• NWS Chicago: weather.gov/chicago• NOAA Weather App: Free, includes Wireless Emergency Alerts• Cook County Cooling Centers: cookcountyil.gov• Signs of heat stroke: confusion, hot dry skin, no sweating — call 911 immediately---Morning forecasts every day at 7 AM on Spreaker, plus a historical weather deep-dive every Tuesday and Thursday at 7 AM CDT. Support the show: $5/month.#Chicago #weather #heatdome #NWS #thunderstorm #forecast #WeatherWithEnthusiasm #ChicagoWeather #severeweather #heatwaveBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/weather-with-enthusiasm--4911017/support.Weather with Enthusiasm is produced by Kol Simcha Productions.New episodes drop daily (B'N)— a morning forecast at 7 AM and historical deep dives Tuesdays and Thursdays. Contact: [email protected] content is thoroughly researched and factually verified. After it has been factually verified it often will say so in the description. Should you find any mistakes, please email [email protected] so we can look into it and correct it. Not affiliated with any government agency or academic institution. Presented for educational and entertainment purposes — with meaning.Support the show — exclusive bonus episodes available to subscribers for just $2/month at spreaker.com/organization/kol-simcha

Morning Briefing — Sunday, July 5, 2026West Rogers Park, Chicago (ZIP 60645)Weather With Enthusiasm📅 Hebrew Date: 20 Tamuz 5786 | Week of Parashat Matot-Masei🕍 PARSHAWeek of Parashat Matot-Masei — read next Shabbos, July 11, 2026Parashat Matot: Laws of oaths and vowsBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/weather-with-enthusiasm--4911017/support.Weather with Enthusiasm is produced by Kol Simcha Productions.New episodes drop daily (B'N)— a morning forecast at 7 AM and historical deep dives Tuesdays and Thursdays. Contact: [email protected] content is thoroughly researched and factually verified. After it has been factually verified it often will say so in the description. Should you find any mistakes, please email [email protected] so we can look into it and correct it. Not affiliated with any government agency or academic institution. Presented for educational and entertainment purposes — with meaning.Support the show — exclusive bonus episodes available to subscribers for just $2/month at spreaker.com/organization/kol-simcha

Morning Briefing — Sunday, July 5, 2026 | West Rogers Park, ChicagoZmanim, NWS Chicago, Chicago Dogs Game & More=== HEBREW DATE & PARSHA ===20 Tamuz 5786 | Week of Parashat Pinchas=== TODAY'S ZMANIM (ZIP 60645) ===Alos HaShachar: 3:29 AMEarliest Talis & Tefillin: 4:07 AMNetz HaChama (Sunrise): 5:21 AMLatest Krias Shma: 9:08 AMLatest Tefila: 10:24 AMChatzos: 12:55 PMEarliest Mincha: 1:33 PMShkiah (Sunset): 8:29 PM=== WEATHER SUMMARY ===NWS Chicago AFD issued 7:02 AM CDT, forecaster Yack.Foggy, murky startBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/weather-with-enthusiasm--4911017/support.Weather with Enthusiasm is produced by Kol Simcha Productions.New episodes drop daily (B'N)— a morning forecast at 7 AM and historical deep dives Tuesdays and Thursdays. Contact: [email protected] content is thoroughly researched and factually verified. After it has been factually verified it often will say so in the description. Should you find any mistakes, please email [email protected] so we can look into it and correct it. Not affiliated with any government agency or academic institution. Presented for educational and entertainment purposes — with meaning.Support the show — exclusive bonus episodes available to subscribers for just $2/month at spreaker.com/organization/kol-simcha

Game Day Weather: Impact Field, Rosemont, ILChicago Dogs vs. Winnipeg Goldeyes — Sunday, July 5, 2026 | First Pitch 3:00 PM CDTA complete meteorological breakdown of weather conditions for today's game.=== THE STADIUM ===Impact Field | 9850 Balmoral Ave, Rosemont, IL 60018Coordinates: 41.983°N, 87.874°W | ~12 miles NW of downtown Chicago=== WEATHER SUMMARY ===NWS Chicago AFD issued 12:23 PM CDT, forecaster Yack.Pattern: Baggy shortwave trough over western Great Lakes. Broad surface low over southern Lake Michigan. Very saturated low levels — dew points near 68°F (tropical threshold). IFR fog and low stratus through midday.KEY FINDING FOR ROSEMONT: Primary storm axis is near/south of the Kankakee River Valley (30-40% chance), and as a precaution north to I-80 (20-25%). Rosemont sits 20+ miles north of I-80 — in the favored DRY zone.At First Pitch (3 PM CDT):- Temperature: ~75-78°F- Dew Point: ~68°F (humid but comfortable with lake breeze)- Sky: Mostly cloudy- Wind: NNE 10-15 mph gusts to 20 mph- Precipitation Probability (Rosemont): ~20%- Severe Threat: Virtually ZERO (limited wind shear, weak instability)=== NWS TERMS EXPLAINED IN THIS EPISODE ===- Baggy shortwave trough: Diffuse, spread-out dip in the jet stream — not a focused punch- Shortwave trough: Small-scale dip in the jet stream driving rising air and weather- Surface low: Low pressure at ground level drawing air inward and upward- Very saturated low levels: Air near the surface is soaked with moisture (dew point 68°F)- Wind shear: How wind speed/direction changes with altitude — limited today = brief pulse storms only- Instability: Atmospheric fuel for thunderstorm updrafts — much weaker than heat dome days- GFS, NAM, HREF, NBM: Weather models used to generate forecast guidance- Ensemble spread: Range of solutions across multiple model runs=== IMPACT FIELD DRAINAGE — THE SECRET WEAPON ===Built in 2018 with one of the best drainage systems in minor league baseball.Can absorb 1 inch of rain (64,000 gallons) and return to playable condition in 20-25 minutes.Source: Daily Herald, 2017 pre-opening report.=== RAIN-OUT CRITERIA (American Association / Impact Field) ===Per Chicago Dogs official policy: Games will NOT be postponed before start time except in extreme circumstances.American Association umpires determine delays/postponements once game begins.Actual stoppage triggers: Standing water ≥1/4 inch in batter's box/pitcher's rubber zone, field saturation preventing cleat grip, visibility below 500 feet, OR lightning within 8 miles.Official game: 5 innings completed (4.5 if home team leads).No game: Fewer than 5 innings, cannot resume — must be replayed.=== VERDICT ===Rain-out probability at Impact Field: LOW.- Rosemont is 20+ miles north of the primary storm zone- Severe threat: Virtually zero- ~20% POP in the NWS hourly forecast (8 in 10 scenarios = no rain during game)- If a brief shower does clip the stadium, drainage allows resumption in ~25 min- Lightning within 8 miles is the most likely cause of any delay — and the storm track argues against itRECOMMENDATION: Go to the game. Bring a light rain jacket. Bring sunscreen. Wear comfortable shoes.=== SOURCES ===- NWS Chicago AFD: https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=LOT&issuedby=LOT&product=AFD- NWS Hourly Forecast (Rosemont): https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=Rosemont&state=IL&site=LOT&textField1=41.9836&textField2=-87.8742&FcstType=digital- Chicago Dogs Rain Policy: https://thechicagodogs.com/explore-impact/policies/- Impact Field Drainage: Daily Herald, September 2017- CBS Chicago morning forecast: https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-weather-first-alert-weather/Tags: weather, Chicago Dogs, Impact Field, Rosemont, game day forecast, rain delay, baseball weather, NWS ChicagoBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/weather-with-enthusiasm--4911017/support.Weather with Enthusiasm is produced by Kol Simcha Productions.New episodes drop daily (B'N)— a morning forecast at 7 AM and historical deep dives Tuesdays and Thursdays. Contact: [email protected] content is thoroughly researched and factually verified. After it has been factually verified it often will say so in the description. Should you find any mistakes, please email [email protected] so we can look into it and correct it. Not affiliated with any government agency or academic institution. Presented for educational and entertainment purposes — with meaning.Support the show — exclusive bonus episodes available to subscribers for just $2/month at spreaker.com/organization/kol-simcha

Sunny. No Rain. Game Delayed.The Field Science Behind the Delay at Impact Field — Chicago Dogs vs. Winnipeg Goldeyes, July 5, 2026It's sunny. The radar is clean. Not a drop of rain is falling. And the game is delayed 1 hour 45 minutes.Here's why — and why the history of this land made it almost inevitable.=== WHAT HAPPENED ===The Chicago Dogs owner addressed fans, offered refunds to everyone staying and free future tickets to anyone who left. Fans played catch on the field while the grounds crew applied calcined clay conditioner to firm up the surface. New first pitch: 4:45 PM CDT.=== THE RAINFALL DISCREPANCY ===Owner cited ~6 inches. Official NWS O'Hare CF6 record shows:- July 2: 1.64"- July 3: 1.71"- July 4 storm: ~3" at O'Hare per MWRD/NWS (after morning obs cutoff)- Month-to-date through July 4: 3.53" officialMWRD confirmed the McCook TARP system (Cook County flood control) filled 6 times this year — more than the prior 5 years combined.Local field-level measurements at Impact Field, a low-lying site, likely exceeded the airport gauge. The real total near the stadium: 3.5–6 inches over several days.=== WHY THE DRAINAGE SYSTEM WASN'T ENOUGH ===Roger Bossard's celebrated drainage system handles 1 inch / 64,000 gallons on the playing surface in 20–25 minutes — from an acute single event. When the soil column is cumulatively saturated over multiple days, it reaches "field capacity" — gravity drainage stops, the subbase has no remaining capacity, and the surface loses structural support from below. The top layer looks dry. The field is sunny. But the turf will slide and give way under lateral force, creating serious injury risk.=== THE CONDITIONER ===Calcined clay (Turface MVP or Diamond Dry) — kiln-fired at ~1800°F, becomes highly porous and absorbs surface moisture rapidly. Addresses the top 2–3 inches only. Under a lake breeze, firms the surface in 45–90 minutes.=== ROSEMONT'S FLOODING HISTORY ===The Village of Rosemont incorporated in 1956 partly to address flooding. Willow Creek flooded so regularly that rowboats were a household necessity. First village president Donald Stephens made correcting flooding a founding mission. The Impact Field site sits on that same low-lying Chicago lake plain between I-294 and O'Hare.=== 2018 FLOODING AT IMPACT FIELD ===September 3, 2018 — the first season. 2.5 inches fell in 25 minutes. Fans were evacuated. Documented by Live Storms Media: "Insane CG barrage and flooding at Impact Field." This is why Bossard built what he built.=== CURRENT WEATHER (as of ~3 PM CDT) ===NWS AFD issued 1:52 PM CDT by forecaster Doom: "Latest satellite trends show no distinct signs of new development anywhere around the area — confidence to there being little to no impacts north of I-80." HRRR, GFS, ECMWF all show dry conditions at Rosemont through the evening. The 4:45 PM game should be played in sunshine.=== SOURCES ===- NWS O'Hare CF6: https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=LOT&issuedby=ORD&product=CF6- MWRD TARP storm update July 4: https://mwrd.org/news/1030-am-storm-update-mwrds-tarp-systems-manages-heavy-rainfall- NWS Chicago AFD: https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=LOT&issuedby=LOT&product=AFD- Rosemont history / Willow Creek flooding: Encyclopedia of Chicago- 2018 Impact Field flooding: Live Storms Media (YouTube, Sept 3 2018)Tags: weather, Chicago Dogs, Impact Field, Rosemont, rain delay, baseball, field science, soil saturation, groundskeeping, calcined clay, Turface, NWS Chicago, flooding, Chicago historyBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/weather-with-enthusiasm--4911017/support.Weather with Enthusiasm is produced by Kol Simcha Productions.New episodes drop daily (B'N)— a morning forecast at 7 AM and historical deep dives Tuesdays and Thursdays. Contact: [email protected] content is thoroughly researched and factually verified. After it has been factually verified it often will say so in the description. Should you find any mistakes, please email [email protected] so we can look into it and correct it. Not affiliated with any government agency or academic institution. Presented for educational and entertainment purposes — with meaning.Support the show — exclusive bonus episodes available to subscribers for just $2/month at spreaker.com/organization/kol-simcha

Impact Field: Field Science — Shawn Hunter, The Man, The Drainage System, The DecisionEpisode 3 | Weather With Enthusiasm | July 5, 2026It's 4:04 PM at Impact Field in Rosemont, Illinois. The sun is out. Not a cloud in the sky. And the game has been delayed nearly two hours. This episode explains why — and why that's actually a testament to smart engineering and even smarter leadership.WHAT YOU'LL HEAR IN THIS EPISODE:🏟️ WHY THE OUTFIELD IS SAFE (BUT THE INFIELD ISN'T)The outfield grass is structurally sound — turf traction holds even when wet. The infield skinned dirt is a different story: clay-heavy soil loses its structural integrity when saturated from below. Cleats punch through. Players fall. That's why kids are freely playing catch in the outfield while the infield crew is working overtime.🔧 THE 5-STEP CONDITIONING PROCESSWhat you're watching on the infield right now:1. Leaf blowers blast surface water away2. Rake and drag open the surface3. Calcined clay broadcast across the dirt4. Work the clay into the surface5. Tamp and test firmness — repeat until safe💧 CALCINED CLAY: THE SCIENCECalcined clay is kiln-fired at 1,200–1,400°F (per Turface specifications — not 1,800°F as sometimes misreported). The firing creates 74% pore space. That pore structure pulls moisture from the surface, firms the top layer, and gives cleats something to grip. Under good conditions: 45–90 minutes to effectiveness.🚰 THE 16,000 GPM PUMP STATIONMetropolitan Industries installed a 4-pump submersible system with 12-inch discharge piping and an emergency generator. It was spec'd for this specific site because Rosemont has a flood history going back to the village's founding in 1956 — when Willow Creek flooded so badly that rowboats were a household necessity. The pump station moves 16,000 gallons per minute. It's been running.🌧️ ROSEMONT'S FLOOD HISTORYIncorporated 1956. Village's own Instagram: "From a tiny flood-plagued corner of Cook County..." September 3, 2018 — Impact Field's first season — 2.5 inches fell in 25 minutes. Fans were evacuated. The field flooded. The drainage system spec (1 inch per 25 minutes handling capacity) was designed by Roger Bossard BEFORE that game, not after.📊 HOW MUCH RAIN FELLOfficial O'Hare (KORD) data: July 2: 1.64", July 3: 1.71", July 4 storm event: approximately 3". Month-to-date through July 4: 3.53" at O'Hare. Field-level in Rosemont likely 3.5–6" given localized storm cells.🌤️ THE RAIN FORECAST FOR THIS AFTERNOONNWS Chicago AFD (issued 1:52 PM CDT, forecaster Doom): "Isolated thunderstorm can't be ruled out north of I-80, but odds best prior to 3–4 PM... latest satellite trends show no distinct signs of new development." It is now past 4 PM. The window has closed. HRRR (High-Resolution Rapid Refresh, 3km model) shows dry through the evening. GFS and ECMWF agree. Rain probability: single digits. The sky is clear.🌟 SHAWN HUNTER — THE OWNERShawn Hunter (S-H-A-W-N H-U-N-T-E-R) is the founder, CEO, and majority owner of the Chicago Dogs. Before baseball, he was President of the NHL's Phoenix Coyotes and EVP of the Colorado Avalanche and Denver Nuggets. He's the man who closed the David Beckham-to-LA Galaxy deal. Today, he got on the mic himself. He offered every fan a full refund. He opened the field. He put safety first. That's not a business decision — that's a philosophy.WEATHER DATA SOURCES:- NWS Chicago Area Forecast Discussion (LOT): https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=LOT- HRRR model guidance via Windy.com- MWRD rainfall data- Turface/Profile Products calcined clay specifications- Metropolitan Industries pump station documentationNew episodes every morning at 7 AM on Spreaker, plus historical weather deep-dives every Tuesday and Thursday at 7 AM CDT.Support the show: $5/month keeps Weather With Enthusiasm on the air.Tags: weather, baseball, Impact Field, Chicago Dogs, Shawn Hunter, Rosemont, drainage, field science, NWS Chicago, HRRR, calcined clay, flood historyBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/weather-with-enthusiasm--4911017/support.Weather with Enthusiasm is produced by Kol Simcha Productions.New episodes drop daily (B'N)— a morning forecast at 7 AM and historical deep dives Tuesdays and Thursdays. Contact: [email protected] content is thoroughly researched and factually verified. After it has been factually verified it often will say so in the description. Should you find any mistakes, please email [email protected] so we can look into it and correct it. Not affiliated with any government agency or academic institution. Presented for educational and entertainment purposes — with meaning.Support the show — exclusive bonus episodes available to subscribers for just $2/month at spreaker.com/organization/kol-simcha

When the Sun Lies: Shawn Hunter and the Decision That Put Players FirstEpisode 4 | Weather With Enthusiasm | July 5, 2026The sky was blue. The radar was empty. Not a cloud in sight. And Impact Field's July 5th game was canceled anyway.This is the story of antecedent soil moisture, the limits of engineering, and one owner who chose safety over revenue — twice in the same afternoon.WHAT HAPPENED:The Chicago Dogs vs. Winnipeg Goldeyes game, scheduled for 3:00 PM with a delayed start of 4:45 PM, was ultimately canceled at 5:15 PM. The infield was deemed unplayable despite completely clear skies. The only puddle in the entire stadium was the one two-year-old Mookie created when he spilled his water cup.THE SCIENCE — ANTECEDENT SOIL MOISTURE:The U.S. Soil Conservation Service defines three antecedent moisture conditions:- Condition I: Dry (wilting point) — soil absorbs rain aggressively- Condition II: Average — normal after several dry days- Condition III: Wet (field capacity) — soil profile is fullBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/weather-with-enthusiasm--4911017/support.Weather with Enthusiasm is produced by Kol Simcha Productions.New episodes drop daily (B'N)— a morning forecast at 7 AM and historical deep dives Tuesdays and Thursdays. Contact: [email protected] content is thoroughly researched and factually verified. After it has been factually verified it often will say so in the description. Should you find any mistakes, please email [email protected] so we can look into it and correct it. Not affiliated with any government agency or academic institution. Presented for educational and entertainment purposes — with meaning.Support the show — exclusive bonus episodes available to subscribers for just $2/month at spreaker.com/organization/kol-simcha