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Also what I've heard from Kankakee from my friends who chased there was that a lot of chasers got kinda caught out, large/giant hail was being flung around, and smashing cars, lot of damage in those neighborhoods

MDT set a record high today with 80.

This was the Toto/Knox IN tor-e, just a screenshot from a video but not great quality.

Damn, was headed that way but couldn't get in ahead of the cell so bailed south.

Snow possible on the back end on the models. Doesnt add up to anything but we know how these play out.

March 2015 had a solid anafrontal storm, around 4-8” as far as I remember.

Major damage in/near Lake Village IN with a report of 2 fatalities, multiple homes destroyed.

Winter is probably wrapped up by now in the lowlands, but it’s crazy to think that other years can bring a 1993 superstorm or March 1958 level HECS at this exact same time of the year. As for me my emotional investment in winter weather starts going down by mid March especially as we get spring weather, but I’ll still take a good snowstorm if it’s on the table.

Still 58!

Sounds like some damage in Knox but the EMA director didn’t sound too concerned. We also saw photos as it tracked south of South Bend but damage is relatively minor across the southern part of the county. Could have been much worse. We’ll see what daylight brings.

March 10th or June 10th?

I am seriously excited for when this all flips and we get cool and rainy in May and June. I’ll take 80s now, if it means I can trade them out for a cooler late spring and early summer. 80s now feels good compared to 80s in June and July with those crazy humidity levels. Don’t they call this Blackberry Spring or something? It’ll flip the other way in a few weeks, and it will be most welcome. .

If this pattern materializes in summer I’m worried the pavement will turn into molten magma

And you're way too hyperbolic--your sarcasm doesn't come across clearly on here. You have emotional sports takes on here sometimes so it can be hard to tell when you're serious and when you're not. And I'm not so sure...4 of the 10 players that have left went to play for Harbaugh, and we know Lindy left for a deal we would've been insane to make. As for the other 5...maybe. But will find out for sure tomorrow.

Our warm spring temperatures continued today, and the morning was starting off with crystal clear skies, so it was another good one to get out. My colleague Mark was in town for one more day of his work/ski trip, and in terms of our schedules, we both had enough time for a longer session on the mountain. He’s been wanting to get in a longer tour to learn the route that would bring him from Bolton Valley’s Nordic & Backcountry Network right up to the top of the Wilderness lift-served terrain, so that was the goal of today’s outing. We started off fairly early, around 8:30 A.M., so the snow was hard in many areas from the overnight freeze. But with the timing of the tour, we didn’t expect to be starting out first descent until mid-morning, and by that point the snow should have softened. Indeed, another round of temperature cycling has helped consolidate the snowpack further, and compared to yesterday, snow travel was easier to manage with the areas off the packed trails not quite as soft and bottomless. Our tour today took us up the Bryant Trail, past the Bryant Cabin and onto Birch Loop and Heavenly Highway. Since we were so close during part of our route, we took a few extra minutes and looped out onto Stowe View so that Mark could take in the scenery from that local apex of the trail network. We then connected to Paradise Pass to get us back to Heavenly Highway and reach the Wilderness lift-served terrain. We finished our ascent at the Wilderness Summit, then made a descent on Wilderness and finished off the day with a few Vista lift-served runs since Mark wanted to use up the free lift rides that came with his Bolton NBU season pass. With another round of consolidation, I’d say today’s on piste snow conditions were the best I’ve encountered this week at Bolton. We were also making our descents earlier today, so that played into getting firmer snow as well. There were still sticky areas of snow out there, and the usual springtime ski rules applied, with high-angle terrain and terrain with manmade snow offering some of the best turns. We skied runs on the steep slopes of Spillway and Hard Luck, and those offered far and way the best conditions – steep turns with great spring snow and nothing sticky to worry about. Even moderate angle terrain like Beech Seal was excellent as well though, so the spring conditions are clearly settling in better each day with consolidation and grooming. I did also spend about 45 minutes prepping my bases yesterday evening with multiple rounds of cleaning to get off the spring gunk that had accumulated from my previous sessions, then a coat of regular wax and a finishing coat of Zardos Base Boost™. That certainly helped on any stickier areas of snow, but on those steeper areas of good spring snow, you’d all set with whatever condition your base was in.

Asterisk because I think the snowfall total was a little inflated, but still very impressive.

You love it dry anyway.

I’m 37/33 with clear skies. Wondering if I can actually freeze up a little bit tonight?

I think this is more like 2015, just one month forward. February looks like it's going to be the last month of the cold pattern in the East, just as March 2015 was. I get the feeling that April will torch in the East, and finally see a cool down in the West, like May 2015. We never get a cold winter and cold spring in the same year anymore.

Man, Italy has to be wired after all the espressos they are drinking in the dugout after this USA debacle.

Line looks to be slowly strengthening as it crosses Lake Michigan

No sense breaking the 10 year streak now.

The rubber band had to snap back. I’ll take an early mid 80’s in March if it’s seasonable and below for met winter. That said, since some are grading winter here, I’d give it a C, but mainly because the last six or seven have been far less.

Yep. Looks about right.

Nobody knows what's happening. I love it.