King James

8 minutes ago, Chicago WX said:

 

This is great. Won’t get true big dog totals, but this event will help me raise my winter grade from a F to a D- 

Big gust of wind just rolled through here.

Piling up fast, couple more hours of this would be fun

Big old rumbles of thunder 

Legit some of the biggest flakes I’ve ever seen 

Fatties 

Starting to stick to the grass. Coming down pretty good 

Picking up here in eastern IKK, winds are picking up and some lazy flakes getting mixed in. Miserable outside 

39 minutes ago, Chicago WX said:

6z Euro went east too. Waving the white flag on this one. Good luck to the peeps in Indiana and Michigan. Hope it over performs. 

Nah. I know you’re west of me but outside has that feel. We’ll get some action today 

8 minutes ago, Lightning said:

The bust potential is huge for many!!

Feel like I have the greatest BOOM potential as well. Skilling is pretty bullish and that slug of moisture looks A+. Just got to get it to change over and keep pushing north 

Still don’t know what the expect here in IKK. Within the last couple hours LOT cut the totals back for me and WGN (my dude skillling) bumped the totals up for me. 2-12 inches I guess 

Just now, Baum said:

Historical knowledge says cancel at your own risk.

Been loving the energy you’re bringing to this thread

Chicago crew cancelling storms that just miss them is one of my favorite parts of this sub. 
 

8 minutes ago, Baum said:

memories of a march storm in the 1990's comes to mind. Call was for 1-2" on grassy areas. By mid day parachutes were falling with thunder and got about 6-8" in several hours. One of my favorite busts. Has all the earmarks. 

March 8th 1998? One of my favorite storms of all time. Went to bed with no snow, woke up with cement plastered everywhere. Was quite a sight and a lot of fun to play in 

15 minutes ago, Chicago WX said:

That’s f*cking brutal

Dude was catching up on this thread, saw that map, and was going to try and tag you to  say “brutal.”  Like ALEK says, it’s going to be a beautiful spring around here with the trees 

2 days out and every map you guys post looks wildly different. From a novice observer it seems the models get worse every year.  *Feels* like storms used to be nailed down much sooner even just 5 years ago 

15 minutes ago, Chicago WX said:

6z NAM is one for the books. 23" in 6 hours in Iowa. I mean, come on. 

We're still a ways away from verification, but a little credit to the GFS so far. It's been closer to what's being modeled than the other models. Certainly not perfect though. Euro has been junk again. From the southern outlier to now the northern one (sans the worthless NAM). Alas, I'm all set on cold rainers for awhile, so hoping for a whiff south at this point. Go Ukie and Canadian. 

Was hoping we could add on to our whopping 4 inch total for the season but looks like we may escape this winter with less than a half of foot total of snow. Spring can’t come soon enough 

I’m done with winter but one of my favorite snowstorms of all time went down March 8th, so I guess I’m in on this one. I’m south of Alek so should be good 

2 minutes ago, Hoosier said:

One of the ugliest wx days I can remember in a while.  Stuck at 34-35 degrees all afternoon with mod-hvy rain.  I'd take heavy snow in April over this any day.  Today is just nasty with no redeeming value since it's too warm for ice.

Just had a nice flash of lightning followed by a decent rumble. Usually stuff flying NE from me ends up your way. Spring isn’t far away brother and soon we jump ahead on the clocks. Home stretch 

9 minutes ago, A-L-E-K said:

when does the torch start?

Not soon enough. Bless these men in this thread still talking winter weather 

42 minutes ago, CheeselandSkies said:

Apparently no one's noticed because all anyone cares about is snow, but there's a marginal risk almost up to I-80 in IL today and another one tomorrow for most of IN/OH/far eastern IL and far S Lower MI. 5% wind contour both days.

Driving into work I was daydreaming about thunderstorms. I’m ready for the season 

9 hours ago, hardypalmguy said:

Lock in the torch. Feb is cooked and so is winter.

Fine by me. Nothing left to salvage anyway. Here is to hoping Morch is only 3 weeks away 

2 hours ago, Chicago WX said:

Ride it.

Canadians like that mini band too. Not happening, but would be quite the gift. 

Special weather statement suggest we may see a quick hitting inch+ over the course of 90 minutes. Better than nothing 

Say what you want but waking up to snow still falling just before sun up is the best time for snow. That feeling of running to the window to check and see how much we got  is still going strong after 38 years 

1 hour ago, Chicago WX said:

Bands doing work. 2.0" on the dot here so far. Pleasantly surprised. 

I was up at 245 with the dogs and already was coming down pretty good and the grass was covered. We did it!

“A localized "minima" in snow amounts and impacts may materialize between both bands near I-80 or the Kankakee River Valley.”

Will there be enough to cover the grass out this way? Hasn’t happened yet this winter. Heading into Feb and still haven’t been able to cover the leaves and grass.
 

Just one big prolonged November 

Going to WFH Wednesday and final call is 4.3inches here in the IKK