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I just drove from Sycamore to home. That band was intense.

School just "cancelled" for tomorrow (e-learning day)

This one can just fuck right off. I have an 11am flight out of O'Hare on Sunday morning.

Called it

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Now models are punting the chance of any real snow until mid February.  A few more punts are we'll be moving on to spring.

1 hour ago, cyclone77 said:

Kind of funny being under a flood watch on the last day of the month with <0.20" precip for the month till now lol.

0.19" so far for this event.  Heavy band starting to move in and stall.  Still looks like good shot at an inch plus.

EDIT:  Got excited, thought I heard thunder a sec ago, but looked out and realized it was just the garbage dude banging around out there lol.

The worst flooding I've ever had on my property was one of these mid-winter rains of only ~0.50". When those corn fields are frozen solid, there's nowhere for that rain to go and it accumulates FAST.

2 hours ago, hawkeye_wx said:

Now models are punting the chance of any real snow until mid February.  A few more punts are we'll be moving on to spring.

Prepare for a blizzard Feb 16-19. I am going to Tampa for work that week.

3 hours ago, A-L-E-K said:

p wild, our own weather has been so benign lately but it's only a matter of time before we time one of the cutoff qpf bombs

really an astonishing amount of water vapor put into the atmosphere in my lifetime

 

 

Namibia and Tanzania saying "Please?"

46 minutes ago, RCNYILWX said:

You got it, impressive! I had forgotten that one.

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Has there ever been a sub zero HIGH with zero snow depth?

5 minutes ago, Malacka11 said:

I'm struggling too believe me. But fr, we look good for at least the grass being covered for next week. And we also at least don't seem to be losing the signal for a shot or two later in the month 

Kick the football Chuck

1 minute ago, SchaumburgStormer said:

February will be rockin

We got our first "Better head to the basement" storm of 2024 in February.

16 minutes ago, largetornado said:

HRRR snow fall. Lol and the storm isnt even over in this run. 

LOL. 27.5" in Manhattan KS would be the end of the world.

Just spent 40 minutes in the basement...

Can anyone spot where the crude oil pipeline is? (sorry, phone had a hard time focusing due to a slight lack of contrast in the atmosphere today)

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

 

Maybe all the mosquitos will hatch early and then we get another cold snap to kill the bastards.

Just now, King James said:

Man imagine if we were just a little over 30 days away from a Morch? Let’s go!

Nine days away from Firebruary.

4 minutes ago, RCNYILWX said:

Throw in the SWE and the temperature of the snowpack going into a thaw. At mid day today, our snowpack had unusually high SWE (1.6" on 6-7" SD at LOT) and in general the temperature across the heart of it was quite cold due to extended cold stretch. Those factors initially make it more resilient, with a warmer snowpack going in more prone to "ripening" faster.

There's going to be steady melt but it appears that temps and dew points up in the metro and points west should stay low enough to prevent a nuking of the snowpack over the next several days. That is unless dew points trend higher absent insolation, as it does appear we should stay cloudy through the period.

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I was just outside walking the dog, and quite a bit of my snow has gone from the powder you would expect from the recent cold to packable and able to throw snowballs for the dog.

I had to clear the drifts from my driveway yesterday.

22 minutes ago, cyclone77 said:

80.5hrs, you added a day lol.  Didn't go below zero till Sat eve the 13th.  Very impressive nonetheless!

Correct, thanks. I hate constantly converting between F and C.

104.5 hours at or below zero at my station.

9:30pm on 2023-01-12 to 5:30am on 2023-01-17

A short video from my dash cam this afternoon as I drive around checking out the snowpack (I drive past @SchaumburgStormer old house @11:25).

16 minutes ago, frostfern said:

I don’t think interior BC gets 80 degree dewpoints though.  I have experienced some PNW heatwaves, and they can be very hot and also humid enough to be uncomfortable, but you never get that steamy tropical feel.  It also seems like the most extreme temperatures happen in localized downslope areas.  I noticed Olympia Washington hit 110 while Seattle only got to 101.  It has something to do with the terrain.  There are plenty of extreme places on earth, especially when you consider micro-climates, but the combo of tropical summers and brutal cold winters seems kinda unique to the Midwest US IMO.

Four of the top five are commonly referred to as "inhospitable". The fifth one is the great plains.

https://www.unmissabletrips.com/guides/12-places-on-earth-with-the-most-extreme-weather-conditions

53 minutes ago, frostfern said:

Its crazy to me that the same place that has triple digit hear and 80 degree dewpoints in July and August is this cold in the winter.  

My coworkers in Germany and UK are simply unable to comprehend the extremes of weather we get in the US.

19 minutes ago, Stevo6899 said:

So its gonna be dry all week while we have legit cold air in place, then it warms up, gets active and get rained on.

I'll take 35 and rain over this cold.

Rural DeKalb county is basically shut down today. Road crews can't keep up with the drifting. The cold is brutal.

6 minutes ago, bowtie&#x60; said:

Even this far south, KIND currently at -4F. Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. wind chill of -28, nice,not!

-14.6F here at my station. I hate this shit.