hardypalmguy

2 hours ago, Baum said:

unfortunately, even if you were spot on you'd be looking at 90 more days of what you're looking at this morning...fog,drizzle, and 35. Enjoy.

March will bring teaser days at least in the 60s.  So 60 days to go.

30 minutes ago, OrdIowPitMsp said:

It won’t stop puking snow in Minneapolis. 
 

6” at the midnight observation. Probably an additional 3-4” since then, roads are a complete mess. Trees are bending under the weight of all the snow and we’ve smashed past 40” on the year in the first week of January. 

Great news.  Keep it up there.  Ground is bare near MKE.

12 hours ago, Chicago Storm said:

Will have more info in the usual post in a few days, but current mid-month (11-20th) outlook: Move along.

Move along to summer?  Okie dokie.

Beavis complaining during the winter months; a tradition unlike any other. 
 
but for real, extended is hot garbage 

70 and sunny here in Charleston. Palm trees lookin' good.

Look. Let’s face the facts. January is looking like a write off for anything winter worthy. Let’s hope February comes through for the snow weenies but maybe it’s time to embrace full spring mode already?

December finished -1.4 at ORD.

No hope until maybe end of month. And that’s just a maybe. Ride the torch.

I’ve been quietly watching the system coming up early next week. The metro has been riding the line between cold rain (GFS) and warning criteria snows (Euro) MSP pulled the trigger on a WSW today for 3-7”.

Personally I think there’s a big divide per usual between northern and southern ends of the metro with 3” south and 6-8”+ north. Been fun to track but wish there was more potential across the subforum to aid the discussion. 

Mid January thru February is our new golden period.

According to Cromartie milwaukee is now DC. I guess DC better get ready for its cold records to fall like dominoes. 

CPC stuck a fork in January.

You and Beavis are at 2 ends of the spectrum.  He's Mr. Freeze and you're the Human Torch lol. 

Here's a pathetic, beavis-rant inducing type of stat.  With 3.2" of snow this month, it is actually the snowiest December at ORD since 2017.  It also snaps a record long streak of 4 consecutive Decembers of under 3"
December hasn't been a dry month in Chicago... just have not lined up the moisture with the cold very well.

 No, it's not normal. It's no more normal than -7ﾟ was a week ago. I'm just trying to figure out how one can have a negative temperature departure on the month if the month has been an endless torch. 

60F in MKE. Still not a torch??

So is the upcoming torch the elephant in the room that no one's going to talk about?
I can see some concerns for flooding assuming streams/reservoirs/ponds etc got hard frozen over the last few days; then snow melt (in those areas that actually have a substantial amount on the ground) combined with rain upcoming.

Changing fast today. 57 is normal this time of the year.

Endless torch and a week of winter so far. Don’t see why that doesn’t continue. It’s like the reverse of summer 1992.

Well, our week of winter is over. Back to torch. Love it.

Meanwhile it’s 75 in Clearwater, FL and this is definitely palm weather.

Barely travelers advisory criteria.

Haven't had a chance to put out much in the way of thoughts regarding the final 1/3rd of December, but a quick glance at ENS guidance will tell you all you need to know...
We transition from current cold period, to a mix of cool/mild for next week, and likely into early January as well. If you're looking for a quality snow pattern, good luck...You'll need to bank on thread the needle opportunities, even into early January.

Wednesday Mostly cloudy, with a high near 36. Wednesday Night A chance of rain, snow, and freezing rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 29. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Thursday A 30 percent chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 42.

CAD life...

Dust Bowl incoming next summer