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Insert what if/too bad about it not being cold enough for frozen. Did end up getting a couple minutes of hail this morning though.

Snapped far too many pics on my iPhone. Haven't gone through most of them; attaching one of my favorites from early in the night. The show has basically been visible to the naked eye from just after sunset until now. Mostly diffused for sure, but had several long runs of vibrant colors bursting in the sky. In some ways, this event has eclipsed May from personal observations. (1) Was able to see sustained (to naked eye) curtain movement, (2) witnessed pulsating aurora overhead. The second bit tripped me out a bit & I thought my eyes were fooling me. It looked like electrical currents running the sky and at first reminded me of bioluminescent jellyfish. Has been widely reported, though, so I'm confident I haven't gone crazy. 10/10. And an unforgettable run so far this year with visible aurora. Can't recall any recent stretch where we've gotten so many great shows at this latitude. The only thing to beat/match is my OG memory of aurora as a kid sometime 2003/2004? Had the quintessential show that you see advertised in Alaska, Iceland, etc -- vibrant green curtains & coronas -- but in Northwest Indiana.

Had a pretty phenomenal show from ~9-9:30P CDT. Since then, most of the visible reds have been hanging out to the south. Looking north is just a diffused green glow that has been along for most of the event. (I also live in the sticks)

Getting some good pics & reports so far to the east!

Data looking very promising. Not long until darkness sets in!

Yep, now we wait to see how long the strongest storming lasts. May very well be on the decline once it reaches nighttime across CONUS. But maybe not!

For sure. At least this year has been pretty extraordinary from that perspective with several shots at Aurora & the eclipse.

Potential for more lights tomorrow night across the region, weather permitting!

Decent storming going on for a KP5. Low horizon glow locally, but seeing some reports from Southern WI that sound a bit more impressive. Not going to be anything like the May storm of course, but worth a peak outside if you're bored - or otherwise just generally interested. Edit: NVM - see that we reached KP7/G3. Quite a bit stronger than the original forecasts for tonight. Edit x2: Ended up lucking out and catching the strongest of the substorms this evening. They were quite brief but what a treat - show was visible to the naked eye.

Caught some brief reds on the horizon, but each spike in activity was short lived.

Fairly widespread tree damage across at least the northern portion of my county (Jasper). Lost a fairly mature tree in my own yard, but luckily didn’t hit the house or anything of consequence.

Tad above 3.5" so far & looking rather likely that we'll get into the 4-5" range total for Beryl. Anyone know when the last time tropical remnants laid down a similar amount of precipitation in the LOT area so early in the hurricane season?

Solid start with ~1” down so far this morning.

Top tier solar event for this latitude, for sure. Wild it comes so shortly on the heels of the eclipse. I’d suppose we’re rather lucky.

Caught the ole dipper in top left corner in this one.

Had low expectations due to the forecast for clouds. Very solid show so far.

10.7" for the '23-'24 season so far. 12.1" for '22'-'23. Assuming we don't get a silly late season thumper, will be 1st & 2nd worst seasons for snowfall locally since at least '05-'06.

HRRR trying to show additional initiation over next hour or two in E IL/W IN. We shall see. Holding out small hope for a stray boomer.

Wonder if locally this is the earliest 10% hatched tor outlook.

Locally, Feb 27th was the first day 1 SLGT for 2023. Not at all relevant, just found it somewhat interesting

Been snowing here for approx 2 hours, heavy for around an hour. No accumulation. Fine with that.

Looks like we’ll grab an inch or two tomorrow. With that we’ll be in striking distance of double digits. As much as I hate this winter, I’m all for whatever breaks the monotony. Futile records be damned. On the flip side, loving the warmth currently modeled. Happy to leave a s**t winter behind expeditiously.

Ready to torch into spring and get this s**t over with. Expectations were muted, but quite an accomplishment to (perhaps) come behind 22/23. Single event max at 2.4” and below double digits on the season. Lightning on the horizon last week got me excited. Let’s get on with some form of activity.

IMBY - 7.3” to date for 23/24 season vs 4.1” through Jan 19 for 22/23 season. Rather insignificant difference. However, will say that to date I’m a bit more “entertained” by this season. Tough/close breaks locally. But feel there has been a decent amount of opportunity to track, which is half of the fun of being an enthusiast.

Lake response already taking place. Band is going to be razor thin, at least initially. We’ll see how meso features evolve.