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[mention=13722]hardypalmguy[/mention]Mr. Radar leads me to believe there is a beautiful coating of white on the palms. Care to share a photo? 

Not surprisingly, these squalls are fairly convective…




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

very high end squall came through the office with a DAB down already

making a run at 1"+

You should later, when that lake enhanced pivot moves through. 

May see a corridor of 1-3" with it.

ORD on the board with 0.1” thus far today.

Already tied for the 2nd snowiest Halloween on record.


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13 hours ago, Baum said:

snow on Halloween is never a good sign longer term. 

There's really not a big correlation one way or the other...

...Chicago Halloween-Winter Snowfall Comparison Stats...

2019: 3.4" = Winter 2019/20: 34.8" (Neutral/El Nino)
2014: 0.1" - Winter 2014/15: 50.7" (El Nino)
1993: T - Winter 1993/94: 41.8" (Neutral)
1955: T - Winter 1955/56: 26.3" (La Nina)
1926: T - Winter 1926/27: 23.8"
1918: T - Winter 1918/19: 28.7"
1917: T - Winter 1917/18: 64.1"

The first real-deal flake potential of the season around here may be on the horizon for Halloween.

Guidance is in agreement as of now for a potent disturbance to move through, bringing a squally/showery set-up.

Topped out at 83° at ORD today, which tied the record high temperature for the date (1963).

Chicago/O'Hare had a high temperature of 83° today, which tied the record high temperature for the date of 83°, which was set in 1963.

Currently 81°/60° at ORD.

Welcome back, summer.


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Solid LER setup tonight, affecting Southeast Wisconsin, parts of Illinois, and Northwest Indiana.

One band makes it down to nearly the STL area.




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Growing palm trees in Wisconsin is actually pretty easy.  I've done it for over a decade.  And I had bare ground and green grass for almost the entire winter last year.

What do those go down to? I have a windmill palm and a few musa basjoo that Im going to leave out during this weather. 

Well tonight the coconut palm, spindle palm, foxtail palm and flamethrower palm get to be wheeled back into the greenhouse for the winter.  Was a good run for tropical palms as I never expect them to be outdoors much longer than September 10-15.

There's not a really good place to put this, so here will have to do.

Final 90°+ day stats for the area for 2023.

...2023 90°+ Day Tally...
21 - ORD
19 - MDW
15 - LOT
14 - DPA
14 - ARR
13 - RFD
13 - PWK
9 - UGN

On 9/28/2023 at 7:12 PM, luckyweather said:

Been missing your longer range thoughts recently. Come back to us. 

i'll be back more eventually.

have had a lot going on the past 6 months or so.

On 9/28/2023 at 3:57 PM, A-L-E-K said:

U seen my point, p chill

Ready for big totals this winter?

solid stretch we've been in for sure.

we'll see how things go with that latter part.

hi.

I wasn't around last week, so just catching up...

Topped out at 94 at ORD, 93 at MDW, and 92 at RFD on Sept 3rd.
Topped out at 94 at ORD, 93 at MDW, and 92 at RFD on Sept 4th.
Topped out at 94 at ORD and 92 at MDW on Sept 5th.

...2023 90°+ Day Tally...
21 - ORD
19 - MDW
15 - LOT
14 - DPA
14 - ARR
13 - RFD
13 - PWK
9 - UGN

No one can troll like Palm dude...

Figured I’d get this going now because Labor Day weekend looks outright hot which continues on into the first week of the month. Some all time temperature records for the month of September could fall if the GFS is right.
 

Topped out at 100 at ORD, 100 at MDW, and 97 at RFD today.

...2023 90°+ Day Tally...
18 - ORD
16 - MDW
12 - DPA
12 - ARR
12 - LOT
11 - RFD
10 - PWK
6 - UGN

Speaking of which, possible TDS near Northview, MI.

Just hit 100° at ORD.

First 100°+ day since 7/6/2012.


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ORD is now 99/79/118.

The heat index of 118° ties the highest on record, set on 7/13/1995.