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  1. Chicago Storm
    Broke the record high max temp on Feb 26th and the record high min temp on Feb 27th. However, just barely missed the record high max temp on Feb 27th, the all-time record Feb high max temp, and the all-time record winter high max temp with a high of "only" 74° at ORD yesterday. Also, just missed the all-time record Feb high min temp with a low of "only" 52° at ORD yesterday.
  2. Chicago Storm
    it's been over. if OHweather or myself are not posting tl:dr posts about the long range, there's nothing to see for you winter loving people.
  3. Chicago Storm
    The line of severe t'storms that swept through the metro ended up producing a peak wind gust of 41MPH and 0.50" hail at ORD. It wasn't anything too exciting, but solid for February. The lightning/thunder production may have been the best I can remember in February.
  4. Chicago Storm
    That's part of why there is a risk today.
  5. Chicago Storm
    74° at ORD currently. Just shy of all of the records in play...
  6. Chicago Storm
    Wish I were able to be chasing today, but couldn't swing it at work. There two targets overall that I would have considered... •N Illinois near the SLP/CF/DL/WF intersection. However, it's unknown if this activity will be surface based or not. •I-80/southern Chicago suburbs down into E IL/IN. Dryline play for discrete supercells, should the cap erode.
  7. Chicago Storm
    I wasn’t talking about the threat, just that they didn’t mention that region.
  8. Chicago Storm
    They tend to do that at times, and there's no real rhyme or reason as to why.
  9. Chicago Storm
    It's more-so that the observation location was either by the lake or downtown.
  10. Chicago Storm
    Posted this in the Chicago record thread, but figured it was worth the cross-post here as well. All-time and daily record temperatures in jeopardy the next few days... •Winter all-time record max temp - 75° (2/27/1976) •February all-time record max temp - 75° (2/27/1976) •February all-time record min temp - 54° (2/8/1925) •Monday, Feb 26th Max Temp - 64° (2000) •Tuesday, Feb 27th Max Temp - 75° (1976) •Tuesday, Feb 27th Min Temp - 42° (1896)
  11. Chicago Storm
    All-time and daily record temperatures in jeopardy the next few days... •Winter all-time record max temp - 75° (2/27/1976) •February all-time record max temp - 75° (2/27/1976) •February all-time record min temp - 54° (2/8/1925) •Monday, Feb 26th Max Temp - 64° (2000) •Tuesday, Feb 27th Max Temp - 75° (1976) •Tuesday, Feb 27th Min Temp - 42° (1896)
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    The big dog one to watch... No chance at the warmest winter on record, but getting into the top 5 is certainly possible. Warmest Winter’s 1. 37.2° - 1877/88 2. 35.7° - 1931/32 3. 35.2° - 1879/80 4. 35.1° - 1881/82 5. 34.6° - 1889/90 6. 34.4° - 2023/24 (Thru 2/24) 7. 33.6° - 1875/76 8. 33.2° - 1997/98 9. 33.1° - 1918/19 10. 32.8° - 2011/12 10. 32.8° - 1920/21
  13. Chicago Storm
    There’s essentially no chance at a heat index that high, with relatively low dew points expected. (DP’s will be high by Feb standards, but low for getting a 90°+ HI.)
  14. Chicago Storm
    The 0.6” of snow at MLI on the month would tie for 7th least snowy.
  15. Chicago Storm
    With the 1.2” of snow at ORD on Friday evening, which is now the February monthly total, it ends the pursuit of a top 10 least snowy February.
  16. Chicago Storm
    Snowed for several hours at ORD on Friday evening, with a solid period of borderline SN and a burst of +SN. Final event snowfall total of 1.2” at ORD, 2.2” at MDW, and 1.0” at RFD. 2.0” at home.
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    wrong thread, guy.
  18. Chicago Storm
    greetings from the south end of the airport.
  19. Chicago Storm
    useless record ruining stat-padding snow tonight.
  20. Chicago Storm
    And just like that... We are not only out of the running for least snowy February on record, but we are out of the running for top 5 least snowy as well.
  21. Chicago Storm
    Running the numbers just roughly off of the NWS forecast (Likely underdone a bit early next week), we are in the running for the top 5 warmest, but not close to 1st. We would need temps to overperform their current forecast by quite a bit to make a run at the record warmest.
  22. Chicago Storm
    A tie for the least snowiest February is in serious jeopardy this evening/tonight. Luckily, I'm working...
  23. Chicago Storm
    Most of that is fake LES snow. The HRRR is still terrible in handling LES for some reason. It’s almost always significantly overdone.
  24. Chicago Storm
    The PDO does have an effect. However, one single factor does not dictate the outcome as a whole, multiple factors do.
  25. Chicago Storm
    I was out biking in the preserve across from home before work today and noticed several species of trees are budding...especially some types of maples. Came across one tree in particular that had moved past budding and was beginning to green out. Can't recall seeing that occur this early before, even in years with warmer February periods.
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