Chicago Storm

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

beavis is thriving in his element right now

doubtful.

not enough snow-cover.

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

not our year lol

didn't have you turning into beavis on my bingo card.

it's here

the show had been over up here, but surprised to see the gfs clean house to this degree.

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

Where are all these homes?

i have beach-front property to sell you in idaho.

new/current home is in north aurora.

3 minutes ago, mimillman said:

That looks pretty epic tbf. Border counties have done better 

even portions of the metro too.

i'm closing in on 30" on the season at home. back at good ole ex-home, there's a few inches on the ground currently.

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

Tth

good times around here.

3 minutes ago, Stevo6899 said:

This has dtx issuing a wwa then upgrading to a warning after 5 inches is already on the ground written all over it.

would that make them inept?

4 minutes ago, Malacka11 said:

But is it just BSing or does it show what it does because it handles the features you were previously mentioning differently in a fashion that still remains remotely possible?

it's more phased and put together out west (compared to all other guidance), as ejection of the southern wave occurs.

likely classic nam shenanigans.

ngl, it would be nice to have one last amped nam run verify, before it's decommissioned (likely in march).

now is it's moment.

3 minutes ago, mimillman said:

Nah it’s fun watching N IL become South Dakota 

if only we had a good prairie dog population.

the funny thing is, re: all of the complaining locally about the current winter...

this is the coldest and snowiest winter we've had in years.

we've surpassed seasonal snowfall totals for the winters of 2024/25, 2023/24 and 2022/23 already, and it's only mid-january.

1 hour ago, Stebo said:

Unlike Joe, I do think Chicago cashes in, but more than like by means of lake effect.

the lake setup isn't all that impressive, tbh.

2 hours ago, Chicago916 said:

Was just thinking about all the budget cuts to the NOAA and how it impacts modeling. I wonder what verification scores are now vs previous years (winter and summer comparisons). Feels like modeling is pretty bad. 

it's not affecting things, contrary to what many thing.

2 hours ago, mimillman said:

These stat padders that vaporize in 2 hours are really not reflective of what has been complete sh*t since mid December 

sounds like you should move.

Dusted again as a result of the clipper last evening...

Final snowfall totals
0.8" - ORD
0.7" - RFD

…2025/26 Season Snowfall...
24.2" - ORD
23.9" - RFD

Show is over around here.

Really needed the northern stream waves and TPV arm in Central/Western Canada to be placed a bit further west.

So close, yet so far.

we were this close to a ghd 1 setup this weekend…

Just now, cyclone77 said:

Got a sneak peek of the new GFS with the included recon data.

 

it's been a while since we've seen one of these.

1/8SM +SN here at ORD currently.

Dusted once again, as the result of the fake-out clipper of yesterday evening through this morning...

Final snowfall totals
0.1" - ORD
0.8" - RFD

…2025/26 Season Snowfall...
23.4" - ORD
23.2" - RFD

12 minutes ago, hawkeye_wx said:

Wind is gusting to 60-70 mph in wc IA and ec NE.  DVN has issued a blizzard warning for my area.  I'm not sure we'll get enough snow to justify that.

they need to bring back blowing snow advisories.

the simplification movement to elimination those, and instead use a winter storm/blizzard warning or winter weather advisory, seems bad.

Odds are this still misses this area to the S/SE, given all that needs to come together alignment/phase wise to get it NW.

tell me what this looks like…