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It would be cool if we could eek out at least a fun model watching sesh for mid next week

Easily loudest lightning strike of the year just a few seconds ago. Lit up the inside of my kitchen, definitely in the forest preserve that's like a quarter mile away.

Anyone want to bet with me that Chicago will receive its first 2in+ snowfall before the end of November

He says first snow will be December fifth, let's see how that pans out

Sky is incredibly clear tonight, kinda cool

A snowstorm in winter or something out of season? If it's the latter, early or late? Definitely in-season. Every time someone brings up sun angle it ruins half the fun. Wet snow, dry/fluffy snow, or something in between? Big, wet flakes to start out with and then a rapid change to the highest ratio possible. Light/calm winds, or windy conditions while it's snowing? The more exciting the atmosphere the better. Immediate plus points if you can hear the wind howling. Continuous snow, or do lulls not matter as long as amounts end up as expected? No lulls. Like sun angle talk or poor ratios, lulls signify wasted potential (Even if these points aren't always detractors, it feels that way in my inner weenie heart). 12" in 12 hours, or 18" occurring over 36 hours? Don't want to contradict myself, but 18" over 36 hours is just more visually impactful even if the snow falls slower Bitter temperatures, or just cold enough to stick well during the storm? Make it bitter cold towards the end. Paralyze the area. Make it feel special. Storms on holidays/your birthday/some other meaningful day, or are dates irrelevant? Any time it gives me a day (or two or five) off of work is preferred. Mega bonus points for any snow between the week before Christmas through New Year's. Birthday (Feb 11th) isn't bad either and has a much higher chance of happening of late but I'd actually kill for a snowy holiday season.

No shit, that's interesting as hell! Thanks so much

Saw something really weird just a few minutes ago on a dog walk. It looked like a bunch of stars moving in a single line at a very quick pace, like several times faster than planes seem to travel in the sky. They were all very faintly connected by an extremely thin white line. Was only visible for a few seconds before vanishing behind nearby showers. Any ideas? Debris entering the atmosphere or something?

Tons of mammatus over the last hour. Would be nice if we could thieve away a storm over here.

I'd play but I haven't the foggiest how football -let alone ff- works. If you guys could teach me I'd be very interested but I also don't want to be a pain

Lightning show already getting started here

Hands down never had a worse storm here in my recollection. The wind is so loud it's insane.

So what ended up happening?

Some poor farmer is getting hit by like three or four severe thunderstorms in a row in the span of a couple hours. Not sure I've ever seen something like that before

Very nice roll cloud looking thingy going on south of Plainfield

You guys got your slight risk

Yeah fair. I'm probably head back east a little

Really unsure which cell to bank on for now

Chilling at starved rock now, getting ready to get on the road again

Yeah 39 looks really appealing. Thanks for the confidence boost

LaSalle still sounding good to everyone?

LaSalle it is. Thank you both

If you had to choose, where would you start the day off? I'm probably gonna head east south eastish from Aurora and keep on my toes. Figure I'm only gonna get one shot, maybe two so

Eager to get a mini chase in today. Not quite sure where to position myself yet but hopefully I'll have a better idea in a couple hours.

Rain snow mix with 50+ mph winds here. Fun stuff