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Wow, that'll be stunning one day. I long to have a forest for a backyard one day, though maintenance might be a lot. Trees are so crazy... how something half-buried by a few inches of snow today might be over a hundred feet tall in a couple decades

What kind of pine? Super cute

Idk I'd say between this weekend and the event that may or may not come after it, there's at least something to check in on once a day. The euro isn't great for sure, but at least it's moving in the direction of something that may possibly wet the grass. I know all of you guys out there who actually know what you're talking about are probably rolling your eyes -off the top of my head I know Chi Storms, Alek, etc. are all on the skepticism/bleh train- but at least the map isn't completely devoid of color up to the 200 hour mark (that time will come in January). Not to say every chance isn't going to keep evaporating like magic, because we all know they will, but it's better than nothingness to start.

Y'all enjoy this, radar really does look good.

I just want one damn clipper to ride this side of the lake

Honestly please keep posting as much as you can, it helps me get through the boring times and reminds me that I'm not the only goofball wasting away over little water crystals fluttering down from above.

Any idea what's up with the smoke around Tinley Park? It smells like shit and everything's hazy

It feels like the models are taking turns with supporting a storm (for better or for worse) ~180 hours out. Now the Euro is the closest thing to a hit again.

@Brian D Shit's still there on various models, what are your thoughts at this juncture?

Euro got the big bitch too fwiw

Looks like there could be a big lobe of cold air pushing through ~180 hours out. It'd be nice if something manages to interact with it in a meaningful capacity.

That second stat is seriously wild. Would love for something like that to happen during my lifetime

Snowing lightly now, perfect mood flake setting.

McLovin it. Nice way to start the season, if it comes back to bite our asses it'll be nice to do away with the "trends to shit every time" jokes.

GFS is a tiny bit better again.

I think Alek should be official 2021 spokesperson

I'm hoping the Euro jumps on board fairly soon. It has the system there, but its the tiniest little fart in the wind.

I'm sure something will slide on through, but it would be great if we could get a bit more consistency on a stronger solution going. Far as I can tell, it looks like the 48 hours beforehand may actually be at least partially around freezing, so that could help a little. Better than going straight from fifties to trying to snow. Guess we'll see.

Glad the clock got moved back for the sole reason of model runs releasing an hour earlier. Now I can view the Euro every night without compromising my beauty sleep.

I love how this storm just shits on the metro. My house would be one county away from 9-inch totals.

Glad we're able to get all of the useless fantasy weenie stuff out of the way early on, so we can keep things legit once winter really hits

Please, nobody shit down my trachea for mentioning something so far out, but there's some funny stuff happening on a lot of the models ~180 hours out. Just sayin'.

This storm did a remarkable job of changing the seasons officially

The biggest downside of today is that since I left Aurora consistently the entire time there has been cloud cover less than 100 ft from ground level. Closing ground on that one massive cell in Central Missouri. Figured I made it this far might as well send it

Please excuse any spelling mistakes I'm using voice to text. I'm only about half an hour away from the line which is why I'm worried about getting stuck behind it by accident. The two shows north of i-72 look fairly decent but there's some pretty big cells farther down the line as well so I could just engage those instead