TheRegionRat

Thanks. I remember that 1983 spell quite well. It followed the El Nino driven Christmas of 1982. Every Christmas Eve we'd walk a few houses down for Wigilia(Polish Christmas Eve dinner). First time I can recall being flash frozen. I was 14.

I agree with this. This past set looked great on paper for a few hours. In retrospect a bit more snow would have been nice, but getting buried would have been even colder. A question for the sharpies. It was below zero all day December 23. How often does that happen at O'Hare? Seems somewhat rare.

I'm interested in the ratios now. Sounds like we won't be delivering beer on Friday.

With the weaker trend, are ratios greater than 10-1 on the table for parts of the sub-forum?

The LOT long term AFD is a rather enjoyable read.

Would that mean rain for areas along and south of I-80?

Are Blizzard conditions possible Thursday through Friday? I wonder if conditions will be bad enough that the state police prohibit travel?

January 13-14 1979. The Blizzard of 79 in Chicagoland. I was only 10, so memories are a bit fuzzy, but a few details are unforgettable. The hardships the storm created. We didn't have school for several days. Shoveling mountains of snow. We had to shovel the alley from the garage to the street. 175 linear feet. In many spots the drifts we're taller than me. The city cleared large areas of the park and massive dump trucks created a moonscape of towering snow hills. In the valleys created you had no horizon. In contrast, the 1999 snowstorm was a breeze. One of my brothers and I shoveled the alley in a few hours. I did it myself after the groundhog day storm. No machines, just a me and a shovel.

Felt a touch less humid this morning on my walk.

Second round of sirens.

Tornado warning here.

My least favorite as well. "Normal" weather is too warm for much snow and too cold for outdoor activity.

Very accurate map indeed. The little blue speck in far Northwest Indiana covers me, while it clearly puts everything south of say, Ridge Road over four inches. I work in Hammond, just north of 169th street, and there's a bit more snow here than at my house. The house is only three miles north of my workplace. Our delivery drivers said that yesterday there was noticeably more snow in Cedar Lake than Highland. We pulled all of our drivers off the streets that worked south of IN 231 yesterday at 1PM.

Got around 6-7 inches of snow. The winds have slackened off quite a bit. Upon further review, the call on the field has been revised. Around four inches of fresh snow fell. My enthusiasm was a bit robust this morning.

Is the gary station at the airport or the university?

The 06Z Euro continued to model the heaviest snows just south of Cook County.

GEFS ensemble mean remains bullish for both Lake Counties in the CWA and the space in between.

I'm taking these snowfall maps with enough grains of salt to clear a major thoroughfare. That said, they are fun to look at.

Well, that run of the NAM creates a three day weekend in this neck of the woods if taken verbatim.

A gentle band of lake effect is gracing itself over the house. It probably won't accumulate to much, but it's very soothing to the eye.

Is that what that is? Fire?

Quite a bit of snow here. Large drifts in some places. I'll guess at least 10 inches. Could be more. Grateful I have a very short commute home.

Hope it gets delayed for quite some time over my neck of the woods prior to moving into Illinois.

Maybe two inches of freshly fallen concrete here. Windier outside than I realized. Lots of weight on trees.

Hoosier, are you buying the totals on this map, or is it overdone?