TheRegionRat

Nope. The grass wasn't covered. I'm hoping the warm lake effects are quickly overcome by cold and snow this time around.

I don't recall my lawn being snow-covered last winter, and it's yet to happen this winter. I'll start there. Snow enough to cover the grass.

Only snow I received yesterday was the early AM burst. Nothing after that.

Still raining here.

Meanwhile, here in the Banana Belt on the southern tip of the lake, the is unabated.

Slush on the sidewalks. A little snow on the grass. Raining now.

Well, my expectations have been low, and at least I won't be disappointed. Maybe I'll see the high end, and get enough snow to briefly cover the grass, before the rain washes it away. Maye the backside snows cover some of the grass???

Rockford is probably close to normal snowfall for the season.

Thanks. Not as unusual as I thought.

Had ORD reached 60 degrees this month? If it hasn't and doesn't, how unusual would that be?

Snowing in Hammond, Indiana. Not sticking yet.

I've been waiting for your patented, "south, weaker, drier" statement that deflates the mood..lol...

RC wrote the LOT update around 11AM CST. Quoting here: We`ll see if the ECMWF suite rolling out around the top of the hour can help bring some clarity.

There was 2-3 inches on the ground. A few guys at work that live south of US 30 said there was touch more snow down there than in Hammond.

Snowing at decent clip here. It looks like there's a decent amount of snow on the ground.

Pleasantly surprised to see that LOT had 1-3 overnight and another 1-3 during the day. Overnight was definitely a lot closer to the one inch total than the three inches. We'll see how the day turns out. If the grass is solidly covered, I'll be happy.

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.