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Any explanations for this precipitous drop? Would vaccines given the amt administered be having this profound an effect? Would think fairly large percentage still susceptible to infection combined with the seasonal component (still winter)favoring more infections. Yet here we are with substantial declining numbers. Most recent lockdowns didn't seem to alter most people's behavior. Lots of restaurants stayed open in defiance of orders. If anything covid fatigue has set in and more are just living their lives from what I've observed.

First off hope that is correct.Based on 59.5 million vaccines administered and 28 million documented covid cases would think a decent percentage of people still susceptible. The wildcard is how many undocumented mild or asymptomatic cases are there?2x,4x,5x the number of known cases? Also there's overlap between people vaccinated but also already having had covid lowering totals. Hard to gauge what the real percentage of susceptible population still exists. Also some of the recent sharp declines in new cases have weather related closures of testing sites playing a role.

07-08 was our year

At the very least would think mask usage may come back over the winter due to the success it had with depressing flu and other respiratory viruses. Seems to have caught on in Asia for years now.

I think masks will still be worn through next winter in public settings.

If that's even close than the increasing roll out of the vaccines in the next few months will hopefully drive new cases way down. Optimistically if the Pfizer vaccine is somewhat effective against the variants that could help to bring this under control by mid summer

Overdue to remove Xmas lights off the gutters

Guilt by association gonna haunt me. Now every time someone busts low on snowfall they'll say they were McHenryed Edit: We do have a coating

Only at 2F here. Thought we would be lower this morning but no complaints Edit: Now see some overnight cloud cover immediately around the lake kept us warmer than surrounding areas

Wx disco

Remarkable. Could I share your photo on a different weather site?

You haven't hit 30"? Hmm.. I have myself at 34"

Had some hope from the HRRR and RAP that eastern McHenry Co might fare better in the 5-6" range but sometimes just doesn't go your way. Lake component factored in huge for Cook Co. as better synoptic snows fell further south and east. Hard to say it hasn't been our winter when looking at snow over my mailbox that's been on the ground since late December. It's been a really good run just not quite as epic as our friends in the city

Received 2.75" here.

LE version of GHDI

Remember this when you have precip issues next December.lol

Snowing at a good clip in Lake Barrington. Roads bad here at Canlan for a soccer game

Light snow commenced within the hour notable coating.

Nice can't go wrong with a stogie and liquid breakfast to go along with your snowstorm. Dragons milk and this help keep you warm.

Are these bumps NW in miles or feet.lol

That is one nasty a** gradient across Chicagoland. Hard to be too upset though with a 15" snowpack. Good to see most of the forum receiving a solid storm.

Thinking without any lake bail out here and chances for further NAM SE recorrection ticks 1-2" still looks good.

On the fringe thought there might be a little recorrect SE

Will go 1-2" unless more NW shifts occur

Might be McHenrySnow and myself feeling that. Not that I've invested in this one much