Cary67

Just cold enough to not snow

Will be interesting to see if anything substantial evolves from this for Indiana and points east. Definitely cuts against snow climo where places like Madison usually start to get hit now. Maybe some mood flakes or LES for our area.

If only this was a tropical system and we were hoping for rapid intensification

Meh, when has a well phased gulf low bomb out and track through here. GHD?

Recent winters say strung out, weak, SE

Enough to cover grass. Even plows rolling by

1" inbound

Until the overwhelming majority of models show it within 100 hrs assume it will be a non event.

Euro caved. Next failure

Canadian tagging along also

This is when the history of posters brings back the true essence of this board. I admittedly have limited knowledge of meteorology other than a love for following winter storms.But to observe and tweak the personalities on here is what makes it great

When are you moving out to McHenry Co. when the rain/snow line sets up across Chicagostorms backyard

Don't disagree. Really think winters are going to be characterized by 3-6 weeks of cold and snow and the rest meh. Every 1/10yrs will be bring sustained cold and snow but think last several yrs are what will be typical.

Thought La Nina's promote early winter starts?Only to fade by mid January. This is going to be another winter where the cold will be forecast to come in another 20 days on a rolling basis.lol

I love lukudist. Seasoned dried white fish served with a side of pancakes at my favorite Swedish restaurant.lol

Perception is reality. And with social media you can express your perceptions to alot of people

Correct sir

Fantasy storm #1A 2020-21 winter

A cold Thanksgiving?

Wonder when ORD will reach 15" seasonal snow totals? Over/under mid January

I am starting to have friends and people I know contract covid. Fortunately all so far have had mild symptoms and have recovered. Its great no one was seriously ill however this does have a downside. Its human nature to start to downplay the possible effects of covid if your personal experience was "I've had worse colds". It just adds further ammunition to a large population of Americans that are just over this in their minds. Also why does IL continue to stress these travel bans from various other states when their own state's community spread is so high does it really matter.

December pattern setting up

Having a vaccine by late spring for most of us could be a moot point. Especially if 5X times that are really infected each day.

The fault I would assign Fauci and the CDC would be their reluctance to accept mask wearing initially. Asia has been wearing masks since the original SARS and MERS outbreaks.

At this point I am not sure the mitigation restrictions of banning indoor dining/bar service etc will reverse this trend. The behavior of the population I think has been pretty stable the last several months. A segment follows all the protocols, another follows protocols but cheats based on activities important to them. ie indoor dining, having private gatherings etc. Finally another segment that thinks its nonsense and no worse than the flu. The seasonal component to the spread of covid is becoming the overriding factor. Lower humidities and colder air more readily transmit covid just as it does seasonally for most coronaviruses. Virus particles stay afloat longer in drier air and travel further in indoor environments. Holiday gatherings may give a booster charge to this thing but I think this winter will be ugly anyways and unless we go back to phase 3 shut downs, which I don't think will happen, its going to infect alot of people by next spring. Unfortunately a significant number of people have had it with the restrictions and there's enough misinformation or studies wrongly interpreted to justify in their minds not following all the restrictions. Also their is legitimate economic fallout in the restaurant/ bar industry that has to be considered. Especially if there is no widespread bailout of those small businesses. Many businesses are defying those shutdown orders. Not sure there is an answer at this point.