NEILwxbo

Well the SE trend we feared seems to have stopped for now. Wouldn’t take much of a bump to bring higher totals north, but models seem locked in

The earthquake in OK def means it’s gonna go north, it’s just common sense

While it’ll take a bit more of a significant shift north to get max totals through the metro, it wouldn’t take much to get 12”+ totals north, which would still be a good storm for many.

Looks wetter too

Famous last words

Another 24 hours of baby stepping and the entirety of northern IL is in business. Where have we seen this before..

Let the north trends commence…just in time

Lock it in

Nah, it’s just weird Ohio people basically have their own private forum while the rest of us discuss openly. It’s counterproductive and comes off as conceited. Not you necessarily but just in general it gives off negative energy

4” on the dot in Dekalb

Approaching the 3” mark in Dekalb. Nice fgen band overhead now extending back into the DVN area

People from Ohio are so special they get their own thread

This NAM run might have to go on the fridge

Up to 2” in the last couple hours with these storms on the Grundy/Kankakee border

The first truck seen driving towards it actually ended up getting flipped over about a mile up the road

Out chasing in the Plains, caught the large tornado as it moved into Selden, KS yesterday. Got some pretty amazing video as it started to hit town, you can make out power flashes as it gets to the edge of town in my video here was def by far the best chasing experience I’ve ever had

With positivity rates starting to go up across IL, some regions are approaching the threshold for tighter restrictions again. The attitude of many people (have heard these words exactly 3 separate times over the weekend) is that this is “over” now. Cant imagine the reaction would be too good if they impose new restrictions again

Imagine how annoying this would be to watch slip away if it were snow......it’d be meltdown central in here

I debated sharing this, because I don’t want it to come off as I’m complaining about my situation because it could be so much worse, but I tested positive a month ago today & I still am nowhere near normal, and I’m a very healthy 20 year old. I had to go to urgent care yesterday bc it suddenly hurt to breathe, and I had the unfortunate experience of coughing up blood as well as being really nauseous. Freaked me out but turns out my lungs are just inflamed & my throat is torn up from being sick for so long. I’ve been constantly hungry since I’ve felt better, but after about 2 bites of food I have to force myself to keep eating, the random nausea is terrible. Obviously I’ll be fine, but I think I’m going to punt the next person that says “it’s just a cold” to Mars.

I’d give it an A- here just due to the longevity of the snowpack. Have had atleast 3” on the ground since December 29th, can’t do much better than that in N IL

Finally feeling better. Goes without saying, but can’t imagine how awful the virus is for people with any sort of condition or anything that makes them more susceptible. Let’s hope the vaccines keep coming and we’re towards the end of this nightmarish journey

Day 8 of nasty symptoms for me, I’m only 20 and it’s been pretty awful. Started to feel better Saturday but then woke up Sunday with a horrible stomach flu type thing, have heard of that happening to a few people. Just praying tomorrow will be the start of feeling better.

Covid finally caught up to me, tested positive yesterday & feel like dog water today. Roommate’s gf likely gave it to us, oh well

NAM a bump NW. 00z compared to 6z.

There’s been atleast 4” of SD here in DKB since December 30th. Not sure what SD records look like but feel like by the end of the month we might be getting close. I can’t remember a year we didn’t nuke the snowpack at some point in Jan-Feb