Brian D

2nd round of light snow moving through. Will measure when it's over. Probably a strong 1/2 inch out there atm, but enough to whiten things up a bit.

Dec was impressive both ways this year. From CC cringe To CC orgasm

Dense fog this morning. Then a little snow over the weekend (maybe an inch at best). Temps are seasonably mild. I'll take it.

Here are the work ups I did a couple years ago comparing urban and suburb/rural updated to 2025. BTW, added extra years to CHI from wx data that is raw (1830-1872). It hasn't been through re-analysis like the early data for MSP (1820-1872). But thought it would be cool to see how it looks when graphed. IND & DET below as well.

Early data in for Dec. Little cooler this year akin to 2017. Annual is on the warmer side, but less so than the last 2 years. 5 & 10 yr tend charts shown respectively. BTW, have more data back to 1781. Just a reminder, pre-1850 is slim on data, so take it with a grain of salt. Trends are probably in the ballpark (as you will see in the next post), but individual years may be changed a lot when more data becomes available in the coming years (hopefully).

Lake ice as of yesterday. Generally new/thin ice with thin/medium thick in the bays. Thick ice in the N bays of L Superior.

Sorry for your loss. My ma passed in Jan 21'. She lived out in the higher terrain N of town. I would also let her know when bigger snows were coming or svr wx. She was in a nursing home for a couple yrs in town before passing on, but she appreciated the heads up when she was in her home.

2.3" imby. Mammoth aggregate was such a bonus. Those flakes must have been cloud dancing before hitting the floor. Up N they got 6-10" in Cook county with 3-4" in N Lake/St. Louis County area. Had to look at CoCoRahs map to get totals. Usually they plot 1" or greater reports for sure, and some lesser ones, but a little behind this morning. Might be under staffed atm.

Happened only once last year. This year is great. Normally don't see flakes this big all that often.

SN right now with massive flakes exceeding 2" at times. Golf ball flakes and lots of quarters under calm winds.

TBH, I like Feb for the sub. It's going to be something to watch unfold. It could end up be a rather wild month.

System Jan 9-10th still in the gov model eye. My modelling method is showing potential for that time, so someone is going to get hit pretty good it's looking like at this time. I think the best I could hope for is some LES action. But we also have potential svr wx on the S side of this as well to contend with. Very Spring like system again.

Looks like a couple inches of snow today with another system bringing some fr drz/rn over to lgt sn overnight Mon. Keep the glacier slowly growing.

Quick 0.5" of fluff. Looking at 2-4" tomorrow.

Snow showers moving through. Big, fat flakes again like the other day. Up to quarter size (~1") with some elongated ones even bigger under calm conditions.