Baum

you still have the annual cold snaps for Opening day, The easter snow flurry event, and 45 degree with 35 mph wind mothers day still to get through. It's a long trek home.

it's okay. You need to slow down when you're turning a corner.

prior to the last 5 years the largest late season snowfall was April 14, 1961 in Chicago. That has been surpassed twice in the last several years. Over my lifetime, I don't really recall any memorable late season events, though one did hit in early April perhaps 1972. It sure seems to me winters have carried much later into spring and late season snowfalls with the past several years. Of course, it's a blip in time. I'm old school, so no pie charts and graphs, just a memory. And when it comes to snow- a very good memory.

since January 29th he's had nearly 30" of snow

good. Here, things are getting out of hand. Sidewalks are on the verge of getting a slushy coating. Wild.

march snows

maybe the 8th time is the charm....event of the year coming.

brutal. Although, can't say avoiding a slop fest that damages tree limbs is that disheartening. Alek's string of correct calls headed down in flames.

looks like it should be snowing, but it's not.

you should start the thread for the Saturday/Sunday event. Break precedent....

I've upgraded myself to a warning.

there ya go! Thinking about the same here. Might help me it'll be at night.

your golden.... 6" for you is my take. I'll hope for 3-4" which is the biggest event of the season.

Have not looked at any model runs, and not to much to glean from the discussion here, but LOT(IZZI) have pretty much made this a non-event here south of I-88. Even the heart of the I-88/290 corridor is basically a meager 1-4" forecast. The late great Jerry Taft approves.

never trust a march snowfall one way or the other.

was wondering if LOT might expand watches south a county or two. But I guess it's all window dressing at this point 3-6 or 6-8 I-88 and north.

checked on the storm thread and accidentally landed in the banter thread. I even miss Hawkeye complaining the overnight euro cut his totals in half. BTW,,,from LOT this AM: CAN'T EVEN TOTALLY RULE OUT A ROGUE LIGHTNING STRIKE OR TWO LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY EVENING.

this is our moment.

this is and always was a standard advisory level event at 3-6". Thinking a model showing a 12" snowfall 4-5 days out is fools gold, and has always been. Problem is, we post and follow them so when reality sets in were disssapointed. And I will push back on it's been a winter of events trending south and dryer. It's been a non winter south of Wisconsin and Michigan.Not one event has run the corridor from Iowa through Northern Ohio with a standard 3-6" advisory snow this winter. However, I can tell you that Milwaukee, less than an hour from my back yard had a 8" snowfall on1/29(this also hit most of far north Ill incl Mchenry county), a 6" snowfall on 2/17, and a 3-4" sleet/snow event on 2/22-23. Heck, less than 5 days ago we had a huge intense cutter through the midwest. They don't always work out for your backyard. It's just been a bad winter for the zone mentioned previuosly. But who knows maybe this one will surprise. If not, the grass will green up, the days are longer, birds are chirping at 5 am, green is poking out of the ground, and baseball is being played in florida and arizona. I love the transition to spring as well.

biggest event of the year if it verifies.

might be the first real spread the wealth event that includes the Iowa/N. IL/N. IN/N. Ohio trek all winter minus the pre Christmas Arctic wave. Shame ratios will be pretty rough. But based on 12Z runs time to get invested.

call me surprised. By March in 2014,here, I feel like the NWS basically gave up on watch/warning issuances as the public was somewhat numb.

looks lame. But 3" of slush would be the event of the season here. Not a joke.

sometimes they just go poof.

Alek to douse the flames of this thread in 3...2....1.....