WeatherMonger

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Just an FYI, I blame those that made a sacrifice earlier for tonights runs should they continue this trend.....

The NW trend shall never be denied. Pretty soon we'll start hearing those on the southern end talk about an over correction and it will come back south. Never fails and rarely happens Congrats Chicago et al, the force is strong with you effers

Back then with winter storms about 7:15pm locally everyone started gathering around the proverbial campfire awaiting the NAM to start and hoped they could stay up throughout the 11:45 start of the Euro. DGEX and Clown Maps were posted in the periods between. The EE Rule was in full effect. Good times

Reminiscing a bit about the GHD 1 event, trying to think back about trends and such as the imminent storm loomed. Back then was on Accuwx forums and Chicago Storm and RobB would team up for the 0Z runs, CS giving the details and differences while Rob would post surface, 500 vort and 750mb images from the old NCEP site. Forums would crash if it had a transfer to MA/NE region or impactful downstream otherwise as they overloaded the servers. Wish that forum could have been archived before Jesse yanked the plug. Anyhow, the north trends with this one, thus far anyway, don't seem to be as impactful IMBY yet. Remember one of the runs 3 days or so out back then Chicago Storm said Hour 51 more amped "central IL crushed". I thought it was a certainty here, then the north shift started and while I didn't do bad in the end, Chicago was the one that got crushed. From that point on, outside of 36-48 hours I count on nothing.

I was surprised ILX doesn't even have a HWO up.

Ok all you OH peeps, stick to that promise you made earlier today. You know. The one you said you would trade the snowstorm for a Bengals Superbowl..... Pay up...

I'll know by Saturday i've had my hopes crushed too many times, just hope the changeover happens fast. Need the rain too though, have two 2 1/2' dirt mounds in the front yard from water line repair that need to settle.

Latest ILX graphic

Hourly wearher grod has 12.2" ATM, has .7" not shown through 5pm Fri.

Their latest graphic.

I'd just lock the GFS in now please

I'll take 0Z NAM right here and now for a lock locally. Have a feeling my hopes now will become your reality later.

A yellow card here in central IL

I stand corrected, thanks for pointing that out. I couldn't imagine what it would take to get 2 feet here, let alone 3. While I would like to experience it once, I don't believe I would want to twice.

2014, the year "Polar Vortex" became a media headline mainstay, fast forward 6-8 years and it's "Bomb Cyclone"

Has to be a Chicago area lake effect event, here in Springfield our single 24 hour record is 17.4" from the Palm Sunday snow in 2013.

WPC's FB map from earlier on 4" snow and .1" ice accumulations has general l9cation good for both, or all 3 counting @Chambana. I was most surprised by the ice map, figured .1" would be easy for a longer stretch along the OV. I just don't want a sleet fest with the backside cold coming in. That would absolutely suck.

I'm almost to the point of setting myself up for disappointment. I can't get excited yet, maybe Monday afternoon/evening but Ma Nature hates me. Did good GHD 1, but I just can't see Chicago not getting the best of it again. I remember when they got a T'storm warning and a 1" hail report with the thundersnow. I'm thinking 6-10" will be a safe call here unless there is a significant NW shift which has happened many a times in NAM range, and we just got into the long range there. Either way I'm sure we'll double our current season totals. Would only take 2.6" here....

I'll give you the I-72 area sans Sangamon County Up to 2.6" after uesterdays surprise .5" of snow. So ready for Spring, but then I'm sure it will snow in April.

I say congrats to I-74 and north in IL. Seems harder and harder to get that I-72 special in both Spring and Winter anymore here. Have already accepted rain showers for both thunderstorm and snow chances. Still trying that reverse psychology that seems to work for some most of the time......

I remember him from Accuweather forums I just appreciated the fact he would post the Wx Bell Euro images when they were pay only.

Surprise 1/2" of snow here, 2nd best of this season