Chicago WX

Pounding snow in this band. Some good sized flakes too. Sorta makes up for being sucker holed earlier, for a time.

GHD I: Never seen that much s****. Summers of 2010, 2011, and 2012: Quite a stretch of miserable summers. Each with its own level of awful (dews, heat, dry). March 2012: Recording setting warmth. March 24-25, 2013 snowstorm: Late season event that almost brought a foot of snow to the LAF. November 17, 2013 tornado outbreak: Historic day in Tippeacanoe County. Winter 2013-14: So many great events that winter. Never thought it was possible. Most likely won't see anything like it again in my lifetime. This was my Cubs winning the WS moment of winter seasons. February 28-March 1, 2015 snowstorm: Not the biggest event I saw in the LAF, but my last one living there...capping off an amazing run of winters/winter storms. Very picturesque snowfall. I had 8", but there were other spotter reports of 9.7" in the area. Summer of 2015 rainfall: Another summer of excessive rains for IKK. Parent's basement flooding was unfortunately memorable. November 20-21, 2015 snowstorm: Great event so early in the season. Not too many I can recall...that good, that early. December 26, 2017-January 6, 2018 cold stretch: 2 weeks of temperatures not hitting 20˚. I had signs of hypothermia on the route, one day during that stretch. Scary moment for me. January 30-31, 2019 arctic outbreak: No work! It was very cold, lol.

Must have came down at a good clip.. Measured almost 3" this morning. Very nice surprise.

Indian summer

Ripped nicely here with the last band that just moved through. Nice flake size too. My two new four legged additions are loving it.

Lol at LOT leaving parts of the CWA out of the WWA, while surrounded by advisories from other offices in their areas. But consider the source I guess. Regardless, think 2-3” is a decent bet for here.

If weather.gov says it, it must be true then! That’s from IKK, which reports rain half the time it’s snowing. It’s junk. Anyways, must be one hell of a rain/snow line in this county. Grass and elevated surfaces are accumulating here now. Maybe some flood warnings for Momence?

Lol. It’s been snowing here since 8:00 am. I mean, I’ve been out in it the entire time.

Just a touch too far southeast here to see any snow with the next wave. But Halloween mood flakes look like a solid bet. Grats to all who have seen and will see measurable.

What a miserable day. The pouring leaves were the cherry on top. 2.25" in my rain gauge. Super wet year continues...

Don’t try to reason or respond to that idiot. You’re a good poster. Don’t waste your time.

Stay safe. Working in this sucks, but today isn’t as awful here as forecasted really. Still hot of course. Regardless, good thing I bought a house earlier this year that has a pool.

Sub severe here at my place, but the winds are roaring...constantly been that way for about 10 minutes. Not like the usual “short” burst you get. But, my girlfriend is in Manteno and they apparently got rocked pretty good. Trees down and a bunch of stuff went flying with the winds there.

Got woken up in the middle of the night by my phone alerting to a flash flood warning. All for a measly 0.60” in my rain gauge. Just the eastern 1/4 of the county got anything of consequence, but LOT went trigger happy farther west. It was great!

Kankakee County a disaster, literally. Declaration announced for the farming community. Story: https://www.daily-journal.com/news/local/official-announces-emergency-declaration/article_8aa9cea2-83a5-11e9-b00d-3fdbe38058ac.html

Paducah has blown past their previous record wettest May. 1) 11.07" in 2019 (thru 8:00 AM today) 2) 9.87" in 1957 3) 9.32" in 1973 4) 9.08" in 1966 5) 8.89" in 1983 5th wettest spring for PAH 1) 31.21" in 2011 2) 27.04" in 1973 3) 26.39" in 1983 4) 25.39" in 1945 5) 23.36" in 2019 For the year to date, 2019 is now the wettest on record. For reference, PAH's mean yearly precipitation total is 49.08" (1981-2010 normals). 1) 38.52" in 2019 2) 38.35" in 1950 3) 38.14" in 2011 4) 35.11" in 1945 5) 33.49" in 1973

ORD has set a new May total precipitation record...beating the "old" record that was set all the way back in...2018. 1) 8.24" in 2019 (thru 6:00 AM today) 2) 8.21" in 2018 3) 7.59" in 1945 4) 7.32" in 1883 5) 7.27" in 2011 As well, Apr-May 2019 is the wettest on record. 1) 14.26" in 2019 2) 13.95" in 1893 3) 13.64" in 2013 4) 13.42" in 1873 5) 13.15" in 1975 This Spring will go down, most likely, as the 2nd wettest on record for Chicago. 1) 17.51" in 1983 2) 16.35" in 2019 3) 15.67" in 1882 4) 15.64" in 2013 5) 15.59" in 1975 And one last one, 2019 is the 3rd wettest start to the year (Jan thru May) on record. 1) 22.23" in 2013 2) 21.56" in 1975 3) 21.12" in 2019 4) 20.23" in 1983 5) 19.81" in 1999

Lol, wow. But yes, I agree. I'd take 100 and dry right now, for a couple of weeks, in a minute.

Yeah, we actually have been lucky here the past 3 days, only minor amounts. So that's good...but have to try to dodge a few more bullets through mid-week. Then hope the models are wrong in the extended. And LOT is too trigger happy sometimes. Depends on the forecaster though...some like their FFWs. But, models have been trash in this pattern...no help there.

What a disaster of a pattern, with no end in sight. Not sure what's worse...this or a death ridge. A few met spring (thru yesterday) precipitation totals...departure to date...all-time ranks in top 20. Chicago (ORD): 13.52" +4.67" #16 Cincinnati (CVG): 15.10" +3.28" Detroit (DTW): 11.29" +3.41" #18 Evansville (EVV): 15.92" +2.99" Fort Wayne (FWA): 12.29" +2.78" Indianapolis (IND): 13.83" +2.35" Kansas City (MCI): 18.53" +8.23" #4 Marquette (MQT): 13.57" +5.13" #6 Milwaukee (MKE): 11.15" +2.61" Minneapolis (MSP): 10.76" +3.50" Moline (MLI): 15.03" +5.13" #10 Paducah (PAH): 20.21" +7.46" #12 Peoria (PIA): 14.84" +4.86" #16 Rockford (RFD): 12.60" +3.78" #18 St Louis (STL): 18.07" +7.32" #8 South Bend (SBN): 11.60" +2.91" Springfield IL (SPI): 15.96" +6.43" #14 Springfield MO (SGF): 20.39" +8.25" #9 Toledo (TOL): 11.65" +3.13" #19

Pea sized hail here. Lightning strikes are impressive. Winds are meh. Rain is unbelievable. So tired of it...

Catastrophic flooding in Kankakee. River out of its banks. Basements in my parent’s hood flooded with backup sewage and water. This is happening all too frequently these past 4-5 years. Make it f*cking stop already!!!

One of these days maybe the “warm ground/sun angle” crutch will die. Fact of the matter is, snowfall rates trump those factors...like today. Alas, it’ll be the same old thing next season with the early events... Got a pretty good layer of IP/snow on elevated surfaces here. Never enough of precip type at once, to get anything really fun I guess.

Lol, ok. One winter doesn’t make for what always happens here. We certainly weren’t on the right side of the gradient this winter, but I recorded just over 30” for the season. That’s right on average. And summers here aren’t different than what happens 60 miles to the north. This isn’t the deep south Anyways, have some flakes mixing in here now...total kitchen sink.