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...DAILY RECORD HIGH SET AT SOUTH BEND AND TENTATIVE RECORD WARMEST LOW SET AT SBN FOR MARCH 10... AT 224 PM EST, THE TEMPERATURE AT THE SOUTH BEND AIRPORT ROSE TO 69 DEGREES, BREAKING THE OLD RECORD OF 67 SET IN 1902. THE LOW TEMPERATURE SO FAR TODAY HAS BEEN 53 AT 507 AM EST. THE CURRENT RECORD WARMEST LOW AT SOUTH BEND FOR MARCH 10TH IS 47 SET IN 2010. AT THIS TIME, THE TEMPERATURE IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE 53 DEGREES THROUGH MIDNIGHT.

Insert Joe's "It's happening!" meme.

If you watch the video, he does give kudos to the Trump administration in assisting the pharmaceutical industry for getting the vaccine developed quickly, but he also pointed out that he then threw the ball into the states' court and the White House offered minimal help in distribution. It doesn't do any good to quickly develop a vaccine if you don't have a plan to get it into people's arms.

Being in emergency management and involved in some of the discussions on this topic, I'm seeing both sides here. Like Ricky, a lot of forecast mets do not like the change. However, I also know from first-hand experience that the public is woefully uneducated about NWS products and are easily confused about all of the products issued. Therefore, the decision was made to change to issuing only statements that describe public impact. And yes, they have researched this for quite some time and with implementation not occurring until 2024 "at the earliest", they are still proceeding very slowly with this change. An anecdote from one of the online discussions I was a part of was someone from NWS trying use some kind of term for the advisory replacement products. He kept wanting to say "statement", but also hesitated because that would imply a "special weather statement." By the end of the discussion, they were just referring it as the new product.

I have been involved with the local health department's vaccine point of distribution (a school gym.) Many people, especially the elderly, have cried tears of joy for the opportunity to be vaccinated. It's been paradoxical that this clinic has been created to fight a deadly pandemic, while being one of the happiest places I've been a part of for some time. Also, I want to comment on the posts in the last couple of days concerning masks. The government is in a no-win situation here. They are getting strong push-back from the anti-maskers, even though they are proven effective. The comment about California being proof that mandates don't work is correct, only because people refuse to follow it. On the other hand, if the government did not take a strong position on a mask-wearing, they would be castigated for not doing enough to stem the spread of the virus, i.e. not promoting a proven aid in reducing the spread.

He didn't say that everyone will get the vaccine, he said that there will be enough doses for everyone to get one. Let Darwin take care of the rest.

Same here. went from 15" to a trace in 11 days.

Dude. That makes me feel old.

Here is the gauge graph

I figured I'd put this here. I have been eyeing the Huntington County river gauges this week. I was not worried about flooding per se, but ice jams causing flooding. Yesterday afternoon, I noticed a gauge spiking on the Salamonie River. I was getting ready to go check it out when I received a call from IWX about the same thing. I took the UAV with me and caught some footage of the ice breaking up. There was a mile or so of sheet ice behind a low head dam, with chunk ice piling up behind it. I got there just as the strong current and chunk ice caused the sheet ice to break up. (apologies about You Tube degrading the video quality) I love my job.

I started to type something similar, then deleted it. I found that while exerting myself, such as shoveling snow, I feel better as my mouth stays moist and my lungs feel better.

You may see me wearing a mask during flu season even if not mandated. I care about the health of those around me, family, friends, co-workers, co-shoppers, etc. I don't want to make others sick if I am unknowingly spewing the flu virus (not to mention that it may give me some protection.)

I went from 7" yesterday morning to 3" this morning. I can't remember losing that much in 24 hours without a warm rain being involved.

We lost 5" today alone, from 7" to 2"

Just got my second shot. The first was the same as you with a slightly sore shoulder. Still waiting to see if I have any symptoms with this one.

I'm a year-around long stubble guy.

A McHenry Special

Has anyone heard from Bo lately? It's been awfully quiet from the yooper.

That 6" bullseye over MBY is most likely taint from Sunday, but that's still lol. The uncle's off his meds again.

Dude, you're having a very nice winter. Tons of snow, deep snow cover and cold to keep everything locked up.

Final call: 3.5"

Took a Jeb walk and took the measuring stick with me. Hard to measure, but averaging many measurements, I'm confident that at 9:00 EST, I had 7.4". Probably another inch since then. Just incredible out. A foot or bust. Actually, based on radar, wouldn't be surprised if we hit 14".

Flakes are small to medium, but just pouring.

I've been quiet here, mostly just lurking, but I am getting buried! Rates are incredible.

Thanks