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Still a virgafest up here. Glad to hear it's starting as snow down there.

Gotta beat 3.5" here, from November. Should be doable.

Rainer for me, Jack, and afterimage. Looks good for you guys up north

We actually had sun for a good part of the morning. Clouds filling back in now.

True. To be more precise, several models depict just north of I-70 as ground zero, north of contamination. There is also a fairly wide swath of 2-5" north of there. Heck, you're probably good for 4".

Arctic front makes Joe's call money and Alek's bust. ORD's loss is our gain. However, seasonal trends dictate that WAA will be stronger than progged and instead a possible 6", Jackstraw and I get contaminated with ZR and IP during the heaviest precip overnight Wed. and get a slopfest, ending with a coating of fluff as temps bottom drops out. Realistically though, the 12km NAM, the Canadian, and the WRFs all agree with the Euro, which puts even me on the north edge of an I-70 storm, which is still good for 2-3".

It has been winter-like around here for the past several days, with daily flakeage that isn't amounting to much, but the almost constant flakes falling are really enjoyable. My snowfall totals for the past few days: 0.2, 2.3, 0.7, 0.2, 0.4. However, I am currently sitting at a depth of 1.5" with blades of grass showing. I'm looking forward to a good burst of snow today, most of which will once again most likely melt quickly. However, it could be a top 5 event for us. Top 4: 3.4" 11/11 3.0" 12/15-16 2.3" 2/5 1.6" 1/23

Down here we will wave at the clipper as it passes by to our north. Final call

just over 2" down here. Hoping to make 3. Would be the most since Halloween.

Jack calls that a "reach around"

Jackstraw, I was thinking that you and I would be in the same boat as far as precip type, but just checked out the HRRR and to you and Indystorm. That said, even we are walking that tightrope up here. I have no doubt that sleet will cut into our totals.

I threw together a montage of clowns from today's runs. I didn't even include any of the WRFs or the 12km NAM, but all look similar. I don't remember anything close to this much agreement on any recent storm. Every single one is 3-5" for the same strip from SPI through LAF, FWA, and TOL. We are so screwed. lol

Could ORD's loss be FWA's gain? We now have the Euro, HRRR, the GEM, and the Crazy Uncle in our corner. It would be nice to get at least one good snowfall this winter. I know, the track will change again at 00z, and I will be crying in my beer. But Jackstraw and I are really jonesing down here.

IND may get there again today.... RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 0138 AM EST MON FEB 03 2020 ...RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE SET AT INDIANAPOLIS IN... A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 63 WAS SET AT INDIANAPOLIS IN YESTERDAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 61 SET IN 2016.

RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 620 PM EST SUN FEB 02 2020 ...RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE SET AT FORT WAYNE... A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 59 DEGREES WAS SET AT FORT WAYNE TODAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 58 SET IN 2016.

The way this winter has been going, I'm not holding my breath. And after you quoted me, I double checked and realized that it was worse than 2.3", it was only 0.5". I'm happy that you Detroit area guys have scored, but down here has been major suckage.

It's not really fair to add all 384 hr totals of the GFS and promote the idea of "active" based on those clowns, but I get your drift. That 14" over my head turned into 0.5" of reality.

Cue Josh optimistically stating that March is going to rock. EDIT: They also forgot that this is a leap year. February 29th is going to rock. Either that, or it will be an extra day of a miserable winter.

Hard to believe that one year ago today I was on I 69 working a huge pile up ( I 65 style). Standing in the middle of the interstate at -10° with 20-30 MPH winds. About as brutal as you can get around here.

Heat island.

It would be even more if you added up the snow totals of all the GFS clowns all winter (see Cyclone77 above).

When you are as old as us, that's saying something. lol I'm rooting for the robin, but the last half of February may freeze their tail feathers.

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Have you had 10?

It seems like they are always late to the show. I don't understand, because they are looking at the same things we are weatherwise. We've been getting a very light mixed bag off and on all afternoon, with drizzle, a little graupel and sleet mixed in along with tiny flakes. None of it has amounted to enough to cause any issues up here yet.