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I had to laugh at Megan's opening to this afternoon's short term discussion from IWX: WELL IF YOU'RE ANYTHING LIKE ME, YOU ARE GETTING KIND OF CRANKY REGARDING THE EXTENSIVE CLOUD COVER AND OVERALL DREARY CONDITIONS THIS WEEK. I WISH I COULD OFFER SOME HOPE, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE STUCK WITH THIS THROUGH AT LEAST THE SHORT TERM. Tell us what your really think.

That's not going too much out on a limb.

Maybe I need to start a thread to break us out of this slump. According to the Euro, a torch will highlight the first few days of the month and it hints at a cool down by late next week. This cool down will be accompanied by a rainer and a back wash DAB+ for Alek/ORD per the amazing GFS. However, at this point it appears to be only a glancing blow of cold. Some mets, including OHweather, have posted cautious optimism for a return to more normal February weather by mid-month. I am also in his camp of "I'll believe it when I see it."

"But I nailed it at 500"

It's still showing up, eh? I continue to think that somehow, the Midwest will reel this in.

Alek isn't the only one on here that can nail it from 5 days out, thanks to Jackstraw's "reach around". EDIT: It has snowed for 9 straight hours to this point and still coming down lightly. You don't see that too often, especially with less than an inch of total accumulation.

Uhhhh...NO

Wow. Is that snow cement? You're probably used to fluff.

Same up here. It flipped to light snow around 8 AM and has been snowing nonstop ever since that time. Accumulation? 0.0" Ricky should trademark the term "white rain". EDIT: At least we're getting daytime snow!

ZZZZZZZZZZZ........ Sunday Cloudy, with a high near 35. West wind 5 to 10 mph. Sunday Night Cloudy, with a low around 29. Monday Cloudy, with a high near 37. Monday Night Cloudy, with a low around 29. Tuesday Cloudy, with a high near 37. Tuesday Night Cloudy, with a low around 29. Wednesday Cloudy, with a high near 37. Wednesday Night Cloudy, with a low around 29. Thursday Cloudy, with a high near 39.

That's the GHD III noreaster it was spitting out yesterday, just faster and more inland. Looking at this winter's pattern, congrats WI and Alek's DAB+

Yeah, FWA isn't hostile at all (see sig)

GFS is trolling the East Coast with a 954mb bomb

Oh my, I had forgotten all about that one. Nuclear meltdowns abounded. If I remember right, I ended up with about 3/4 of an inch of rain.

Even better, my current p&c is twice broken down into 1 hour blocks. That's some dandy forecasting, right there! Thursday Night Rain and snow before 3am, then rain between 3am and 4am, then rain and snow after 4am. Low around 32. Friday Night A chance of rain and snow before 10pm, then a chance of rain between 10pm and 11pm, then a chance of snow after 11pm. Anyway, I'll once again be watching this one put accumulations down to my northwest, with moods flakes for us.

The ol' EE rule. Book it.

Kitchen sink combo here with a total of 0.8" between melts. The 2019-20 winter storm trend continues. Final call.

Yeah, the Euro shows it heading due east with the surface low in southern IL transferring to VA. I would imagine that the east coast weenies ears perked up.

Made me look. The GFS and Euro are worlds apart (what else is new?). See you on Wednesday.

Rainer. I learn from the best.

Dumping dendrites

I've seen one post from him this winter, so he does still occasionally check in.

While I'm waiting on the highlight of winter, 2" of snow followed by zr, then rain, rock on fellow Hoosiers! Neil was the man.

You guys are the experts and probably right, but anecdotally at least and as hoosier mentioned earlier, warm air advection usually rules the day.