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Well, hoping to overperform the apparent lack of expectations and tag a legit 2-4" snow event today. Was hoping the outlook would at least lead to an SWS here on the LOT northern tier.

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I'm in McHenry. Maybe we were far enough north that we got more sleet than freezing rain so the freezing rain we got melted more easily. Not sure, but there really isn't much out there. 

I think that explains it. About halfway southeast driving down to Crystal Lake yesterday there was a noticeable difference in ice. Like the icicles all along the bottom edge of street signs started showing up, along with noticeable glazing on the trees and shrubs. That icing zone sounds like it tapered off further toward Cary.

Looks like another corridor wild card event tomorrow.

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12z NAM 12k came in slower, has the freezing rain arriving in Cedar Rapids after noon on Friday.

How 'bout the sleet?

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Sleet and a few flakes in downtown Woodstock.

Drove about five miles up, vicinity 10C and we are all fat flakes with about 5 inches down and looking great. 27 F on the truck temp.

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Now 6-12" in the P&C far NW McHenry County. Good to see double digits in play.


Spare flurry or two in Woodstock. First band on our doorstep.

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Alek life 

Life on easy street.

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I'll get the yardstick out on the deck. But going by "official" there is always a somewhat heavier obs report out of Bull Valley that seems to often take the local microclimate cake.

We'll see if they are back in action this winter. I'll say even 8.

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Glad we have at least 3 McHenry posters all in different areas. Will be interesting to see how this turns out, expect Woodstock to do better than Cary and I. 

Right on.

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Quite the spread on the p&c from LOT. 3-5" far SE Mchenry Co to 4-8" NW.

And the 5-10" highmark in extreme NW on the UP line approaching the state line. Should be a dandy to unfold in real time.

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Nice little mini upgrade from Advisory to Warning for McHenry, Lee, DeKalb. Lay it down.

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Lock that RAP in.

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Ran the sleds that Saturday night and remember it being the first big event where we could "bury" them. Young and naive. Intellicast radar was a beaut that weekend.

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only 4-5 months to go

Let's brew something up in like two weeks.

https://www.weather.gov/lot/07Jan2008_tornado

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Let's just get on with the severe season then.

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Flakes mixing in.

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Measured 1.5" of ice on a local pond today.

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I forget the hotdog stand on the trail by Marquette but they'll do well if some legitimate snow falls. Trailside dining at its finest.







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18” of snow in October and November and now that we are entering true winter on the calendar nothing but zzzzzzzzz. 

Anything left of that?

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Dusted turf, wet pavement, mood flakes.

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Just heard that a client passed away after fighting it about three weeks in the ICU. He was a good guy with a lot left to offer.

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I work at an airport and I see who is flying, with these lower rates it is people who wouldn't normally fly to begin with. It is the airlines taking advantage of the situation to insure they have nearly full flights to keep their routes. Doesn't matter if people get sick as long as planes are flying.

Generally speaking, are current flyers skewing toward any particular age/income/education level?

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Verbatim in the American email this morning:

"Enjoy fares as low as $99 one way to the people and places you’ve been missing, plus no change fees."



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^ Regarding divisiveness and lack of coordination across leadership and party lines.

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Can't wait to go to work in Wisconsin today.

All downhill from here.

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15.4 degrees C at Omaha according to SPC and that will be advecting into the risk area on southwesterly winds at that layer. It represents a quite strong cap which is why [mention=14460]hlcater[/mention] is not enthusiastic about this setup.

Got it. Thanks for breaking that down.

Trying not to be facetious but feels like aside from their wording on today being conditional, SPC has been a bit bullish on the D1 outlook. Given the progged cap - are we talking holiday weekend b-team at the desk or we still got a legit Slight Risk/5% Tor evening in play?

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