mimillman

4 hours ago, RCNYILWX said:

Another example of the importance of the ensembles at this range. The east coast system this weekend is a good case in point - there's still been noteworthy run to run swings by the operational runs in the last few model cycles.




 

6z EPS looks very similar. I’d say the ensembles have been remarkably consistent for this range.

This is pretty solid in the city

Pretty much nothing in the city these past two events. Ground has been white for maybe 10 days out of the entire winter. Even though we may barely hit 20”, this is certainly, without a doubt, the worst winter I’ve experienced 

53 minutes ago, mimillman said:

RN-

RN

RN-

I’ll go 2-4” final call because of the poor BL temps but a caking nonetheless

18z Euro picking up a lake enhancement signal it hasn’t had on prior runs 

Glad I missed this unsurprising horror show

Haven’t been paying much attention to this event as leave tomorrow for the UP but holy sh*t what a cluster 

24 minutes ago, mnchaserguy said:

Thanks for the sarcasm. Love it.


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Your area is rivaling annual record snows. Have some god damn self awareness 

Randomly top event of the year? A bit over an inch here 

1 hour ago, mnchaserguy said:

And I’m right in the middle of the hole in the north metro. I swear we’ve been cursed for a long time up here.


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Cursed with 70” of snow on the season. Right 

00z GFS wants to double MSP season total lol 

1 minute ago, StormChaser4Life said:

Are you really complaining about 18in? Lol. I haven't even got winter storm warning criteria this winter. Will gladly trade you. I would do anything to experience a storm like what Minneapolis is about to get. Truly incredible and rare event. 

You should go out east for the real stuff. Obviously not this winter but traveling to Boston in Feb 2015 was epic 

Heading up to Munising in a couple weeks. I’ve written off any snow for Chicago during those 2 weeks, just need the UP to get hit to pad the trails. They’ve had a rough 5-10 days before now 

36 degrees and 1-2” of rain is just about as miserable as it can get eh 

7 minutes ago, cyclone77 said:

That graphic that showed a 90% chance at 18" there kind of cracked me up.  A 90% chance at a 4" for northern IL would be like winning the lottery at this point lol.

You can’t even point to climo at this point. It’s just blind luck 

4 minutes ago, hardypalmguy said:

not happening this year

Hah, watch. Trust me I’d rather it didn’t 

MSP will know how we feel in 3-5 years 

Ready for 15 degrees below normal in April and frequent RN/SN mix

8 hours ago, A-L-E-K said:

i'm sure we have a couple banger winters left in the tank here in chicago before i croak, learning to embrace our new texas climo as i age tho

Idk how much of it is new climo vs a decade of sh*t. They’ve happened before and they’ll happen again. 

18 hours ago, RCNYILWX said:

I grew up most passionate about snowstorms since I came from NYC where the big snowstorms are some of the most interesting weather they get. But I've grown to not get as bothered by not getting as much snow and to appreciate these mild days in the winter.

If you love snow, I get it, this has been a bad winter for that across most of northern IL and even worse south of here. On the other hand, relentlessly cold and snowy winters, while memorable, are just a lot to deal with. For it to be uncomfortable being outside for seemingly months on end during the darkest time of year can get depressing. Plus it's not much fun driving on crap road conditions.

I still love big snowstorms, enjoy when we do have snow otg and make sure to take my kids out sledding, but I think days like today are a good part of our winter variability and a reason to be okay with these milder winters. Def wouldn't be happy living in a beavis climate.

Having experienced some periods of bitterly cold to extreme cold weather while living out here, unless it's historic, pass. Give me a few good snowstorms, some periods of sustained snow cover, but less deep cold and a decent helping of mild days, I'm all set.

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Ricky moving to Dallas imminently 

Geez is this winter horrendously bad 

Poor dendrite quality but it is coming down at good pace and it’s extremely windy. Just walked the dog and is pretty brutal out there 

LE will be saving grace here to maybe get to an inch