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4 hours ago, Stebo said:

I wouldn't be surprised if April ended up quite active severe weather wise, just going by analogs and the snow pack in place.

Congratulations Dixie, not happening up here.

Same rinse and repeat pattern of the last several years rolling into March.  Endless cutoff lows until Memorial Day will start showing up, severe weather season squashed, and snow.  The only difference from the last several years is with La Niña disappearing we roll into a below normal summer to continue the misery.  

Looking forward to another year of endless cutoff lows, clouds, cold, and snow until May.  It’s as if it just ended not too long ago, oh wait.  Maybe we’ll get a couple well above normal days each month to skew the monthly numbers and say it was above normal. 

No severe weather season in the spring to make winter less miserable or more than likely the rest of the year as has been the case.  Summer will last a couple months if that then rinse and repeat again.  Living north of the Ohio River is so enjoyable….

9 hours ago, Spartman said:

12z GFS hinting a cutoff low for Memorial Day weekend.

 

 

This wouldn’t shock me, Memorial Day last year was miserable for Ohio so why stop the trend of people regretting coming up here thinking the crap was over.

4 hours ago, Hoosier said:

Long way out but signs of heat rebuilding toward the end of the month.

Good, let it torch until September.  I can’t get a decent storm so might as well enjoy the heat.

35 minutes ago, frostfern said:

I have only heard one semi-close lightning strike this season.  Late April I think.  All it does is drizzle lately.

Yep, winter dominates and summer shows up for about 3-4 months up here anymore.  It’s really sad when Minnesota can have enhanced risks that pan out and a slight risk barely materializes this way.

 I stopped looking forward to severe weather season several years ago in central Ohio.  Once the snow stops at the end of April just bring on the SE Ridge, it saves frustration, I don’t mind the heat.  Thought the early active track would change things, it didn’t.  Just blew past us and up north.

Pathetic severe weather season yet again, but it can snow through April in Ohio, the new norm.  Bring on the extreme torch and end this miserable, laughable season already of rain showers with embedded boring thunder.

16 minutes ago, luckyweather said:

I respect your opinion. I have one too. I love this place. I love our weather. No place I’d rather be.

Likewise, there are people that like it here and that’s fine but most grow tired of it or never get used to it if they have moved here due to job like myself and why the sunbelt and southwest are so popular.

15 hours ago, hawkeye_wx said:

We hit 75º back on March 21st.  We've only hit 50º three times since then.  It appears next Wednesday will be our only 70º day out of the upcoming pattern change.  The latest Euro then shows the upper midwest plunging right back into a long cold pattern with 40s, or even 30s, for highs for several days.  I really despise springs like this.  #!@$#(&*!@#(*^  

Is it really a pattern change when the same pattern of below normal and winter shows up every week?  Probably want to get used to this, it appears to be the norm for the Midwest and Ohio Valley, north of the Ohio River anyway.  I miss Texas, I would rather deal with 3 months of intense heat instead of 6-8 months of miserable cold and snow 70% of the time.  This part of the country stinks.

lol ok I ticked the masses off in the other thread, coming back here for safety with my Ohio folks.  Even though I’m a transplant 

2 minutes ago, Powerball said:

That said, I look forward to bumping your post 10 years from now when DFW overtakes Chicagoland in size. 

Truth there.  I lived in DFW

1 minute ago, IllinoisWedges said:

Why do any of us care 

For the same reason anyone outside of Chicago cares in this storm discussion about only Chicago.

1 minute ago, iBrian said:

Having moved to Chicagoland from the south all I have seen is a mass southern migration. Columbus can’t be excluded from this trend.  

Columbus is the only Midwest city to gain a large number of new residents.  You don’t become number 14 for losing.

3 minutes ago, Stebo said:

Yeah good luck getting to 2.7 million people

lol yes, we’ll gain that many from Michigan alone.

Just now, homedis said:

Funny how large, populous cities work

At the rate Columbus is growing, we’ll surpass Chicago soon enough.  Also this is an Ohio Valley section not Chicago and vicinity.

28 minutes ago, Frog Town said:

Asking about the change over here in NW Ohio.  Would it be better to follow the HRRR or the Nam for timing??

You’re better off going to the Ohio thread for that.  This thread is focused solely on Chicago the center of the universe right now.

3 minutes ago, dilly84 said:

Ashamed to admit I just use accuwx's

My brother lives near State College, Accuweather is dominate there.  He always complains their forecast is never right, lol

4 minutes ago, dilly84 said:

Again, perfect placement. Low through Eastern KY to near Morgantown or so, yet keeps us sleet the entire time. Sigh. It appears no model is going to cave, so apparently it's take your pick. Unless... GFS caves 0z.

This is what I don’t get.  I get this warm tongue thing up the Scioto River Valley but this is a strong wave not a strong low pressure system.  I just don’t get the warm bias making it’s way up here.

2 minutes ago, buckeye said:

It's all good.  This debate about splitting off the sub comes up every year.   This sub is definitely Chicago to lower Michigan centric.   

Thanks, I am certainly more severe weather interested being from Texas but these bigger snow storms attract my interest.  Certainly ready for spring.  We appear to not be far.  I am in the Strawberry Farms neighborhood kinda of Westerville as far as schools are concerned, lol.

Sorry guys didn’t want to start anything with that main thread, just got obnoxious and I vented here.  This storm is as frustrating as severe weather season.  You don’t want a cold front or outflow blasting through yet it does and now you want a front blasting through and it appears it will only go so far and enough to create issues, lol.  Something doesn’t add up though with these placements.

I am becoming concerned though that Central Ohio could be in for a historic ice storm, maybe not so much Columbus which would be crippling given the size, but somewhere around here.

3 minutes ago, dilly84 said:

Perfect low placement though. 

I know that’s what I don’t understand.  It’s not a strong low either.

0z NAM a massive sleet storm for counties along both sides of 71, granted better than freezing rain but ugh, a block of ice with the cold air.

Just now, HighTechEE said:

Dude, read the sub topic "Ohio and Surrounding States", Ohio does NOT HAVE THEIR OWN DISCUSSION!

lol that’s funny.  Let me know when the Illinois, Chicago area discussion moves to the entire Ohio Valley for this storm.

8 minutes ago, dilly84 said:

Nam looking even worse than 18z early on. When do we start taking it seriously?

Our saving grace would be it’s not handling the cold air well.

5 minutes ago, dilly84 said:

I don't even go read the other thread because of it lol. I just stay here like I have for 16 years lol

It’s honestly annoying.  I can’t stand winter but this storm will impact millions and very concerned for this area down to Kentucky.  It’s the same in severe weather season.  People disappear once it leaves Illinois and Indiana, lol.  Oh well.