41 minutes ago, dta1984 said:

Sure is, Iowa is on it!

https://www.nbc12.com/2021/02/06/gov-reynolds-lifting-all-covid-restrictions-iowa-businesses/

For a state with a positivity rate still in the 20s, this is the stupidest thing yet.  Sounds like clowns making decisions.

Masks aren't going anywhere for a while.  

About 5.5” this far.  Still going.  

Visibility down to about a block now

Visibility down to about 1/8 mile now under this band....  good stuff

about 2" of sloppy seconds from the band off the lake in western cook county, east of 294, south of 88

I can see the band from my house about 5 miles to the east moving in.  Stout. 

Waiting 2 b inundated 

Loving where I sit for this.  

3 minutes ago, Chicago WX said:

LOT bumping too. New zone forecast has 6-11" storm total. Up from 4-8". 

Monday Night

Snow in the evening, then light snow likely after midnight. Snow may be heavy at times in the evening. Snow accumulation of 3 to 5 inches. Total snow accumulation 6 to 11 inches. Lows 1 to 5 above. Wind chills as low as zero to 10 below zero. North winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation 100 percent.

Per LOT - and already Ricky questioned why the warnings weren’t extended earlier  

Made no changes to the location of the Winter Storm Warnings with
this update with explicit deterministic amounts near to just
under criteria for a 24-hour period, but note that based on the
incoming guidance, imagine we`ll need to consider upgrades to
Winter Storm Warnings for some of the area, perhaps Livingston,
Grundy, the rest of Will, DuPage, and Lake IL counties. Will let
the mid shift get one more look at things, but have bumped totals
up a bit across the board with this update.

26 minutes ago, Hoosier said:

I know someone who is late 60s and had a heck of a time trying to schedule an appointment to get the vaccine.  Had to make multiple attempts, and finally got in for the middle of March.  I know the process takes time to reach all age groups but come on.  It should not take that long for someone who is almost 70.

24 minutes ago, Stebo said:

Absolutely agree, the roll out in general has been absolutely terrible due to the negligence of the last administration. It is only now things are starting to right themselves some.

There's been no planning for a rollout and just "left up to the states" even thought multinational corporations are the ones handling it.

Just now, dta1984 said:

41 minutes ago, Angrysummons said:

lol, data says the opposite. The amount of elderly fallen to Covid is quite quite high.

says a lot when this guy agrees

been a while since a non science person entered the scene

47 minutes ago, KokomoWX said:

I wake up only to find another Big Daddy storm thread.  One of these needs to actually happen and soon or else.  

^ this

and the confusion sets in

1 hour ago, Angrysummons said:

33% chance. Still low, but GEFS/EPS gave a bit more support. Chicago would be in for 10-14 inches and 50 mile hour gusts.

Just now, beavis1729 said:

Point for Langdon ND, in the far northeast part of the state:

Today

Patchy blowing snow before 4pm. Mostly sunny and cold, with a high near -10. Wind chill values as low as -45. Breezy, with a west wind 16 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 32 mph.

Tonight

Mostly clear, with a low around -23. Wind chill values as low as -44. West wind 11 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.

Wednesday

Sunny and cold, with a high near -11. Wind chill values as low as -47. West northwest wind 11 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.

Wednesday Night

Partly cloudy, with a low around -27. Wind chill values as low as -45. West northwest wind around 11 mph.

Thursday

Partly sunny and cold, with a high near -14. West northwest wind 10 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Thursday Night

Mostly cloudy, with a low around -29. West northwest wind around 11 mph.

Friday

Partly sunny and cold, with a high near -15. West wind around 11 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Friday Night

Partly cloudy, with a low around -31. Northwest wind 8 to 10 mph.

Saturday

Mostly sunny and cold, with a high near -13. Northwest wind around 11 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.

Saturday Night

Partly cloudy, with a low around -24. West northwest wind 11 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.

I can't imagine breathing that air in.

So posts about the block go in this thread?  We've had so many threads.

I know its a weekend/Sunday and all, but last time we were at 89k cases was beginning of November.

4 hours ago, Hoosier said:

The wild card going forward.  They think the UK variant is at relatively low levels in the US right now.  At what point does this slow the declining numbers or even lead to a rebound?

 

U.K. coronavirus strain is doubling in the U.S. every 10 days, study finds

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/02/07/uk-coronavirus-strain-doubling-in-the-us-every-10-days-study-finds.html

If we would have had more funds and research to testing the variants, we would have known that it was here much earlier than we think.  

4 hours ago, Malacka11 said:

The storm or SpartThing?

LOL both

This is that time of year we dread.  Bone chilling cold.  
 

difference this time around is that there’s at least a bunch of systems to track.  

So confused.  Could use a Sparta map or two or even a mention of a block to clear this up. 

ORD plumes for this are slightly above 3 and then jump to 8 for the next round Sunday.  Four of them are 12+ by Sunday

15 hours ago, Hoosier said:

Next thing to watch will be if there is any increase in cases after Super Bowl gatherings.  When you think about who tends to attend Super Bowl gatherings, probably a disproportionately low percentage have already been vaccinated.  On the other hand, perhaps a disproportionately high percentage of that group has already had covid.

LOL true.  Just made me think