SchaumburgStormer Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 11 and windy here. Brutal. Taking several breaks while I attack the 4 foot garage drift and the 3 feet of snowplow aided drifting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beavis1729 Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 2 years ago on this date, it was 61 in Minot, ND. Right now, it's -20 with west winds at 25 mph, gusting to 35 mph...resulting in a wind chill of -51. And light snow is falling too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Point here has -21/-13/-20 for tonight/tomorrow/tomorrow night. Gonna be a brutal 36hr stretch. EDIT: Key will be how fast we can drop this eve. If we don't get to -13 by midnight tonight we may get that cheap midnight max, but it's gonna be close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnoSki14 Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Crazy cold out here, it'll probably feel like getting stabbed by thousands of prickly needles if it hits exposed skin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrisale Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 115 million Americans under wind chill warning, advisory or watch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Down to 12° here with wind chills near -3°. For lows I got: -18°, -18°, -5° Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Looks like I'll finally have to close the windows this evening and turn on the furnace... -3F around these parts...temp seems stuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Looks like I'll finally have to close the windows this evening and turn on the furnace... -3F around these parts...temp seems stuck BowMe probably will have to put on long sleeves now! I close all the curtains when it gets this cold at night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 10 here. Temps haven't really dropped off very much today like forecast. Looks like the colder air is delayed a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 18z RAP shows -20s plowing through northern IL at 12z tomorrow. Even some sub -25 in the northwest corner. It's done better than the HRRR so far this season, and hasn't overly bullish like it has in the past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimillman Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Surely a winter to remember Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 i'm actually a little nervous about this...maybe more than any other weather event. Worrying about the car, pipes, dog, etc. Can't wait till this passes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 10 here. Temps haven't really dropped off very much today like forecast. Looks like the colder air is delayed a bit. just slightly delayed by the defo band. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchaumburgStormer Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 i'm actually a little nervous about this...maybe more than any other weather event. Worrying about the car, pipes, dog, etc. Can't wait till this passes. As a property adjuster, I share a similar fear. So many old, under insulated houses in the metro may have some serious issues Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Getting nasty out there now with the wind. Drifting starting down the street. I know drifting snow was coming. I decided to try something to try to cut down on the most drift prone area of the driveway. If you can see I cut two trenches through the snow in the yard. And piled up the snow in a ridge perpendicular to the expected strong NW winds. I want to see if I can avoid the driveway drifting over in this area and having to try move snow again when it's below zero. Hopefully the wind will deflect off to the side and drop the snow in those trenches. Other picture is the opposite side of the driveway. The snow over there should stay in the yard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 ^Interesting idea. Hopefully it works out for you. If it drifts over here I'm throwing her in 4wd and blasting through it. Not going outside to deal with it anymore for a few days lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted January 5, 2014 Author Share Posted January 5, 2014 LAF forecast for tomorrow...save worthy stuff. ... MONDAY BREEZY. MOSTLY CLOUDY. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. SCATTERED FLURRIES. NEARLY STEADY TEMPERATURES AROUND 13 BELOW. WEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH. WIND CHILL READINGS 31 BELOW TO 41 BELOW ZERO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 ^Interesting idea. Hopefully it works out for you. If it drifts over here I'm throwing her in 4wd and blasting through it. Not going outside to deal with it anymore for a few days lol. Yeah I'll end up driving over anything that falls beyond about 5pm today. Wind Chill pushing about -10° now. 0° actual temp line almost into Madison. O yeah and most schools in the area are now closed to Monday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilbertfly Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 GL with that Geos....sounds like a neat idea! @ Alek.... I told my mom (since my dad is recovering at a PT local), that she is not allowed to go outside after 6:00PM tonight thru tuesday night without calling me first, (even just to shovel or check the mail) then calling me back once she gets back inside....The freaky cold temps/windchills can do so much damage to people and property in such a short amount of time. Best of luck to you. Good call with the saving something for posterity Hoosier....my version.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL1000 AM CST SUN JAN 5 2014 /1100 AM EST SUN JAN 5 2014/...TECHNICALITY EXPECTED TO PREVENT ALL TIME RECORD COLD HIGHSFROM BEING BROKEN MONDAY...WHILE MONDAYS DAYTIME HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BEBRUTALLY COLD AND PROBABLY COLDER THAN THE DAILY ALL-TIME RECORDCOLD HIGHS...IT LOOKS UNLIKELY THAT THE ALL-TIME DAILY RECORD COLDHIGHS WILL BE BROKEN. THE TECHNICALITY THAT LOOKS LIKELY TOPREVENT MONDAY FROM BREAKING THE COLDEST DAILY HIGH TEMPERATUREEVER IS THE MIDNIGHT TEMPERATURES SUNDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAYMORNING. THE MIDNIGHT TEMPERATURES ARE LIKELY TO BE THE DAILYHIGHS MONDAY AND ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE BELOW THE ALL-TIME DAILYCOLD HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS. DESPITE LIKELY FALLING SHORT OF THEALL-TIME DAILY RECORD COLD HIGHS...MONDAY WILL GO DOWN AS ONE OFTHE COLDEST DAYS ON RECORD. HERE IS A RANKING OF THE COLDEST NOONTEMPERATURES ON RECORD DATING BACK TO THE 1929-30 WINTERS INCHICAGO AND ROCKFORD.CHICAGOTEMP DATE1) -21 JAN 10 19822) -17 JAN 20 19853) -16 DEC 24 19854) -15 FEB 9 1933-15 JAN 22 1936-15 JAN 16 19827) -14 JAN 18 19948) -13 JAN 16 19779) -10 JAN 18 1940-10 JAN 28 1977-10 JAN 9 1982ROCKFORDTEMP DATE1) -21 JAN 22 1936-21 JAN 10 19823) -18 JAN 18 19944) -17 JAN 16 19825) -16 DEC 24 1983-16 FEB 3 19967) -15 JAN 23 1963-15 JAN 16 1977-15 JAN 20 1985-15 DEC 21 1989-15 JAN 15 1994-15 FEB 2 1996WHILE ROCKFORD AND CHICAGO WILL FALL SHORT OF THEIR ALL TIMERECORD COLD HIGH TEMPERATURES OF -11 IN CHICAGO AND -14 INROCKFORD...CHICAGO WILL BE WITHIN STRIKING DISTANCE OF BREAKINGTHEIR DAILY RECORD COLD HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR JANUARY 6TH WHICH IS-1 SET BACK IN 1912. FOR ROCKFORD...THE ALL TIME DAILY RECORD COLDHIGH WAS SET BACK ON JAN 6 1988 AND IS ALSO THE RECORD FOR THEDATE...AND IS UNLIKELY TO BE THREATENED. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 lol @ LOT calling out the cheap midnight high Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 After staying at -21 for a few days, the point here has been bumped up to -19. Point high tomorrow also tweaked up a few degrees to -12. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Yikes HOW FAR TEMPERATURES DROP TONIGHT IS A TRICKY FORECAST BECAUSE THEWINDS WILL KEEP THINGS MIXED. IN GENERAL...MOST STATISTICAL AND 2METER TEMPERATURE GUIDANCE SUGGESTS LOWS TONIGHT IN THE -20S...WITHPERHAPS SOME SITES IN NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND SOUTHEASTMINNESOTA APPROACHING -30F. THIS SEEMS REASONABLE BASED ON WHATSGOING ON UPSTREAM IN THE DAKOTAS. DID RUN SOME BACKWARDSTRAJECTORIES FOR 12Z MONDAY FROM THE 05.12Z NAM AND THEY ALL POINTTO EAST-CENTRAL SASKATCHEWAN AT 12Z TODAY...WHERE READINGS WERE -25TO -30F. ADDING IN THE WIND RESULTS IN INCREDIBLY LOW WIND CHILLS OF-50 TO -60F BY 12Z MONDAY. IF WE HAD CALM WINDS...LOWS WOULD ATLEAST BE IN THE -30S AND PROBABLY EVEN -40S. GIVEN ONLY ABOUT2-4C 925MB TEMPERATURE CLIMB ON MONDAY...TEMPERATURES ARE LIKELYTO STRUGGLE TO GET TO -10...AND READINGS IN SOUTHEAST MN AND NORTHCENTRAL WI COULD STRUGGLE TO GET MUCH WARMER THAN -20F. WITH THEWINDS STAYING CONSTANT...WIND CHILLS MAY ONLY IMPROVE ABOUT10F...STILL LIFE THREATENING. SEE THE CLIMATE SECTION BELOW FORRECORDS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Central Illinois Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Late AfternoonSnow. Steady temperature around 12. Wind chill values between -3 and -8. Blustery, with a north northwest wind around 25 mph, with gusts as high as 38 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Total daytime snow accumulation of 6 to 10 inches possible. TonightAreas of blowing snow and a chance of snow before 9pm, then areas of blowing snow after 9pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around -16. Wind chill values between -29 and -39. Blustery, with a west northwest wind 18 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 38 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. MondayPatchy blowing snow. Partly sunny and cold, with a high near -10. Wind chill values between -35 and -41. Blustery, with a west northwest wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Monday NightPartly cloudy, with a low around -15. Wind chill values between -30 and -35. West wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 A lot of clouds in the region still. I wonder if tomorrow night will actually be colder than tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoar_Frost Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Really looks like we're going to get midnight highed here on Monday which is kind of a shame considering the airmass moving in. But the daytime cold should still rival the all-time great arctic outbreaks. Although the cheap midnight high will be a problem at the official ASOS sites, CO-OP sites record in the morning, so all-time record-low highs could be broken still at those sites. Getting nasty out there now with the wind. Drifting starting down the street. I know drifting snow was coming. I decided to try something to try to cut down on the most drift prone area of the driveway. If you can see I cut two trenches through the snow in the yard. And piled up the snow in a ridge perpendicular to the expected strong NW winds. I want to see if I can avoid the driveway drifting over in this area and having to try move snow again when it's below zero. Hopefully the wind will deflect off to the side and drop the snow in those trenches. Other picture is the opposite side of the driveway. The snow over there should stay in the yard. Interesting idea. Essentially a natural snow fence, made of snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted January 5, 2014 Author Share Posted January 5, 2014 lol @ LOT calling out the cheap midnight high It's normally overrated but it kinda sucks when you have a chance to do something historic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Although the cheap midnight high will be a problem at the official ASOS sites, CO-OP sites record in the morning, so all-time record-low highs could be broken still at those sites. Interesting idea. Essentially a natural snow fence, made of snow. So far it's working this evening. Drifting out around open fields and agricultural lands is pretty bad now. --- CPS just announced they will close schools tomorrow. http://www.chicagoweathercenter.com/severe/closings/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hm8 Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 i'm actually a little nervous about this...maybe more than any other weather event. Worrying about the car, pipes, dog, etc. Can't wait till this passes. Yet you get your second major snowstorm in a week best worst climo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brewers Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Starting to see the temp drop steadily, MKE down to 5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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