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Early January Major/Potential Record Cold


Hoosier

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Looks like I'll finally have to close the windows this evening and turn on the furnace...   

 

-3F around these parts...temp seems stuck

 

:lmao:

 

BowMe probably will have to put on long sleeves now!

 

I close all the curtains when it gets this cold at night.

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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.

 

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LAF forecast for tomorrow...save worthy stuff.

 

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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.    
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^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.

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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....

 

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
1000 AM CST SUN JAN 5 2014 /1100 AM EST SUN JAN 5 2014/

...TECHNICALITY EXPECTED TO PREVENT ALL TIME RECORD COLD HIGHS
FROM BEING BROKEN MONDAY...

WHILE MONDAYS DAYTIME HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE
BRUTALLY COLD AND PROBABLY COLDER THAN THE DAILY ALL-TIME RECORD
COLD HIGHS...IT LOOKS UNLIKELY THAT THE ALL-TIME DAILY RECORD COLD
HIGHS WILL BE BROKEN. THE TECHNICALITY THAT LOOKS LIKELY TO
PREVENT MONDAY FROM BREAKING THE COLDEST DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE
EVER IS THE MIDNIGHT TEMPERATURES SUNDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY
MORNING. THE MIDNIGHT TEMPERATURES ARE LIKELY TO BE THE DAILY
HIGHS MONDAY AND ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE BELOW THE ALL-TIME DAILY
COLD HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS. DESPITE LIKELY FALLING SHORT OF THE
ALL-TIME DAILY RECORD COLD HIGHS...MONDAY WILL GO DOWN AS ONE OF
THE COLDEST DAYS ON RECORD. HERE IS A RANKING OF THE COLDEST NOON
TEMPERATURES ON RECORD DATING BACK TO THE 1929-30 WINTERS IN
CHICAGO AND ROCKFORD.

CHICAGO
TEMP DATE
1) -21 JAN 10 1982
2) -17 JAN 20 1985
3) -16 DEC 24 1985
4) -15 FEB 9 1933
-15 JAN 22 1936
-15 JAN 16 1982
7) -14 JAN 18 1994
8) -13 JAN 16 1977
9) -10 JAN 18 1940
-10 JAN 28 1977
-10 JAN 9 1982

ROCKFORD
TEMP DATE
1) -21 JAN 22 1936
-21 JAN 10 1982
3) -18 JAN 18 1994
4) -17 JAN 16 1982
5) -16 DEC 24 1983
-16 FEB 3 1996
7) -15 JAN 23 1963
-15 JAN 16 1977
-15 JAN 20 1985
-15 DEC 21 1989
-15 JAN 15 1994
-15 FEB 2 1996

WHILE ROCKFORD AND CHICAGO WILL FALL SHORT OF THEIR ALL TIME
RECORD COLD HIGH TEMPERATURES OF -11 IN CHICAGO AND -14 IN
ROCKFORD...CHICAGO WILL BE WITHIN STRIKING DISTANCE OF BREAKING
THEIR DAILY RECORD COLD HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR JANUARY 6TH WHICH IS
-1 SET BACK IN 1912. FOR ROCKFORD...THE ALL TIME DAILY RECORD COLD
HIGH WAS SET BACK ON JAN 6 1988 AND IS ALSO THE RECORD FOR THE
DATE...AND IS UNLIKELY TO BE THREATENED. 
 

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Yikes

 

HOW FAR TEMPERATURES DROP TONIGHT IS A TRICKY FORECAST BECAUSE THE

WINDS WILL KEEP THINGS MIXED. IN GENERAL...MOST STATISTICAL AND 2
METER TEMPERATURE GUIDANCE SUGGESTS LOWS TONIGHT IN THE -20S...WITH
PERHAPS SOME SITES IN NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND SOUTHEAST
MINNESOTA APPROACHING -30F. THIS SEEMS REASONABLE BASED ON WHATS
GOING ON UPSTREAM IN THE DAKOTAS. DID RUN SOME BACKWARDS
TRAJECTORIES FOR 12Z MONDAY FROM THE 05.12Z NAM AND THEY ALL POINT
TO EAST-CENTRAL SASKATCHEWAN AT 12Z TODAY...WHERE READINGS WERE -25
TO -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 AT
LEAST BE IN THE -30S AND PROBABLY EVEN -40S. GIVEN ONLY ABOUT
2-4C 925MB TEMPERATURE CLIMB ON MONDAY...TEMPERATURES ARE LIKELY
TO STRUGGLE TO GET TO -10...AND READINGS IN SOUTHEAST MN AND NORTH
CENTRAL WI COULD STRUGGLE TO GET MUCH WARMER THAN -20F. WITH THE
WINDS STAYING CONSTANT...WIND CHILLS MAY ONLY IMPROVE ABOUT
10F...STILL LIFE THREATENING. SEE THE CLIMATE SECTION BELOW FOR
RECORDS.

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  • 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.

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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.

 

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Interesting idea.  Essentially a natural snow fence, made of snow.   

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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.

 

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CPS just announced they will close schools tomorrow. http://www.chicagoweathercenter.com/severe/closings/

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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

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