RCNYILWX Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 Wow. Sterling hit -29 on Feb 3 so it'll be interesting to see how cold they get too. They didn't get very cold this morning compared to some areas. Air is extremely dry. Dew here is -16. RPJ back up to -6 as of 7pm because the wind briefly came up but ARR already down to -14 (!). The dry airmass will certainly be conducive to some impressive numbers tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 Is RPJ in a topographic bowl? That's crazy low for this time of the evening. Down to 3° here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCNYILWX Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 IKK at -6º now. -20º or lower should be doable. Should definitely beat the -17 on 2/3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 Is RPJ in a topographic bowl? That's crazy low for this time of the evening. Down to 3° here. Station is at 705ft, but don't know how it compares to surrounding locations. Looks like the site is actually just northwest of Sugar Grove. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ottawa Blizzard Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 Forecast low of -4F tonight, but skies are overcast, preventing the temperature from falling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 FWA's record low for 2/11 is a measly -6°. Stick a fork in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 Heat wave here, 18 degrees currently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beavis1729 Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 Various locations in NE/NC IL at 8PM CST, warmest to coldest. Chicago (ORD): 4 Rockford (RFD): -2 DuPage Airport (DPA): -3 De Kalb (DKB): -5 Joliet (JOT): -5 Kankakee (IKK): -7 Rochelle (RPJ): -8 Aurora (ARR): -15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 Fell another 2° here, currently 1°. Coldest in southern Wisconsin - -7° at Burlington -10° at Monroe -9° at Sparta -9° at Black River Falls -5° at LSE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 After bouncing back up to -8 the temp has pretty much stalled here the last hour and a half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 8º/-10º at LAF today. That's -29/-31 for the max/min departures...and -30 for the day. Wow. 0º at 7:00pm. How low can LAF go? I think we'll at least make a run at our coldest temp so far this season. Don't know if we will make it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 RPJ just went down to -17°. New state record here we come! Going to head out there Beavis and confirm that!? -15° at ARR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 Had a few peaks of sun but the familiar gray quickly took over today. It hit 21F and felt balmy lol. I continued taking pics at a record pace this winter . Went to the park, and didnt go too far because walking in the deep snow is actually quite the workout! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huronicane Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 OT, but as if we needed another reason NOT to name winter storms...I'm speaking with someone in Michigan who is not in tune with weather like us, and thought that the light snow she was experiencing was a part of "Winter Storm Pax". Perhaps TWC is not discriminating between the developing storm and anything else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 I think we'll at least make a run at our coldest temp so far this season. Don't know if we will make it. Who knows? Seems it'll probably be fairly close though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 Back down to -10 here. Gonna take the truck out quick and see if I can find some colder areas just outside of town. There's a few low areas a few miles west of here where I shoot time lapses sometimes that could really be tanking tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 Someone is treating the birds and squirrels in the park there. That is usually the case around here too. Most of the pictures I've taken lately have been from inside the car. haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 -5 at LAF. And the temps come tumbling down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 SWS issued by LOT. ...BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES EXPECTED ONCE AGAIN TONIGHT INTOEARLY TUESDAY MORNING...WITH CLEAR SKIES...CALM WINDS AND A SOLID SNOW PACK INPLACE...BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED ONCE AGAIN TONIGHTINTO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING FOR ALL OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS ANDNORTHWEST INDIANA. LOWS WILL BE WELL BELOW ZERO TONIGHT WITH AREAWIDE TEMPERATURES NEAR 10 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ZERO...WITH 20 BELOWTO 30 BELOW ZERO LIKELY ACROSS LOCATIONS IN NORTH CENTRALILLINOIS. DESPITE THESE BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES IN PLACE...THECALM WINDS WILL LIMIT WIND CHILLS WITH VALUES NOT MUCH COLDER THANTHE ACTUAL AIR TEMPERATURE. NONETHELESS...THESE VERY LOWTEMPERATURES WILL MAKE FOR DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS ACROSS THEAREA TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. A GRADUAL WARM UP WILL OCCURTUESDAY MORNING...WITH TEMPERATURES RISING ABOVE ZERO ACROSS MOSTLOCATIONS BY MID TO LATE MORNING.$$RODRIGUEZ House is starting to pop like crazy now. Down to 0°. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilbertfly Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 SWS issued by LOT. House is starting to pop like crazy now. Down to 0°. yeah, with the thin layer of ice from the melt on the roof there all kinds of poppin' and crackin' goin' on tonight.... KARR down to -15 at 8:52 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beavis1729 Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 Various locations in NE/NC IL at 9PM CST, warmest to coldest. I thought the winds would have died down by now...but most locations still have NW winds from 5-8 mph. Chicago (ORD): 2 DuPage Airport (DPA): -3 Rockford (RFD): -4 Joliet (JOT): -5 Kankakee (IKK): -5 De Kalb (DKB): -7 Aurora (ARR): -15 Rochelle (RPJ): -18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beavis1729 Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL625 PM CST MON FEB 10 2014 /725 PM EST MON FEB 10 2014/...SNOW DEPTH STATS THROUGH FEBRUARY 10TH...ONE WAY OF QUANTIFYING AN IMPRESSIVE WINTER IS THE CUMULATIVERESULT OF SNOWFALL AND COLD TEMPERATURES COMBINED...AND THAT ISSNOW DEPTH PERSISTENCE. ROCKFORD ALONG WITH MUCH OF NORTH CENTRALILLINOIS HAS SEEN SUSTAINED SNOW COVER ON THE GROUND SINCE EARLYDECEMBER 2013 AND THAT IS CLIMBING WELL UP IN THE HISTORICALRANKINGS. AS FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTH CHICAGO METRO AND LOCATIONSSOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80...INCLUDING NORTHWEST INDIANA...BRIEFMILDER TEMPERATURES AND RAINFALL DURING THE SECOND WEEKEND OFJANUARY HELPED LEAD TO A MELTING OF MUCH SNOW COVER.HOWEVER...FREQUENT SNOWFALL SINCE THEN HAS CREATED IMPRESSIVEDEPTHS FOR MID-FEBRUARY.-----------------------------------------------------------------ROCKFORDMONDAY FEBRUARY 10TH WAS THE 16TH CONSECUTIVE DAY WITH AT LEAST 8INCHES OF SNOW ON THE GROUND IN ROCKFORD /DATING BACK TO JANUARY26TH/. THIS WILL LIKELY EXTEND AT LEAST A FEW MORE DAYS...MAKINGIT THE LONGEST SUCH STRETCH SINCE THE MID 80S.HERE IS A RUNDOWN OF THE LONGEST STREAK OF CONSECUTIVE DAYS WITH 8OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW ON THE GROUND IN ROCKFORD...RANK # OF DAYS END OF STREAK 1) 75 3/15/1979 2) 40 3/20/1960 3) 34 1/25/1970 4) 23 2/13/1959 5) 22 2/21/1985 6) 20 1/29/1985 7) 19 1/25/1962 8) 17 1/16/2001 17 1/31/194010) 16 THROUGH 2/10/2014 BUT STILL GOING STRONGTHIS IS THE 51ST CONSECUTIVE DAY AT ROCKFORD WITH AT LEAST 4 INCHESOF SNOW ON THE GROUND IN ROCKFORD /DATING BACK TO DECEMBER22ND/...WHICH IS THE LONGEST SUCH STREAK SINCE THE 1984-1985 WINTER.THAT WILL BE ECLIPSED AND LIKELY THIS WINTER WILL CLOSE IN IF NOTSURPASS THE SECOND LONGEST STRETCH AT ROCKFORD...AND BE THE LONGESTSINCE THE 1978-79 WINTER.HERE IS A RUNDOWN OF THE LONGEST STREAK OF CONSECUTIVE DAYS WITH 4OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW ON THE GROUND IN ROCKFORD...RANK # OF DAYS END OF STREAK 1) 103 3/18/1979 2) 59 2/11/1984 3) 58 3/11/1978 4) 52 2/21/1985 5) 51 THROUGH 2/10/2014 BUT STILL GOING STRONGFINALLY...FEBRUARY 10TH WAS THE 64TH CONSECUTIVE DAY WITH 2 OR MOREINCHES OF SNOW ON THE GROUND IN ROCKFORD /DATING BACK TO DECEMBER9TH/...WHICH IS THE LONGEST SUCH STREAK IN ROCKFORD SINCE THE LATE70S WINTERS...AND THE FOURTH LONGEST ON RECORD.-----------------------------------------------------------------CHICAGOCHICAGO OBSERVED 13 INCHES OF SNOW DEPTH ON THE MORNINGS OF FEBRUARY9TH AND 10TH. THIS IS THE MOST SNOW ON THE GROUND AT CHICAGO SINCEAFTER THE GROUNDHOG DAY BLIZZARD IN FEBRUARY 2011. BEFORE THAT...ONEWOULD HAVE TO GO BACK TO 1/5/2001 WHEN THERE WAS THIS MUCH SNOW ONTHE GROUND. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 Fun watching the obs tonight. IKK -8º, -5º, -9º in a span of 40 minutes. Not much wind, but enough of a uptick warms temps...and vice versa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue60007 Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 Flying down here at my place. Down to -6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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cyclone77 Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 Coldest location I could find was just north of the Albany Road/I-88 area at -15. Temp rose to as warm as -4 on some of the higher/wooded areas a few miles north of I-88. EDIT: Rochelle already down to -21. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 Mich- Great pictures. Those cardinals are always so nice to see in a landscape void of any real color. Weird that you have fox squirrels around. I only see those in rural areas around here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 Someone is treating the birds and squirrels in the park there. That is usually the case around here too. Most of the pictures I've taken lately have been from inside the car. haha Yup snow is too deep that wildlife has it rough...so when they get handouts, they arent afraid of anyone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 Got to play some pond hockey over the weekend, was pretty awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beavis1729 Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 Various locations in NE/NC IL at 10PM CST (warmest to coldest), including wind speed. About 9 hours of darkness to go! Chicago (ORD): 1, NW 8 mph DuPage Airport (DPA): -3, NW 5 mph Rockford (RFD): -7, calm De Kalb (DKB): -9, W 8 mph Joliet (JOT): -9, SW 3 mph Kankakee (IKK): -13, W 3 mph Aurora (ARR): -18, W 7 mph Rochelle (RPJ): -21, SW 7 mph Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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