Hoosier Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 1 minute ago, DaveNay said: Twice a day.... Good one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AppsRunner Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 Back down to -22 in Ames. Will probably re set the record low for today - that ties it from when it was set in the morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Martin Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 Everyone just got a bit colder in Michigan... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh_4184 Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 7 minutes ago, Stebo said: Everyone just got a bit colder in Michigan... I was pretty surprised to see that as well, my geothermal system I installed this past fall sure has been paying for itself in spades so far this past month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 -17 at ORD -30 there is out of the question. Getting to the record is iffy. Probably a photo finish if it happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveNay Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 Just now, josh_4184 said: I was pretty surprised to see that as well, my geothermal system I installed this past fall sure has been paying for itself in spades so far this past month. In Sept 2012, I installed a new high efficiency propane furnace to replace the 50 year old 50% efficient oil burner. My fuel savings in the next two winters paid for the entire furnace replacement cost. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 -25 ARR currently. I has been bouncing around, going back and forth between calm and light winds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoboy645 Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 -21 here at 10. We'll easily make -25 the way were going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 -27 MLI. This is 1F off a tie and 2F off a record all-time low temp there. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCNYILWX Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 -17 at ORD -30 there is out of the question. Getting to the record is iffy. Probably a photo finish if it happens.If it can get to -19 or even better -20 by 06z, it *may* be doable. I'll stick with what I forecast what I did the grids yesterday, -26, though wouldnt be surprised at anywhere from -23 to -25. Sent from my SM-G965U using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HillsdaleMIWeather Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 5 minutes ago, josh_4184 said: I was pretty surprised to see that as well, my geothermal system I installed this past fall sure has been paying for itself in spades so far this past month. Just activated the EAS on TV too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 Just now, Chicago Storm said: -27 MLI. This is 1F off a tie and 2F off a record all-time low temp there. They dropped 7 degrees in the past hour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 BCK -37 now up in WI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 Just now, Hoosier said: They dropped 7 degrees in the past hour. It's been dead calm there now, so it's off to the races. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh_4184 Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 Consumers Energy sounds pretty serious for those with Natural Gas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chances14 Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 1 minute ago, josh_4184 said: Consumers Energy sounds pretty serious for those with Natural Gas. Yeah. they also sent out an emergency alert to cell phones at 10:30 pm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh_4184 Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 3 minutes ago, chances14 said: Yeah. they also sent out an emergency alert to cell phones at 10:30 pm. Yea I got it as well but they later clarified more on their twitter feed the concern of not having enough supply of Nat Gas for customers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beavis1729 Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 22 minutes ago, Chicago Storm said: -27 MLI. This is 1F off a tie and 2F off a record all-time low temp there. MLI dropped 18 degrees in the past 6 hours, and ORD only 3. Funny how microclimates and local conditions can vary over relatively short distances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 -28 MLI. They have tied the all-time record coldest temp there now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Smith Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 ORD could use a 10 to 15 mph wind to negate the urban heat island. This is why they are going flat-line. I'm only going by what I see on maps but ORD is nowhere near the urban-rural boundary and MLI is probably an essentially rural site. Even so, ORD will probably drop about five degrees later on, urban heat islands still radiate heat to space, they just don't do it as efficiently as non-urban settings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 4 minutes ago, Roger Smith said: ORD could use a 10 to 15 mph wind to negate the urban heat island. This is why they are going flat-line. I'm only going by what I see on maps but ORD is nowhere near the urban-rural boundary and MLI is probably an essentially rural site. Even so, ORD will probably drop about five degrees later on, urban heat islands still radiate heat to space, they just don't do it as efficiently as non-urban settings. The opposite actually needs to happen. Winds need to die off, and faster than they are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 BCK stopped sending temp reports after hitting -38. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchaumburgStormer Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 Went calm, and we started dropping fast. Down to -27, having shaved 6 degrees off in the last hour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 13 minutes ago, Chicago Storm said: The opposite actually needs to happen. Winds need to die off, and faster than they are. Yep. ORD has had an 8-15 mph wind all night and it's not doing any good. The airmass is gradually warming aloft so you don't want to be mixing the low levels anywhere on a night like this, rural or urban. If it were a CAA setup like last night, different story. There's a reason the coldest Chicago temps tend not to happen on nights so dependent on radiational cooling like this one. The reason this one has/had a chance is because it was an extraordinary -14 heading into the evening. I know you know all this. Just sayin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Smith Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 Then why do studies show that magnitude of urban heat island is inversely proportional to wind speed? Last night illustrated that. My belief is, if the urban stations went calm, the differential would stay large. Maybe it's a trade-off, a calm wind at this point would encourage radiational cooling within the urban heat island, but at the same time, no frigid rural air could flow in (as was the case last night). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 1 minute ago, Roger Smith said: Then why do studies show that magnitude of urban heat island is inversely proportional to wind speed? Last night illustrated that. My belief is, if the urban stations went calm, the differential would stay large. Maybe it's a trade-off, a calm wind at this point would encourage radiational cooling within the urban heat island, but at the same time, no frigid rural air could flow in (as was the case last night). Roger, temps are slowly moderating aloft. The rural stations were struggling (a bit) to drop too until the winds went calm at some of them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 MLI hit -29 earlier, so new all time record for them. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 12 minutes ago, Hoosier said: MLI hit -29 earlier, so new all time record for them. Yeah was just gonna mention that. Nice to see after the disappointing daytime ascension earlier. Temp hit -21 an hour or so ago here, but has bumped back up to -19. I think all the homes leaking warm air here in this residential setting tempers the extreme cold some. I'm guessing just outside of town it's significantly colder. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 ORD is DOA for the record... Might not even exceed the low from last night (-23) at this rate. As for further west, there has been a real struggle to keep winds calm. Sites such as SQI/RPJ/ARR go calm and temps drop, then winds pick back up and the temp rises. The issue will likely continue for a while longer, before the ridge pushes in more towards morning. It's pretty clear that will be too late now though, so the state record is safe and it might be hard to find many sites that get below -30. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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