February 2026 General Discussion

[Spartman]

The final month of Meteorological Winter is near. Plenty of cold, but not much snow or sun over the next week.

[cyclone77]

Where's the subtitle?

[Spartman]

[CheeselandSkies]

Couple of weeks ago I was seeing maps that said AA temps for Feb. Shocker.

[A-L-E-K]

Last pure winter month before the slow seasonal transition 

Time 2 stack

[DocATL]

Gonna be an ugly first week. Threading needles for dusters.


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[cyclone77]

They're being pretty blunt about things now I see.

 

[Brian D]

32 minutes ago, cyclone77 said:

They're being pretty blunt about things now I see.

 

"NO Chances"  Guess your totally SOL!

[Brian D]

Light snow moving through today. Might even mix with a little frz drz later. Looks like there is already some up N mixed in from a NWS DLH update. Best snow up around Grand Marais with some Lake help. SW flow does them well. 

[OrdIowPitMsp]

Little bit less then an inch here this morning to cover up the frozen dog turds and freshen up the pack. Best action here in weeks

[DocATL]

They're being pretty blunt about things now I see.
 

Omg this is great!


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[ILSNOW]

GFS looks good for cyclone at 384 hours!!!!

[OrdIowPitMsp]

1.4” of snow at MSP today. 
 

29.3” season to date.

[totsata]

View from above

[hawkeye_wx]

Got yet another dusting this afternoon, this time 0.4".

[cyclone77]

Mood flakes here at times today with a T.  Season total remains 19.6".

[CheeselandSkies]

It...might snow tonight.

[michsnowfreak]

Blue sky snowblind day to start February. After a low of 2, the high of 27 felt almost mild. It was the first time we hit 20° in 10 days.

 

[Spartman]

31 minutes ago, michsnowfreak said:

Blue sky snowblind day to start February. After a low of 2, the high of 27 felt almost mild. It was the first time we hit 20° in 10 days.

 

Same here. A clear day today was a great way to start the month before it gets all downhill again tomorrow.

[TimChgo9]

Cloudy, cold, but today we get out of the deep freeze with temps a 31 for a high.  10-day forecast showing temps near 50 for a day or so right before Valentine's Day. 

[Brian D]

0.7" of snow imby yesterday. 1"+ inland. Next event is showing some mix come Thurs. 

[SchaumburgStormer]

Frost depth is deep with this cold snap and minimal snow cover. About 14" imby, would make for some serious flooding/ice jam issues down the road. 

[Spartman]

4 hours ago, TimChgo9 said:

Cloudy, cold, but today we get out of the deep freeze with temps a 31 for a high. 

Going to be that kind of a week, for sure.

[A-L-E-K]

 

 

[A-L-E-K]

is that aircraft enhanced snow on the klot returns over the ord approaches?

[Chicago Storm]

is that aircraft enhanced snow on the klot returns over the ord approaches?

most definitely is.

[Geoboy645]

5 hours ago, SchaumburgStormer said:

Frost depth is deep with this cold snap and minimal snow cover. About 14" imby, would make for some serious flooding/ice jam issues down the road. 

Yeah I am concerned about getting a warm precip event on top of this snowpack. Especially in the Ohio Valley where there's a higher chance of them being in a rainy warm sector and there's a recent history of significant heavy rain in February. There's a general 3-9 inch snowpack over the region with deep frost and frozen streams. It doesn't even take that much rain or snow on the ground to have a major flood. Nebraska in 19 only had a few inches of snow and like and inch of rain. The region has had bad experiences with that type of flood before, notably in 1913 and 1936. Even up here anything like the March 19 warm sector and we have problems as well.