February 2026 General Discussion

[A-L-E-K]

3 hours ago, A-L-E-K said:

windshield had dirt all over it just like that last time wildfire particulate rain out the air, not sure if that was the case again here but naso keen on this becoming a new thing

Suspect 

 

edit: just check sat loops and this was definitely the shit all over my car, you can even tell it's the same color lol

 

the era of toxic dirt rain 

 

 

[DocATL]

Wildfires and tornadoes in February! What a time to be alive!

[OrdIowPitMsp]

Twin Cities under a WWA for 2-4” of snow today. The model trends have been in my favor for wrap around snowfall. Temps are already falling through the 30s 

[Torchageddon]

Steady mod rains since 6am, I already see a glaze on roads and higher surfaces despite it being near 1C/33F. I hope WUN is correct with lower precip and stoppage at 2pm. There was a brief flicker 2 hr ago. I turned the heat way up.

[Brian D]

LP looks to be occluding atm, so that will shutoff the heavy feed of moisture coming in from the S. The Lake is enhancing what is coming tho, so hopefully will maintain a steady SN throughout the day. Winds should start to back off as well as LP gets closer, and the gradient weakens. Gusts are down some from earlier. 

[sbnwx85]

Heard a rumble of thunder early this morning. Now, as the great Sophie B. Hawkins once said “It feels like spring time on this February morning.”

 

[Chinook]

2 hours ago, Brian D said:

Blizzard for sure. 7.6" of wet, compacted, drifted snow imby so far. Winds 20-35 G up to 45 mph. Thundersnow last night with a band that went through. Vis 1-2 blocks. Conditions have been this way since around 11:30 pm last night. Early reports show 5-12" in the area, and we have to get through the day yet.  

The storm report says 66mph off the lake, there's got to be a blizzard with that, considering the snow. Superior Wisconsin airport has wind gusts to 53, which also is a high wind. Duluth, max wind gust of 61mph with 1/4 mile visibilty.

[Brian D]

Just now, Chinook said:

The storm report says 66mph off the lake, there's got to be a blizzard with that, considering the snow. Superior Wisconsin airport has wind gusts to 53, which also is a high wind

They get higher winds down there in DLH along Park Point, and up at the arpt more regularly. Wind funnels a bit in that narrower section of the Lake. Here in town, they are not that high, although, if there were an anemometer down at Burlington Bay here in town, probably would get similar readings. BTW, just heard that Hwy 61 along the entire shore has been closed all morning. Whiteout conditions.

[Brian D]

Snow has lessened some from +SN to SN, but wind gusts have increased again up to 45. Vis has improved, except on the stronger gusts. 

 

EDIT: another wave of +SN moves in to bring whiteout conditions.  

[cyclone77]

Ready 2 burn

[A-L-E-K]

liking thunder chances here tomorrow

[hawkeye_wx]

12z Euro has a potent snow event for a few Thursday night.  I could see some flakes if it tracks far enough southeast. 

[OrdIowPitMsp]

Dumping here. Airport and home are riding the northern edge but it looks like we’ll squeeze a few inches outta this.

Bye bye grass tips and dog poo. 

[nvck]

worst weather. rain this morning melted all the remaining snow, and now we're stuck in the upper 30s while GRR hits 60...

[Chicago Storm]

2 hours ago, hawkeye_wx said:

12z Euro has a potent snow event for a few Thursday night.  I could see some flakes if it tracks far enough southeast. 

Don't write this thing off for something more just yet...

Complex evolution overall.

[McHenrySnow]

7 hours ago, DocATL said:

Wildfires and tornadoes in February! What a time to be alive!

Yes, climate change rocks! 

[Brian D]

14.7" imby as of 3 pm. -SN with decreasing winds atm. Still could be few inches more later, but we shall see how things evolve. Shouldn't be a lot more.

[frostfern]

I can see towering clouds on the far SE horizon.  It’s been a while since I’ve seen thunderheads on the horizon.  A nice little echo S of Lansing.  

[TheClimateChanger]

Lol, this is a weird forecast for a severe thunderstorm warning.

[cutlew]

3” of snow this afternoon with 2” in the last 90 minutes

No thunder or fire weather here!


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[cyclone77]

Dew got down to 7 here this afternoon with 11% humidity.  MLI had a dew as low as 9.

[OrdIowPitMsp]

1 hour ago, cutlew said:

3” of snow this afternoon with 2” in the last 90 minutes

No thunder or fire weather here!


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Pure rippage. Airport is reporting 2.4” at 6pm but the NWS office measured 4.2” I’m eyeballing 3-4” imby under heavy snow.

[cutlew]

Pure rippage. Airport is reporting 2.4” at 6pm but the NWS office measured 4.2” I’m eyeballing 3-4” imby under heavy snow.

I concur. About to get a little break between bands but just measured 4.5”

[michsnowfreak]

5 hours ago, nvck said:

worst weather. rain this morning melted all the remaining snow, and now we're stuck in the upper 30s while GRR hits 60...

It was insane. Temps briefly skyrocketed to 65 at DTW before falling back to the low 40s. I am 7 miles east of DTW and maxed at 56. Detroit City airport maxed at 45. 

High of 65 at DTW and 45 at DET? Ive never seen anything so wild. Hypothetically, if the two stations finished with an otherwise identical monthly mean temp, today's front would single handedly make DTW a few tenths of a degree warmer for the month than DET. 

All the snow has melted, though there are plenty of cookies n cream piles in parking lots and such, its that depressing time of getting used to grass after looking at snowcover for a long time.

[OrdIowPitMsp]

19 minutes ago, cutlew said:

I concur. About to get a little break between bands but just measured 4.5”

Same here. 5” in play. Just goes to show how there’s still plenty of surprises even with modern technology. 

[Chinook]

Earlier today, this wide-ranging storm system was strung out WNW-ESE across the continent. It's pulling itself apart.

Strange U-shaped snow forecast coming up for tomorrow. Also note: the Sierra Nevada is going to get a precipitation total of about 6" (60"+ of snowfall) out of this multi-day weather event.

[michsnowfreak]

5 minutes ago, OrdIowPitMsp said:

Same here. 5” in play. Just goes to show how there’s still plenty of surprises even with modern technology. 

On January 14th we had a 30%-50% chance of snow showers, expecting a dusting, and ended up with 6.2" of snow by the morning of the 15th. 

[Chinook]

There are going to be some Low CAPE/high shear showers and thunderstorms for N. Illinois to N. Ohio. The SPC has a slight risk of tornadoes for the lower Ohio Valley, which is south of the areas just mentioned. Convection-allowing models vary on coverage and placement of rain showers.

 

[Torchageddon]

6 hours ago, TheClimateChanger said:

Lol, this is a weird forecast for a severe thunderstorm warning.

Even the rec boxes are sizeably confused!

My temp reminded at 1C so I didn't collect more ice, whew. Very wet today, maybe 20mm over the last 36 hr. I had a wave of real freezing rain at 9pm race through which coated all surfaces once I was -1C, a peek at what ick would've been in store had this precip been at night.

[OrdIowPitMsp]

7.6” at MSP.

Largest storm of the year. 
All timer forecast bust