Chinook

Fort Collins went from upper 50's to -7.8 (-10 to -17 on some mesonet stations)

This is a large number of extreme cold warnings and winter storm warnings along the Gulf of Mexico

a couple of areas of freezing rain, but otherwise you can see the local snow reports are numerous now

-20 wind chills coming toward Chicago

new winter weather advisory

2-4" with a drop to -2 degrees. Don't worry, my place in Ohio will get to -2 degrees also. I took the Pike's Peak Railway once

minor polar vortex

These loops are maps from the big storm that hit recently https://great-lakes-salsite.web.app/Jan_4_2025_GFS_surface_loop.html https://great-lakes-salsite.web.app/Jan_4_2025_surface_loop.html

my snow picture today

CIPS works again! I was gone for a while.

my place started getting small snowflakes before sunset

the aliens are here

snow reports from Dallas to you guys in Missouri, including some ones over 10" in Oklahoma and nearby areas of Arkansas.

31 degrees and -RA in South Carolina? It sounds like a -FZRA to me. Hope everybody stays safe out there with this storm.