Maxim

The GEFS does. Going to be a warm month IMO

The CFS must be seeing a lot of warmth for the second half of Jan if the first half is slated to be on the cold side.

Latest GFS run has 60s into WI lol

Have to imagine this will go down as the warmest year on record for Chicago, no?

I think we see 50s for a few days at least

Interesting outlook from TWC, particularly in regards to January which I was not expecting to see. I know they aren't great, but still. https://weather.com/forecast/national/news/2024-12-18-january-february-march-2025-temperature-forecast-outlook

Seems like this will have serious implications for the rest of winter.

A sweeping cold front that brings us down into the 40s... in early Jan. Pardon my language, but what the fuck?

Sure seems like it.

truth hurts.

A lot of people on here are severely mentally ill IMO, hence why you're seeing these weird knee-jerk reactions to your very informative and insightful posts.

Think it’s time you take a long break.

I think it’s quite clear at this point the Xmas period into the end of the month is going to be warm for all of us. I didn’t believe it would be initially, but guidance has trended significantly warmer for that period. Question really is how warm. Could be anywhere from moderately above average to possibly record warm. Just have to wait and see.

Not really anything to write home about tbh.

It hasn’t really been entrenched. It may seem that way because of how incredibly warm this year has been, but this month has seen a lot of variability. I mean, we’ll be back to near 50 by Monday, lol.