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LAF actually hit 89 yesterday. El oh el.

Pure Michigan suckage

As long as it's not as bad as today, we good

This is interesting. It says that exposure to the spike protein, not even the virus itself, was enough to cause genetic changes in airway cells. Don't the vaccines train the body to recognize the covid spike protein? If so, then why doesn't the vaccine cause some of these long hauler symptoms? I don't have any formal medical background and I'm sure this can be easily explained to a layman like me, but it's something I thought of when I first read it. Gene changes might explain long-haul COVID-19 symptoms "We found that exposure to the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein alone was enough to change baseline gene expression in airway cells," said Nicholas Evans, a master's student in the laboratory of Sharilyn Almodovar, Ph.D., at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. "This suggests that symptoms seen in patients may initially result from the spike protein interacting with the cells directly." https://medicalxpress.com/news/2021-04-gene-long-haul-covid-symptoms.html

LAF seems like it's been running warm. I don't check it regularly but when I do, it is warmer than everywhere else in the area. It was happening back in winter too.

Warmest temp in April since 2002.

O'Hare dropped 20 degrees between 7:55 and 8:00. Warmth can still be found in the southwest portion of the city... at least for now.

Temp forecast is tricky around here tomorrow but there's a real possibility (maybe even more likely than not) that the afternoon high ends up being in the 40s. That would be quite the whiplash.

There's a 25 degree spread between ORD and PWK right now.

ORD had a 5 minute ob of 88, so the high will either be 87 or 88.

Now for something a little different. We are slightly over 6 weeks out from the June 10 solar eclipse. This is a partial eclipse in the United States, so not nearly as spectacular as the 8/21/2017 eclipse. It will be happening around sunrise and will be the first sunrise eclipse that is visible in the subforum since 11/3/2013 (which was only in the eastern part of the sub). For the Chicago area, it will be the first eclipse at sunrise since 12/24/1973, which is an unusually long period of time between eclipses at sunrise. Hopefully the weather cooperates. Will have more details as it gets closer of course. If you are located in the gray area on this map, the eclipse will not be visible since it's occurring entirely before sunrise. So as you can see, there will be an opportunity for just about the entire subforum region as long as weather permits. However, the closer you are to the gray area, the less time that you will have to view it. The farther east you are, the better.

Disappointing. I was expecting a long post about seasons in seasons, etc.

Hey beavis, any thoughts on this summer-like warmth in April?

This is the warmest temp this early in the season since 2012. That one happened in March, which some may recall.

86 at ORD. Knocking on record's door. Need 87 to tie.

That's why I didn't dismiss the veracity of the statement about people dead on the streets. If the Post is going to use a picture of somebody laying on the street, they should've used a different one because the one they used is clearly old and gives people a reason to doubt that it is occurring.

NYP should've used a different image to make their point (assuming it's true that people are dying in the streets).

I don't know what the percentages are but there's definitely a faction on the left that has been anti-vax for many years. I think the magnitude of the political divide over the covid vaccine specifically is unlike anything we've seen though.

I never said it was. Political affiliation seems like the bigger factor than race when it comes to vaccine resistance.

Still 79 at MLI.

We don't. Indiana is around 10% black. The national number is 13%. Some of those southern states are 25-30%+ black.

Here is the CDC data on percentage of people who have received at least 1 dose of vaccine. There is an obvious common link between the 10 worst states. Some of them have double trouble in being very Republican and also having a relatively large % of African American residents, which are 2 groups that tend to be more vaccine hesitant. 42. West Virginia Number of people vaccinated with at least one dose: 632,161 Percentage of population vaccinated with at least one dose: 35.27 43. Indiana Number of people vaccinated with at least one dose: 2,351,172 Percentage of population vaccinated with at least one dose: 34.92 44. Arkansas Number of people vaccinated with at least one dose: 1,051,126 Percentage of population vaccinated with at least one dose: 34.83 45. Georgia Number of people vaccinated with at least one dose: 3,594,066 Percentage of population vaccinated with at least one dose: 33.85 46. Tennessee Number of people vaccinated with at least one dose: 2,286,642 Percentage of population vaccinated with at least one dose: 33.48 47. Idaho Number of people vaccinated with at least one dose: 595,128 Percentage of population vaccinated with at least one dose: 33.3 48. Wyoming Number of people vaccinated with at least one dose: 192,439 Percentage of population vaccinated with at least one dose: 33.25 49. Louisiana Number of people vaccinated with at least one dose: 1,479,847 Percentage of population vaccinated with at least one dose: 31.83 50. Alabama Number of people vaccinated with at least one dose: 1,546,659 Percentage of population vaccinated with at least one dose: 31.54 51. Mississippi Number of people vaccinated with at least one dose: 898,809 Percentage of population vaccinated with at least one dose: 30.2

Totally forgot to check that model. It had near 90 in Des Moines

Temperatures are generally running above even the warmer guidance. Here are progs at 21z vs. actual. If this trend repeats tomorrow, then it may be a very close call at ORD with the record of 87.

I don't think the daily records for 4/27 will be broken for Chicago, but could at least be within shouting distance of one or both. Interestingly, the record high min for the date is from 1915, which was also a super dry Spring in Chicago up to this point.