Chicago Storm

Vertical visibility. It's the height an observer or ASOS can see upward into a surface based obscuration that covers the sky. However, it's not strictly used in that fashion.

solid early spring day today. .

Oh, and if you want bad... For the climate period of 1911-1930, the average seasonal snowfall for Chicago was was 29.7". (31.4" for standard 30 year climate period of 1901-1930). We live in an area that has a lot of variability is the point here.

Only 38 of 139 Decembers have had 10.0" or more of total snowfall, and several (6) barely made it over that threshold. That's only 27% of Decembers since 1884. So yea, it's about time you accept where you live.

Oh, I am tracking... There are some top 10 lists we will be cracking soon for snowfall futility.

There have been 8 such, most recently 2017 with 0.6" of snow.

the only think i want to slant stick is 89° days to 90°.

ORD snowfall by "event" this season... Nov 15-19th: 1.1" Dec 9th: 0.2" Dec 15-16th: 1.7" Dec 22nd: 1.3" Jan 5th: 0.2"

I wouldn't lock that in as a likelihood across the sub-forum on a consistent basis as of yet.

Define “much colder”. .

i concur.

lol, no to all of this.

you heard it here first. the only weekend of 2023 was also the first dry weekend of 2023.

don’t you wish you could change that? .

Really not much to say regarding the upcoming middle 1/3rd of January (11-20th)... For the most part, the pattern we are currently in is expected to continue for most of this upcoming period. While looking at the traditional teleconnections wouldn't give you the big picture of information, we are most definitely still in a +WPO/+EPO/N PNA/+NAO like pattern. As has been the case to end December and for the first 1/3rd of January, this will lead to a similar pattern continuing. A mix of cool/mild temperatures will continue, with AN being the overall case for much of the sub-forum. An active weather pattern across the CONUS will also continue, thanks to the +WPO/+EPO/N PNA combo. If we were to have paired a -PNA with the +WPO/+EPO combo, we could have reallyyy torched and could have seen even more severe t'storm opportunities, so that's a small bright spot for the winter lovers in that hasn't/isn't occurring. However, with the main cold air locked in around Asia/North Pole/Northern Canada, this means any snow chances will be continued best across the northern portions of the sub-forum, with elsewhere struggling to see a minor event potential...unless a super thread the needle event can pop up. Beyond the upcoming middle of January period and looking towards the final 1/3rd late January period, there are once again some long off hints of maybe some change, but that is still a while off. Recall though, at the end of December there were once long off hints that there could be change during this mid-month period, that obviously will not occur.

there's been better.

looks like a usual saturday and sunday.

0.2” of snow at ORD with the wrap around -SN/snow showers overnight and this morning. .

ah, i see we’ve reached that point on the forum haven’t we. just think, 55 days until met spring arrives. .

i'm just going to put this right here for you...

We've had visibility as low as 1/16SM this evening with the FG here at ORD.

i make no promises.

Added a few since that time, including one in Decatur quite possibly.

Will have more info in the usual post in a few days, but current mid-month (11-20th) outlook: Move along.

Went from the TS and hail earlier, to 1/8SM FG at ORD now.