Chicago Storm

Event snowfall total of 1.0" here at ORD.

Depends on where the F-Gen band sets up. Wherever it does, there will likely will be a corridor of up to 6", maybe even higher.

Anyone notice the Euro change that was made? It still comes out earlier even with the DST change.

Any severe threat up around here for Thursday vanished as quickly as it appeared.

It most definitely is the demise/final warming of the SPV, no question on that at all.

Some of these tornado warnings today have been eek bad.

February 2024 finished as the warmest February on record for Chicago. Warmest February's 1. 39.5° - 2024 2. 39.0° - 1882 3. 38.7° - 1998 4. 38.0° - 2017 5. 37.5° - 1954 6. 37.3° - 1877 7. 37.1° - 1930 8. 36.5° - 1878 9. 35.8° - 1976 10. 35.6° - 1931

February 2024 finished as the warmest February on record for Chicago. Winter 2023/24 finished as the 5th warmest winter on record for Chicago. Warmest February's 1. 39.5° - 2024 2. 39.0° - 1882 3. 38.7° - 1998 4. 38.0° - 2017 5. 37.5° - 1954 6. 37.3° - 1877 7. 37.1° - 1930 8. 36.5° - 1878 9. 35.8° - 1976 10. 35.6° - 1931 Warmest Winter's 1. 37.2 - 1877/78 2. 35.7 - 1931/32 3. 35.2 - 1879/80 4. 35.1 - 1881/82 5. 34.9 - 2023/24 6. 34.6 - 1889/90 7. 33.6 - 1875/76 8. 33.2 - 1997/87 9. 33.1 - 1918/19 10. 32.8 - 2011/12 10. 32.8 - 1920/21

Skilling road off into the sunset tonight…

DVN has confirmed 1 tornado from yesterday, while LOT has confirmed 11 tornadoes.

With the snow at ORD last Friday evening and the t'storms last evening at ORD, the pursuit of a top 10 driest February has ended. The monthly precip total for February 2024 is now up to 0.63".

Chicago/O'Hare had a high temperature of 71° on February 26th, which broke the record high max temperature for the date of 64°, which was set in 2000. Chicago/O'Hare had a low temperature of 52° on February 27th, which broke the record high min temperature for the date of 42°, which was set in 1896.

Broke the record high max temp on Feb 26th and the record high min temp on Feb 27th. However, just barely missed the record high max temp on Feb 27th, the all-time record Feb high max temp, and the all-time record winter high max temp with a high of "only" 74° at ORD yesterday. Also, just missed the all-time record Feb high min temp with a low of "only" 52° at ORD yesterday.

it's been over. if OHweather or myself are not posting tl:dr posts about the long range, there's nothing to see for you winter loving people.

The line of severe t'storms that swept through the metro ended up producing a peak wind gust of 41MPH and 0.50" hail at ORD. It wasn't anything too exciting, but solid for February. The lightning/thunder production may have been the best I can remember in February.

That's part of why there is a risk today.

74° at ORD currently. Just shy of all of the records in play...

Wish I were able to be chasing today, but couldn't swing it at work. There two targets overall that I would have considered... •N Illinois near the SLP/CF/DL/WF intersection. However, it's unknown if this activity will be surface based or not. •I-80/southern Chicago suburbs down into E IL/IN. Dryline play for discrete supercells, should the cap erode.

I wasn’t talking about the threat, just that they didn’t mention that region.

They tend to do that at times, and there's no real rhyme or reason as to why.

It's more-so that the observation location was either by the lake or downtown.

Posted this in the Chicago record thread, but figured it was worth the cross-post here as well. All-time and daily record temperatures in jeopardy the next few days... •Winter all-time record max temp - 75° (2/27/1976) •February all-time record max temp - 75° (2/27/1976) •February all-time record min temp - 54° (2/8/1925) •Monday, Feb 26th Max Temp - 64° (2000) •Tuesday, Feb 27th Max Temp - 75° (1976) •Tuesday, Feb 27th Min Temp - 42° (1896)

All-time and daily record temperatures in jeopardy the next few days... •Winter all-time record max temp - 75° (2/27/1976) •February all-time record max temp - 75° (2/27/1976) •February all-time record min temp - 54° (2/8/1925) •Monday, Feb 26th Max Temp - 64° (2000) •Tuesday, Feb 27th Max Temp - 75° (1976) •Tuesday, Feb 27th Min Temp - 42° (1896)

The big dog one to watch... No chance at the warmest winter on record, but getting into the top 5 is certainly possible. Warmest Winter’s 1. 37.2° - 1877/88 2. 35.7° - 1931/32 3. 35.2° - 1879/80 4. 35.1° - 1881/82 5. 34.6° - 1889/90 6. 34.4° - 2023/24 (Thru 2/24) 7. 33.6° - 1875/76 8. 33.2° - 1997/98 9. 33.1° - 1918/19 10. 32.8° - 2011/12 10. 32.8° - 1920/21

There’s essentially no chance at a heat index that high, with relatively low dew points expected. (DP’s will be high by Feb standards, but low for getting a 90°+ HI.)