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Although I obviously hope Joe is right about his hunch of being similar to GHD3 (12.3" here), right now is what I'm seeing for FWA:

In Indiana, it's because of "e-learning". State law requires 180 days of school. They used to have to make it up after Memorial Day if they burned through their built-in snow days (i.e. President's Day). Now, with every kid having a school-issued ipad, they can count snow days as e-learning days. In fact, on a Zoom meeting right before GHDIII, our local school Superintendent proclaimed, "Thank goodness for e-learning days!"

The dude weaponized his snow plow: https://www.wpta21.com/2022/02/08/ohio-turnpike-plow-driver-fired-after-damaging-50-plus-vehicles/

A Cary/McHenry/Mt Geos special

Yesterday we had full sun and 35° for a high and only lost 1/2" of snow (6 1/2 to 6). Today was cloudy and 40° and lost 2". We also have a very heavy 4".

That's how I roll. This winter up until last week was completely uneventful. Time is beginning to run short considering nothing major is showing for a few days, unless you enjoy waving at the parade of clippers as they pass by to our north. I guess I'll take my 12" storm (out of 18" total for the year) and like it. Now that I've said that, we'll probably have an anomalously snowy March and early April and end up above normal in seasonal snowfall. lol

Time to break it out.... zzzzzzzz

Sitting at 11.5" and still coming down, although the end is near. At least I'll beat Hoosier and Chicago WX

MBY Tuesday morning prediction to city/county officials of 8" with the first round busted due to the delayed changeover yesterday morning, ending with 6.4". I built in some of the expected taint, but not enough. I gave them a 6" forecast for today. Already have a little over a couple down, and radar's looking good so far. However, I think my 14" total prediction will be going down in flames. However, we are nearing double digits and it will be fun seeing several inches of fluff blow into some respectable drifts. No matter what was predicted, any double digit snow is a win in my book.

FYP

Good point. Our monthly test is tomorrow during the heavy snow. I better call dispatch and have them cancel it. lol Expecting similar amounts here. I'm going for 14" here since we will have at least 1/4" of rain before the flip, otherwise it could have been the higher amounts that the GFS was previously advertising.

I noticed that. lol It's like nobody cares what happens after Thursday

FYP. Truthfully, I'm afraid of the fact that even a 50 mile north shift would put us in danger of ice. We may begin with overrunning rain the way it is. It pains me to say it, but I'd rather have sleet than ice (The former LAF guys know what i mean). Hail, Hail, the gang's all here. Good to see @snowstormcanuck, @Chicago WX, @TheWeatherPimp, @Harry, and I guess that you can throw @Thundersnow12in there. Welcome back. A lot of us old farts are still around.

FWA hit some low-hanging fruit this morning. RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 615 AM EST WED JAN 26 2022 ...RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE SET AT FORT WAYNE... A RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE OF -9 WAS SET AT FORT WAYNE THIS MORNING FOR THE DATE OF JANUARY 26TH. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF -8 SET IN 1936. THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED IF NEEDED.

110' driveway? I'd be coming up with the dough for a blower.

2.6" here. Almost covered the grass for the first time this winter.

We had one of those "minor" events yesterday. I caught 0.01" in my gauge, and 0.03" of ice from graupel/fzdz yesterday. That thin coat of ice contributed to around 70 wrecks/slideoffs in our county alone. There were also a couple people injured from slipping on the ice. I know it doesn't sound like much for someone living in Chicagoland, but where our entire county only has 37,000 residents, the ice had a significant impact. I say all of that to point out that NWS can't be weenies like us, they have to forecast for any weather event and go into detail so their customers can get as a specific forecast as possible. sometimes, minor events can result in significant impact. (The dowel measures 0.74" dry)

We messaged a few times last spring and he mentioned that he was a Covid long hauler, but would be around. I saw a few more posts, then he disappeared.

FZDZ this morning with the little wave passing through has created carnage on the roadways around here. CoCoRaHS recently began an ice reporting program utilizing a 3/4" wooden dowel attached horizontally. Using that to measure, we have 0.02" of glaze. Hard to believe that's all it takes to cause dozens of wrecks in a 1 hour period.

I was already depressed about sitting at less than 2" of snow for the winter and no signs of anything in the offing, but I made the mistake of checking out the weenie explosion in the eastern subforums after the 12z's came out. It would be some consolation if it was dry and seasonable, but this dry, cold, bare frozen tundra crap sucks.

Local Climo 33.6" MBY- 2015-'16 21.9" 2016-'17 14.8" 2017-'18 27.9" 2019-'20 27.5" 2020-'21 35.9" The only saving grace last year was two storms in a 2-week period (8.3" & 11.8"). Yeah, I'm really spoiled. EDIT: Oh, yeah, let's not leave out my 1.7" so far this year.