Chicago Storm Posted December 27, 2011 Author Share Posted December 27, 2011 Monday, December 26th: Hi: 45F Lo: 23F Overall Sky Conditions: Mostly Cloudy Max Wind Gust: 24MPH Rainfall: 0.07" Snowfall: 0.0" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundersnow12 Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 0z Euro has the weak friday clipper further south. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 0z Euro has the weak friday clipper further south. 12z also. Marginal temps once again though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 Went from thick clouds to clear blue skies in the last 25 minutes... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonger Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 Went from thick clouds to clear blue skies in the last 25 minutes... Life on the "other side" of the lake. We go from Cloudy to somewhat less cloudy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundersnow12 Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 12z also. Marginal temps once again though. JB was just tweeting about it too, thinks the Euro will win this one too. .40" liquid at ARR but boundary layer temps are torched. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtlehurricane Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 Went from thick clouds to clear blue skies in the last 25 minutes... Nice, thick low hanging clouds here with winds ripping from the NW. Satellite indicates it'll clear here soon, which will make my day. Might as well have sun if nothing interesting is gonna happen with the wx. It's 12/27 and one would be hard pressed to find a melted snow pile, and there's no ice on Lake Mendota as far as I can tell. It didn't even go below freezing last night apparently. Nothing solid as far as snow goes in the forecast. We haven't even had a 3" threat on the GFS within 72 hours this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wisconsinwx Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 I will sum up this month by saying this: I have seen as much snow falling on the 4th of July in SE Germany as I have seen this entire month. I visited Eagle's Nest, Hitler's hideaway, while in Germany in the summer of 2007, and when we went it was snowing as we neared the top of the mountain. Regardless of the mountainous terrain in that case, it is sad that I can make that statement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtlehurricane Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 Sun is out! Deciding whether I should drive the stang around Lake Mendota, or walk out to the Muir woods on Bascom hill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 Can't be sunny skies and 30F's for late December. The trails we hiked yesterday were all muddy...frost probably coming back out of the ground. Winds are gusting to 30... Temp holding up around 35F. Just a weird month. Was basically an extended November. Ripped out my Christmas tree today. Figured I might as well get it out while its still nice outside. I'll tear down the Christmas lights down later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 second "event" of this warm December where i was missed to the SE and got rain...what a strange, awful month it has been. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtlehurricane Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 GFS shows a bunch of clippers over the next week, that could lead to some excitement. Also the freeze line is about to drop through Madison, gonna be a chilly night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundersnow12 Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 18z NAM coming south with the GFS/Euro regarding the thu night/friday morning clipper but the low level temps blow, what a waste. Could of been a nice snow event for someone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 Since 1901 there have been 48 winters/snow seasons, through the end of December, that have had less snow here in LAF than this edition (5.7" through today). For December, there are 30 that saw less snow than this one. That's remarkable for this season, considering the amount of suck that has persisted since November...and LAF is generally a poor snow location. Granted big picture blows for most of the region, but a sort of interesting IMBY stat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpartyOn Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 second "event" of this warm December where i was missed to the SE and got rain...what a strange, awful month it has been. Seriously it's gonna be good to put this month out of its misery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 Since 1901 there have been 48 winters/snow seasons, through the end of December, that have had less snow here in LAF than this edition (5.7" through today). For December, there are 30 that saw less snow than this one. That's remarkable for this season, considering the amount of suck that has persisted since November. Granted big picture blows for most of the region, but a sort of interesting IMBY stat. I think you'd be hard pressed to find back to back Nov/Dec of +5 that had this much snow. Not easy to make do with those anomalies in our semi-tropical climate lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 I think you'd be hard pressed to find back to back Nov/Dec of +5 that had this much snow. Not easy to make do with those anomalies in our semi-tropical climate lol Yep. Just shows how kooky weather can be. We've been very very lucky. Now watch, when it turns cold, we'll miss out on every storm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 The flurries that were forecast today never happened. Just another thing to laugh at I guess. This is hands down the worst start to winter I can ever remember seeing. Guess we deserve it after last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtlehurricane Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 Down to 24 °F even though winds are still breezy, dewpoint is dropping steadily and down to 14 °F. Winds are expected to die down, but clouds will move in, so temps will stay above the coldest possible from radiational cooling. Should get into the teens no doubt. Nights like this the cold seeps through the windows and walls, so you gotta turn the heat up. Looks like the coldest night for awhile, even though we're probably gonna stay above normal tonight! Normal lows are in the lower teens, which we've barely seen this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnweather Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 Down to 24 °F even though winds are still breezy, dewpoint is dropping steadily and down to 14 °F. Winds are expected to die down, but clouds will move in, so temps will stay above the coldest possible from radiational cooling. Should get into the teens no doubt. Nights like this the cold seeps through the windows and walls, so you gotta turn the heat up. Looks like the coldest night for awhile, even though we're probably gonna stay above normal tonight! Normal lows are in the lower teens, which we've barely seen this year. Haha 24 sounds balmy. Sitting at 9 up this way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtlehurricane Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 Haha 24 sounds balmy. Sitting at 9 up this way. You must be in the northernmost part of MN, always a freezer up there regardless of the pattern. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnweather Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 You must be in the northernmost part of MN, always a freezer up there regardless of the pattern. yeah, usually pretty cool out up here. Yesterday was outrageously warm though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted December 28, 2011 Author Share Posted December 28, 2011 Tuesday, December 27th: Hi: 40F Lo: 26F Overall Sky Conditions: Cloudy Max Wind Gust: 33MPH Rainfall: 0.01" Snowfall: 0.0" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 3 years ago it was really torching here...post Christmas day. December 25-30, 2008 high temperatures at LAF (Christmas day added for "effect") 12/25: 29º 12/26: 60º 12/27: 68º (record) 12/28: 57º 12/29: 47º 12/30: 51º Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LizardMafia Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 Yep. Just shows how kooky weather can be. We've been very very lucky. Now watch, when it turns cold, we'll miss out on every storm. There ya go.. Just piss off mother nature.. Well, it was nice seeing snow this year.. Ended up with around 2.3" here in Lebanon.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo6899 Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 Second Clipper for friday night looks like it could lay down a few inches along I-80 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
on_wx Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 Quite a large area of lake effect snow coming off Lake Huron. We're having a band in coming through in Waterloo right now. Oh, Environment Canada just canceled all the lake effect snow warnings for southwestern ON.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 Second Clipper for friday night looks like it could lay down a few inches along I-80 Probably more so between I-80 and I-94 in WI, then straight east from there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 More sun and above freezing temps... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundersnow12 Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 Hopefully we'll atleast get a powerful cold front saturday night into sunday, GFS looks fun. Near 50 degrees to snow my sunday morning behind the front. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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