A-L-E-K Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 do you guys live in the same subdivision? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emmett Brown Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 -13F here this morning. Snowpack did a nice job on the temperature. 12" on the ground. We started with 4", got 7" in the weekend storm, and got another 1.5" yesterday. I busted low badly with my 4.5" call over the weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoar_Frost Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 Got down to about -7F here in Geneva. About 3" of snow on the ground this morning, so a white Christmas is a lock here regardless of what happens tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 SN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 do you guys live in the same subdivision? lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonger Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 Is that your basketball hoop? and you should plant some trees Not my hoop, my property line is about 10 feet behind the back of the playset. That's the worst thing about newer subs, no mature trees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 Down to 4 at LAF. Will be interesting to see how low we go. 2º. Meh. -34º at INL this morning. Chilly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmc76 Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 do you guys live in the same subdivision? Jonger is my neighbor we talk about riding and global cooling all the time I try to change the subject but it does not work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 2º. Meh. -34º at INL this morning. Chilly. Perfect morning for ice fishing My house needs more insulation...and a wood stove... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 Jonger is my neighbor we talk about riding and global cooling all the time I try to change the subject but it does not work! haha, jonger would probably be a decent neighbor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 Had 0.2" of snow this morning. Obviously still just a T on the ground, so it wont be an "official" White Christmas but light snow does look to fall much of Christmas day and Christmas night, so I guess thats actually exactly how the "I only want snow on Christmas day" general public dreams it up. Its funny actually...we had a blanket of snow on the ground this year from Dec 9-22, peaking at 9", but it won't be a "White Christmas". Last year, we had literally NO December snow til an inch fell on Dec 21st, which slowly withered away and then an inch Christmas Eve night saved us and gave us an official "White Christmas". Yet....the weather had so much more holiday spirit this year than last, if you look at Christmas as a season not a day. With this mornings dusting of snow, DTW is now at 12.0" for December (12.5" imby) so an above normal snowfall December has actually long been guarenteed (avg Dec snow 9.7"). Merry Christmas Eve to all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 -11 here this morning, coldest of the season. DVN hit at least -15. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilbertfly Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 Not my hoop, my property line is about 10 feet behind the back of the playset. That's the worst thing about newer subs, no mature trees. my subdivision is about 25 years old...every other tree was an ash tree... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 my subdivision is about 25 years old...every other tree was an ash tree... Those ash borer things already kill a lot of ashes up there? There's still a ton of them around here, but apparently a few of those borers have been spotted down here now, so it's only a matter of time till they start dying around here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 Those ash borer things already kill a lot of ashes up there? There's still a ton of them around here, but apparently a few of those borers have been spotted down here now, so it's only a matter of time till they start dying around here. The city of Fort Wayne had to cut down thousands of ash trees in their tree lawns and parks. The ash population has been devastated around here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hm8 Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 Think I have a good number of trees IMBY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 The city of Fort Wayne had to cut down thousands of ash trees in their tree lawns and parks. The ash population has been devastated around here. Same with all over Metro Detroit. The problem was when the Dutch Elm disease hit this area and they had to cut down thousands of elm trees they replaced them with the ash trees as they were heartier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beavis1729 Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 -11 here this morning, coldest of the season. DVN hit at least -15. Nice. Here are some lows from the LOT CWA. UHI wasn't as much of a factor as it normally is, due to the persistent winds. As expected, the lowest temps occurred over the more heavily snow covered areas to the N and W. PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 940 AM CST TUE DEC 24 2013 /1040 AM EST TUE DEC 24 2013 ...MORNING LOW TEMPERATURES THROUGH 7AM... FROM NWS COOPERATIVE OBSERVING LOCATIONS AND OFFICIAL NWS OBSERVATIONS -10 ROCKFORD IL -10 DEKALB IL -9 PAW PAW IL -6 ELGIN IL -5 BATAVIA IL -5 AURORA IL -5 OTTAWA IL -5 MUNDELEIN IL -5 BARRINGTON IL -5 MCHENRY LOCK/DAM IL -3 PONTIAC IL -2 CHICAGO OHARE -2 PARK FOREST IL -2 DWIGHT IL -2 VALPARAISO IN -2 CHI BOTANIC GARDENS GLENCOE IL -1 INDIANA DUNES -1 MIDWAY 3SW IL 0 WATSEKA IL 4 PAXTON IL 4 RENSSELAER IN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 Damn baby, sh*t! 1224131.JPG Wow! Picked up an 1.0" of LES last night. Low -2° here. 33:1 ratio. Solid 6" on the ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilbertfly Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 Those ash borer things already kill a lot of ashes up there? There's still a ton of them around here, but apparently a few of those borers have been spotted down here now, so it's only a matter of time till they start dying around here. yeah....really depressing this fall actually....I loved the way our streets used to look with all of the bright orange, red, and yellow umbrellas over our streets....2012 we had all the trees and only one in our subdivision looked like it was carrying (struggling a bit)....by the time we hit fall this year, over half our ash trees were 75% dead....and of those, they have already chopped down half. Depressing difference from last year to this year. The one in front of our house was only about 35% dead....so they injected it. Hope it makes it. Fortunately the rest of the trees on our lot are maples, long needle pines, spruces, and river birches...so the rest should be fine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilbertfly Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 Same with all over Metro Detroit. The problem was when the Dutch Elm disease hit this area and they had to cut down thousands of elm trees they replaced them with the ash trees as they were heartier. I have heard a similar scenario in quite a few spots....unfortunately that just fed the beast and sped up the spread. In the case of our subdivision....they planted the ash to make things look mature faster. That is fine, but they should have used them perhaps every fourth tree...or even every other tree...not 2 out of every 3 trees along the parkways. Oh well.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 Those ash borer things already kill a lot of ashes up there? There's still a ton of them around here, but apparently a few of those borers have been spotted down here now, so it's only a matter of time till they start dying around here. City here is removing every one of them... there are a ton of them in this area.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 yeah....really depressing this fall actually....I loved the way our streets used to look with all of the bright orange, red, and yellow umbrellas over our streets....2012 we had all the trees and only one in our subdivision looked like it was carrying (struggling a bit)....by the time we hit fall this year, over half our ash trees were 75% dead....and of those, they have already chopped down half. Depressing difference from last year to this year. The one in front of our house was only about 35% dead....so they injected it. Hope it makes it. Fortunately the rest of the trees on our lot are maples, long needle pines, spruces, and river birches...so the rest should be fine Wow, that's crazy. Must not take very long for them to kill a tree. This town is full of hackberry trees, which is very similar to elm but is more resistant to the dutch elm disease. I'm thinking they must have replaced the dead elms with hackberries after the elms died off as sort of the next best thing. Also a lot of siberian elms, which are resistant to the disease. Problem is the siberian elms are messy trees, and are easily damaged in storms, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 Yeah, the ash borer has been a problem around here as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brewers Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 Fell to -2 this morning....6th time below zero this Dec. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 Fell to -2 this morning....6th time below zero this Dec. How much snow did you get last night? No one reported around RAC this morning. http://www.crh.noaa.gov/mkx/climate/sf.php ...I did see a 1.3" report near Regency Mall. http://www.cocorahs.org/maps/ViewMap.aspx?state=usa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 Spent over 18hrs in a row below zero, but have popped up to 4 above with full sun. Should get about a 1" refresher tonight on top of the 6" snow pack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brewers Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 How much snow did you get last night? No one reported around RAC this morning. http://www.crh.noaa.gov/mkx/climate/sf.php ...I did see a 1.3" report near Regency Mall. http://www.cocorahs.org/maps/ViewMap.aspx?state=usa I picked up 0.9", if I included what fell during the day yesterday I would have 1.2" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beavis1729 Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 2º. Meh. -34º at INL this morning. Chilly. New record low for the date (old record was -31 in 2004). Normal low is -3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trent Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 Woke up this morning to bare grass and a forecast for up to a half inch of snow ... 6 hours later after a nice lake effect band moved in, almost 5" fell in a few hours ensuring a white Christmas. Got to love these little surprise events. Not even an advisory was issued. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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