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February 2017 General Discussion


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3 hours ago, beavis1729 said:

I remember this well - February 1994 - was a student at NIU.  We had an 8-10" snowfall in mid-Feb, then it warmed up into the 60s a few days later, then this big snowfall on 2/22/94.  That was a decent winter...including the arctic outbreak in mid-Jan.  I think DeKalb had a high/low of -14/-24 on 1/18/94. :)

 

Yeah that was a great winter.  I remember we had a very strong clipper system a few days after the Feb 22-23 snowstorm.  It hit on Feb 25, and deposited a quick 3-5" followed by high winds with significant blowing/drifting snow.  There were some huge drifts with such deep snow cover and high winds. 

Made it to 72 here today, which is the warmest of the stretch.  Have gone 70/65/69/69/65/72 for the Fri-today stretch here.  MLI hit 73 today, and another new record.  They've gone 73/70/74/73/69/73 from Fri-today, with all of them being records/all-time records.

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25 minutes ago, cyclone77 said:

Yeah that was a great winter.  I remember we had a very strong clipper system a few days after the Feb 22-23 snowstorm.  It hit on Feb 25, and deposited a quick 3-5" followed by high winds with significant blowing/drifting snow.  There were some huge drifts with such deep snow cover and high winds. 

Made it to 72 here today, which is the warmest of the stretch.  Have gone 70/65/69/69/65/72 for the Fri-today stretch here.  MLI hit 73 today, and another new record.  They've gone 73/70/74/73/69/73 from Fri-today, with all of them being records/all-time records.

Feb 22 '94

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Feb 25 '94

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Get ready Chicago posters

 

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Chicago/Romeoville, IL
805 PM CST Wed Feb 22 2017

.UPDATE...
805 PM CST

Made some adjustments to the forecast, especially with respect to
temps tomorrow.

Expect gradient to remain strong enough ahead of the approaching
weak cold front to keep fog threat to a minimum in the warm
sector. Certainly can`t rule out some of the more sheltered low
spots fogging up, but widespread fog appears unlikely. Gradient
does weaken some in the cold frontal trough, which could allow for
some fog to develop, but cold should be progressive enough that it
really doesn`t seem to favor a solid dense fog deck developing.
Planning to maintain mention of patchy fog in grids/forecast for
tonight.

Behind the weak cold front moving through after midnight, it looks
like a strong lake enhanced back door front will come barreling
in off Lake Michigan during the early-mid morning hours Thursday
resulting in a sharp drop in temps near the lake. Low clouds and
some fog may immediately follow the frontal passage, but any fog
looks unlikely to persist. Moderate northeast winds off the still
cold lake should cause temps behind the front near the lake to
fall into and hold steady in the upper 30s with wind chills
dropping to near 30! Impacts on temps from this back door front
will be felt fairly far inland, however the impact on temps will
lessen as distance from the lake grows.

Izzi
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Hoping to get a few good downpours tomorrow evening, and perhaps a clap of thunder before the WAA wing lifts north.  Convection on Fri will fire well to the east, so tomorrow night's wave of precip should be about it.  Maybe a few wind-blown flurries Friday night.  Gonna be a shock to the system by Sat, with highs near freezing.

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5 minutes ago, hawkeye_wx said:

As models suggested, the max warmth ended up in the full sun area between the morning fog to the east and the approaching front.  Cedar Rapids hit 76, blowing away the old February record(73).

I saw the first robin and first red-winged blackbird today, 2-3 weeks earlier than any of the last several years.

Robins have been here all winter. Some don't migrate, some might. Saw hundreds of red-winged blackbirds this weekend on our birding adventures. Cranes have been migrating back north, by the hundreds (think I counted somewhere near 500). Spring is coming, soon.. *TM*

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On Tuesday, February 14, 2017 at 6:15 PM, Hoosier said:

If things work out roughly as expected with this warm spell, ORD could be near or over +10 for February by the middle of next week.

+10.7 through Wednesday

Will get the monthly departure over +11, and maybe around +12 on Friday depending how warm it gets.

Number to beat for warmest February is +11.3

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Nothing like waking up to a strong thunderstorm Mid-Feb

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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
1248 AM EST THU FEB 23 2017
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN CHEBOYGAN...
NORTHWESTERN OTSEGO...SOUTHEASTERN EMMET AND SOUTHEASTERN CHARLEVOIX
COUNTIES...

At 1247 AM EST, a strong thunderstorm was located over Boyne Falls,
moving northeast at 55 mph.

Dime size hail is possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Boyne City, Indian River, Vanderbilt, Boyne Falls, Wolverine,
Reasoners Corner, Burt Lake State Park, Clarion, Walloon Lake,
and Afton.

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They can relay your report to the National Weather Service
office in Gaylord.

LAT...LON 4508 8485 4512 8486 4512 8494 4523 8502
4550 8444 4525 8430
TIME...MOT...LOC 0547Z 242DEG 47KT 4519 8486
JZ

 

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3 hours ago, michsnowfreak said:

What did your depth bottom out at?

Unfortunately, all the way down to 10".  I lost 20" of depth.  To have two epic thaws in one winter like this has been historical to say the least, and from a weenie standpoint, gut wrenching. On the Brightside, I got a suntan in February sitting on my deck in shorts.

 

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2 hours ago, weatherbo said:

Unfortunately, all the way down to 10".  I lost 20" of depth.  To have two epic thaws in one winter like this has been historical to say the least, and from a weenie standpoint, gut wrenching. On the Brightside, I got a suntan in February sitting on my deck in shorts.

 

Hahaha! Catching rays UP style 

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