Baum Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Just now, Chambana said: The free fall has begun here. Just wanted to give a shoutout to first responders/truck drivers/ mail carriers etc who don’t get the day off. I will have a warm bowl of soup ready and grilled cheese tomorrow for my mail carrier. Seriously everyone, stay safe. WC already down to -20 here. saw some the mail service is being suspended...Western IL, Minnesota,Wisconsin...and Chicago all but said they'll make an effort don't count on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchaumburgStormer Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Already -7/-28 here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLMKA Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 I’m in Fargo. Was driving back from Valley City, ND and had -26F on dash the whole way from 5-5:45. I’m taking my truck battery into the hotel tonight. I’m not sure it’ll have enough CCA at -35f to start with no block heater. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baum Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 still noticing alot of snow reports in the arctic air coming from Minnesota ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Just now, Baum said: still noticing alot of snow reports in the arctic air coming from Minnesota ... A majority of that is OBS sites reporting the blowing snow as falling snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiTownSnow Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 35 minutes ago, Minnesota_storms said: Currently -22F with -55F wind chill. Looks like you can update your stats now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baum Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 12 minutes ago, Chicago Storm said: A majority of that is OBS sites reporting the blowing snow as falling snow. that says alot about the wind with -25 or below temps....wow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 1 hour ago, sokolow said: I least hope your role is public safety, infrastructure, or life critical Nope. I work for the US government...in none of those roles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MNstorms Posted January 30, 2019 Author Share Posted January 30, 2019 3 minutes ago, ChiTownSnow said: Looks like you can update your stats now I can change my all time stats as it's -27F and the -55F was the lowest here in my lifetime too. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MNstorms Posted January 30, 2019 Author Share Posted January 30, 2019 Current temps and wind chill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beavis1729 Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 ORD and RFD need to start dropping fast. -4 and -6 at 8:00 PM. Need to get to -12 and -15 by midnight to have a chance at the all time coldest max tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miller.b.time Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Does NWS not issue PDS Wind Chill Warnings anymore? Because some of these numbers would seem to warrant it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baum Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 3 minutes ago, beavis1729 said: ORD and RFD need to start dropping fast. -4 and -6 at 8:00 PM. Need to get to -12 and -15 by midnight to have a chance at the all time coldest max tomorrow. yup. thought the same. cold numbers always struggle to verify. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 6 minutes ago, beavis1729 said: ORD and RFD need to start dropping fast. -4 and -6 at 8:00 PM. Need to get to -12 and -15 by midnight to have a chance at the all time coldest max tomorrow. ORD was -6 at 8:30. Everything is on track. The coldest push of air is incoming. Its coming in waves... -10's entering NW. Illinois now, -20's in SE. Minnesota now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Based on the current and expected drop rate, about -25 looks good for ORD. Would be nice to see an overachiever though. Just need to get to -22 to beat 1994. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCNYILWX Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 I think there's a very good possibility of -40 in northern IL Thursday morning at one of the favored spots as long as high clouds don't move in quicker than expected. Though I did forecast -26 at ORD Thursday morning, I'm somewhat doubting that it will actually break the all time record coldest. Hopefully I'm wrong. I think RFD has a better chance, could certainly do it tomorrow morning, but if not Thursday AM looks primed. Sent from my SM-G965U using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrdIowPitMsp Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 -23 here, still dropping around a degree an hour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Just now, RCNYILWX said: I think there's a very good possibility of -40 in northern IL Thursday morning at one of the favored spots as long as high clouds don't move in quicker than expected. Though I did forecast -26 at ORD Thursday morning, I'm somewhat doubting that it will actually break the all time record coldest. Hopefully I'm wrong. I think RFD has a better chance, could certainly do it tomorrow morning, but if not Thursday AM looks primed. Sent from my SM-G965U using Tapatalk Amount of recovery tomorrow will be important. Got to have as cold of a starting point as possible tomorrow night. A radiational cooling setup is not the way you'd draw up breaking the all-time record low for Chicago, but normal rules sort of go out the window if the high can't get much above -15. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 On 1/29/2019 at 7:57 PM, Hoosier said: That sucks. A lot of stuff around here is closing Wed and Thu. That is the one nice thing about tomorrow, it should be a light commute into work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 On 1/29/2019 at 7:51 PM, Chicago WX said: Due to upper management having no soul, I will be working tomorrow. Outside. All day. I'm actually a bit nervous. That is horrible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCNYILWX Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Amount of recovery tomorrow will be important. Got to have as cold of a starting point as possible tomorrow night. A radiational cooling setup is not the way you'd draw up breaking the all-time record low for Chicago, but normal rules sort of go out the window if the high can't get much above -15.That's one of the reasons I went as close as I did to the record there Thursday morning, only have a PM high of -15 forecast. Thinking it should fall short in the advection cold tomorrow morning but it could be close there too, I went with -24.Sent from my SM-G965U using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 11 minutes ago, Stebo said: That is the one nice thing about tomorrow, it should be a light commute into work. I don't have to go tomorrow and I'm guessing it will be the same thing for Thursday, which means I may spend even more time on here than usual. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Mason City is -23 with winds gusting to 40mph. Just brutal! Wind chill already -57 there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 On 1/29/2019 at 10:43 PM, Hoosier said: I don't have to go tomorrow and I'm guessing it will be the same thing for Thursday, which means I may spend even more time on here than usual. Thanks for the warning 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrdIowPitMsp Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 -24F at the airport -25F here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Boone Iowa leading the charge with a wind chill of -99. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 ORD needs to pick it up soon. A -11 midnight temp would be disappointing, even though it would go down as a record since ties count. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCNYILWX Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 ORD needs to pick it up soon. A -11 midnight temp would be disappointing, even though it would go down as a record since ties count.Looking fairly unlikely to set standalone record low max, hopefully can salvage the tie. Sent from my SM-G965U using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbnwx85 Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 South Bend at -6 at midnight. Won't break the max high record of -8. If only we were on Central Time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 26 minutes ago, Hoosier said: ORD needs to pick it up soon. A -11 midnight temp would be disappointing, even though it would go down as a record since ties count. MLI is languishing as well, as they're only at -9. Think -12 is the record low max. -14 here and dropping steadily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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