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14 hours ago, roardog said:

How warm was it in Chicago leading up to that storm? I think I remember reading it was well into the 50s here just a couple days before. 

In the 6 days preceding the blizzard, the high temps at Chicago were 45, 50, 56, 59, 65, 54. Really an extraordinary stretch of warmth for the dead of winter. Then BAM! The clashing airmasses probably contributed to the fierceness of the storm. 

At Detroit, the 6 days preceding the storm had high temps of 40, 45, 53, 61, 54, 60. Here the storm was a mix of snow/sleet/freezing rain, with a record blizzard just to our west.

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12 minutes ago, Harry Perry said:

Yeah, this winter has been a dud. Lots of upcoming chances for cold rain with maybe a dusting of backside deformation snow. I truly don’t believe we will have an area-wide snowfall this winter. Still plenty of time for that to change but time is ticking.

My complaint this morning was too much snow on the x-way. Roscommon hadn't touched S 127 so it was basically two tire ruts in the slow lane, and 4" in the passing lane. You're at the mercy of the slowest snail driver. 

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40 minutes ago, Harry Perry said:

Yeah, this winter has been a dud. Lots of upcoming chances for cold rain with maybe a dusting of backside deformation snow. I truly don’t believe we will have an area-wide snowfall this winter. Still plenty of time for that to change but time is ticking.

Depends what you mean area wide snowfall. You're never going to get a snowfall that hits the entire subforum. We have had area wide snowfalls in southern MI so far (obviously nothing heavy). Going forward the pattern looks more active in Feb, so where storm tracks/baroclinic zones set up will be telling as to who gets some fun, but that is something with little skill more than a few days out.

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7 hours ago, ILSNOW said:

Remember when we anxiously waited for the 0z NAM to see where the first model run was indicating for the snowstorm coming the following day?

yes,than I remember the heartbreak of reality.

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2 minutes ago, A-L-E-K said:

yeah that one was marginal but to my point, really wasn't making anyone jealous because A it wasn't huge, and B they rarely see snow down there anymore

Definitely not the magnitude of the 2004 Christmas week storm but as you say they rarely get snow there anymore

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18 minutes ago, A-L-E-K said:

just doesn't hit like watching madison or kenosha get buried

Winter of 2022-23 particularly painful

ORD 20.2" RFD 35.5" MSN 71" MSP 90" NW to SE snowfall gradient tough that year

About 25" that year IMBY

 

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2 hours ago, A-L-E-K said:

outside a couple lake belts where no one really lives anyways and the gulf coast (lol) it's been a real misery loves company winter for snow lovers, no dogs anywhere, not sure if that helps or hurts the cope

It definitely helps that the entire region has been snowless this winter.  It would be much worse if I was sitting at 7" and Waterloo and Dubuque were at 35".

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