bahmer

Presently 32 degrees and 21 MPH wind. Come on summer.

Sons of Liberty Loc: look behind you!

Anybody getting buried in snow yet?
We're currently at 21 with a windchill of 7. We've only got about 5" of new snow, but they say another 2" to 4" tonight.

bahmer

We have definitely gone back to winter here in Illinois this last week no more 60/70 degree weather for awhile i guess.

Sons of Liberty Loc: look behind you!

Yep, winter is back. I'm next door to you about 60 miles SE of Lake Erie. The snow they're calling for tonight is going to be lake effect. The snow belt is supposed to get a good amount. If this system tracks a little further south we could get more. I believe we've already had more snow in March than we've had all winter.

bahmer

In northern Illinois we have had a very mild winter as far as temperature and snow totals re concerned. We have had day in the 60's and 70's sp far this year. Which made me ask if we can several days and even more says like that in winter why can't our entire winter be that warm?

Sons of Liberty Loc: look behind you!

It's been one whacked out winter, that's for sure. We tied a record high of 76 a couple of weeks ago and the following day was in the mid 30's. I work outside and it has been hard to acclimate the old body with all of these up and down temps. We've had a lot of rain this winter and had it been snow we'd have had been buried in it.

bahmer

How true and we should be thankful.

lindajoy Loc: right here with you....

My home in Chicago was like 10 minutes from the lake.. We always started with that dang heavy wet snow, then as it moved around the nice snow would fall... Don't care for Lakefront snow at all...But do love that first fall..

Have to admit I'm ready for shorts, tees and sandals nowwwwwww.. I'm told we can get snow to Mothers Day... we dang better not!!!

lindajoy Loc: right here with you....

Rather than all the climate control BS take a look at the Farmers Almanac.. Heck, I just like seeing what they predict months in advance and how often they are more accurate...

There have been many almanacs over the years, but there’s only one Old Farmer’s Almanac—North America’s biggest, best-selling, and oldest almanac since George Washington’s time as president of the U.S.!

For 225 years, we have been forecasting weather with amazing accuracy at times. Our historical average rate for “forecasting the direction of temperature and precipitation from normal” is 80%. In every annual edition, we publish our accuracy from the year before, good or bad. See how we predict the weather.

GENERAL LONG-RANGE WEATHER 2017
Get ready for a shift from last year! For the winter of 2016–2017, we expect temperatures to be much colder than last winter but still above normal. Winter 2017 will also feature below-normal snowfall overall; the snowy exception is the northern tier of the U.S., which can expect to be blanketed in white.

Winter will be colder in much of the eastern two-thirds of the nation. Exceptions will be in a swatch from North Dakota to Maine, which will have below-normal temperatures. Most of the Pacific states will have below-normal temperatures, with above-normal temperatures in the Intermountain region and Desert Southwest.
Snowfall will be above normal from southern New England and western New York southward through the Appalachians, but not in northern New England. Snowfall with also be above what’s typical from eastern Minnesota to the UP (Upper Peninsula) of Michigan and southward to St. Louis, Missouri; and from central North Dakota westward to the Pacific. We expect below-normal snowfall in most other places that normally receive snow.
Precipitation will be below normal across most of the southern two-thirds of the nation. However, precipitation will be above normal in the North, with the primary exceptions being above-normal rainfall in northern California, southern Oregon, portions of the western Lower Lakes region, and Florida. With rainfall below normal in most of California, the drought there will continue.
In Canada, brace for more snow and colder-than-average temperatures throughout most parts of the country. The exceptions to the winter of white will be Manitoba, portions of Saskatchewan, and northern sections across the land. While snowfall will generally be below normal in these areas, temperatures will remain chilly
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Keep in mind that The Old Farmer’s Almanac predictions are made well in advance. The forecasts are meant to give readers a general sense of what kind of winter is expected, compared to past winters.

Sons of Liberty Loc: look behind you!

I check the almanac all the time, but they blew it this year as far as I'm concerned. They predicted very cold and a lot of snow in my area. I won't refrain from checking them out though. Their "best days" calendar is usually spot on.

bahmer

Your not n Chicago now are you so you are in luck for good weather.

Sons of Liberty Loc: look behind you!

A blustery 16 with a windchill of -2.
I was just out shoveling the six inches we got overnight. That wind is brutal...lol!

bahmer

It was 16 this morning with about a 7 mph wind not to bad.

lindajoy Loc: right here with you....

I agree sometimes off but I think more often spot on too..

You're in some pretty good snow right now..
mountains here got 14" but just a dusting here. Nice break we had 4 days of ice and snow but not right now...

lindajoy Loc: right here with you....

No, Colorado now, Denver area...
I'm glad to be out of Chicago!! Cook county taxes absurd and the gangs and crime just got to me being single and out a lot for work.. I literally never left home without my gun..

Here there is so little crime it flips me out..

You've got some pretty cold weather going on too.. Hope your staying warm...