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Tom

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  1. These are the type of surprise snowstorms you would love to see in the heart of winter. Nevertheless, I'm sure your enjoying watching the snow fall outside as the daylight emerges. This has to be quite the shock to the system!
  2. Is it just me or did the models bust on the snow forecasts in NE and from what it looks like OMA peeps? 17" tally and rising in North Platte...
  3. Easter weekend is very early this year on March 31st...I can't remember the last time it landed in March? Anyway, someone will be shoveling snow on Easter it appears! Edit: Just did a quick check...the last time was in 2016 (3/27) and then 2013 (3/31)...
  4. Iirc, The Weather Channel had a rather warm GL’s and Midwest region and BN precip. NOAA also did a good job. Many professional Mets thought FEB would be much colder but that didn’t happen.
  5. Getting some nice rainfall...been a little while since we've had a good soaking...glad to see the central Valley getting hit good, esp over Sky Harbor where the officially readings take place.
  6. Anyone got the final #'s for Met Winter up in MSP?? I'm curious to know if MSP did in fact get less than ORD...it sounds like they did.
  7. I think its time to put this Winter Thread to rest....time to wave good bye to this Winter Season...
  8. Late season blocking appears to become a common theme for this Sping IMHO....your going to do well this Spring/Summer...
  9. Come on down! The ridge is going to build in well timed for this weekend (Nascar Race) and for the better part of the 2nd half of March from all indications. Winter may return in your area when its not welcomed!
  10. I wasn't really watching the radar late last night but it appears there were numerous Severe Warnings and some TOR warnings issued across N IL. It appears this region has been a magnet of late. Lots of Hail reports of over 1" in diameter. It's going to be a busy season as it should continue well into June IMHO.
  11. I heard that these fires happened where 80% of cattle ranching is done in NW TX. Makes you wonder.
  12. 0z Euro bringing some RN & SN for the TX PanHandle...I think this pattern of troughs coming out of the 4 corners will help in the precip dept for this region through mid/late MAR.
  13. You know it’s a rare day in the wx dept when ORD is warmer than here…72F at ORD
  14. Local wind gusts up in the higher terrain: 71mph in Winslow, 62mph at the Grand Canyon...down in the valley, it's not to bad...a cooler day ahead in the low 70's but with ample sunshine it'll be mighty fine! Happy Sunday Funday!
  15. We should prob start a brand new ENSO thread for this year...I personally think this has to be one of the biggest flips in ENSO states in my lifetime. If anyone has any stats on this it would be welcomed...soo, the CFSv2 is suggesting that by the Autumn season the forecasted La Nina could end up becoming a Strong one. This would mean we go from a Strong Nino into a Strong La Nina...would this mean the GL's go from a record warm winter to a Record cold winter next season???? #balanceofnature
  16. Ohhh Tahoe!!! That's gotta be a pure Heavenly Tahoe experience...sign me up!
  17. The Great Lakes region takes the cake for having the Warmest Winters on Record....except for Chicago, that placed at #3, the majority of the region topped out at #1. Congrats! You lived through it...now its time to turn the page and focus on Spring and the warm season. I'm pretty sure all will agree on one thing, this El Nino Winter was a very odd season.
  18. March is Roaring in like a Ferocious Lion across the Sierra and Intermountain West! Boy, this would be your "Pick Week of Winter" up in the Lake Tahoe area...very reminiscent to what transpired last year during their Epic Snow parade. This part of the pattern was on my calendar and wish I was up there to experience a week of non stop snowfall! There will be another chance in the future that I'm sure of....never the less, the mountains will be blessed with White Gold! Blizzard in Motion..60-75mph winds and 5-12 FEET of Heavenly Snow! Lets Go! HOLY Smokes...115 MPH winds??? Wowza...man, what a storm this is going to be for the Truckee/Tahoe region...
  19. Yes and whoops! Just saw that typo…definitely “unusable”!
  20. Well said and I concur with your thoughts. As a kid, growing up in the suburbs of Chicago, I used a VCR (remember those?) and recorded the WGN Noon Wx Segments and watched them when I came home from school. I only did this during the Winter seasons, esp when a Winter storm was on the horizon. Gosh, I remember those days like it was yesterday! At night, before I went to bed, I made sure to watch the 9:30pm segment. My parents saw my love and passion for the weather. I watched this video and it brought me the chills...what a guy, what a legend...I want to personally meet him one day and just talk weather! https://wgntv.com/celebratingskilling/tom-skilling-in-his-own-words/
  21. Some weird weather here in the Valley…an unusable Dust Storm is sweeping through from the southeast!
  22. Prob should get a March thread fired up...is March coming in like a Lion or Lamb this year? Depends on what part of the country your living in but the West is certainly your Best choice to Feel the Ides of March. Keep this short and sweet. CFSv2 is gun hoe on a splendid Spring Ski and Snow season...I'm digging this pattern for Mother Nature to keep filling up that Colorado Basin with some hefty snows! Great news for the water source region.
  23. Here Blizzard, Blizzard, Blizzard....the models were locked in a week out for the Sierra Mtn's to get blasted...
  24. That's a legit funnel! Wow...what an incredible 24 hours of weather across the Heartland and the GL's... Some pretty wild winds back home...
  25. Crazy looking bowed line with a hook, peaking right over NE IL…this is a wild line of storms…
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