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Yep I know you hated it just as much as me too you’re lucky you got to escape!! Yeah the forecast isn’t great, just more cold rain and highs in the 40s. If we don’t break the cycle in the coming weeks I might actually lose my mind lol

I hate the month of March so, so much lol. The temperatures are always mentally unstable, which in turn makes me mentally unstable like don’t give me a week of 70s, then be 30 and 90 mph wind for 3 weeks straight like what is this?!? It’s also just brown, and ugly. The worst. I’d do anything to get those 70 degree temps back, the only time I’ll take snow is if it’s over 12” and then it warms up by the end of the week, otherwise it’s just gross this time of year imo. That said, I feel like this isn’t going to happen. All the long range forecasts I’ve seen are just average or below average temperatures. It just needs to be May already pleaseeee

So glad someone has started doing long range forecasts like this that aren’t just for winter!! I’d actually have to agree with his selected areas, although I think more of North Central IL should be included too. The outbreak of February 27th had 10 tornadoes in the Chicago Metro alone. So crazy! The city has somewhat became a magnet for tornadoes the past few years. Hoping for another potent severe wx season, can’t wait to get some time-lapses and shutter-lightning pics [Courtesy Barry Butler Photography]:

OMG YES ONE OF MY FAVORITE STORMS EVER! RPReplay_Final1613443595.mov

I was sadly right. Absolute bust here, it rained all day and heavily. It rained all year last year too, starting to feel impossible to get a good storm here nowadays!

About 3-5” here too I’d say? I need to go back out and look I’m just being lazy we were under some heavier banding it looks like so I’d say it’s a safe bet. i am worried about the warm air displayed on the HRRR. It looks like it’s one of the few doing it but if that’s true we’re going to maybe get an inch more and then have it become a sloppy mess like last storm. Realllyyyy hope the other models are right this time!

Yeah this is what I’m worried about! It has it going to almost all rain at some point too Either way, it’s pretty outside right now, and we did better than last storm already so I guess I can’t be too upset! Looking forward to getting some good pictures today

Chicagodome too! It’s the same thing here, riding the edge. I’m not confident we’ll get a lot yet. Sounds like a rich get richer setup imo, but I’m happy to be proven wrong!

Models showing rain here again?! Well find your shocked colored crayon and color me with it! Seriously though I actually do think that’s plausible, it’s kinda been the story over the past few years for the Chicago area. I’m just hoping to get a good shoot in, those pictures in Iowa from the last storm looked incredible, hoping for something similar here! Anyways, based on what I’ve gathered, here’s my prediction: Chicago area: 1-3” because rain Des Moines: 19” because always The rest of Iowa: 8” because it’s Iowa Omaha: [ERROR 404] Central NebraskaWx : 12” somehow because our lord and savior loves him

We got maybe 2” yesterday. I’m so nervous about this one going NW too and getting rain again, would be so typical for us honestly!

Awww if it was 5 degrees colder we’d probably have some amazing totals right now! Fingers crossed for this next one, hope we aren’t too far west, if we get a snownut hole around us I’m literally going to scream

Saaaame. 5 miles west it’s snowing, but rain here! I’m so sad hopefully it changes over again but I’m not holding my breath!

Hi don’t mind me I’m just here to have my heart broken with a nice 33 and rain while 10 miles west of me gets 12”

Oooo that’s awesome! Is that where you’re from?? Im in Lemont, and as usual, we’re riding along the edge. I think you guys should do amazing though!! Also, if I’m reading the radar correctly, it looks like the lead band is setting up further southeast than it was supposed to as of the models yesterday — the NAM looks like it’s picked it up too. I was in a small area that picked up about 2” on Saturday, and somehow it’s still on the ground here, so hoping it’ll help maybe? I guess we’ll find out soon!

Okay Omaha take your dome back please! Chicago is absolutely riding the edge for this, which sucks because I was planning on doing a photo shoot with the big flakes flying! It’s definitely a nowcast event for sure with where the low ends up tracking around here, but hoping they at least give us a WWA. Otherwise, definitely not our storm. I feel the same as you guys in KC, at least we can just FOMO together