Long range is horrific for Nebraska on west. Rockies are having their least snowiest winter ever.

5 turnovers in 10 min. Wow.

Man, intellectually, I knew about the rain shadow before moving up this way, but it's different to actually experience it. This is actually making me question whether I made the right decision LOL. Maybe I should have just accepted the longer commute to work. After snow, my favorite type of weather is an absolute soaking, nonstop rain with like 3-4" in 24 hours. But since most events like that in this region require SW flow, I can't imagine there are too many scenarios where this area actually gets that, short of a really luckily stalled CZ. But CZ's are stressful because they always feel like they could slip away at any moment.

Sure looks like your in a good spot and should come close to maximizing this storm.

Like it HAS to reach all the way down and include Chicago because that's part of this winter's contract Ma Nature drew-up Seriously tho - hasn't this been a fantastic early winter stretch just like you called for? Non-stop action - these are the good times bud! You know its memorable when GRR talks it up: There are a few interesting takeaways from a global teleconnections standpoint this month. The weak La Nina pattern continues, and the Madden Julian Oscillation just moved out of a strong Phase 7 and decent strength Phase 8, which correlate to colder than normal temperatures across the northern U.S. Additionally, as we ended November and moved into December, a sudden stratospheric warming event occurred which is most easily tracked via a weakening and reversal of winds at 10mb across 60N latitude. The winds did not really reverse as they do during major SSW events, but still this had the effect of weakening the polar vortex and shifting it off the pole. While we haven`t gotten the full brunt of the polar vortex here in Michigan, it likely has played some sort of role in modifying the tropospheric weather pattern across our broader region. All this to say is that one of the coldest starts to December on record (top 10 for all climate sites through the first week) is attributable to some of these factors.