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VegasMan
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Re: Whiskey Tango Foxtrot 2013

I have no clue why it posted here.

insomniac
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Tomorrow night into Thursday looks craptacular, with snow and sleet. Thursday morning commute may be rough.

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Your not alone. The same thing is predicted for downstate. You get snow we get water in the basements. You get snow. we get rain, snow and ice. The farmers downstate need water as much as they do in other parts of the state,

I did hear a market report that was mixed. The sale of cattle was down and the price would increase at the grocery store. Hogs are high and chickens are stable, we won't see much difference in the stores. If cattle sells too low, local ranchers won't buy large herds to raise and sell, but they might buy a proven bull, or they might buy a steer for the family.

Warzau
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Beautiful Day today, WOW! Not looking forward to Thursday.

Jon5
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Blech. Looking like it's gonna be pretty damn shitty tomorrow.

insomniac
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Yeah, now it's turned into more of an all-day-Thursday event rather than just tonight and tomorrow morning. Ugh.

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Trying to make it back from Hartford tomorrow morning and was thrilled to see this. I was supposed to be flying out on Friday night, but they are expecting blizzard conditions here come Friday night.

It doesn't look to be THAT bad in Chicago. But the way O'Hare is, if someone spits on the runway it's FUBAR.

Jon5
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said by jmdomini:

Trying to make it back from Hartford tomorrow morning and was thrilled to see this. I was supposed to be flying out on Friday night, but they are expecting blizzard conditions here come Friday night.

It doesn't look to be THAT bad in Chicago. But the way O'Hare is, if someone spits on the runway it's FUBAR.

It's been really bad this year for the little we've had. Just the 1 1/2 inches we got the other day totally hosed everything around here. You'd think we lived in Florida and got a freak snow. WTF happened to everyone?

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Let's see, we start off with Freezing rain, then rain/snow mixed, then
snow. WTF!!!

jester121
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Just for fun, pull up a google map and turn on the traffic layer. Looks like a plate of spaghetti with all the yellow and red lines going all over.... What a disaster.

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Damn! They said a coating to an inch ... Now, they are saying 4 inches and above ... WTF!!!!

insomniac
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Roads were pretty decent when I drove home around 5:00 yesterday. We didn't get a whole lot of snow in Naperville, but this morning, my boss (who lives in Rolling Meadows) was complaining about his two-hour drive home yesterday and all the wet snow he had to shovel.

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I believe anyone South of I-88 didn't get a whole lot of snow.
I work in Lake County and I though it would never stop snowing.
Commute was a bear as everyone was driving 10 miles/hr.

Jon5
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We got maybe an inch. It was mostly rain/sleet. Roads out here were in good shape this morning. Still "worked" from home today though.

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We had several inches of the wettest snow I can remember. It was piled-on slush. My neighbor gave up trying to use his snowblower. It was too heavy to propel and clogged. Shovelling was a bear since it was nearly too heavy to lift safely. Pushing worked better, but in a large part it was inches of slush that would not drain away.

This morning the melted snow had frozen in clumps and sheets.

Warzau
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We got squat!

Asiabound
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And we got about 9" here.


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said by Asiabound:

And we got about 9" here.
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Nobody asked how tall you are. They wanted to how much snow you got.

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Looks like we suppose to get more snow according to
WGN. It is scheduled to hit Chicagoland next Thur - Fri forecast of 5.3" - 7.9" ... stay tuned.

jester121
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Skilling sucks.


Jon5
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This weather sucks. All this 50,20,50,20,50,20. Just pick one!

insomniac
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Sure does.

This is one area where I differ with Skilling's philosophy. I understand the desire to give the public advance notice, but a week out, giving an estimate of 6-8" based solely on numerical models is not exactly responsible. Half of the public will freak out, saying ZOMG SNOW MUST RAID STORES, while the other half will say "meh, overhyped, we'll get a dusting." As with most things, the truth lies somewhere in the middle, and the NWS is being much more moderate in the hazardous weather outlook they issued this morning.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM IS SHAPING UP TO AFFECT MUCH OF THE
MIDWEST THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THAT A
PERIOD OF ACCUMULATING SNOW IS LIKELY THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...BEFORE CHANGING TO A PERIOD OF FREEZING DRIZZLE...
OCCASIONALLY MIXING WITH SOME LIGHT SNOW...LATE THURSDAY NIGHT
INTO FRIDAY. THE FORECAST GUIDANCE IS CONVERGING ON TO A SOLUTION
THAT WOULD SUGGEST AS MUCH AS 4 TO 5 INCHES OF TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR
THE ROCKFORD AREA...TAPERING OFF TO AROUND 2 INCHES OVER
NORTHWESTERN INDIANA. A STRIPE OF 3 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS
POSSIBLE FROM CHICAGO TO PONTIAC.

SINCE...THE STORM SYSTEM IS STILL MORE THAN 2 DAYS AWAY...EXACT
DETAILS OF THE FORECAST MAY CHANGE WITH RESPECT TO THE TIMING...
TRACK AND INTENSITY AS IT APPROACHES THE AREA. HOWEVER...PERSONS
ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA SHOULD BE PREPARED
FOR WINTRY PRECIPITATION AND TRAVEL IMPACTS FROM THIS WINTER
STORM.

Jon5
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Yeah. I don't really put much stock in forcasts more than 48 hours out. If they're still saying the same thing at 9pm tomorrow I'll take heed. Sure it will change a few times in the next 36-48 hours though.

jester121
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Likewise. I think people around here just worship Skilling because he's a personable guy, and he's a public figure (who has somehow cajoled or coerced his news director into giving him an entire 7 minute segment to talk about the weather some nights... WTF is that?)

Warzau
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Really just forecast the next 5 days, which I know will change tomorrow anyway.

Jon5
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I heard at one time, that they look at three different models and basically pick one of the three. Don't know if it's true but that's what some weather guy said on the radio one day. Don't remember who it was.
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Well I hope they're all wrong again. Calling for 3"-5" starting tomorrow night.
Parneli
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Finally getting a couple flakes in Naperville at 10p.... guess we wait and see what's here in the morning.

Jon5
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Looks like we got about 3 so far. Still snowing though. And I've been up over an hour and have yet to see a plow.

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We got just little over 2 inches, but there was at least 5 on my
driveway because of the blowing and drifting. This stuff was easy to
shovel not like the heavy wet snow the last time around.