Might as well get another weather thread going. There was snow on the ground when I woke up this morning. Lots of accidents reported on Lake Shore. Apparently people forget how to drive immediately at the sight of snow.

It's cold outside...at least it looks like it.

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@audioidkid

I can confirm it is indeed cold and windy and there was some snow in Chicago today.

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I like the "11" at the end. Nice touch.

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@audioidkid

I want it to snow!

It was a tad windy and chilly today, except not enough snow.

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From the National Weather Service:

...ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL EXPECTED THURSDAY...

AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE REGION WEDNESDAY NIGHT
BRINGING AN END TO THE UNSEASONABLY MILD WEATHER ALONG WITH THE
POTENTIAL FOR THE FIRST SIGNIFICANT SNOW OF THE SEASON.
CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT SNOW COULD DEVELOP AS EARLY AS LATE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...PARTICULARLY OVER NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...WITH
AN INCREASING THREAT FOR SNOW THURSDAY OVERSPREADING THE REMAINDER
OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA. SNOW MAY
FALL RATHER FORMIDABLY AT TIMES THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY EVENING WITH
TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF SEVERAL INCHES NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION.

IN ADDITION...TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL THROUGH THE 20S
THURSDAY INTO THE TEENS THURSDAY NIGHT...AND MAY NOT CLIMB MUCH
ABOVE 20 DEGREES ON FRIDAY.
THIS STORM SYSTEM IS JUST NOW MOVING OFF THE PACIFIC INTO WESTERN
CANADA AND IS STILL IN THE DEVELOPING STAGES. DETAILS REGARDING
SNOWFALL POTENTIAL WILL LIKELY NEED FURTHER REFINEMENTS AND
PERSONS PLANNING TRAVEL ACROSS THE REGION THURSDAY SHOULD CLOSELY
MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS.

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@audioidkid

I need a decent ice scraper.

Panic.

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Me too. And a scarf.

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So this pretty much means we're going to get about a quarter of an inch, tops...right?

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Only if you put just the tip in.

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Proud member of the white guy grievance committee

It aint the six minutes. Its what happens in those six minutes.

Who knows. We're due for a dumping (hey hey!), that's for sure.

Snowstorms are extremely tricky to predict because the slightest change in wind patters or temperature can totally change the forecasts. That's why they usually don't know exactly how much snow we're going to get until 12-24 hours before the storm hits.

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These never happen on a Sunday night/Monday morning.

Not sure where the hell you guys are used to spending your winters but it hasn't been cold for a while. Yesterday was a nice day and today will be too.

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This has been the easist winter I can remember and we are more than half way through.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

As long as there is no S-word I don't care how cold it gets. I'm good with cold and windy weather.

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I'm the opposite. I like the snow but hate the cold. Maybe we should live together. We would make an odd couple.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

I'm up for a civil union.

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We are less than 3 weeks into Winter.

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The calendar doesn't really matter. Winter usually starts at the beginning of November and tails off around the end of February.

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It doesn't have to do with the calender. It has to do with the angle of the sun thru the Nothern Hemisphere. I get what you are saying, but still. Its been 3 weeks. Its been a very mild late fall and early winter, but there's a long way to go yet.

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Smarty pants and all your facts.

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Thanks Tommy Skilling. March is the month with the most significant increase in daily temperature resulting in the common perception that winter has ended far earlier than the arrival of the vernal equinox.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

If it was February 10th, I'd be encouraged....not so much in January.

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@audioidkid

I'd be golfing if I didn't have to work today and tomorrow

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I tried going golfing the other day when it was like 45 degrees, but not many courses seem to be open around me.

Cog Hill-- #1 and #3-- is open year round.

Fresh Meadows in Hillside and Meadows Golf Club in Blue Island are also open year round.
I don't know if its year round or not, but Big Run (which is impossible ) in Lockport was open this past weekend

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St. Andrew's in West Chicago is open year round.

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Good people drink good beer - Hunter S. Thompson

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Waiting for the time when I can finally say
That this has all been wonderful, but now I'm on my way