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Feb 8, 2018, 08:20 PM
 
Originally Posted by And.reg View Post
You're getting what Mainers call "anota big one he'ah."

We get a bunch of 'em each season, so for me, one of those is like, meh, here we go:

December 22-23: 10 inches
December 25: 10 inches
January 4: 18-24 inches (blizzard)
Yesterday: 7 inches

Oh by the way, any chance of changing my sub-username from "The Mighty" to "The Mighty Grumpy Mainer"?
I want to say a foot in one go is about a once a year experience here.
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Feb 8, 2018, 08:47 PM
 
Originally Posted by Thorzdad View Post
Those pictures aren't anywhere near 60 inches.

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Feb 9, 2018, 10:12 AM
 
Dec 2015 was the last time we got more than 3" of snow until last Monday when we got 5-8". I finally had to pull the snowblower out of the basement for the first time this year.
     
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Feb 9, 2018, 12:46 PM
 
Originally Posted by And.reg View Post
Yo subego,

Got any new snow pics with your iPhone X ?
Here’s a quick and dirty one...



Judging by the Erie pictures, this is only 30 inches.
     
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Feb 9, 2018, 12:56 PM
 
Here’s one not from me...



Woops!
     
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Feb 9, 2018, 01:20 PM
 
We have had some snow, but then it rains. Rollercoaster weather. Not great for skiing.
     
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Feb 9, 2018, 02:19 PM
 
Well, I'm underwhelmed with the Chicago snow.
Probably got 8" in the NW burbs.

I want my money back.

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Feb 9, 2018, 06:44 PM
 
Its just tediously cold here. Probably not as cold as you lot, but then I have no heating so it sucks. No snow here in a couple of years I think. Maybe more.
I have plenty of more important things to do, if only I could bring myself to do them....
     
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Feb 9, 2018, 06:53 PM
 
It hit 50 today in Indy. Tomorrow, the high is supposed to drop to 29 with either a frozen mix or snow. On the positive side, pitchers and catchers report next week.
     
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Feb 10, 2018, 09:27 AM
 
Somebody wanted iPhone X snow shots?



     
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Feb 10, 2018, 04:38 PM
 
Not an iPhone... you can tell by the lack of autocorrect.

     
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Feb 12, 2018, 10:34 AM
 
laminar, hope you went and enjoyed that snow. We got rain yesterday, put the kibosh on our ski plans.
     
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Feb 12, 2018, 11:26 AM
 
I scooped it, if that counts as enjoying. The 5yo loves playing in the snow, he'll throw snowballs or shovels full of snow at my back while I snowblow.
     
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It was 85° on Tuesday. With windchill, now it’s 33°
     
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Oct 13, 2018, 08:37 AM
 
Snow in Iowa, I hear. I'm in LA right now. And not the California LA.
     
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We had it about 50 miles out. I’m sure it would have made it here if Lake Michigan was cooler.
     
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Oct 15, 2018, 06:24 AM
 
Winter is coming.
I have plenty of more important things to do, if only I could bring myself to do them....
     
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Nov 22, 2018, 11:28 PM
 
What happened to global warming? /s
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Dec 23, 2018, 06:20 PM
 
Percent chance of white Christmas, though I would have reversed the gradient.



50/50 for Chicago matches my experience.
     
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Dec 23, 2018, 11:56 PM
 
Originally Posted by subego View Post
Percent chance of white Christmas, though I would have reversed the gradient.



50/50 for Chicago matches my experience.
Bullshit chart. just look at the southern states, it doesn’t make sense at all.

E.g. southern Virginia. They get a snow dusting once or twice a year. How can that make it a 50% chance?
Look at Florida. Impossible.

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Dec 24, 2018, 12:27 AM
 
I would be forced to agree. My bad.

Chicago’s right, though.
     
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Dec 24, 2018, 12:29 AM
 
Ha! I got totally taken.

It’s a race map.
     
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Dec 24, 2018, 12:32 AM
 
Here’s the real deal.

     
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Originally Posted by subego View Post
Ha! I got totally taken.

It’s a race map.
That’s whacist.



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Originally Posted by And.reg View Post
A race map?
As in, the percentage of white people in each county.
     
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Dec 24, 2018, 04:14 PM
 
Woops! I misread your post.

The race map got posted* as a joke, and since I’m a dolt, I fell for it.


*To r/MapPorn on Reddit.
     
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Dec 25, 2018, 12:07 PM
 
well, we got a dusting yesterday but nothing to ski on. :/
     
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Dec 25, 2018, 01:07 PM
 
We were supposed to get a frozen mix overnight. The road crews even put down de-icer. Right now, though, it’s 41 and possible rain.
     
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44°
     
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Jan 27, 2019, 12:37 AM
 
Kind of ridiculous where I live. It's no less than 65 F here and people are wearing scarves and long jackets like its heavy snow.
     
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Jan 27, 2019, 08:15 AM
 
While in contrast, Wednesday here is supposed to hit -17°F, with a -41° windchill.
     
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Jan 27, 2019, 03:09 PM
 
Originally Posted by subego View Post
While in contrast, Wednesday here is supposed to hit -17°F, with a -41° windchill.
That's because you are in the warm south of Chicago.

Dark Sky currently projects -26F at 7:00am on Wednesday morning at O'Hare.
That's only 1F warmer than measured all time record low (1985, IIRC).

With windchill, it's going to be -54F.

Out in the burbs, it gets even colder.

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Jan 27, 2019, 04:17 PM
 
Meanwhile, down here in the balmy climes SE of Chicago (i.e. Indy) we're looking at -11 at 7am Wednesday (wind chill -30) Practically board shorts and t-shirt weather, eh? Kowabunga!
     
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Jan 27, 2019, 04:56 PM
 
Originally Posted by turtle777 View Post
That's because you are in the warm south of Chicago.

Dark Sky currently projects -26F at 7:00am on Wednesday morning at O'Hare.
That's only 1F warmer than measured all time record low (1985, IIRC).

With windchill, it's going to be -54F.

Out in the burbs, it gets even colder.

-t
Not necessarily.

Weatherbug predicts -14F for the low at O’Hare and is sticking with -17F for the city.

It could happen, but -54 sounds like bullshit at those temps. I buy -40, though.
     
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Jan 27, 2019, 05:22 PM
 
Originally Posted by subego View Post
Not necessarily.

Weatherbug predicts -14F for the low at O’Hare and is sticking with -17F for the city.

It could happen, but -54 sounds like bullshit at those temps. I buy -40, though.
Mind you, -54F was WITH windchill.

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Mind you, -54F was WITH windchill.

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Yes.

I’m saying it won’t be windy enough to drop -17F to -54F. It’ll be more like -17F to -40F.
     
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Jan 27, 2019, 07:31 PM
 
Originally Posted by And.reg View Post
Yikes...

End of 2017/into 2018, the northeast froze like that -40F windchills for two weeks straight, you cold poke someone with a stick and they be like:
With this impending, historic cold spell I’m torn between blowing my brains out and testing how low my gear can take me.

I probably would want some form of windshell pants. Jeans and long underwear can get me fairly low if I’m moving, but -40 seems way too low without another layer.
     
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Current temp:-16
wind chill: -45
     
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Originally Posted by Thorzdad View Post
Current temp:-16
Hey, almost the same here: -1C

The new Mac Pro has up to 30 MB of cache inside the processor itself. That's more than the HD in my first Mac. Somehow I'm still running out of space.
     
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Jan 30, 2019, 11:00 AM
 
-22F
-43F average windchill
-50F max. windchill

And... 65F in my apartment!
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Was able to get the windows totally closed this year, so I don’t have a giant block hanging off the window, but the combo of metal frames and a radiator underneath them makes for some frosty conditions.
     
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At least you have radiators.
I have plenty of more important things to do, if only I could bring myself to do them....
     
 
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