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Well it has been totally and utterly atrocious here. No lying snow at all this winter which I don't think I have ever seen. Wind and rain constantly and now we have the snowdrops and the white roses out.
The moon plays hide and seek with quickly moving clouds under this fast SW flow. The wind is moderate and steady. It feels considerably milder than during daylight hours, as we're now in the upper 50s. It's like a being in the Caribbean in winter, with trade winds constantly blowing (I know it's much cooler, but it kinda feels like it). Who needs a tropical winter escape when you can have it at home?
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Originally Posted by ilovemycomputer90
You nuts? Take what you can get! Cherish this respectable snow pack we got.
Agreed. When one resorts to complaining about the quality of the snowpack, it's that the winter is a great one.
Winter 2013-14:The 18.5F/-7.5C avg temp since Dec 1 has moved to 7TH COLDEST in 143 yrs. The 59.6"/151.4cm of snow officially at ORD snow is the 3rd heaviest of past 129 yrs (to date).
21 days with 0F/18C and counting
Some more snow for this weekend. Not much but still, keep adding it on!
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Update on Great Lakes Ice
February 06, 2014; 3:43 PM
Ice coverage on the Great Lakes continues to run well above normal and based on the projected pattern for the next 7-10 days we should continue to see more steady growth.
The image below shows the current make-up of the ice on the Great Lakes. Image courtesy of the Canadian Ice Service.
The most striking part of this graphic is the fact that nearly all of Lake Superior is covered with ice, which is highly unusual. Even though there is still plenty of open water on deeper Lake Ontario there is still much more ice than usual.
The open waters of Lake Huron and Georgian Bay continue to shrink.
The graph below shows the weekly ice coverage in terms of percentage covered with ice on the Great Lakes.
Currently, about 75 percent of the total area of all the Great Lakes is covered with ice. Normal peak coverage is about 40 percent, which normally reaches its highest level in March.
For this current week (Feb 5), the highest percentage of ice was 82 percent, which occurred in 1996, followed by 79 percent in 1994. This current week ranked third highest going back to 1981.
Possible impacts from this high ice coverage on the weather......
1. Shorter lake-effect snow season and reduced intensity of lake-snow bands.
2. Arctic air masses typically get modified as they cross the warmer Great Lakes, but with much more ice/snow those air masses could end up being even colder than what they normally would be.
3. Increase in ice jams.
4. Stronger winds and more blowing snow.
Last edited by chicagogeorge; 02-06-2014 at 06:19 PM..
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