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At least some parts of Chicagoland are seeing snow in the form of lake effect. Up to 17 inches in localized areas on the southwest portions of Lake Michigan
But wee need a wide spread snow cover. This forecast model might not put enough down in the right place to get as cold as the Euro suggests
I've lived in Venezuela, in the North Georgia mountains (snowed occasionally there, but the climate was still way too warm for me) and I lived in the Chicago suburbs with my aunt for a while back in 2008 that was during the summer.
I've lived in Venezuela, in the North Georgia mountains (snowed occasionally there, but the climate was still way too warm for me) and I lived in the Chicago suburbs with my aunt for a while back in 2008 that was during the summer.
Well Chicago would have almost prepared you for my winter (had you gone through a cold winter there).
I've lived here my whole life and I'm NOT looking forward to that forecast (if it verifies). That kind of cold is beyond MEAN and NASTY and, if it does come, it is the cold that makes me dread every upcoming winter here!!! And I am used to cold. I just can't imagine how someone who is currently living in a tropical greenhouse would survive coming to a flash frozen area. The last cold front had the inside of the doors at my workplace covered with frost (and we weren't anywhere near as cold as the new forecast is predicting).
You'd look a lot like the Texans that spent a couple of winters here .... they stuck out like sore thumbs since they kept their buttoned up winter coats on inside (I kept telling them they could freeze to death once they headed back outside).
^^ I definitely wouldn't mind giving it a try, honestly I've experienced -30 F weather before in Upstate NY (During January 2004, I was 11 years old) and I kind of liked it to be honest, way more than 95 F with high humidity. But I've always had a fascination for cold weather, most of the time when I was really young my family loved to go somewhere with snow during winter break (usually mid-December through early January) and I would always be the first one wanting to go outside and experience the weather. I've shoveled snow before, and I liked it. But as a guy who loves cold weather and working out, I guess it kind of makes sense.
I just want to live somewhere up north for at least one winter, if I realize that I am in fact deep down a cold hater fine, but I don't want to realize it without trying it at least.
^^ I definitely wouldn't mind giving it a try, honestly I've experienced -30 F weather before in Upstate NY (During January 2004, I was 11 years old) and I kind of liked it to be honest, way more than 95 F with high humidity. But I've always had a fascination for cold weather, most of the time when I was really young my family loved to go somewhere with snow during winter break (usually mid-December through early January) and I would always be the first one wanting to go outside and experience the weather. I've shoveled snow before, and I liked it. But as a guy who loves cold weather and working out, I guess it kind of makes sense.
I just want to live somewhere up north for at least one winter, if I realize that I am in fact deep down a cold hater fine, but I don't want to realize it without trying it at least.
Well then we'd be happy to have you...I just tend to wonder about the sanity of those that make the trip here during the nasty Old Man's reign. Now those that live here have had a chance to adjust to the changes but for someone to come straight from hot and humid to here, without that hardening off period...
Now we certainly have a number of folks from Africa, the Phillipines, Australia and other warm climes here and they are quite happy but it does take an adjustment (and some certainly do high tail it elsewhere ).
Down to 6F last night, but luckily no wind came with it so it wasn't too bad. Back down to about 12F or so tonight then warming back up to the 20's-30's during the day for quite a few days. No major snow to speak of for a while now. Yesterday nice and sunny and then Turkey Day was bleck and nasty.
This was the 7am temps (not real feel) and departure from normal. Single digits in Iowa.
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