March 16, 2006

Shyea, right!

SNOW WARNING!

/O.CON.KLOT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z- 060317T0600Z/ WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY- LAKE ILLINOIS-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE- DUPAGE-COOK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF... ROCKFORD...WOODSTOCK...WAUKEGAN... OREGON...DIXON...DEKALB...AURORA... CHICAGO 408 AM CST THU MAR 16 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS AROUND SUNRISE SPREADING EAST INTO PORTIONS OF THE CHICAGO METRO AREA AFTER 9 AM. SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 88 AND THE EISENHOWER EXPRESSWAY... PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW TRANSITIONING TO ALL SNOW EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...TAPERING TO FLURRIES AROUND MIDNIGHT. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WARNING AREA...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS EXPECTED NEAR THE WISCONSIN BORDER. SLIGHTLY LESSER ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED SOUTH OF DOWNTOWN CHICAGO. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED...RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS.
For the third time this year they are calling for a snow storm. Depending on which station/weather report you get depends on how much snow they are predicting. One station has even gone so far as to predict a foot of snow. Based on the accuracy of past predictions of the National Weather Service, NOAA, and the local media I’m going to go out on a limb and say not more then 3 inches and probably closer to one. I think that over the last four years they are 0 for 28 when it comes to predicting severe weather. When we do get hit by bad weather it’s when they predict either a light snow or rain.

BAH!

Posted by Contagion in Rants and Raves at March 16, 2006 06:06 AM | TrackBack
Comments

Everyone was telling me last night it would hit over night. I got up this morning and it's still brown and gray. Yicky.

I say - bring it on.

(Holy crap, what has HAPPENED TO ME????)

Posted by: Tammi at March 16, 2006 07:20 AM

I'm with you- I have radar in my office and there just isn't enough out there to warrant a panic.

Posted by: Raging Mom at March 16, 2006 07:22 AM

Darn. And all we've got is sunny weather in the mid-60s to look foward to for about a week...

Posted by: Ogre at March 16, 2006 09:27 AM

Snow no longer exists on this plane...

Posted by: That 1 Guy at March 16, 2006 10:00 AM

Hah. Sunny and breezy here. Birds singing. Care to join?

Posted by: caltechgirl at March 16, 2006 12:42 PM

Your weather reporting sounds as good as we get here in the Soviet of Washington. Our is standard grey and wet.

Posted by: DE644 at March 16, 2006 01:57 PM

One time this year they were on target here in the great state of Massachusetts with a prediction. That was for 12-15 inches of snow... we got about 15. All the other times were calling for 3-5 and we got 10-12... I should've been a meteorologist - best job in the world - you get paid for being wrong!

Posted by: Teresa at March 16, 2006 03:00 PM

I like the snow, I wanted a lot of snow. We just aren't getting it.

Posted by: Contagion at March 16, 2006 05:23 PM

No fair. I want some snow too. The crazy weather people aren't predicting any to come my way before next week. I'm jealous of your possibility of snow.

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