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  1. Rains tonight--predicted by computer models to reach the 0.50 to 0.90" range--may end up Chicago's heaviest since Oct. 30 when 0.81" fell.
  2. There have been big rains downstate. Amounts include: 0.65" Peoria; Quad Cities 0.58"; E. St. Louis 0.50" Springfield 0.45"; Hillsboro 0.57"
  3. Nice bounceback in temps predicted Sat! It appears all's go for 50s Sat. Colder weather still very much in cards next week as Dec. opens.
  4. Colder air drops 32-deg temps within 800 ft. of the grnd late Wed night & Thanksgiving AM. Makes some wet, non-sticking snowflakes pos then.
  5. Rain moving in from west as of 4pm TUE. Some heavy downpours & 0.50" totals overnite. Steady rain for 3-5 hrs. More sporadic showers follow.
  6. Mon PM NWS-GFS model 7th in row to indicate storm nxt week. Each puts sticking snow closeby first wk of Dec. Not certain yet-but interestg!!
  7. These fcsts more a curiosity than yet solid at that time range. Much can happen in 1-2 wks time. But it flags the week as one to monitor!
  8. The most recent 6 runs of Natl' Wx Service's GFS (Global Forecast System) model have produced Week #2 snow totals ranging from 2.3 to 11.9".
  9. Temps surge back to 50s Sat--but colder air hits next wk just in time for Dec's open. Some models dvlp sticking snow in Dec's opening wk.
  10. Thnksgiving snow rcords go back to 1877, Frank Wachowski tell us. In that time, a trace+ of snow has fallen 31% of time. Just 7 have had 1"+
  11. Changes loom. Temps due for downturn. Despite Thu/Fri cooling, avgs stay abve nrml.Fall's second round of flurries hit THU Thksgiving Day.
  12. The current mild spell has had quite a run! Mon posted Chicago's 20th consecutive daily temp surplus--a 21st is due Tue--3 wks of mild air!
  13. Data supporting tmp pullback nxt 2 wks more & more compelling. Chill hits in waves--the 1st next Tue. By Wed, cold enuf for mixd snow.
  14. Mild into MON by NOV stndards! New benchmark ahead SUN--day becmes19th in row with abve norml tmps-2nd longst NOV stretch at MDW in 81 yrs
  15. Great seeing the sun FRI--but winds are light & moisture lingers in the lower atmosphere. Areas of low clouds and fog to form as temps cool.
  16. Projections of several key cold wx indicies have them retreating over coming two weeks to levels seen in Oct--and remember how cool Oct was.
  17. 88% of the past 125 yrs have seen flurries between now and Dec 1---13 days from now. Indeed, models have temps downtrending in coming weeks.
  18. Another beauty, huh? THU marks Day #5 in the same cldy, wet system. While it lifts out of the Midwest next 24 hrs, clouds linger into wkend.
  19. Both indicies have trended negative--a "cold signal"--in not just one--but a series of recent fcsts--incrsing the prediction's credibility.
  20. Arctic Oscillation (AO) index reflects cold air availability; North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) index offers clues whther atmos in cool phase