Storm Hype and Updates!

[Grace]

Checking in from west of phesina - Douglas is out with the snow blower - we've had at least 9 inches so far. They say it will continue until tomorrow morning. Poor birds - I keep going out and to clear a place on the ground for the ground feeders.

Our boy cats are depressed. They go out on the back porch - see the snow - head back inside for more sleep and food.

[phesina]

Good wishes to all (all species) in the storm's path.. that you can keep safe and warm, everyone!

[Karen]

Our projected total has been upgraded to 10-18" - we'll see what does materialize!

[chocolatepuppy]

We got something like 7-8 inches of snow. Raining now, then back to freezing this morning. At least it started raining when I went to bed, so no snow to clean out of the driveway. I spend several hours yesterday keeping up with the snow!

[Karen]

Snowing heavily at the moment, several inches already, but I can't tell how much! When I opened the blinds to see out, at least 6 mourning doves, and a few small birds flew out - they had been sheltering from the storm close to the building, in under the porch above us as far as they could get!

Honest to goodness, the forecast says "Snow. The snow could be heavy at times. Temperature falling to around 15 by 5pm. Wind chill values as low as -1. North wind 13 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph."

The funny thing is it is already colder than the predicted low. It is now 11° (-10 C) and a wind chill of 0°.

[Taz_Zoee]

I hope you all stay safe no matter what the weather brings!!

This reminds me of the "storm" we were supposed to have a couple months ago. They even closed schools here..............in CALIFORNIA!!! It was no where near the severe storm they thought it was going to be. Didn't even make a dent in the draught either.

We are supposed to get some rain later this week. But I'm sure it won't be enough........again.

[cassiesmom]

Winter storm Linus left Chicago with 19 inches of snow in a little over 24 hours. Just four inches shy of the record set by the Big Snowstorm of January 1967. It's now 19F (-7C), but way, way less windy than yesterday. Also bright afternoon sunshine, which I am glad to see! So I did snap a few photos (which are still in the camera) for a sunny, clear, snowy winter day.

[Karen]

Still snowing here, even colder by a whopping 1 degree, and over the course of the day, our bikes, which are resting just outside our sliding glass doors and to right, have beacon e the resting place and sheltered perch and napping spot for no less than 4 mourning doves at a time. Every once in while one will descend to the plates of seed I put out this morning, which the sparrows and juncos have been busily working on, but then back to the bikes!

The wind HAS picked up a bit, so now we are at 10°F(-12C) with a wind chill of -7F(-22C). Funny they have not update the daytime projected high of 24°F it never got anywhere near there, and from the temps to the west of us, doesn't look like it will be going up anytime soon!

[Karen]

Over a foot here, and still falling - to the point where I had to reshovel to get back in the house after doing some shoveling. My car, the Turtle, still has a bit of a snow-hawk, but could drive somewhere if need be, and I got lucky in that there is no car parked next to me, so I had a place to put some of the snow! That's one thing I miss about living out in a more rural area - having a lawn on which to pile snow! Again, there are gusts of wind, so I cannot give you any kind of exact measurement, but at least it never turned to sleet here!

[cassiesmom]

Karen, my dad said that when he looked outside this morning, their balcony rail had a good six inches of snow and the bird feeder looked like it had white frosting on it. The park district golf course offers cross-country skiing in the winter, when there is enough snow- but you have to either have your own skis and gear or arrange your own rental.