A powerful and dynamic weather system is taking shape across the Great Lakes Sunday which will feature rain, thunderstorms, powerful wind gusts, snow and blowing snow and crashing temperatures. An area of low pressure is projected to drop nearly 24mb in 24 hours, the definition of bombogenesis, or rapid deepening and strengthening of a weather system. Showers and a few thunderstorms will continue to move through the region through Sunday morning an early afternoon prior to co

After an exceptional 3-week period of cold and snowy weather February 27th to December 16th, winter just packed up and left. The upper level steering currents were completely re-aligned and much of the last 10 days have been spent in the 30s and 40s, and the 20–25 inches of snow that fell in the wintry stretch was essentially wiped out by the warmth. Here's the temperature departures across North America over the past 10 days. More than 90 percent of the continental U.S. has

Happy Holidays everyone! Here's hoping the last couple of days have been exceptional, loaded with special people and memories of those who have enriched and shaped your life! Personally, I am spending time with family in Bloomington, Illinois. Due to the fact my wife says I need to be more involved with the family, this is a recap of January 1979, the worst overall month of winter weather regionally in modern history. Filled with bitter cold, tons of snow, and an epic blizzar

Merry Christmas one and all, here's hoping the day is exceptional, loaded with the special people and memories of those who have enriched and shaped your life! Personally, I am spending the next two days with family in Bloomington, Illinois. Due to the fact my wife says I need to be more involved, and the weather looks foggy, dreary, but quiet, this will be abbreviated. To compensate, I have tossed in my most memorable Christmas from a weather standpoint. In 1983, I was stran

Can you believe it, it's December 24th and Santa rides tonight. Seems like just yesterday I was mowing the lawn. Actually, I was mowing the lawn two days before Thanksgiving, which gives you a pretty good idea how mild our fall was until we flipped the switch to that crazy period of snow and cold to end November. One thing is for sure the remainder of this week and Saturday too, we remain very much on the mild side with cold and snow a no show for holiday travelers. Despite t