Like a winter hurricane. Check out this radar pic before it's gone.

[kayakjohnny]

http://www.intellicast.com/National/Radar/Current.aspx?location=default®ion=PIE&animate=true

Good luck to all in it's path.

It just looks mean.

[HereSince1628]

1. The wind off the lake has kept the snow away from Milwaukee

for hours. That's many inches of potential snow that didn't happen.

[bbinacan]

2. Nasty and

I'm in SW PA.

[panader0]

3. Absolutely beautiful in So Az today

Sorry.........one of the best things about Az.

[msongs]

5. same in so cal, 85 and perfectly clean and clear air nt

[trotsky]

8. Let us know how things are in summer when it hits 110+.

:hi:

[Danmel]

16. I would rather freeze my tuchas off here in ny

Than have kyl, McCain & brewer represent me.

[mrmpa]

28. even the weather can bring out the political liberalness in us-lol

[patrick t. cakes]

4. uh, thats me. Des Moines

And it is shhhhitty out!

Thankfully the bar across the street is very much open.

[MuseRider]

6. Feels like it will blow

the house down the hill and into the pond. Feeding horses this morning it was hard to stand up in it. Gotta go back out pretty soon and it is worse. At 7:00 the wind was a sustained 38 MPH with gusts of 46. 26 degrees with a -7 wind chill. Ahhhhh Kansas and it looks like it might be worse elsewhere. I hope everyone is OK out there. It was starting to spit sleet but then we really are not expecting much. At this point even sleet would be welcome moisture.

[Telly Savalas]

30. What's brutal is the contrast from how nice it was yesterday.

At least the roads aren't bad (here in KC anyway)

[MuseRider]

44. No bad roads here either

I don't think the little that came down stuck, did not have time. That wind could have ripped anything off the street!

Yes, just a small jacket outside one day to my entire winter, fat snowman work outfit the next. The cold is not bad if it is not windy, the wind is not bad if it is not cold but when they get together it really sucks.

Glad you are OK in KC. Looks like we are fine here just freaking cold :-)

[spanone]

7. it's headed for us here in nashville tennessee....snowwww

[alfredo]

22. Up here in Lexington, we are waiting for the rain to change

to snow. The drivers here go crazy, not as bad as Nashville. (not as many hills)

Get your sled and head for Love circle. There should be a place there to slide.

[shraby]

9. The weather people are calling it Aidan.

Here in Manitowoc county, WI, the snow has started and it's a really really wet snow..only great for making snowmen.

[Myrina]

10. Rainy all day in Indy ... waiting for the back side of the front ...

... temps dropping to a flash freeze and then really windy and snow squalls forecast for tomorrow.
Thankfully not anticipating more than 2-4 inches total.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

11. I've been in the middle of it all day.

Snow drifted almost up to the windows, wind howling, nobody going anywhere. The airport (MSP) was closed for awhile, and that hardly ever happens. They couldn't even send the plows out on the highways because the visibility was so bad. The snow has let up a bit, and now it's going to get really, really cold.

[Baclava]

12. Quietest in the GOM in years. Your turn northlanders!

....the heat must dissipate, yea verily

[Dr. Forrester]

13. Also in Iowa, (Ames)

Fridge stocked with beverages of all types, made pork chops and applesauce, all stocked up, good night to work on final papers. Only issue will be when the dog will have to go out. . .

[htuttle]

14. I can see my house from there!

I'm right in the middle of that.

[Greybnk48]

15. I'm just south of the crotch of the thumb in WI

and we're under a blizzard warning. Yee ha!

[Critters2]

25. My dad is in West Bend. I should give him a call. Be careful! nt

[sarcasmo]

17. Rain here in West Michigan changing over to snow around midnight, they say.

[Curmudgeoness]

18. We are waiting for it in western PA. Holding my breath.

I know the media loves to be sensationalist, but they are calling it a monster blizzard here.

:scared:

[alfredo]

19. Picked up some Jim Beam Rye, and some soup supplies. I'm

ready to cocoon.

[RagAss]

26. Sounds like my Florida Hurricane plan !

[alfredo]

38. Had a friend said he could ride out any hurricane if he

had enough beer and pretzels.

[NutmegYankee]

20. Weather pattern looks like that often.

The main difference is a hurricane pulls together tighter due to a higher energy source and swirls the other direction.

[Odin2005]

35. it's the standard "comma" apperance of a mature temperate cyclone.

And hurricanes and temperate cyclones spin in the same direction, counter-clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere.

temperate storms get their energy from temperature contrasts, while tropical storms get their energy from the latent heat of condensing water vapor.

[NutmegYankee]

43. Thanks

For some dumb reason I stated it's an opposite spin, but it's the same spin. I guess I had a high pressure zone (anti-cyclone) on my mind. I once took a semester of meteorology as a technical elective, which was fascinating and made watching the weather channel far more interesting. Sadly, if you don't use something much, it slips out of the mind. :-(

[madrchsod]

21. rain over here in central northern illinois....

but the winds are on the way. wind chill is going to be below 0. but i doubt it will top the record of 70 below wind chill in the late 70`s.

looks like another record cold december here in northern illinois. since 1871 chicago has recorded 10 decembers below "normal" the last 4 has been in the last 5 years.

[Critters2]

24. Friends in Iowa tell me the snow is coming.

Blizzard warnings for Bureau and Putnam Counties, Winter Storm Warning here. It's the winds and temps that'll be the problem. Bundle up!

[MNBrewer]

23. Lots of snow in Minneapolis

More than I remember in one storm since I moved here 15 years ago.

[WhaTHellsgoingonhere]

27. I got nothin' in Chicago

Only snow, 3", fell on December 4. Only light rain most of the day.

[WhaTHellsgoingonhere]

32. Light rain just turned to light snow

[WhaTHellsgoingonhere]

40. The light snow stopped a while ago. Just enough to cover the top of your car.

[Tsiyu]

29. It's pouring rain and upper thirties now

snow and teens tomorrow with sustained winds. i feed my mares at night in winter so they have the warmth through the night. Got a fresh round bale of hay to roll to dry area too. I am dreading going out...

[Odin2005]

31. The snow missed Fargo, but we are getting the wind and the cold. -20 tonight.

[defendandprotect]

34. Aside: What the heck do you all build your houses of?

How much insulation?

Little volcanoes in the basements?


:evilgrin:

[Odin2005]

36. Just the same as everywhere else! Newer homes here tend to have...

...multi-pane windows and are very well-caulked to keep drafts out.

[defendandprotect]

33. Are the two storm fronts going to meet up and .... ???

One from the Pacific moving East --

and the one moving West?

[Odin2005]

37. the models are saying the eastern storm will stall out around Labrador and die.

[defendandprotect]

39. Thanks -- enjoy it if you like snow -- and safety and warmth to you all!!

[Rochester]

41. Looks like I will get hit...

...and then my buddies back in Rochester will get hit.
Oh well. I'd rather deal with cold than heat.

[WhaTHellsgoingonhere]

42. Not even an inch in Chicago