Rant; Winter 2013/14

[jim]

Hey Dan! Can I complain now? It's officially spring, and it freaking snowed this morning. Look at our lovely spring forecast:

Today Snow showers before 11am. The snow could be heavy at times. High near 45. West wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. Total daytime snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.
Tonight A chance of rain showers, snow, and sleet after 2am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 33. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming east southeast after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

[Joe Shlabotnik]

Hey Dan! Can I complain now? It's officially spring, and it freaking snowed this morning. Look at our lovely spring forecast:

Today Snow showers before 11am. The snow could be heavy at times. High near 45. West wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. Total daytime snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.
Tonight A chance of rain showers, snow, and sleet after 2am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 33. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming east southeast after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Got to admit Jim, you guys have had a [expletive] winter and now looks like it will spill into spring. You've earned your right to [expletive].

[jim]

It's been so bad joe that even the diehard Chicagoans who pride themselves on this crap have had enough. Signs of spring:
- I took the 200lb of sand that I have had in my trunk all winter to keep the sled on the road.
- A road that is closed on campus from the first snowfall until it clears itself, was opened yesterday.
- Although there are still patches of snow, and even a small piles of snow around driveways, it's mostly grass.
- I wore sandals to work. Rushing the season, but screw it. 30's for another week, 60 today, I'm going to pretend it's warmer than it is.

Skillet head was summarizing the winter, we now have an even 80" of snow at O'Hare and 85" at Midway. Record at O'Hare is 89, so barring a big spring snow storm we will miss that. He explained what caused it, the warm water in the Pacific that buckled the jet stream, and also said that although long range forecasts are very iffy (long range for this winter was normal precip/normal temp), next winter looks like it could be mild. I'm banking on it.

[stlouie_lipp]

Skilling said from December 1st through yesterday was the coldest stretch in 143 years.

[jim]

Skilling said from December 1st through yesterday was the coldest stretch in 143 years.

At least it doesn't snow much when it's that cold.

[thrill]

I only heard this secondhand, but apparently our winter was the warmest in 30 years.

[stlouie_lipp]

I only heard this secondhand, but apparently our winter was the warmest in 30 years.

I was out there last week. It was perfect.

[Donnie Ebert]

I think we're done votexing polarly this year.

[heyzeus]

Wait, are we allowed to [expletive] about weather, or not? Maybe we need a GRB poll.

[jim]

Snow Monday. Got all the way up to 54 today. It was cold. It was [expletive]. Chicago is the worst place on the planet. An absolutely awful place to live.