Prepare For 'Bitter Cold' This Winter, Warns New Long-Term Outlooks by Stephen Gossett in News on Oct 11, 2016 9:51 am
Chicago winters tend to alternate between relative tolerability and Hoth-like frozen hellscapes. We’re sorry to say, the latest outlook confirms earlier predictions: the upcoming cold season will likely be a long and cold and unforgiving.
“It will feel like an extended winter” for regions between the northern plains and the upper East, including the Midwest, according to a recent AccuWeather forecast.
“Shots of brutally cold air” are expected to sting our area, with some late-year precipitation compounding the chill. AccuWeather notes:
“Developing snowpack in early December may contribute to even colder weather. Temperatures will plummet as the season goes on, averaging 6 to 9 degrees lower overall than last winter.”
Some portions of the Midwest regions could drop as low as 20 or 30 degrees below zero (!), according to AccuWeather Long-Range Forecaster Paul Pastelok. We should expect the cold air by late November—plus an early lake effect.
We double-checked AccuWeather’s forecast against the National Weather Service’s seasonal climate outlook in hopes of some finding some countervailing evidence, but they appear to confirm a similar prediction. (Sorry.) From December through April, maps show a 33 percent chance of higher-than-average temperatures and the same likelihood of above-average precipitation. Snowpacalypse Redux, anyone?
Maybe it's a good thing those ubiquitous Canada Goose coats were all the rage last year. You're probably gonna need 'em.
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4. "One winter there was enough for me. No idea how natives do it" In response to Reply # 0
Because scheduling geniuses run the Navy, my boot camp in great lakes was from Nov. to Dec. followed by 3 months of training.
Coming from Miami...jesus christ
It's not so much the cold temps and the snow, I mean it is what it is But THE WIND. the fucking WIND slapping you in the face as you try to walk a block's distance...no thanks never again.
Props to you Chi towners who put up with that shit year after year
6. "i don't know why anyone lives in BUFFALO, NY." In response to Reply # 4
like...what the fuck is wrong w/those ppl?
i get it if one grew up there and is a minor. but adults?? why? it only makes sense if everyone there is stuck b/c of abject poverty or physical disability. nothing else makes sense.
legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 79618 posts
Fri Oct-28-16 10:04 AM
17. "Tornado alley... flood plains" In response to Reply # 13
Shit happens damn near every year and they stay because???
I don't know how anything me stays in places where their basement floods every year.
I can understand once every 20 years but every year? I'm out.
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legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 79618 posts
Fri Oct-28-16 10:09 AM
18. "I flirted with that move. " In response to Reply # 15
But I think you have to make a nice chunk of change to enjoy that place.
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Just got back from visiting there. That said my friend who is a native told me I'm banned from coming back during winter. It is a difficult existence out there during the cold months. I like the cold but it's just too long and too severe.
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