Originally Posted By: esshup
Cecil, if you think this weather is brutally cold, you must really hate January and February! grin


Actually no. For some reason this damp cold has been chilling me to the bone lately with the strong winds.

Here's what the WGN Weather Blog had to say about the next couple of weeks:

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Winter just won�t give up
Posted on: March 15th, 2013 9:28 PM by Richard Koeneman No Comments



The weather pattern remains active and cold, and computer models indicate no change through the end of the month. Winds at the 18 thousand foot level -- winds that act as the primary steering mechanism for surface weather systems -- are forecast to remain predominantly from the northwest for at least two weeks. This pattern will result in repeated intrusions of Canadian air into the Midwest through month's end, and consequent cold temperatures. Chicago's daily normal high temperature, 47 degrees on Saturday, rises one degree every two or three days at this time of the spring, reaching 53 degrees on March 31. That's the fastest rate of rise during the entire spring. Despite that rising climatological imperative, the city's day-to-day high temperatures are forecast to remain steady in the 30s through the current 7-day forecast cycle -- averaging 13 degrees below normal.

Last edited by Cecil Baird1; 03/17/13 08:08 PM.
If pigs could fly bacon would be harder to come by and there would be a lot of damaged trees.