We`re bout 2.5 hrs. due west of Chicago land and I for one really don`t think they know what type of winter we will get. Heard some bits and peices about next week. Looking forward to it as soon as fall clean-up is finished. Everytime they say it will be mild it`s nasty and vise versa. Can anyone tell me when these predictors have ever got it right further out than, say, a week?

 

I will agree with that, they cant event tell me the right temperatures for a week in advance. Heck they got this week all wrong! I need a job as a weatherman, newscast will be much shorter...."FOLKS GO LOOK OUT THE WINDOW...MARY BACK TO YOU"

 

I am about an hour east of Chicago, right in the lake effect region. They started calling for heavy snow this weekend earlier in the week, but now they have down scaled it, to maybe two inches in the next day or two. Last year we only had 2 or 3 times of decent snow, nothing like we are used to. Hopefully they will dump on us this year.

John

 

MGARDNER....

Where do you live in the Quad Cities? I think we have around 5 people that live in the Quads that are online now on Plowsite......

 

Hey guys, I would be happy if they could get the 24hour forcast right! As far as this years winter weather predictions, being the internal optimist, it will be a good year for us snowplow contractors.

The most accurate forcast that I can remember was the 21" dumping we got three years ago in January! They predicted that storm about 10 days before it hit. And the amazing thing about the predictions was, even right from the start, they said it was going to be a nasty storm from the start.

CGB

 

The local weatherman said we would get 10 snowfalls for the season..... Then he proceded to tell how we had 17 snowfalls last year.... He must have counted every flake that fell as a snowstorm. We only had 3 plowable events, and only one of them was full route.

 

I'm between Chi. and the Quad cities. I hope it holds off for 2 weeks. I'm headed to Florida and don't need to have my stand ins get all my money. Just kidding. I think it'll hold off to mid Dec. then let us have it. Or maybe not. I learned that in meteorologist school.

 

J Henderson, I am about five miles east of Colona on a ridge overlooking the Rock. Was in Moline for 19 years. :waving:

 

A little snow just to try out the new Western would be nice!! I'm in a western suburb of Chicago and this is my first year plowing. I've signed on with Western Dupage Landscaping as a sub and I have a few commercial accounts and driveways to do on my own. I've spend almost 30 years in trucking and just think, I've always hated snow. Point of view I guess......

 

I hope it holds off until the 4th of December. That is when I get my new MVP installed. So any time after around 5p.m., Let It Snow...Let It Snow.!!!!!!!