Take care folks in the midwestern US

[KyushuCalanthe]

...and brace yourselves on the east coast.

Crazy weather conditions out there. All time record heat and moisture for January in parts of the middle of the country have been set and the show isn't over yet. Topeka, KS went to 77 F on Monday - an all time high...

And here comes the cold air, yup, tornadoes, flooding, high winds, and who knows what once the cold air drops down. Chicago yesterday in a mad rain, today in a blizzard? Maybe.

Keep safe please, this one looks bad.

 

[wjs2nd]

It's gotten very icey in Wisconsin. They actually closed a bunch of the school for the day because of it.

 

[SlipperFan]

Record high here today. Tomorrow will be another story.

 

[cnycharles]

there is some pretty serious rain here http://radar.weather.gov/Conus/centgrtlakes_loop.php
we had ice last night, then it melted off and rained, and more rain for a few days. only high of 54 for tomorrow, which is a little unusual but no records

abax, hope you have an umbrella (and anyone else in the neighboring area) and maybe a storm shelter

 

[abax]

Hellfire Charles, we've mildewed already! Fortunately, our home is in a
heavily wooded area and protected from everything but falling trees. Oh my, I don't even want to think about that.

 

[Paul Mc]

St. Louis here. No sirens last night, but it was fierce nonetheless. It was so bad that both my dogs took shelter and refused to come out. For one thats the norm during any storm, but definitely not for the other. It made me take note and watch what was happening closely.

Dropping temps all day today, snow and ice anticipated tomorrow.

 

[KyushuCalanthe]

Well, I hope everybody made it through OK. Looking at the US map today you can see just how massive a system this is, extending literally from the gulf coast of NW Florida clear on up to northern New York. The entire eastern third of the nation is under high wind advisories, severe thunderstorm watches/warnings from southern Alabama straight up to central Virginia, a swath of tornado warnings from North Carolina to Alabama, potential flooding in the Catskill Mountains and Finger Lakes of New York....

Wow. Hold onto your hats everyone.

I noticed also that Topeka, Kansas is down to 28 F (3PM CST) from its record of 77 degrees a couple days ago...

 

[Rick]

Had some trees down near my house, and a fatality in Nashville (30 miles north of me) from tree fall.

My place is just fine:wink:

 

[Clark]

After hemorrhoid Sandy blew through here last October, the last thing folks around my area need, is more wind driven rain.

 

[wjs2nd]

18F right now. A high of 0F tomorrow and a high of 2F on Friday. The weather has been crazy. It was 35F yesterday (Tuesday).

 

[The Orchid Boy]

Here we had a mini blizzard and got just a dusting of snow and the wind was roaring. Then the wind died down and by early evening it was very nice outside and most of the snow had melted. About an hour away they got lots of snow and closed the interstate.

 

[SlipperFan]

Lake effect snows have caused really bad driving conditions throughout the great lakes states. Many several-car accidents; some fatal.

 

[Ozpaph]

This is what's happening north or me. Over 2 feet of rain in a few days.
http://www.news-mail.com.au/news/flight-over-floods-reveals-a-sea-of-destruction/1737554/