Whats the Weather like?

[James Hood]

Metro Chicago early Tuesday morning -- still same frigidity as "near-burb-neighbor" Grain Reaper and across-the-Lake Kilted Firefighter are enduring:

+3F/-16C and mostly sunny this morning, -13F/-25C with the wind, plus 3 1/2 inches of additional snow from yesterday afternoon-overnight.

Relatives in burb of Buffalo, New York, right on Lake Erie, 630 mi/1000 km to the east, had combined snow-and-ice-storm but not as cold. Imagine...vehicles parked outside COVERED with 4-6 inches / 10-15cm of SOLID ice.

To those downunder, please accept this writer's vile green envy at your lovely weather.