Events

Cold fronts in Chicago do not mess around: At least it's not raining, and the roads haven't frozen over. Yet. Meanwhile, in the "stopped clock" category, the OAFPOTUS did something I approve of today: President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday to fast-track the reclassification of cannabis, which would pave the way for the Food and Drug Administration to study its medicinal uses. "It doesn’t legalize marijuana in any way, shape or form or and in no way sanctions its use as a recreational...

With about an hour to go before a squall line hits Chicago ahead of a serious cold front, the warm-sector temperature keeps going up: Ah, but look what's coming: Meanwhile, winds at O'Hare have hit 65 km/h in the last hour, and will very likely get windier when the squall line hits. Fortunately, Cassie has already gotten 51 minutes of walkies today, so I'm confident she'll get a full hour once the rain abates late this afternoon. It's all part of the fun as the global average temperature creeps up in...

It looks like our above-normal temperatures will continue probably through the end of the year, but the next few days look nuts: And yet, the weather isn't nearly as nuts as the OAFPOTUS and his administration: The Times reports that White House Budget Director Russel Vought is pushing to close the National Center for Atmospheric Research, because it's the premier climate research center in the world and Vought is a climate-change-denying tool. Francis Fukuyama thinks the OAFPOTUS is losing steam, and...

At 12:12 pm, the Inner Drive Technology World Headquarters thermometer registered an above-freezing temperature for the first time since 10:58 am last Wednesday. And let me tell you, walking back from the vet with Cassie an hour ago felt so much better than even our -7°C walk this morning.

The temperature tried and tried but couldn't get above -6.1°C over here. It should keep going up slowly for the next day. And we might even see the sun tomorrow. Meanwhile, in the rest of the world: Nick Reiner, the 32-year-old son of director Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer Reiner, has been arrested following the stabbing death of his parents. In response to the Reiners' deaths, the OAFPOTUS posted some truly deranged crap on social media, further demonstrating how he's completely lost it. Brian...

At concert time yesterday, the temperature at O'Hare had barely made it above -13°C (9°F), and the -21°C (-6°F) wind chill didn't help. At least it was sunny. Even at intermission, about an hour before the sun set, the stained glass at Millar Chapel was amazing: The audience were facing the massive stained-glass window on the south end of the chapel, which really enhanced the music, I think. We really enjoy performing there. And as forecast, the temperature bottomed out around midnight and has gotten...

The bitter cold we expected has arrived. This morning the temperature fell to -16.6°C (2°F) at Inner Drive Technology WHQ and -18.9°C (-2°F) at Chicago's official reporting station at O'Hare. It hasn't been this cold since the wee hours of January 22nd. Unlike that frigid week when we got 5 days in a row below -10°C, this time around things will change quickly. Just look at the latest CPC forecast for Christmas week: The CPC hasn't revised their January and February forecasts since mid-November, before...