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Comment on 3.8 Magnitude Earthquake recorded in north central IL – revised by admin

admin — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 23:43:34 +0000

Thanks Jonathon. The USGS revised their initial estimate based on new data. A common procedure. Some info from CNN here

Comment on Winter is not over yet by Nick

Nick — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 10:31:07 +0000

Sorry to get off topic: very shortly after 4am this morning I was awake and felt one significant initual shock wave, then the whole house shook for 15-30 seconds. On twitter, someone reported that the earthquake was at 4.3 magnitude, and 48 miles away from Chicago, but they did not report which direction that was. I saw reports online twittered from users in Aurora, Arlington Heights, Elgin, Rockford, Chicago, etc. One twitter user said it woke up their whole family.

Comment on Unusual October Storms by Matt

Matt — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 22:47:36 +0000

Great blog. That second photo with the Vantage Pro 2 anemometer and the towering thunder storm was a dramatic shot. I love weather.

Comment on Southern Illinois Earthquake by Nick

Nick — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 14:12:08 +0000

I felt the house shaking at 430 AM that morning. Just a steady, gentle shaking. Someone at my work who lives near Manhattan said he also felt it.

Comment on Southern Illinois Earthquake by Tim Smithd

Tim Smithd — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 17:19:36 +0000

I did not feel it but my cat was acting very strangely last night and early this morning. I have always heard that animals have some hightened sensation to things of this nature.

Comment on Southern Illinois Earthquake by Ice

Ice — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:24:48 +0000

There’s also an earthquake around Tennessee particularly in Louisville and Evansville… Well I didn’t feel it though… Hope every one is fine…

Comment on Lunar Eclipse by liveweatherman

liveweatherman — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:34:07 +0000

That lunar eclipse was beautiful..2017 August will be the next one..Great photos..

Comment on More snow on the way by Bill

Bill — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 22:49:45 +0000

Well the storm dumped 8.5 inches of snowfall here. Would be curious to hear storm total amounts from others in the area.

Comment on Winter Returns by Bill

Bill — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 00:36:51 +0000

Hi Nick,
The midwest regional analysis can be found at:
http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/sfc/namncsfcwbg.gif

The US version at:
http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/sfc/namussfcwbg.gif

Comment on Winter Returns by Nick

Nick — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 11:14:28 +0000

Hi Bill. I love the regional surface analysis with this post. I haven’t looked at stuff like that since my days in DAS at UIUC! Could you please give us a link to where one can find such data?

–Nick R.