Got a quick hit from a lake effect snow shower and it quickly dusted the area. Hope to get at least a few inches from the next 24 hours to whiten the area!
HRRR keeps trending further NW and orienting it more SW-NE with the LE band for tonight. Now parking it closer to MKE.
Edit: At least LE may be the only thing Wisconsin will win today...
Wondering if the main bow near Oregon, IL will dive south of Chicago. Interesting that portion is warned for 70 while the parts N and S are warned for 80.
Im expecting the classic NE IL special today: QLCS weakens just before reaching here and also ruins chances for severe later in the day lol
SPC seems pretty optimistic regarding this line per MD #927, I wouldn't mind being wrong.
This is some real nice SN, big flakes stacking up -- grass should be covered shortly. A little surprised how fast that transition to snow went being just 4 miles from the lake.
Yeah its all rain and slush here in the loop area. About to make the drive to Deerfield, curious if they’re the same since it’s also a few miles from the lake (although a bit north of the city).
See below post, good info for the mechanics of the rain to snow transition (for Urbana-Champaign but applicable to most areas): https://x.com/vortexjeff/status/1744480403405050115?s=46
Liking the trends so far, a slightly weaker low would produce a more spread the wealth situation in N IL it seems. As long as we can avoid rain here in Chicago, I'll be happy (famous last words).
Downtown chicago here… beating a dead horse but would much rather be on the northern fringe than the southern fringe of the defo axis for this one, especially with the warm lake. This one’s either gonna be nothing or a nice 5-6” imo.