Chicago Storm

he's been very wishy washy...very un-alek like.

Also, we were within a days of jumping on to about 5-10 other top 10 futility lists. So close, yet so far...

Officially the first 2"+ snow depth on the season today, so here is where things ended up... Latest 2.0"+ Snow Depth: 1. 2/4/1989 2. 2/3/1983 3. 2/2/2013 4. 1/27/1923 5. 1/26/2023 6. 1/21/1937 7. 1/20/2000 8. 1/18/1914 9. 1/16/2002 9. 1/16/1924 9. 1/16/1907 Days Since Last 2.0"+ Snow Depth: 1. 404 - 12/19/1921-1/26/1923 2. 356 - 4/3/1936-3/24/1937 3. 354 - 2/16/1988-2/3/1989 4. 347 - 1/26/1892-1/6/1893 5. 343 - 2/26/2012-2/2/2013 6. 341 - 3/31/1930-3/6/1931 7. 337 - 1/20-12/21/1968 8. 335 - 2/26/2022-1/26/2023 9. 329 - 2/18/2011-1/12/2012 10. 326 - 2/24/1923-1/15/1924

Tacked on a bit more, with a 2nd wave total up to 0.9" as of noon. Edit: Final total.

The snow overnight into today is from a separate disturbance. ORD is up to 0.5” as of 6AM. .

Yea, the northern LOT CWA/Chicago suburbs say hi.

you need to take a long break.

That will end up being the final storm snowfall total. Snow has been steadily melting, with the depth down to 2.0" now.

It’s actually wetter than the previous run. .

ORD up to a storm snowfall total of 3.5” .

Appears to be the case further north, but not further south. .

1.7” at ORD as of 6AM. .

Snow has begun to spread into the Chicago metro area. 1-3” on the way area wide.

Not to be a killjoy for those in the main axis across portions of IL/IN/OH/MI, but I wouldn't put too much stock in this snow maps showing a wide axis of 6-12" amounts. Most foreign guidance is a drier/less snowy than American guidance. We've seen that battle many times in the past, and know how it often plays out. Would lean towards a solid corridor of 2-5" to 4-7" in the main axis, locally higher.

Yea, that's a big stretch there.

ILX has been doing some good things recently, on top of that Twitter thread.

Data flow issues.

Definitely not something I would say.

The next potential of interest. A wave comes into the PAC NW and then quickly moves east across the CONUS, in the vicinity of a tight baroclinic zone. The key will be not having the wave shear out too quickly. .

the NAM is an easy toss for around here.

Kuchera will be the way to go over 10:1 in this case.

DAB+ .

Snow has been burst-y much of the night and into this morning/afternoon around here. Looks like around 1.5” here at home. ORD had 0.9” as of 6AM. No word on what final total is there, though. Edit: An additional 0.6” at ORD as of noon, for a likely final total of 1.5”

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Pattern continues to look solid, as we have shifted from long range/ENS range to more short and mid range. Winter lovers can’t ask for more right now. .