natecast Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 NWS Norman will be issuing a Blizzard Warning for OKC, points NE. This means from OKC to Chicago, there are Blizzard Watches/Warnings! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 They offered a parking garage as a suggestion, but capacity will not handle a mass exodus of vehicles. Hopefully I find somewhere to put my vehicle tonight. I drive maybe once a week, but have pretty much accepted my car will be burried until March. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 320 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...DANGEROUS MULTIFACETED AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING WINTER STORM TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY... ILZ003>006-008-010>014-019>023-032-033-039-INZ001-002-010-011-019- 010530- /O.UPG.KLOT.BZ.A.0001.110201T1800Z-110203T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KLOT.BZ.W.0001.110201T2100Z-110202T2100Z/ WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE IL-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE-DUPAGE-COOK- LA SALLE-KENDALL-GRUNDY-WILL-KANKAKEE-LIVINGSTON-IROQUOIS-FORD- LAKE IN-PORTER-NEWTON-JASPER-BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...BELVIDERE...WOODSTOCK... WAUKEGAN...OREGON...DIXON...DEKALB...AURORA...WHEATON...CHICAGO... OTTAWA...OSWEGO...MORRIS...JOLIET...KANKAKEE...PONTIAC... WATSEKA...PAXTON...GARY...VALPARAISO...MOROCCO...RENSSELAER... FOWLER 320 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 /420 PM EST MON JAN 31 2011/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM CST /4 PM EST/ TUESDAY TO 3 PM CST /4 PM EST/ WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM CST /4 PM EST/ TUESDAY TO 3 PM CST /4 PM EST/ WEDNESDAY. THE BLIZZARD WARNING REPLACES THE BLIZZARD WATCH. * TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80 TUESDAY AFTERNOON...GRADUALLY SPREADING NORTH INTO NORTHERN ILLINOIS BY TUESDAY EVENING. SNOW...WHICH WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. LAKE ENHANCED SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS WEDNESDAY MORNING...SHIFTING INTO NORTHWEST INDIANA DURING THE AFTERNOON. NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH STRONGER GUSTS WILL RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DEVELOPING LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF A FOOT ARE EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF THE AREA FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. LOCALIZED TOTALS IN EXCESS OF 18 INCHES REMAIN POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE LAKE. * HAZARDS...WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES TUESDAY NIGHT AS VERY HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. SNOWFALL RATES OF AT LEAST 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY WHERE THUNDER SNOW MAY BE PRESENT. * IMPACTS...CONDITIONS WILL RAPIDLY DETERIORATE FROM SOUTH TO NORTH ACROSS THE REGION TUESDAY AFTERNOON...WITH TRAVEL LIKELY BECOMING VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES TUESDAY NIGHT AND INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL SO HEAVILY AT TIMES TUESDAY NIGHT THAT PLOWS MAY BE UNABLE TO KEEP UP WITH THE SNOW...WITH MANY SIDE STREETS AND UNTREATED ROADS BECOMING IMPASSABLE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
okie333 Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 315 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 OKZ054>064-011100- /O.CAN.KTSA.WS.W.0003.110201T0000Z-110202T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KTSA.BZ.W.0001.110201T0000Z-110202T0600Z/ OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES- DELAWARE-CREEK- 315 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...CREEK...TULSA...ROGERS...MAYES...DELAWARE... PAWNEE...OTTAWA...WASHINGTON...OSAGE...CRAIG AND NOWATA. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA LATE THIS EVENING...AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET...ALONG WITH WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH WILL OCCUR AFTER SUNRISE AND CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. SNOWFALL WILL LESSEN BY LATE AFTERNOON...AND DIMINISH BY MIDNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT. * 6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS NEAR 18 INCHES...ARE EXPECTED ACROSS AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 44. ADDITIONALLY...UP TO ONE INCH OF SLEET IS ALSO POSSIBLE. THE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE SNOW DRIFTS OF 2 TO 4 FEET. * WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL BE COMMON DURING THE DAY TUESDAY...WITH AREAS OF HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES PRODUCING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WILL DEVELOP DURING THE DAY TUESDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL WILL BECOME NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE EVEN ON TREATED SURFACES. THIS INCLUDES THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR THROUGH NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES WILL ALSO REMAIN POSSIBLE. * ANY LOSS OF POWER WILL RESULT IN A HUMANITARIAN CRISIS...AS TEMPERATURES DROP INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND RESCUE EFFORTS ARE HAMPERED BY THE ROAD CONDITIONS. DEFINITION... * A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS HEAVY SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES ARE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * EXPECT HOME-BOUND CONDITIONS. TRAVEL TO BECOME NEAR IMPOSSIBLE...WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * ANY PRE-STORM PREPAREDNESS ACTIVITIES SHOULD HAVE BEEN COMPLETED...INCLUDING ENSURING ADEQUATE FOOD AND MEDICAL SUPPLIES. * STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS WEATHER EVENT. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT: WEATHER.GOV/TULSA. && $$ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchaumburgStormer Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Blizzard Warning from Romeoville. URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 320 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...DANGEROUS MULTIFACETED AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING WINTER STORM TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY... ILZ003>006-008-010>014-019>023-032-033-039-INZ001-002-010-011-019- 010530- /O.UPG.KLOT.BZ.A.0001.110201T1800Z-110203T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KLOT.BZ.W.0001.110201T2100Z-110202T2100Z/ WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE IL-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE-DUPAGE-COOK- LA SALLE-KENDALL-GRUNDY-WILL-KANKAKEE-LIVINGSTON-IROQUOIS-FORD- LAKE IN-PORTER-NEWTON-JASPER-BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...BELVIDERE...WOODSTOCK... WAUKEGAN...OREGON...DIXON...DEKALB...AURORA...WHEATON...CHICAGO... OTTAWA...OSWEGO...MORRIS...JOLIET...KANKAKEE...PONTIAC... WATSEKA...PAXTON...GARY...VALPARAISO...MOROCCO...RENSSELAER... FOWLER 320 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 /420 PM EST MON JAN 31 2011/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM CST /4 PM EST/ TUESDAY TO 3 PM CST /4 PM EST/ WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM CST /4 PM EST/ TUESDAY TO 3 PM CST /4 PM EST/ WEDNESDAY. THE BLIZZARD WARNING REPLACES THE BLIZZARD WATCH. * TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80 TUESDAY AFTERNOON...GRADUALLY SPREADING NORTH INTO NORTHERN ILLINOIS BY TUESDAY EVENING. SNOW...WHICH WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. LAKE ENHANCED SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS WEDNESDAY MORNING...SHIFTING INTO NORTHWEST INDIANA DURING THE AFTERNOON. NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH STRONGER GUSTS WILL RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DEVELOPING LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF A FOOT ARE EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF THE AREA FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. LOCALIZED TOTALS IN EXCESS OF 18 INCHES REMAIN POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE LAKE. * HAZARDS...WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES TUESDAY NIGHT AS VERY HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. SNOWFALL RATES OF AT LEAST 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY WHERE THUNDER SNOW MAY BE PRESENT. * IMPACTS...CONDITIONS WILL RAPIDLY DETERIORATE FROM SOUTH TO NORTH ACROSS THE REGION TUESDAY AFTERNOON...WITH TRAVEL LIKELY BECOMING VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES TUESDAY NIGHT AND INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL SO HEAVILY AT TIMES TUESDAY NIGHT THAT PLOWS MAY BE UNABLE TO KEEP UP WITH THE SNOW...WITH MANY SIDE STREETS AND UNTREATED ROADS BECOMING IMPASSABLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ SHEA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeenerWx Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 I drive maybe once a week, but have pretty much accepted my car will be burried until March. Parking at Purdue has gotten extremely bad. There's not enough room for the cars, and the cops hand out tickets like candy to trick-or-treaters. However, I bet a lot of people will just risk that the police won't be doing much in the coming days. Good luck, though, ever trying to move the vehicles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcwxguy Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 i am so jealous, if i wasnt working this week or last night, i would be there . Hope you guys enjoy your storm (i got my blizzards-(3) last year ) i can sit on my 3-6" here for this storm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lannister80 Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Interesting. I can't remember the last time we had more than a 12" of snow, so this could be some real fun. If we do get that kind of snow I doubt the streets will be clear before friday at the earliest. After the 12/1/06 storm we had about 14" in the front yard (East Peoria), but no real action since then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KokomoWX Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Name the blizzard - http://www.chicagono...zard-names.html What's the official name of Chicago's blizzard? #Blizznasty #SnowhogDay #DitkasRevenge #tsnownami #DaBlizzard #Snowprah #snowlycow #SnowtoriousBIG #SNOMG! #OhSnowYouDidnt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchaumburgStormer Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 After the 12/1/06 storm we had about 14" in the front year (East Peoria), but no real action since then. I remember this storm, as I was living near Bradley's campus. Something on the order of 13-14", with the roads being awful for a week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 New HPC maps are out... http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/wwd/winter_wx.shtml Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeenerWx Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 I can't believe I am seeing this.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundersnow12 Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 320 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...DANGEROUS MULTIFACETED AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING WINTER STORM TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY... ILZ003>006-008-010>014-019>023-032-033-039-INZ001-002-010-011-019- 010530- /O.UPG.KLOT.BZ.A.0001.110201T1800Z-110203T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KLOT.BZ.W.0001.110201T2100Z-110202T2100Z/ WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE IL-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE-DUPAGE-COOK- LA SALLE-KENDALL-GRUNDY-WILL-KANKAKEE-LIVINGSTON-IROQUOIS-FORD- LAKE IN-PORTER-NEWTON-JASPER-BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...BELVIDERE...WOODSTOCK... WAUKEGAN...OREGON...DIXON...DEKALB...AURORA...WHEATON...CHICAGO... OTTAWA...OSWEGO...MORRIS...JOLIET...KANKAKEE...PONTIAC... WATSEKA...PAXTON...GARY...VALPARAISO...MOROCCO...RENSSELAER... FOWLER 320 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 /420 PM EST MON JAN 31 2011/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM CST /4 PM EST/ TUESDAY TO 3 PM CST /4 PM EST/ WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM CST /4 PM EST/ TUESDAY TO 3 PM CST /4 PM EST/ WEDNESDAY. THE BLIZZARD WARNING REPLACES THE BLIZZARD WATCH. * TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80 TUESDAY AFTERNOON...GRADUALLY SPREADING NORTH INTO NORTHERN ILLINOIS BY TUESDAY EVENING. SNOW...WHICH WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. LAKE ENHANCED SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS WEDNESDAY MORNING...SHIFTING INTO NORTHWEST INDIANA DURING THE AFTERNOON. NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH STRONGER GUSTS WILL RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DEVELOPING LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF A FOOT ARE EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF THE AREA FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. LOCALIZED TOTALS IN EXCESS OF 18 INCHES REMAIN POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE LAKE. * HAZARDS...WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES TUESDAY NIGHT AS VERY HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. SNOWFALL RATES OF AT LEAST 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY WHERE THUNDER SNOW MAY BE PRESENT. * IMPACTS...CONDITIONS WILL RAPIDLY DETERIORATE FROM SOUTH TO NORTH ACROSS THE REGION TUESDAY AFTERNOON...WITH TRAVEL LIKELY BECOMING VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES TUESDAY NIGHT AND INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL SO HEAVILY AT TIMES TUESDAY NIGHT THAT PLOWS MAY BE UNABLE TO KEEP UP WITH THE SNOW...WITH MANY SIDE STREETS AND UNTREATED ROADS BECOMING IMPASSABLE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeenerWx Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Lots of babies going to be born in bedrooms and bathrooms? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanStWx Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Well AFD is out so I can tell you all now that DVN has a blizzard warning for the entire area (starts earlier in the south 1/3). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundersnow12 Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moneyman Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Ocean, what are you thinking for up here? I personally think MKE is on crack. Tuesday Night...Windy...snow. Blowing snow. Snow may be heavy at times. Visibility one quarter mile or less at times. Snow accumulation of 4 to 7 inches. Total snow accumulation 11 to 16 inches. Lows around 12. Northeast winds 20 to 30 mph. Chance of snow near 100 percent. 11-16 inches is a bit high for both events. We were supposed to have 3 inches on the ground already, and I have a half inch up here. Do you agree with them on the 4-7 or 5-8 for the 2nd event? Just wondering what you think, thanks man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Well AFD is out so I can tell you all now that DVN has a blizzard warning for the entire area (starts earlier in the south 1/3). I'm surprised DVN included Cedar Rapids in a blizzard warning. I was thinking more along and southeast of the QC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Lots of babies going to be born in bedrooms and bathrooms? Lots are gonna be conceived in them too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoMo Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 JoMo, this is the first Blizzard Warning I have seen out of SGF. Do people down there understand what it means? I just talked to my mom, shes lived in Laclede/Dallas county since 79, first one she remembers too. yeah this is the first one I remember, and judging by the chaos at Wal-Mart Supercenter.. It's like mass panic..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moneyman Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Now MKE just issued a blizzard watch for the FDL, Dodge, Madison areas. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...A PROLONGED PERIOD OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY. STRONGER SYSTEM ARRIVES FOR LATER TUESDAY INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY WHICH COULD BRING HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 7 INCHES TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY. ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES IN FOND DU LAC AND DODGE COUNTIES AND 8 TO 12 INCHES IN DANE AND LAFAYETTE COUNTIES LATER TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH TUESDAY WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT TO THE NORTH ON WEDNESDAY. GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. IMPACTS...VISIBILITIES UNDER A MILE WITH SLIPPERY ROADS INTO TUESDAY. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. VISIBILITIES DOWN TO A QUARTER MILE WITH 3 TO 5 FOOT DRIFTS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stryker Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 I don't remember that much snow, but yeah I was at Bradley that year and the bad part was that we had freezing rain & slush before hand, then a good deal of snow on top. I remember the roads being terrible because there were "potholes" in the frozen layer underneath. It was aweful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southmountainwx Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Well AFD is out so I can tell you all now that DVN has a blizzard warning for the entire area (starts earlier in the south 1/3). The record snowfall for Ottumwa, IA is 15.0" on 2/13/78 . Not sure if thats the daily or a given storm. That could be broken with a little NW jog. However a 18 to1 ratio may just give us a RECORD! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L.B. LaForce Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Lots are gonna be conceived in them too. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iastfan112 Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 I'm surprised DVN included Cedar Rapids in a blizzard warning. I was thinking more along and southeast of the QC. I'm not, with both the CMC and Euro putting out close to 1inch if not more and with how rock solid the Euro has been, I'm leaning that way with the final solution of this system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundersnow12 Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL 329 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 DISCUSSION 328 PM CST IR IMAGERY DEPICTS CONSIDERABLE CLOUD COVER ACROSS THE ENTIRE GREAT LAKES REGION EXTENDING SOUTH TO THE OZARKS. A WEAK VORT MAX CONTINUES TO SLIDE NORTHEAST THIS EVENING WITH ABUNDANT MOISTURE. CURRENT RADAR TRENDS THIS AFTN HAVE SHOWN THE LEADING EDGE OF THE PRECIP SHIELD STEADILY PUSHING NORTH/NORTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS INTO PORTIONS OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS/NORTHWEST INDIANA. MESOSCALE GUIDANCE HAS CONTINUED TO SUGGEST THE ELEVATED VORT MAX THIS EVE WILL PASS FROM WEST CENTRAL IL TO NORTHWEST IN. WENT WITH A BLEND OF THE NAM/LCL WRF/GFS SOLUTIONS TONIGHT. QPF TOTALS WILL REMAIN LGT WITH EXPECTED TOTALS THRU DAYBREAK TUE ARND 0.1 TO 0.2 INCHES. THIS COMBINED WITH A SHALLOW DGZ...EXPECT SNOW RATIOS TO BE BTWN 13:1 TO 15:1. SNOWFALL TOTALS OVERNIGHT SHUD BE ARND 1-3 INCHES WITH LOCAL AREAS UP TO 4 INCHES. TIMING APPEARS TO BE SLIGHTLY EARLIER THAN PREVIOUSLY NOTED...SO HAVE ADJUSTED TIMING UP OF THE FIRST WAVE OF SNOW TO LATE THIS AFTN THRU EARLY TUE MORNING. OVERNIGHT TEMPS SHUD COOL TO THE UPR TEENS TO LOW 20S. TOMORROW... MAJOR WINTER STORM AND STRENGTHENING SHORTWAVE CONTINUES TO DEVELOP ACROSS EASTERN TEXAS. SREF 850MB U-WIND ANOMALIES HAVE CONTINUED TO SHOW GROWTH IN THE 4 TO 5 STD DEV BELOW NORMAL OR PEGGED AT 50-60KTS OR IN THE PROXIMITY OF THE LLVL JET. IT DOESN/T APPEAR THIS WILL ARRIVE OVER OUR AREA UNTIL AFT NOON TUE. UNTIL THIS POINT IT APPEARS A LULL BETWEEN THE TWO WAVES WILL OCCUR FROM 12Z TUE TO 18Z. SNOW SHUD THEN OVERSPREAD THE AREA FROM SOUTH TO NORTH. SFC ISALLOBARIC PRESSURE GRADIENT STEADILY RAMPS UP THROUGHOUT THE AFTN HRS...WITH A EASTERLY FLOW TURNING NORTHEASTERLY. ANOMALOUSLY STRONG ANTI-CYCLONIC FLOW CENTERED ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS WILL INFLUENCE AREAS EAST INTO SOUTHERN ONTARIO...HOWEVER THIS WILL ONLY ENHANCE THE PROBABILITY THAT WE WILL SEE LAKE ENHANCED SNOWFALL ACROSS NORTHEAST ILLINOIS TUE AFTN. MIXED LYR SHUD EASILY TOUCH THE 50-60KT JET AT 850MB...BRINGING TO THE SFC SUSTAINED WINDS BY 18Z TUE BTWN 25-35MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40MPH BY TUE AFTN. PWAT VALUES STEADILY INCREASE AND APPROACH 1 TO 1.5 INCHES FROM 21Z-09Z WED. THIS COMBINED WITH THE LARGE LAYER OF DENDRITIC GROWTH ZONE OF NEARLY 10KFT...SUBSTANTIAL OMEGA OR LIFT INTO THIS LYR...200-500J/KG OF ELEVATED CAPE...COULD EASILY TRANSLATE INTO SNOWFALL RATES BTWN 2-3IN/HR. FOR A PERIOD OF TIME IF WE CAN GENERATE ENOUGH INSTABILITY THUNDERSNOW IS POSSIBLE WHICH COULD FURTHER ENHANCE THE SNOWFALL RATES TO 4IN/HR. THE PEAK OF THE STORM TUE NGT/EARLY WED CONTINUES TO BE BTWN 03-12Z WED. TOTAL QPF FROM NUMEROUS SOLUTIONS HAS BLENDED WELL WITH ARND 1.2 TO 1.6 INCHES...WITH A FEW LOCATIONS SEEING SLIGHTLY HIGHER QPF. THE CONCERN CONTINUES TO BE ABOUT THE PRECISE TRACK OF THE SFC LOW...AS MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW SOME CORRECTION. THIS IS COMMON WITH THE INTERATION BETWEEN GROUND THAT IS COOLER OR SNOW COVERED AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM. NONETHELESS IT STILL APPEARS THE HIGHEST PROBABLE TRACK WILL BE NEAR EVANSVILLE TO DAYTON OHIO. HOWEVER AGAIN MODELS MAY CONTINUE TO SHOW SOME CORRECTION WITH FUTURE SOLUTIONS UNTIL WE NEAR TUE AFTN. TEMPS WILL REMAIN IN THE LOW/MID 20S...WHICH IS SLIGHTLY WARMER THAN EARLIER THINKING. COULD EASILY SEE TEMPERATURES FROM BENTON COUNTY WEST TO LASALLE COUNTY PUSH INTO THE UPR 20S...AS WARMER AIR AHEAD OF THE SHORTWAVE LIFTS INTO CENTRAL IL/IN. AT THIS POINT CONTINUE TO THINK THAT WE WILL SEE MAINLY ALL SNOW AS THE TRACK FROM CURRENT SOLUTIONS HAS CORRECTED FURTHER SOUTH. SNOWFALL TOTALS: AS DISCUSSED EARLIER...SNOWFALL TOTALS COULD EASILY PUSH BEYOND 1 FOOT TO IN SOME LOCATIONS UPWARDS OF 2 FEET...ESPECIALLY CLOSER TO LAKE MICHIGAN. THE CHALLENGE REMAINS AS TO THE PRECISE LOCATION OF WHERE THE DEFORMATION ZONE WILL SETUP...HOWEVER FEEL THAT BEFORE THIS ZONE PIVOTS EAST AND BECOME ORIENTED FROM NORTH TO SOUTH OVER THE LAKE...THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL BE FROM COOK COUNTY SOUTHWEST TO LASALLE/LIVINGSTON COUNTIES. SNOWFALL RATIOS WILL ALSO FLUCTUATE BETWEEN 12:1 AT THE ONSET TO 10:1...AS THE RELATIVELY WARMER AIR ENTRAINS. THEN RATIOS WILL START TO INCREASE AND APPROACH 15:1 BY 09Z WED...AS THE SYSTEM BEGINS TO PIVOT EAST AWAY AND DRY AIR ARRIVES FROM THE WEST. LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL CONTINUE FOR PORTIONS OF EXTREME NORTHEAST ILLINOIS THEN NORTHWEST INDIANA INTO MUCH OF WED. HEIGHTS WILL STEADILY INCREASE AND PROVIDE DIFFLUENT FLOW ALOFT...SHRINKING THE DGZ. SO AS OF THIS FORECAST PKG HAVE ADJUSTED SNOWFALL TOTALS JUST A BIT...AND EXPECT MAINLY BETWEEN 15 TO 22 INCHES...AGAIN WITH THE HIGHEST TOTALS CLOSER TO LAKE MICHIGAN. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS: BASED ON THE AFOREMENTIONED ELEMENTS...AND MODEL CONSISTENCY WITH RESPECT TO THE WIND FORECAST...HAVE UPGRADED THE BLIZZARD WATCH TO A BLIZZARD WARNING FROM 21Z TUE TO 21Z WED. AT THE ONSET WE MAY NOT HAVE GUSTS TO 35MPH...HOWEVER THEY WILL BE VERY CLOSE. SNOW WILL START FALLING TUE AFTN AND PICK UP IN INTENSITY THROUGHOUT THE AFTN HOURS. OVERALL CONDITIONS WILL STEADILY DETERIORATE THROUGHOUT TUE AFTN...WITH WHITE OUT CONDITIONS FROM LATE TUE AFTN THROUGH TUE NIGHT INTO WED MORNING. GUSTS FOR A PERIOD OF TIME COULD BE UP TO 50 MPH FOR PORTIONS OF THE CWFA. COLD FRONT ARRIVES MIDDAY WED FROM WEST TO EAST...AND WILL BRING AN END OF THE ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL. TEMPERATURES WED STRUGGLE TO WARM OUT OF THE TEENS TO LOWER 20S. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL EASILY FALL TO THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO WED DURING THE DAY AND ONLY BECOME COLDER WED NGT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Lots of babies going to be made born in interstate off ramps bedrooms and bathrooms? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enginerd Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 X = me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanStWx Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Ocean, what are you thinking for up here? I personally think MKE is on crack. Tuesday Night...Windy...snow. Blowing snow. Snow may be heavy at times. Visibility one quarter mile or less at times. Snow accumulation of 4 to 7 inches. Total snow accumulation 11 to 16 inches. Lows around 12. Northeast winds 20 to 30 mph. Chance of snow near 100 percent. 11-16 inches is a bit high for both events. We were supposed to have 3 inches on the ground already, and I have a half inch up here. Do you agree with them on the 4-7 or 5-8 for the 2nd event? Just wondering what you think, thanks man. I think those numbers are reasonable for the second event, very much in line with our northeast zones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanStWx Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 I'm surprised DVN included Cedar Rapids in a blizzard warning. I was thinking more along and southeast of the QC. The thing is the winds, even in the worst case we may not verify a winter storm warning up your way, we may still see blizzard conditions with a couple inches of snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.