OmahaSoxFan Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 LOL. Some guy uploaded this vid of lightning on twitter from Chicago--I just did a simple search for thundersnow. You will laugh. http://www.twitvid.com/UXGLN That was very good for a laugh... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csnavywx Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 KMDW 020251Z COR 05031G50KT 1/16SM R31C/1200V2200FT +TSSN BLSN FZFG OVC001CB M06/M08 A2968 RMK AO2 PK WND 05050/0249 SLP065 OCNL LTGIC OHD TS OHD MOV N SNINCR 2/10 6//// T10611083 58072 Incredible observation! Pure awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 LOL. Some guy uploaded this vid of lightning on twitter from Chicago--I just did a simple search for thundersnow. You will laugh. http://www.twitvid.com/UXGLN SNOMG! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarbondaleWX Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Not sure why I looked, but the NCEP model page finally running like a dream tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baroclinic_instability Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 SNOMG! Thundersnowmageddon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OmahaSoxFan Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 another view with temps.. It will be interesting to see the storm total snowfall reports for places to the east of Iowa City - like West Liberty, Tipton and Maquoketa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubfan61201 Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Nearly whiteout conditions downtown, worst of the day so far. The new intern at DVN is stuck at the WFO and will be spending the night and doing the morning balloon launch as well. Welcome to the NWS. Poor guy...or not! He'll have lots of stories to tell years from now. How many more inches of snow do you think the metro QC area will get? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patrick7032 Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 KMDW 020251Z COR 05031G50KT 1/16SM R31C/1200V2200FT +TSSN BLSN FZFG OVC001CB M06/M08 A2968 RMK AO2 PK WND 05050/0249 SLP065 OCNL LTGIC OHD TS OHD MOV N SNINCR 2/10 6//// T10611083 58072 PNO $ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 LSD is invisible and I live there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patrick7032 Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Nearly whiteout conditions downtown, worst of the day so far. The new intern at DVN is stuck at the WFO and will be spending the night and doing the morning balloon launch as well. Welcome to the NWS. SWEET..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchaumburgStormer Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 This is ending up better than i could have hoped! Thank you winter gods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baroclinic_instability Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 KMDW 020251Z COR 05031G50KT 1/16SM R31C/1200V2200FT +TSSN BLSN FZFG OVC001CB M06/M08 A2968 RMK AO2 PK WND 05050/0249 SLP065 OCNL LTGIC OHD TS OHD MOV N SNINCR 2/10 6//// T10611083 58072 Incredible observation! Pure awesome! LOL--gotta love how the observer has to append a CB to the cloud layer for TS reports. Nothing like 100 foot Cumulonimbus bases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BullCityWx Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 KMDW 020251Z COR 05031G50KT 1/16SM R31C/1200V2200FT +TSSN BLSN FZFG OVC001CB M06/M08 A2968 RMK AO2 PK WND 05050/0249 SLP065 OCNL LTGIC OHD TS OHD MOV N SNINCR 2/10 6//// T10611083 58072 Incredible observation! Pure awesome! yeah, that might be the most impressive winter observation I've seen in years and years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGCentralIL Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 000 FXUS63 KILX 020258 AFDILX AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 858 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 .DISCUSSION... ISSUED 845 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 LOW PRESSURE CURRENTLY JUST WEST OF LAWRENCEVILLE WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK NORTHEAST INTO CENTRAL INDIANA OVERNIGHT. LOW LEVEL WARM ADVECTION JUST AHEAD OF THE SURFACE LOW HAS HELPED PUSH TEMPERATURES ABOVE FREEZING ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70 WITH MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION NOW IN THE FORM OF RAIN. IN FACT...THE OOZ ILX SOUNDING INDICATED A SHALLOW WARM LAYER FROM 850 TO 800 MB WITH THAT LAYER WARMING A COUPLE OF DEGREES SINCE NOON TODAY. FURTHER EAST AND SOUTHEAST...A MORE PRONOUNCED WARM NOSE NOTED ON RUC FORECAST SOUNDINGS WHICH SUGGESTS FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACRS EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... WITH RAIN AND SLEET ACRS THE FAR SOUTHEAST BEFORE IT CHANGES OVER TO LIGHT SNOW AS THE STORM SYSTEM PULLS AWAY FROM THE AREA. FURTHER TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE LOW...HEAVY SNOW ACCOMPANIED BY LIGHTNING AND THUNDER...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 74 THIS EVENING...WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT NORTH OF THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT AS THE LOW MOVES AWAY. AS THE LOW APPROACHED SOUTHERN ILLINOIS EARLIER THIS EVENING ACCOMPANIED BY IMPRESSIVE 3 HOURLY PRESSURE FALLS...SURFACE WINDS INCREASED DRAMATICALLY WITH REPORTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH COMMON TO THE NORTH OF THE PRESSURE FALL CENTER. WE EVEN RECEIVED A REPORT OF A 64 MPH WIND GUST AT ROANOKE AROUND 530 THIS EVENING. DESPITE A GRADUAL DECREASE IN COVERAGE OF THE PRECIPITATION LATER TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF SPRINGFIELD AND TAYLORVILLE...BLIZZARD OR NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING AS STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH NEAR WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS EXPECTED. NO CHANGES TO THE HEADLINES FOR THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. Good news for those south of I-70 here in IL, rising above freezing will bring an end to the icing in that area. With these pressure falls it's little surprise we are seeing TSSN across central and northern IL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 The wind thrashing outside, snow whipped into powdery drifts, very low visibility...this is an old fashioned blizzard! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpartyOn Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Patrick... Looks like a dry slot sneaking into lower Mi.. Any thoughts. DTX shifting their axis of high precip a tick north. Still think another 6 out of this beast for the city of detroit. Waiting on convective band too.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ajdos Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Anyone from S/E Michigan alive? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baroclinic_instability Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Just captured thundersnow on video NICE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanStWx Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Poor guy...or not! He'll have lots of stories to tell years from now. How many more inches of snow do you think the metro QC area will get? We still have several hours of 1"/hr rates left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meatwad Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 pure amazing obs, the wind gust is almost to severe thunderstorm criteria. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanStWx Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 LOL--gotta love how the observer has to append a CB to the cloud layer for TS reports. Nothing like 100 foot Cumulonimbus bases. Low LCLs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patrick7032 Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Patrick... Looks like a dry slot sneaking into lower Mi.. Any thoughts. DTX shifting their axis of high precip a tick north. Still think another 6 out of this beast for the city of detroit. Waiting on convective band too.. I have been watching it too....obs in the dry slot have been over 42KT winds and radar shows convective-like cells embedded on it's NW-E flanks....it will be short lived and could pop a flash of lightning. Yeah I think another 6 to 8 inches is about right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpartyOn Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Anyone from S/E Michigan alive? I think ill make it..still hiding from the dry slot..long live the dry slot..lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 KMDW 020251Z COR 05031G50KT 1/16SM R31C/1200V2200FT +TSSN BLSN FZFG OVC001CB M06/M08 A2968 RMK AO2 PK WND 05050/0249 SLP065 OCNL LTGIC OHD TS OHD MOV N SNINCR 2/10 6//// T10611083 58072 Incredible observation! Pure awesome! Oh my. For reference, other top gusts at MDW in some other recent famous blizzards (taken from Wunderground.com historical obs) Dec 2000: 39MPH Jan 1999: 45MPH Jan 1979: 32MPH Jan 1978: 54MPH Jan 1967: 53MPH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meatwad Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Just captured thundersnow on video snowgasam! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howie Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Just what our cement needs, a little bit of epoxy. Gonna need dynamite or 70 degree temps to make a dent in this. Agreed. I've got the 1/2" or so base layer of sheer ice from last night with 4" or so of sleet on top of it and now another layer of ice to complete the sandwich as the freezing rain has returned. I don't think the Arctic blast the next few days will help matters much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Anyone from S/E Michigan alive? Meh, I'm here. Everything about the snowfall has been the same for the past 3 hours (since I last posted). The flakes have gotten a little bigger and the visibilities have gotten a little lower, nothing to really post about. I'll be sure to post an update when if anything really interesting happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patrick7032 Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Anyone from S/E Michigan alive? Yup and I have a 66 mile drive home from the airport after my shift ends in this.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
on_wx Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Snow just started here in Waterloo... right after I stepped outside and told my brother it wasn't snowing yet in town. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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