Harry Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Ended up with around a foot here overnight. Total since Monday near 14" or so. Not even close to any records here except maybe daily. Still a decent storm and my first true blizzard since the 80s. Such a shame that the SE part of this state got shafted so hard. Best totals around here was up towards Grand Rapids etc where some 18" totals were had. Per one of the guys at GRR i talked to on the phone Grand Rapids as well snagged it's all time daily snowfall record. That record here is 21" ( Jan 67 ) and thus not even close. #2 is Jan 78 with 18". Unsure of where this places. Not top 10 though. Still a decent storm with some nice drifting of over 3 feet in spots. Congrats to the Chicago/N.IL etc posters! Epic it was out that way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundersnow12 Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 15"-26" here with 3ft near the end of the driveway. 19"-20" in the undrifted areas. pics later today going back outside Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelson Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Total of 9.1" with .58 liquid equivalent. Very hard to measure but was able to take 7 measurements and average them. Looks like that should be pretty close to other obs from the area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 4" in Waterloo. Winter storm warning cancelled, but it just began heavy snow again. Forecast... EC: 8-12" TWN: 10"-14" Oh well, next time! Pouring flakes here now. Maybe the defo zone will surprise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ottawa Blizzard Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Snow picking up in intensity in Ottawa again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelson Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 I experienced #2 and talking to people who experienced #1, #3 has dominated in terms of awe inspiring storm power. It's interesting that we most often associate the "big ones" with snow amounts but there are other factors that go into it. While we only ended up with 9.1", the weather I experienced around 2am this morning was by far the most intense, powerful winter weather i have ever seen. Maybe the most powerful weather event overall... Granted areas 75-100 miles south of me experienced the same conditions but also cashed in with 20+ inches of snow. Just wish it would have been daytime at the peak. Would have been awesome to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Made it in to work...the only places I saw open were a Tanning place and now here. Sam's Club, Marsh, Taco Bell, the Mall, a smaller Mall, all city and county offices, banks, Purdue, etc..all closed for the day. Yet I know a place that's open and you can get golf equipment real cheap right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Short cheesy vid, but sort of gives you an idea of the depth here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpartyOn Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 +SN.. Royal Oak Michigan. Snow totals approaching forecast amounts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sc2man13 Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Ended up with around a foot here overnight. Total since Monday near 14" or so. Not even close to any records here except maybe daily. Still a decent storm and my first true blizzard since the 80s. Such a shame that the SE part of this state got shafted so hard. Best totals around here was up towards Grand Rapids etc where some 18" totals were had. Per one of the guys at GRR i talked to on the phone Grand Rapids as well snagged it's all time daily snowfall record. That record here is 21" ( Jan 67 ) and thus not even close. #2 is Jan 78 with 18". Unsure of where this places. Not top 10 though. Still a decent storm with some nice drifting of over 3 feet in spots. Congrats to the Chicago/N.IL etc posters! Epic it was out that way! We got hammered overnight, I sort of want to measure but I think I am gonna leave that to the pros at GRR with all the drifting that occurred. Considering our all time record is (or maybe was at this point) 16.1 inches, and eyeing the snow outside I am fairly confident we beat that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STL Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 I've seen reports of 16 to 20 inches here. Macomb Illinois. No biking to school lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadTown Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 how do you insert pictures here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 I'm very impressed at how well the Euro handled this storm. It remained largely unchanged for 4+ days before the event. Meanwhile the NAM/GFS/GEM waffled back and forth from run to run. The short range high-res models did really good as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moneyman Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 EURO has another cutter at HR 102-126. Obviously not as strong as this one, but Chi Town gets .5-.75 along with SE Michigan. Widespread .25-.5 qpf as well accross a lot of the areas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 +SN here with big flakes. Rivals what was falling earlier this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
on_wx Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 +SN here with big flakes. Rivals what was falling earlier this morning. Very granular flakes here most of the day. Jumped to 4.7" from 4" since 10am. Why haven't we given up yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bozart Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Just wanted to say, this is a great subforum. Excellent pbp -- and thanks for the photos and videos! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted February 2, 2011 Author Share Posted February 2, 2011 Like my buddy said, glacier be the word of the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toronto blizzard Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 +SN here with big flakes. Rivals what was falling earlier this morning. Snow really coming down here in Mississauga. Could pick up an additional 2-4" if this band stays together Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted February 2, 2011 Author Share Posted February 2, 2011 Lakeshore Drive - Blizzard of 1967 Lakeshore Drive - Blizzard of 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadTown Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadTown Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 one more time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadTown Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 anyone wanna give me some help on getting these pictures on here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Based on a range of measuremenrs I came up with 17.8" as a storm total (1.0" frontogentic/LE+16.8" main system/LE).Snow drifts are up to 4-5 feet.No signs of any plows around here yet, so i'm not going anywhere anytime soon.Video up later... Edit: Revised total of 20.0" after looking into things more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 anyone wanna give me some help on getting these pictures on here Right below the text box is an area called attachments. Simply browse for the pics you're looking for, and then click "attack this file". They'll appear in a secondary box where you can then embed them into your post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted February 2, 2011 Author Share Posted February 2, 2011 Talked to my mom and she said the drifts by the garage door are up to her chest...and this was an area that was shoveled last night. She's about 5'5". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Snow really coming down here in Mississauga. Could pick up an additional 2-4" if this band stays together Easily over an inch of new snow in the past hour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jebman Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 EURO has another cutter at HR 102-126. Obviously not as strong as this one, but Chi Town gets .5-.75 along with SE Michigan. Widespread .25-.5 qpf as well accross a lot of the areas. La Nina is asserting itself. Your region of the conus will see snow after snow in Feb and March - And I will cheer you on, every step of the way Chicago will set new all time snow records, rest assured Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Talked to my mom and she said the drifts by the garage door are up to her chest...and this was an area that was shoveled last night. She's about 5'5". yay or nay for dethroning 99 in terms of ORD modern era snowstorms? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 ORD should be at 21.2", not 20.2" Out of the 1.2" that fell with the frontogentic/LE precip, they only counted 0.2" of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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