cyclone77 Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 Getting close to the last hurrah here as freezing rain continues to poor down. No sleet or snow to be seen at all. Been pure freezing rain from the get go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 Gotta love the 11 PM obs...you've got Rockford reporting 33 and freezing rain and O'Hare at 31 with light rain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 Temp here just dropped about 10 degrees very quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 Wasn't it the NAM, during that one far NW run it had, stop the ZR just to the west of here and then continue it just east...effectively skipping over us? Bottom line, the NAM hates LAF. But yes, the 0z NAM is not doing well with this current event. yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 Getting a lot of sleet mixing in all the sudden. Edit: pure sleet now, and coming down quite heavily at that. Quite a dramatic change considering we had no sleet at all until now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 Temp here just dropped about 10 degrees very quickly. Very interesting. Still holding strong at 54.5º at my place. EDIT: Winds are increasing, temp going down quickly now. It's a little slow on my thermometer sometimes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 A little disappointed by the lack of reports in to DVN this evening. There has to be places with more than a quarter inch of ice accumulations at this point. We have nearly that much here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natester Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 This may be a bit off topic but the Iowa City wind sensor went haywire.WTF.bmp WTF.bmp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 A little disappointed by the lack of reports in to DVN this evening. There has to be places with more than a quarter inch of ice accumulations at this point. We have nearly that much here. Yeah, I keep refreshing LOT and not much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevlon62 Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 Just got a bit of salt out on the sidewalk and driveway. Moderate rain mixed with sleet continues. Glaze on branches, but nothing too significant. Untreated streets are slick, but the sleet is providing some "traction" to what could otherwise be a rink. Bank temp in town was at 31F around 45 minutes ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundersnow12 Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 a solid .10"-.20" of ice on the trees out here already with icicles hanging off every branch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 Just found this gem from PNT earlier tonight. METAR KPNT 280325Z AUTO 04021G24KT 4SM TSSN 03/03 A2954 RMK AO2 P0003 LTG DSNT ALQDS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 This may be a bit off topic but the Iowa City wind sensor went haywire. WTF.bmp LOL. An epic observation right here... IOWA CITY CLOUDY 31 28 89 E140G167 29.72S FOG WCI 9 Precip's shutting down here finally. Looks like we'll finish with 0.2-0.25" of glaze and a little sleet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csnavywx Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 Moderate to heavy freezing rain mixed with a little sleet. Everything is iced up. Trees are already starting to sag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 Another pretty nice slug of precip moving into northern Illinois. Dekalb towards Chicago should pick up a nice burst of freezing rain from this over the next few hours. We're now on the far western edge of the precip, and it's all sleet now. It's sleeted enough to cover the glaze that accumulated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 Precip has changed to snow in Rockford. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Organizing Low Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 Precip has changed to snow in Rockford. just waiting to see what falls out of the sky here. whether its snow or FRZRA or everyting in between Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL 1155 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2011 DISCUSSION 1154 PM CST TEMPERATURES VERY STEADILY DROPPING AS COLD AIR SINKS SOUTH IN THE NORTHERLY SURFACE FLOW. AREA OBSERVATIONS SHOW TEMPERATURES RIGHT AROUND OR JUST BELOW FREEZING WITH REPORTS OF RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN. THUNDERSTORMS GENERALLY CONFINED TO THE SOUTHERN CWA WITH A COUPLE LIGHTNING STRIKES REMAINING ACROSS CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA. SPC OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS SHOWS 100 J/KG ACROSS SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE CWA BUT 3-HR TRENDS SHOW THIS HAS DROPPED OFF SIGNIFICANTLY. OUTSIDE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS ALREADY IN THE AREA...DONT EXPECT ANY FURTHER DEVELOPMENT TONIGHT. RADAR SHOWS PRECIPITATION ENDING ACROSS NORTHWEST ILLINOIS ALREADY TONIGHT. THIS IS MUCH SOONER THAN WAS ORIGINALLY FORECAST...THUS HAVE UPDATED FORECAST. LOOKS LIKE PRECIPITATION WILL END BEFORE SNOW BEGINS TO ACCUMULATE MUCH...THOUGH SOME AREAS MAY SEE A DUSTING LATER TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY ACROSS FAR NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF THE CWA. LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS STILL MAY OCCUR ACROSS THE NORTHERN 2/3 OF THE FORECAST AREA...BUT CONFIDENCE IS WANING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN CWA WITH TEMPERATURES STILL INTO THE MID TO UPPER 30S. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES WILL NEED TO BE SHORTENED NONETHELESS AND UPDATES WILL BE OUT SHORTLY. BMD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Organizing Low Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 so what happened....did the warmer air push further north resulting in less qpf avaialble for snow, or was there just a faster moving qpf situation that has moved out quicker than expected?. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundersnow12 Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 too tired to stay up and see if we change to SN, still getting FZRA here. will be fun to see what the trees look like in the morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ajdos Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 I got sleet here in Sterling Heights,Mi mixing with rain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 41 here and 63 in IND...quite the contrast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 Wow did we get soaked last night. I was shocked to see how much rain was in my gague, had 1.08". Whats more, the snow soaked it up like a sponge. The snow piles and snow banks dont even look like theyve shrunken at all since yesterday, though the depth has congealed down to 5" (it was 9" yesterday a.m.). Its as solid of a 5" as you will ever see (some 6" spots too), so water-packed that it has an icy crust on top in most spots as if it was freezing rain, even though its been in the 35-36F (temp and dew) range all night. Once the dewpoints start dropping I will probably have the most glacial mass of snow Ive ever had, probably on the order of a 5" snowpack with near 2.5" of water content in it. Im starting to wonder if this rain was a blessing in disguise. At 71 days and counting of 1"+ snowcover, if we get 21 more days we will surpass 1977-78 and make 2010-11 the whitest winter on record for Detroit!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 a little ice accumulation on tops of cars, otherwise a non-event here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 I did have a thunderstorm last night around midnight. It's quite funny that I can get it when the precipitaiton type is rain but I can't buy it to save my life when the precipitation type is frozen. Last night's thunderstorm was ht e first of this (2011) severe weather/convective season BTW. I absolutely HATE this type of weather (and HATE is a HUGE understatment). I'm in the camp where if it isn't going to snow when it might as well get wam enough for all the snow to melt away. It's simply god awful driving on these side streets when all that snow refreezes after a rain event around 33*F-36*F. Then it's also god awful trying to step over the frozen slush without slipping and falling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 Finished with 0.59" of bone chilling rain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 Total rainfall at LAF, 1.07". Sufficiently good enough lightning/thunder show last night to call this one a success IMBY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundersnow12 Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 everything out here was covered with ice this morning, probably ended up with near a .25" but with the sun out its now melting. We were about a degree or two away from this being much worse, didn't drop below 31 during the event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csnavywx Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 everything out here was covered with ice this morning, probably ended up with near a .25" but with the sun out its now melting. We were about a degree or two away from this being much worse, didn't drop below 31 during the event. Yep. I noticed while taking a walk today that the tops of the trees had significantly more ice than the bottoms, probably due to wet-bulbing effects. Just shows you how close that was to being a serious ice storm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted February 28, 2011 Author Share Posted February 28, 2011 Looks like we ended up with about 0.20" of ice accural here. The only ice that remains at this time is on some of the trees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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