Hoosier Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 You going on 3 hours of sleep the last few days? Something like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baroclinic_instability Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 Thanks...hope you enjoyed this event, seemed like alot of fun. Thanks, it was fun indeed. Just totally curious, are you in NJ or La Crosse? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 IWX with a good disco as usual regarding the lake effect. Here's part of their thoughts on the mesolow: SVRL FAVORABLE FACTORS FOR SIG LES ACCUMS ERLY NEXT WEEK COMING TO FRUITION. FIRST WITH MESOLAKE VORTICY ARRIVING INVOF MCY/ CHESTERTON/WESTVILLE/WANATAH AROUND 00-03 UTC TONGIHT WITH SPIRALED BAND LKLY PENETRATING INTO SW REACHES OF CWA AS PORTENDED IN SVRL PAST NAM12 ITERATIONS. ONE CONCERN IS MSTR PRECONDITIONING OF BL AS ERN IA SHORTWAVE MOVES ESE THRU SRN GRTLKS THIS AM...PROVIDING SUBSTANTIALLY DEEP MSTR WITH 3-3.2 G/KG AIR IN 1000-850MB LYR ACRS SRN LK MICHIGAN UPON ARRIVAL OF ANTICIPATED MIDLK MESOVORTEX...WHICH MAY PROVE TO BE OF JUGGERNAUT STRENGTH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allsnow Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 Thanks, it was fun indeed. Just totally curious, are you in NJ or La Crosse? Oh im in NJ, just like to see how you guys are doing out here during a storm. Chicago is one of my favorite citys, and one day like to move out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowMeHunter Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 A few more pics. I'm supposed to be leaving for work, but they haven't plowed the street here yet, so I'm completely stuck. Even with my new tires lol. Doesn't look to fluffy and light? Just Perfect Blend it looks like... Hardly ever get that much snow that just falls straight down and piles up... Get 8" here and it normally involves a ripping easterly wind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowMeHunter Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 Looks like snow trying to back in off the lake up towards saukville but I can't really tell on my shatty radar. Only thing backing in here is snow munching air. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 Just topped 2" and snowing pretty good. Should do some damage in the next 2-3 hours as radar trends look favorable with the banding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KokomoWX Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 Over 8 inches now, and still snowing lightly. Way more than I expected to say the least. Really sweet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 Just topped 2" and snowing pretty good. Should do some damage in the next 2-3 hours as radar trends look favorable with the banding. I'm just glad we made it into my 2-4" range. Looks like some decent banding could be setting up as you said...time to make some hay. And wow to the amounts in Champaign, central IL, MN, IA, etc. and especially congrats to cyclone on the 8"...simply fantastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 Thanks to everyone for the pics. Congrats to all in the path. Keep the reports coming. I think I made the snow gods mad. I have a lake effect snow advisory one county to my north and a snow advisory for the synoptic stuff two counties to my south. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KokomoWX Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 Just measured 1.5" for now. The sun is rising and fine flakes are still lightly falling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 For the hour I've been up, flake size has improved recently...probably snowing the hardest right now that I've seen yet. Back home, it looks like IKK has been getting it good. Can't wait to call my parents and see how much they have up there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 I'm just glad we made it into my 2-4" range. Looks like some decent banding could be setting up as you said...time to make some hay. And wow to the amounts in Champaign, central IL, MN, IA, etc. and especially congrats to cyclone on the 8"...simply fantastic. Snow was actually tending to melt on the pavement here at first. Very picturesque out there. If we're grading calls, then my initial one of a streak of 3-6" through Indiana looks like it will turn out pretty good. I think I leaned the right way with 3-5" instead of 2-4" as I feel that is going to be a slightly better representation of amounts in that band, but we shall see...not a huge difference. If somebody in the cwa is going to make a run at 6", it might be down toward Putnam/Parke/Vermillion since they already had 3" a while ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 Snow was actually tending to melt on the pavement here at first. Very picturesque out there. If we're grading calls, then my initial one of a streak of 3-6" through Indiana looks like it will turn out pretty good. I think I leaned the right way with 3-5" instead of 2-4" as I feel that is going to be a slightly better representation of amounts in that band, but we shall see...not a huge difference. If somebody in the cwa is going to make a run at 6", it might be down toward Putnam/Parke/Vermillion since they already had 3" a while ago. Great call by you as usual...well done. Did you pull an all-nighter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 Great call by you as usual...well done. Did you pull an all-nighter? Pretty much. Just measured 3" on patio table.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 Pretty much. Just measured 3" on patio table.. Someone needs to get you a snowboard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 Pretty much. Just measured 3" on patio table.. Yep, I just went out and measured on my crude "snow board" set-up...3.2" to be unnecessarily exact. It'd be sweet if we can get to 5". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 Only about .5" up here so far but had a little still on the ground from before so everything is definitely white and it's a beautiful morning. Also woke to a LE adv for up to 8" here in the northern part of my county. Congrats to you guys south and west! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 I hope this storm teaches everyone a lesson in forecasting potential banded precip events, the kind of gradients that can develop, and the potential for heavy snow...the fact models will flip-flop back and forth yet one needs to keep a realistic forecast, and that these type of events are impossible to nail down 4-5 days out. TRUST me, it wont teach a lesson LOL, Ive been on these boards too long to know the drill. It doesnt matter how big or small the storm, or what region the storm is in.... 1-2 days before the event and on through the event, people in the areas that eventually end up in or almost in the jackpot say things like "Im worried the models are edging down qpf".."snow seems late, too much virga".."NWS warning/advisory is going to bust way high"..."no way I get XX inches when I only have X.X so far".. "XX town and XX town have XX inches but no impressive bands have hit my town".... etc etc etc. In the end, no worries were needed. Keep in mind Im not making fun of anyone, not even in a playful way, as all of us weenies do it some of the time, and some weenies do it all of the time. Also, it doesnt matter how many snowstorms you get, you still do the same thing every time (see the 70-100" of synoptic snow that fell in a Madison to Detroit line in 2007-08, and all the complaining/worrying that still went with it). Its just the nature of loving snow and knowing enough about meteorology to do more than just watch the 6:00 news. Watching models, radars, and knowing climo does nothing but add stress to a snowlovers life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 Doesn't look to fluffy and light? Just Perfect Blend it looks like... Hardly ever get that much snow that just falls straight down and piles up... Get 8" here and it normally involves a ripping easterly wind. Powder (12-15:1 ratio) is my favorite snow, over fluff or cement. Powder that falls with little wind is even better still. Reminds me of Jan 9/10, 2009. Got 8" of calm powder. Nothing like romping through it. Onto the Dec 9/10 clipper for us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL 738 AM CST SAT DEC 04 2010 ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON.....DATE... ....MAG.... ..TIME... ...EVENT... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.... ..REMARKS.. 12/04/2010 M7.0 INCH LA SALLE IL PUBLIC 0737 AM SNOW STREATOR 41.13N 88.83 W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LizardMafia Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 Yep, I just went out and measured on my crude "snow board" set-up...3.2" to be unnecessarily exact. It'd be sweet if we can get to 5". Have about 3" here also, looks very Christmasy outside. At least I know my new snow blower didn't jinx us.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 2.5" here, falling in 9hrs. Given little hope for LE, we will likely stay under 4". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 TRUST me, it wont teach a lesson LOL, Ive been on these boards too long to know the drill. It doesnt matter how big or small the storm, or what region the storm is in.... 1-2 days before the event and on through the event, people in the areas that eventually end up in or almost in the jackpot say things like "Im worried the models are edging down qpf".."snow seems late, too much virga".."NWS warning/advisory is going to bust way high"..."no way I get XX inches when I only have X.X so far".. "XX town and XX town have XX inches but no impressive bands have hit my town".... etc etc etc. In the end, no worries were needed. Keep in mind Im not making fun of anyone, not even in a playful way, as all of us weenies do it some of the time, and some weenies do it all of the time. Also, it doesnt matter how many snowstorms you get, you still do the same thing every time (see the 70-100" of synoptic snow that fell in a Madison to Detroit line in 2007-08, and all the complaining/worrying that still went with it). Its just the nature of loving snow and knowing enough about meteorology to do more than just watch the 6:00 news. Watching models, radars, and knowing climo does nothing but add stress to a snowlovers life One more thing...another word of warning for all to remember for the long winter that lies ahead. As a general rule, clippers tend to overperform and cutters tend to underperform. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 Have about 3" here also, looks very Christmasy outside. At least I know my new snow blower didn't jinx us.. Maybe it's good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundersnow12 Posted December 4, 2010 Author Share Posted December 4, 2010 2.5" here, falling in 9hrs. Given little hope for LE, we will likely stay under 4". 3.1" here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csnavywx Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 Nearing 5" in DeKalb. After a long period of light snow, we've been sitting in a band of persistent moderate snow. Big, fluffy dendrites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 If somebody in the cwa is going to make a run at 6", it might be down toward Putnam/Parke/Vermillion since they already had 3" a while ago. Putnam it is 0800 AM SNOW 4 SW REELSVILLE 39.51N 87.02W 12/04/2010 M6.0 INCH PUTNAM IN CO-OP OBSERVER Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goknights Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 Wow just went outside to measure for the second time. Measured 7.25 inches last night at 11 PM. Measured in the same area where I removed the snow last night and measured another 6.5 inches. Location is about halfway between La crosse Wisconsin and Rochester Minnesota. It snowed pretty much moderately to heavily from about 445PM last night until about 7 this morning. The clipper type systems often times over produce in this region of the country it seems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundersnow12 Posted December 4, 2010 Author Share Posted December 4, 2010 Nearing 5" in DeKalb. After a long period of light snow, we've been sitting in a band of persistent moderate snow. Big, fluffy dendrites. still not the nice dendrites here and were not that far away, should get near 4" or so with snow back into sw WI coming down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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