Hoosier Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 couple late reports 0100 AM NON-TSTM WND GST CHICAGO 41.88N 87.63W 10/20/2011 M61.00 MPH COOK IL PARK/FOREST SRVC DELAYED REPORT. RECORDED AT CHICAGO PARK DISTRICT OAK STREET BEACH WEATHER STATION. SUSTAINED WINDS WERE 54 MPH. 0135 AM NON-TSTM WND GST 4 NE CHICAGO 41.92N 87.57W 10/20/2011 M64.00 MPH LMZ741 IL C-MAN STATION DELAYED REPORT. 56 KNOT GUST RECORDED AT HARRISON-DEVER CRIB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AppsRunner Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 You know, I'm having my doubts about the pixel count method. It shows us being about the same as last year, but the FSU data does not bear that out, with about 1 percentage point less coverage this year than last (which is about a 15% difference in relative terms). Then again, that's for the 17th. We've gained a bit in the last few days, but enough to make up for the difference? Looking around at some of the major sites this morning, it appears TOL has the lowest pressure reading that I've found thus far. 20 06:52 S 5 4.00 Fog/Mist OVC004 47 46 29.06 984.3 20 05:52 S 5 7.00 Overcast OVC004 47 46 29.05 983.9 20 04:52 S 9 5.00 Fog/Mist OVC004 48 47 29.05 983.7 20 03:52 W 6 10.00 Overcast OVC006 49 48 29.04 983.6 20 02:52 NW 8 8.00 Overcast OVC006 49 47 29.05 983.8 20 01:52 N 14 2.00 Fog/Mist OVC006 48 47 49 48 29.06 984.1 Yeah, I was at 983mb overnight too. Pretty deep system for around here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 SpartyOn was discussing earlier which model handled this storm the best. Unless I'm mistaken, that award would have to go to the UKMET. It had a wrapped up storm all the way IIRC, even when the other models had trended towards a more progressive EC storm for a period around D4-5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
on_wx Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 From the University of Waterloo Wettest day in over a yearThe 51.6 mm of rain in the 24 hours between 8 am on the 19th and 20th was the single wettest day we have had since July 23rd, 2010 when we had 62.5 mm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 Top gust still stands at 30mph. 0.38" of rain on the day and as a system total thus far. Finished off with 0.49" of rain. Top gust was 39mph, which occured after midnight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunder Road Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 It looks like the max gust from VPZ will be 36 mph. I was all excited for 50+ mph gusts (which I'm sure the lakeshore got, I'm just surprised they tapered off so drastically over such a short distance). Still though, it was enough to knock the power out for about 4 hours last night. It flickered about 4 times over the course of an hour, then the 4th time the generator never kicked in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 It looks like the max gust from VPZ will be 36 mph. I was all excited for 50+ mph gusts (which I'm sure the lakeshore got, I'm just surprised they tapered off so drastically over such a short distance). Still though, it was enough to knock the power out for about 4 hours last night. It flickered about 4 times over the course of an hour, then the 4th time the generator never kicked in. Gary gusted to 54 mph on the last ob before they stopped reporting so I'm sure areas near the shore were pushing 60. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 Total rainfall ended up being 1.44 around here. Peak wind gust i believe was 37 mph. blah.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baroclinic_instability Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 Not too impressed with the new NAM. It overdid it on the surface winds over all of northern Illinois, and also had the precip too far west. The GFS and RGEM both kept us dry several runs before the event, and they ended up being correct. Yeah I noted this too. NAM was too aggressive in wrapping the secondary jet axis around the main upper low when in reality the secondary began taking over around 9Z with the main low slowly beginning to track NE. The system really stalled immediately after occlusion, hence the NAM was off on both rainfall extent to the W as well as winds farther W. Noted, but the new NAM is still superior to the old. One storm shouldn't make opinion yet since all guidance will have some pretty bad performance on a storm basis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 I ended up with 3.14" IMBY. Not too shabby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 Total rainfall here Oct 18-20 was 1.65". Certainly a respectable storm, but nowhere NEAR the most impressive rainfall or storm in what has been a very stormy year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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