Geos Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 Lake effect snow moving into Waukegan, Zion. Pouring small flakes still. Might be a couple moderate sized ones there! Still at 14°. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McDude Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 Almost zero wind. Was more wind on the on-set of the storm. Neighbors flag was blowing a lot but now is hardly moving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 Almost zero wind. Was more wind on the on-set of the storm. Neighbors flag was blowing a lot but now is hardly moving. that was probably related to the lake convergence band that pushed through...very calm here as well. Unusual for our area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeastFromTheEast Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 Finally we might be getting close to moderate fine flakes, instead of the light fine/pixie flakes. Much noticeable improvement in flake size here the past few minutes. Finally.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afterimage Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 Window has ZR on it and IP bouncing off as well.....and its 15 degrees Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 Window has ZR on it and IP bouncing off as well.....and its 15 degrees Better hope you keep the mix. ZR is especially dangerous/efficient at accreting at these temps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 Window has ZR on it and IP bouncing off as well.....and its 15 degrees interesting report...going to have go watch the ZR threat down that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatrickSumner Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 All snow here in Marion. Coming down pretty good too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundersnow12 Posted January 20, 2012 Author Share Posted January 20, 2012 1.9" here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtlehurricane Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 About 2" of snow here, still seeing improvement in flake size and quantity as temperatures slowly rise aloft. We are stuck at 3 °F at the sfc, lack of wind means we've basically decoupled from the free atmosphere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchaumburgStormer Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 Very defined southern edge to the radar returns... Hits 1-80 in illinois and stops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huronicane Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 Up to about 1.2-1.5 here in Arlington Heights. Tried heading west towards Elgin on I-90, but the roads were significantly snow covered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 Very defined southern edge to the radar returns... Hits 1-80 in illinois and stops. great news for I88 peeps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Rent Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 Zr/ip in anderson. Pretty much ended now. No accumulation Sent from my ADR6400L Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 the cold surface temps at onset are making what is falling super high impact, still a couple hours to rush hour....disaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilbertfly Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 just hit 2 inches a few minutes shy of 2:00pm . . . that's one inch in the last hour . . . no very large flakes, but definetly some minor clumping as the dendrites have started to take over the show...largest at about dime size Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McDude Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 the cold surface temps at onset are making what is falling super high impact, still a couple hours to rush hour....disaster. Yeah dude, I'm really interested in seeing how that is going to play out. Friday is notoriously horrible traffic to begin with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 Back to low end moderate snow the last 15 mins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilbertfly Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 the cold surface temps at onset are making what is falling super high impact, still a couple hours to rush hour....disaster. yep...got a report from a buddy that 355 was worthless and snowcovered with everyone going 5 mph . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 nice meso low type feature has developed just offshore from Zion, where a N/S convergence boundary just offshore from IL/WI meets an WSW/ENE convergence boundary that leads out over the lake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 yep...got a report from a buddy that 355 was worthless and snowcovered with everyone going 5 mph . . . 350/290/90/294/88 are all going to be parking lots this evening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchaumburgStormer Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 the cold surface temps at onset are making what is falling super high impact, still a couple hours to rush hour....disaster. Add to that the reduced/noneffect of salt at these temps... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtlehurricane Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 the cold surface temps at onset are making what is falling super high impact, still a couple hours to rush hour....disaster. It's so cold here I see zero signs of melt, anyone who has salted was basically just pouring salt into snow. Roads and sidewalks are completely covered despite the best efforts of snow clearing teams all over town, takes about 15 minutes for a surface to be solidly covered after they clear it. I think at least a few snow clearing teams have given up until tomorrow since it's getting quieter out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 nice meso low type feature has developed just offshore from Zion, where a N/S convergence boundary just offshore from IL/WI meets an WSW/ENE convergence boundary that leads out over the lake. impressive, that thing is going to dump on wherever it comes on shore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 Lake effect drifting into Zion now. Flake size is starting to improve. TWC reporting road salt isn't working on the roads! Well yeah... it's too cold for the salt to work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 the cold surface temps at onset are making what is falling super high impact, still a couple hours to rush hour....disaster. Yeah it's gonna be bad. I brought up 2/6/07 earlier which this reminds me of in terms of temps/rates (although that one was even colder) and it was a total disaster around here so I can't imagine what it will be like in the congested metro. People see 4-7" and probably think 'oh that's not too bad' but not all 4-7's are equal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtlehurricane Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 nice meso low type feature has developed just offshore from Zion, where a N/S convergence boundary just offshore from IL/WI meets an WSW/ENE convergence boundary that leads out over the lake. HRRR is showing that feature lasting for hours, even after the main precip is done. Could be a big deal for stretch from Milwaukee to Chicago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huronicane Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 350/290/90/294/88 are all going to be parking lots this evening. I will attest to I-90 going about 20 miles an hour at 1:15pm. Even still, watched one guy spin out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vortex Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 Around an inch here. Snow has pretty much stopped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McDude Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 traffic cam stills: http://www.beatthetraffic.com/traffic/cameras.aspx?regionid=3&viewname=Chicago-Evanston Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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