turtlehurricane Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Quite the layer of ice has formed on my car, and I can see it on the trees. Just ate s*** for the first time this winter too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 SWS issued by LOT for northern/northwestern suburbs. Sums up the freezing drizzle situation well. My driveway is slick! SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 608 PM CST SUN JAN 22 2012 ILZ003>006-008-010-011-230215- WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE IL-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...BELVIDERE...WOODSTOCK... WAUKEGAN...OREGON...DIXON...DEKALB 605 PM CST SUN JAN 22 2012 ...SLICK ROADWAYS MAY CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS... WARM AIR CONTINUES TO SURGE INTO THE REGION...WELL AHEAD OF AN ADVANCING STORM SYSTEM ACROSS THE PLAINS. AIR TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO WARM OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS TO WELL ABOVE FREEZING...BUT PAVEMENT TEMPERATURES HAVE BEEN SLOW TO RISE. THIS WILL ALLOW UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND PARKING LOTS THAT ARE PRONE TO ICING...TO CONTINUE TO BE HAZARDOUS TO TRAVELERS THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. USE CAUTION IF TRAVELING ACROSS FAR NORTHERN ILLINOIS THIS EVENING...AND BE ALERT FOR POTENTIAL ICY SPOTS ON UNTREATED OR LIGHTLY USED ROADS. ALSO...BE CAREFUL IF WALKING ON UNTREATED SIDEWALKS AND PARKING LOTS. $$ SHEA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtlehurricane Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 31.8 °F on top of the met building, must be going above freezing in parts of the city. Unless this trend somehow ends, looks like freezing drizzle will end soon, and the precip later will just be rain. MKX almost nailed it with the 8 pm end time for the WWA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtlehurricane Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 All the ice on the trees has begun to melt and drip off. 32 °F on top of the met building. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Quick burst of snow for SE WI and maybe even here tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtlehurricane Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 MKX has extended the WWA until Midnight. Lots of pockets of near surface freezing air based on obs. Temp on top of the met building have dropped to 32.4 °F in the past few minutes as some heavier WAA precip moves through. I think some drier air aloft may allow for some cooling downdrafts, since we had alot of virga this evening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Maybe the NAM temperatures will hold correct for tonight with the freezing line stalling out near Madison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherpsycho Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 ... Looking pretty good for the Keweenaw today. Nothing Major but a good 4-8" storm is always nice to see especially for the trails. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mogget Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Break-your-fanny ice in Madison and environs this AM, in areas where little or no salt has been spread. Saw three cars off the road in the ditch when I went to the gym in Fitchburg around 4 AM. Reports from fellow bus riders at 6:30 AM indicated that west of Mount Horeb things are really bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 We've got an inch of snow on top of some ice around here.... Thick layer of ice topped by snow on the car...just let it warm up for 10 minutes and it all melted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowMeHunter Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 couldn't ask for much of a better day after the busy world championship snowmobile derby weekend up in beautiful northern wi. Nice heavy wet snow that will set up beautiful. Good for them as snow hasn't been so easy to come by the last few yrs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mogget Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Snowing nicely in Madison. No doubt Turtle-H will be up in bit and give you an official report. However, I must say that it is beautiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beavis1729 Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Nice pics Bowme. I was in Eagle River snowmobiling last weekend (Jan. 14-16)...it's gorgeous up there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 I saw some sleds yesterday. My guess is the trails are open around here. Ice fisherman have been out in droves. Still snowing, but radar says its coming to an end fast. My guess is 2 inches IMBY... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wishforsnow Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Looking pretty good for the Keweenaw today. Nothing Major but a good 4-8" storm is always nice to see especially for the trails. Heavy wet snow. Cripes. The plow drivers couldn't keep up getting the parking lots clear. Thank god for 4x4 and good snow tires. Just blew out the driveway. The blower just shook when it went into it. The city plow only plowed a path on the other side of the street. Tomorrow morning I will be out there again after the road grader comes. Good packing snow. This is the kind of snow to get in November to get a good base for the trails. Unfortunately, haven't been out on the sled at all yet due to this chronic coughing. The cold air makes it worse. Been on antibiotic three times the past year. Finally broke down and drove 90 miles to Ishpeming to see an ENT. They did get rid of the sinus headache. But still am plagued with the post nasal and having coughing fits. Going to have to go down again, and if they can't figure it out. Then it is off to Marshfield or Mayos for me. I had every test known to man so far this year. We don't have the cream of the crop doctors up here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Looks like flurries is about all for down here. Still have 2" of concrete snow on the ground this afternoon! Windier than all heck out there! lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ValpoVike Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Heavy wet snow. Cripes. The plow drivers couldn't keep up getting the parking lots clear. Thank god for 4x4 and good snow tires. Just blew out the driveway. The blower just shook when it went into it. The city plow only plowed a path on the other side of the street. Tomorrow morning I will be out there again after the road grader comes. Good packing snow. This is the kind of snow to get in November to get a good base for the trails. Unfortunately, haven't been out on the sled at all yet due to this chronic coughing. The cold air makes it worse. Been on antibiotic three times the past year. Finally broke down and drove 90 miles to Ishpeming to see an ENT. They did get rid of the sinus headache. But still am plagued with the post nasal and having coughing fits. Going to have to go down again, and if they can't figure it out. Then it is off to Marshfield or Mayos for me. I had every test known to man so far this year. We don't have the cream of the crop doctors up here. Totally OT, but I had the same long hacking cough. It lasted for 4 weeks, then magically disappeared last week. I thought I had TB or something Hang in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wishforsnow Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Totally OT, but I had the same long hacking cough. It lasted for 4 weeks, then magically disappeared last week. I thought I had TB or something Hang in there. Mine has been lasting since when I got a bad cold last December. It then spread to my ears. But this cough has always stayed with me. It is also a productive cough. I have to get tested for TB every year for my job and it is negative. Did chest xray and my lungs are clear. I go into coughing fits until the point I almost black out. I have always had problems with nasal congestion, and catching colds. But now I can't get this under control. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtlehurricane Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Break-your-fanny ice in Madison and environs this AM, in areas where little or no salt has been spread. Saw three cars off the road in the ditch when I went to the gym in Fitchburg around 4 AM. Reports from fellow bus riders at 6:30 AM indicated that west of Mount Horeb things are really bad. I can only imagine what it was like in the places out there that stayed below freezing or very close to it, which is likely in alot of the valleys. 0.41" liquid at MSN from this cyclone, 0.11" was in the snow band, so we got about an inch of snow considering how much melting happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherpsycho Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Heavy wet snow. Cripes. The plow drivers couldn't keep up getting the parking lots clear. Thank god for 4x4 and good snow tires. Just blew out the driveway. The blower just shook when it went into it. The city plow only plowed a path on the other side of the street. Tomorrow morning I will be out there again after the road grader comes. Good packing snow. This is the kind of snow to get in November to get a good base for the trails. Unfortunately, haven't been out on the sled at all yet due to this chronic coughing. The cold air makes it worse. Been on antibiotic three times the past year. Finally broke down and drove 90 miles to Ishpeming to see an ENT. They did get rid of the sinus headache. But still am plagued with the post nasal and having coughing fits. Going to have to go down again, and if they can't figure it out. Then it is off to Marshfield or Mayos for me. I had every test known to man so far this year. We don't have the cream of the crop doctors up here. Wow get better soon!!! I saw a 3:30PM report from Hancock of 8". Nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wishforsnow Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 Wow get better soon!!! I saw a 3:30PM report from Hancock of 8". Nice. Thanks. I figured it was about 8 inches. Getting lake snow now. Maybe another 3 inches overnight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wishforsnow Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 Total of 14 inches here in Hancock from a spotter report. 8 inches yesterday and the rest last night as lake effect. The banks along the side of the streets are up to where they should of been around xmas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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