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December 20th-22nd Major Winter Storm Part II


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Don't know if this was posted but from LOT..

FORCING IS INCREDIBLY STRONG IN THE MID AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EVENING...ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEFORMATION AREA...INSTABILITY PRESENT ALIGNED WITH A FAVORED SNOW GROWTH ZONE...AND STRONG DEEP CONVERGENCE. COBB DATA FROM BOTH THE NAM AND GFS INDICATE A FEW HOUR WINDOW OF EXPLOSIVE SNOWFALL RATES OF 2 PLUS INCHES PER HOUR/ MOVING GRADUALLY FROM WEST TO EAST OVER NORTHERN IL FROM 3-10 PM...MOVING ACROSS CHICAGO DURING THE LATTER PART OF THAT TIME. THIS COALESCES WITH THE STRONGEST WIND PERIOD...WHICH STILL ON THE 12Z GUIDANCE FAVORS 50+ MPH GUSTS FOR A SEVERAL HOUR window.

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From Loco Ako in the Central/Western subforum...good stuff!

Pretty severe dust storm ongoing in the TX panhandle right now spreading eastward. The latest METAR from Lubbock shows winds of 47MPH gusting to 66MPH, visibilities of a quarter mile and heavy blowing dust.

KLBB 191907Z 25041G57KT 1/4SM -RA +DS VV008 18/M03 A2956 RMK AO2 PK WND 25057/1901 TWR VIS 1/4 RAB03 P0000 RVRNO

The dust is clearly visible on radar, with correlation coefficient values of 0.3-0.4 (extremely low) associated with the echoes, a clear indication that the targets are not hydrometeors.

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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

235 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012

DISCUSSION

230 PM CST

JUST A QUICK NOTE ON THE HEADLINES. THE WINTER STORM WATCH FOR NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA WILL BE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE.

THE EXISTING WINTER STORM WARNING WILL LIKELY BE EXPANDED SLIGHTLY EASTWARD TO MCHENRY...DEKALB...AND LASALLE COUNTIES...DUE AGAIN TO A COMBINATION OF WINDS AND SNOWFALL RATES.

WILL BE ISSUING A HIGH WIND WATCH FOR COUNTIES SOUTH OF THE WINTER WEATHER HEADLINES.

FULL AFD TO FOLLOW.

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WWA for central Indiana in the AFD, but I see no actual products listed...other than the Windy Advisory.

BIGGEST HAZARD DURING THE PERIOD WILL BE THE STRONG WINDS. WITH THE

TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS THE AREA AS THE STRENGTHENING LOW

MOVES BY FROM THE WEST TO THE NORTHEAST SEEING SOUNDINGS MIX DOWN

WIND GUSTS OF 50 MPH STARTING THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING

THROUGH MID MORNING FRIDAY. WITH PLUMMETING TEMPERATURES IN THE WAKE

OF THE COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE WILL SEE WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS.

WHILE THIS IS NOT UNCOMMON FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR...WITH THE RECENT

MILDER TEMPERATURES IT COULD COME AS A SHOCK TO THE SYSTEM. WITH THE

COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL ISSUE A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY

OVER MOST OF THE AREA WITH TIMING TO MATCH UP WITH THE BEGINNING OF

THE WINDY CONDITIONS. IN THE SOUTH WILL GO WITH A WIND ADVISORY.

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