Chicago WX Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 I took this picture this afternoon in my backyard in Madison. At the time I had gotten about 12-13" Now it's around 15" but it's blowing around and drifting so much it's hard to be sure. So beautiful. So jealous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Central Illinois Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 I took this picture this afternoon in my backyard in Madison. At the time I had gotten about 12-13" Now it's around 15" but it's blowing around and drifting so much it's hard to be sure. Power has been flickering recently so crossing my fingers it stays on. Still snowing lightly but really windy and a lot of drifting. Wow good stuff enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 I took this picture this afternoon in my backyard in Madison. At the time I had gotten about 12-13" Now it's around 15" but it's blowing around and drifting so much it's hard to be sure. Power has been flickering recently so crossing my fingers it stays on. Still snowing lightly but really windy and a lot of drifting. Nice pic!! Nice pics to the others who posted as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 Geos ...your optimism in the face of a kick in the gut is refreshing. One day soon.. Yep, one day soon! Hey, It could have dry slotted here or snowed nada! It does set the holiday mood a bit better... Flakes increasing in size. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 I took this picture this afternoon in my backyard in Madison. At the time I had gotten about 12-13" Now it's around 15" but it's blowing around and drifting so much it's hard to be sure. Power has been flickering recently so crossing my fingers it stays on. Still snowing lightly but really windy and a lot of drifting. Breathtakingly beautiful. Sigh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 Was over to pure PL for about 90 minutes with a few flakes mixed in, but now completely over to rain. NAM, per usual, had the right idea but went a bit too far (when it comes to the impact of dry air on p-type). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 0" misting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpartyOn Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 Awesome pic.... Maybe next year for MBY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimChgo9 Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 I busted... On my 1" call, I busted. I figured that would happen...but, still... Also, temps are on the way back up. Got down to 30 during the snow that was falling, and now temps are back up to 33..... go figure As a side note: Chicago Fire Department, is fighting a huge fire @ 11600 S. Burley, a 3 block long x 200ft recycling center.... With high winds and cold.. Not a good night to fight fire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sc2man13 Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 0" misting We got about .2 or .3 of snow, then it all melted. If a tree falls in a forest and nobody sees or hears it, did it really fall? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Central Illinois Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 just went out and measured 1.5" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundersnow12 Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 Good band about to take over Kane county out here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 Legit 20-25 dbz returns upstream in WI. Should be snowing at BowMe's pretty good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McDude Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 I busted... On my 1" call, I busted. I figured that would happen...but, still... Also, temps are on the way back up. Got down to 30 during the snow that was falling, and now temps are back up to 33..... go figure As a side note: Chicago Fire Department, is fighting a huge fire @ 11600 S. Burley, a 3 block long x 200ft recycling center.... With high winds and cold.. Not a good night to fight fire. Be interesting to see video of that. Firefighter also injured. Hope he's okay and they just go on the defensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 Damn power's been off about 99% of the time since about 3pm. Hopefully it's on for good this time, but it's still very windy. Anyway did some measurements earlier. Pretty difficult, but I came up with 3.7" as an average. The snow is VERY dense. Had to be a sub 10:1 ratio for much of the event. One thing's for sure this will solidify nicely into a glacier and be around for awhile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckeye Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 not too often you see it snowing in Louisville, KY while it's raining in Lansing, MI that's one wound up storm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Organizing Low Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 expect this to be a crushing storm for parts of eastern ontario and regions N of montreal. ottawa city and east along the ottawa river.... 8-16 inches (20-40cm) depeding on amount of rain/mix precip....right now i would lean less rain/mix, but i would feel more comfortable if the track was 20 or 30 miles eastward....the current track is defintely not classic for heaviest snow in the ottawa city area but the amount of moisture, dynamics being progged unanimoulsy by the models over the region means there will be a period of very heavy snowfall at least for several hours that should pile things up quickly even if there is some mix/rain. lingering snow into saturday could really put this storm over the top. areas up the river from ottawa and into the upper ottawa valley and west of the city into the should have a pure 8-14 inches (20-35cm) of snow. N of the ottawa river and into the ski regions N of montreal, i think 12-20 inches (30-50cm) of snow can be expected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natester Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 Skies are starting to clear, hence the winds are dying down. Good for the power crews to restore power (I'm not one of them since I kept my power). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 Awesome pic.... Maybe next year week for MBY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 LOT relayed this info on the banding about to move through: We recently received a report from Machesney Park that as the snow band pushed through, there was moderate snow and very low visibility. First good band about 18 miles west of here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 0" misting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 The 200 image loop of the DVN radar from today is just SICK. http://weather.cod.edu/buildmap/nexrad_build.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 0" misting lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyhb Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 0" misting Hey, it's what you wanted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 0" misting I lied. I do feel a little better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmc76 Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 expect this to be a crushing storm for parts of eastern ontario and regions N of montreal. ottawa city and east along the ottawa river.... 8-16 inches (20-40cm) depeding on amount of rain/mix precip....right now i would lean less rain/mix, but i would feel more comfortable if the track was 20 or 30 miles eastward....the current track is defintely not classic for heaviest snow in the ottawa city area but the amount of moisture, dynamics being progged unanimoulsy by the models over the region means there will be a period of very heavy snowfall at least for several hours that should pile things up quickly even if there is some mix/rain. lingering snow into saturday could really put this storm over the top. areas up the river from ottawa and into the upper ottawa valley and west of the city into the should have a pure 8-14 inches (20-35cm) of snow. N of the ottawa river and into the ski regions N of montreal, i think 12-20 inches (30-50cm) of snow can be expected. Must be nice to always have cold air banked up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 expect this to be a crushing storm for parts of eastern ontario and regions N of montreal. ottawa city and east along the ottawa river.... 8-16 inches (20-40cm) depeding on amount of rain/mix precip....right now i would lean less rain/mix, but i would feel more comfortable if the track was 20 or 30 miles eastward....the current track is defintely not classic for heaviest snow in the ottawa city area but the amount of moisture, dynamics being progged unanimoulsy by the models over the region means there will be a period of very heavy snowfall at least for several hours that should pile things up quickly even if there is some mix/rain. lingering snow into saturday could really put this storm over the top. areas up the river from ottawa and into the upper ottawa valley and west of the city into the should have a pure 8-14 inches (20-35cm) of snow. N of the ottawa river and into the ski regions N of montreal, i think 12-20 inches (30-50cm) of snow can be expected. Hey OL! Nice to hear from you again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 I can't believe WGN mentioned the words "school closing" lol! Fwiw: Corridor of 2" to fall over most of Chicagoland tonight per the RPM. --- I think Kevlon got around to making a snowman in Woodstock! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted December 21, 2012 Author Share Posted December 21, 2012 Not sure how much more we will get in LAF (cue Tim with 'T')...gotta keep the door open in case a healthier band manages to swing through but probably safe to say less than 1" when all is said and done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 Fwiw: Corridor of 2" to fall over most of Chicagoland tonight per the RPM. Obviously not going to happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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