Nelson Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Right back in a nice band. Full on blizzard conditions now. Gonna try and get some vid in a bit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Says changeover at 7. at least he has that right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Mid 30s moving into McHenry Co. NW Lake County. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchaumburgStormer Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Change over complete in Dekalb. Very small flakes, almost pixie dust. Waiting for some heavier returns to move in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevlon62 Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 34F at Rt. 47 & I-90 exit. All snow. Wet, medium sized flakes getting heavier by the minute as we drive north on 47. Edit: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brewers Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 MKE has switched over to snow. So far 1.58" of rain at RAC. Should change over to snow within the next hour. Edit: RAC now reporting light snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XcNick Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Just came back from a run and I literally had to climb over 5 trees that have fallen on the path. When is the snow suppose to stop? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 MKE has switched over to snow. So far 1.58" of rain at RAC. Should change over to snow within the next hour. I got a report from Sturtevant from a friend that it was snowing there! Snowing in Antioch now. Should be snow here by 4:30. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 44/42 here. Dual Pol data suggests RA/SN line is about 10 miles to the NW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelson Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wisconsinwx Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Nice little band of heavier returns sitting right over and to the SE of me in the middle of Milwaukee County. Hope it just sits and rots for awhile. NAM shuts off the precip quickly, the GFS hangs it around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luftfeuchtigkeit Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Just measured and came up with 13.7". It's drifting so much now it will be really hard to tell if we do get more accumulation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevlon62 Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 32F at 47 & 176. Ground is coated. Sub 1 mile visibilities. Fat flakes lookin good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestMichigan Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Barometer down to 983.5 at my house right now. GRR issued a special weather statement for the line of showers/thunderstorms that is approaching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huronicane Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Had a Ra/Sn mix for about 2 or 3 minutes, now all snow in Elgin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Nice little band of heavier returns sitting right over and to the SE of me in the middle of Milwaukee County. Hope it just sits and rots for awhile. NAM shuts off the precip quickly, the GFS hangs it around. RAP really hangs it around! Accumulating snow in McHenry already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevlon62 Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Can verify that. Snow accumulating on paved surfaces now. Made it back to Wood just in time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowlover2 Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Interesting little tidbit from ILN on the snow potential. AREA FORECAST DISCUSSIONNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 432 PM EST THU DEC 20 2012 .SYNOPSIS... STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL BRING COLDER TEMPERATURES...WINDY CONDITIONS...AND LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN BUILD ACROSS THE REGION FOR THIS WEEKEND. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM FRIDAY MORNING/... VIGOROUS LOW CENTERED OVER ILLINOIS WILL MOVE ACROSS EAST NORTHEAST ACROSS THE SOUTHERN GREAT LAKES TONIGHT. A STRONG COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM LAKE MICHIGAN SOUTHEASTWARD INTO INDIANA WILL REACH OUR WESTERN ZONES EARLY THIS EVENING. AHEAD OF THIS FRONT...A BROKEN LINE OF CONVECTION IS PUSHING EASTWARD ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. STRONG LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES AND SOME CLEARING IN THIS CORRIDOR OF WEAK INSTABILITY IS HELPING TO BRING STRONGER WINDS TO THE SURFACE AS THIS LINE MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. GENERALLY HAVE BEEN SEEING 40 TO 45 KT GUSTS AS THIS LINE PASSES. THEREFORE CONTINUE AN SPS TO HIGHLIGHT THE HAZARDS FROM THIS PARTICULAR LINE. THE AFOREMENTIONED COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING. ONCE THIS OCCURS...STRONG COLD ADVECTION AND A 45 TO 50 KT 925 HPA JET WILL BRING WINDY CONDITIONS TO THE AREA. IT APPEARS THAT WIND GUSTS COULD APPROACH 40 TO 45 KTS FOR SEVERAL HOURS ACROSS THE SOUTH THIS EVENING AND INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. THE STRONGER WINDS WILL THEN SPREAD NORTHWARD OVER THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. ALSO...THE COMBINATION OF RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES AND WIND WILL BRING WIND CHILLS DOWN INTO THE LOWER TEENS TONIGHT. WILL CONTINUE THE WIND ADVISORY FOR THE ENTIRE AREA THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. WRAPAROUND SNOW SHOWERS WILL BEGIN TO PUSH INTO THE AREA LATE THIS EVENING. MODEL QPF VALUES CONTINUE TO INDICATE LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS TONIGHT ON THE ORDER OF 1 TO 2 INCHES. ADDITIONAL IMPACTS FROM THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL BE REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO BLOWING SNOW...MAINLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN TWO THIRDS OF THE FORECAST AREA. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL THEREFORE GO INTO AFFECT THIS EVENING AND THROUGHOUT FRIDAY ACROSS THOSE ZONES. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/... SNOW SHOWERS AND WIND WILL CONTINUE INTO THE DAY FRIDAY AS THE LOW MARCHES EASTWARD INTO NEW ENGLAND AND THE FORECAST AREA SITS UNDERNEATH WRAPAROUND PRECIPITATION. THE TREND WILL BE FOR SNOW SHOWERS TO TAPER OFF FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST DURING THE DAY FRIDAY. MODELS ARE INDICATING ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW ACROSS THE NORTHERN TWO THIRDS OF THE FORECAST AREA...BRINGING THE STORM TOTAL TO 2 TO 4 ACROSS THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ZONES... AND LIGHTER AMOUNTS TO THE SOUTH. HOWEVER...THE HI RES MODELS ARE HINTING AT POTENTIAL MESOSCALE BANDING OF SNOW DURING THE AFTERNOON SOMEWHERE ACROSS THE NORTH...DUE TO ENHANCEMENTS OFF LAKE MICHIGAN. IF ONE OF THESE BANDS WERE TO SETUP AND PERSIST FOR A FEW HOURS THEN WE COULD SEE LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OF SNOW ACCUMULATION GREATER THAN CURRENTLY FORECAST. WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST ACROSS THE NORTH ON FRIDAY...CLOSER TO THE LOW AND STRONGER PORTIONS OF THE LOW LEVEL JET. WITH THE ONGOING COLD ADVECTION EXPECTED WINDS TO MEET ADVISORY CRITERIA IN MOST LOCATIONS DURING THE DAY. WINDS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE FRIDAY NIGHT. SNOW SHOWERS MAY LINGER ACROSS THE NORTH INTO THE START OF THE NIGHT. THE LOW WILL HAVE MOVED FAR ENOUGH FROM OUR AREA FRIDAY NIGHT TO CUT OFF THE MOISTURE FETCH ACROSS OUR AREA. HIGH PRESSURE WILL ALSO BEGIN TO BUILD INTO THE AREA. THIS SHOULD LEAVE OUR FORECAST AREA DRY BY SATURDAY MORNING. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING FAIR CONDITIONS ON SATURDAY...BUT THE DAY WILL BE A COLD ONE WITH TEMPERATURES STRUGGLING TO REACH THE MIDDLE 30S. WITH HIGH PRESSURE IN PLACE SATURDAY NIGHT...RADIATIONAL COOLING WILL HELP TEMPERATURES DROP INTO THE UPPER TEENS TO LOW 20S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Don't know how long the power will stay on, so will keep this short. Picked up 1.99" of rain. Switched over to snow around noon and became heavy in less than 15 minutes. Full on blizzard conditions. Hard to tell for sure but I'm guessing about 4" so far. Power went out at work a little before 1 so the place shut down for the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundersnow12 Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 rain/snow line getting closer from the northwest looking at CC off dual pol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n1vek Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Had a Ra/Sn mix for about 2 or 3 minutes, now all snow in Elgin Good to hear. That looks to be way ahead of schedule compared to what radar is showing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelson Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Little perspective Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 R/S line getting very close to home now. Skilling's FB page is lighting up with snow reports. Just heard sleet here. Pretty cool looking in Jefferson Co! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n1vek Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Little perspective Run-of-the-mill.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csnavywx Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 37G58KT (68mph) at STL on last ob. Very powerful wind gusts outside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevlon62 Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Bull Valley. 32F and all good in the hood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Change-over across the county is happening quite rapidly. Down to 35°. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Andy- Waaaaaay more snow there then here! Way to go. Hope you have a strong back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeastFromTheEast Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Flakes mixing in here in Hoffman Estates!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue60007 Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 rain/snow mix here on the SE side of town in the last 5 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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