Chicago Storm Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 First time I've actually watched this happen... Still 39/37 at the surface, but if you look up in the sky you can actually see the heavy snow aloft. Every time there's a decent wind gust some flakes are carried down to the surface before they're able to melt. Interesting to watch the process, as you can see the snow making it farther down as time goes on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 -RA has completely turned to -PL here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 I need new tires. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Flakes mixing in here in Hoffman Estates!!! It's ripping at home right now! Wind is flexing the windows or metal pieces on the roof here. Can't wait to get out of here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeastFromTheEast Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Nice fatties falling now All snow. Let's go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilbertfly Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 First time I've actually watched this happen... Still 39/37 at the surface, but if you look up in the sky you can actually see the heavy snow aloft. Every time there's a decent wind gust some flakes are carried down to the surface before they're able to melt. Interesting to watch the process, as you can see the snow making it farther down as time goes on. nice description! very cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelson Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Run-of-the-mill.... Exactly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
extremewx52 Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Amazing how the cold air has wrapped around this system. Here in Syracuse, (North Central Indiana) there is a bit of ice in the rain drops. I could see it on the windshield on my way home. Likely the remnants of melting snowflakes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelson 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 I know! Most snow I've ever measured since living in WI. It's strong but it gets sore VERY quickly. Luckily I have my friend Jack Daniels and this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Back to winter here. Drive home from work had the kitchen sink thrown at me...rain, sleet, and wet gloppy snowflakes. Mainly wind driven flakes here right now. Seems a bit earlier than predicted. I'll take it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wisconsinwx Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Radar really looking good with a steady moderate snow at the moment, along with plenty of wind to blow it around. The one caveat is it was difficult to get accumulation very quickly at first, due to the amount of heavy rain that fell prior to the changeover. Now that it's dark, that process is becoming a tad easier, along with slowly falling or steady temps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janetjanet998 Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 yikes PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 426 PM CST THU DEC 20 2012 .TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON .DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE. ..REMARKS.. 0230 PM BLIZZARD 8 N GALESBURG 41.07N 90.38W 12/20/2012 KNOX IL LAW ENFORCEMENT JACK-KNIFED SEMI ACROSS BOTH LANES OF WESTBOUND/NORTHBOUND INTERSTATE 74 BLOCKING TRAFFIC. CARS BACKED UP 8 MILES IN BOTH LANES AS OF 430 PM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 And Andy, sweet photos. Thanks so much for posting those for the snow starved. And congrats on getting shellacked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 TSSN in the MKE area, with a few strikes showing up on the USPLN feed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 still 45 with rain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundersnow12 Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Snowing here now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidwestChaser Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Rain getting slushy in addison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Rent Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Seeing reports on various social media pages of mix falling in Indianapolis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoar_Frost Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Switch-over to snow occurred here in Geneva about 25 minutes ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyhb Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 yikes That area had the strongest progged winds last night on the RAP/NAM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchaumburgStormer Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Radar trends looking blah, My blizz warning says 6-9, I will be exstatic with 2-3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowlover2 Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Seeing reports on various social media pages of mix falling in Indianapolis. Sounds right. Local met sowed the radar and it looked like snow was moving in to Indy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gosaints Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 I need new tires. Lol there is a layer of ice under that snow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magoos0728 Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Wow-Snow is coming down at a really amazing pace here on the east side of Kenosha. About 1.7 miles from the lake. Snow is covering cars and some grassy areas. An amazing amount of rain today--despite the reports coming from the north and west, I'm glad to have seen that much water landing. Hoping for a few hours of snow at this pace..... http://www.rwic.und.edu/cache/loop.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelson Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 And Andy, sweet photos. Thanks so much for posting those for the snow starved. And congrats on getting shellacked. No worries, been a blast! So, I might get banned for saying this, but IMHO and from MY perspective, this storm has been better GHD. Now, I was up in Sheboygan and we didn't the brunt of the storm for GHD but it was still pretty sweet. For OVERALL experience, this has been better. We are going to be pushing 20" when all said and done. I'm not even going to bother trying to measure at this point. Will wait to til the morning and see what I can do. Good luck to the rest of you that are now seeing snow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Seeing reports on various social media pages of mix falling in Indianapolis. Indy could do well, relatively speaking. Seems radar has the southern part of the band (in central IL) pointed at them...as long as it holds together as it heads east. Getting re-dryslotted here in the LAF. Was nice to see some flakes while they lasted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeastFromTheEast Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Coming down nicely! Grass whiting up quickly even with the near inch of liquid soaked into it.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted December 20, 2012 Author Share Posted December 20, 2012 Multiple reports of overturned semis in IL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Roads greasing up around MKE? Just in time for rush hour ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Bowme's backyard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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