cyclone77 Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Been snowing lightly for an hour or so. Maybe a tenth or two. I have a hunch the 6-7" the RAP was forecasting here about 4hrs ago is gonna bust lawlz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Lol.....a couple inches would work for me. That is actually even more than I thought it would show. I am just ready to graduate out of the "inch or less" class. I hear you. Good luck! I titled this for the 13th-14th in case there were multiple waves...might as well keep it here. Works for me. Maybe a little white down that way as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Wow, it's actually sleeting with the light snow now. Didn't expect that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wisconsinwx Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Pretty decent sleet started here a short while ago. Definitely quite loud and steady, we don't get sleet and freezing rain around here that often it seems, thankfully. Hopefully it's brief before it changes to snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hm8 Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 You can see the effect of the low level dry air on the DTX radar really well right now...I assume that's whats up with the apparent donut hole in the radar returns - further away where the radar is sampling higher levels the air is already saturated, but not at the surface yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchaumburgStormer Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Sleet continues here, even in the heaver returns. If the same thing occurs at ORD, Alek's futility record will be safe by a wide margin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wisconsinwx Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Sleet continues here, even in the heaver returns. If the same thing occurs at ORD, Alek's futility record will be safe by a wide margin. Embrace the sleet! It's basically the most interesting weather our region has had in a year or two. The penny and nickel snow events are less interesting than this, imo. Sleet is accumulating pretty good on our patio rug/tarp outside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchaumburgStormer Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Embrace the sleet! It's basically the most interesting weather our region has had in a year or two. The penny and nickel snow events are less interesting than this, imo. Sleet is accumulating pretty good on our patio rug/tarp outside. Hahaha, I never thought I would be so happy to hear sleet tinging off the window. Makes a perfect backdrop to the niners destruction of the packers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted January 13, 2013 Author Share Posted January 13, 2013 Latest ob out of Dekalb shows light snow but a report just came in from there with freezing rain and a temp of 26. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunder Road Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 btw, here's our sounding that completed about an hour ago: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted January 13, 2013 Author Share Posted January 13, 2013 Maybe a little white down that way as well? Looks like it. How much TBD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wisconsinwx Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Hahaha, I never thought I would be so happy to hear sleet tinging off the window. Makes a perfect backdrop to the niners destruction of the packers. You're lucky I'm not a football fan, Bowme would rip you a new one haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TugHillMatt Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Embrace the sleet! It's basically the most interesting weather our region has had in a year or two. The penny and nickel snow events are less interesting than this, imo. Sleet is accumulating pretty good on our patio rug/tarp outside. Sleet takes longer to melt too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchaumburgStormer Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Latest ob out of Dekalb shows light snow but a report just came in from there with freezing rain and a temp of 26.Yep, moderate freezing rain just started, some sleet mixed in.Edit: switched to all freezing rain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Embrace the sleet! It's basically the most interesting weather our region has had in a year or two. The penny and nickel snow events are less interesting than this, imo. Sleet is accumulating pretty good on our patio rug/tarp outside. Sleet takes longer to melt too. I don't think we had any sleet last winter. That's a silver lining! I got about 0.4" of sleet and bascially a trace of snow mixed in it. Down to 27° now. I would think this sleet has to give up pretty soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luftfeuchtigkeit Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Steady light snow, dusting accumulated now. 24/15 so hasn't entirely saturated. Probably going to be tough to get more than an inch here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowlover2 Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Well this is interesting. MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0022 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 1047 PM CST SAT JAN 12 2013 AREAS AFFECTED...SRN INDIANA...NRN KY...SWRN OH CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH POSSIBLE VALID 130447Z - 130615Z PROBABILITY OF WATCH ISSUANCE...40 PERCENT SUMMARY...STORMS WILL AFFECT THE REGION WITH LOCALLY SEVERE WINDS POSSIBLE. DISCUSSION...A STRONGLY FORCED LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS NOW ALONG THE IL/INDIANA BORDER WILL AFFECT MUCH OF SRN IND AND NRN KY ALONG THE OH RIVER OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...AND MAY PERSIST INTO SWRN OH. SURFACE ANALYSIS INDICATES MODERATE PRESSURE FALLS AHEAD OF THIS EVOLVING FEATURE...WHERE STRONG WARM ADVECTION WAS OCCURRING DUE TO A 50+ KT LOW LEVEL JET. MARGINAL INSTABILITY HAS DEVELOPED AS THE WARM FRONT LIFTS NWD...WITH MUCAPE ON THE ORDER OF 100-300 J/KG INTO SRN IND AND SWRN OH. ALTHOUGH SHEAR IS VERY STRONG...WIDESPREAD SEVERE IS UNLIKELY DUE TO VERY POOR LAPSE RATE PROFILES. HOWEVER...MECHANICAL MIXING MAY RESULT IN LOCALLY SEVERE WINDS AS THIS LINE PASSES...AND THIS COULD EXTEND AS FAR E AS WRN OH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Finally the snow is coming down at a good clip out there. Was very surprised to have that period of sleet 45mins ago or so. Had been all snow before that. Temp down to 22. Snow surprisingly stuck to paved surfaces right off the bat, even after temps in the 50s all last night and early this morning. Probably have close to a half inch so far. Back edge of the snow isn't all that far away, so my inch prediction may end up pretty close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huronicane Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Freezing rain here Dual pol data really tells the story tonight: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Pretty wide swath of glazing and sleet in IL. http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/404/jan123.jpg/'> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 The non-Euro models were right about this system for Iowa... little moisture back into the deeper cold air. I saw a few flakes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janetjanet998 Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 light to moderate freezing rain temp 27....but precip aout over meanwhile 1030 PM TSTM WND GST 3 NE LAWRENCEVILLE 38.76N 87.65W 01/12/2013 M75.00 MPH LAWRENCE IL ASOS AT LAWRENCEVILLE AIRPORT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 The snow must start in those heavy returns in McHenry County, NW Lake Co. then? - referring to the dual polar images. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Figured I'd venture out into the snowstorm and brave the elements to capture these compelling photos with my cell phone lol. http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/209/20130112231437.jpg/'>http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/834/20130112231456.jpg/'> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 The snow must start in those heavy returns in McHenry County, NW Lake Co. then? - referring to the dual polar images. Based on Dual Pol and surface OBS, a rough estimate of the change over is from Princeton to DKB to MKE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAFF Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Buckets of rain here near DTW. As for the snow tomorrow, ill take it. Shame everything shifted to the NW but the cold front placement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wisconsinwx Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Based on Dual Pol and surface OBS, a rough estimate of the change over is from Princeton to DKB to MKE. You mean the sleet/freezing rain line, with snow line well to the NW past even Edgerton apparently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Have pretty much escaped the freezing rain here. 90% sleet on the ground. Ground is a weird transparent white shade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 You mean the sleet/freezing rain line, with snow line well to the NW past even Edgerton apparently. You obviously missed the part that said "rough estimate". Clearly mixing is occuring farther north up to SBM, but that has nothing to do with his hood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Pouring down sleet right now! MKX still sticking to 2-3" over SE WI. Actually expanded WWA's west and north. Nice pictures Cyclone. Probably more then I will see tonight the way it's going! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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