hawkeye_wx Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Have a bit over 2 inches on my deck. It let up for a bit, but it's pouring small flakes again. CR is sitting on the west edge of the best precip plume. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 from IWX HAVE NOT MADE MANY ADJUSTMENTS TO FORECASTED SNOWFALL AMOUNTS...ALTHOUGH SOME CONCERNS BEGINNING TO TAKE SHAPE IN REALIZING THESE AMOUNTS. STRONGER UPPER VORT MAX NOW APPEARS TO BE LIFTING THROUGH NORTHERN/WESTERN MISSOURI. THIS SHORT WAVE SHOULD LIFT INTO THE AREA OVERNIGHT BUT WEDGE OF MUCH DRIER MID LEVEL AIR WILL ALSO RAPIDLY ADVECT NORTHWARD WITH THIS FORCING. MAY SEND A LATE EVENING UPDATE TO SLIGHTLY LOWER PREVIOUS ACCUMULATIONS BASED ON CURRENT TRENDS Southern MI, take note! DTX is sticking with 1-2". Which is a lowball forecast per every latest model (NAM, RAP, RGEM) except the GFS (which would be much closer to 2" than 1"). I know its nowcast time and stuff, but its interesting in that we were never really in the game until today here. It was supposed to disintegrate to a few hours of light snow here, and clearly that wont be the case unless every model is wrong. Feeling good for a 4-hour thump of snow here. Like everything else this winter, this will not be a big storm here, but snowfall potential seems to get better as the event nears, rather than worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue60007 Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 quite the round of pingers coming through Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chitown Storm Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Chicago tv mets finally acknowledging the fact that snowfall totals aren't going to materialize. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indystorm Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 23 and still waiting here in Elkhart as that dry air really eats into the oncoming precip from the sw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Pure rippage continues here. Probably 1-1.5" in the last hour or so. Heavy snow about to taper down though as the main band lifts north. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue60007 Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 quite the round of pingers coming through ugh, the flashbacks.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TugHillMatt Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 DTX is sticking with 1-2". Which is a lowball forecast per every latest model (NAM, RAP, RGEM) except the GFS (which would be much closer to 2" than 1"). I know its nowcast time and stuff, but its interesting in that we were never really in the game until today here. It was supposed to disintegrate to a few hours of light snow here, and clearly that wont be the case unless every model is wrong. Feeling good for a 4-hour thump of snow here. Like everything else this winter, this will not be a big storm here, but snowfall potential seems to get better as the event nears, rather than worse. GRR is still thinking 1 to 2 inches. I will have trouble picking on them again if they get this one right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchaumburgStormer Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Light snow out here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Lake flurries have turned back on here within the last 15 minutes. Flurries increasing. Small flakes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundersnow12 Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 pretty good sleet/snow mix right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Reports of snow near MDW now. Waiting for this snow is like watching paint dry . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchaumburgStormer Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Ugh. Pingers. Algonquin already called a snow day for tomorrow. Oops Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmc76 Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Ugh. Pingers. Algonquin already called a snow day for tomorrow. Oops Snow days for 2-3" of snow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natester Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Just went outside for a bit. I'd say there is about 2.5 inches on the ground. Also, the crows still haven't gone to bed. I've seen numerous crows perched on a tree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Back to light snow here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchaumburgStormer Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Very slow rate of accumulation as the snow is tainted with sleet. Am going to be lucky to pull out an inch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 With the snow becoming more showery here I doubt we see much more than maybe another inch. Haven't measured but eyeballing it looks like about 1.5" so far. Surprised to hear about the sleet reports up there by Chicago. Didn't know sleet was gonna make it that far north. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunder Road Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Solid dusting here at Valpo. Fine flakes but coming down hard. I suck at estimating visibility so I won't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natester Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Forecast for Cedar Rapids. REST OF TONIGHT...BLUSTERY SNOW. NEW SNOW ACCUMULATION AROUND 3 INCHES. LOW IN THE LOWER 20S. EAST WIND 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH. CHANCE OF SNOW NEAR 100 PERCENT. >_> Um, we are already very close to 3 inches and by the looks of the radar, we aren't going to get dryslotted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowMeHunter Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 So sounds like you got 3" more coming. Congrats and good luck. Time to take a nap until about 1 or 2 am and hopefully the snow is close to starting then.. gl all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Should be snowing at ORD now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wisconsinwx Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 With the snow becoming more showery here I doubt we see much more than maybe another inch. Haven't measured but eyeballing it looks like about 1.5" so far. Surprised to hear about the sleet reports up there by Chicago. Didn't know sleet was gonna make it that far north. Always expect the worst, dry air to dominate and at the same time precip type issues where there were expected to be none. It's called this rotten pattern (though I have my fingers crossed that will change). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtlehurricane Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Snow underway in Madison, quickly accumulating on top of the coating of freezing drizzle. That east wind is ripping, feels like a real storm. Radar is getting me excited, this thing means business: http://tempest.aos.wisc.edu/radar/mw3compflash.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeastFromTheEast Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Snow underway in Madison, quickly accumulating on top of the coating of freezing drizzle. That east wind is ripping, feels like a real storm. Radar is getting me excited, this thing means business: http://tempest.aos.wisc.edu/radar/mw3compflash.html Yeah that radar looks real good. Can see the nice precip explosion in W. IL too.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wisconsinwx Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 There are some signs pointing to this event still being legit imby, but other signs it may be a bust. Models would say I'm good to go for 3-4", but I could still be pessimistic and say 2.4" or halve that and go with 1.2". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chitown Storm Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Absolutely ripping right now in Aurora. Visibility is close to zero. I haven't seen it snow this hard since GHD storm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeastFromTheEast Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Absolutely ripping right now in Aurora. Visibility is close to zero. I haven't seen it snow this hard since GHD storm. Nice Good sign for up here! Wildwisconsinwx: Did you even look at that radar shot TH posted? We are in solid position to see the official forecast (4-6") verify.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchaumburgStormer Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Finally ripping good. Small flakes. Not the hardest I have seen it snow this season (the rain to heavy, huge snowflakes when Geos got bombed) but good enough. If only the 2-3 hour "front end thump" of this would have held on... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wisconsinwx Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Nice Good sign for up here! Wildwisconsinwx: Did you even look at that radar shot TH posted? We are in solid position to see the official forecast (4-6") verify.. Oh I did, trust me, things are ramping up at a good time, but I have tended to be on the pessimistic side lately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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