Geos Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Major bust in the making for central WI. Banding is trying to organize overhead - not all the snow from it is making it to the ground yet. Flakes looking pretty big in Libertyville, Tuanis. Updated MKX predictions. AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATEDNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI1107 AM CST SUN DEC 8 2013.UPDATE...MODERATE SNOW OCCURRING WITH LAKE EFFECT BAND FROM OZAUKEE COUNTYTHROUGH WAUKESHA/MILWAUKEE AND INTO WALWORTH AND WESTERN RACINECOUNTIES. STARTED WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN MOST OF THIS AREAEARLY TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS BAND. A QUICK 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW ISEXPECTED BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...BEFORE SHIFTING NORTHWARD INTOMAINLY OZAUKEE AND SHEBOYGAN COUNTIES. WASHINGTON COUNTY MAY SEESOME OF THIS BAND AS WELL. WILL HAVE TO MONITOR TRENDS WITH THISBAND...AS IT WILL PRODUCE 1/2 TO 1 INCH PER HOUR SNOWFALL RATES.WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY BEGINS FOR THE REST OF THE AREA AT NOON.DELAYED START IN THE FAR WESTERN COUNTIES...AS ANY SNOW THAT ISFALLING IS FAIRLY LIGHT. MAIN AREA OF MODERATE SNOW IS IN NORTHERNILLINOIS BACK INTO EASTERN IOWA. THIS WILL SHIFT NORTH NORTHEASTINTO THE AREA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT THE SNOW TO LINGERTHROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BEFORE TAPERING OFF FROMSOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST LATER TONIGHT.STILL EXPECTING A GENERAL 3 TO 5 INCHES OF TOTAL ACCUMULATIONACROSS THE AREA...EXCEPT A 4 TO 6 INCH RANGE NEAR LAKE MICHIGANWITH THE CURRENT LAKE EFFECT AND LAKE ENHANCEMENT LATER ON. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevlon62 Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Been coming down a while now for a little dusting in Monee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchaumburgStormer Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Major bust in the making for central WI. Banding is trying to organize overhead - not all the snow from it is making it to the ground yet. Flakes looking pretty big in Libertyville, Tuanis. Updated MKX predictions. They are riding that 3-5 idea into the ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wisconsinwx Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 They are riding that 3-5 idea into the ground. Their attempt at a detailed snow map will likely fail for a good portion of the region anyway. Lowest amounts will be in the far NW, highest amounts near the lake, where they had the lowest amounts in the far SE near the lake, highest amounts in Sheboygan and Ozaukee Counties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Flakes consistently between 0.5-0.75" dia have been falling for ten minutes. Grass whitening up quickly. 24° Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 micro sand flakes...still not sticking .7" call in danger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimillman Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Thinking my 0.3" for ORD will bust slightly low. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuanis Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Flakes looking pretty big in Libertyville, Tuanis. Flake size definitely much more impressive for the past half hour. Snow globe out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chitown Storm Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 micro sand flakes...still not sticking .7" call in danger you live in a screw zone. It's bad when you bust high on a .7" call. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormtrackertf Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Mood flakes in Detroit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wisconsinwx Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 micro sand flakes...still not sticking .7" call in danger I don't think you were expecting any snow before noon, were you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hm8 Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Beginning to dust over here already Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 micro sand flakes...still not sticking .7" call in danger The snow has picked up some here, but the flakes are still only 1/8 inch at best. We will likely need to improve on the size, at least in bursts, to have a shot at 3". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wisconsinwx Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 MKE reported 0.07" of precip through noon. I'd have to imagine that's at least 1" of snow given what Brewers reported from Racine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Flake size definitely much more impressive for the past half hour. Snow globe out there. Ditto. Snow is going bananas here! To my west in Fox Lake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 The snow has picked up some here, but the flakes are still only 1/8 inch at best. We will likely need to improve on the size, at least in bursts, to have a shot at 3". Interesting. Even during the much slower rates flake size here has been decent. Some of the heavier bands have actually had some very beefy flakes. Must be some micro screw holes mixed in with the precip today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Interesting. Even during the much slower rates flake size here has been decent. Some of the heavier bands have actually had some very beefy flakes. Must be some micro screw holes mixed in with the precip today. some of the heavier early banding/virga was over your area...probably a little deeper moisture through the column there nothing but squinters here (NBS) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brewers Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 MKE reported 0.07" of precip through noon. I'd have to imagine that's at least 1" of snow given what Brewers reported from Racine. Their 11AM obs reported an inch of snow so they are probably moving in on 2" Edit: 1.2" at the airport Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Light snow already falling here and starting to dust the ground. Almost no virga. Wasnt expecting this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 I've got 0.5" here, with consistent 0.75" dia. flakes. Roads are a mess now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted December 8, 2013 Author Share Posted December 8, 2013 Mixed flake size here with -SN. About 1/3" down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilbertfly Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL 1220 PM CST SUN DEC 08 2013 1200 PM SNOW 3 SW MIDWAY AIRPORT 41.75N 87.79W 12/08/2013 M0.3 INCH COOK IL CO-OP OBSERVER SNOWFALL TOTAL SO FAR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilbertfly Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 via LOT.... //DISCUSSION...UPDATED 18Z...LIGHT SNOW ONGOING ACROSS ALL THE TERMINALS AT THIS TIME WITHVISIBILITY CONTINUING TO LOWER. DESPITE VIS LOWERING...CEILINGSREMAIN VFR FOR MOST LOCATIONS AT THIS TIME. EXPECT SNOW TOCONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON WITH SNOW INTENSITY INCREASING ANDVIS LOWERING TO AROUND 1 MILE...AS CEILINGS CONTINUE TO LOWER TOMVFR. STILL ANTICIPATE STEADIER IFR/SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTOTHE EARLY EVENING...BEFORE THIS SNOW DIMINISHES WHILE EXITINGAROUND THE 2-5Z TIME FRAME TONIGHT. WITH MVFR CEILINGS LOWERINGTHIS EVENING...GUIDANCE IS HINTING AT THE POSSIBILITY FOR IFRCEILINGS DEVELOPING TONIGHT. CONFIDENCE IS LOW WITH THISPOSSIBILITY...BUT DEFINITELY CANNOT RULE OUT. MVFR CEILINGS WILLREMAIN MONDAY MORNING...SLOWLY IMPROVING THROUGH MID DAY. EASTSOUTHEAST WINDS PREVAIL...AND WILL REMAIN THROUGH THE AFTERNOONWITH GUSTS AROUND 16KT STILL POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL THEN TURN TO THESOUTH AND SOUTHWEST THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...BECOMING MOREWESTERLY ON MONDAY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundersnow12 Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Will be interesting to see what happens over the next few hours as most models have the snow picking up in intensity and coverage out west of here before moving in this evening Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Racine County camera in Caledonia. Looks messy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chitown Storm Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 the snowfall rate has been steady since it started a few hours ago. But I'm noticing an increase in flake size over the last 30 minutes. Roads are slick and covered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunder Road Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 We've got a solid dusting out here at Valpo. Really most things are bare, with some drifts to a coating, haha. It was like this when I woke up about an hour ago and hasn't really changed at all since then, even with snow falling the whole time. They're definitely dendrites, but they're somewhat small. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wisconsinwx Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Racine County camera in Caledonia. Looks messy. MKX Office FB page sounded ominous with numerous accidents and hospitals filled. Hope things are manageable, it shows how important it is to consider LES and warn viewers/listeners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Looks like a good inch down now. Still snowing decently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchaumburgStormer Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Outside here in Cortland. Steady light snow. Accepted an offer on my home today, so we may be down to the last few photos of the bland houses in my current neighborhood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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