Stebo Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 Nothing like a New Years Day snowstorm with a temp of 12 degrees! Powder wonderland outside. Round 1: NYE 12am-3pm: 1.4" Main show: NYE 10pm-145pm: 4.5"....Depth closer to 5" than 6" from a slight bit of settling...with a long long ways to go I remain adamant that DTX will bust for south of Detroit. They did raise amounts from 4-6" to 4-7" lol but that would mean I will see 2" or less with about 24 hours of snow to go It is hard to understand their WWA, I actually read that as 4-7" additional, but I can see it read your way as well. Locally I have around 3 1/2" I'd estimate, haven't had a chance to actually measure though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 Pics from 1-2 hrs ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ajdos Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 Nothing like a New Years Day snowstorm with a temp of 12 degrees! Powder wonderland outside. Round 1: NYE 12am-3pm: 1.4" Main show: NYE 10pm-145pm: 4.5"....Depth closer to 5" than 6" from a slight bit of settling...with a long long ways to go I remain adamant that DTX will bust for south of Detroit. They did raise amounts from 4-6" to 4-7" lol but that would mean I will see 2" or less with about 24 hours of snow to go Really, you got 4.5? That's awesome. Around an inch up here thus far.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrisale Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 Haven't posted in a bit but watching the winter classic and its epic. Snowfall rates look pretty solid and accumulating quickly on the ice. Hilarious and awesome game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huronicane Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 Up to 6" at my humble abode. 1" in the last 90 minutes. Can't wait to see what this next band brings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 It is hard to understand their WWA, I actually read that as 4-7" additional, but I can see it read your way as well. Locally I have around 3 1/2" I'd estimate, haven't had a chance to actually measure though. I suppose thats possible....it is long duration...but umm...its 12 degrees lol. There is no melting on anything untreated. Isnt 8" in 24 hours a warning? I suspect its certainly possible...as we have about 8 hours to hit the 24-hour mark of the main wave, and I think 3.5+ is certainly attainable in 8 hours if that banding does continue to increase as forecast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ajdos Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 Almost 5" here with hopefully double that overnight into tomorrow! Barely any wind so the snow is sticking everywhere Pic I took at the Cleveland Metroparks today: gumballs1.jpg Such a cool picture.. Very Nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Global_Warmer Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 Someone in the STL metro will get a jackpot of 7-8". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 From about an hour ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 It appears lake enhancement is making it as far inland as McHenry and Kane Co's in NE. IL. 1/4M vis at RAC/ENW/UGN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 17Z HRRR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 Nice pics Geos. You need to open a ski resort up there on the mt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 Nah, they probably have had about 4" in ARB...I have had 4.5"+ since the main round began...due east of Ann Arbor in a W-E snowband. I was kidding. He was measuring snow on top of the boards, thus my comment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 Really, you got 4.5? That's awesome. Around an inch up here thus far.. Yup...as of 145pm I had 4.5".....I may even challenge my 8.4" from Dec 14th (though this is longer duration). Ill have to wait to see storm postmortum as to how I want to sort it out...but I may consider Dec 31-Jan 2 snowfall as one event. We RARELY have storms/events that span more than 2 calendar days, but I see other NWS offices often consider 3 and even 4 day events as 1 "storm", even with large gaps in snow (i believe the infamous PD storm on the east coast was listed as Feb 14-18, 2003). The event so far has been: Dec 31: Snow from 1am to 8am (0.6") then a 4 hour break before snow resumed under an unexpected lake band. The snow lasted til 4pm and dropped another 0.8". Then there was one more 4-hour break before light snow resumed at 8pm and it has been snowing ever since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 Nice pics Geos. You need to open a ski resort up there on the mt. Thanks. Yeah, I'd probably do good business. Kenosha Co. just included in the LES warning. WIZ072-020315- /O.UPG.KMKX.LE.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140102T2100Z/ /O.EXA.KMKX.LE.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140102T2100Z/ KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...KENOSHA 108 PM CST WED JAN 1 2014 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THURSDAY. THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY. THE SNOW SHOWERS MAY BE MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 6 INCHES HAS ALREADY OCCURRED AND AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 4 INCHES WILL YIELD TOTALS OF 7 TO 10 INCHES. * IMPACTS...THE SNOW WILL CREATE SLIPPERY DRIVING CONDITIONS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janetjanet998 Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 LOT /DISCUSSION...UPDATED 18Z... UPPER LEVEL WAVE OVER THE PLAINS HAS PUSHED SUBTLE CHANGE IN FLOW ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS. INCREASINGLY WSW FLOW ALOFT WILL SHIFT WIDESPREAD WEST-EAST SNOW BAND SOUTH. SATELLITE INDICATIVE TO WEAKENING OF LARGE SCALE SNOW BAND SO INTENSITY EXPECTED TO DECREASE THROUGH AFTERNOON. NEXT CONCERN FOR THE AFTERNOON IS ENHANCED FLOW OFF LAKE MICHIGAN. SNOW BAND AND ASSOCIATED EMBEDDED HEAVIER BANDS HAVE EXPANDED GRADUALLY INLAND TOWARDS A QUASISTATIONARY SEEMINGLY CONVERGENCE LINE EXTENDING NEAR ORD AND MDW. OVERALL TRENDS INDICATE WEAKENING IN RADAR RETURNS SO SNOWFALL WILL LIKELY LESSEN AND AS A RESULT VISIBILITIES WOULD TREND HIGHER EARLIER. LAKE EFFECT SNOWBANDS TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND ORGANIZE INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. CONFIDENCE REMAINS RATHER LOW AS TO LOCATION OF LAKE EFFECT SQUALLS WHICH WILL GREATLY IMPACT VISIBILITIES NOT TO MENTION SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION RATES. DZ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 I was kidding. He was measuring snow on top of the boards, thus my comment. Ahh gotcha lol. I just tuned in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 LOT /DISCUSSION...UPDATED 18Z... UPPER LEVEL WAVE OVER THE PLAINS HAS PUSHED SUBTLE CHANGE IN FLOW ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS. INCREASINGLY WSW FLOW ALOFT WILL SHIFT WIDESPREAD WEST-EAST SNOW BAND SOUTH. SATELLITE INDICATIVE TO WEAKENING OF LARGE SCALE SNOW BAND SO INTENSITY EXPECTED TO DECREASE THROUGH AFTERNOON. NEXT CONCERN FOR THE AFTERNOON IS ENHANCED FLOW OFF LAKE MICHIGAN. SNOW BAND AND ASSOCIATED EMBEDDED HEAVIER BANDS HAVE EXPANDED GRADUALLY INLAND TOWARDS A QUASISTATIONARY SEEMINGLY CONVERGENCE LINE EXTENDING NEAR ORD AND MDW. OVERALL TRENDS INDICATE WEAKENING IN RADAR RETURNS SO SNOWFALL WILL LIKELY LESSEN AND AS A RESULT VISIBILITIES WOULD TREND HIGHER EARLIER. LAKE EFFECT SNOWBANDS TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND ORGANIZE INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. CONFIDENCE REMAINS RATHER LOW AS TO LOCATION OF LAKE EFFECT SQUALLS WHICH WILL GREATLY IMPACT VISIBILITIES NOT TO MENTION SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION RATES. DZ weak sauce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ajdos Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 Yup...as of 145pm I had 4.5".....I may even challenge my 8.4" from Dec 14th (though this is longer duration). Ill have to wait to see storm postmortum as to how I want to sort it out...but I may consider Dec 31-Jan 2 snowfall as one event. We RARELY have storms/events that span more than 2 calendar days, but I see other NWS offices often consider 3 and even 4 day events as 1 "storm", even with large gaps in snow (i believe the infamous PD storm on the east coast was listed as Feb 14-18, 2003). The event so far has been: Dec 31: Snow from 1am to 8am (0.6") then a 4 hour break before snow resumed under an unexpected lake band. The snow lasted til 4pm and dropped another 0.8". Then there was one more 4-hour break before light snow resumed at 8pm and it has been snowing ever since. Awesome, well expect snow to continue thru most of the day, so yeah you could be up there! Good luck .. I may be closer to the 4-6" total hopefully.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuanis Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 We're at just about 10" for the event so far, with another 1.4" down since I last measured, bringing our snow total between the three measurements I've made to 9.8" here in Libertyville. Cleared the snow off the drive about a half hour ago and took some photos around the property. Winter wonderland. Rates are picking back up and we're finally starting to see the big fatty flakes again thanks to the lake: http://ustre.am/16Txc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michigansnowstorm Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 Awesome, well expect snow to continue thru most of the day, so yeah you could be up there! Good luck .. I may be closer to the 4-6" total hopefully.. Looks like the bands are coming more north now and hopefully will continues west to east through tomorrow so we can get our 4-6. DTX did issue Winter Weather Advisories now for Oakland and Macomb also so they must see that the snow is coming more north than earlier thought Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 nice pics! ^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 killing it^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmc76 Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 Amazing pics @Tuanis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 HRRR really favors ORD today. Great pics Tuanis. I got this kind of shovel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 tuanis is hardcore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 HRRR really favors ORD today. Great pics Tuanis. I got this kind of shovel. 140101_0001.jpg video demonstration plz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 video demonstration plz. I'll have to do that sometime, but in the meantime if you look up "snow wovel" you will find some. With the 26" wide scoop you can move more snow quicker and throw it farther with the leverage of the wheel. I cleared my driveway in about half the normal time. I've seen those shovels Tuanis has, but never worked with one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 Coach's clicker take on the system, based off current radar. Green circle stuff moves off to the ENE...red ESE, and blue E. MCI-STL-IND-CMH corridor could do well with the good look to the southern part of the radar. 17z RAP shows this as well. 1-2", lean more 1 than 2, sounds good here...better south. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 1.5" so far today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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