Chicago Storm Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 10.9" the final total at ORD. Closer to reality, but probably still 2-4" off. 0400 PM SNOW OHARE AIRPORT 41.98N 87.90W01/02/2014 M10.9 INCH COOK IL OFFICIAL NWS OBS3 DAY STORM TOTAL. 1.7 INCHES SINCE NOON TO BRING DAILYTOTAL TO 5.8 INCHES. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue60007 Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 Calling the total at my place at 4.7" . Picked up a fresh 1.8" since this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeenerWx Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 Light lake effect snow finally made its way over here, should get better as the evening wears on. Still only thinking 1-2", but we'll see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilbertfly Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 9.4" @ 11:30... Storm total around 9.6" .... Nearly 6 inches due to LE or enhancement as far as I could tell... it snowed for nearly 50 hours straight at my location...best rates were Tuesday mid-afternoon as the baro zone was sliding to the north and passing overhead....and then also, obviously, today during some of the better LE banding... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormtrackertf Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 That lake effect band that just rolled through Detroit was legit. Dropped almost a half of an inch of snow in a half hour, bringing my storm total to 10.5".Still snowing, albeit lightly and on its way out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vortex Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 Ended up with close to 5" here. 3" of that was lake effect, which I can't remember ever getting that much lake effect down here. Not much snow but was fun to witness such a rare event for here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McDude Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 12.3" at Midway. Top 5 storm for me. I think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 7.5" here and the lake effect snowband is over the area, probably snowing the hardest all event right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 The storm total was 9.9" over 3 days at Toledo (up to 5PM eastern time). My parents say they had significant drifting at their place. This is really one of the top storm totals for Toledo of all time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidwestChaser Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 10.5" final at ORD? If so, joke of a total. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 Ended up with close to 5" here. 3" of that was lake effect, which I can't remember ever getting that much lake effect down here. Not much snow but was fun to witness such a rare event for here. Nice photo. LES delivered for you. I got you beat by a 1/2" or so. We were close in the end...but took two different paths to get there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AppsRunner Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 The storm total was 9.9" over 3 days at Toledo (up to 5PM eastern time). My parents say they had significant drifting at their place. This is really one of the top storm totals for Toledo of all time. If you include Dec. 31st I'm getting a storm total of 10.2" at KTOL. Light snow is still falling across the area too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 16.4" final total here. Matched the late February total last year. Only 0.5" after 7:30am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 10.5" final at ORD? If so, joke of a total. 2" behind MDW despite better returns for 95% of the event. 'copter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 Well guys.....after 47 hours of continuous snow...it appears to be finally coming to an end here. The roads are about as bad as Ive seen them with the blowing and drifting snow, cars getting stuck everywhere because the rutted snow in unplowed streets is well over a foot deep. I understand the advisory aspect, but the impact is warning+. The wind of today had created very interesting drifts. We had 2.5" of additional snow since 8am imby, with 0.15" of water equivalent...and I measured that by using the catch in my snowcan as the board was drifted over. Luckily it was only this last part of the storm that was somewhat hard to measure. Snow depth is 10", but my yard there are spots as low as 6" and as high as 17". Storm totals..... Part 1: Snow 1.4", Precip 0.07"....Timeframe: 1am - 3pm December 31st Part 2: Snow 11.6", Precip 0.64". Timeframe: 8pm December 31st - 7pm January 2nd SO.....47-hour storm total snow 11.6"....December 31-January 2nd total 66-hour snowfall 13.0" on 0.71" of liquid. This storms duration is one that will definitely be stored in the memory bank. Are you guys further west including that first little impulse (Dec 30/31) in your storm totals? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allsnow Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 Close to a foot in Naperville? Anyone confirm this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 Close to a foot in Naperville? Anyone confirm this? totally believable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janetjanet998 Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 10.9" the final total at ORD. Closer to reality, but probably still 2-4" off. 16.1 Elk Grove village I wonder if lot will correct it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Caplan rant aside. A massive portion of LOT saw 12"+ totals with cold surface temps and roads/traffic were by and large totally fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchaumburgStormer Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Caplan rant aside. A massive portion of LOT saw 12"+ totals with cold surface temps and roads/traffic were by and large totally fine. Super long duration ftw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchaumburgStormer Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 10.5" final at ORD? If so, joke of a total. Doesn't affect me, but I would be pretty angry if some botched measuring screwed me on this.. http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Suburban-Jewelers-Offer-150000-in-Refunds-if-Snow-Reaches-3-in-New-Years-Day-238282471.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunder Road Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 2" behind MDW despite better returns for 95% of the event. 'copter I wonder if ORD is using the new snow-measuring guidelines (and hence, didn't account for compaction) while MDW didn't? Over such a long-duration event with high ratio snow, it certainly seems possible that that accounted for 2" or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted January 3, 2014 Author Share Posted January 3, 2014 Enough snow to move around with a shovel. Maybe 0.6" or some such. Not too disappointed, even with the hefty totals to the SW, because I knew this was never meant to be for Toronto. Now, if Sunday's storm find's a way to fudge me, I'll be spending a bit of time in the complaint thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 I wonder if ORD is using the new snow-measuring guidelines (and hence, didn't account for compaction) while MDW didn't? Over such a long-duration event with high ratio snow, it certainly seems possible that that accounted for 2" or so. They shouldn't be. http://www.americanwx.com/bb/index.php/topic/41853-new-nws-snow-measurement-guide/?p=2504359 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 I wonder if ORD is using the new snow-measuring guidelines (and hence, didn't account for compaction) while MDW didn't? Over such a long-duration event with high ratio snow, it certainly seems possible that that accounted for 2" or so. They weren't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Put this together real quick...Just a few of the final totals along with the ORD total. Somewhere in the 12-15" range seems more reasonable...Which would put it in the territory of the 10th biggest snowstorm on record (14.3" - 3/25-26/1970). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted January 3, 2014 Author Share Posted January 3, 2014 Are you guys further west including that first little impulse (Dec 30/31) in your storm totals? I wouldn't. That was a completely distinct system. Completely separate sfc low and ul short wave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McDude Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Caplan rant aside. A massive portion of LOT saw 12"+ totals with cold surface temps and roads/traffic were by and large totally fine. Yeah. I took quite the trip to roseland this morning and only took 5 minutes longer than usual Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundersnow12 Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Must of been a bad Batavia screw zone if Naperville got a foot and I got just over 7" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 15" report is p close to me. I'll ride with that as a storm total. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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