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January 13-21st Clippers/Hybrids


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not that it matters to me, but it would have kinda been cool if somewhere right in Chicago was the jackpot, since a great band is more rare there than NW IN.

 

7-9" of (almost) pure lake effect snow is still quite impressive for Chicago, given how rare it is to get those type of organized bands to blow west off Lake Michigan for so long.

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT  

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL  

656 PM CST TUE JAN 21 2014  


0230 PM HEAVY SNOW N GRIFFITH 41.52N 87.42W  

01/21/2014 E24.0 INCH LAKE IN STORM CHASER  

 

MEASUREMENTS RANGED FROM 18 TO 24 INCHES JUST NORTH OF  

GRIFFITH.  


0640 PM HEAVY SNOW GRIFFITH 41.52N 87.42W  

01/21/2014 M22.3 INCH LAKE IN TRAINED SPOTTER  

 

LAKE EFFECT STORM TOTAL. 1 TO 4 INCH PER HOUR RATES. 11  

INCHES FELL BETWEEN 8AM AND 1030 AM. LOCATION ON EAST  

MAIN STREET IN GRIFFITH ACROSS FROM GRIFFITH AIRPORT.  

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I expect almost the entire area in purple to get 8+.  It's possible those kind of amounts extend outside of that zone, especially farther east, but just don't have enough confidence yet.  The area in lighter purple is the zone I'm particularly interested in for a potential jackpot but it's really going to be a nowcast thing.

 

 

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This map turned out to not be very good.  Band was more focused and less transitory than I thought.  One bright spot is that the jackpot occurred within the area I thought it would. 

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Limited number of reports made this a big challenge but here's my best guess on totals in Lake county IN from yesterday based on the available reports and radar.  These gradients are certainly not perfect but it gives a general idea of what happened.

 

The contours are 8", 12", 16", 20".  I didn't draw a 24" contour though some areas within the 20" area did get 2 feet. 

 

 

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