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January 13-21st Clippers/Hybrids


Chicago Storm

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LOT goes SPS, depending how the snow tomorrow evening plays out, with the winds it could be quite interesting.

 

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
547 PM CST MON JAN 13 2014

ILZ003>006-008-010>014-019>023-032-033-039-INZ001-002-010-011-019-
140400-
WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE IL-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE-DUPAGE-COOK-
LA SALLE-KENDALL-GRUNDY-WILL-KANKAKEE-LIVINGSTON-IROQUOIS-FORD-
LAKE IN-PORTER-NEWTON-JASPER-BENTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...BELVIDERE...WOODSTOCK...
WAUKEGAN...OREGON...DIXON...DEKALB...AURORA...WHEATON...CHICAGO...
OTTAWA...OSWEGO...MORRIS...JOLIET...KANKAKEE...PONTIAC...
WATSEKA...PAXTON...GARY...VALPARAISO...MOROCCO...RENSSELAER...
FOWLER
547 PM CST MON JAN 13 2014 /647 PM EST MON JAN 13 2014/

...INTENSE BAND OF SNOW POSSIBLE TUESDAY MORNING WITH MORE SNOW
AND STRONG WINDS POSSIBLE TUESDAY EVENING...

A POTENT ALBERTA CLIPPER WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS
TUESDAY AFTERNOON. AS THIS SYSTEM APPROACHES...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA BY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. THE SNOW SHOULD
ONSET BY DAYBREAK ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS. IT APPEARS THE SNOW
COULD FALL MODERATELY TO HEAVILY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND
NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80 FOR A 2 TO 3 HOUR PERIOD THROUGH LATE
MORNING. DURING THIS TIME...A QUICK 1 TO 2 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED
HIGHER AMOUNTS...COULD FALL. THIS SNOWFALL APPEARS THAT IT WILL
ADVERSELY IMPACT THE MORNING RUSH ACROSS THE AREA. THE SNOW WILL
BECOME VERY LIGHT OR EVEN STOP EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
HOWEVER...SNOW SHOWERS WILL REDEVELOP BY EARLY TUESDAY EVENING AND
CONTINUE INTO THE NIGHT. THIS COULD PRODUCE ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES
OF SNOW ACROSS NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE AREA. IT CURRENTLY APPEARS
THE HIGHEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL OCCUR TO THE NORTH OF INTERSTATE
80.

WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY OUT OF THE WEST NORTHWEST
BY EARLY TUESDAY EVENING. WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS
POTENTIALLY IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH APPEAR PROBABLE TUESDAY EVENING.
THIS IN COMBINATION WITH ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL COULD RESULT IN LOW
VISIBILITIES WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
MOTORISTS PLANNING TRAVEL ACROSS THE AREA TUESDAY MORNING AND
TUESDAY EVENING...SHOULD PREPARE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS
AND CONSIDER ALLOWING ADDITIONAL TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATIONS.
 

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What are you thinking?

 

Central WI will need a winter storm warning if one hasn't been put out yet, for your area I'm thinking there is good chance of 3-5" overnight, for here in the metro, although the RUC shows heavier snows I think it will settle just south of the metro, with MSP at about 3.5"  My self up here in the north metro could be lucky to see 2"

 

The 21z HOP WRF seems be in agreement

 

hopwrfe-4pcaccumsnow-18.png

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Central WI will need a winter storm warning if one hasn't been put out yet, for your area I'm thinking there is good chance of 3-5" overnight, for here in the metro, although the RUC shows heavier snows I think it will settle just south of the metro, with MSP at about 3.5"  My self up here in the north metro could be lucky to see 2"

 

The 21z HOP WRF seems be in agreement

 

hopwrfe-4pcaccumsnow-18.png

 

So what are your thoughts on Milwaukee?

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So what are your thoughts on Milwaukee?

 

Sorry, I'm not real good with how the lake will effect this system

 

Edit:

 

First of all I'm not all that confident where the surface and 850mb low will set up, my guess would be if one or both track over the ORD area you could get some lake effect snow, but to be quite honest my knowledge of lake effect snows is very limited.  First of all is the lake open?

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This one will be interesting to watch over the next few hours, the sfc low is already south of most guidance. The GFS is close but it's actually stronger currently.

998.2mb low in northern SD as of 1z.

attachicon.gifsd sfc.png

Isn't it rare to see snow accumulations south of a clipper track? And any concern warm air drawn north will cause mixed precip in Chicago area?
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And what are you seeing on a WV loop?

 

A 1002 mb low setting near the junction of the MN/SD/ND border

 

Edit: you can see it if you go to the COD page, under weather analysis and tools.  Click on the North Central tab and chose water vapor, once you see that click on the products menu and you can  see the surface pressure plus the wind streamlines.

 

http://weather.cod.edu/satrad/

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DVN pulls a WWA for the northern counties. Mainly for blowing snow.

 

 

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 6 PM CST
TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR STRONG WINDS WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHICH
IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY.

* TIMING...EARLY TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY EVENING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 2 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.

* VISIBILITIES...LESS THAN A MILE ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS.

* TEMPERATURES...FALLING INTO THE MID 20S.

* WIND CHILL READINGS...AS LOW AS 5 ABOVE.

* IMPACTS...LOW VISIBILITIES AND SLIPPERY DRIVING CONDITIONS.

 

Wagons north -

Bo should be pleased.

 rgem_snow_acc_mw_14.png

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