BowMeHunter Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 lets get that shed to collapse... lol chad.. is there soemting we should know between you and him? j/k GL sunday! still snowing here.. thought for sure we'd be long done by now by seeing the radar for one time when at around 7 pm and have only a alek DAB call out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OHweather Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 I can't believe snow is reaching the ground here with a spread of 24/1. Radar looks good, I'm hoping to beat 2.4" for the biggest storm I've seen in Athens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundersnow12 Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Love seeing this animation. Using the 6z NAM looping 1hr snowfall totals to get a sense of the rates with this thing. Quite impressive. Have to watch it several times but take DBQ and ORD for example who look like they are firmly in the 1"/hr contour for 3 distinct frames if not heavier rates. Max looks to be on the south side just shy of 2"/hr. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowMeHunter Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 ^ Nice and thanks much for that t-snow. Should be another nice of decent dendrites coming like this past lil one. Hope I didn;t jinx it. Torching up to 30 now. low of 11 is a lil ways off yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeenerWx Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Wow, that is beautiful. Lock it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormtrackertf Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Finally really getting going here in Detroit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chitown Storm Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 A little ice glaze on top of the snow this morning. Temp up to 32. Feels like spring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Radar has just erupted over SEMI in the last 20 minutes. Snowing pretty good down here, just went down to 1 1/2SM. The blowing snow is really increasing now that it is snowing harder too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 well over a foot now. intense snow for about 45 minutes. current radar during that video radar.png At the rate this winter is going your shed might end up completely buried I mean hell the snow is more than halfway up the doors on it. Crazy snowfall intensity there too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 At the rate this winter is going your shed might end up completely buried I mean hell the snow is more than halfway up the doors on it. Crazy snowfall intensity there too. it's insane...lol I've measured 4 different spots this morning and have an average depth of 34".... I think peak last year was 42"... if the clipper parade keeps coming for a few more weeks, 170"+ looks a good bet by Winter's end. Petoskey, down the coast to here, and Leelanau to Manistee area is keeping up and in some cases beating Gaylord in season totals. 130" range here already and I wouldn't be surprised to see areas down the coast a bit to have even more. I-75 westaward, NW lower is buried. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Not sure why the WWA was cancelled here locally, there is still blowing snow and the arctic front hasn't come through yet. It would have made more sense just to roll with it until the expiration time at 7AM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Ran outside to get a measurement and it's really difficult given the uneven distribution. Throw in preexisting snow cover and it makes things harder. Based on Chad's measurement from a few hours ago and continued mostly light snow since then, maybe we are near 2". Somewhere around 2" is probably what we ended up. Tough measure as you said. Drifted all the over place. Been snowing decently at times for the past hour. With this snow, we're north of 30" for the month...which is unbelievable. Still looks like we're riding the southern edge for tomorrow's snow, but we'll hope for the best. Hopefully we can squeeze out another 2". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 it's insane...lol I've measured 4 different spots this morning and have an average depth of 34".... I think peak last year was 42"... if the clipper parade keeps coming for a few more weeks, 170"+ looks a good bet by Winter's end. Petoskey, down the coast to here, and Leelanau to Manistee area is keeping up and in some cases beating Gaylord in season totals. 130" range here already and I wouldn't be surprised to see areas down the coast a bit to have even more. I-75 westaward, NW lower is buried. Yeah it has been a banner year up there for you guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ajdos Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Well DTX cancelled the WWA and the radar went boom...picked up around 2" since 330 am.... I think Detroit has received more than enough snowfall to make it the snowiest January?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 ORD ticked up to 33º this morning before the front came through. WAA always overachieves, it seems. Seriously, despite my ramblings yesterday...I wonder how high we can go tomorrow afternoon. No question we'll warm sector for a relatively brief period of time...and then of course, the bottom drops out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Yes Ajdos snowiest January has been set! I have measured hundreds of snow events in my 18 years of measuring snow, and some of the wind-driven ones are quite difficult, but I can truly say this is the hardest time I have ever had estimating a snowfall. Had there been no prior snowcover or at least an EVEN snowcover, I could use that as a way to estimate it, but with our already multi-layered drifted pack now just more drifty, its a crapshoot. I had cleared a spot on the deck and of course my board, the deck was blown clean of all but about a half inch, the board was drifted over. All the noted drifts in my/my neighbors backyard got bigger by many inches, and the lower areas stay low (I guess drifts breed drifts lol). My front sidewalk is blown clean of snow and my driveway has from 3-6" of powder on it. My rain gauge had about 1.5-1.6" in it, so accounting for the wind missing some of the catch, I will estimate around 2 inches, and now that the wind is calming down I can just add whatever else falls hopefully. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 just looking at radar, it looks like the RAP is going to nail the lower amounts over far NE IL...probably gonna be under an inch. .4" nailed it but the screw hole was well modeled and expected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormtrackertf Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Hopefully some of those juicy lake bands can settle south over the metro area in a few hours and then trudge on back north. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 ORD ticked up to 33º this morning before the front came through. WAA always overachieves, it seems. Seriously, despite my ramblings yesterday...I wonder how high we can go tomorrow afternoon. No question we'll warm sector for a relatively brief period of time...and then of course, the bottom drops out. you nailed it...top layer of our sub inch snowfall was pretty much IP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 you nailed it...top layer of our sub inch snowfall was pretty much IP lol, I don't think I nailed anything. But, the "warmth" early this morning was fairly impressive. Still rising here, just ticked 30º at LAF...with some more time to warm before the front hits. Roads are kind of a drifted disaster here this morning, so a little warmth today isn't a bad thing. Though of course, the ground remains frigid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 lol, I don't think I nailed anything. But, the "warmth" early this morning was fairly impressive. Still rising here, just ticked 30º at LAF...with some more time to warm before the front hits. Roads are kind of a drifted disaster here this morning, so a little warmth today isn't a bad thing. Though of course, the ground remains frigid. I downplayed the WAA like a noob...gonna have to toss my no way we hit 32 call for Sunday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 anyways 2-4 sounds right with the next wave...favoring Aurora to Gary. duration won't allow for much more but i guess a 5" lolli is possible in my favored corridor if banding sets up just right snows with the arctic front will be well south. EDIT: after catching up on latest hi-res guidance...south is the way to go Sunday. Would probably shift that favored corridor 20-50 miles south. Could be another lame event for far NE IL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 I downplayed the WAA like a noob...gonna have to toss my no way we hit 32 call for Sunday. WAA is a b. You can ride, at your own risk, 0z MET/NAM MOS which only gets ORD to 22º tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilbertfly Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Definitive top layer of crust as a few of you have alluded to this morning...I think I got a little over an inch here...I had a couple extra blobs form overhead during the start of the event here...but in all honesty, it is nearly impossible to really tell for sure. I like your call for tonight/tomorrow Alek...which falls in line pretty well with guidance... 80 corridor looks pretty solid for any lollipops...Hoping some of the better rates fall during daylight for good viewing... Nice loop Thundersnow.....thanks for putting that together! Hoping ORD can manage a small win tonight and tomorrow and get on the higher end of the 2 to 4 inch range...just to keep the record within ear shot (with the 3" * for the January first event that was improperly measured) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 80 corridor or just south could go over 6" with just the right 1-2 punch combination. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 12z NAM going north for tomorrow. Not a surprise, I guess. Might be a complete whiff for here, which is unfortunate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 12z NAM going north for tomorrow. Not a surprise, I guess. Might be a complete whiff for here, which is unfortunate. meh,mostly just weaker 6z 12z Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Nice bump in QPF along/just south of I-80 on the NAM at 27 hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afterimage Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Crazy out there, some 5 foot drifts on the roads....and now our windows are getting a thin coating of ice....not cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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