afterimage Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 Right at 2" in most spots, a tad over in others....nice and fluffy...drive covered decently again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 if I were you I'd probably lose track and just be like "We have a metric ****ton of snow, and we might get "a lot" to "a lot-lot more" by tomorrow" And look at those radar returns rolling in We might be the first legitimate generation to be able to say "when I was your age we got REAL winters" after the past 14-15 years Well...we had all the record snow of the 2007-2011...but this winter is unreal with its brutal cold AND heavy snow. Truly once in a generation type stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormtrackertf Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 Well...we had all the record snow of the 2007-2011...but this winter is unreal with its brutal cold AND heavy snow. Truly once in a generation type stuff.If we can keep up in Feb and March this will be truly epic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundersnow12 Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 RAP vs everything else with regard to how far north the snow can get tonight. At least it's been consistent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo6899 Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 Well...we had all the record snow of the 2007-2011...but this winter is unreal with its brutal cold AND heavy snow. Truly once in a generation type stuff. It's been a great winter. But to put it over the top for me, would be nice to get one more big one. One particularly with a deformation band. Haven't really had one dump on is yet this winter. Enjoy your winter wonderland out there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 RAP vs everything else with regard to how far north the snow can get tonight. At least it's been consistent it's always too far north though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 i mean, it will snow but the best will be south of I80 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KokomoWX Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 If we can keep up in Feb and March this will be truly epic I will be honest in saying I'd love to see sunshine and 70 come March. February can rock some more winter but I'm pretty sure I'll be over it by then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wisconsinwx Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 This clipper alone takes January from a C to a B in my book, after what I would call an A- December. Overall grade so far a B+. The grade would've been slightly better if we had a few tolerable days but still kept much of our snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 3.0" here. 23:1 ratio. Almost to 50" for the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brewers Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 3" here as well. Seems like a general 3-4 inches across most of the area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormtrackertf Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 20-25 dbz returns overhead + 8° air temp and a breeze = winter wonderland on steroids Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrisale Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 Someone better get video of that arctic squall. It's going to be an absolute wall of snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 complex already taking on MCS like characteristics over the plains Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 complex already taking on MCS like characteristics over the plains Aberdeen getting smoked right now. METAR KABR 261453Z AUTO 01017KT 1/4SM +SN FZFG VV010 M06/M08 A2952 RMK AO2 SLP017 P0006 60006 T10611078 55004 12z RGEM is a little farther north, than the NAM, with the frontal snows, FWIW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nwohweather Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 Good snows right now here, probably should continue for another 3-4 hours as we already have about 1.5" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAFF Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 Salt is once again useless on any non high traffic area. This January has become one of my favourite months ever in the snow business. This winter is flying by for the fact of all the hours working and keeping up with near daily snow. Filled up the truck last week and reset the trip. Today after fueling up again I noticed 3750km !!!! Looking forward for a day or two off to work on some equipment and do some oil changes. I have a feeling Feb is going to be a blockbuster too !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 just clicking around but places like bloomington and peoria have no accums in their p&c...mistake imo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveNay Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 just clicking around but places like bloomington and peoria have no accums in their p&c...mistake imo I'm not so sure about that. Here south of DeKalb I only got a dusting despite what the radar was showing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 Getting some very strong winds here at the moment. Gusts well over 40mph with significant blowing snow. Very impressive. Ended up with a surprising 2.0" overnight. Must have ripped for a bit, but I missed it due to sleeping lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McDude Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 just clicking around but places like bloomington and peoria have no accums in their p&c...mistake imo Was looking at that too and questioning it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJSnowLover Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 What time are these arctic front snows expected? I'm working tonight & will be out on the road heading home around 10pm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 just clicking around but places like bloomington and peoria have no accums in their p&c...mistake imo ILX seems to be pretty conservative, usually. Getting some very strong winds here at the moment. Gusts well over 40mph with significant blowing snow. Very impressive. Ended up with a surprising 2.0" overnight. Must have ripped for a bit, but I missed it due to sleeping lol. Nice. Winds starting to kick back up here. Powder blowing all around. Just a typical day here lately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilbertfly Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 a little old....but an update from Rick.... with a gentle nod to some of new guidance bringing things a tad north with the frontal precip.... (frankly, I'm just pulling for ORD to snag a T after 6Z...that's my only wishcasting with this portion of the event) //DISCUSSION...UPDATED 12Z...A CLIPPER SYSTEM OVER IOWA WILL LIFT ACROSS SOUTHERN LAKEMICHIGAN AND THEN TO NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN TODAY. THIS WILLRESULT IN WINDS SHIFTING QUICKLY FROM SOUTHERLY TO SOUTHWESTERLYAND THEN TO WESTERLY WITH GUSTS IN THE MID 20S BY AROUND MID DAY.THIS COULD CAUSE VSBY ISSUES WITH BLOWING SNOW IN OPENAREAS...MOST LIKELY AT RFD/DPA. AN ARCTIC FRONT AND UPPER LEVELTROUGH WILL SURGE SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTOEARLY THIS EVENING. WEST- NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE FURTHER TO20 TO 25 KT SUSTAINED AND GUSTS TO 30 TO 35 KT...HIGHEST OUTTOWARD RFD. OCCASIONAL HIGHER GUSTS OVER 40 KT ARE POSSIBLE DUETO THE BITTERLY COLD AIR POURING INTO THE REGION AND STRONGPRESSURE RISES. FURTHERMORE...THE POTENTIAL ALSO EXISTS FOR SNOWSHOWERS TO DEVELOP IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE ARCTIC FRONT. THE MAINUNCERTAINTY IS WITH HOW WIDESPREAD AND INTENSE THE SNOW SHOWERSWILL BE THIS EVENING...AS WELL AS IMPACTS ON CIGS. EITHERWAY...THE STRONG WEST-NORTHWEST WINDS ARE LIKELY TO RESULT INSIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND AT LEAST NEAR BLIZZARDCONDITIONS...WHICH WOULD BE COMPOUNDED BY FALLING SNOW. HAVEINDICATED A TEMPO 1/2 SM VSBY AT RFD AND DPA THIS EVENING...WITHLESSER CONFIDENCE IN THIS OCCURRING AT ORD/MDW/GYY.AS AN ADDITIONAL NOTE ON THE SNOW THIS EVENING...RECENT RUNS OFONE OF THE HIGHER RESOLUTION NEAR TERM MODELS BRINGS A MOREINTENSE BAND OF SNOW ACROSS THE AREA FROM ROUGHLY 23-05Z...WHILEMOST OF THE REST OF THE GUIDANCE KEEPS THIS FEATURE SOUTH OF THETERMINALS AND LIGHTER SNOW SHOWERS AFFECTING THE TERMINALS.BELIEVE THAT THE SCENARIO PORTRAYED BY THE ONE HIGHER RES MODEL ISOF LOWER PROBABILITY AT THIS TIME...BUT THIS IS CERTAINLYSOMETHING TO FURTHER ASSESS TODAY...AS CIG/VSBY IMPACTS WOULD BEMUCH MORE SIGNIFICANT FOR ALL TERMINALS IF THIS WERE TO OCCUR.WINDS WILL ONLY SLOWLY DIMINISH OVERNIGHT TONIGHT...KEEPING THETHREAT FOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND VSBY REDUCTIONS GOING.HAVE KEPT MVFR VSBY RESTRICTIONS AT RFD/DPA...WHICH CONCEIVABLYCOULD BE AT LEAST PERIODIC IFR.RC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 ILX seems to be pretty conservative, usually. Nice. Winds starting to kick back up here. Powder blowing all around. Just a typical day here lately. agree, totals won't be impressive but it's going to rip and be high impact enough that some strong 1-2" wording would probably be a good idea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 a little old....but an update from Rick.... with a gentle nod to some of new guidance bringing things a tad north with the frontal precip.... (frankly, I'm just pulling for ORD to snag a T after 6Z...that's my only wishcasting with this portion of the event) we're lucky to have some of the LOT mets, especially RC posting here, especially after losing our DVN met to the northeast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted January 26, 2014 Author Share Posted January 26, 2014 Ended up with 2.4" here. That total of 1.8" at ORD, if final, is about 0.5" surrounding reports. 47.6" on the season there now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilbertfly Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 we're lucky to have some of the LOT mets, especially RC posting here, especially after losing our DVN met to the northeast. Yeah a solid group...and their interaction here is top notch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 Salt is once again useless on any non high traffic area. This January has become one of my favourite months ever in the snow business. This winter is flying by for the fact of all the hours working and keeping up with near daily snow. Filled up the truck last week and reset the trip. Today after fueling up again I noticed 3750km !!!! Looking forward for a day or two off to work on some equipment and do some oil changes. I have a feeling Feb is going to be a blockbuster too !! At least the salt will have more melting power in February. Better to put down sand on days like these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 Ended up with 2.4" here. That total of 1.8" at ORD, if final, is about 0.5" surrounding reports. 47.6" on the season there now. ORD is not going to be truly representative of the area, in the end. Unless they start slant sticking the rest of the winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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