Geos Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 Broad look at how things look as we approach midnight central. EDIT: What's up with this shrunken thread view now? I have a 24" monitor and there's like 5" of blue border on either side of the actual thread view. What is this, the 90s? I noticed that over a week ago. 23" here. Nice view of the storm above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 There's some 50 dbz east of Topeka. Apparently it's all snow...wow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowMeHunter Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 lol. 3-4" still looking good here. Nice refresher I guess. Nice it wont be fluff either that settles to a DAB or gets blown to the next county. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 There's some 50 dbz east of Topeka. Apparently it's all snow...wow. Looks pretty nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 8 minutes in February and it is officially spitting flakes outside. Tiny ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted February 1, 2014 Author Share Posted February 1, 2014 There's some 50 dbz east of Topeka. Apparently it's all snow...wow. Mix based on surface OBS and radar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Central Illinois Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 EDIT: What's up with this shrunken thread view now? I have a 24" monitor and there's like 5" of blue border on either side of the actual thread view. What is this, the 90s? same 24" monitor and the blue bars are rather annoying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 Flakes increasing in size. Going to hang around until those 20-25 dbz returns roll in. Then I'll be up to see the main show in the morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestCoaster Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 Seems a little south of what the GFS was showing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 Virga city here. Looks like the snow doesn't really get into here until after 2 or 3am. I'll be up at 4:30 and out dealing with whatever is falling. A properly directed light sneeze might be all that's needed to clear the windshield of snow before heading off to work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowMeHunter Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 yeah all the cold dry air to the north doesn't inspire any hope of a relative surprise here. just praying the forecast doesn't go totally down the toilet.. been there once this yr and this has all the feelings leading up to that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 Well didn't take long to get to SN. Up to 18°. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimillman Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 Radar looks good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 Last one from me. Gotta get up in a little over 3hrs. Precip quickly advancing northeast. Should be snowing here in an hour and a half, or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McDude Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 Drove from downtown to 103 and Avenue G, now home. -SN whole time. Southeast side with more for some reason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 Temp creeping up, now 27 at the airport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeenerWx Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 Looks like this might be the winner in the LOT area for the first round of WAA snow... 1120 PM SNOW MILFORD 40.63N 87.70W01/31/2014 E3.0 INCH IROQUOIS IL PUBLIC Latest rap suggests it never gets above freezing here. Hard to judge, but it looks like between 2-3" of sn/ip and 0.1-0.2" of zr. Oh, how interesting this will be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 Looks like this might be the winner in the LOT area for the first round of WAA snow... 1120 PM SNOW MILFORD 40.63N 87.70W 01/31/2014 E3.0 INCH IROQUOIS IL PUBLIC Latest rap suggests it never gets above freezing here. Hard to judge, but it looks like between 2-3" of sn/ip and 0.1-0.2" of zr. Oh, how interesting this will be. I usually focus on 2 areas for these events...LAF obviously and the other being Chicago metro since I have family there but your area looks very tough based on the little bit that I've been looking at. I'd say it's more likely than not that you go above freezing for a bit but if you do, it will be just barely and it's a low confidence call. The area near/north of the river has a better chance of staying AOB freezing for the duration and I would expect most, if not all of Lake/Porter to not go above 32. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeenerWx Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 I usually focus on 2 areas for these events...LAF obviously and the other being Chicago metro since I have family there but your area looks very tough based on the little bit that I've been looking at. I'd say it's more likely than not that you go above freezing for a bit but if you do, it will be just barely and it's a low confidence call. The area near/north of the river has a better chance of staying AOB freezing for the duration and I would expect most, if not all of Lake/Porter to not go above 32. Yeah, it's certainly as borderline as it can get. I also expect us to switch to plain rain. It's just going to be a matter of how much sn/ip/zr can sneak in before the switch-over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted February 1, 2014 Author Share Posted February 1, 2014 +SN at MLI. And this... 0358 AM SNOW KIRKSVILLE 40.20N 92.58W02/01/2014 M5.0 INCH ADAIR MO TRAINED SPOTTER Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLMKA Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 SN in East Peoria, dual pol radar is indicating the mixing line is less than 10 mi from me, hopefully we stay all SN after the sun comes up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 Round 1 was lame (as expected) delivering a generous .30" Original (and at the time bullish) call of 4.something" made nearly 3 days out looking pretty great right now. Radar trends seem to reflect modeling showing a much weaker defo and lighter cold sector QPF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 Around 2" here so far. Snow quality is pretty impressive compared to the clipper fluff we've seen so much of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 we must be fighting dry air, 20 dbz and flake size remains dust Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 some better flakes starting to mix in...looks like we're close to flipping over to SN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 Around 2" here so far. Snow quality is pretty impressive compared to the clipper fluff we've seen so much of. glad at least one other poster is up during the best part of the storm we've been tracking all week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baum Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 glad at least one other poster is up during the best part of the storm we've been tracking all week. I'm here as always. And looking like your three day call was prime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 The weenie in me would really like to see the radar back near the MO/IA/IL border start filling in. Either way, the next hour or two looks fun enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chitown Storm Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 Dog just woke me up. Ripping nicely here in Aurora. Looks like about 2" down. I must admit I looked at the radar and was pretty disappointed. Precip on the north side of the storm is somewhat lame. P&C has me down for 3-7 today. Unless things change quickly, definitely going closer to 3 than 7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 Just under an inch of WAA snow (0.9") overnight. Still not too excited about today, hope Im wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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