hm8 Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 Just drove from WB to AA (of course I was traveling)... Legit heavy snow at times, full on "warp speed" effect with the flakes. One of the worst drives in terms of road visibility I've had (the rain coated roads played a big role here though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted April 15, 2014 Author Share Posted April 15, 2014 On 4/15/2014 at 3:36 AM, Geos said: Some pretty good returns over the lake just offshore. Alek and T-road might pick up some rare April LES! I remember an April LES off of southern Lake Michigan...I want to say mid April 2002 but other than that I can't say I remember another one in April. It's gotta be fairly unusual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 Down to 2 1/2SM here and dropping. Also down to 34. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted April 15, 2014 Author Share Posted April 15, 2014 On 4/15/2014 at 3:32 AM, Chicago WX said: Managed a partial car topper here. Still some flakes floating about, but meh. Good luck to DTW and FNT tonight. Hope it happens for both. Flakes from October to April...probably a fair number of years where that hasn't happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Stebo Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 Down to 2SM On 4/15/2014 at 3:42 AM, Hoosier said: Flakes from October to April...probably a fair number of years where that hasn't happened. Don't write off May, knowing this winter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 Mostly SN here now. (bit of rain/sleet still mixed it) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunder Road Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 On 4/15/2014 at 3:36 AM, Geos said: Some pretty good returns over the lake just offshore. Alek and T-road might pick up some rare April LES! I have to admit I'm surprised by how nice of a plume that is! You can see it stretching all the way down through Lake County (IN) but the strength really decreases before it gets to shore. Likely as CAA continues overnight we'll increase those delta T's and see that make it to shore. It figures the HRRR stopped running at 21z, but at the time it didn't really have anything going yet at 04z. Later on into the overnight it was hitting Lake County with a slight signal, so it at least has the general placement right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted April 15, 2014 Author Share Posted April 15, 2014 Not sure if O'Hare cracked an inch but if they did, it would be the first time they've had an inch or greater on April 14 or later since April 16, 1983. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormtrackertf Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 Snowing now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 On 4/15/2014 at 3:48 AM, Hoosier said: Not sure if O'Hare cracked an inch but if they did, it would be the first time they've had an inch or greater on April 14 or later since April 16, 1983. I believe they did, they had a 4 group earlier 4/001 Down to 1 3/4SM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 On 4/15/2014 at 3:48 AM, Hoosier said: Not sure if O'Hare cracked an inch but if they did, it would be the first time they've had an inch or greater on April 14 or later since April 16, 1983. 6:55 report at least. Quote 0655 PM SNOW OHARE AIRPORT 41.98N 87.90W 04/14/2014 M0.5 INCH COOK IL OFFICIAL NWS OBS 00Z SNOWFALL. STILL SNOWING. SEASON TOTAL AS OF 7PM WAS 81.1 INCHES. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 Already switched over to snow. Nice flakes. 70F and snow in the same day lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 On 4/15/2014 at 3:53 AM, michsnowfreak said: Already switched over to snow. Nice flakes. 70F and snow in the same day lol Maxed at 71 at 750 this morning, and now I am down to 1 1/4SM with snow, sticking on the roof of the building too. Amazing what the atmosphere can do in one day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ajdos Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 Very impressive outside.. Low vis...snow..windy .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 +SN. Already got a plastering on the light pole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 Grass is starting to get coated now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 On 4/15/2014 at 3:42 AM, Hoosier said: Flakes from October to April...probably a fair number of years where that hasn't happened. Indeed. First flakes: October 22 Last flakes: April 15? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormtrackertf Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 Sticking quite well considering marginal temps and recent near 80 temps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 Midway COOP at 87.8" for the season, as of 8:44pm tonight. Very impressive. 0844 PM SNOW 3 SW MIDWAY AIRPORT 41.75N 87.79W04/14/2014 M1.0 INCH COOK IL CO-OP OBSERVER87.8 INCHES SEASON TOTAL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 On 4/15/2014 at 4:05 AM, IthielZ said: Sticking quite well considering marginal temps and recent near 80 temps. Everything already white. Its been snowing MAYBE 20 minutes, Did not expect it THIS quick! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 Pavement is still wet here. Of course, I probably had more rain this evening than everyone else (which is helping to delay pavement accumulation). However, it's plastering everywhere else with the blowing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmc76 Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 On 4/15/2014 at 4:11 AM, Powerball said: Pavement is still wet here. Of course, I probably had more rain this evening than everyone else (which is helping to delay pavement accumulation). However, it's plastering everywhere else with the blowing. Just started sticking to the pavement here.... 1.0" exactly so far Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormtrackertf Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 On 4/15/2014 at 4:08 AM, michsnowfreak said: Everything already white. Its been snowing MAYBE 20 minutes, Did not expect it THIS quick! I don't wanna jinx it but I feel like this is gonna be the night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 On 4/15/2014 at 4:11 AM, Powerball said: Pavement is still wet here. Of course, I probably had more rain this evening than everyone else (which is helping to delay pavement accumulation). However, it's plastering everywhere else with the blowing. Same here, pavement wet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 If nothing else, the 2" for the record should be a lock. But it's pretty clear (if it wasn't before) that the 23z RAP will be wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boogieman Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 Grass is getting covered pretty good now. Pavement is just getting a small spot here and there sticking, otherwise, just wet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmc76 Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 On 4/15/2014 at 4:37 AM, Boogieman said: Grass is getting covered pretty good now. Pavement is just getting a small spot here and there sticking, otherwise, just wet. Record is broken in Flint or what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunder Road Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 starting to get some visibility reduction on 80/94 near Highland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 Already a half inch here on the east side. If temperatures drop anymore it will start sticking to the pavement. Really impressive how hard it was snowing while driving home, I would say legit moderate snow almost heavy snow. A mix of small flakes and occasionally nice dendrites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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