Hoosier Posted October 31, 2014 Author Share Posted October 31, 2014 69 mph at Gary and they've flipped to rain. Must be a sight near the lake. METAR KGYY 311845Z 34034G60KT 2SM RA OVC013 04/02 A3011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted October 31, 2014 Author Share Posted October 31, 2014 Rain concerns starting to fade away imo. GYY reporting snow and not being in the best banding yet is a positive sign. There's a nice feed of lower dewpoint air trying to feed in with mid 20s dewpoints just inland in IL. bad call is bad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 Seeing some flakes here at work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted October 31, 2014 Author Share Posted October 31, 2014 Seeing some flakes here at work. Parts of White/Benton getting in on some of the better banding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunder Road Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 bad call is bad indeed. We were planning to go down toward Crown Point or Lowell after we hit the lakeshore, but it really doesn't seem there's any reason to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilbertfly Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 40+ plus knot winds for 2 straight hours now.... GLERL in Chicago... Wind Wind Wind Air Spd Gst Dir TempYYYY-MM-DD kts kts deg F2014-10-31 13:30 49.4 59.3 341 39.42014-10-31 13:25 46.1 56.4 338 39.02014-10-31 13:20 45.1 52.7 337 39.02014-10-31 13:15 46.3 56.8 341 39.22014-10-31 13:10 46.1 55.6 343 38.32014-10-31 13:05 46.3 56.8 343 39.22014-10-31 13:00 46.5 56.0 343 38.12014-10-31 12:55 47.8 55.6 341 38.32014-10-31 12:50 45.5 59.3 340 37.92014-10-31 12:45 47.4 57.7 340 37.62014-10-31 12:40 48.4 57.2 342 37.92014-10-31 12:35 42.0 49.8 334 39.42014-10-31 12:30 44.3 53.5 336 39.62014-10-31 12:25 43.7 52.3 332 38.32014-10-31 12:20 42.4 52.9 332 38.52014-10-31 12:15 46.3 56.0 337 38.52014-10-31 12:10 47.0 62.4 333 38.52014-10-31 12:05 41.4 49.4 329 38.52014-10-31 12:00 40.2 47.8 330 37.92014-10-31 11:55 42.0 50.9 331 37.02014-10-31 11:50 40.2 50.0 333 36.92014-10-31 11:45 44.5 53.3 331 36.72014-10-31 11:40 40.6 50.7 331 37.02014-10-31 11:35 41.4 50.7 331 37.02014-10-31 11:30 41.8 50.7 331 36.9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 Parts of White/Benton getting in on some of the better banding. Yeah, looks like they might do pretty well...relatively speaking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 starting to wind down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted October 31, 2014 Author Share Posted October 31, 2014 40+ plus knot winds for 2 straight hours now.... GLERL in Chicago... 2014-10-31 12:10 47.0 62.4 333 38.5 72 mph Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 starting to wind down I may have to come up for a visit in Feb Didnt go up north last winter (for obvious reasons) but Im sure I will this year! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted October 31, 2014 Author Share Posted October 31, 2014 indeed. We were planning to go down toward Crown Point or Lowell after we hit the lakeshore, but it really doesn't seem there's any reason to. I've been trying to get obs/reports out of southern Lake county to see how they're doing. Possible they are hanging on to snow there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 starting to wind down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted October 31, 2014 Author Share Posted October 31, 2014 Traffic cam at exit 240 on I-65 (southern Lake county). Not the best image but looks like it's snowing pretty good there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 Definitely would have went to the Dunes if not for it being Halloween. Went for the Sandy remnants, and this looks a bit better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 Found this on WGN's Weather Center page. Gusts to 72 mph have boosted lake levels 2.1 ft; water sloshing onto LSD Washington Park, Indiana. http://chicagoweathercenter.com/blog/gusts-to-72-mph-have-boosted-lake-levels-2-1-ft-water-sloshing-onto-lsd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LizardMafia Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 Seeing some flakes here at work. Bet you are just like a kid on christmas.. Doesn't seem like it's been all that long since we last seen snow fall.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huronicane Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 For people in NE Illinois, it's only been about 5 and a half months... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormtrackertf Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 Gary, IN is getting rocked right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilbertfly Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 72 mph and the Chicago GLERL recently had a gust at 67 about half an hour ago....still rippin' there also....just watched a large jet that recently took off trying to head northeast look like it was nearly stationary....just put put putting against the winds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilbertfly Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 ... PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORTNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL301 PM CDT FRI OCT 31 2014..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON.....DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.... ..REMARKS..0254 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG CHICAGO 41.88N 87.63W10/31/2014 COOK IL FIRE DEPT/RESCUE 150 FT BY 100 FT PIECE OF ROOFING FROM A 3 STORY BUILDING AT FOSTER AND BROADWAY BLOWN OFF. BUILDING WAS EVACUATED. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevlon62 Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 For people in NE Illinois, it's only been about 5 and a half months... Indeed. May 16. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 Band just off the WI shoreline inching closer. MKX saying some accumulation possible tonight. LAKE EFFECT SHOWERS IN MULTIPLE SHORE-PARALLEL BANDS HAVE REMAINEDJUST OFFSHORE OF RACINE AND KENOSHA COUNTIES FOR MOST OF THEAFTERNOON. 1000-850MB WINDS WILL VEER TO THE NORTHEAST OVERNIGHTWHICH SHOULD PUSH THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW BANDS INLAND FROM MILWAUKEESOUTH TO KENOSHA. LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR LESS WILL BEPOSSIBLE. THE MOST LIKELY TIME PERIOD FOR SNOW SHOWERS TO OCCUR WILLBE MIDNIGHT THROUGH 4 AM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 KGYY's hourly didn't come out at 45 past the hour so my guess is they got knocked offline. Shame too because it would have been interesting to see how much higher they were going to gust. Edit: I guess it came in late... Still rocking there though KGYY 312045Z 34032G58KT 5SM RA OVC012 05/00 A3018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 Indeed. May 16. I forgot about that snow lol. Our last flakes here were April 15th, and the last remnant bit of snow (from the 3.1" April 15th fall) melted by noon the 17th. Im sure the biggest mall piles were around until early May. Its not even a matter of the last flakes, or the last snowfall even...its just last winters deep and constant snow is SO fresh in my mind...its crazy. Its really hard to believe we are starting again. Like it snuck up or something, but in a good way Im sure the cool summer helped too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted October 31, 2014 Author Share Posted October 31, 2014 Surprised by the relative lack of organization of the lake effect bands (though maybe it shouldn't be with such intense low level flow) as this is the prime time thermodynamically. Pretty good band looks like it's going through Chicago right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 Local storm reports recently: 4" in Ishpeming MI 10" Presque Isle Wisconsin wind damage - downtown Chicago, also Evanston sleet -downtown Chicago (could it be graupel?) Gary IN- gust to 67mph at airport visible image at 2045z. You can see shadows from the band of clouds near Wisconsin composite reflectivity/OBS/storm reports Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted October 31, 2014 Author Share Posted October 31, 2014 Should be going over to all snow in LAF pretty soon I'd think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmc76 Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 All snow now at my place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted October 31, 2014 Author Share Posted October 31, 2014 Almost 20,000 NIPSCO customers without power in northern IN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ajdos Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 Why do I hear the sirens???...Sterling Heights Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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