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Winter 2014-15 Short Term Discussion


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With all the wind, our inch of snow has been reduced to about a half inch of crust. Tomorrow will be nice to see the powder falling...Im wondering what ratios would be? I have been thinking around 2" as well...we shall see what the 00z runs hold.

 

Tomorrow definitely has potential to be an overachiever, from what I can see...

 

Models have been hinting at another I-94 convergence band actually setting up...

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If we manage to pull off some freezing rain here early Saturday, it would be the first November occurrence since 11/24/2010 (temps were actually a little above freezing then per obs).  I'd imagine it's not particularly common here (especially anything significant) but not sure. 

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SWS on the snow expected to impact rush hour tomorrow morning.

 

 

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
909 PM CST TUE NOV 18 2014

ILZ003>006-008-010>014-020-022-023-INZ001-002-010-011-190900-
WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE IL-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE-DUPAGE-COOK-
KENDALL-WILL-KANKAKEE-LAKE IN-PORTER-NEWTON-JASPER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...BELVIDERE...WOODSTOCK...
WAUKEGAN...OREGON...DIXON...DEKALB...AURORA...WHEATON...CHICAGO...
OSWEGO...JOLIET...KANKAKEE...GARY...VALPARAISO...MOROCCO...
RENSSELAER
909 PM CST TUE NOV 18 2014

...PERIOD OF SNOW TO IMPACT WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTE...

LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING ACROSS
NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA...LIKELY IMPACTING THE
MORNING COMMUTE. OCCASIONAL BRIEF BURSTS OF MODERATE SNOW ARE
POSSIBLE WITH VISIBILITY FALLING TO UNDER ONE MILE AT TIMES WITHIN
THE HEAVIER SNOW. TIMING OF THE SNOW WILL BE IN THE 5 TO 9 AM CST
TIME FRAME...WITH AREAS NORTH AND EAST OF A HARVARD TO ROMEOVILLE
TO GIFFORD INDIANA LINE LIKELY OBSERVING THE OCCASIONALLY MORE
INTENSE SNOWFALL...WHILE THE SNOW POTENTIAL AND INTENSITY TAPERS
FURTHER SOUTH. ALTHOUGH ONLY AN INCH TO AN INCH AND A HALF OF SNOW
IS POSSIBLE...THE RATHER COLD TEMPERATURES AND BRIEFLY HIGHER
SNOWFALL RATES WILL ALLOW FOR ANY SNOW TO ACCUMULATE ON AREA
ROADWAYS. ALL MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION AS SLICK CONDITIONS AND
REDUCED VISIBILITY COULD MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL.

 

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Got about an inch and a half today. Persistent baby flakes.

Its confusing if we should discuss things like this in the November thread or here :lol:.

 

Looks like very uniform amounts. Havent seen too many reports so far, but what we have

1.4" - DTW

1.4" - my backyard

1.4" - FNT

1.5" - you

1.5" - Roseville

1.3" - Howell

 

Squalls now firing up so we may get to 2" of fresh powder on the day

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Its confusing if we should discuss things like this in the November thread or here :lol:.

Looks like very uniform amounts. Havent seen too many reports so far, but what we have

1.4" - DTW

1.4" - my backyard

1.4" - FNT

1.5" - you

1.5" - Roseville

1.3" - Howell

Squalls now firing up so we may get to 2" of fresh powder on the day

It was a minor system that dropped accumulating snow, so discuss it here.

This thread is for any minor system that would normally get a thread, but really doesn't need one.

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Its an absolute winter wonderland outside wub.png  The snow is glistening as if it were a cold January night and the lake effect may very well be active for the next 24 hours on this side of the state even!

 

When the last time Detroit had a November with above average snowfall?

 

Obviously we've doubled our average this November, which is a huge turn around from the below average snowfalls recent Novembers have featured...

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One little side note....several decades ago, the November average was closer to 3", but has been cut in half in recent decades, even though average seasonal snowfall has gone up several inches.

 

Detroit had some big dogs in the 50s:

 

1950: 9.2"

1951: 10.1"

1959: 9.6"

 

And several between 4 and 6

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