bowtie` Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 Probably. I can count on one hand, and probably not use two fingers, how many times I've had a min temp lower than LAF. Strange stuff. Even steven right now...11˚ vs 11˚. May the best thermometer win. Freaky. One half an hour ago LAF was 9. Fifteen minutes ago Frankfort was 5. My thermometer is 4 right now. Strange how we are colder, wedged between IND and LAF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 Already down to 6 here. pc&c low of 1 seems in serious danger (wasn't it like -7 a few days ago?). Freaky. One half an hour ago LAF was 9. Fifteen minutes ago Frankfort was 5. My thermometer is 4 right now. Strange how we are colder, wedged between IND and LAF. We're all lower than LAF right now. Must be back in its warm phase. But yeah, p&c was something like -7˚ a day or two back. Not sure why they stepped off the gas for tonight/overnight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCNYILWX Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 Fun night chasing low temps here. ARR down to -10 as of 8pm, while MDW and CGX are 17 and 19, respectively. Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 The afternoon forecaster at IWX mentioned the difficulty of predicting lows for tonight: STUCK WITH A GENERAL CONSENSUS BLEND FOR OVERNIGHT LOWS BUT ADJUSTMENTS IN EITHERDIRECTION ARE POSSIBLE. COULD ALSO BE A HIGH DEGREE OF VARIABILITY ACROSSTHE CWA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 GSH -3˚, OKK 0˚, FWA 1˚, SBN 2˚ at 9:00pm LAF 8˚ and 6˚ on my thermometer. Another beatdown by KTIM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hm8 Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 Glitter snow falling... Clear sky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 -3 here. Was -5 on the northern outskirts of town a short while ago driving in. When I left the QC the temp was 9 above up on some of the higher hills. Point only has -7 here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chitown Storm Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 Torching at 12F with light snow moving in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 Glitter snow falling... Clear sky We have clouds here and it just started snowing lightly, but radar is completely empty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 Was down to 5°, but then the wind kicked up. Back up to 9°. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 Clear, bitterly cold day made for gorgeous scenes from the cobalt sky all day to the hues in the sky an hour before sunset. Deep winter in SE MI. Posted few more pics in the winter pic thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilbertfly Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 frozen fog on all the trees....tried taking pictures but they do no justice....everything looks magnificent outside Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCNYILWX Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 Lol ARR went down to -11 and RPJ down to -10 at 3z, so I lowered mins in that corridor to -10 to -15 and of course ARR jumps to -4 with the 4z ob, while RPJ remained at -9. Can't win on a night like tonight. Edit: RPJ back down to -11 as of 0415z Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue60007 Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 Bottom dropped out here, down to 2 and quickly falling. Looks like the winds are finally dying off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilbertfly Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 can see the frozen fog crystals shimmering under spotlights as they fall to the ground....i know it's not the rarest thing in the world....but that particular aspect i have not witnessed myself many times before... tough break RC....tricky night with temp trends to say the least Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brewers Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 Steady -SN falling late this evening associated with a weak trough. Should pick up about 0.5". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCNYILWX Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 can see the frozen fog crystals shimmering under spotlights as they fall to the ground....i know it's not the rarest thing in the world....but that particular aspect i have not witnessed myself many times before... tough break RC....tricky night with temp trends to say the least I think we're getting plume effect snow now. Coworker mentioned thick smokestack plumes resulting in an OVC deck when he got to the office, and sure enough, I'm stopped for fast food on my way up rt. 53 through Bolingbrook, and it's a steady -SN. Tiny flakes so no visibility reduction, but it's dusting car tops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonger Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 Down to -5F, really starting to fall... We were running behind yesterday for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilbertfly Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 I think we're getting plume effect snow now. Coworker mentioned thick smokestack plumes resulting in an OVC deck when he got to the office, and sure enough, I'm stopped for fast food on my way up rt. 53 through Bolingbrook, and it's a steady -SN. Tiny flakes so no visibility reduction, but it's dusting car tops. Very interesting....there are certain times during the winter when i can associate particular smells with a developing system (usually longer track upwind smells from ...well i'm not sure what factory). But usually i will smell it hours before onset of snow....i smelled it earlier this evening, but didn't think anything of it as i knew we had no system approaching. Perhaps that is indeed seeding things....i will be sure not to catch any of these flakes with the toungue! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 Steady -SN falling late this evening associated with a weak trough. Should pick up about 0.5". Maple Lake (KMGG) reporting thundersnow, with lightning visible to their southwest at 0515z. -5 here. Had been as low as -6. Lots of fog now here in town. Can tell the trees are getting caked with ice crystals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 So when does the transfer happen? Todays the day...two GFSs become 1 lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brewers Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 Maple Lake (KMGG) reporting thundersnow, with lightning visible to their southwest at 0515z. -5 here. Had been as low as -6. Lots of fog now here in town. Can tell the trees are getting caked with ice crystals. That's strange. I'm curious to know what would cause an automated station to report that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 SBN reporting light snow with a temp of -3˚ (dropped to a min of -6˚). Not sure how legit any of these snow reports are, but a few sites in northern IN reporting it at 1:00am. Also, GSH with a min temp of -8˚ thus far. Angola currently -8˚. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 Fun night chasing low temps here. ARR down to -10 as of 8pm Sent from my SM-G900V Fun stuff. Not shown below, but ARR down to -11˚ at 12:30am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 Lol ARR went down to -11 Is that where the pirates live? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 We had snow off and on after 10pm and 5 now at DTW. KDTW 140626Z 35003KT 2 1/2SM -SN BR OVC008 M15/M17 A3045 RMK AO2 TWR VIS 4 P0000 $ Pretty impressive considering the radar is completely blank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ajdos Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 We had snow off and on after 10pm and 5 now at DTW. KDTW 140626Z 35003KT 2 1/2SM -SN BR OVC008 M15/M17 A3045 RMK AO2 TWR VIS 4 P0000 $ Pretty impressive considering the radar is completely blank. Snowing in Sterling Heights as well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormtrackertf Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 Snowing here too, what is causing this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormtrackertf Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 Weird, the snowflakes are basically translucent and almost suspended in the air, just barely moving towards the ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 You guys may have light fog that is turning into flakes. The Bergeron process works best at -15C (5F). Even though you probably don't have small-crystal seeding, from high cirrus clouds, light fog or very low clouds may just be turning into snowflakes. This could be well under the radar (or very low dBz). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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