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November 20-21 Early Season Snowstorm


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SREF members are laughably amped/NW at this point. Check out Madison

 

The thing is, even if they meet in the middle (SREF vs Euro/NAM and company) that'd still be a good storm for some of the northern holdouts.  It's not out of the question Euro and NAM are too far in the other direction.  Certainly not thinking the UKIE or SREFs will be pulling a coup however.

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The thing is, even if they meet in the middle (SREF vs Euro/NAM and company) that'd still be a good storm for some of the northern holdouts.  It's not out of the question Euro and NAM are too far in the other direction.  Certainly not thinking the UKIE or SREFs will be pulling a coup however.

 

 

i think it's much more likely the Euro/NAM/GEFS/GGEM continue to trend towards a weaker/south solution than towards the UKMET and hi-res guidance

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Fun fact...the last time LOT issued a Winter Storm Watch in November was in November 2007, but it was for a storm that hit on December 1.  So the last time they issued a watch that took effect in November was on November 29, 2006 (took effect on November 30, 2006).

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Fun fact...the last time LOT issued a Winter Storm Watch in November was in November 2007, but it was for a storm that hit on December 1.  So the last time they issued a watch that took effect in November was on November 29, 2006 (took effect on November 30, 2006).

 

I remember the December 1, 2007 storm.  Got 3-4 inches of sleet before it switched over to pure freezing rain for the last 90 minutes of the event.  Glad that this storm did not turn out to be a repeat of February 24, 2007 (I do not want to go through an ice storm like that again in my life!)

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DTX increased my totals from this morning, was around 2", now 4-5"

 

Friday Night
Snow likely, mainly after 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 30. Light and variable wind. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.
Saturday
Snow. High near 36. Calm wind becoming north northeast 5 to 7 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of around 4 inches.
Saturday Night
Snow likely. Cloudy, with a low around 27. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of around an inch possible.
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DTX increased my totals from this morning, was around 2", now 4-5"

 

Friday Night
Snow likely, mainly after 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 30. Light and variable wind. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.
Saturday
Snow. High near 36. Calm wind becoming north northeast 5 to 7 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of around 4 inches.
Saturday Night
Snow likely. Cloudy, with a low around 27. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of around an inch possible.

 

Saw that as well. Upped my totals a touch in Royal Oak.

Like the trends. Would Love to be sitting about 500' higher for this storm.

[My gut says] The line from Dexter-Brighton-Pontiac-Lake Orion should do disproportionately well in this storm.

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RGEM really loving the LE...big 'ol plume running down the shoreline in wisco

 

 

If it were later in the season, the lakeshore would be a shoe-in for higher totals than farther inland.  The setup does look pretty decent, probably becoming more transitory with time after focusing on IL/WI area.

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LOT...

THE WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN EXPANDED TO INCLUDE

LASALLE...KENDALL...DUPAGE...AND PORTIONS OF COOK COUNTY AWAY FROM

THE IMMEDIATE LAKE SHORE. IT IS BECOMING CLEARER THAT THE FIRST

ACCUMULATION OF THE SEASON WILL BE SEEN ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA

AND SOME OR ALL OF THE WATCH AREA GETTING A SIGNIFICANT

SNOW.

A CHALLENGING FORECAST WITH THIS QUICK MOVING PACIFIC SYSTEM AS

1.) THE SYSTEM CONTINUES TO HAVE KEY DIFFERENCES IN EVOLUTION

WITHIN MODEL SOLUTIONS AND 2.) THE BATTLE WITH SNOWFALL VERSUS

WARM GROUND/PAVEMENT TEMPERATURES...AS FOR EXAMPLE THE CITY OF

CHICAGO RELAYED PAVEMENT TEMPERATURES FROM THE MID 40S TO THE MID

60S. A KEY TO NUMBER 1 IS JUST HOW STRONG THE SYSTEM IS AS IT

MOVES ACROSS AND IF IT IS STRENGTHENING...THUS PIVOTING ITS

STRONGEST FORCING AND BRINGING A LONGER SNOWFALL DURATION. SEVERAL

COMPUTER MODELS SHOW THIS...A MAJORITY OF WHICH INCHED A BIT

FURTHER SOUTH OVER THE PAST 12 TO 24 HOURS...TARGETING MORE THE

I-88 TO POSSIBLY I-80 CORRIDOR FOR THE HIGHEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS.

HAVE LEANED THIS ROUTE SOMEONE...WHICH IS THE PRIMARY REASON FOR

EXPANDING THE WATCH...HOWEVER THE UNCERTAINTY PREVENTS UPGRADING

PARTS OF IT TO A WARNING.

AS THE PRECIPITATION LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING

TRANSITIONS TO A WET SNOW...IT SHOULD BE LIGHT AT FIRST...MAINLY

BECAUSE IT JUST LOOKS LIKE GRADUAL MOIST ASCENT. LOW SNOW-TO-

LIQUID RATIOS REALLY SHOULD LIMIT ACCUMULATIONS TOO THROUGH

FRIDAY EVENING AND DO NOT EXPECT WEATHER IMPACTS TO THE COMMUTE

/BESIDES TYPICAL WET ROADWAYS/. AS A STRONG UPPER JET OVERSPREADS

THIS SYSTEM BY LATER FRIDAY EVENING INTO OVERNIGHT...MOISTURE

TRANSPORT AND ESPECIALLY DEEPER FORCING IMPROVE. HIGH-RESOLUTION

GUIDANCE...INCLUDING THE NAM...THAT IS AVAILABLE THROUGH FRIDAY

NIGHT INDICATES THE POTENTIAL FOR MID-LEVEL CONVERGENCE AND

TEMPORARY FRONTOGENETIC BANDING OF SNOW FROM WEST-TO-EAST ACROSS

NORTHERN ILLINOIS. THE STRONGER FORCING WILL HELP TO OVERCOME THE

WARMER GROUND...BUT AT WHAT RATE IS DIFFICULT TO SAY. DO ENVISION

SNOW GRADUALLY SPREADING FURTHER SOUTH TOO THROUGH THE NIGHT AS

THE COLUMN COOLS AND FORCING INCREASES. ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD

STILL STRUGGLE IN DOWNTOWN CHICAGO AND IMMEDIATE LAKE ADJACENT

AREAS OF NORTHEAST ILLINOIS WITH THE ONSHORE FLOW...SO NOT

EXPECTING TOO MUCH IN THESE AREAS BY DAYBREAK SATURDAY.

AS THE PRIMARY UPPER PV ANOMALY TRANSLATE INTO THE REGION

SATURDAY...WOULD EXPECT THE FORCING TO CONTINUE TO BE STRONG WITH

MODERATE TO HEAVIER SNOWFALL RATES SHIFTING EAST OVER A LARGER

PART OF THE AREA...BEFORE SHIFTING AWAY FROM WEST-TO-EAST DURING

THE AFTERNOON. SNOW RATIOS SHOULD SLOWLY START TO

INCREASE...ESPECIALLY AS WINDS TURN NORTHERLY. THE OVERLAP THOUGH

IN NORTHERLY LOW-LEVEL WINDS AND STRONG FORCING DOES NOT LOOK

PARTICULARLY LONG TO TAP THESE HIGHER RATIOS. SO DO BELIEVE

SEVERAL OF THE MODELS ARE JUST TOO HIGH ON THE RATIOS...BUT

NONETHELESS JUST FROM DURATION THE SNOWFALL FORECASTS STILL COME

OUT 5 PLUS INCHES FOR MOST OF THE WATCH AREA. ACCUMULATION ON

PAVEMENT MAY LAG GRASSY SURFACES BY A DECENT AMOUNT OF TIME...AND

THAT IS A REAL CHALLENGE THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE ASSESSED.

AGAIN WHILE WINDS WILL INCREASE AM NOT EXPECTING BLOWING SNOW TO

BE A HUGE DEAL...THOUGH SOME PATCHY AREAS COULD DEVELOP SATURDAY

AFTERNOON ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.

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DTX increased my totals from this morning, was around 2", now 4-5"

 

Friday Night
Snow likely, mainly after 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 30. Light and variable wind. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.
Saturday
Snow. High near 36. Calm wind becoming north northeast 5 to 7 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of around 4 inches.
Saturday Night
Snow likely. Cloudy, with a low around 27. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of around an inch possible.

 

 

IWX followed suit for the Michigan/Extreme Northern Indiana/NW Ohio. 

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