Hoosier Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 53 mph gust at Waukegan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wttnwx Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 Gas station canopy fell over in Delavan WI. Ice pellets here for last hour. ~4" of snow down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HillsdaleMIWeather Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 Most of Hillsdale County is out of power, by some miracle I haven't lost mine... yet. This has definitely overperformed here, .3 of ice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL 327 PM CST MON DEC 28 2015 SHORT TERM 327 PM CST THROUGH THIS EVENING... IMPACTS FROM THE MAJOR...THOUGH OCCLUDING STORM SYSTEM...JUST EAST OF KSTL AS OF MID AFTERNOON...CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. TEMPERATURES ARE SLOWLY WARMING ABOVE FREEZING FROM SOUTH TO NORTH...THOUGH NOT IN A UNIFORM FASHIN PER MOST RECENT SURFACE OBSERVATIONS. CONSIDERING THAT SEVERAL LOCATIONS AWAY FROM THE LAKE IN NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST IN ALONG AND NORTH OF I-80 WERE STILL REPORTING FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET OR A COMBINATION OF THE TWO...OPTED TO CONTINUE THE WINTER STORM WARNING THAT WAS SET TO EXPIRE AT 3PM. THIS INCLUDES COOK COUNTY AWAY FROM THE LAKESHORE. ALSO EXTENDED PORTIONS OF WARNING FOR COUNTIES ALONG AND NORTH OF I-88 THAT WAS SET TO EXPIRE AT 6PM UNTIL 9PM TO ACCOUNT FOR LINGERING POCKETS OF ACCUMULATING FREEZING RAIN/FZRA/SLEET MIX DUE TO TEMPERATURES STAYING NEAR OR AT FREEZING. IN ADDITION...STRONG EAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE AS PRESSURE FALLS MAXIMIZE...POSING RISK OF SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES WHERE ICE HAS ACCUMULATED ON TREES AND POWERLINES. WINDS SHOULD PEAK OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS...WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH IN THE ADVISORY AREA...AND UP TO 60 MPH ALONG THE IL SHORE IN THE HIGH WIND WARNING...ALONG WITH LAKESHORE FLOODING. THE LAKESHORE FLOOD WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT THOUGH 12AM CST. PRIMARY UNCERTAINTY IS HOW LONG SLEET WILL CONTINUE TO MIX IN WITH THE RAIN/FREEZING RAIN. PEAK OF WARMING ALOFT IS OCCURRING WITHIN NEXT FEW HOURS...AND THERE CONTINUES TO BE A REFREEZE LAYER BELOW THE WARM LAYER FROM 750-700 MB. ITS POSSIBLE THAT ICE PELLETS COULD LINGER LONGER THAN INDICATED IN HOURLY WEATHER GRIDS...THOUGH WITH TEMPERATURES WARMING ABOVE FREEZING...IMPACTS WILL BE MITIGATED. DRY SLOT OF CYCLONE IS STARTING TO LIFT OVER THE AREA FROM THE SOUTH...THOUGH LIGHTNING ACTIVITY HAS BEEN MINIMAL...SO WILL BACK OFF ON THUNDER MENTION TO SLIGHT CHANCE. RC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janetjanet998 Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 Some sort of tight circulation over west central il near jacksonville on radar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 53 mph gust at Waukegan. It's howling out there. If it was all snow it would GHD Blizzard for sure. Now I know pretty much know how it was during the GHD Blizzard 1.0 for you! Temp actually fell off half a degree or so since 3pm. There's the low heading up I-55. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted December 28, 2015 Author Share Posted December 28, 2015 Some sort of tight circulation over west central il near jacksonville on radar That's the SLP. Pressure down to 994mb in that area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 Hmmm, DKB reported -SN at 4pm. That can't be right... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveNay Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 Hmmm, DKB reported -SN at 4pm. That can't be right... I don't think so either. The last two hours were liquid rain. Most precip has stopped now, but the winds are really ripping at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveNay Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 I don't think so either. The last two hours were liquid rain. Most precip has stopped now, but the winds are really ripping at the moment. And of course, as soon as I posted that the precip started again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted December 28, 2015 Author Share Posted December 28, 2015 58mph gust at CWI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 It's howling out there. If it was all snow it would GHD Blizzard for sure. Now I know pretty much know how it was during the GHD Blizzard 1.0 for you! Temp actually fell off half a degree or so since 3pm. There's the low heading up I-55. for fun...GHD 2011 and the current storm: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 Straight FZRA here at DTW now. Lost the PL just a bit ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 for fun...GHD 2011 and the current storm: radar.png Wow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chitown Storm Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 First flakes flying in downtown St Paul. Heavy returns moving up from the southeast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 Synoptic has begun. Flakes flying furiously. Hoping for the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 NWS Green Bay did mention the possibility of issuing Blizzard Warnings this evening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 Been snow since it started.. powdery... easy to shovel so far. Maybe 2 or 3 inches out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blizzardof96 Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 Synoptic has begun. Flakes flying furiously. Hoping for the best. Good luck. I'll be watching this one from AZ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 Good luck. I'll be watching this one from AZ. nice. I experienced these storms from afar for the entire 2013-14 season. It can be done enjoyably. Visibility down to about 3/4 SM. Light dusting on everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brewers Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 MKE down to a quarter mile in sleet. It has been pouring the last 1-2 hours... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 Some lightning is starting to pop up around the IL/WI border. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 Sleet fest continues. Pretty sure I heard thunder just now! It's slundering out. 2.6" of sleet with 2" of snow today. Pure nastiness out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stlirish Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 First flakes flying in downtown St Paul. Heavy returns moving up from the southeast. Chitown Storm, how much are you thinking for the MSP area? I'm over in Excelcior, MN. Seems like we are good for a solid 6-8" by tomorrow afternoon but it's been painful waiting on this WAA band to get here. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homedis Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 I'm measuring ~3.5" of slush/snow here.... car got stuck on the driveway. Also, lightning strike just south of Fox Lake, IL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 Seeing a fair amount of lightning right now near Geos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted December 28, 2015 Author Share Posted December 28, 2015 Heaviest and steady precip moving out. Look to finish with 2.4" of sleet/ice pellet accumulation. 98% of the event thus far has been IP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magoos0728 Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 Some lightning is starting to pop up around the IL/WI border. Lightning and thunder here on south side of Kenosha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 Heaviest and steady precip moving out. Look to finish with 2.4" of sleet/ice pellet accumulation. 98% of the event thus far has been IP. essentially the same here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 Two lightning strikes with heavy sleet in the last 5 minutes! This storm is awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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