Hoosier Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 Yeah, some pretty good winds today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bl5585 Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 3 minutes ago, SchaumburgStormer said: Side roads are in bad shape due to blowing snow LOT has issued a WWA for blowing snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 RC wrote the long term afternoon disco at LOT. He mentioned 20 below or colder possible in some spots Sunday night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchaumburgStormer Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 14 minutes ago, Hoosier said: RC wrote the long term afternoon disco at LOT. He mentioned 20 below or colder possible in some spots Sunday night. Yeah, my point is -18 for Sunday night. A few more inches of snow from this upcoming system, and an ideal radiant cooling situation, we could see some deep negative numbers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 12 minutes ago, SchaumburgStormer said: Yeah, my point is -18 for Sunday night. A few more inches of snow from this upcoming system, and an ideal radiant cooling situation, we could see some deep negative numbers Can get into this more if it still looks as impressive as it gets closer, but here are a few tidbits for Chicago. The last reading of -10 or colder in December was back in 1989, while the last reading of -15 or colder in December was in 1983. The earliest reading of -15 or colder occurred on December 22. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 -1 for a high on Sunday in the point for here. -12 for a low. Hard to believe our first freeze was just 33 days ago lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chambana Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 Just a bummer that we will be heading into this ideal radiational cooling setup Sunday night with possibly bare ground. Such a waste of arctic air down this way. Kinds hope this pattern changes in January. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackstraw Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 Since it's the wishful season, all I want for Xmas is the southern stream system the GFS has been starting to advertise 12 days out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveNay Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 1 hour ago, cyclone77 said: -1 for a high on Sunday in the point for here. -12 for a low. Hard to believe our first freeze was just 33 days ago lol. Four weeks ago I was baling hay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 Snowing pretty damn good here at the airport under this band, down to 1/2SM with moderate snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 2 hours ago, Chinook said: Noon Sunday: temps expected to be 2F for Packers-Bears at Soldier Field. The Bears should phone it in and stay in front of the fireplace. A brutal team playing in brutal conditions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beavis1729 Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 3 hours ago, Hoosier said: RC wrote the long term afternoon disco at LOT. He mentioned 20 below or colder possible in some spots Sunday night. Down to 9 at ORD and 6 at RFD. Wind chills around -10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 24 minutes ago, beavis1729 said: Down to 9 at ORD and 6 at RFD. Wind chills around -10. I went back and checked ARR for 1/16/09, and they got down to -33F that morning. And they did it with a light wind basically the whole time (may have gone calm intrahour). There's really no telling what kind of insane readings might happen if the setup pans out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beavis1729 Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 23 minutes ago, Hoosier said: I went back and checked ARR for 1/16/09, and they got down to -33F that morning. And they did it with a light wind basically the whole time (may have gone calm intrahour). There's really no telling what kind of insane readings might happen if the setup pans out. I forgot that Aurora got that cold back then. In that case, I think the airmass was colder, say -25c at H85 compared to -20c coming up. But you're right - if winds die down for a long enough time, all bets are off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 1 hour ago, Stebo said: Snowing pretty damn good here at the airport under this band, down to 1/2SM with moderate snow. Wow what a sweet surprise. Those squalls, DTX calling them "dangerous snow squalls" are making it look like a full fledged heavy snowstorm outside! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 12 degrees with wind gusting to 33 mph. Using Alek's vernacular, horrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 3 minutes ago, IWXwx said: 12 degrees with wind gusting to 33 mph. Using Alek's vernacular, horrible. You mean worst climo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 Damn near a whiteout here with the blowing snow, it is picking up the snow that already fell and blowing it around on top of the storm snow too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveNay Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 19 minutes ago, Stebo said: Damn near a whiteout here with the blowing snow, it is picking up the snow that already fell and blowing it around on top of the storm snow too. Pretty sure blowing snow was showing up on LOT radar this afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 I was absolutely shocked at the arctic front snow. Whiteouts, blowing snow, the whole bit as a west-east lake band slowly sagged south with the front. A solid 2.5 inches of fresh powder fell both imby & at DTW, which not only brought the snow depth back up to 8-9" but gave the deep glacier that fresh appearance. Beautiful winter wonderland outside. The warm Fall (which technially still has 1 week remaining, astronomically) is a distant memory now as tundra like winds gust over a deep white landscape. With what seems like the snap of a finger, we are already at 14.6" on the season imby and 14.3" at DTW, nearly 3 times normal to date. This pic was taken near the beginning of the squall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n1vek Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 Those squalls made for a slow ride home up 75, but I'll never turn down a surprise event. I also caught a view out the window when the snow really started blowing around. Winter is here. Hoping we can avoid most of the rain this weekend and keep the good times rolling into the new year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh_4184 Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 Another treacherous drive into work this morning, whiteout conditions, been going on for a couple days now, if it wasn't so cold we would be having massive snow totals around here even with that said still picked up well over a foot the past 2 days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 1 hour ago, n1vek said: Those squalls made for a slow ride home up 75, but I'll never turn down a surprise event. I also caught a view out the window when the snow really started blowing around. Winter is here. Hoping we can avoid most of the rain this weekend and keep the good times rolling into the new year. Looks like wyandotte was one of harder hit in those squalls with 2.5".dtw actually had 1.5" and most places seemed to have 1-2" with isolated higher amounts.Tomorrow is looking ok. Not as much snow as earlier runs had shown but also not going briefly into the 40s as some earlier runs showed. Another 4-5" on top of a solid 8-9" snowpack a week before Christmas? I'll take! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TugHillMatt Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 I sure hope some of the model runs change for later next week. Right now, the GFS would have us getting rain over Christmas with a cutter. Blah. Pattern not looking so great on recent GFS runs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh_4184 Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 40 minutes ago, blackrock said: I sure hope some of the model runs change for later next week. Right now, the GFS would have us getting rain over Christmas with a cutter. Blah. Pattern not looking so great on recent GFS runs. Yes that would certainly not be ideal, quite a ways off and a very dynamic pattern wouldn't out to much stock in long range yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TugHillMatt Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 9 minutes ago, josh_4184 said: Yes that would certainly not be ideal, quite a ways off and a very dynamic pattern wouldn't out to much stock in long range yet. Agreed. Over a week away. It is a little disappoimting to see the latest GFS and GGEM runs showing a warm up and cutter in the late week time frame though. But, things certainly could change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 ORD had a low temp of -2 this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 ORD had a low temp of -2 this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 New coldest temp of the season here this am at -3. Only made it back to 8 above this afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madwx Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 High of 9 today in Madison. Coldest high temp since it was 3 on January 18th of this year. Low of -5, which is the coldest temp since it was -6 on January 19th. Really highlights the lack of extreme cold in the back half and basically the entire winter last year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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