DaveNay Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 7 minutes ago, SchaumburgStormer said: Snow globe rippage. If it snows like this by the lake, the cameras will have a tough time seeing anything at the bears game Depending on how the Bears are playing, that might be a good thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted December 4, 2016 Author Share Posted December 4, 2016 Up to 3.1" here thus far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 Awesome pics Cyclone congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 Congrats on the pounding Cyclone. The HRRR pretty much nailed this late yesterday for your area. Even its snowfall totals were underdone a little. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchaumburgStormer Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 5.1" thus far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TugHillMatt Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 25 minutes ago, slimjim101 said: Waiting for the snow to move in. The Temperature here is 38° and the reading at the airport is 36° the DP is 25° so that should bring down the temperature once the snow starts here. Also with the later start time the snow should continue until after sun set and that should add to the total (if we can get the temperature down) on the other hand it has not been below freezing here since November 23rd so the ground is still “warm” I was thinking the same thing about the later start, Jim. We should be able to get snow on the roads pretty easily once the sun goes down. Finally starting to see some flakes here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 7 minutes ago, BuffaloWeather said: Awesome pics Cyclone congrats! Thanks! 5 minutes ago, IWXwx said: Congrats on the pounding Cyclone. The HRRR pretty much nailed this late yesterday for your area. Even its snowfall totals were underdone a little. Thanks, yeah it did really well. Even the old RAP did really well, as it forecast over 0.6" of precip. So far the measurements of precip from DVN/MLI seem suspiciously low at 0.30/0.44 respectively). Guessing more precip fell than that, as I highly doubt our ratios are 20:1. Although definitely higher than 10:1. Radar estimates 0.7-0.9" in those areas, which seems a bit more reasonable/believable. Wish I could do a core sample like Hawkeye does. Still snowing heavily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulie21 Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 Hit 5" not too long ago at Dekalb. Had moments of 1/4 mile visibilities under the main burst with nice dendrites. Flake size has diminished a bit now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Rent Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 Under a decent looking precip band outside of Noblesville right now, but absolutely nothing falling. Dry air abounds. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 I'm watching a nice snowy football game at Green Bay. It's the first time I have seen a snowy NFL game on TV this year, I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 First inch down. Temp is hanging a hair above 32 so our accumulation efficiency will be hurt some compared to you guys farther north/west. Perhaps will get some assistance in a few hours as what little solar contribution there is fades away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 wow cyclone i am jealous, but you certainly deserve it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 1 minute ago, michsnowfreak said: wow cyclone i am jealous, but you certainly deserve it! Thanks bud. Official measurements just came in from DVN/MLI. DVN with nearly 20:1 LSR, and MLI with around 10:1. Interesting. I can see how LSRs can range quite a bit from location to location with the banding that was in place earlier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 4.2 inches will be my final total. The snow board has 4, grass 4.1, car 4.5, plus we accumulated some snow before 2am, which then mostly melted, so that should count as well. 4.2 seems like a good avg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chambana Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 Temperature hovering around 33.5 degrees for the whole event, switched over to rain for awhile, and now coming down hard again. To to think we have seen more snow already than the last 2 decembers COMBINED lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homedis Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 2.1" so far in Northbrook Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HillsdaleMIWeather Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 Got some flurries, temps slowly dropping before the main show Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchaumburgStormer Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 4 minutes ago, Chambana said: Temperature hovering around 33.5 degrees for the whole event, switched over to rain for awhile, and now coming down hard again. To to think we have seen more snow already than the last 2 decembers COMBINED lol I already have 1/3 of my total from all of last winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chambana Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 1/2 dollars coming down right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 Pounding big flakes here right now. Has the dark sky look to it. Roads are a total disaster. Enjoy the snow everyone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 Averaged 8.6" here a bit ago. Still snowing heavily. Measured a few 10" spots in the grass. Even the sidewalks/drive have 5-6" now, with some slushiness underneath. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 Just now, Chicago WX said: Pounding big flakes here right now. Has the dark sky look to it. Roads are a total disaster. Enjoy the snow everyone! Timmy! Rates have ticked up a little here. Have picked up close to .75" in the past 45 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 8 minutes ago, cyclone77 said: Averaged 8.6" here a bit ago. Still snowing heavily. Measured a few 10" spots in the grass. Even the sidewalks/drive have 5-6" now, with some slushiness underneath. Impressive stuff. The northern stream s/w involved with this system seems to have trended a bit deeper compared to earlier runs, so that probably explains the increasing qpf as we got closer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TugHillMatt Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 9 minutes ago, cyclone77 said: Averaged 8.6" here a bit ago. Still snowing heavily. Measured a few 10" spots in the grass. Even the sidewalks/drive have 5-6" now, with some slushiness underneath. Sweet! It would be pretty sweet if you made it to a foot. Poundtown city here along the Lake Michigan shoreline now. Easily 1" + snow rates right now. Wouldn't be surprised to see GRR update to winter weather advisories seeing what has happened upstream and the heavy bands now riding along the lakeshore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted December 4, 2016 Author Share Posted December 4, 2016 0130 PM HEAVY SNOW 3 SSW DAVENPORT 41.52N 90.62W 12/04/2016 M9.0 INCH SCOTT IA TRAINED SPOTTER TOTAL SO FAR 0135 PM HEAVY SNOW 1 W BETTENDORF 41.56N 90.49W 12/04/2016 M9.0 INCH SCOTT IA TRAINED SPOTTER SO FAR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 1 minute ago, Hoosier said: Impressive stuff. The northern stream s/w involved with this system seems to have trended a bit deeper compared to earlier runs, so that probably explains the increasing qpf as we got closer. Yeah it seemed to help draw up a lot more moisture. Funny thing is, about a week or so ago the Euro had a big snow for today for much of this area. It had deepened the southern wave and brought it northward. Funny how a similar scenario panned out (minus the blizzard conditions) in the end lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 It's LOT's backwards world and we're just living in it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim from Springfield (IL) Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 The last snow report for SPI that have seen from ILX's page was 1.2 at Capital Airport as of noon. It's almost 2PM and has continuously been snowing since then, and huge flakes now. Wouldn't surprise me if we see at least 2-3 in most of the immediate Springfield area before the storm wraps up in the next few hours. I'm also surprised (and this was based on how the roads were in the city as I was driving home from church around noon) that ILX didn't consider possibly extending the WWA perhaps to the I-72 corridor for this afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 9" report from Lee county IL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundersnow12 Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 4.5" so far here. Been averaging at or just over an 1"/hr for several hours now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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