Chinook Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 My brother in Akron/Canton just asked me if 3" was a reasonable snow forecast. I almost didn't know what to say. The NAM has pretty much 0" of snow south of CLE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HillsdaleMIWeather Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 4 minutes ago, DAFF said: I think it's the ghost of Alek.... It's the Russian hackers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HillsdaleMIWeather Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 5 minutes ago, DAFF said: I think it's the ghost of Alek.... It's the Russian hackers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ConvectiveIA Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 1 minute ago, HillsdaleMIWeather said: It's the Russian hackers Well I've seen some bizarre "malfunctions" on the Des Moines NWS site in the past 24 hours. At one point the local forecast page said it was 20 degrees warmer than it really was, and forecasted "rain with thunderstorms". It swiftly returned to normal for the most part but... creepy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 3 minutes ago, HillsdaleMIWeather said: It's the Russian hackers Is that why it's so cold too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natester Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 13 minutes ago, DAFF said: I think it's the ghost of Alek.... Whatever happened to Alek? Did he get the banhammer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 Models have trended colder. No rain here just snow then probably freezing drizzle. Solid settled 7 inch snowpack in place before the expected 3-5" and frigid pavement, even if it's 33 I'd imagine it would freeze. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve23guy Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 Decent snow falling for the last hour in darien wi / lake Geneva area.. Looking at radar im guessing this has all shifted north? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchaumburgStormer Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 Very transient bands of light snow working through, just a dusting thus far Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuanis Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 Steady light to occasionally moderate snow in Libertyville - closing in on an inch. Bands continue to develop to the southwest as WAA pushes in. So far the models seem pretty spot-on with placement of accumulating snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 2 hours ago, madwx said: 4km NAM paints a pretty dry picture. This is through Sunday morning That's just wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted December 16, 2016 Author Share Posted December 16, 2016 Little better band about to move in, but won't last long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ConvectiveIA Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 19 minutes ago, Powerball said: That's just wrong. I find this one hard to believe even with a drier more northern solution. I think this is obv a bad run, I doubt itll be this dry everywhere. Airmass has, at least for the time being, saturated and it's snowing very lightly in DSM now. A dusting has accumulated. We'll already be at those Sunday NAM projected totals within a couple of hours most likely Glad we broke out of that freezing drizzle/icing stage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 Picked up about 1/1000" pixie dust with a few weak bands that went through earlier. Some freezing drizzle at times making it pretty slick. WAA wing has already pulled north, so don't expect anything the rest of the night. Even some of the drier models were too wet here. Sure hope that defo tomorrow afternoon isn't too weak/transient. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 Have had some -SN, with a burst of SN now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 Have had some -SN, with a burst of SN now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormtrackertf Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 Yep, it's winter across the US and the subforum! Only Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Tennessee and Hawaii lack some sort of Winter headline at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted December 16, 2016 Author Share Posted December 16, 2016 10 minutes ago, cyclone77 said: Picked up about 1/1000" pixie dust with a few weak bands that went through earlier. Some freezing drizzle at times making it pretty slick. WAA wing has already pulled north, so don't expect anything the rest of the night. Even some of the drier models were too wet here. Sure hope that defo tomorrow afternoon isn't too weak/transient. Definitely an example of some mid level drying out there resulting in fzdz, as the entire column is safely below freezing. Would expect that to translate eastward into the LOT cwa later on as some drier air aloft tries to move in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ConvectiveIA Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 8 minutes ago, Hoosier said: Definitely an example of some mid level drying out there resulting in fzdz, as the entire column is safely below freezing. Would expect that to translate eastward into the LOT cwa later on as some drier air aloft tries to move in. What phenomenon or effect is responsible you suppose, for the sudden outbreak of "hearty light snow" over central iowa, below the more typical-looking radar returns to the north? The snowfall is sort of heavier than the radar picture would lead one to believe, too. On DSM radar (attached below) it's showing up as a spikey radar bloom. uyfgu.tiff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purduewx80 Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 yep - seeing widespread freezing drizzle under the dry slot now (DSM, MCI, STL, BMI). the less reliable awos sites reporting low vis and mist are likely seeing fzdz, too. nice banding showing up in nrn IA, nrn IL and WI in response to mid-level frontogenesis through the dgz. the spc 700-500mb fronto product bears this out nicely. should see some ~1-hr rates that will last longer to the north of chicago. the upper jet coming in tomorrow evening should mean business. there will be some lake enhancement as the inverted trof/future arctic front over lake michigan swings through ern WI and nern IL (on its way to the lake effect belts) at around the same time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 Just started snowing here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 Surface temps will be busting big time tomorrow if the HRRR and RAP are correct. It doesn't even get out of the 20s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natester Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 Pouring tiny flakes outside even though radar doesn't show much of anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 Must be one hell of a storm up in Wisconsin PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 612 PM CST FRI DEC 16 2016 ..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON... ..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.... ..REMARKS.. 0600 PM STORM SURGE 2 SSE WAUKESHA 42.99N 88.22W 12/16/2016 M2.00 FT WAUKESHA WI TRAINED SPOTTER Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 I got out of a Rogue One showing thirty minutes ago and it was drizzling heavily(only 18 degrees). The car was iced over. I had to scrape while wearing crocs and no gloves. Even after the inside of the car heated up, the drizzle continued to instantly stick to the windshield as I drove home. It recently turned to a light dusty snow. I think I liked Rogue One better than TFA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McDude Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 Snow pallets/Snow by me near Midway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madwx Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 Dry slot appears to be moving into SW Wisconsin, will be crucial to see if some snow backbuilds or we might get stuck with some FZDZ. Heavy returns over the WI/IL border area right now. Missing the reports from Mt. Geos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Central Illinois Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 haha I mentioned it to the admins so we'll see.I think it's Tapatalk causing itI-72 between Springfield/Champaign is totally iced already a few wrecks since I've been on interstate Sent from my iPhone 7 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Central Illinois Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 haha I mentioned it to the admins so we'll see.I think it's Tapatalk causing itI-72 between Springfield/Champaign is totally iced already a few wrecks since I've been on interstate Sent from my iPhone 7 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuanis Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 25 minutes ago, madwx said: Heavy returns over the WI/IL border area right now. Missing the reports from Mt. Geos These returns are mostly tiny rimed flakes pouring down. You can hear it hitting the snowpack. Visibility is actually pretty decent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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