snowstormcanuck Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 20 minutes ago, Ottawa Blizzard said: Really over-performing here. I measured 5.5" in three different places where there isn't any drifting. Very fluffy snow too, easy to shovel. This makes up for last Friday's bust, for sure. You got a nice ESE flow going. Too much southerly component for me. That band has refused to sink south, although it's made occasional intrusions. About 2" here in the west end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 5 hours ago, Baum said: Yup. Would be nice if we could get the lake involved. Looks like that finally will start to happen. Inverted trough/LE feature has been sliding south across WI, and should move in over the next few hours...followed by pure LES for a while. Probably will add an additional 1-3" for McHenry/Lake/Cook/DuPage/Will Co's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackstraw Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 Unbelievably up to 4.5 here, unscientifically lol. Been out and about 90 degree slant sticking on friends cars, fence posts, driveways and a couple cow backs . I'll call 4 for here. Snow finally ended around 7. Winds picking up nicely out here in the country and it's drifting like a mother. Maybe because it been so long I forgot what they looked like but there are some really big drifts for a 3-4 inch snowfall. Some roads nearly impassable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 ORD was only up to 2.8" as of 0z, with 3.2" at MDW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowstorms Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 54 minutes ago, Ottawa Blizzard said: Really over-performing here. I measured 5.5" in three different places where there isn't any drifting. Very fluffy snow too, easy to shovel. This makes up for last Friday's bust, for sure. Wow! That's awesome. LES band was situated over your area for the entire day. I'm closing in on 3" with around 2.7" here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ottawa Blizzard Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 42 minutes ago, snowstormcanuck said: You got a nice ESE flow going. Too much southerly component for me. That band has refused to sink south, although it's made occasional intrusions. About 2" here in the west end. It is still snowing to beat the band here. I shoveled about an hour ago and it's already covered over again. At this rate, if the band holds steady, I might end up with about 8". Not bad, given the forecast was for 2, at most 4". It's a rare treat to be impacted by a lake effect band. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ottawa Blizzard Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 Just measured 7" in about three different places. Not much drifting, which makes for easier measuring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowcaine Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 Definitely an overperformer. I'm near Yonge and Eglinton and I've got 4.0" on the ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 I should've stuck with my original call here. Bit of an underperformer. Some of the hi-res guidance looks a bit interesting with the lake band, but I'm not too optimistic yet about it hanging out here for a prolonged period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 10 minutes ago, snowcaine said: Definitely an overperformer. I'm near Yonge and Eglinton and I've got 4.0" on the ground. Lake Ontario really helping this winter along. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowstorms Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 2 minutes ago, snowstormcanuck said: Lake Ontario really helping this winter along. When was the last time we saw such periodic lake enhancement off Lake Ontario? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 LOT update Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Chicago/Romeoville, IL 936 PM CST Mon Jan 15 2018 .UPDATE...909 PM CST Bands of snow showers continue mainly along and north of Interstate 88, with lighter snow/flurries south. Reports have indicated that even these showers are occasionally moderate to briefly heavy and radar returns are not are that great. MKX radar indicates an area of moderate to heavy snow across southeast Wisconsin. The inland extent of this snow extends well west, but model guidance indicates as this band of snow heads into northern Illinois that the western extent will diminish some. There is also some suggestion that the convergence/fgen driving these bands of snow will weaken some with time also. Still we do expect this band to rotate through tonight, with briefly moderate to heavy snow rates, albeit not for too long. This will include the city of Chicago for a period mainly after midnight. Snow rates in this band have been roughly three quarters of an inch per hour, and while it is uncertain how intact it will be here, expect an uptick in snow overnight. Some areas will see another inch or so, with Lake/Mchenry/northern Cook the favored near lake locations. Therefore expect for northern areas and lake adjacent counties some additional issues for the morning commute with the additional snow and very cold temperatures. The synoptic and somewhat mesoscale forcing ongoing across Wisconsin will shift over the lake later tonight, and the focus will then be on the lake effect snow development, its strength and location. RAP/HRRR depict a mesolow lingering over the lake and keeping the focus of the lake effect snow across Lake County Indiana, and at least the shoreline areas of Cook County, with the mesolow allowing convergence to remain a bit farther west than would normally be expected, with things becoming more progressive as snow shifts toward Porter county. NAM/NAMNest are still farther east with Porter County more favored once the better lake thermodyamics get going. Have a tough time making any concrete decisions to upgrade a watch, but we could consider at least an advisory for a broader area. At this time most model guidance agrees in lake effect band development, but it will be a tough call as to whether these will stay just offshore of Cook county, and if it may well be that Lake County Indiana has more residence time with the band. Near lake counties should stay tuned for forecast updates given this uncertainty and potential impacts. KMD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 1.9" today. Shoveling has been plentiful this winter, its just a shame at the few meltdowns. This is definitely the sparkliest snow of the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowcaine Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 Agreed. Very sparkly/glittery snow here as well. Beautiful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 There's a report of 11 inches of snow in far southeast Missouri, where a heavy band has been parked all day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmillzz Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 2 hours ago, Chicago Storm said: ORD was only up to 2.8" as of 0z, with 3.2" at MDW. They only picked up an additional 0.3" between 18z and 0z? That seems impossible, who's doing the measurements there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McDude Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 57 minutes ago, cmillzz said: They only picked up an additional 0.3" between 18z and 0z? That seems impossible, who's doing the measurements there? It's definitely possible. Snowing for 32 hours and hardly accumulating. Also, that band of lake effect heading into cook county looks nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 1 hour ago, hawkeye_wx said: There's a report of 11 inches of snow in far southeast Missouri, where a heavy band has been parked all day. Wow! How bizarre. Never would've imagined that would happen in that area given where they were located in relation to the surface/upper air features. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 A bit surprised to see and measure 2" of snow when I got home, very fluffy snow at that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vespasian70 Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 Still snowing here. Closing in on 4". I thought we were finished with it hours ago but a band of light snow has set up over central OH and stubbornly hasn't moved for several hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McDude Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 Damn that band really intensified over Dupage. Didn't think it'd go that far west Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 The area under that pivot point (southeast WI/northeast IL) really benefited from a very long duration event. I figured 3-4" would cover them, but 4-5" would have probably been a better call for the most part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 5 hours ago, Snowstorms said: When was the last time we saw such periodic lake enhancement off Lake Ontario? It happens from time to time. Not that unusual. Of course as I say that I can't think of any examples. The thing is the "periodic" episodes usually involve 1-4" type snowfalls so they're not exactly memorable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baum Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 Another solid 1.5 " overnight. Easily over 5 " total at this point. Looking like another lake band may work through. Enjoyable long duration event, and well handled by LOT. Though I think Chicago Storm may have been the first to peg it in these parts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowcaine Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 4.9" storm total here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osubrett2 Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 4.0" in Columbus, nice over performer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimillman Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 Lake effect isn't terrible right now over the Chicago metro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimillman Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 000 NWUS53 KMKX 161510 LSRMKX PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 910 AM CST TUE JAN 16 2018 ..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON... ..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.... ..REMARKS.. 0900 AM SNOW 4 S STURTEVANT 42.64N 87.91W 01/16/2018 M5.3 INCH KENOSHA WI PUBLIC IN SOMERS. && $$ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UMB WX Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 Most definitely ranks as my least memorable 6" event. the lull all day yesterday was painful. the fluffy nature of the snow is basically useless on top of zero snow pack. les snow is cute and all but I'm really craving a juicy stat padding pan handle hooker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 Been getting snow at times while the sun is shining, something that seems to happen sometimes near the fringes of lake bands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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