ams30721us Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 About a 1/2 inch so far at DVN & MLI That heavy band from Muscatine to Burlington a little earlier dropped about 2 inches already there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 Just 0.2" here with it barely snowing atm. HRRR trends suggest we won't make it to the 1" mark. At least we'll always have March 24th lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Central Illinois Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 Snowing like crazy here over 2” already with moderate snowSent from my iPhone 8+ using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 System is actually over-performing for some areas... DMX upgraded to a WSW for portions of N. IA, where there has been 6-9". Then SE. IA down into C. IL has picked up 2-4" thus far, and DVN had to add a bunch of counties to the WWA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 I'm up to 3.3 inches, so we're doing better than I expected given how dry some of the models got. This latest batch of snowfall is not heavy, or even moderate, but it is comprised of super fluffy dendrites that are piling up very efficiently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hlcater Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 Yea this is seriously a mid-winter caliber snow in terms of fluffiness. Extremely unusual for April. In fact I wonder if there's any other event like it? The snow we've gotten since 6 PM has to be 13:1 at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 Just took a peek outside. Coming down at a decent "light" clip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 The snow that's falling out there now is a far cry from the tiny flakes that were pouring down earlier. Flakes are much larger now, and it's fluffing up quite nicely. May be close to an inch now. Never seen this fluffy of snow fall in mid April before. Can definitely see how parts of northern IA came in with well over 6" now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Central Illinois Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 Definitely a overachiever here ended with 3.2”Sent from my iPhone 8+ using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 Even with moderate snowfall the past 30 minutes or so the snow still refuses to stick to the paved areas even with it being 29 degrees and at night. The warmth from the sun the past few days has definitely made a lasting impact. Grassy and elevated surfaces though are accumulating quite nicely. Trees are being caked up with snow. Should make for a fun time lapse tomorrow capturing the rapid melt off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 7 minutes ago, cyclone77 said: Even with moderate snowfall the past 30 minutes or so the snow still refuses to stick to the paved areas even with it being 29 degrees and at night. The warmth from the sun the past few days has definitely made a lasting impact. Grassy and elevated surfaces though are accumulating quite nicely. Trees are being caked up with snow. Should make for a fun time lapse tomorrow capturing the rapid melt off. Fluffy snow that won't stick to the pavement is kind of an interesting contradiction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 18 minutes ago, Hoosier said: Fluffy snow that won't stick to the pavement is kind of an interesting contradiction. Yeah it's a bit strange. Don't think I've ever seen snow have such a hard time accumulating on pavement in a subfreezing environment at night before. Usually if it's below freezing and snowing at a reasonable clip the snow will stick after a short time. Guess the ground must really be radiating some heat despite the relative cold pattern we've been in. Pic from a bit ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 4 hours ago, cyclone77 said: Even with moderate snowfall the past 30 minutes or so the snow still refuses to stick to the paved areas even with it being 29 degrees and at night. The warmth from the sun the past few days has definitely made a lasting impact. Grassy and elevated surfaces though are accumulating quite nicely. Trees are being caked up with snow. Should make for a fun time lapse tomorrow capturing the rapid melt off. Time lapse would indeed be interesting. On Friday my drive to work, April or not, was a gorgeous winter wonderland. My desk faces a big window and there are tons of various varieties of evergreens and conifers for a view. The view is spectacular much of the winter and Friday was no different. We had a morning standup meeting at 9am with the window providing a background and even my boss commented that it looked pretty despite not wanting anymore snow. After the quick meeting I went back to my desk and did some work. My desk partner faces the window, my back is to the window. I didnt turn around for a few hours. Got up to go to the bathroom at like 1115am. It was completely gone. As if I'd fallen asleep and woken up. Not at all like winter thaws where the snow turns dirty and takes days to melt. Literally from courier and Ives to nothing in a few hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 I finished with 3.6 inches of snow and 0.19" of liquid. That's a mid-winter-like 19 to 1 ratio in almost mid April. The snow barely accumulated on the pavement, though, so no shoveling will be necessary. This system really could have been something special if the earlier model runs painting 0.50" qpf through the area had panned out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 1.0” on the board here. Still snowing. I enjoy snow anytime, but looking forward to a couple nice days later this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrdIowPitMsp Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 Finished off with 1.2” here. Didn’t have any issues accumulating on paved surfaces so roads were atrocious for April standards. Nice to freshen up the 2” we still had remaining from last weeks storm and give the trees a nice paste job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ams30721us Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 Emded up with about 2.6" here with 3-5" amounts just to my west and south! Not bad for April 9th! Speaking of fluff factor, DVN saying we had near 20:1 ratios overnight in spots! Uhm, where was this in December and January when we were beggin for 15:1 ratios haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuanis Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 Surprisingly over 2” of pretty fluffy stuff so far clinging to every tree branch. Hope the warmth at the end of the week pans out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beavis1729 Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 1 hour ago, ams30721us said: Emded up with about 2.6" here with 3-5" amounts just to my west and south! Not bad for April 9th! Speaking of fluff factor, DVN saying we had near 20:1 ratios overnight in spots! Uhm, where was this in December and January when we were beggin for 15:1 ratios haha Yep...and it just reinforces the idea that snow ratios have more to do with where the lift is located and/or the depth of the DGZ, as opposed to temperature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 Finished with 1.7" here. Most of it has already melted, even with a solid overcast. This snow was enough to get us over 39" for the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 Amazing how fast this stuff is melting. It's cloudy and the temp has only gone up a couple degrees since last night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 2.0" at ORD, which is the biggest April snow since 4/5/2009. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 23 minutes ago, Hoosier said: 2.0" at ORD, which is the biggest April snow since 4/5/2009. 1.5" at MDW and 1.5" here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 Ratios were definitely high with this event. Some of the highest of the season around here, and that I can remember in April... ORD had 2.0" snow off 0.10" Liquid, for a ratio of 20:1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beavis1729 Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 41 minutes ago, Hoosier said: 2.0" at ORD, which is the biggest April snow since 4/5/2009. Also, this appears to be the 7th biggest snow on record for so late in the season. Here is the list of Chicago's 2.0" or greater snowfalls on April 9th or later. The list could be off a bit, since I only did a quick glance at the climate records. (1) 5.4" on 4/16/1961 (2) 3.1" on 4/23/1967 (3) 3.0" on 4/11/2007 (4) 2.5" on 4/25/1910 (5) 2.2" on 4/14/1980 (6) 2.0" on 4/19/1888 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 23 minutes ago, beavis1729 said: Also, this appears to be the 7th biggest snow on record for so late in the season. Here is the list of Chicago's 2.0" or greater snowfalls on April 9th or later. The list could be off a bit, since I only did a quick glance at the climate records. (1) 5.4" on 4/16/1961 (2) 3.1" on 4/23/1967 (3) 3.0" on 4/11/2007 (4) 2.5" on 4/25/1910 (5) 2.2" on 4/14/1980 (6) 2.0" on 4/19/1888 There are a couple 2" snows missing since they fell on the same day but aren't daily records. 2.3" on 4/11/1957 and 2.1" on 4/23/1910 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baum Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 2 hours ago, Chicago Storm said: Ratios were definitely high with this event. Some of the highest of the season around here, and that I can remember in April... ORD had 2.0" snow off 0.10" Liquid, for a ratio of 20:1. Well we finally made up for the Chritmas eve fiasco that was basically 8:1 at 15 degrees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 Vanishing snow this morning. So long snow until next season.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 30 minutes ago, cyclone77 said: Vanishing snow this morning. So long snow until next season.. My 3.6" is nearly gone as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hlcater Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 The transient April sun has absolutely decimated the 3.3" of snowfall I received from this event. It's now down to shallow patches in shaded areas. This system also brings my total to 40.0" flat for the season. Combined with the event a week ago(forgot the day that left about a 1/2" of accumulation on grassy surfaces) If this winter could stop any time now, that'd be great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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