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Nov. 25th-26th Midwest Snowstorm Potential


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1 minute ago, nwburbschaser said:

The 0z HRRR is a great look for Cyclone. Also, it does seem to push back the onset of precipitation around here which could make for a very bad Monday morning rush hour. 

Still hanging on at 12z.  Maybe even a little lake enhancement.

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Seems like we have a stronger, slower solution showing up now. Definitely a notable slowing trend. Currently our low is 993mb in far SW Kansas. Strongest pressure falls occurring across the KS-OK border and spilling into OK. Seems like it should keep a mostly east course. Where it starts turning more ne will be critical to areas further east (central IL, Chicago) changing over sooner or later

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2 minutes ago, Thundersnow12 said:

NAM and more so the Nest are an absolute train wreck across the Chicago metro area, as well as being slower. 

Cut off on the SE side ends up being further NW, and the NAM has a 10" spread from GYY to extreme northwest Cook

Off topic but why is the 6k NAM called the NAM NEST?

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The snow totals from the 0z NAM (12k and 3k) are ridiculous.  Realistically, those totals should be sliced in half.  Also, nasty winds in southeast Iowa according to the 0z NAM, blizzard warning criteria.  Could get a few inches from this event, although the 0z NAM run shows extreme NW Linn County getting nada.

The only storm capable of producing 25+ inches of snow in the span of several hours is from a powerful NorEaster (such as 2/8/2013 in northeastern New England).

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Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Chicago/Romeoville, IL
819 PM CST Sat Nov 24 2018

.UPDATE...
819 PM CST

Have issued a lake shore warning for Cook County IL as well as
Lake and Porter Counties in Indiana for Sunday night into Monday
morning. Lake levels remain nearly 3 feet above chart datum and
around 1 foot higher than the Halloween storm of 2014 which
flooded north bound lanes of Lake Shore Dr in Chicago. Tough to
say just how bad the lake shore flooding will get, comparing this
set-up to the Oct 2014 event, this event has a more favorable wind
direction and higher lake levels, but the fetch of the strongest
winds will be shorter and the duration of the high winds will be
less. Given the expectation of near storm force onshore winds
Sunday night, there is definitely a potential for flooding making
it to Lake Shore Dr, so have opted to with a warning rather than
an advisory.

Other than to increase winds slightly Sunday night, especially
near the lake, no changes were made to the forecast for the winter
storm.

- Izzi


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10 minutes ago, StormChaser4Life said:

The cutoff for this is pretty unreal. Has warning criteria in nw portion of my county and nothing se. I'm like in the middle. Lol. This is going to be a nail biter

I've thrown my hands up at guessing for Des Moines with this extreme cutoff. 2" or 20"? :mapsnow:

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9 minutes ago, Hoosier said:

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Chicago/Romeoville, IL
819 PM CST Sat Nov 24 2018

.UPDATE...
819 PM CST

Have issued a lake shore warning for Cook County IL as well as
Lake and Porter Counties in Indiana for Sunday night into Monday
morning. Lake levels remain nearly 3 feet above chart datum and
around 1 foot higher than the Halloween storm of 2014 which
flooded north bound lanes of Lake Shore Dr in Chicago. Tough to
say just how bad the lake shore flooding will get, comparing this
set-up to the Oct 2014 event, this event has a more favorable wind
direction and higher lake levels, but the fetch of the strongest
winds will be shorter and the duration of the high winds will be
less. Given the expectation of near storm force onshore winds
Sunday night, there is definitely a potential for flooding making
it to Lake Shore Dr, so have opted to with a warning rather than
an advisory.

Other than to increase winds slightly Sunday night, especially
near the lake, no changes were made to the forecast for the winter
storm.

- Izzi


What the heck kind of update is that??   Give us a little more. I guess it's s good thing though

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50 minutes ago, StormChaser4Life said:

That would be some mix. Sleet, snow. Not solid snow. Esp given where it tracks the low near I72. One thing I have noticed, even with HRRR, is that it tends to miss how rapid dynamic cooling can take place. Changeover could be quicker than it shows. Do you think the low will track that north? My gut has always been on I70

Sleet will be the buzkill for sure.  A few hours of sleet instead of snow can cut those totals in half

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2 minutes ago, ChiTownSnow said:

Sleet will be the buzkill for sure.  A few hours of sleet instead of snow can cut those totals in half

This setup isn't too favorable for sleet, it would be rain to snow for those who get rain. If someone gets sleet it will be for only a limited time.

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