mimillman Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 Total disaster, haven’t seen this in years. Picked this up off the sidewalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cary67 Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 28 minutes ago, Chicago Storm said: Would have included Cook, DuPage, Will and Grundy as well. What do Lake and McHenry fall under? Sleet storm warning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuanis Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 I believe it’s all rimed snowflakes up here, obviously not accumulating effectively, but probably an inch or so down. Definitely no ice to speak of and it’s not sleet anymore. It’s actually blowing and drifting a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 3 minutes ago, Cary67 said: What do Lake and McHenry fall under? Sleet storm warning Would have northern tier in WSW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimillman Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 A couple more from what is so far a spectacular event. That’s the Aon center in the background of the first picture. Wild to have this in the Loop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchaumburgStormer Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 39 between 80 and 88 is having some serious problems. Wouldn’t surprise me if ISP shuts it down for a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 It's pretty crazy how something always seems to go wrong for Cedar Rapids. It's a real struggle just to get a 6" snowstorm here. 6" just isn't that much, but it is here. This one finally looked like a sure thing, but nope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janetjanet998 Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 side walks skating rinks here....tress have a notice coating...car 50% ice 50% liquid the difference between this event and the other ice event is that even though temps are marginal once again (32/33). this time it is not happening in the middle of the day...and it's at night...just enough solar radiation, even during cloudy winter days , in marginal temp situation always seem to be a factor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 Checked my backyard tree and it has a good 1/8" ice on it. Precip rates are decent but not too heavy, which is definitely helping the accretion since temps are fairly marginal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoalCityWxMan Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 4 minutes ago, SchaumburgStormer said: 39 between 80 and 88 is having some serious problems. Wouldn’t surprise me if ISP shuts it down for a bit. Wouldn’t be surprised if most everything in that area is going to be a disaster by morning, can only imagine with another 6ish hours of this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 13 minutes ago, mimillman said: A couple more from what is so far a spectacular event. That’s the Aon center in the background of the first picture. Wild to have this in the Loop Yeah that looks pretty decent for downtown with more to come. The deck is always stacked against getting noteworthy ice there, but deeper into winter is probably a more favored time than, say, December. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimillman Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 12 minutes ago, Hoosier said: Yeah that looks pretty decent for downtown with more to come. The deck is always stacked against getting noteworthy ice there, but deeper into winter is probably a more favored time than, say, December. As mentioned previously, the lack of diurnal influence is making this event what it is. Also I think nighttime events dampen the strong UHI you would typically see in these marginal BL set ups. Not to mention, the lake is frozen near the shore which is a huge plus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackstraw Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 We got lucky a couple weeks ago. We got .25 to .3 with some strong winds right on the tail. Fortunately those winds only lasted an hour or less. I sincerely hope, with some of the modeled accretion rates, y'all don't get hammered. It's one thing to get paralyzed by a 20 inch 50 mph blizzard but a .5 to 1.0 inch ice storm with 30-40 mph winds really sucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radtechwxman Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 22 minutes ago, janetjanet998 said: side walks skating rinks here....tress have a notice coating...car 50% ice 50% liquid the difference between this event and the other ice event is that even though temps are marginal once again (32/33). this time it is not happening in the middle of the day...and it's at night...just enough solar radiation, even during cloudy winter days , in marginal temp situation always seem to be a factor Yea when this started this afternoon nothing was icing but as soon as it got dark all bets were off. Good glaze on everything here. I bet we are in the .1-.2in range. The lighter rates with this proved for better accretion to. It has picked up in intensity now. Not sure if it is rain now or still freezing rain. My wx station has been holding at 32/31 all night. Hasn't been showing anything in my guage here so leading me to believe it is still icing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winter Man Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 Never thought I'd say this, but I'm glad it's 34 and rain at CMI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackstraw Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 Started off as snow/sleet here early this evening for an hour or two, but has been FZRA ever since then.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 Been holding at 31 for the past 2-3hrs. Pure freezing rain continues. Some models gave us more sleet than freezing rain, so there were multiple layers of fail depending on which model you used. The sleet and snow from earlier has now glaciated into a solid sheet of ice that will be very difficult to remove off the driveway and sidewalks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 The back edge of the snow/mix line has quickly surged northeast through Cedar Rapids/Iowa City, so we are back to snow. Much of the heavier precip is done, though. Radar shows a lot of dry pockets to the sw. It might be a struggle to get the additional 1.5" of snow needed to reach 6" for the event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HillsdaleMIWeather Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 Went from nothing straight to freezing rain here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuanis Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 Pretty fun to watch the CC radar for this one, especially out in Iowa. Im back to sleet as the mix line just surged north through Lake County and looks to stay there for awhile. Still no raindrops. Madison through La Crosse looks to be in a good spot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 Temp continues to slooooowly creep up here. Now just a hair below freezing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 RFD is actually up to 32. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 Based on trends/obs, I think the end is near as far as additional icing here. By that I mean in the next hour or two at most. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 Back edge of the precip is approaching, so luckily it won't get too out of hand here. WAA aloft is about to cut off anyway, so snow will become the dominant precip type in about an hour or two at most. My 0.5-1.5" snow call from last night will end up being pretty decent in the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchaumburgStormer Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 9 minutes ago, Hoosier said: RFD is actually up to 32. 31 imby with 32 at DKB. Still pouring ZR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoalCityWxMan Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 Just now, SchaumburgStormer said: 31 imby with 32 at DKB. Still pouring ZR. Noticing any power issues by you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchaumburgStormer Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 1 minute ago, CoalCityWxMan said: Noticing any power issues by you? None yet, but the outage map for ComEd is starting to light up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bl5585 Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 5 minutes ago, CoalCityWxMan said: Noticing any power issues by you? Not sure if this has ever been posted here before but this seems to be a nice resource for this: https://poweroutage.us/area/state/iowa https://poweroutage.us/area/state/illinois Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 Looks like about 0.2" accretion here best I can tell. Think the marginal temps, particularly the past few hours has cut down on better accretion. If temps would have been 3-5 degrees colder, and with less wind we'd probably have over 0.4" accretion by now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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