Hoosier Posted April 27, 2019 Author Share Posted April 27, 2019 Car thermo, which might as well be a roving observation site because it is that good, has been hovering between 33-34. Even the lighter returns are mostly/all sleet now... the warm layer aloft must be very near 0C and thin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted April 27, 2019 Author Share Posted April 27, 2019 Just now, NegativeEPO said: Nothing impressive or historic about this one at all. Pretty lame storm overall. Kind of thankful, but also a bit disappointed at the same time. Even with some underperformance, it is, relative to the calendar for northern IL. Numbers aren't biased. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted April 27, 2019 Share Posted April 27, 2019 5 minutes ago, Hoosier said: Even with some underperformance, it is, relative to the calendar for northern IL. Numbers aren't biased. Lol at giving that guy a proper reply. It is a waste of time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted April 28, 2019 Author Share Posted April 28, 2019 2.2" at RFD and 1.9" at ORD as of the top of the hour When ORD reaches 2", it will become the latest 2" calendar day snow on record and only the second 2" storm to occur so late in the season (May 1-2, 1940). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beavis1729 Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 4 minutes ago, Hoosier said: 2.2" at RFD and 1.9" at ORD as of the top of the hour When ORD reaches 2", it will become the latest 2" calendar day snow on record and only the second 2" storm to occur so late in the season (May 1-2, 1940). I will be the first to admit and defend my high standards for winter...but even I must say that today is incredible. Never in my life have I seen a true winter wonderland this late in the season. Currently 32 with twilight fading to darkness at 7:26 PM on April 27th and about 1.5” on grass and trees with moderate snow falling...and a dusting on pavement. Heck, the normal high in Fairbanks AK for today is 52. It really is amazing. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted April 28, 2019 Author Share Posted April 28, 2019 Sleet/rain has transitioned to snow with colder surfaces whitening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyweather Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 Cross country skiing in almost May at almost 8pm, every bit of 4-6 here 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchaumburgStormer Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 This is what I expected with the mid-month storm, and was shocked with 7.5”. Can’t really blame LOT for going aggressive this time after being caught with their pants down last storm. Im sitting with over 10” of April snow, in the last two weeks. That is more than all of December, which simply shows how awful of a month that was. Seems like the warm tongue kept a lot more of the precip as sleet imby as opposed to snow, this tanking the accumulation. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baum Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 1 hour ago, NegativeEPO said: Nothing impressive or historic about this one at all. Pretty lame storm overall. Kind of thankful, but also a bit disappointed at the same time. As I said yesterday my feeling was LOT was going to get burned twice. April 14th storm blew up, and this one in which they bit didn't get the rates. Really just verifies that April snowstorms are virtually impossible to peg. But to say, "nothing impressive" about this is incorrect. I have never seen a snow or a forecasted snow amount of this magnitude in my lifetime this late in the season.That's 57 years. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frog Town Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 This Scenario sets everyone up for failure. Best just to sit back and enjoy the knuckle/curve/slider/fast ball that mother nature is pitching.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baum Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 35 minutes ago, Frog Town said: This Scenario sets everyone up for failure. Best just to sit back and enjoy the knuckle/curve/slider/fast ball that mother nature is pitching.... or Yu Darvish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 Does NegativeEPO stand for Negative Every Post Online? 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 Finished with 0.76" rain, and a trace of snow. Sleeted enough to whiten the ground a bit at times. After being in the 80s last weekend today felt about as miserable as anyone could imagine lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 RFD finished with 3.7”. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbnwx85 Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 This was about 20 minutes ago in Mishawaka, IN. Didn’t measure but I would eyeball about a half inch on the car. Roads are a bit slick but not bad. For April 27th...this is really something to see. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 Rain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2Otown_WX Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 Bitched and moaned my way to about 4" on untreated surfaces. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UMB WX Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 Was bummed being out of town but happy to come home to power and a couple three inches only. Was looking forward to catching up in this thread and seeing incredible shots from down south but it looks like Chicago couldn't overcome climo. Dodged a bullet up here as conditions were primed to deliver something even more epic than 2 weeks ago's 7" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 Finished with 5.5” here.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 Impressive, guys. Can't say I'm too disappointed on being whiffed to the SW. My tolerance for accum. snow after I've already mowed the lawn for the first time is next to nil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 Just a trace of snow here. Mixed with the rain a bit late last evening then ended as snow. A trace still ties and supercedes the daily record for both Apr 27 and Apr 28 lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 31 minutes ago, michsnowfreak said: Just a trace of snow here. Mixed with the rain a bit late last evening then ended as snow. A trace still ties and supercedes the daily record for both Apr 27 and Apr 28 lol. On the plus side, today's looking to be sunny! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevlon62 Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 Guessing just under 3". Late rally got us close. IF we had daytime rates like two weeks ago, things could have been a lot different.It stayed snow all day after about 10 a.m. but we missed out on any sustained heavy stuff through most of the day and early evening.Sent from my SM-N960U using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 17 minutes ago, Powerball said: On the plus side, today's looking to be sunny! You brought the sun with you lol. Though im sure itll be cold to a now southerner like you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nwohweather Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 This is why I still have a scraper in my truck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchaumburgStormer Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 2.4” final here. No traces of snow to be found now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted April 28, 2019 Author Share Posted April 28, 2019 Final total was 2.5" at ORD. They are at 49.5" for the season. Probably going to be the final number. Or will it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchaumburgStormer Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 19 minutes ago, Hoosier said: Final total was 2.5" at ORD. They are at 49.5" for the season. Probably going to be the final number. Or will it? I have to think we are done. climo gets hostile very quickly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beavis1729 Posted April 29, 2019 Share Posted April 29, 2019 22 hours ago, Hoosier said: Final total was 2.5" at ORD. They are at 49.5" for the season. Probably going to be the final number. Or will it? That makes it Chicago's heaviest snow on record so late in the season. 2nd place is May 1-2, 1940 (2.2"). Had about 3" here on cold metal surfaces, 2" on grass, and 1" on pavement. At 10 PM Saturday night 4/27 with snow caked on all surfaces and tree branches, it truly looked like a winter wonderland. By 6 AM the next morning, the snow on paved surfaces melted from below, despite temps around 28-30 overnight. By noon, all of the snow was gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted April 29, 2019 Share Posted April 29, 2019 Surprisingly still have a few remnant piles left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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