cyclone77 Posted October 26, 2020 Author Share Posted October 26, 2020 First measurable snow of the season early this morning with 0.3". Looks nice with the trees still holding on to some color. Chance for some cold rain Thu, but other than that it looks pretty quiet into next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cary67 Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 Will December have more? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 First snow of the season here this morning.Picked up 0.6”, and even had solid periods of SN.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 26 minutes ago, (((Will))) said: The NWS rly screwed this one up. They still haven't called for more than 'scarttered snow showers' with no accumulations. No advisories. Nothing. We've had in excess of a foot of snow - and it's still snowing hard here in Calumet. Either way...I love it. Great pics Will. MQT mentioned a couple days ago in their afd discussion that there was a high bust potential for the forecast. Anyway, snow has picked up again this morning after stopping completely earlier. Picked up another quick inch at least with a meso-low that drifted through (probably the burst of snow you mentioned this morning). Pic I just grabbed from my doorbell cam. Looks like mid-winter already! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 DAB at the office Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 Snowing here... very wet flakes. Wasn't really expecting it to get this far east. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slow poke Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 1 hour ago, weatherbo said: Great pics Will. MQT mentioned a couple days ago in their afd discussion that there was a high bust potential for the forecast. Anyway, snow has picked up again this morning after stopping completely earlier. Picked up another quick inch at least with a meso-low that drifted through (probably the burst of snow you mentioned this morning). Pic I just grabbed from my doorbell cam. Looks like mid-winter already! Great pictures from you and Will, thanks for sharing. Do you think the snow cover is here to stay for the season? If so, is this the earliest it been this deep this early since you’ve lived there? We were up ATV riding at our place this weekend, had off and on snow showers but nothing stuck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian D Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 53 minutes ago, Hoosier said: Snowing here... very wet flakes. Wasn't really expecting it to get this far east. I did my best to force it your way. LOL 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 5 hours ago, slow poke said: Great pictures from you and Will, thanks for sharing. Do you think the snow cover is here to stay for the season? If so, is this the earliest it been this deep this early since you’ve lived there? We were up ATV riding at our place this weekend, had off and on snow showers but nothing stuck. This is my eighth October here and it usually snows without fail every year. I think the most I've seen really early was Oct 5th, 2018 when a very wet five inches fell. Most years there is snow on the ground by Halloween but usually it's not anything too deep, so this is by far the most snow I've seen in October- two feet in the past 23 days and like I mentioned earlier, 20" falling since the 20th. The snow on the ground is on the wet side and the temps should remain cool enough for the snow to hang around a while, thawing and refreezing, making it more stubborn to melt off, especially with the increasingly low sun angle and living on a north facing ridge. However, the ground is still fairly warm and we're entering long stretch of mild-ish, benign weather, so I expect the snow to slowly whittle away to scraps... although anything is possible... I'm consistently amazed at the freakish nature of the weather up here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 6 hours ago, Chicago Storm said: First snow of the season here this morning. Picked up 0.6”, and even had solid periods of SN. . Officially a trace at O'Hare. You would think they had something measurable after being down to 0.75-1 mile visibility for about 2 hours. Guidance suggesting a little surge of precip/possible snow around here tomorrow morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 19 minutes ago, Hoosier said: Officially a trace at O'Hare. You would think they had something measurable after being down to 0.75-1 mile visibility for about 2 hours. Guidance suggesting a little surge of precip/possible snow around here tomorrow morning. They should have, they had about .05" liquid equivalent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 Officially a trace at O'Hare. You would think they had something measurable after being down to 0.75-1 mile visibility for about 2 hours. Guidance suggesting a little surge of precip/possible snow around here tomorrow morning. Let’s just say it’s likely wrong, and that I can’t get into it.. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purduewx80 Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 It was 34 at my place while snowing, too, and nothing stuck to anything. It's not terribly surprising for snow to not stick during the day when it isn't moderate or heavy. The actual vis reported by the RVRs (runway visual range sensors) was not 3/4SM more than a few minutes, nor was it a mile for that long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 21 minutes ago, purduewx80 said: It was 34 at my place while snowing, too, and nothing stuck to anything. It's not terribly surprising for snow to not stick during the day when it isn't moderate or heavy. The actual vis reported by the RVRs (runway visual range sensors) was not 3/4SM more than a few minutes, nor was it a mile for that long. Was going off of the 5 min obs, which had 1 mile or less from 9:15 am to 11:11 am. Would've thought a favorable surface (such as a snowboard) would have picked up a little bit, but I guess not. I only care because it would have been the first time on record for Chicago to have measurable snow in 2 consecutive Octobers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 It was 34 at my place while snowing, too, and nothing stuck to anything. It's not terribly surprising for snow to not stick during the day when it isn't moderate or heavy. The actual vis reported by the RVRs (runway visual range sensors) was not 3/4SM more than a few minutes, nor was it a mile for that long. Several pics from by ORD that had a few tenths. Like I said, it’s likely wrong, but I can’t get into it.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 Thick cloud bank hanging just west of here, threatening to sink in. In the meantime, with clear skies the temp has dropped to 15. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted October 27, 2020 Author Share Posted October 27, 2020 A lot of the area trees are past peak color now, but some of the late turners are still looking quite nice, like the hard maples etc. The Autumn Blaze out front is at peak now, and will probably be bare in a week or two. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogueWaves Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 On 10/25/2020 at 11:17 PM, Spartman said: Another overcast Sunday. Suicide weather. Three Sundays out of four were like that this month, two with rainfall. Tomorrow will be the third overcast Monday in a row for this month. Wash, rinse, repeat. Have also yet to experience the first freeze of the season. The latest first freeze is on November 25, 1931. Just how far south are you? Been 32F or below 5X since 9/19 here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 On 10/26/2020 at 4:37 AM, A-L-E-K said: Flakes Again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestMichigan Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 6 hours ago, RogueWaves said: Just how far south are you? Been 32F or below 5X since 9/19 here. I can't speak for spartman, but 33.8 is the lowest in my backyard so far this year and I am a little farther north than you. Sometimes other things play into it like a big warm lake to my west. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrdIowPitMsp Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 Backyard sensor is reading 14F this morning. By far the coldest air of the season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrdIowPitMsp Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 Some records from over the weekend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 Low of 10. Coldest report I could find was 4 degrees. I have to imagine some remote area probably slipped below zero for a while. Looking closer at Nov, nice to see a mild first half looking likely. As long as there's decent snow opening day, I'm good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snownado Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 4 hours ago, WestMichigan said: I can't speak for spartman, but 33.8 is the lowest in my backyard so far this year and I am a little farther north than you. Sometimes other things play into it like a big warm lake to my west. Wow even parts of Tennessee have had a freeze and parts of Michigan hasn't ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian D Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 Low of 12 this morning, with rather breezy conditions out of the SW today. Heading back to normal temps for a while. Bye-bye false winter. Oh, and BTW, I did mention that winter would be starting mid - Nov in my Fall forecast, so we have a couple weeks to go yet. Seems models are hinting at such a prospect. We'll see. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 3 hours ago, Snownado said: Wow even parts of Tennessee have had a freeze and parts of Michigan hasn't ? the lowest at DTW has been 33. Pretty much everyone outside the urban heat island has had a freeze or several. As for the Western Michigan, it's not uncommon for the lakeshore to have later freezes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osubrett2 Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 ILN has the Frost/Freeze program up for most of the CWA. Coldest temperature so far this season: -CMH: 33 on 10/17 -CVG: 34 on 10/17 -DAY: 35 on 10/16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gino27 Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 1 hour ago, osubrett2 said: ILN has the Frost/Freeze program up for most of the CWA. Coldest temperature so far this season: -CMH: 33 on 10/17 -CVG: 34 on 10/17 -DAY: 35 on 10/16 Never froze here in Union County. Got down to 32 on the 17th, bot only had a light frost. Looks like a widespread freeze early next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 How's this for a stat. The high at ORD on Monday was 39. Today's high was 38. It is the first time since 1930 that there have been 2 sub-40 degree highs in October. It also happened on back to back days in that year (Oct 18 and 19). 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 Periods of snow/sleet this morning brought a non-measurable dusting here. Another T on the board at ORD as well.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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