Hoosier Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 This band coming through now has pretty good precip rates. Low quality pic out my window. Can tell it would be no fun walking around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cary67 Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 Snowing here currently Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelmantis Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 Freezing rain coming down now. Few miles north of me (based on traffic cams) snow coming down in McHenry county. 1/4 of icy glaze on driveway and untreated surfaces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McHenrySnow Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 12 minutes ago, Cary67 said: Snowing here currently We just switched to freezing rain. Swear to god. I'm in shock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IllinoisWedges Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 Thin layer of slush here. Insane storm so far Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluoronium Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 Lights are beginning to flicker here. I don't think I'm going to have power much longer. Birch trees in the area are bent over to the ground from the weight of the ice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natester Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 DVN update: AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1227 PM CST FRI JAN 1 2021 UPDATE ISSUED AT 1227 PM CST FRI JAN 1 2021 VERY TRICKY SITUATION WITH THIS FORECAST. MODEL ICE NUCLEATION HAD SUGGESTED MORE ICE IN THE COLUMN, AND THIS MORNING MANY OF THE AWOS SITES REPORTED SNOW WHEN IT WAS ACTUALLY FZRA. AS ADDITIONAL GROUND TRUTH CAME IN IT WAS EVIDENT THAT EVEN THOUGH THE FORECAST WAS COLDER THAN PREVIOUS DAYS, THE EXISTENCE OF ICE WAS NOT THERE. AS A RESULT ICE TOTALS INCREASED IN THE ADVISORY AND WARNING AREAS. REPORTS OF WARNING CRITERIA ICE IN THE WARNING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AND UP TO .15 IN THE ADVISORY AREA. RADAR DATA NOW SUGGESTS THE WARM LAYER IS COLLAPSING AND SNOW IS BEGINNING TO TRANSITION THROUGH THE AREA. THE SNOW BAND HAS SETUP FURTHER NW AND AS A RESULT HAD TO ADD COUNTIES TO ADVISORY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelmantis Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 18 minutes ago, McHenrySnow said: We just switched to freezing rain. Swear to god. I'm in shock. Radar trends down south don’t look so hot for us either... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Perry Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 Freezing rain here with occasional pingers. A lot of run-off. Not much accrual yet. Temp at 30°. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McHenrySnow Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 Rockford is at 33º and we're at 31.3º right now. We may go above freezing. smdh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McHenrySnow Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 6 minutes ago, michaelmantis said: Radar trends down south don’t look so hot for us either... If it's not going to be snow, I don't want it anyhow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cary67 Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 26 minutes ago, McHenrySnow said: We just switched to freezing rain. Swear to god. I'm in shock. Yeah switched here also. Wednesday repeat with maybe snow on backend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRegionRat Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 Run of the mill cold rain now. Plenty of slush on the streets. Nothing is icing up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 Started as some sleet here earlier, before flipping to freezing rain. -FZRA continues with a glaze this far, and a temp of 32 now.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McHenrySnow Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 3 minutes ago, Cary67 said: Yeah switched here also. Wednesday repeat with maybe snow on backend At this point all I can do is laugh. What a joke. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbnwx85 Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 It's been all freezing rain here but the accretion has been very inefficient. It's not sticking much to the cars. I measured just 1/16th of an inch on some tree branches. Have had some heavy freezing rain but lots of runoff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nwohweather Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 Some serious freezing rain at the moment in Toledo. Unsure about the roads but heavy icing on trees, driveways and cars right now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 DVN update: AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1227 PM CST FRI JAN 1 2021 UPDATE ISSUED AT 1227 PM CST FRI JAN 1 2021 VERY TRICKY SITUATION WITH THIS FORECAST. MODEL ICE NUCLEATION HAD SUGGESTED MORE ICE IN THE COLUMN, AND THIS MORNING MANY OF THE AWOS SITES REPORTED SNOW WHEN IT WAS ACTUALLY FZRA. AS ADDITIONAL GROUND TRUTH CAME IN IT WAS EVIDENT THAT EVEN THOUGH THE FORECAST WAS COLDER THAN PREVIOUS DAYS, THE EXISTENCE OF ICE WAS NOT THERE. AS A RESULT ICE TOTALS INCREASED IN THE ADVISORY AND WARNING AREAS. REPORTS OF WARNING CRITERIA ICE IN THE WARNING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AND UP TO .15 IN THE ADVISORY AREA. RADAR DATA NOW SUGGESTS THE WARM LAYER IS COLLAPSING AND SNOW IS BEGINNING TO TRANSITION THROUGH THE AREA. THE SNOW BAND HAS SETUP FURTHER NW AND AS A RESULT HAD TO ADD COUNTIES TO ADVISORY. That was an error on their part from the start, in not having the WWA further NW. LOT had the same mistake in north having it far though N...and as did MKE. The consensus of guidance consistently had WWA level precip that far north. So for them to say the axis set up further north, is comical. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 4 minutes ago, TheRegionRat said: Run of the mill cold rain now. Plenty of slush on the streets. Nothing is icing up. Things are glazed over here. I do see dripping off the roof though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheeselandSkies Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 Dry in Madison so far. Looks like we're riding the cutoff between about 1" and zilch. I haven't been following this event too closely since it became clear it wouldn't be too sig for us, but this thread has taught me a lot about why significant ice storms always seem to either happen without warning or when one is forecast, it busts. There's a really narrow window of ideal temperature profiles and precip rates for efficient accretion of freezing rain. There was one morning back in I believe the winter of 2013-'14 (one of our first winter precip events of the season, before it became legendary) where I woke up to, completely unexpectedly, find my car encased in about 1/2" of solid ice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 13 minutes ago, McHenrySnow said: Rockford is at 33º Surprise stat of the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 Come on Kankakee crew, we want some obs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AWMT30 Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 Canton Michigan, Temp 32 with sleet and snow and have had some freezing rain. Lower levels seem quite cold cause we continue to see more snow than sleet and freezing rain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mogget Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 Pingers in Green County (south-central) Wisconsin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 14 minutes ago, TheRegionRat said: Run of the mill cold rain now. Plenty of slush on the streets. Nothing is icing up. How far are you from KGYY? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 5 minutes ago, Hoosier said: Come on Kankakee crew, we want some obs. Everything encased in ice here. Started as some pretty heavy sleet this morning, then went to freezing rain about 8:30. Trees are creaking with every movement of the wind. Temp is 31˚ at mi casa currently. Actually got a real weather station now, lol. Even with probably getting to or a bit above freezing this afternoon...tomorrow is going to suck. Alas, hoping for a little snow here as this thing exits stage right. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelmantis Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 Just hit 32 in my backyard. Freezing line looks to be a bit north than LOT initially forecasted (infamous I-88 line). Now just an inch or two of backside snow to cover the icy slop would be nice. At some point this winter we will have a fully frozen storm in the N IL region! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mogget Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 Green, Rock, Milwaukee and Waukesha counties (south-central and south-east Wisconsin) all have brand spanking new (unexpected) Winter Weather Advisories for snow and mixed precipitation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRegionRat Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 1 minute ago, Hoosier said: How far are you from KGYY? I'm in East Chicago, maybe 10 minutes from Gary Airport. As the crow flies, three miles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevlon62 Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 Freezing rain for the last hour. Managed about half an inch of snow before that.Sent from my SM-N960U using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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