michsnowfreak Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 18 hours ago, cyclone77 said: Still a good 6" of glacier here. Hasn't budged in over a week. Top 2" is almost entirely solid ice. lucky. I have 2 glacier piles remaining and that's it. sounds like slippery sledding pack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McHenrySnow Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 5 hours ago, RCNYILWX said: I never like to bust a forecast, but figure if the bust is for less clouds than forecast, that would be appreciated by most given how cloudy it's been lately. You're probably in the minority lol and you get your clouds back today and probably through tomorrow too. I know Wednesday-Wednesday night looks mild ahead of the front, but I wouldn't lock in temps being able to rise that much yet. That kind of warmth aloft coming in will mean a sharp inversion locks in if there's existing cloud cover (which looks quite possible) and surface advection will be from over areas still with deeper snow cover. Wouldn't be surprised if forecast high temps bust low on Wednesday. Yes, I'm quite confident most everyone else appreciated the sun! lol Hope you're right about Wednesday. Concerned everything will get wiped out and then it will be cold and brown. The worst! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hlcater Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 Some backyard winter scenes. Hopefully the 12z euro is right and we can add to it. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 Definitely one of the longest cloudy stretches I can remember. We lost the fog/rime ice stuff the past few days, but the heavy overcast has remained. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 12 minutes ago, cyclone77 said: Definitely one of the longest cloudy stretches I can remember. We lost the fog/rime ice stuff the past few days, but the heavy overcast has remained. We had a half a day of sun here yesterday, but back to cloudy today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian D Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 Looks like a few days of waiting then real cold and light snow possibilities on tap here. LES will really get cranking. Storm activity will return in a couple weeks with more real cold weather afterward again. Then stms, then cold n clippy then stms, etc. I'm not expecting quite as much my way because it looks like the stmy wx will be mostly south of me, with mainly clippers up here thru Feb. I might see one or two bigger snows, but you all south of me should have most of the fun. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartman Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 Dipped down to 20 degrees this morning, the coldest low so far this month. Gut feeling we may be writing off January soon. Still very little snowfall through this month and no lows in the teens or below. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ottawa Blizzard Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 1 hour ago, Spartman said: Dipped down to 20 degrees this morning, the coldest low so far this month. Gut feeling we may be writing off January soon. Still very little snowfall through this month and no lows in the teens or below. Thinking January is a write-off in my neck of the woods, as well, although we at least have a light snowpack on the ground, so it looks like winter , even if it doesn't feel much like it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowtie` Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 If you throw out one day, Jan 4th, the diurnal range has been less than nine degrees for the month. Blandness in the skies and the temperature recording devices at KIND. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McHenrySnow Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 So large swaths of Texas and Oklahoma have had more snow this winter than Northern Illinois. Depressing AF. Don't get me wrong, I'm happy for them, but this is unbearable. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 managed an aircraft seeding and/or industrial DAB here again at the office 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimillman Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 1 hour ago, A-L-E-K said: managed an aircraft seeding and/or industrial DAB here again at the office hmm, nada here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purduewx80 Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 In case you missed it. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 This is so weird that Chicago keeps getting snowflakes from smokestacks and airplanes but yet were not getting any flakes from Lake Michigan. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimillman Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 2 minutes ago, michsnowfreak said: This is so weird that Chicago keeps getting snowflakes from smokestacks and airplanes but yet were not getting any flakes from Lake Michigan. Wanna swap? I promise you're not missing much 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purduewx80 Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 1 minute ago, michsnowfreak said: This is so weird that Chicago keeps getting snowflakes from smokestacks and airplanes but yet were not getting any flakes from Lake Michigan. It is pretty bizarre. Working in aviation, we pay a lot of attention to cloud heights, depths and in-cloud temperatures. It would be hard to do a historical analysis, but we have seen this persistent pattern since late November where cloud depths are too shallow and warm for significant lake effect. At the same time, there has been an increased incidence of aircraft icing on their way in/out of ORD and MDW. These conditions are also what have led to the prevalence of aircraft- and industrial-effect snow. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 Just need to get the planes in a holding pattern over Chicago like in Diehard 2, and perhaps a top 3 event could result from it. 3 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 4 minutes ago, mimillman said: Wanna swap? I promise you're not missing much Lol I know, my brother lives in Chicago (Lincoln park). On Christmas Eve about 20 minutes after it started snowing here he said, this is already more snow than I have seen all season in Chicago, lol. December actually saw average snowfall here but it was entirely synoptic. It is just strange that we usually manage to get mood flakes and squalls from the lake but we have not gotten any yet this season. The actual west MI snow belts are having a near record slow start to the season. Yet who's getting the non synoptic snow? Chicago is, from airplanes and smokestacks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimillman Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 i think the GFS has given up 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowstorms Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 Unless we get a blizzard of 99 and/or Feb is historic, nothing and I mean nothing, can redeem this shitty month. About to be 2 weeks of literally nada in the heart of winter. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 17 minutes ago, Snowstorms said: Unless we get a blizzard of 99 and/or Feb is historic, nothing and I mean nothing, can redeem this shitty month. About to be 2 weeks of literally nada in the heart of winter. Several people have noted that big storm potential seems elevated in February. It would not surprise me in the least if we get slammed. Does not necessarily make up for all this downtime though. If you like wire-to-wire Winter theres nothing that can save this zzz period. if you just like a good storm or active strerch tere is tons of time left for that. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCNYILWX Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 Several people have noted that big storm potential seems elevated in February. It would not surprise me in the least if we get slammed. Does not necessarily make up for all this downtime though. If you like wire-to-wire Winter theres nothing that can save this zzz period. if you just like a good storm or active strerch tere is tons of time left for that.The upcoming pattern was described as looking similar to the second half of winter 18-19, except with a -NAO, on the New England forum. It could be worth the wait but certainly would have to be historic to make up for this very long boring stretch. Sent from my SM-G965U using Tapatalk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 Made it above freezing (33) for the first time this month/year this afternoon, albeit briefly. Was nice to see the sun again. Looks like some light snow possible Friday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve23guy Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 I miss the sun , and my roof does too ,need it to help me with a fun ice dam on my roof Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchaumburgStormer Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 Glacier holding strong here. Need a couple 50 degree days to break this one down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 10 hours ago, RCNYILWX said: The upcoming pattern was described as looking similar to the second half of winter 18-19, except with a -NAO Winter 18-19, we had our snowiest five-week period ever from mid Jan to mid Feb. I picked up 44" during that insane period. I'd gladly take a repeat. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hlcater Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 1 hour ago, hawkeye_wx said: Winter 18-19, we had our snowiest five-week period ever from mid Jan to mid Feb. I picked up 44" during that insane period. I'd gladly take a repeat. It was continuously cold too. There were periods where we had a 24” depth which is basically impossible with this climo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartman Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 On 1/10/2021 at 4:51 PM, bowtie` said: If you throw out one day, Jan 4th, the diurnal range has been less than nine degrees for the month. Blandness in the skies and the temperature recording devices at KIND. Certainly a harbinger of what's coming for the remainder of this month as a whole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 Made it up to 35 today with full sun. The glacier laughed at it. Some icicles fell off the gutters on the house though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 36 minutes ago, cyclone77 said: Made it up to 35 today with full sun. The glacier laughed at it. Some icicles fell off the gutters on the house though. This is another example of why I like snow cover. I've seen double the snowfall you've seen this season yet yours locked into place ahead of this ridiculously boring pattern, while I've had bare ground with these overcast days where the high and low are a few degrees apart. Its been a very mild start to January but mainly because of the low temps. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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