cyclone77 Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 Verbatim the Euro keeps us below freezing until at least Feb 3rd. With now 10" of snow pack (and counting) don't think we'll be seeing the grass again anytime soon. Last time the grass was visible was the morning of Dec 29th. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartman Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 Despite rain and freezing rain through the day, a little snow apparently snuck into the mix with the freezing rain making DAY receive 0.2" today. With that, DAY narrowly just reached double-digit totals for this season with a current seasonal snowfall total of 10 inches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hlcater Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 E IA and N IL should comfortably pass 1 month of continuous snowcover. Wonder when the last time that happened was. Has been awhile, that's for sure. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 Failed to mention this before, but for those keeping score... "Here" became Naperville as of mid-November. Still will have OBS from "Ex-here" at times though. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beavis1729 Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 7 hours ago, hlcater said: E IA and far N IL should comfortably pass 1 month of continuous snowcover. Wonder when the last time that happened was. Has been awhile, that's for sure. Yep, with a slight edit. We barely hung on imby, until the current snowfall...and it was mainly in neighborhoods and sheltered areas. The more urbanized areas and busier streets had a lot of bare spots. I'm about 25 miles south of the WI border, as the crow flies. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted January 26, 2021 Author Share Posted January 26, 2021 ORD has skyrocketed to nearly 15" of snow this season. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 Pretty close to a foot of snow on the ground, with the bottom 4" a solid glacier with more snows on the way this weekend. About as deep winter as it gets around these parts. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baum Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 4 hours ago, cyclone77 said: Pretty close to a foot of snow on the ground, with the bottom 4" a solid glacier with more snows on the way this weekend. About as deep winter as it gets around these parts. the script can flip in a hurry. The following Wednesday you'll have flooding concerns. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baum Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 12 hours ago, Hoosier said: ORD has skyrocketed to nearly 15" of snow this season. Cary's call in deep jeopardy. Headed towards average, 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormfanaticInd Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 Artic air on the move 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 50 minutes ago, Baum said: Cary's call in deep jeopardy. Headed towards average, lol he should leave the terrible calls to the pros (me) 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cary67 Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 1 hour ago, Baum said: Cary's call in deep jeopardy. Headed towards average, Damn lake enhancement. Go too cocky in the zzz pattern 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 3 hours ago, Baum said: Cary's call in deep jeopardy. Headed towards average, I don't care if ORD was at 0.0, I always said January is too early to talk all time season futility. I mean the longer you go the more abysmal the winter itself will be, but for a place that can see accumulating snow easily into mid April and sometimes beyond, just too much can happen. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 8 hours ago, cyclone77 said: Pretty close to a foot of snow on the ground, with the bottom 4" a solid glacier with more snows on the way this weekend. About as deep winter as it gets around these parts. Jealous. I know you were do after some lean years pre 2019(?) but you are making up now. Last saw over a foot of the ground here in Feb 2018. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian D Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 Made it down to -17F this morning. Coldest temp so far this season at my locale. Looking to rival that next month as the real thrust of winter hits as my forecast has been indicating. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purduewx80 Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchaumburgStormer Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 8-9” of snow depth with the potential to stack on this weekend. Kids are loving it, solid snowcover since 12/29. Any wind is causing blowing and drifting due to the ice layer underneath. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Martin Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 A very rare sunny day today. I couldn't help but think of our sun angle trolls when sun-torched spots were dripping away in the 25 degree air Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 -5 this morning, finally the first subzero of the season both here and at MLI. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beavis1729 Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 18 minutes ago, cyclone77 said: -5 this morning, finally the first subzero of the season both here and at MLI. 3 here, coldest of the season. Some others...although it could have dropped lower intra-hour 6-7 AM. I think all are the coldest of the season, except ORD was also 8 on Christmas morning. ARR -3 RFD 0 DPA 2 DKB 2 JOT 6 ORD 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madwx Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 Down to -7 this morning under clear and calm conditions. Made it below zero before midnight so we get two days for good measure 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheeselandSkies Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 18 minutes ago, madwx said: Down to -7 this morning under clear and calm conditions. Made it below zero before midnight so we get two days for good measure This is the level of cold I can do without and at times don't really understand the enthusiasm for from some on here, but if it only lasts a few days I can take it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torchageddon Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 Yesterday was the most beautiful day of winter thus far. I had light flakes falling starting in the morning with it mainly sunny occasionally obscured by thin wisps of stratus simultaneously. There was light LES 15 miles to my west that wafted the flurries over despite blue skies overhead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 21 hours ago, michsnowfreak said: A very rare sunny day today. I couldn't help but think of our sun angle trolls when sun-torched spots were dripping away in the 25 degree air Just need a few more inches of cover and it'd be a solid urban wintry pic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 11 hours ago, snowstormcanuck said: Just need a few more inches of cover and it'd be a solid urban wintry pic. Tell me about it lol. The snow is very thin especially in sunny spots where lots of grass can be seen, but it's crunchy. ive got my eye on Sunday. Wyandotte is quite suburban/small town but I live in a neighborhood with old houses where the front yards are very small and the backyards are big. We even have coyotes lol, there been a lot spotted living along the railroad tracks. I took a walk during my lunch yesterday and I did see a few tracks 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cary67 Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 1 hour ago, michsnowfreak said: Tell me about it lol. The snow is very thin especially in sunny spots where lots of grass can be seen, but it's crunchy. ive got my eye on Sunday. Wyandotte is quite suburban/small town but I live in a neighborhood with old houses where the front yards are very small and the backyards are big. We even have coyotes lol, there been a lot spotted living along the railroad tracks. I took a walk during my lunch yesterday and I did see a few tracks We have quite a few in our neighborhood. Pet owners always wary 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 This latest system brings us up to about 19" for the season. With 11-12" of snow and ice on the ground we've done extremely well to conserve what we've received. The past two systems have pulled the rug out in the final 24-48hrs reducing consistently forecast snowfall amounts by 30-50%. Getting pretty tired of that shit. Hopefully the next system can at least perform as modeled within 48hrs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIstorm97 Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 As frustrating as it has been getting largely missed by the last two storms and having a mostly dead first half of January, it at least feels like winter now. Monthly total is up to 11.7” and we have had a consistent 2-4” depth for the past week. Ready for a better February. Season total is some how 22.5”, as we have gotten a lot of 1-3.5” snowfalls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted January 31, 2021 Author Share Posted January 31, 2021 3 hours ago, cyclone77 said: This latest system brings us up to about 19" for the season. With 11-12" of snow and ice on the ground we've done extremely well to conserve what we've received. The past two systems have pulled the rug out in the final 24-48hrs reducing consistently forecast snowfall amounts by 30-50%. Getting pretty tired of that shit. Hopefully the next system can at least perform as modeled within 48hrs. I'm likely going to surpass you and break 20" for the season today, but snowcover retention has been absolutely awful here. Just goes to show how the flavor of winter can differ in 2 places that aren't located terribly far from each other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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