SchaumburgStormer Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 First flakes of the event flying. Wind is ripping already. East west roads are drifting heavily in open areas 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackstraw Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 2 minutes ago, ILSNOW said: 21z RAP still bringing the goods with an additional 14 inches for eastern lake and northern cook county If the RAP verifies it's giving me another 11 that will put me at 16-17 in 24 hours. Those are 77-78 numbers for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sciascia Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 Near O’Hare Airport right now. Quite low visibility. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 3 minutes ago, Hoosier said: Stuff near Danville, IL looks nice. Got my eye on it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 2 minutes ago, snowcaine said: I would think 30 cm is more likely on ground by Friday, especially factoring in sublimation and compaction between events. 60 cm would be heavenly but I would be surprised. My guess is 20 cm of snow from today's event, 10 cm on Friday. Maybe I'm pessimistic, but we've been screwed by overblown Kuchera rates before (even if we're in prime dendrite growth zone thermally, seen far too many rod events when I was hoping for dendrites). And the Thursday night system looks like a classic coastal capture - we'll see how far west the snow shield penetrates, but again wouldn't be surprised to see less-than-ideal snow ratios, especially with such dry air on the doorstep to eat away at that moisture. Yup, I'll second those amounts. Seems perfectly reasonable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted February 15, 2021 Author Share Posted February 15, 2021 Just now, Chicago WX said: Got my eye on it Might get both of us, should at least get me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 Just now, Hoosier said: Might get both of us, should at least get me. Yeah, it'll be close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hlcater Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 The northern edge of the snow shield is creeping up this way. Ready to be demolished. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue60007 Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 Flake size increasing here, on schedule, I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btcs31 Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 It's my understanding the record snow pack for Chicago is 29" after the '79 blizzard. Is that in jeopardy this week? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted February 15, 2021 Author Share Posted February 15, 2021 Can see a weaker lake band crashing into Lake county Indiana now. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miamarsden8 Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 Seriously, like...why lol. I'm about 10 mins SE of Hamilton. This is just unfortunate. Hopefully it builds behind that dry slot or the event may be over for me. Good luck to everyone in Indiana and NW Ohio! GG! I hope to see the pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janetjanet998 Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 KMDW 152253Z 02016G23KT 1/4SM R31C/1400V2600FT +SN BLSN VV008 M08/M12 A3009 RMK AO2 PRESFR SLP211 PRESENT WX DRSN SNINCR 1/16 P0001 T10831117 $ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snownado Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 I wonder why TWC chose to go to Cincinnati instead of some other cities ? Not sure Cincinnati will be the jackpot. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chambana Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 Heavy band incoming. Shits the real deal boys, this storm is so fun. Grabbing my AirPods and walking again. Giddy doesn’t begin to explain my excitement. I’m on a high right now. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miamarsden8 Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 1 minute ago, Snownado said: I wonder why TWC chose to go to Cincinnati instead of some other cities ? Not sure Cincinnati will be the jackpot. I can promise you it won't unless we get a sick, sick band. I'm talking 1-2" an hour. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted February 15, 2021 Author Share Posted February 15, 2021 2 minutes ago, janetjanet998 said: KMDW 152253Z 02016G23KT 1/4SM R31C/1400V2600FT +SN BLSN VV008 M08/M12 A3009 RMK AO2 PRESFR SLP211 PRESENT WX DRSN SNINCR 1/16 P0001 T10831117 $ Interesting line in the metar. I'm guessing present weather drifting snow? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snownado Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 Just now, miamarsden8 said: I can promise you it won't unless we get a sick, sick band. I'm talking 1-2" an hour. Still another storm in a couple days so if you miss out on this one maybe the next one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiTownSnow Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 1 minute ago, Hoosier said: Interesting line in the metar. I'm guessing present weather drifting snow? 4 minutes ago, janetjanet998 said: KMDW 152253Z 02016G23KT 1/4SM R31C/1400V2600FT +SN BLSN VV008 M08/M12 A3009 RMK AO2 PRESFR SLP211 PRESENT WX DRSN SNINCR 1/16 P0001 T10831117 $ How do we read this? 1 inch last hour, 16 snow depth? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 Heavy boys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCNYILWX Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 How do we read this? 1 inch last hour, 16 snow depth? Yep, SNINC means a depth increase. It means at least a half inch and no more than 1.4" in that hour to get the rounded up or down depth increase of 1".Sent from my SM-G965U using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 Interesting line in the metar. I'm guessing present weather drifting snow?Someone made a mistake.ORD issues rubbing off on MDW.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCNYILWX Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 Someone made a mistake.ORD issues rubbing off on MDW..Is DRSN supposed to be in a different portion of the METAR? I've seen it put there in the MDW METARs this winter. Sent from my SM-G965U using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 How do we read this? 1 inch last hour, 16 snow depth? For SNINCR to be attained, snow depth had to increase by at least 0.5” over the past hour. The rounding used skews things.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 8 minutes ago, Chambana said: Heavy band incoming. Shits the real deal boys, this storm is so fun. Grabbing my AirPods and walking again. Giddy doesn’t begin to explain my excitement. I’m on a high right now. You've also had 5 IPA's already. Lol, just kidding. Enjoy the walk. Happy to see you taking this all in. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCNYILWX Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 21z RAP still bringing the goods with an additional 14 inches for eastern lake and northern cook county For reference, here's the liquid equivalent for the 21z RAP. Even if you assume lower than Kuchera ratios, that's still a lot of snow to come. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 Is DRSN supposed to be in a different portion of the METAR? I've seen it put there in the MDW METARs this winter. Sent from my SM-G965U using TapatalkIt was placed in remarks as it should be and coded correctly, but “Present Wx” was not supposed to be in there ahead of it.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geddyweather Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 Definitely ~1/4 mile vis here. Ripping hard with sustained winds around 15mph and higher gusts. Thought I had a secure measuring place but it has been well drifted over by now. Very impressive storm with much more to come. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted February 15, 2021 Author Share Posted February 15, 2021 Looks like a reorientation of the lake band. It is more N-S now while earlier it was more NE-SW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 [Charles Barkley voice] Buried 2 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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