jlauderdal Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 Im currently in florida and it was 84 and sunny today but looks like a band has been stationary over my house in central macomb county. I think the higher end of the forecast of 5-6 inches may pan out. Damn porch video feed isn't working. We have been stuck under the ridge for over a week, more of the same on the way 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 I measured an average of 5.6" on my snow boards. I thought we were done, but another good band is moving through now so my total will go up a bit. There is a 6.5" report from Marion (ne edge of Cedar Rapids) and a 7" report from the ne side of CR. This snow is mountain powder over here because the column was so cold. I have 12+" drifts that can be lifted with a shovel like a pile of feathers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 Just hit an inch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo6899 Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 11 minutes ago, jlauderdal said: 1 hour ago, Stevo6899 said: Im currently in florida and it was 84 and sunny today but looks like a band has been stationary over my house in central macomb county. I think the higher end of the forecast of 5-6 inches may pan out. Damn porch video feed isn't working. We have been stuck under the ridge for over a week, more of the same on the way More like the past month. I've been keeping eye on the weather down here and I think it's been Sunny and dry for all December. Atleast in the fort myers area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natester Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 10 minutes ago, hawkeye_wx said: I measured an average of 5.6" on my snow boards. I thought we were done, but another good band is moving through now so my total will go up a bit. There is a 6.5" report from Marion (ne edge of Cedar Rapids) and a 7" report from the ne side of CR. This snow is mountain powder over here because the column was so cold. I have 12+" drifts that can be lifted with a shovel like a pile of feathers. I have a question, since you begin measuring snow, what winter season was the snowiest? Was it the 07-08 winter season? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 5 minutes ago, Natester said: I have a question, since you begin measuring snow, what winter season was the snowiest? Was it the 07-08 winter season? Yes, 07-08' was the first season I began to record all measurements and it is still my snowiest season. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natester Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 Just now, hawkeye_wx said: Yes, 07-08' was the first season I began to record all measurements and it is still my snowiest season. 70+ inch total from the season? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 2 minutes ago, Natester said: 70+ inch total from the season? 61.9" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natester Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 Just now, hawkeye_wx said: 61.9" Oh ok, I was off by almost 10 inches. That winter would end up leading to a very wet spring which in turn led to the historic river flooding in Cedar Rapids in June 2008. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 Think what hurt our total is the lack of snow from late afternoon on. It's basically just been spitting snow the last 5hrs, with the band over IA refusing to budge in this direction. Had the snow not shut down like it did we prob would have picked up another inch or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlauderdal Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 More like the past month. I've been keeping eye on the weather down here and I think it's been Sunny and dry for all December. Atleast in the fort myers area.We had rain on the SE coast a couple of days but dry since, the block is on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baum Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 24 minutes ago, A-L-E-K said: Just hit an inch yeah, it's ugly. And now we have transient Floridian's in the thread discussing sun and 80 degree temps. Good thing I'm resilient. Already, looking for the next storm. Just read LOT's update. Kudo's for trying to pull this across the finish line as a WSW verification. Houdini would be proud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidwestChaser Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILSNOW Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 5 inches here in Buffalo Grove Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowtie` Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 4 minutes ago, Baum said: yeah, it's ugly. And now we have transient Floridian's in the thread discussing sun and 80 degree temps. Good thing I'm resilient. Already, looking for the next storm. You are going to hate me. 0.63" of cold rain here in my tippy bucket north of KIND. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hlcater Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 Final total of 6.4" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baum Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 1 minute ago, bowtie` said: You are going to hate me. 0.63" of cold rain here in my tippy bucket north of KIND. your time will come. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 13 minutes ago, Baum said: yeah, it's ugly. And now we have transient Floridian's in the thread discussing sun and 80 degree temps. Good thing I'm resilient. Already, looking for the next storm. Just read LOT's update. Kudo's for trying to pull this across the finish line as a WSW verification. Houdini would be proud. A fairly lengthy update Area Forecast Discussion...UPDATED National Weather Service Chicago/Romeoville, IL 903 PM CST Sat Jan 1 2022 .UPDATE... Issued at 900 PM CST Sat Jan 1 2022 We continue a close watch on observational trends including gauging impacts through reports, traffic maps, and webcams. Snow continues across a lot of the area, mainly of a light and occasionally heavier rate, with highest impacts being experienced in open areas of north central Illinois, across the northern Chicago metro, and at times in far northwest Indiana. Have lowered forecast snowfall amounts a smidge and eased impact wording in a few locations -- namely southwest metro and areas where heavier rates have eased and will end altogether shortly (western locations). Some uncertainty with how the lake enhancement/effect will work out, but have seen some of this already at work in far southeast Wisconsin on terminal doppler weather radar data, and rates and amounts are coming in higher in these locations. So still would expect some amounts exceeding 7 inches in parts of Lake and northern Cook. The now strung out synoptic shield of snow is draped over the northern half of the forecast area this mid-evening. Frontogenesis (f-gen) within the 700-750 mb layer from eastern Iowa through far northern Illinois and into southeast Wisconsin has remained steadfast, producing regular banded structures of snow. As temperatures have fell (upper teens across north central Illinois now), the snow ratios have been regularly higher and it is estimated from reports that a 4 inch area of snow has occurred so far from Lee and Ogle counties east-northeastward to Lake and parts of northern Cook (recent 4.3 inch report from Palatine). Webcams in north central Illinois and road conditions have been quite poor, with I-39 webcams only recently having shown improvement as rates have started to ease. With the north winds gusting to 20 to 25 mph, east-west oriented roads that are not regularly plowed likely have dangerous travel conditions. North central Illinois will gradually see snow taper, though the second wave (or main trough) will keep at least regular light snow continuing in parts of that area into overnight. That may require extending the Warning for there for a few more hours into the overnight. Further east into the metro, conditions have mainly been worse north under the aforementioned banding. Also some likely lake enhancement into Lake County is aiding in regular heavier rates. Warning-like impacts generally continue in that area and the message is generally good. The central and southern metro have had less snowfall so far than expected, and in/near downtown Chicago saw little accumulation on traveled roads through 6 pm due to good treatment and heavier rates/better ratios being limited in duration. It has been well agreed upon by the RAP and NAM that f-gen will re-evolve a little southeastward over the southern Chicago metro for a few hours coming up (and radar is hinting at that taking shape). With temperatures having dropped several degrees from earlier, this should provide pavement accumulation. Due to the low amounts so far in Will and into Kendall, felt comfortable that conditions are and will continue to stay more Advisory level. For Lake and Cook Counties, some assistance from the lake -- albeit with somewhat marginal temperature profiles for larger flakes -- should again see amounts and impacts boosted from inland areas. There have already been some reports of markedly low visibility and shallow blowing snow from Lake County where winds are gusting over 30 mp. For northwest Indiana, conditions have been variable, but at times really poor on even the interstates in Lake and Porter Counties. This is a challenging area as they likely will have quite varying conditions. They are weeing low 30s temperatures advected from the lake with the north winds, but should also get into some of the f-gen forcing into early overnight, and then some lake effect very late tonight into Sunday morning. So still felt alright with the Warning message for this area, keeping in mind while high uncertainty on amounts, a little more so with overall impacts (and some already seen). Further south, patchy freezing drizzle has been noted in reports from Bloomington up to Pontiac. Humidity profiles are marginal in the ice nucleation layer and will stay that way for the next several hours. So some occasional snow and freezing drizzle will likely continue. The going Advisory looks fine. Hope to gather some snowfall reports from this far south before 10 P.M. MTF 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 Another good band of snow dumped some large flakes that added up to another 0.6", which boosts my storm total to 6.2". My prediction was 3". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LansingWeather Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 This storm is aggravating! A nice band sets up then it completely falls apart. Rinse and repeat. Roughly 1.5" OTG here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radtechwxman Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 1 hour ago, cyclone77 said: Think what hurt our total is the lack of snow from late afternoon on. It's basically just been spitting snow the last 5hrs, with the band over IA refusing to budge in this direction. Had the snow not shut down like it did we prob would have picked up another inch or so. I feel your pain. Wasn't expecting so much drying from the south. Figured that would be from the north with arctic air mass bleeding se. You have a nice weenie band heading your way now though. Looks like you could easily could another inch out of it. Heavy returns on DVN radar. Ratios should be great now with your temps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiño Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 Sometimes it pays to live on the lake. 6.5 and counting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeatherMonger Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 Airport is going to have atleast .1" so record will stand here. Some other totals in ILX CWA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 Picked up another half inch over the past few hours from the decaying Iowa band, so up to 5.0" for the event. Still snowing lightly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted January 2, 2022 Author Share Posted January 2, 2022 Roundup as of 6z... ORD 3.2" Frank SW of MDW 3.2" MDW 2.7" RFD 4.3” LOT 2.4". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sciascia Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 Snow continues to fly here in Poplar Grove. All the blowing & drifting makes it “fun” for me when taking my dogs outside. Some spots barely cover my shoes, while other areas are shin deep. Although my car that’s parked outside barely has any snow on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 Lake did some work overnight, gonna measure in a second, 4.5 looking real close friends Finished with 1.8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baum Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 and then it was January. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madwx Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 On 12/30/2021 at 3:09 PM, madwx said: first and final call of 1" here. look to just be on the northern fringes of this. Congrats to all to the south on significant snows Ended with .8” at the airport and .5” ish here. Blowing made it nearly impossible to measure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlauderdal Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 Roundup as of 6z... ORD 3.2" Frank SW of MDW 3.2" MDW 2.7" RFD 4.3” LOT 2.4".Bust Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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