King James Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 Spitting pixie dust in IKK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimillman Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 Flurries have commenced here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveNay Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 Looks like the temperature drop hit almost exactly as forecast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nwohweather Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 52 minutes ago, Frog Town said: HRR seems like it's trying to strengthen the low in Western Ohio. That would slow things down a bit and increase snow a bit for the western Ohio and SE MI crew. The rare last minute improvement for the region. Still if you go off the models verbatim it's 7-10" on the GFS and 2-4" on the NAM, not great disagreement this close to snowfall 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 1 hour ago, Frog Town said: I would typically by more disappointed with the amount of snow forecasted, but considering it's gonna torch by next weekend, I really could care less. How much less could you care? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchaumburgStormer Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 Wind picking up a bit as the front plows through Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelmantis Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 Transition from Pixie Dust to some mood flakes in Elgin IL. Just looked at the temp drop between where I'm at and about 50 miles west, no surprise some wind is coming our way... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchaumburgStormer Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 Hmmm. Wonder where the front is... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malacka11 Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 Snowing lightly already. I'm just glad we have snow for Christmas. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurkess Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 From Winter Storm Watch to Winter Weather Advisory, now Winter Storm Warning. Here we goooo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CIllinoisSnow Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 Starting to get some light snow falling here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ole Bucket Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 Pixie dust and wind picking up south of STL.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchaumburgStormer Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 Flake size increasing with vis dropping. Lets roll! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrdIowPitMsp Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 Driving south on US-52 to ski at Welch Village. Not much wind or drifting yet in rural areas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owensnow Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 Latest GFS and FV3 and RGEM have a good deal for SEMI and SW Ontario 5-9 inches likely on .75- 1 qpf 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 4 inches total here despite 0.47" liquid. That is only about an 8.5 to 1 ratio. I expected much higher than that given the cold atmosphere. The flake size was quite small throughout. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 Welp, it's snowing here... 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted December 22, 2022 Author Share Posted December 22, 2022 Hoping this snow band widens throughout the morning and afternoon as the low deepens and better upper air support rounds trough. Band pretty narrow right now. If it stays how it is now I will probably be looking at 1-2in. Hoping for 3-4in like hi res has been suggesting. Hrrr off it's rocker suggesting 5-6in. The HRRR isn’t off it’s rocker, if you’re not looking at the Kuchera output.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogueWaves Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 2 hours ago, michsnowfreak said: Looking like some good banding of snow squalls into Saturday via Lake MI after the main event, but position of banding TBD. Either way looks like a fun but couple days. I probably won't get a liquid equivalent total til Saturday. Rain gauge can will likely freeze solid with flash freeze of rain to snow. Banding gonna hit DTW, yby, and just N of me. SOP for these parts 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoar_Frost Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 Find the cold front. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 39 minutes ago, Malacka11 said: Snowing lightly already. I'm just glad we have snow for Christmas. Yes. Nice change of pace. Focusing on that instead of thinking about what could have been. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 8 minutes ago, hawkeye_wx said: 4 inches total here despite 0.47" liquid. That is only about an 8.5 to 1 ratio. I expected much higher than that given the cold atmosphere. The flake size was quite small throughout. Would be curious to know if there are any other ratio reports from around there to get an overall sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogueWaves Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 13 minutes ago, Owensnow said: Latest GFS and FV3 and RGEM have a good deal for SEMI and SW Ontario 5-9 inches likely on .75- 1 qpf Yeah, but its long duration. Hours and hours of pixies 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogueWaves Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 11:30 am and -28F actual out in WY. Wonder how this compares with Christmas of '83 cold wave? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 15 minutes ago, RogueWaves said: Yeah, but its long duration. Hours and hours of pixies And maybe I'm looking at different models, but if anything, most of them are trending drier with weaker forcing for the Detroit area specifically, as the system is no longer getting as deep as originally expected and the deepening is at a slower pace. That includes the GFS and FV3 compared to yesterday's runs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chambana Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 We are on the board. Flakes have commenced 10 minutes ago. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCNYILWX Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 How things might go tonight through tomorrow night when the winds max out. Remember this event well, January 26, 2014. Shows that not much snow is needed for truly gnarly conditions. We don't often get northern Plains weather (with notable exception of 2013-14 and 14-15 winters), but when it happens, the wide open areas outside of the heart of the Chicago metro are prime for blizzard conditions and significant drifting.The morning AFD update from my office notes that consideration is still being given to upgrading a larger portion of the area to a Blizzard Warning. Think that there's likely to be large sections of north south roads, including some of the interstates, shut down due to blowing and drifting snow tonight through tomorrow night. Hope most people don't chance driving in those conditions. Sent from my SM-G998U using Tapatalk 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchaumburgStormer Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 10 minutes ago, Hoosier said: Would be curious to know if there are any other ratio reports from around there to get an overall sense. Good sized clumps falling here at the moment. Obviously not indicative of ratios, but dime size snow clumps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowman33 Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 Already have a dusting IMBY. HRRR isn't showing snow here until 2pm-3pm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owensnow Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 11 minutes ago, RogueWaves said: Yeah, but its long duration. Hours and hours of pixies not really 3am to 5pm or so Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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