Cary67 Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 Yikes it's brutiful outside. Another spotter had Cary at 7" 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malacka11 Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 I'm no expert but it looks like the dry spot is already starting to saturate a bit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 32 inches in the point and it's still going to be snowing. Cloudy and calm with a few flurries. Temp rose from 12 to 21 overnight. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightning Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 2 minutes ago, frostfern said: Hope it does because at the rate its moving that dry bubble is going to be crossing lake michigan before the virga currently overhead reaches the ground. I know its way too early but these things make me pull my hair out. Why are you looking over there? The stuff hitting Chicago is going to WI. The batch of moisture for MI is in the Memphis to Paducah areas currently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorePunch Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 4 minutes ago, Lightning said: Not much to say really. It's all Chicago area right now. We play the waiting game. To be honest my excitement and expectations are just hoping to somehow get 6" out of this. Models are so so on that. The HRRR keeps Detroit on the edge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owensnow Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 2 minutes ago, Lightning said: Not much to say really. It's all Chicago area right now. We play the waiting game. To be honest my excitement and expectations are just hoping to somehow get 6" out of this. Models are so so on that. Models are maintaining sub 0 850s through the rain period. Any ideas why that precip is modeled as rain? showing rain for 4-5 hours. For sure a waiting game but need faster arctic intrusion to cool things in the column or we are getting rain I think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Castaway Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 Power just went out in the neighborhood. Damn it. Hopefully it gets back up within the hour 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SolidIcewx Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 2 minutes ago, Castaway said: Power just went out in the neighborhood. Damn it. Hopefully it gets back up within the hour Not good especially with the cold incoming 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightning Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 5 minutes ago, Owensnow said: Models are maintaining sub 0 850s through the rain period. Any ideas why that precip is modeled as rain? showing rain for 4-5 hours. For sure a waiting game but need faster arctic intrusion to cool things in the column or we are getting rain I think HRRR has surface temps going into the upper 30s. Too much warm air at the surface. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulie21 Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 9 minutes ago, Chicago Storm said: This front end thump has definitely not been of lower ratio. Probably 10:1 ratio, if not a bit higher potentially, as it is blowing around fairly easily. . Yeah NIU coop obs at 7am got 6.0 with 0.61 liquid equivalent. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SolidIcewx Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 Just now, Lightning said: HRRR has surface temps going into the upper 30s. To much warm air at the surface. Still trended about 4-5 lower than yesterday. I’ll feel comfy if it can lower a couple more. Hoping for that east shift by 20-30 miles would make all the difference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malacka11 Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 Precip starting to blossom rather rapidly downstream. Would be nice to fill in the hole, maybe keep some snow going for a little while longer. The western dry edge has reached us now but there's some impressive stuff a little south that might be trying to veer off just long enough to clip us again. Winds are still strong, you know the house crunching shakey type. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheeselandSkies Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 Getting dry slotted here in south-central WI. First round turned the Interstate near the state line into a s***show. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightning Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 1 minute ago, SolidIcewx said: Still trended about 4-5 lower than yesterday. I’ll feel comfy if it can lower a couple more. Hoping for that east shift by 20-30 miles would make all the difference It gets harder as I age to get excited without reservation with marginal events. Excited yes but I have my A-L-E-X level of reservations on this one!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King James Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 Not a Met but feels like warning criteria down in IKK. Don’t think wife will be able to get out of the driveway. Snow piling up over the wheel wells Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 1 minute ago, King James said: Not a Met but feels like warning criteria down in IKK. Don’t think wife will be able to get out of the driveway. Snow piling up over the wheel wells That's quite a surprise considering that area was supposed to be right on the edge of things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sciascia Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 Officially in dry slot. A shame seeing as NWS Chicago’s belief was that this was a prime time for 1in/hr in the Rockford area until 11am or so. Hope it fills in in relatively short order. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiTownSnow Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 Any read on wind gusts? Seems pretty legit from the east Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
totsata Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 10 minutes ago, Castaway said: Power just went out in the neighborhood. Damn it. Hopefully it gets back up within the hour Also lost power for a few minutes in Buffalo Grove. Power is back on now. Wind is howling….power is flickering again. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King James Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 3 minutes ago, Stebo said: That's quite a surprise considering that area was supposed to be right on the edge of things. Yeah, definitely got lucky. I was up around 4 to catch the first flake and it has been ripping since. Rain / snow line stayed down near Watseka Really good snow for snowballs. Lots of wind too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SolidIcewx Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 5 minutes ago, Stebo said: That's quite a surprise considering that area was supposed to be right on the edge of things. What would your analysis of our area be if I may ask? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frostfern Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 4 minutes ago, Lightning said: Why are you looking over there? The stuff hitting Chicago is going to WI. The batch of moisture for MI is in the Memphis to Paducah areas currently. There is some dry over the Ohio valley too, N of the convection. I said N Illinois but I really meant the whole area. Just don’t like seeing the initial zone that clobbered Chicago shrink rather than expand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCNYILWX Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 Not a Met but feels like warning criteria down in IKK. Don’t think wife will be able to get out of the driveway. Snow piling up over the wheel wells We were on the fence there because of concern that transition would be relatively quick followed by a long lull with rain before changing back over. It was a tough call. Put it in the watch and hindsight could've put Kankakee in the warning but wasn't confident enough. Sent from my SM-G998U using Tapatalk 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King James Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 Just now, RCNYILWX said: We were on the fence there because of concern that transition would be relatively quick followed by a long lull with rain before changing back over. It was a tough call. Put it in the watch and hindsight could've put Kankakee in the warning but wasn't confident enough. Sent from my SM-G998U using Tapatalk Totally get it and appreciate the time you spend here. To me this is a happy surprise 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 4 minutes ago, SolidIcewx said: What would your analysis of our area be if I may ask? An emoji of a man shrugging. Honestly its so changeable that I don't know what may happen. We need to keep the temp down though before precip falls otherwise we may be in the same situation as last event. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King James Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 Winds seem to be whipping out of the E. Any chance that’s helping keep things snow south of 80? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted January 12 Author Share Posted January 12 Some sort of gravity wave type of feature has moved across the metro/NE Illinois, with a brief, but sharp increase in winds.ORD gusted to 55MPH.. 3 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuanis Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 Giant parachutes swirling on whipping winds. Power keeps cutting out but is still on. Cool to see these rates, especially during daylight now. Still not convinced we don’t see some rain today. The snow is so wet the east-facing windows are all covered in icy water from the wind blasting them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbnwx85 Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 My girlfriend’s parents lost power in Mount Prospect. An absolutely spectacular band of snow is pushing north here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted January 12 Author Share Posted January 12 KORD 121351Z 10024G48KT 1/2SM R10L/3000V3500FT SN FG OVC005 01/00 A2949 RMK AO2 PK WND 09048/1342 SLP991 SNINCR 1/5 P0005 T00060000. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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