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Brief burst of +SN here at ORD with this WAA wing of precip moving through, which produced a quick 0.5" of accumulation.
It has since turned over to -FZRASN, with a light glaze of ice on colder objects.

Ended up with a decent little glaze at ORD. ASOS reported 0.05” of ice.

Got home and had an hour-long burst of SN/+SN, which totaled 1”.

Increased forcing and lake enhancement combo leading to solid returns around the MKE area currently. This should translate southward into the Chicago area for a few hour period this morning.
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9 hours ago, RogueWaves said:

Not sure you were being serious or not? GRR's notorious for conference calls and talking the downstream offices (DTW & APX) into holding off or not issuing anything. Basically they like to downplay most winter events except LES as mentioned by @michsnowfreak. I know some just north of GR have had Warning headlines this year and gotten only 2" of LES. Meanwhile, they have issued a WWA for 10 inches of synoptic snow in their non-LES counties. I had 8.5" of concrete snow when I lived downstate and I don't think I had any headline until it was almost over. 

Speaking of..

"An inch down already.  Steady light to moderate snow.  A lull is coming but this should have been an advisory.  Roads are getting slick    GRR blew the first part of this forecast saying there would be no impacts in Kent County this afternoon."

They finally went with an advisory for their entire area, in the middle of the night, mid event. Classic

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45 minutes ago, Toro99 said:

They finally went with an advisory for their entire area, in the middle of the night, mid event. Classic

When the call was for around 2" and they had 2" by midnight they sort of had to do something.  They tried the special weather statement first then went to the advisory.  I have to think many areas in and around GRR are going to be in the 4" range this morning.

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1-3" across my area. Underperformed big time. NWS DLH issued WS warnings around the Lake shore, and schools here closed. They have a little egg on the face today. I picked up an inch from a lake band that formed later in day that did not stay around for too long. Drier air really cut down on the synoptic precip, and LP tracked too far S.  

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18 minutes ago, michsnowfreak said:

Though the writing was on the wall, disgusted with this one here. A slushy 0.3 of snow imby which melted as it's hovering at 34°. Even though pretty much everyone N and W of me in SE MI had more, it was overall a let down event for most of light wet snow. 4.3" on the season.

It's a shame it ran into confluence. The slow moving nature of the bands makes me feel like this could've been a super clipper, similar to one we got in 2005 I believe. 

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1 hour ago, Stevo6899 said:

It's a shame it ran into confluence. The slow moving nature of the bands makes me feel like this could've been a super clipper, similar to one we got in 2005 I believe. 

Confluence screwed SE MI sure, tho the SE 2 counties were extra screwed. Hopefully we get one of those clippers that gets a lake boost to make up for it. Off to a smashing start. So far this season I've had two 1-2" type events that were forecast a dusting, and two forecast 1-2" events that were a dusting :wacko:

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image.thumb.png.aebeb1c9d739605120c98e03cfa612de.png So we ended up well overperforming with the clipper yesterday here. At home Id say we got about 7" here. It actually looks like December outside for once. This is the first time it has looked like this out on Dec 20th in many years. And our first significant clipper since at least 21 if not earlier. Too bad it's supposed to get warm before Christmas, because this would be a perfect snowpack for the holiday. Although we do have enough that we should have at least some OTG for the holiday.

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13 hours ago, WestMichigan said:

When the call was for around 2" and they had 2" by midnight they sort of had to do something.  They tried the special weather statement first then went to the advisory.  I have to think many areas in and around GRR are going to be in the 4" range this morning.

Some 6-7" totals close to GR. Yet another synoptic storm miscue. They have said they prefer forecasting LES events because it's more straightforward - cold wind blows over warm lake = snow

6 hours ago, michsnowfreak said:

Confluence screwed SE MI sure, tho the SE 2 counties were extra screwed. Hopefully we get one of those clippers that gets a lake boost to make up for it. Off to a smashing start. So far this season I've had two 1-2" type events that were forecast a dusting, and two forecast 1-2" events that were a dusting :wacko:

Sorry. I do NOT miss Wayne county winters. Wintry paradise this evening up here.

Maybe Monday evening will deliver? SEMI's been known to get some of their best thumps as it's about to warm up.

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17 hours ago, michsnowfreak said:

Though the writing was on the wall, disgusted with this one here. A slushy 0.3 of snow imby which melted as it's hovering at 34°. Even though pretty much everyone N and W of me in SE MI had more, it was overall a let down event for most of light wet snow. 4.3" on the season.

It’s funny you say that. Was working up in Southfield and it was snowing most of the day with what seemed to be 1.5-2” otg. Then going home as soon as I hit 275/96 area it was all melted. Those degree or two variances made quite the difference.

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