Chicago916 Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 1 minute ago, TheNiño said: Flakes have already started here on the lake at the Kenosha/Racine county line. Can clearly see developing radar echos on the Illinois side too from LOTs radar. Now we wait to see where the main plume develops and sits! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimillman Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 We’ve got moderate sleet here which wasn’t on my bingo card Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homedis Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 Got a quick hit from a lake effect snow shower and it quickly dusted the area. Hope to get at least a few inches from the next 24 hours to whiten the area! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radtechwxman Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 Been stuck in a subsidence band a while. Probably not going to get any meaningful rates till band pivots back around. What a disappointing winter storm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homedis Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 HRRR now showing the LE plume sitting in MKE tonight as well as extreme SE Cook County tomorrow. Let’s see what happens! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimillman Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 It looks to be setting up just south of Waukegan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CIllinoisSnow Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 Looks like I will end up with just under a half inch at best here in Southern Ford Co from this after the 3-5” forecast was looking pretty solid early this morning. Very disappointing but after the past two bad winters I try not to let anything phase me anymore haha The biggest thing is that it looks dry after this for a good bit which isn’t ideal. Onto the next. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxim Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 45 minutes ago, homedis said: Got a quick hit from a lake effect snow shower and it quickly dusted the area. Hope to get at least a few inches from the next 24 hours to whiten the area! I don't think you'll get more than an inch, but I guess we'll see. Radar doesn't look super promising atm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homedis Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 I don't think you'll get more than an inch, but I guess we'll see. Radar doesn't look super promising atmWe will see, it’s still early. On HRRR/RAP the organized band wasn’t shown to really get going until later overnight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEILwxbo Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 58 minutes ago, mimillman said: It looks to be setting up just south of Waukegan Winds are northwesterly just about everywhere once you get ~4-5 miles inland, even MDW flipped from NE to NW. Would think it’d favor that area of convergence but Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nwohweather Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 Looks like 5-7” across most of Southern IN/OH. Watching radar returns throughout the day it looks like the warm surge was a little more northwards than anticipated. Still, the storm lived up to the hype 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuanis Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 Snowing good out there rn, but this thing’s definitely swinging north of the cheddar curtain for awhile. I’ll pick up an inch easy before it clears, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiño Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 Under a good band here right now. Small flakes but pretty heavy. Roads covered now. Tough to forecast these LES events but so far they seem pretty spot on. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted January 6 Author Share Posted January 6 For the LES snow in N Illinois and SE Wisconsin, the surface convergence is actually east of where some guidance had it. However, the flow just off the surface (925mb/850mb) is hard NE, which is driving things westward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackstraw Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 Got 2 here so far. Keep getting some bands drift through with +SN for 15 min then -SN prisms in between. Dry slot should stay south but then the only hope of reaching warning criteria is going to be some Defo coming through 3 - 9 hours from now me thinks. If I can get 3 more that'll give me 10 or so so far. That will equal my totals of each of the last 2 years. Seems I only have heart attacks when I get less than a foot of snow per winter so here's to another pitiful 3 inch storm after this one! lol. PS: Found my dog 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiño Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 I don’t mean to rub it in. Just this never happens to me (or any of us I know). I’m just so happy and I only have you dorks to share it with so humor me lol 6 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiño Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 Comparison to my last picture. Been under the bands nothing super impressive but I’m still in heaven and grateful to have anything at all. The ultimate thread the needle finally being on the west side of the lake has been beneficial. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 On 1/2/2025 at 12:17 PM, A-L-E-K said: going 3 even final call 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiño Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 I swear I’ll stop thanks for putting up with me just this is the most needle thread I’ve ever had lol 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magoos0728 Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 32 minutes ago, TheNiño said: I swear I’ll stop thanks for putting up with me just this is the most needle thread I’ve ever had lol Very cool. Now go warm up at Wells Brothers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiTownSnow Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 Chicago can't even do lake effect right this year.. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radtechwxman Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 I didn't even get an inch. Our RH was in low 70s even after snow started. Dry air really won out here. Kept getting in subsidence bands as well. Cutoff was brutal as advertised. And next one looks to miss as well. Not our winter up here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nvck Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 I can't believe we've had a Winter Storm across multiple states, bringing close to a foot of snow in some places, and everyone is either talking about lake effect, or complaining about their snow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowtie` Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 I am too tired from shoveling 6" to post. 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 15 minutes ago, nvck said: I can't believe we've had a Winter Storm across multiple states, bringing close to a foot of snow in some places, and everyone is either talking about lake effect, or complaining about their snow That's because not everyone in this sub got anything meaningful from this Winter Storm... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skiier04 Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 Was a bit of a disappointment down here too, blowing around a bit but looks like around 5" after a forecast of 8-12 Still a fun one to track, grateful for a nice event in my first winter here! Hopefully we can all cash in a couple more times this winter! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeenerWx Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 Picked up a landscape refresher of 1.6”. Rather content with that as I was expecting nothing at all. Trends in the hi-res models are favoring Lake County, IN for LES later but hope our Chicago peeps can still cash in. Might get some mood flakes down here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxfromthelook Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 30 minutes ago, nvck said: I can't believe we've had a Winter Storm across multiple states, bringing close to a foot of snow in some places, and everyone is either talking about lake effect, or complaining about their snow still coming down hard on the east side of cincy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radtechwxman Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 35 minutes ago, nvck said: I can't believe we've had a Winter Storm across multiple states, bringing close to a foot of snow in some places, and everyone is either talking about lake effect, or complaining about their snow Because us in the northern parts of the subforum didn't get squat. North of I74 was basically nothing. Wasn't really a winter storm for us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nvck Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 30 minutes ago, wxfromthelook said: still coming down hard on the east side of cincy. yeah! this slow-moving band is awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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