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Temp down to 25 degrees with light snow currently. Radar is looking good for some heavier rates coming in soon.

The current situation

Someone(s) in Lake, Porter, La Porte, St Joe counties will likely net 14-18” based on available reports and what is left with this event. Likely top tier lake driven event for Kankakee county and points southward as well. Less knowledgeable about their local history with LES but I have to imagine it’s limited on noteworthy events.

We’ve really cashed in the last couple seasons here in Kenosha. I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s 3in/hr right now visibility is basically zero. Pretty surprising I thought the main band would be well south of here but we’re getting hammered.

It is looking like downtown, ORD and MDW will miss out on the best of this one. There are two areas of interest for maximum accumulation totals. Location #1 will be from the Gary-Valpo area down to the Kankakee area, where snowfall is maximized on the backside of the meso-low. Location #2 will be from around Kenosha down to around Lake Forest, where the main single band looks to have found it's spot to park for several hours.

It is absolutely spitting here.

I remember the winter of '76-'77 very well ... I was 25 at the time and living in the D.C. area. It was very cold for a lot more than just one month.

I command you all to just enjoy it but also keep sending videos of the thunder snow lol. So badass. Went from nothing to intense here in Kenosha in minutes. We won’t be under the main bands but still pretty awesome. LE is wild and fun.

I can confirm as well, a couple rounds of it while I was walking outside. The wind has really picked up, too!

MRX issued a WWA for the Plateau, and OHX did for their Plateau counties as well. 1-2 inches for 1500+, 1 inch for under 1500.

Got two videos of the thundersnow… I can go to sleep in peace now. https://imgur.com/a/pubD2KK https://imgur.com/a/ZYInPQz

Earth Cam from Chicago just now, compared to what it normally looked like earlier in the evening.

Just leaving a busy evening shift. TAF verified (edit: at MDW, need ORD still) [emoji123] Sent from my SM-S936U using Tapatalk

Someone I know has reported graupel.

Some really high DBZ coming ashore now. Likely graupel/hail and more thunder to come

My cousin say this is the heaviest snow he’s seen since the 2011 blizzard. Edit and saw the thundersnow

Saw the lightning flash from my hotel room in Chicago river north

Right over downtown on the feed.

THUNDERSNOW!!!

Quarter or bigger flakes going on out there now, the ground is white. Solid dusting.

Quite hard to measure with the wind gusts, but I’m measuring around 2.5” in the past hour. With close to 3” total accumulation thus far in Wicker Park.

Visibility is effectively zero on that Skydeck webcam now.

You’re so right haha

DAB+ vibes now locally as trajectory and upscale radar trends are not promising. Still an awesome event to watch unfold.

31 and moderate snow currently. This isn't organized enough to get us much of anything, as the snow showers last 20 or so minutes then clear out. Hopefully the sub freezing highs and some instability work in our favor tomorrow afternoon.