ILwxchr

I'd give it an A here. Best winter for me since 2013-14. Basically experienced every weather phenomena out there: Tornado outbreak (12/1), significant ice storm (2/12), extreme cold (1/29-1/31), blizzard (11/25-26), major snowstorm (1/12-13), river flooding (January), high wind warning (Feb 23-24). Had our first snow flurries in mid-October and just picked up 1.4" of snow yesterday. Hopefully our last snow of the season. Ready for severe weather season.

Not much here other than a light glazing of ice. Although I can't complain with how crazy this winter is, we could use a break. Seems like its been snowing every couple days.

Picked up probably 0.10" to 0.15" of freezing rain this morning, followed by a lot of rain that only froze on the pavement. Now we are seeing some fat flakes. I'm going with around 2" for here at home (Galesburg) before its all said and done later today. Not a blockbuster storm or even really that impressive, but its something I suppose. Onto later this week I guess...

I shot this earlier this morning along I-74 south of the Quad Cities. Numerous vehicles in the ditch including some that were flipped over. Getting quite a bit of ice up here. Going to be heading to the cities this evening to document the snow portion of the system. Looking like a solid 4-6" if you believe the HRRR....probably like concrete too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PajDcsKC4kg

12z NAM (12k and 3k) sticking with this same idea of snowfall further SE along the low track from Missouri into NW IL. Interesting.

6z NAM tracking the low up through Northwest IL. But shows an unusual setup for a heavier period of snow over much of Central/Northwest IL into Iowa. Not sure if I buy that or not considering it basically is where the low is tracking and one would expect some sort of dry slot there....or maybe not. We shall see if future model runs hold onto this new idea.

Averaged out 5.75" for a measurement here south of Galesburg imby. So close to the 6" mark, hurts lol. BUT we got a rare heavy snow observation at the airport and shot some good video, so I'm happy. Video can found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBz6fADTs9g

Its in the Winter storm Warning text.

Newest NAM (18z) has the QC getting 9" of snow. Has my backyard almost 6". Going to be close here for significant snow I think. Might head up to the quad cities later this evening to document it. Should start seeing the first flakes here within a few hours I'd think.

I'm back in Galesburg for this one, considering heading to either Macomb (where my apartment is) or Davenport/Eldridge (where my mom lives). Synoptic snows look pretty good down here, so I may just stay put. Could see some whiteout conditions, HRRR is advertising winds of 20-25 knots out of the northeast, with higher gusts. Even if we don't see the highest snowfall, I think the wind could be enough to cause issues. Snowfall ratios may be lower down south as well, which could lead to lower totals, but also concrete like snow again.

This is what I did today and usually do when there is a wind component. Usually works for me.

I ended up with around 13" in Macomb, IL. Its still snowing outside so might tack a bit onto that but I probably won't go measure....already got my car stuck 3 times today...and difficult to measure because the wind is kicking up now. Most of the snow was heavy and wet though. Here is one of my many videos I shot today: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98bf5stDyXA Pretty crazy storm for what it was really. Second double digit snowstorm this season and its been a pretty lame "winter". Next weekend looks interesting as well.

Looks like around 9 inches so far here on the northeast side of Macomb IL. Lot of other reports surrounding me similar in nature. Lot of stuff moving in from Missouri. Hoping to hit double digits by the time its over. Got stuck this morning, which was fun.

Got hammered overnight in Macomb, IL. I estimated anywhere from 7 to 9 inches this morning. Measured 7.0" at 6am, but haven't been out since. I shot some pretty good video of numerous cars stuck and even a snowplow stuck early this morning. Some of the roads were the worst I've ever been on and I got my 4 wheel drive SUV stuck twice. Some light and variable winds is creating some minor drifting on the backside of my apartment complex. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Md4hzwW6TcM&t=4s

I am in Macomb, IL and we are already seeing the ground covered and snowfall coming down at a constant light to moderate rate. I'm going to make a call of about 8-9 inches here by the time its said and done. I think the main show will be a deformation band tomorrow morning into afternoon as the ULL pushes to the northeast into Southern IL. Could see some hefty snowfall rates. Crazy to think that our only 2 real snow events of the season and they are both doozies (this one and November blizzard).