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1 hour ago, michsnowfreak said:

A++ snow bunny, the tulips take it over the top. Now you've got me hoping for one last sticking snow so I can do the same with my kids.

Bit over 2”

8 minutes ago, mimillman said:

Anyone in eastern Iowa who can comment on the quality of this WAA? Looks decent on radar 

Looks like DVN will finally saturate shortly before the back edge moves through. Going to be fighting dry air for awhile methinks.

Ended up with a bit over 4” and busted out the snowblower. It’s a beautiful snow - the fluff that fell last night is pure powder and made it super easy to clear. I love a cold snowstorm with temps well below freezing and can’t stand the wet stuff.

Little weenie band moving in, will probably end up a bit over 3”. At least it’s something and maybe the weekend can add a few more

Pretty good rates atm, grass blades still visible. Closing in on an inch.

A sampling of today’s quality of flake. This would stack up nicely, but rates are mehhhh at this point.

Turd duster up here but the kids are out shoveling the neighbors' drives and making dough anyways. We're more pushing pennies than nickle and diming at this point. It's been chilly though.

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.

Temp has bumped up to around freezing and rates have dropped off - we’re probably done accumulating. Unscientific slant-sticking technique yields around 4” including almost an inch last night. Great kickoff to winter! Gotta love dogs in snow.

Nice to have a cold column and surface temps for once. Felt like every event last year was a drippy slush fest. I know that’s going to change this afternoon, but dammit I’ll enjoy it for now.

Stacking efficiently out there. Pretty sweet first event!

The morning after. Amazing what a few inches of wraparound higher ratio fluff can do.

After melting and compaction almost all day we’re finally accumulating again

Light rain under lighter returns. Big globs of garbage falling off the trees and splashing in puddles. Good times.

This stuff is as wet and heavy as anything ive ever cleared. Nasty slush and the snowblower is struggling. We can’t seem to get a nice cold snowstorm anymore.

All sleet now. Got around 5” this morning but melting pretty quick.

For the Chicago metro it all comes to what falls from the sky this afternoon, where that rain/snow line sets up, and when it crashes southeast. This period has been the concern with the storm for awhile.

Coming down and accumulating well for the moment, but looks to cut off within an hour. While the main show is wrapping up, there will be another slug of precip for about 5 hours this afternoon, but temps look iffy. As the low pulls into Michigan we'll get some wrap around snows as the arctic air spills in adding another inch or two.

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

Just woke up. It’s snowing so hard that all of the motion sensor lights in the neighborhood are triggered at the same time. Everyone’s properties are lit up like a prison yard 

Looks like it’s about to shut off for awhile per radar.

1 minute ago, Lightning said:

Lately flights are delayed even with clear calm weather.

Flying is truly a lovely experience.

As for this storm... lots of dynamics at play and really difficult to make out what will happen, at least locally. The comparison in LOT's AFD to the 1987 heart attack snowstorm was interesting. Like that one, this storm will bomb out quickly. I imagine as that happens rain will quickly flip to snow over a large area. Feels like there are many more surprises to come... hopefully good ones. I really don't know what to expect.

2 minutes ago, Possum said:

This feels like a dumb question but can anyone give me odds on a 9:30am flight on Saturday out of Midway happening? I’ve got some nephews in Dallas who are excited to see me, but the thought of trying to dig out that morning and make it from Humboldt Park to Midway just to sit around through delays and possibly cancellation instead of being cozy at home is stressing me out.


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Reschedule that flight. Winds alone are going to screw with everything.

17 minutes ago, RCNYILWX said:

If anyone has specific LOT centric questions on forecast stuff from today, ask away and I'll try to reply a bit later.

Apologies for the lack of a more in depth meteorological dissertation in the AFD lol - just less and less time available for us on days like this.

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Thoughts on "less slop, more snow"? Hard to really tell, but looks like precip/dynamics may be shutting down by the time the arctic air gets pulled into the system and profiles cool. Could this be another repeat of Mon-Tue when even Rockford was plagued by marginal temps, inefficient accumulation, mixed precip and lousy snowfall for 3/4 of the storm?

My only wish for this one: less slop; more snow. So much potential for some of us with that airmass getting pulled into it.