KeenerWx

Pretty spot on with your call, then. Where did your competitor measure? On the ball atop a flagpole? On a plowed road?

On the doorstep of 7”. Another slug of heavier stuff about to move in, though, so we should still get to 8.

Just crossed 5”. Still stacking, so 8” should be within reach. Pure bliss outside.

~3” so far. Quality heavy snow right now. A little concerned about the slottage that has meandered throughout NC IL but seems to “fill in” before getting too close to here.

Not much has changed from my thoughts locally over the past 24 hours. Hoping we hold steady, even as that dry slot influenced “custom screw zone” (cyclone, 2025) gets way too close for comfort. For a final call would expand the upper range and go 3-7”. Aside from total failure, I don’t see going below 3”. But imo would take a lot of things going right to get to 7”. Moving chips up a bit to 5.7”

Yanked some stats for Kankakee County because they have done especially incredible compared to climo this November. While I don’t live there, I can geek out about random stats. Now, consider that this data comes from COOP reports. It’s justified to question some data especially as we reach further back. But it’s what we’ve got. Pulled 1925-2025 from reporting locations nearest to Kankakee. Top 5 Snowfall: Month of November Some locations in Eastern Kankakee County have already notched 2025 as #1 or will soon do so. The rest of the county will likely place at #2, with real possibility of taking #1 if things break right. 1951 - 12.3” 1959 - 9.8” 1932 - 7.2” 1950 - 7.0” 2015 - 6.3” Gamma distribution would suggest roughly along the following periods for each breaking point in total November snowfall: 8” - 1 in 35 years 12” - 1 in 75 years 16” - 1 in 150 years 20” - 1 in 300+ years Needless to say, the upcoming snowstorm will likely push the county into historic+ proportions for the month of November. Especially the eastern portions of the county where the highest breaking points are achievable. Top 5 Snowstorms: Month of November Here again areas in eastern parts of the county already notched a likely #1. The rest of the county can put these on watch to surpass. November 6-7, 1951 - 9.0” November 12-14, 1959 - 8.0” November 15-16, 1932 - 7.2” November 29, 1942 - 6.0” November 21-22, 2015 - 6.3” Finally, it looks nearly certain that the county will grab two 4”+ events in the month of November, which hasn’t ever happened from what I gathered. Soliloquy over. Carry on.

Area wide Winter Storm Watch for LOT CWA. Last issued locally was March of 2023.

All things considered, with fail modes still on the table, feeling pretty good about 3-6”. For the fun, will place chips on 4.8”.

Probably 1-3” more to add depending on location. So generalized 6-10” across much of the CWA based on the map.

Fun to track, but hard to tie any excitement locally. No real science applied to the “pessimism”, just erring on side of climo and the many fail modes favored at my specific location. On the other hand, lucked out on a record event earlier in the month. So perhaps the wins can continue. I’d be happy to just see some more snow. But as a junkie for #’s, I’m looking at the thresholds of 2”+ & 5”+. The former is just cool and gets to double digit Nov snowfall. From what I can uncover, we’ve already surpassed any reasonable verifiable record for month. The latter would mean surpassing the individual seasonal totals of ‘23/‘24 & ‘24/‘25 by end of November. Which is both silly and awesome at the same time.

IEM is such a fun little rabbit hole to sink into. Especially when things are quiet. Looked at tornado warning counts over the past nearing 20 years (2005-2025). A few things stood out to me in particular right away. There was one small area in Illinois that has had 0 tornado warnings in the past 20 years, near Dalzell (NNW of Peru) in LaSalle County. Similarly, two small areas in Iowa that have had 0 tornado warnings in same period. One in W Winneshiek County, around/east of Protivin. The other in Ida County around Battle Creek. Indiana appeared to have full coverage over the period, which is what I’d expected from IL/IA. MN/WI/MI/OH had several gaps, but again expected given areas reaching further outside the core climatological favored areas for svr/tor. One interesting part for MN, though, was the boundary between Grand Forks & Duluth CWA. Particularly pronounced between Wadena & Cass Counties. You’ll see it immediately. There’s definitely more county boundary differences that become noticeable but that one jumped out to me quite a bit compared to the rest of the field I looked at.

While the possibility existed, no grand finale of aurora tonight. Ingredients just did not coexist simultaneously to produce a notable show. There were some eye visible periods of reds. But compared to last night, well, it didn’t compare. Still riding the high of the past week. Quite a treat to get slammed by terrestrial and space weather in short succession. Now to settle back into a slumber and wait. Can’t get too greedy.

Just some more compressed iPhone pics. Possibly at risk of spamming, but this event was incredible. First was ~10:37P when things were really starting to dance. Quick movements of pillars and bleeding of vibrant reds/greens. View is to the north. Second picture is at ~10:43P and looking to the SE. The contrast of the vibrant green “snake” leader was…something. Spook-and-awe.

Another impact will happen from the X5 flare earlier. The impact from the X5 flare was actually forecasted to be the strongest. From the two CME’s that led to tonight’s show, forecast was for G3 @ 7+ KPI. We got to G4 @ what looks like at this point 8+/9-. Tomorrow had been forecast G4 at 8/8+. All to say, some thought is that tomorrow will end up being even more extraordinary. The downside is that (1) peak is projected during daylight hours, (2) clouds will be a problem for many in the sub during the nighttime hours.

Directly overhead now in NW Indiana.

Aurora now naked eye visible on the horizon. Washed out haze of green and red at the moment, but we’ll see if we get any substorms that help put on a more vivid display.

Quite the middle finger pointed right into extreme SW La Porte & W Starke County. Cruel.

For those interested in space weather, G3 conditions possible late Tuesday night into early morning Wednesday with KP index forecasted as 7+. Not unlike the most recent snow event, a lot of variables at play. And we won’t really know a lot until game time. But nonetheless, potential is there to see aurora across parts of the sub.

Band dropped another 1.2” on its march back east. Three day total now at 8.3”. Most significant November event, locally, in my lifetime. Top tier lake event, too, but I don’t immediately know where it lands. Crazy that we’re already like 60-70% of the total seasonal snowfall for each 23-24 and 24-25. Hope the curse is lifted and there’s more fun to be had this winter.

100%. Especially as you are outside of the typical zone to cash in on lake snow. This was pretty much the perfect scenario and outcome for your area. Absolutely incredible.

Yeah. Lowell in Lake County (IN) has reported 10” and the best returns seemed to have been slotted west of them towards the Momence area. Wild event nonetheless. Even with the localized totals, quite a spread the wealth scenario across the southern Lake Michigan region. Now up to 5” overnight with event total at 7.1”. Seem to be about finished at this point. We’ll see what else the lake will provide as the primary moves back east over the next few hours.

What have you grabbed so far?

Hot damn. Report of 12” from Momence in Kankakee County. Not surprising giving radar presentation. Still going. At this point basically sealed as an all time lake event for them.