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  1. Chicago Storm
    This was from just a short time ago near home…
  2. Chicago Storm
    I can see the lights even here at ORD currently.
  3. Chicago Storm
    Highest report I've been able to come across is 17" in Winthrop Harbor.
  4. Chicago Storm
    ORD got on the board with the first T and first measurable snow of the new season on Saturday night/Sunday morning, with the hybrid storm system that moved through. A whopping 0.1" of snow occurred (Area reports suggest that was probably a few tenths too low). ORD picked up 1.6" of snowfall last night/this morning, with the lake effect snow event. Winter 2025/26 Snowfall Totals 1.7" - ORD 1.2" - RFD
  5. Chicago Storm
    You know who should be fired for that AFD on Sunday morning.
  6. Chicago Storm
    The thing is, there was stationary banding, two in fact. The issue was more that the core of the metro was just split by both bands, just due to unfavorable positioning. The main-full lake plume ended up too far west (Racine-Kenosha-Waukegan) and the southern lake/meso-low band was too far south (Lake Co, IN to Iroquois Co).
  7. Chicago Storm
    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.
  8. Chicago Storm
    Someone I know has reported graupel.
  9. Chicago Storm
    Right over downtown on the feed.
  10. Chicago Storm
    The massive meso-low currently at the southern tip of the lake is just cranking. Can't recall seeing something to that magnitude before around here.
  11. Chicago Storm
    One of many… But this particular meso-low earlier this afternoon was quite significant.
  12. Chicago Storm
    The NWS Central Region did a few years ago. The move was made to make simplify things and lower the number of headlines types overall. But at the same time, it's kind of of dumb, because this is clearly not a "winter storm". Gain simplicity, lose accuracy.
  13. Chicago Storm
    If it works out perfectly, you’re getting Buffalo-ed. As you well know, odds say it won’t. But, if it does…
  14. Chicago Storm
    The problem re: Chicago snowfall records… The core of activity will likely be east of ORD. So, in the end, it may be tough to see any sort of record falls, unless best activity is surprisingly further west. Orientation may even keep MDW out of the absolute best as well, but we’ll see. Better shot there than ORD. Of course, nothing there would be official, but it would be documented at least.
  15. Chicago Storm
    hopefully that's sarcasm.
  16. Chicago Storm
    If you're pulling for a scenario for the weekend, you want it to be the Euro (and company) solution... ULL, inverted trough and lake meso-low combo. The lake parameters some guidance is showing is top tier.
  17. Chicago Storm
    but, would it be?
  18. Chicago Storm
    Autumn Blaze Maple in the backyard is poppin’…
  19. Chicago Storm
    Reports of graupel across the metro area this afternoon.
  20. Chicago Storm
    i don’t know why they even issue outlooks. they just look at a classic ENSO map and plot it.
  21. Chicago Storm
    I'm in an "I'll believe it when I see it" mindset in regards to that. Hopefully it occurs at some point, though... As we all know there is a good handful of tors that have most definitely been EF-5 through the years.
  22. Chicago Storm
    i think you underestimate how many normies enjoy fall weather. you're looking at it from the perspective of jonesing for interesting weather, where-as regulars do not care about that.
  23. Chicago Storm
    Some locations were able to sneak in a couple of early October 90°'s this past weekend. MDW was one of those locations, with a high of 90° on Friday. ...2025 90°+ Day Tally... 31 - MDW 29 - ARR 28 - DPA 28 - PWK 27 - ORD 22 - LOT 20 - RFD 19 - UGN
  24. Chicago Storm
    The EF-5-less streak is over…
  25. Chicago Storm
    don’t fall for that social media post going around. that’s just the crops fading and being harvested. literally looks like that every year around this time.
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