Chicago Storm

18z Euro with another step back.

0.1" at ORD and here last night.

GGEM and Euro took a step back. It's gonna be hard to get anything really good out of the setup, given where the main PV lobe is located up over the Hudson, combined with +PNA in place. The new 12z ECMWF/GGEM runs are probably the best case scenario. I'd hedge somewhere between them and what the GFS has for now.

October 2019 finished as the 2nd snowiest October on record for Chicago, with 4.6" of snow...only behind October 1989 with 6.3". Top 10 Snowiest Octobers: 1. 6.3" - 1989 2. 4.6" - 2019 3. 4.4" - 1967 4. 3.0" - 1952 5. 2.2" - 1906 6. 1.9" - 1957 6. 1.9" - 1913 8. 1.3" - 1917 9. 1.2" - 1925 10. 0.8" - 1972 October 2019 ended up the 8th wettest October on record for Chicago, with 6.76" of precip. Top 10 Wettest Octobers: 1. 12.06" - 1954 2. 8.70" - 2017 3. 8.54" - 2001 4. 8.44" - 1941 5. 7.36" - 1991 6. 7.36" - 1883 7. 6.89" - 1881 8. 6.76" - 2019 9. 6.51" - 1887 10. 6.41" - 1919 Stats from the recent snowstorm that were posted in the thread... Chicago/O'Hare received 1.2" of snow on October 30th, which broke the record snow amount for the date of 0.7", which was set in 1923. Chicago/O'Hare received 3.4" of snow on October 31st (Halloween), which broke the record snow amount for the date of 0.1", which was set in 2014. The 3.4" of snow on October 31st made it the 2nd largest October calendar day snowfall in Chicago...only behind 3.8" on 10/19/1989. Chicago/O'Hare received 2.18" of rain on October 26th, which broke the record precip amount for the date of 1.60", which was set in 2016.

Trees are pouring down leaves today, following the cold night last night. .

Finished with 6.3" here today. Add that to the 0.2" Tue night/Wed morning, for a storm total of 6.5"

This is the October version of a mid-winter 20" big dog.

I've been out shooting b-roll. Will try to post something later.

+SN here for a while now. 5.2" today so far. 4.0" in past 3 1/2 hours.

3.5” here as of a bit ago. 2.3” past 2 1/2 hours. .

Winds have been ramping up, gusting 30-40mph across some areas.

1.3" past hour here.

1"/hr rates here.

+SN at DPA and UES.

And just like that, the good banding has arrived. Solid SN right now.

1.2” here thus far with part 2. Haven’t even gotten into any good returns yet, but they’re coming. .

Can’t believe it’s already 1PM. .

0.2” ORD. Snowiest Halloween on record. .

MLI is 1.4” from the all time snowiest October on record. .

Thought it wasn’t gonna snow till afternoon? Already snowing at Wrigley. .

About a ~1/2” here so far. ORD flipped to snow around 4AM. .

P-type starting to bounce around here, between rain/ice pellets/snow.

Snowing in DKB already, and down to 32.

HRRR/RAP show this...but doesn't appear to hinder snowfall accumulations much.