Chicago Storm

On 2/26/2026 at 4:08 PM, Chicago Storm said:

statistical information on winter in chicago, since the historic winter of 2013/14...

like i've said, this is the snowiest and coldest season we've seen in years.

bump with an update through yesterday...

Clipper/WAA snows dusted the area last night/this morning, with 0.4" at ORD and 1.1" at RFD.

…2025/26 Season Snowfall...
34.1" - ORD
30.8" - RFD

makes up for you slant sticking all those dabs

Peak wind gusts with this storm system...

44MPH - ORD
47MPH - MDW
40MPH - RFD

ORD received 1.3" of snow from this event (A bit low-balled), with 5.7" at RFD.

…2025/26 Season Snowfall...
33.7" - ORD
29.7" - RFD

ORD received 1.76" of precip on yesterday, which broke the record precip total for the date of 1.43" (1943).

Chicago/O'Hare received 1.76" of precipitation on March 15th, which broke the record precipitation total for the date of 1.43" (1943).

mid week duster our last DAB of the year?

Kind of a yikes here by the Euro, no idea why it was so off-base with this event (though some other models were pretty bad too).

1 hour ago, McHenrySnow said:

Aren’t you SE of me? 

due south of you, but well south, along i-88.

29 minutes ago, Chicago Storm said:

Flipping between snow and ice pellets since then.

Flipped fully over to snow now, with about a 1/2" down.

Flipped to ice pellets here a bit ago.

Probably 0.1” of accumulation or so.

Flipped to ice pellets here a bit ago.

Probably 0.1” of accumulation or so.

Looks like guidance finally has a handle on things, as confirmed by how radar is shaping up. Kudos for the Euro leading the way over the past 18-24hrs.

There’s going to be one heck of a snowfall gradient from NW-SE across the heart of the LOT CWA.

Just had a very close CG hit here at home.

Shook the house, and rearranged pictures on the wall.

2 hours ago, Baum said:

Not really. He’s basically saying still a lot of moving parts and not to trust anyone solution. Which is playing out in real time. Note the model shifts just in the last 12 hours. Which is why I complemented LOT. Issued a conservative call but with some flexibility if short term trends change. Looks like 2-4 still in play here in Dupage. I’ll take it and than gladly close the book.

essentially this.

just take a look at ens guidance currently, and the range that still exists at this time.

some ens have a non-event south of the wi/il border, some favor cycloneville for, others favor the mchenry area crew, and there are numerous that favor the metro.

On 3/13/2026 at 12:10 PM, Chicago Storm said:

i wouldn’t get comfortable with anything just yet (good or bad).

it’s a very complex evolution overall.

yep.

Last Feb was actually a better winter month overall for NE IL/SE WI, but for the entire winter I guess you can make the argument that last winter was worse. Not setting the bar very high here though.

fun to watch the shift in guidance today…

much of 12z guidance shifted north, except the euro, which shifted south.

now, much of 18z guidance is shifting south, and the euro has doubled down to shift even more south.

zero surprise over any of this.

Yeah, it’s been almost as bad as last winter for N Illinois. Chicago barely saw an inch of snow in February, kind of pathetic tbh.

Does Chicago get more snow from this WAA snow than the actual storm? That's the big question lmao

6 minutes ago, RemoteSenses said:

Enjoy your wishcasting brother. I respect the hope you’re holding onto.

i'm hoping for something?

3 minutes ago, RemoteSenses said:

Anyone not believing this is going further and further NE - yall are cray crazy. No hope left here.

1 minute ago, RemoteSenses said:

Literally not a single model expect the recent NAM moving it SE.

I’m being realistic. If you’re south of mid Wisconsin or Mid - Michigan you can enjoy a rain storm.


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doc, did you switch accounts?

ICON almost looks like a nonevent lol. Parts of Wisconsin still get slammed, but it's without a doubt weaker and north.