Chicago Storm

Maybe you should open a lgbtq thread so you can go be fruity by yourself in there.

2 hours ago, Powerball said:

Already starting to see changes in the medium/long range with the temps given the PV stretch and/or SSW.

Not looking so torchy any more...

Yep...

Patience.

Dusted with the clipper this morning, with 0.3" at ORD...

…2025/26 Season Snowfall...
31.6" - ORD
24.0" - RFD

Michiganders really need their own subforum. 

Looks like there was TSSN downtown around 4:40AM.

The clipper diving through the region later tonight on into tomorrow looks interesting.

Looking at soundings, snow should be convective, and I wouldn't rule out TSSN.

i know just trolling my good friend joe and having fun during a lull
 

where’s the doom and gloom squad after the 0z runs?

1 hour ago, Malacka11 said:

And I'm sure Joe wouldn't be shocked if we reel a storm in either after all in a week or two, since he never really recanted his prior optimism in favor of remaining aloof. 

there is no pessimism on this end.

21 minutes ago, A-L-E-K said:

east coast pattern redux?

still waiting on that to show up and work out for them.

at least the carolinas cashed in.

ya’ll are fun to watch.

1 hour ago, Stebo said:

The added SPECI for snow start and stop helps fluff things up but ya, its been busy. Last month I almost had as many SPECI as METAR

yea, that really inflates things now.

i was looking back at ghd1 and ghd2 recently. neither had a single shift over 20 speci.

Aircraft induced snowfall stat-padding yesterday, with 0.1" at ORD...

…2025/26 Season Snowfall...
31.3" - ORD
24.0" - RFD

Snowbirdbob confirms:

7 minutes ago, Stebo said:

28 here last month during a snowstorm/squall day, the most anyone has had in the records we had going back to 2016.

solid.

that 27 by the swo a week or so ago is the highest anyone can recall for here.

1 minute ago, Stebo said:

I had 18 SPECI yesterday, that was a bit of hard money

billy madison accomplished that feat a week or so ago.

i had 25 and the swo had 27. 

Feb average is 10.7 do we make it 4 months in a row?

also long as we have joe over at ORD slant sticking ever DAB- into a DAB+ we're golden

an excerpt from this mornings lot afd. this is the same guy that went deep weenie the one shift prior to the nov les event.

what he mentioned in the below afd is flat out dumb to say, especially since it’s simply not true.

it seems very clear that she should not be in the position of work that he is in. in other words, not in an important nws roll. /rant

“JUST HAVE TO NOTE... IF WE WEREN'T DEALING WITH DRY LOW-LEVEL
AIR PROBLEMS THIS MORNING, THE AXIS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW
PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE LIKE 6 TO 12 INCHES (IF NOT MORE) OF
SNOW. THESE NARROW CONVECTIVE SNOW BAND EVENTS ARE THE
WINTERTIME EQUIVALENT OF SUMMERTIME TRAINING THUNDERSTORM
EVENTS, AND CAN JUST HAMMER THE SAME AREA ALL DAY/NIGHT LEADING
TO VERY PRONOUNCED IMPACTS. SO, THANK YOU DRY AIR.”

ORD ended up with 2.6" of snow as a result of the LES event on Friday...

…2025/26 Season Snowfall...
31.2" - ORD
24.0" - RFD

Random stat alert...

For the first time since the winter of 1978/79, Chicago has had average or above average snowfall in each month (Nov-Dec-Jan).

Definitely highly skeptical of the current projections beyond the 7 day period with a supposed PV stretch (some are calling it a SSW event, but that's such an overused term and not really accurate) happening...

is that aircraft enhanced snow on the klot returns over the ord approaches?

Torch incoming 

Outside of Boston, my guess is you did better than DC to NY in the past week.