Chicago Storm

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

Tth

good times around here.

3 minutes ago, Stevo6899 said:

This has dtx issuing a wwa then upgrading to a warning after 5 inches is already on the ground written all over it.

would that make them inept?

4 minutes ago, Malacka11 said:

But is it just BSing or does it show what it does because it handles the features you were previously mentioning differently in a fashion that still remains remotely possible?

it's more phased and put together out west (compared to all other guidance), as ejection of the southern wave occurs.

likely classic nam shenanigans.

ngl, it would be nice to have one last amped nam run verify, before it's decommissioned (likely in march).

now is it's moment.

3 minutes ago, mimillman said:

Nah it’s fun watching N IL become South Dakota 

if only we had a good prairie dog population.

the funny thing is, re: all of the complaining locally about the current winter...

this is the coldest and snowiest winter we've had in years.

we've surpassed seasonal snowfall totals for the winters of 2024/25, 2023/24 and 2022/23 already, and it's only mid-january.

1 hour ago, Stebo said:

Unlike Joe, I do think Chicago cashes in, but more than like by means of lake effect.

the lake setup isn't all that impressive, tbh.

2 hours ago, Chicago916 said:

Was just thinking about all the budget cuts to the NOAA and how it impacts modeling. I wonder what verification scores are now vs previous years (winter and summer comparisons). Feels like modeling is pretty bad. 

it's not affecting things, contrary to what many thing.

2 hours ago, mimillman said:

These stat padders that vaporize in 2 hours are really not reflective of what has been complete sh*t since mid December 

sounds like you should move.

Dusted again as a result of the clipper last evening...

Final snowfall totals
0.8" - ORD
0.7" - RFD

…2025/26 Season Snowfall...
24.2" - ORD
23.9" - RFD

Show is over around here.

Really needed the northern stream waves and TPV arm in Central/Western Canada to be placed a bit further west.

So close, yet so far.

we were this close to a ghd 1 setup this weekend…

Just now, cyclone77 said:

Got a sneak peek of the new GFS with the included recon data.

 

it's been a while since we've seen one of these.

1/8SM +SN here at ORD currently.

Dusted once again, as the result of the fake-out clipper of yesterday evening through this morning...

Final snowfall totals
0.1" - ORD
0.8" - RFD

…2025/26 Season Snowfall...
23.4" - ORD
23.2" - RFD

12 minutes ago, hawkeye_wx said:

Wind is gusting to 60-70 mph in wc IA and ec NE.  DVN has issued a blizzard warning for my area.  I'm not sure we'll get enough snow to justify that.

they need to bring back blowing snow advisories.

the simplification movement to elimination those, and instead use a winter storm/blizzard warning or winter weather advisory, seems bad.

Odds are this still misses this area to the S/SE, given all that needs to come together alignment/phase wise to get it NW.

tell me what this looks like…

Soooo. We realistically are still too north for the weekend system right? Kinda seems like a northern feature has sped up and is now phasing with the ejected cutoff and pumping up the SE ridge enough to just about get precipitation up this way? Would love an expert's opinion here lol

Would also love an expert's opinion. Would definitely be a long ways to trend but it wouldn't take too many jumps at tonight's pace

yea, i don't get that wwa expansion southward.

the trend today has been north and drier.

edit: latest rap and hrrr are completely dry across the area now.

guidance is all over the place with the narrow snowfall axis for tonight.

past history would tell you that the border always cashes in on this type of scenario, though.

Light snowfall accumulation with the clipper on Sunday...

Final snowfall totals
0.7" - ORD
1.0" - RFD

…2025/26 Season Snowfall...
23.3" - ORD
22.4" - RFD

worst fans in sports, hope they suffered watching the in state basketball school do what they'll never do again

indiana?