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Closing in on 4" over here

Idk how later in the day will go but I have not experienced a snow that feels like this since probably GHD I? Like you know when you look out the window and it's not just that it's snowing hard, it's literally like a Rottweiler on sarms is grinning back at you?

Got up all hyped to look at these weenie returns out the window but my window is literally covered in snow. Looks wild though. If it could just do this for the next 18 hours that would be swag

The old Gyro is back SE

From LOT .UPDATE... Issued at 955 PM CST Thu Jan 11 2024 The winter storm is now on our doorstep this evening as we continue to monitor upstream trends. Impressive dynamics over a large footprint across the central CONUS are becoming evident via radar and satellite imagery with a blossoming baroclinic leaf across the MO/mid-MS valleys and rapidly developing convection across OK/AR. The congealing area of both custers of upstream convection will align well with substantial moisture transport and deep isentropic ascent into the CWA concurrent with a contracting low to mid-level baroclinic zone late tonight into mid-morning Friday. A resulting impressive F-Gen signal with slowing northward extent combined with 7C/km 700-400 hPa lapse rates yields some concern that 1-2"/hr snowfall will become common within the precip shield well into Friday morning. The embedded convective elements within the precip shield (and perhaps a stray rumble of thunder south of the Chicago metro) supports increasing forecast snowfall totals through at least late morning Friday. The incoming 00Z CAM suite is in surprisingly good agreement that 1hr QPF rates will reach 0.1-0.2" per hour for several hours into the Chicago metro between 4-9am. Even with SLR values potentially as low as 5-7:1, snowfall totals of 3-5" of very wet snow would not be surprising in just a few hours. No changes to headlines were made with the updates as the bulk of increase in the snowfall forecast is within the ongoing Winter Storm Warnings. But we will continue to highlight the potentially very hazardous morning commute across all of northern Illinois and especially within the Chicago metro. Kluber

Not that it means shit but love the rain/snow line crashing south run to run on the HRRR. Did that last time too ofc

Pics or it didn't happen

I'm all in. I actually never left lol I was just chillin in the back under the pong table. Does that mean I owe you like a week's rent?

A lot of CAMs seem to feature a pretty strong band on the very tail end of the storm, wonder how that would be with strong winds and the cold rushing in.

The old Tornado Intercept Shitbox and I had quite the time in the slush the other day. Tomorrow will give me a run for my money...

@Stebo is your guy to ask but unless this thing flops like a fish there's no way you wouldn't at least be delayed substantially I would think

Got that "calm before the storm" vibe going on out there

What's your take on how far north the warmth pushes thereafter, if you don't mind?

Those must be some good memories to have of talking to Skilling personally. Sounds like he's a great guy. I feel like I certainly missed out on the heyday of weather fanaticism but at least I'm here now even if things are a lot quieter than they were.

That's where I'm at too. If I can get the night wfh that would be a win for me.

For real. I was playing Storm Chaser on the playground in first grade with my friends... Idk when I started caring about winter weather too but now it's honestly my favorite. Can't really justify chasing quite yet after I got myself hit last year so this is all I've got. It had better fucking snow tomorrow.

You're right, we're definitely all a little neurodivergent in here

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Fr I like your call of 8ish but this is so silly again, I was hoping for a slam dunk kind of situation just once. Oh well, unless things go super north and warm after all I think we're in a better spot than the majority of posters here sooo

Feel like this storm might do even more tree damage than normal because of the way residual snow is sticking around. The wet nature of the last snow and melting and freezing over the last two nights has formed these little ice lumps covering everything, frozen on tight. imagecompressor.zip

That's actually a local maximum. The blues over the lake are the lower end. Not that it makes the overall map any better lol

What is your personal take on ratios in the farther outlying suburbs around the city?

Never any doubt, our CAM moment will come

We all know how this game works everything is proceeding as well as one can expect other than the shit ratios overall.

Chat GPT posting habits (I know my posts are also low value but bruh)