McHenrySnow

Yup. I know the current storm was once upon a time a cutter of guidance, but this one appears like it will stay that way. Blocking has been steady, but it's gotta weaken at some point. I hate to see what happens with our snowpack prior to the cold coming.

It's going to be a rainer. Not just for you, but for most of us.

I highly doubt a watch will be issued this afternoon for LOT. Possibly in the morning.

I'll gladly take the Para totals.

Hoping that cutter won't be too harmful to our snowpack.

take it to the dms

I mainly meant CR and IC. Des Moines has had some warm days and even warmer in the southwest corner. I'm very lucky to have had snow cover the entire month of January, I just wish we could have had a big dog.

Hasn't this happened all winter in Iowa?

Complain all you want, I get it 100%, and do plenty myself, but compare our totals to normal and it gets pathetic.

I've gotten 13" so far, including 1" before December 1 that melted immediately. I AM snow greedy, but this year I'm snow starved.

With the totals being produced, a dry slot (which I can't see coming north of Chicago) wouldn't even be that big of a deal.

If only. This is a beautiful screenshot.

I was worried on Thursday when models were still trending south. Both Cary and I did make final guesses that were low (4 and 5" respectively). Mine panned out as we got 4" (though, that may be a slightly rounded up version of the actual total from averaging multiple measurements, lots of drifting). He busted a bit high. The LOT snow map shows the painful bullseye of lower totals across Winnebego-Boone-McHenry Counties, which, aside from the megaband that blasted Wisconsin, I was prepared for. Honestly, it was Madison getting 6-8" that was the real kick in the balls.

Obviously the lake can enhance totals, that's not my point, My point is areas in NE IL that end up north of the main band have that as a cushion while inland areas don't. Hence why I'd prefer not to have the E/SE track of the Euro. I'm not worried one way or the other at this point. It's still quite a ways out and I'm not planning on riding every model run like last time.

That's a baldface lie but whatever.

Euro looks somewhat similar to what happened with the last storm in N IL. There will be a large area that gets less snow while the lake helps others out. That's of course taking the run verbatim and there's no reason to do that, but if that run transpired, I'd be in a bad mood. lol I really prefer a more east-west orientation.

obviously trash. throw it out.

Hard to believe a storm this winter looks good for Iowa!

I love nonsense forecasts like this. lol

And it always ends with the Red Wedding.

Cary and I don't live in Cook or Lake. lol

This snow today isn't going to add up to much of anything. At least we've had more snow than Fairbanks, Alaska, this month, I guess.

We can't even get slop at this point. I can't believe I moved out here for this! lol

As I figured, those high ratios did not pan out here. Often, there was more graupel than snow falling. Getting actually flakes now, of course, probably not more than 1/2" left to fall. Quick measurement on my patio showed 2.75". Need to shovel the drive later and will take a few measurements to see if that is representative, but I can guarantee there isn't 5-8" out there.