IMADreamer

Good clip of snow here, I'd say a solid inch on the ground and still coming.  Lots of ice over night.  I definitely lost some limbs in my yard.  Hope the power stays on. 

.62in this morning.  Nice thunder, a little small hail.  It is soupy right now out.  Definitely feels like more is in the offering later.  

Sun just peaking out here finally.  We've jumped three degrees in the last hour or so.  I think the game may be a foot. 

Can't see the sun yet but the storm that just rolled through has cleared out the fog and I can actually see clouds instead of just gray.  Hopeful signs I think. 

Strong sunshine here now, with the temp up a good 7 degrees in a few hours.  

Still light/moderate rain here and over cast.  Going to have to clear out and warm up fast I think for anything to get going now. 

decent wet snow here for a good hour now.  Finally starting to cover the grass. 

Absolute rippage here right now.  Heaviest snowfall I've seen this season. 

3 inches of concrete here.  Still coming down.  It definitely switched to more of a mix for a couple hours but back to decent sized flakes now. 

Finally above freezing here. We have had freezing rain since 10am.. It's messy and the trees are really sagging. Still have power for now. 

1.96 in of rain here and the temp is dropping fast. 

Was surprised to wake up dry today. Just dense fog for now.

3 minutes ago, ChiTownStorm11 said:

I'm ready for disappointment.

But at least it will be nice to have something to be disappointing over. 

What a difference a day makes. I'll take some ice potential with a decent helping of snow over 5 days of cold January rain.  I'm going to try not and get to excited. 

1 hour ago, RogueWaves said:

A lot of the Google Earth street images and satellite imagery around here actually dates back to late summer 2012. As you can see from this image of farms just NW of town, your crops were TOAST if you didn't have an irrigation system! Qualifies as worst wx of the decade in my book. Drought/Heatwaves are least fave wx - period! 

 

That year was brutal.  1st day of harvest for us was on August 4th, we usually don't start until after Labor Day.  Everything was just gone.  We harvested 16 hours on the first day and only filled half a semi truck.  Usually in a 16 hour day we would fill 25 or so.  My Dad had tears in his eyes that night as we all went home for the day.  Man that was a terrible year.  

Seems like the cumulus field is getting a bit more agitated so maybe something will get going soon.

Looks like a rain wrapped mess on KMBC.  Pretty incredible motion though. 

6 minutes ago, SandySurvivor said:

I have been looking at the damage reports and pictures on Twitter all night.

Mostly minor damage.  Damage is significantly less than what I experienced during Hurricane Sandy .

This post will surely ease the minds of those that took damage and lost their lives tonight.  Can I share this on social media so that the can all know they are lucky since you've seen worse?

We just had a tornado warned storm come though.  Pretty sure the worst missed just north but it was an impressive light and thundershow.  Now torrential rain. 

Three inches of the heaviest wettest snow I can ever remember.  

Really nice severe warned storm here. I stayed with it until it got too dark to photograph. Now it's putting on a nice light show. 

57 minutes ago, Snowless in Carrollton said:

How does everyone measure snow ? I measured about 6" on the car top but most areas in the yard around 7.

I take my yard stick out to the yard and try to get three decent measurements and average them.  

Absolute rippage here still. Total sits at 15. Easily an inch plus an hour rates for the last hour and a half. 

Small very wet flakes still here. Thinking that might keep us from hitting those jackpot numbers earlier. I suppose it's still early but only 3 inches as of now. 

Snow has made it to Western Illinois. Roads are covered and it's only been at it a half hour.