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lol, yes. And thanks. I enjoyed it. Of course, any snow is good snow in my book.

Finished with 11.5" here. Wasn't able to do my final measurement until 4:30 (6:00 am first), so maybe there was a bit of settling to deny a footer. Regardless, awesome storm. One of my most challenging days since I started with the PO. Got stuck (and unstuck) 5 times yesterday. Alas, what could have been if earlier runs had part 2 come thru here. Some real nice banding just to my south this morning in Iroquois County. Seems a bit further north than recent models had it. Maybe something like what RC had mentioned in an earlier post.. Actually snowing here right now, albeit lightly. Good luck to those down south and east today...

Working in this right now. A challenge to say the least. Easily over a foot here, so far. Walking thru knee deep snow everywhere. Still snowing…

Puking snow right now. This is great.

5.8" at my CoCoRAHS 6:00 am data entry. Board cleared. First shovel of the driveway done. Wasn't heavy wet snow, but wasn't fluff either. Thinking my 15" call for MBY will be too high, but 12" is attainable.

Couldn't sleep. So I just went out and measured. 4.8". Must have dumped since the flip. Mod snow and 27˚ currently at mi casa.

GHD II started as rain. Don’t how much though…

Ain’t what she used to be.

FWIW, 18z 3km nam was an improvement as well.

50 on the bank clock no doubt

Tornado siren test right now is a nice touch. Going with a final call of 15” for MBY. Jackpot call in LOT’s CWA is somewhere in Ford County with 19”.

Very nice.

Hey, how much did you get IYBY with that storm that hit Toronto a couple of weeks back?

That being said, that's an easy 20" here if that happened. Assuming the last piece comes through here of course...

We shall see. I’m not buying the trumped up Kuchera totals at all. 10:1 is a good ballpark considering what ratios will start as (low) and end with (little higher). It’s all overrunning for us as the main storm will largely whiff south. And like I said, we will waste some precip on rain. Changeover time will be crucial. But I’ve wrong a million times before…

Think I may willed this a little too far south after last nights NAM. But I’m with you. It’s all overrunning for here now. Second piece looks like scraps. Only caution flag for MBY is how long does the flip to snow take. Going to waste some QPF on rain, so hopefully that all works out. Right now I’m thinking 6-10” for IKK storm total. Foot possible, but everything needs to break right for that to happen. Regardless, looks like an awesome storm for central iL and IN and on east. Would love to see someone pull a 20 spot out of this…

Eh, I was waiting for the north shifts to happen. Too much time on the clock. Would’ve like to see them hold off until later. Oh well. Back to hibernation.

Indeed. Which I now am squarely on. We know how these always go...

cyclone going to reel in another big dog. And Hawkeye is starting to get interested.

Good to see you Mike. Looks like this one has brought us both out of hiding.

GHD ! GHD !!

Both GHD storms were a sub forum thing. GHD I is also the legendary s**** storm. I lived it.

Euro cave to the GFS. For now