Chicago WX

LOT has hoisted a Watch for the potentially LES impacted areas. No other changes to headlines for the others. Still going 2-4" here.

GGEM folds and joins the NW bump crew

Just now, blue60007 said:

Lookin' solid here.

Indeed. Going to be a real nice one for you guys. 

Sh*tty government model version 16

Just now, RCNYILWX said:

Always fun to take the time to post on here along with@purduewx80 and any other NWS mets that post here and on other subs, and see others saying they'd have no problem defunding the NWS.

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Don't listen to the bs. We greatly appreciate everything you guys do. Not an easy business.

Back to the task at hand, let it snow. 

JV HIRES model time

Just now, Sciascia said:

What’s a good site, if any, that keeps track of seasonal/monthly snowfall totals at airports? I’d rather be able to track things myself than have to ask everyone here all the time.

http://xmacis.rcc-acis.org/#

Just comparing the 0z NAM to the 12z run...needless to say...wagons north. 

12z HRRR is acceptable. 

6z new kid in town

0z NAM bumping northwest. IND looking good. Even the LAF.

Turned out to be a not so bad event. Quality fluff action this overnight/morning and afternoon.

Certainly not scientific, but I think this is where you want the Euro and Ukie at this stage. In other words, for us in IL, a miss. Both track records of the Europeans in the mid range had been awful lately...

It's new. It's fresh. It's probably wrong, but...

Snowing  pretty good here. Mixing in some decent flakes too. I could do this everyday in winter...outside of the big dogs. 

30 minutes ago, Chicago WX said:

6z GFS joins the party

Though to be fair, the GFS has shown this storm on and off. 6z GEFS has some support. We watch. We wait.

6z GFS joins the party

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

gfs gonna be bad

Band just won't die. Still going just to my south this morning. Picked up another 1.5" overnight. Event total going back 24 hours is 5.2" IMBY. 

Measured before I left for work this morning, and had 3.5” total for the morning/overnight round. Lightly snowing here all afternoon, but has picked up recently back to fluff balls. Roads have caved again. Great wintry appeal day! 

I core sampled that 2.2" of snow. 0.05" liquid. So yeah...40:1. Still rocking cotton balls here...

I think there's still potential in the pattern. Wed/Thu looks decent for nice event. And something more substantial in and around V-Day has some support on the ensembles. 6z GEFS below. Granted not unanimous agreement, but when I see the heart shaped height lines to the east, I get reminders of V-Day 2007.  I wouldn't punt yet...

Woke up to a surprise this morning. Measured 2.2" new snowfall. This has to be like 40:1 ratio. Total fluff. Cotton balls still falling. Pretty cool. 

Dipped to -10˚ at mi casa and IKK this morning.

1.8" total here. Got lucky, relatively speaking, with some nice bands and flake size.