Chicago WX

Pouring IP here right now. Feels like I'm back in the LAF. Looks like that'll be my destiny, as IKK will be just a shade too far East to see meaningful snows. Also noticed SGF and LSX hoisted WWA's for parts of their CWA's.

KPIA 141254Z 01007G17KT 1/4SM R04/4500VP6000FT +SN FG VV004 01/00 A2975 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT E SLP078 P0005 T00060000

1 hour ago, mimillman said:

If you’re not in the northwestern part of Cook county, you officially have below average snowfall 

https://w2.weather.gov/climate/getclimate.php?wfo=lot

 

Nope. Midway 3SW COOP 2018-19 season snowfall: 39.1"...1981-2010 normal season snowfall: 37.1".

Just now, King James said:

I can’t recall, but it’s got to be close, this may be our most impressive snowfall of the season

As far as snow intensity, no doubt. Only took until mid March. 

3.6” thru 7:00 am from a report in Bourbonnais. Considering the duration to that point, pretty damn impressive.

Drove early this morning from IKK to Hinsdale...snow was crazy heavy from home up to about Peotone. Big ole flakes just pouring down. I-57 was snow covered and downright dangerous. 

14 hours ago, King James said:

One of the worst winters I can remember. Lots of rain, fog, and ice. I would categorize most of the weather this winter here in east central IL as an inconvenience.

Lol, you have high expectations. I’ll give you December was a clunker, but it was for everyone. January was really good here. Mostly nickels and dimes, but we had a solid 3 week stretch of pretty good wintry appeal. But if a big dog is what you’re chasing, then I guess I understand. Alas, we’re in range of normal season snowfall. Nowhere near the disaster of past true sh*tty winters.

Ripping big ole flakes here right now. 

Thankfully the ice melted off the trees and lines around here. But the sidewalks and side streets are a different story...

16 minutes ago, Hoosier said:

I see you're in the more moderate returns.  So that stuff is freezing pretty well?  Looks to be moving in here soon.

Very efficiently. Untreated roads in my hood are pretty much gone now. Work is gonna be a blast tomorrow. 

18 minutes ago, RCNYILWX said:

I relayed your report to the office. Did you happen to measure or estimate how much ice you've gotten?

 

Edit: Also, where about are you in Kankakee?

 

 

 

I’m on the southwest side of Kankakee. I just went outside and have about 0.10” on my trees/bushes. Branches are crackling in the wind. My girlfriends car is now encased in ice. Driveway...my street... total skating rink. It’s not great here. 

Temp at my house is 30. Roads and sidewalks are skating rinks. Dynamite call by LOT leaving IKK out of the advisory. 

14 minutes ago, cyclone77 said:

Real nice snow globe action out there atm.  Flake size has been pretty nice for the most part since the event began back around noon.  This may be the longest duration I've seen snow fall at with temps below zero.  Still -4 out there as the snow continues to rip.  Wow, what a day.

This is pretty damn cool. Can't remember seeing this legit of snow with these kind of temps. Viva la winter. 

23 minutes ago, Jackstraw said:

20Z HRRR looking like a classic SR28 LAF/Tipton/MIE special in central IN.  Clippers like this can surprise us around here.  Temps are outrunning dews though.  This quite possibly could be my last chance at snow for a few weeks unless the 12Z FV3 candy land verifies.

Started snowing here as soon as returns moved overhead at -2/-14. Forcing is relatively good with this one. Enjoy! 

8 minutes ago, Hoosier said:

Very prelim summer thoughts but at this point, I am triple weighting 1934 and 1936.  1988 and 2012 are also in the mix.

19 minutes ago, IWXwx said:

 

Thought I'd move it over here. I decided to see what did happen in '36 in Indiana.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yeah, 1935-36 was a pretty cold winter. And then of course what followed that summer. Extremes. And of course, Hoosier’s #1 analog for every summer. 

3 minutes ago, IWXwx said:

I just noticed those 12zs. I'm still going with an overperforming, fluff factored 3.2" here.

Yeah if this follows the last couple and does a bit better than modeled, I could see it being more like 2-4" here. But 1-3/2-4, pretty much the same thing. 

12z NAMs slashing QPF/snow here, so gonna make a call of 1-3" for IKK. Final. Will cap off a pretty decent clipper train for here though.  

5 minutes ago, IWXwx said:

SBN crushed their old record with a -20°. The old record was -11° in 1936.

Not bad considering their position in relation to the Lake.

Wait until Hoosier sees the bolded red. 

4 hours ago, Chicago Storm said:

-26 RFD. 

2F from breaking the all time record low temp there.

Broken. -29˚ for the low at RFD.

ARR with a min of -32˚.

Others: DPA -29˚...DKB -25˚...SQI -28˚...RPJ -31˚...FEP -29˚...ORD -21˚

MLI -33˚ at 5:00 AM. Dewpoint hasn't been reporting for the past 3 hours...hope there's no malfunction.

ARR got to -33˚ at 4:00 AM on the 5 minute obs. Then the dewpoint reading went poof there too.

11 minutes ago, Hoosier said:

2 consecutive days without mail due to weather.  Wow.

Part of the problem is they can’t get the mail to the offices from the distribution plants. And of course they care about our safety.  

23 minutes ago, vespasian70 said:

No mail today in many locations because of the cold.

 

Just received word that we’re a no go tomorrow too. Friday is gonna suck, but at least I won’t get frostbite in 5 minutes. 

-20 on my car right now, as I sit here waiting for my gf to get out work. So very impressive for this time of day.

5 minutes ago, beavis1729 said:

Chicago will destroy 3 of these 4 daily records, and may break the 4th one:

Jan 30:  low -15 (1966); low max 3 (2004)

Jan 31:  low -12 (1985); low max 1 (1971) 

It also looks like today will be the 2nd coldest daily mean temp in Chicago history:

12/24/1983:  -18 (-11/-25)

1/30/2019:  -17 (-10/-24)

1/18/1994:  -16 (-11/-21)

Impressive. 

My work came to their senses and cancelled delivery today. I am thrilled. 

As for tomorrow morning, number to shoot for at IKK is -29˚....the all time coldest "officially" recorded here (back in Jan 1985). 

ORD needs 4.1" tomorrow to put this January into the top 10 snowiest. Sitting at 17.4" thru yesterday. Of course it depends if it all falls before the clock strikes midnight tomorrow...and they do really well. Either way, might be a stretch, but not impossible...

1) 42.5" in 1918

2) 40.4" in 1979

3) 33.7" in 2014

4) 32.3" in 1978

5) 29.6" in 1999

6) 28.9" in 1967

7) 27.8" in 2005

8) 26.7" in 1886

9) 24.7" in 1939

10) 21.5" in 2009