vortex

30 minutes ago, Hoosier said:

Watching Grundy county

Took this about 35 minutes ago.  

Blowing and drifting pretty bad in the country.  
 

26 minutes ago, Chicago WX said:

Yeah, this was all action from start to finish. Wind added something to this one too. Of course, I'd take another GHD III as well. 

Any idea how much you have now?

Tough to measure by me because of the drifting.  

Just over 5 some inches here so far.  Lots of blowing and drifting. 
Should get in on southern end of death band shortly.  
Though less snow, this storm seemed more enjoyable than GHDIII.  

7 minutes ago, Chicago WX said:

Just wow here right now

Was thinking the same thing.  lol. 
 

Heaviest yet.  Tough to measure.

2 minutes ago, Chicago WX said:

That’s my route today. 

Haha. Good luck!  

16 minutes ago, Chicago WX said:

Just pound town here. My visibility is 2 blocks at best right now. Walking south is ok, but walking north is hell with the driving snow.  

Jeb would be jealous. Haha 

  Downtown cam definitely verifies your observations.  

Lightning strike by Quincy bout 10 minutes ago. 
Ripping good here now. 

Meso discussion 

14 minutes ago, Chicago WX said:

It has started here. But as sleet mixed with some flakes.  

 Pretty much all snow here now at my house 

3 hours ago, Chicago WX said:

Rip city in Kansas City

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METAR KMCI 171115Z AUTO 01019KT 1/4SM +SN VV005 M06/M08 A3003 RMK P0004

METAR KMCI 171110Z AUTO 02019G24KT 1/4SM +SN VV005 M06/M08 A3003 RMK P0002

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They were at 67 degrees yesterday afternoon.  
Still reporting 1/4 mile visibility. 

Pretty decent jump southeast on the 6z Nam. 

Just now, Hoosier said:

If there was any thought of the 00z Euro shifting north toward the American models, try again.

Yep.  Holding steady 

Guesstimating we ended up around 10 inches or so.  
Hit the low end of forecast.  No complaints here.  

Little over 9 inches of snow here.  Still snowing though radar returns aren’t showing much.  Blowing and drifting some.  

7 inches here now.  Heaviest snow currently.  Little over an inch the last hour. 
 

Measured 1.5” a little bit ago.   
Coming down good. 

3 minutes ago, fluoronium said:

Wow it's absolutely dumping snow here now. I don't know how I'm going to manage to sleep tonight.

Where you located?

Kinda surprised how quickly it’s sticking after the 40s and rain today.  Obviously didn’t affect ground temps too much.  

Starting to change over to snow here now.  
Roads already getting snow covered.  

6Z NAM north. Great improvement for N Illinois and Chicago.  

Oops. Initially put this in the wrong thread. 
 

Ice jams few miles down stream Tuesday, has since melted. Something to see during these boring weather times

30 minutes ago, Chicago Storm said:

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Payback for last year, lol  

17 minutes ago, Hoosier said:

Man some of the roads are terrible.  Was probably going 5-10 mph as I approached a stop sign and still started to slide into the intersection.

Yes they are.  Seen 2 jacked knife semis and 3 cars in ditches in a 6 mile stretch on I-57 in Kankakee County.