wisconsinwx Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Measured just over an inch, like Alek I think I will be very close to my initial call, though I upped it to 4" today so I can't really claim victory unless it's close to that mark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtlehurricane Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 1.4" storm total....about done now. 1.9" looking like a super sweet call. There's another band heading towards Chicago. The same band will also push into Madison within an hour http://tempest.aos.wisc.edu/radar/mw3compflash.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 There's another band heading towards Chicago. The same band will also push into Madison within an hour http://tempest.aos.wisc.edu/radar/mw3compflash.html I'm counting on that band to give me the extra .5" to hit 1.9" It's barely spitting outside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 4.9 inches in my yard, not disappointing at all. Waterloo also has 5 inches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunder Road Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 1.7" or 1.8" on the grass. So 0.1"-0.2" in the last hour and 15 minutes, lol. Just as I walked back inside it flipped over to a nice burst of dendrites again. I guess we'll see in the morning what this last band did for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Heavy heavy sand flakes here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowMeHunter Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 def the best 3 hr stretch of snow this winter and still coming down nice.. gotta be nearing 3" soon. will measure at 5 am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Radar filling in nicely to the south of here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Global_Warmer Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Saw heaviest sleet of my life today and heaviest snow. 15 min of white out confitons. With 25-30mph winds, 40-45 base dbz. 55+ composite. It was amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowMeHunter Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 just a quick pic out the window at 4am... still snowing pretty good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 just a quick pic out the window at 4am... still snowing pretty good. Nice pic! Glad you are getting it. Been ripping here for a little while now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Thundersnow! Well, a snow and sleet combo. Pretty cool though. Have seen 3 bolts, one of which was very close. Shook the house. Line's moving through, then looking forward to dryslot freezing drizzle. Ugh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevlon62 Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Maybe three for total. Easy shovel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 GRR expanded the advisory to cover the rest of the area and have 2-4 in the new advisory area and as well bumped the rest up to 2-3 from 1-2. Still snowing at a decent clip here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chitown Storm Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Still spitting very light snow here, but getting more of a drizzle feel to it. Currently just under 4" IMBY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spwild47 Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Cyclone, I can't explain why, but I can tell you I've seen it time and time again, in top down saturation cases like this the p-type will start out as sleet despite the entire column being below freezing. I'd love for someone smarter than me to explain to me how this is physically possible, but I honestly cannot count how many times I've seen it happen and I even talked with my co-workers on Sunday about that being the case for this event. My guess is that it has to do with the increase in pressure as the snowflakes fall through the dry column...the water solid/gas line "leans" left below 0 C at temperatures >1013 MB, meaning ahead of surface lows, flakes are falling into air at pressures of 1014-1016 Mb or higher as they near the surface, so even if the surrounding air is less than 0C, the flakes can melt, due to pressure not heat. However, melting itself is an endothermic process that sucks heat from the surrounding air..which would cause that air to cool. If that indeed is what happens, I see it as a negative feedback loop where in the beginning the flakes melt and refreeze as sleet but eventually the negative feed back of the endothermic melting causes the near surface air to cool to the point that melting never takes place and the snow falling remains snow all the way to the surface. The only limiting factor to this theory would be the timing, I.e. at the terminal velocity of snow does it have time to make the change as it falls from the 1013.25 MB height to the surface...vertical and horizontal wind shear would certainly also play a role.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 few lightning strikes detected down by IKK. Hmm, I'll have to call the parents later to see if they saw saw/heard anything. 2:15am and 2:55am obs at IKK. METAR KIKK 220815Z AUTO 11014G17KT 1 3/4SM TSUP OVC005 M03/M03 A2989 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SE T10281035 METAR KIKK 220855Z AUTO 10011KT 2SM -VCTSSN BKN007 OVC013 M03/M04 A2987 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SE T10301037 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Congrats to all who got a snow. It's approaching here this morning but the dry air is having its way. Good for a couple iches tho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Nice. I went 3.9" for MKE. Not bad. 0607 AM SNOW MILWAUKEE INTERNATIONAL 42.94N 87.90W02/22/2013 M3.8 INCH MILWAUKEE WI OFFICIAL NWS OBS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestMichigan Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 For a storm that was pretty much written off this may end up being our largest synoptic snow of the year. It won't touch some of the LES we have had, but if it tops 3" I believe it may move into first place for non lake effect snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormtrackertf Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Moderate to Heavy snow falling here now. At 6:40am, there was nothing on the ground except a few patches of pixe dust and now we've got a thick coating on everything, working on our first inch.Kinda breezy out there too which is reducing the visibilities below 1/2 mile right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 10.2" for Columbia MO and 5.7" for STL, officially. Pretty good. Totals from the LSX CWA here: http://www.crh.noaa.gov/lsx/?n=02_21_2013'>http://www.crh.noaa.gov/lsx/?n=02_21_2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TugHillMatt Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 I never said they will be wrong, I'm agreeing that they are going to be more accurate with totals than most on here. I think GRR, DTX, and IWX have a good handle on accums. I sense major wish-casting with some and that's fine. Everyone on this thread is entitled to their opinion, right? After all it is a public forum and we are all meteorological enthusiasts. I'm not asking anyone to agree or disagree with me, I'm not trolling. I'm throwing my two cents out just like the rest of you. Harry, I knew from looking at radar that we were going to get more than an inch or two. It has been snowing heavily here for the past four hours, not one. 4 hours of 1 inch rates equals at least 4 inches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Another underperformer for the QC. 2.4" here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 LOT, ORD, and RFD reports. 0701 AM SNOW OHARE AIRPORT 41.98N 87.90W02/22/2013 M2.7 INCH COOK IL OFFICIAL NWS OBS 0701 AM SNOW ROCKFORD AIRPORT 42.20N 89.10W02/22/2013 M2.7 INCH WINNEBAGO IL OFFICIAL NWS OBS 0701 AM SNOW ROMEOVILLE 41.65N 88.09W02/22/2013 M3.4 INCH WILL IL OFFICIAL NWS OBS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magoos0728 Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Good winds out there drifting the little we got. Looking to Monday-Tuesday.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spwild47 Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Solid 4.5" here in Gurnee...not too wet, not too dry, just right to shovel.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McDude Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 1.4" storm total....about done now. 1.9" looking like a super sweet call.How far are you from Wrigley? Wgn just said 3.4 down there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 LOT, ORD, and RFD reports. 0701 AM SNOW OHARE AIRPORT 41.98N 87.90W02/22/2013 M2.7 INCH COOK IL OFFICIAL NWS OBS 0701 AM SNOW ROCKFORD AIRPORT 42.20N 89.10W02/22/2013 M2.7 INCH WINNEBAGO IL OFFICIAL NWS OBS 0701 AM SNOW ROMEOVILLE 41.65N 88.09W02/22/2013 M3.4 INCH WILL IL OFFICIAL NWS OBS I had 2.9 at ORD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 How far are you from Wrigley? Wgn just said 3.4 down there I'm at Foster, so a mile or two north. I suspect the WGN report is a facebook report and high but it's possible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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