Jackstraw Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 Just drove in from the lake up by Warsaw on 13 and had to pull over and stop 4 times, couldn't see anything, wall of white. Took me almost 3 hours, usually takes me 90 minutes or less. Not a lot of snow but man was it blowing around! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chitown Storm Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 A friend of mine was trying to drive from Cleveland to Chicago on I-80. She decided to spend the night just outside of south bend. She couldn't see more than 10ft in front of her. Was stuck for 3 hrs without moving. Unreal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trent Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 I'll post some of these here. I've had almost 6" of snow today with the arctic front/lake enhanced snows. The snowfall rates just before noon were some of the heaviest I've ever experienced. The visibility had dropped down to a couple hundred feet. Even with the bright white of the snow, it almost felt like nightfall with these bands: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 This was taken on I 469 directly south of FWA. Maybe a result of the tornado? EDIT: Sorry, I meant to put this in the banter thread, but oh well. I'll just leave it here for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 Been searching to find any corroboration for that funnel cloud at FWA (would the formation process be similar to cold air funnels at other times of year?) but haven't found anything. IWX hasn't acknowledged it via LSR either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Been searching to find any corroboration for that funnel cloud at FWA (would the formation process be similar to cold air funnels at other times of year?) but haven't found anything. IWX hasn't acknowledged it via LSR either. Hoosier, per NWSChat, the met on duty stated that those were false reports and that the observer has sent corrections. Actually, there was the tornado report and at least 6 funnel observations sent between 1900 and 2100. Not sure what the observer was doing wrong, but he (she) was screwing something up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundersnow12 Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Hoosier, per NWSChat, the met on duty stated that those were false reports and that the observer has sent corrections. Actually, there was the tornado report and at least 6 funnel observations sent between 1900 and 2100. Not sure what the observer was doing wrong, but he (she) was screwing something up! Might get themselves in a lot of trouble. A lot of stuff happens in order when an ob like that gets transmitted.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Might get themselves in a lot of trouble. A lot of stuff happens in order when an ob like that gets transmitted.. Yeah you can't exactly send a funnel cloud ob by accident. There is a certain key sequence to bring it up on ASOS and it prompts you whether or not you want to transmit the ob. Just like sending out a SPECI early. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Remember this pic taken in Chicago in January 2014? What I'd like to know is whether the atmospheric conditions yesterday could've made something like this remotely possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 DTX going up to an inch tonight and another 1-2" tomorrow ahead of the next shot of record cold. Keeping the deep snowpack fresh here in the tundra! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormtrackertf Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 DTX going up to an inch tonight and another 1-2" tomorrow ahead of the next shot of record cold. Keeping the deep snowpack fresh here in the tundra! Literally looks and feels like the tundra out there with the rock hard drifted over snowpack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Literally looks and feels like the tundra out there with the rock hard drifted over snowpack.yes it does! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hm8 Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 Surprise bout of borderline +SN here. Pixie dust kinda of downpour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chargers09 Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 Looking forward to squalls today. Dtx still concerned it might need a headline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 We did pick up another dusting of 0.2" overnight (so the total overnight snowfall was 0.4" imby & 0.5" at dtw...depth still around a dense foot) but on my drive to Farmington Hills it was evident where the heavy squall hit last nite from snow on the trees, the snowbanks that were dirty now all white, etc. We shall see what the convection brings ahead of the cold front. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chargers09 Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 We did pick up another dusting of 0.2" overnight (so the total overnight snowfall was 0.4" imby & 0.5" at dtw...depth still around a dense foot) but on my drive to Farmington Hills it was evident where the heavy squall hit last nite from snow on the trees, the snowbanks that were dirty now all white, etc. We shall see what the convection brings ahead of the cold front.Yeah we ended up with almost 3 inches in Livonia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Models have really juiced up tomorrow/tomorrow night's clipper. Even the Euro lays down close to 0.50" precip in the main band. With relatively decent ratios a band of warning criteria snows is possible over parts of Iowa. Central into southeast Iowa looking like the ones who may cash in on the most, but there has been an eastward trend the past few model cycles. Hawkeye is looking good for at least 4-6", with a good chance of more than that considering decent LSRs and being so close to the max band. Even here near the QC we may be in for 2-4" of fluff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 12z NAM, RGEM, and GFS precip totals for this upcoming clipper. GFS driest of the three in Iowa/northern MO, RGEM farthest east with heavier totals. Regardless, someone is going to get a nice snowfall out of this one. 12z NAM 60 hour total QPF 12z RGEM 48 hour total QPF 12z GFS 60 hour total QPF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWeatherPimp Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Each run of the RPM is increasing snow amounts with the clipper - the newest 12z RUN now bringing 2-4" of snow across much of Northern/Central Indiana with 4-8" across Iowa and Northwestern/Western Illinois. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 12z UK has shifted even farther northeast and is now the farthest ne model... would be a strip of 5" through Cedar Rapids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundersnow12 Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Plumes are sky high for this event across the board but overdoing ratios Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Looks like this thing will really poop out after hitting Iowa. It's too bad it couldn't continue the solid snow band across the lower lakes region. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 mood dusting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckeye Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Looks like this thing will really poop out after hitting Iowa. It's too bad it couldn't continue the solid snow band across the lower lakes region. yea it's crazy how it literally disappears, (according to the ggem/ukie), once it hits the IL/IN border. OTOH, the euro weakens it but keeps it struggling thru Ohio. I wonder what causes that...if it has anything to do with the storm on the eastcoast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baum Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Sneak attack I suspect for ORD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 not happening Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baum Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 not happening Knew that would grab your attention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 ^ looks high in general but could see amounts like that in areas near the lake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Knew that would grab your attention. LOT sounded unimpressed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundersnow12 Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 I like 2" here tomorrow night. Nice high ratio refresher. Skilling had 1-3" last I saw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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