DaveNay Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 A similar occurrence happened here when we saw that freak thundersnow event on 2/20/14. The snow had changed over to rain by midday and the precipitation ended completely by the early afternoon hours, but we didn't lose power until just before sunset, when the temps had warmed into the mid-upper 30s. Power came back on around 3:15 am. The sound of the furnace woke me up. Sent our son back to his own bed and went back to sleep myself LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slow poke Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 I ended up around 10" IMBY hard to accurately measure of course but that is pretty much the average some spots 2' other areas 4". And yes it is concrete, not used to the heavy snow but certainly not complaining. Great way to start a base now hopefully we see a little LES on top of this and it should be a decent week /weekend up here when just 24hrs ago was looking pretty bleak. Good news about the snow down there! We're up here in the UP near White Fish Point now, looks like about 6" or so up here. Sounds like areas south of here got more though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 One thing that surprised me was seeing a winter storm warning for Marquette with a forecast of 4-8". Didn't know they warned for that much snow up there. The warning was also for the near-blizzard conditions and how quickly the snow fell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 this sleet isn't going anywhere it's like walking on a glacier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 9 inches with maybe another inch today... not bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guru Of Reason Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 Yeah, I agree with whoever said that this was a superstorm. Record blizzard in New Mexico and Texas, a deadly tornado outbreak, and a historic ice/sleet storm to boot. This is Superstorm15. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimillman Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 Minor event, but NAM still suggesting upwards of an inch for northern Illinois tomorrow. Nothing big, but still nice to freshen up what fell yesterday. Not sure where to post about that... I should also mention GFS suggests some light snow, and GGEM is north. Euro looks somewhat like the NAM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimillman Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 Euro widespread dusting to 1/2". Nice mood dusting for tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 Nice write up by LOT. You can add the sleet totals to your annual snowfall tally, because that's what they do. http://www.weather.gov/lot/2015dec28 Car doors were frozen this morning, had some icy patches on the pavement as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mogget Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 Three hours to clear all that sleet from the walk and driveway. Could do without that much work again anytime soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonger Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 Northern Michigan people & Wisconsin/Illinois crew. Care to point out the problems with this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 This was probably the biggest sleet storm in Chicago in a very long time. This particular observer has been at it for many decades. ... 1200 AM SLEET 3 SW MIDWAY AIRPORT 41.75N 87.79W 12/29/2015 M2.10 INCH COOK IL CO-OP OBSERVER THERE WAS BRIEFLY SNOW BUT ALMOST ALL OF THIS WAS SLEET. SLEET IS GROUPED WITH SNOW OFFICIALLY SO RECORDS FOR EXACT SLEET AMOUNTS ARE DIFFICULT TO ACQUIRE. THE LONG TIME COOP OBSERVER CHECKED BACK THROUGH HIS RECORDS AND NOT FOUND ANY REMARKS NOTING THIS HIGH OF SLEET TOTALS FOR HIS LOCATION. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh_4184 Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 Northern Michigan people & Wisconsin/Illinois crew. Care to point out the problems with this? Snow.jpg Haha, I have close to 10 imby, sure would like to know someone who lives south of T City and can verify that 20+ snow cover Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted December 29, 2015 Author Share Posted December 29, 2015 This was probably the biggest sleet storm in Chicago in a very long time. This particular observer has been at it for many decades. ... 1200 AM SLEET 3 SW MIDWAY AIRPORT 41.75N 87.79W 12/29/2015 M2.10 INCH COOK IL CO-OP OBSERVER THERE WAS BRIEFLY SNOW BUT ALMOST ALL OF THIS WAS SLEET. SLEET IS GROUPED WITH SNOW OFFICIALLY SO RECORDS FOR EXACT SLEET AMOUNTS ARE DIFFICULT TO ACQUIRE. THE LONG TIME COOP OBSERVER CHECKED BACK THROUGH HIS RECORDS AND NOT FOUND ANY REMARKS NOTING THIS HIGH OF SLEET TOTALS FOR HIS LOCATION. From LOT FB page... "It looks like the 1.9" of sleet recorded at Chicago on December 28th was a record for sleet in a day. The previous record was 1.5" of sleet on February 4, 1924." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh_4184 Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 This map is form APX a little closer but not fully accurate from other reports I have seen/heard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanDe680 Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 Northern Michigan people & Wisconsin/Illinois crew. Care to point out the problems with this? Snow.jpg Maybe thats the "what it felt like shoveling" map? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonger Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 This was probably the biggest sleet storm in Chicago in a very long time. This particular observer has been at it for many decades. ... 1200 AM SLEET 3 SW MIDWAY AIRPORT 41.75N 87.79W 12/29/2015 M2.10 INCH COOK IL CO-OP OBSERVER THERE WAS BRIEFLY SNOW BUT ALMOST ALL OF THIS WAS SLEET. SLEET IS GROUPED WITH SNOW OFFICIALLY SO RECORDS FOR EXACT SLEET AMOUNTS ARE DIFFICULT TO ACQUIRE. THE LONG TIME COOP OBSERVER CHECKED BACK THROUGH HIS RECORDS AND NOT FOUND ANY REMARKS NOTING THIS HIGH OF SLEET TOTALS FOR HIS LOCATION. AGS. Anthropogenic global sleeting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonger Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 This map is form APX a little closer but not fully accurate from other reports I have seen/heard. We were almost ready to roll out to Mesick, MI until I saw this map. We might not be going anywhere or we might go to Alpena. 11 inches isn't exactly amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonger Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 Haha, I have close to 10 imby, sure would like to know someone who lives south of T City and can verify that 20+ snow cover I'm starting to think sleet is messing with the satellite data perhaps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonger Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 this sleet isn't going anywhere it's like walking on a glacier Damn... Sleetmobiling the mag mile? You game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 Northern Michigan people & Wisconsin/Illinois crew. Care to point out the problems with this? Snow.jpg Well I don't have 20" on the ground! I guess if all that would have been snow at 30° - yeah it would have been quite deep. I guess the algorithm they use doesn't account for sleet being 3:1 ratio. Maybe thats the "what it felt like shoveling" map? This would have been an amazing snowstorm given that warm layer above 850mb was absent. Was out driving around and a lot of the west facing stop lights are iced over with snow and ice. Hard to tell what the color some of the lights are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh_4184 Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 We were almost ready to roll out to Mesick, MI until I saw this map. We might not be going anywhere or we might go to Alpena. 11 inches isn't exactly amazing. I wouldn't waste your time, lot of people up here already, 8-12" snow is will be toast in no time. If we get some decent LES as being advertised maybe. Good thing is the snow is concrete compared to usual les fluff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 The sleet from yesterday has all melted away. I opted not to try and shovel it with that expectation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveNay Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 I was quite surprised to see home much more accumulation there was in DeKalb today than at my place! DKB has plow piles a couple feet high (on an average driveway) while I have barely an inch of cover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Around here there was plowed piles up to 6 feet high! Looks like a snowstorm aftermath. There was quite a few icy spots developing late this afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slow poke Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 I wouldn't waste your time, lot of people up here already, 8-12" snow is will be toast in no time. If we get some decent LES as being advertised maybe. Good thing is the snow is concrete compared to usual les fluff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonger Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 I wouldn't waste your time, lot of people up here already, 8-12" snow is will be toast in no time. If we get some decent LES as being advertised maybe. Good thing is the snow is concrete compared to usual les fluff Going to hope for some LES somewhere... It might be 2 more weeks before we go anywhere. Just a historically bad start to the year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slow poke Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Going to hope for some LES somewhere... It might be 2 more weeks before we go anywhere. Just a historically bad start to the year. We got in 80 miles on our sleds yesterday up here north of Paradise. We didn't see any other sleds the whole time. The groomer operator says he might head out Saturday to start panning, knocking down bumps if they get a little more snow between then and now. I'm not sure I would make the drive up this far yet, just not enough snow to really have a good ride. If they can get some lake effect in the next few days conditions should change to good I feel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HillsdaleMIWeather Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 One death was confirmed in Hillsdale County, someone ran a generator in a house during the outage yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 One death was confirmed in Hillsdale County, someone ran a generator in a house during the outage yesterday. Arrgghh!! It really bothers me when people do these types of things. Part of my position with EMA is warning about dangers of this. I overemphasize safety in all of my presentations on hazardous weather preperation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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