IWXwx Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 2 hours ago, Hoosier said: I noticed that Lake Michigan water temps are up 1-2 degrees since yesterday, at least closer to shore. Not much but every little bit helps. I personally feel that you are in for a big dump. Don't think that band its going progress too quickly. Low inversion heights or not, it's gonna look like winter in your neck of the woods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 3 hours ago, IWXwx said: I personally feel that you are in for a big dump. Don't think that band its going progress too quickly. Low inversion heights or not, it's gonna look like winter in your neck of the woods. Boy I hope so. It should be fairly slow moving. I'd lean a bit conservative with amounts though because of the aforementioned inversion height issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 To go along with the snow, forecast soundings support gusts of 35-40 mph near the shore in IL/IN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 HRRR and RAP seem a little more bullish with getting the lake effect activity onto more of the Illinois side... in fact, both almost have it west of me at the end of their runs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homedis Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 Getting some decent Lake Effect flurries here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 14 minutes ago, homedis said: Getting some decent Lake Effect flurries here! Nothing here besides some fairly gusty winds (edit: Gary has been gusting 45+ though it seems they often report high). Do see some sort of band taking shape offshore from Muskegon. Man I wish we had better inversion heights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 Do wonder about the strength of the boundary layer flow as an inhibiting factor for better/quicker organization. It's tough to say as I can recall other setups with these types of winds that had the effect of pushing the band(s) well inland more so than causing lack of organization. My guess is that the inversion heights are the much bigger issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 12z ARW and NMM both have some .25" qpf. Lake effect usually has high ratios of course but I'm not sure what to go with in this case... are the winds enough to keep them lower than they otherwise would be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimillman Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 Looks like ORD should be getting some decent SN- from the lake effect right now. Can anyone around that area or northwestern Cook confirm? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimillman Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 SN in the loop with this LE band Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuanis Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 1 hour ago, mimillman said: Looks like ORD should be getting some decent SN- from the lake effect right now. Can anyone around that area or northwestern Cook confirm? Hi from Rosemont. More mood flakes than anything, not coming down quite hard enough to accumulate anywhere but along curbs and in parking garages. That wind out there sucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 LOT pretty much threw in the towel on the lake effect, barely calling for anything even in northwest IN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 What snow there is is blowing around a lot. Having trouble really sticking as it's just being blown into the cracks on the pavement, along the edges of lawns, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCNYILWX Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 What snow there is is blowing around a lot. Having trouble really sticking as it's just being blown into the cracks on the pavement, along the edges of lawns, etc.Radar looks decent for you at the moment. I think you'll get to 2"+. Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 25 minutes ago, RCNYILWX said: Radar looks decent for you at the moment. I think you'll get to 2"+. Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk Unfortunately I'm not home to experience it at the moment. Currently a bit west of U.S. 41/Indianapolis Blvd where it's lighter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 About 1" of snow... still snowing. Winds have backed off so everything is covered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 33 minutes ago, Hoosier said: About 1" of snow... still snowing. Winds have backed off so everything is covered. An inch of snow this season is something that should be treasured. Congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benadrill Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 Posted this in the Ohio thread but might as well post it here as well.. .NEAR TERM /THROUGH SUNDAY/... An intense lake effect snow band developed off Lake Huron across Lake Erie into Lorain County. Received a couple reports of near zero visibility in Lorain County. Latest stream line convergence shows the band will slowly move east and weaken as it loses fetch length off Lake Huron and drier air pushes east into the local area. Expecting snow accumulations of up to 2 inches possible in the band as it moves across an area. Otherwise, snow associated with the low pressure system is pulling out to the east fairly quickly bringing an end to the synoptic snow. Only issues will be the pesky lake effect snow through the rest of the day. Made major changes to pop to account for intense snow band. Minor update to temperatures as well. Vid from the band Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TugHillMatt Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 Southerly flow is converging with the inland cold air to create a nice enhanced band of snow here along Lake Michigan. 3 inches since 8:30 and still coming down! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 Lake Michigan is still pretty wide open considering the bitter cold temps as of late. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 1 hour ago, IWXwx said: Lake Michigan is still pretty wide open considering the bitter cold temps as of late. I'm never really concerned about a freeze on that lake. Sure, substantial ice buildup can occur, but it would take outrageous sustained/deep cold to freeze it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 5 minutes ago, Hoosier said: I'm never really concerned about a freeze on that lake. Sure, substantial ice buildup can occur, but it would take outrageous sustained/deep cold to freeze it. Oh, I know, but I just expected it to have more ice than it does. We have quite a ways to go to reach 2013-14. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TugHillMatt Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 Got 4.5 inches, mostly in 3 hours here, this morning thanks to the Convergence band. Southerly flow lake enhanced events will ALWAYS be my favorite types of systems in this area! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 bump Looks like a shot at some light lake effect around here, especially Monday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh_4184 Posted January 29, 2018 Author Share Posted January 29, 2018 Nice little AFD from APX this morning I wasn't as bullish on the potential LES the next week or so given the ice build up and crappy NNW flow but looks like we will finally see a more NW or WNW sustained flow for a while which should help whiten things up a bit. Even APX understands how vital winter sports are for the LES belts up here. Quote .LONG TERM...(Wednesday night through Sunday) Issued at 246 AM EST Mon Jan 29 2018 ...Sharply colder with lake effect snow... Nice setup for lake effect snows as long wave troughing across the region supplies plenty of cold air from Thursday well into next week. In addition, a series of moisture laden Alberta Clippers are shown to move through the flow. Generally speaking westerly/northwesterly flow favored areas should begin to rebuild a nice snowpack making a return of outside winter time activities possible once again. Temperatures should average at least 5 to 10 degrees below climatological norms. && Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
London snowsquall Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 Up in Midland Ont. off Georgian Bay for the weekend visiting my wife's family. Probably received a foot of LES since 10 pm last night when it started up. Still coming down hard. I wasn't planning on this......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
London snowsquall Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 You know it's a storm when you see a snowmobile go down the street. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh_4184 Posted February 4, 2018 Author Share Posted February 4, 2018 Picked up about a foot since Wednesday, this is including several inches of synoptic snow from today's system as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 Looks like the Tug has survived the 2 week superthaw. Nothing on the ground here, finally passed 100" on the season here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 Snowfall totals so far for hardest hit Lake Effect locations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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