Chicago WX Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 MLI up to 37.6" for the season, thru 6:00 AM this morning. 50"+ season looks very doable/probable...which would make for a top 10 all timer. 1) 69.7" in 1974-75 2) 65.1" in 2013-14 3) 64.0" in 1978-79 4) 61.5" in 1959-60 5) 59.1" in 1996-97 6) 54.1" in 1971-72 7) 51.5" in 2007-08 8) 51.4" in 1911-12 9) 51.2" in 1969-70 10) 49.3" in 1925-26 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRegionRat Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 The snowpack here didn't break, but it is bent. The temperature has risen from 38 a few hours ago to 39. Relief is nearby. It's 37 in Lansing, 33 at Midway and 31 at O'Hare. This weather always brings me down. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ams30721us Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 5 minutes ago, Chicago WX said: MLI up to 37.6" for the season, thru 6:00 AM this morning. 50"+ season looks very doable/probable...which would make for a top 10 all timer. 1) 69.7" in 1974-75 2) 65.1" in 2013-14 3) 64.0" in 1978-79 4) 61.5" in 1959-60 5) 59.1" in 1996-97 6) 54.1" in 1971-72 7) 51.5" in 2007-08 8) 51.4" in 1911-12 9) 51.2" in 1969-70 10) 49.3" in 1925-26 Wow! Go big or go home, right! Heck at this rate me may make the top 10 by the end of next week! and that would include our nice 7+ week quiet/warm stretch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchaumburgStormer Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 Haven’t made it outside to measure yet, but it appears we stayed mostly snow. Nice refresher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ams30721us Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 Amazing to still be getting these Huge snowflakes, even when the returns drop off. Just beautiful out there this morning, of course now I gotta try to get to work in a little bit, so my opinion may change a bit! LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baum Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 48 minutes ago, Chicago WX said: Just wait until it all freezes up again... I'm kinda surprised how much ice is still on the pavement this morning. Truly truly a big mess, and only will get worse. stores out of salt. Was going to scrape it, but i think that maybe worse. Snowing again decently here so hoping it provides traction when the big freeze hits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 29 minutes ago, ams30721us said: This will by far be my favorite storm of the season! Likely will end with totals between 7-9 inches total. Went to bed last night around 10pm with heavy wet snow falling, and awoke to heavy wet snow still falling a few moments ago, looking like a perfect snow globe scene. All of this after being modeled way to far south for any decent snow up through the final hours. The Quad Cities seem to do well in every storm. They got 12 inches back in November and seem to be getting 6+ from each of these smaller storms this month. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 So looking back at the guidance from 3-4 days ago...the Euro, Goofy twins, and Canadian cousins all get F's with their performance of this storm. The Ukie sniffed out the southern trend, yet again. And I guess the NAM's, for the most part. EDIT: actual track went from STL to IKK. The bad models had it thru E IA/NW IL (and further NW with some of the GFS runs) for quite a bit of time. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ams30721us Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 Btw.. This Chicago split is pretty impressive to watch. What a fine line within about 20 miles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ams30721us Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 6 minutes ago, hawkeye_wx said: The Quad Cities seem to do well in every storm. They got 12 inches back in November and seem to be getting 6+ from each of these smaller storms this month. Actually 14.8" from the Blizzard...Lol, yea it really seems the 6"+ axis continues to pull us smack dab in the middle. This Winter has been pretty impressive from that standpoint. **knock on wood** I'll take it for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchaumburgStormer Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 Underestimated my “eyeball” guess by quite a bit. Measured 4.4” IMBY, still snowing lightly. Nice little suprise considering Hi-Res runs from 24 hours ago had the rain/snow line slamming north of me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 Driveway skating rink, pic taken around 7am 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimillman Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 We’re turning to snow downtown. If you round up to a generous 0.5” of snow before the changeover, we’re probably at an “impressive” 12” of snow or so for the season. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelmantis Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 Looking at traffic cams are always interesting in these storms. Shows the difference a dozen or so miles makes! measured 3.5 (average of 3 spots) with another 1/2 inch in the last hour it took me to shovel this hard slush. People better clear this stuff ASAP or they are going to have solid ice for over a week! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AppsRunner Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 Looks like about 4.5" here. Overperforming underperformer I guess, which makes it the largest event of the season. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuanis Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 Somewhere around 4” and still coming down. That pushes us to around 30” for the season and counting. About 14” OTG. December was a dud, but November and January have delivered! TBD on February... will the trend continue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelmantis Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 Looks like another nice few bands in NW IL (south of Rockford) heading into NE IL. Snow ended here for a bit but the roads are a mess. Decent returns just entering western Kane county. Temps also look to have taken a dive around 3-4 AM, Dropped from 32/33 here to the mid 20's. The deep freeze begins... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cary67 Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 1 hour ago, mimillman said: We’re turning to snow downtown. If you round up to a generous 0.5” of snow before the changeover, we’re probably at an “impressive” 12” of snow or so for the season. Your seasonal total is abysmal compared to areas just NW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchaumburgStormer Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 2 hours ago, SchaumburgStormer said: Underestimated my “eyeball” guess by quite a bit. Measured 4.4” IMBY, still snowing lightly. Nice little suprise considering Hi-Res runs from 24 hours ago had the rain/snow line slamming north of me. Interesting to note, we definitely flipped to rain/drizzle sometime overnight. On my “big board” (aka the one I don’t clear), I have about 1.5-1.6”, icy crust, then another 2.5-2.6” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted January 23, 2019 Author Share Posted January 23, 2019 2 hours ago, mimillman said: We’re turning to snow downtown. If you round up to a generous 0.5” of snow before the changeover, we’re probably at an “impressive” 12” of snow or so for the season. The zone from downtown southward has sort of gotten screwed so far, relatively speaking. I'm at 16.5" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 I was out running some errands and am amazed how all the side streets (non-treated) around here are still fairly ice covered. This with above freezing temps overnight and this morning. Great example of antecedent conditions doing some work. Cold coming back in now. Going to be a fooking disaster with all the standing water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimillman Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 33 minutes ago, Cary67 said: Your seasonal total is abysmal compared to areas just NW Yes thanks for reminding me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimillman Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 14 minutes ago, Hoosier said: The zone from downtown southward has sort of gotten screwed so far, relatively speaking. I'm at 16.5" Wait until Detroit cutter season Then we’ll see how the QC/northern IL folks feel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyweather Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 Interesting to note, we definitely flipped to rain/drizzle sometime overnight. On my “big board” (aka the one I don’t clear), I have about 1.5-1.6”, icy crust, then another 2.5-2.6”In avalanche safety class they took us out and we did a cross section into the snow slab at elevation. It quickly became apparent those kind of layers are really just about everything you need to know to understand the avalanche hazard. The first storm we got was heavy and wet, second storm powder, this storm briefly liquid then heavy and wet again. Now for deep cold, maybe a powdery clipper or two, this is the stuff nightmares are made of in mountain country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King James Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 I was out running some errands and am amazed how all the side streets (non-treated) around here are still fairly ice covered. This with above freezing temps overnight and this morning. Great example of antecedent conditions doing some work. Cold coming back in now. Going to be a fooking disaster with all the standing water. Wife stayed in the city last night, working now in the Joliet area. Really just want her home safe tonight. Told her to do 30mph the whole way home 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 I finished with 4.6 inches. The core liquid is 0.44". It sucks to end up a relative loser right in the middle of the snow band, but 4.6 isn't too bad. It was worse until the last heavy snow burst. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 6 minutes ago, King James said: Wife stayed in the city last night, working now in the Joliet area. Really just want her home safe tonight. Told her to do 30mph the whole way home This is all has taken me by surprise really. Didn’t think it would be this bad. Hope she gets home safely. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 27 minutes ago, mimillman said: Wait until Detroit cutter season Then we’ll see how the QC/northern IL folks feel Everyone seems to get their turn. It seems like cyclone was constantly missing storm after storm for years, this year hes gotten every one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheeselandSkies Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 Outside my apartment building (with GoPro) as I was about to head in to work at 3 AM. We were in a lull at this time, but it ripped pretty good off and on for most of the pre-dawn hours. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 Finished with 1.5" of snow at ORD. Ended with 3.4" snow and 0.15" of ice here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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