Hoosier Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 3 minutes ago, cyclone77 said: Just stepped out a bit ago, and it's pretty nasty out there when the wind picks up. Getting some gusts over 25mph. Hard to tell how much ice is on the trees due to the darkness, but it looks like a nice glaze has built up. Luckily the winds should drop off a bit towards midnight, but the high winds later tomorrow could cause some trouble. EDIT: I can hear the trees crackling in the breeze even inside the house now lol. Time to bust this out? I've never known if winds refers to sustained or gusts... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moosey2323 Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 Wondering if DTX will upgrade Ice Warnings to Washtenaw and Wayne. Latest HRRR and the last NAM both show warning criteria ice totals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuanis Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 Can’t remember the last legit sleet event we had here. Not coming down too hard yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 3 minutes ago, Hoosier said: Time to bust this out? I've never known if winds refers to sustained or gusts... Ouch, that's a scary looking graphic lol. I would guess that would be wind gusts. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchaumburgStormer Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 Freezing rain has turned the sleet into a half inch layer of solid ice. Going to be a serious ice storm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maneee Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 https://www.spia-index.com/ncIce.php#tot This is the website with that graphic. Never seen it before but adding it to my arsenal. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimillman Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 Window update... 1 3 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILSNOW Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 What a useless model still cant catch on 0Z GFS 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 The mix crap has surged into Cedar Rapids, something I did not expect at all. Our 1"/hr snowfall rate earlier has turned to garbage as the snow has turned into sleetish chunky flakes. We can probably knock the 8-9" forecast down to 6-7". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchaumburgStormer Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 Just now, hawkeye_wx said: The mix crap has surged into Cedar Rapids, something I did not expect at all. Our 1"/hr snowfall rate earlier has turned to garbage as the snow has turned into sleetish chunky flakes. We can probably knock the 8-9" forecast down to 6-7". I feel like we all consistently underestimate the WTOD. Every year, every borderline storm. Here I expected all sleet/snow, and have a significant potential ice storm unfolding 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 My total is 4.5" and it will only rise very slowly for a while as the mix moves in. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natester Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 Pretty much sleet here. If we do get freezing rain (which is unlikely), it would only amount to a light glaze, just like Thursday of last week. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 LOT finally upgrades to ice storm warning for some counties, but still missed some. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackstraw Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 It's kinda strange around here. We're hovering around 33-34 degrees with drizzle. It's not freezing on the roads or the vegetation but it's also not melting (completely) our little minuscule 3 inch snow pack, may have lost an inch. My unscientific measuring of ground temps around the yard are running 31-32 degrees with an air temp of 34. Probably looking at 36-38 up around 5k feet from aviation reports. Regardless it's messy slushy crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCNYILWX Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 The piece of guidance that had this scenario depicted pretty close to how it's unfolded is the NAM. I think the challenge in this setup is that you can think of a physical reason why a blend of the guidance would work out and how heavy rates could slow or even stall the advance of a warm nose. Today we had our hourly update guidance suite (RAP/HRRR) with the fake out colder trend, and since the background field for SPC mesoanalysis uses that, it also had 850 temps colder than reality. Unfortunately there's no public access to aircraft soundings that would give non NWS/FAA a better idea of trends. It's tough to throw all the eggs into the basket of one model, but a good lesson to err on the side of a more aggressive push of the warm nose aloft. In hindsight, it all seems simpler and makes sense. Sent from my SM-G965U using Tapatalk 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILSNOW Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Chicago IL 959 PM CST Mon Feb 11 2019 ...Messy Winter Weather Tonight into Tuesday... ILZ010>012-019-121200- /O.UPG.KLOT.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-190212T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KLOT.IS.W.0002.190212T0359Z-190212T1500Z/ Lee-DeKalb-Kane-La Salle- Including the cities of Dixon, DeKalb, Aurora, Elgin, and Ottawa 959 PM CST Mon Feb 11 2019 ...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST TUESDAY... * WHAT...Significant icing. Total snow accumulations of 2 to 5 inches and ice accumulations of up to three tenths of an inch. * WHERE...Lee, DeKalb, Kane and La Salle Counties. * WHEN...Until 9 AM CST Tuesday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bl5585 Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 1 minute ago, Chicago Storm said: LOT finally upgrades to ice storm warning for some counties, but still missed some. Just curious...what counties would you add? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 Lights are flickering. Probably not a good sign lol. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 That new LOT ice storm warning will already be busting before too long. Calling for 2-5" of fantasy snow, and 0.30" ice...which will be reached not too long from now in many areas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchaumburgStormer Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 LOT finally popped and ISW. Two ice storm warnings for me in a little over a week. Insane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 1 minute ago, bl5585 said: Just curious...what counties would you add? Would have included Cook, DuPage, Will and Grundy as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchaumburgStormer Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 1 minute ago, Chicago Storm said: That new LOT ice storm warning will already be busting before too long. Calling for 2-5" of fantasy snow, and 0.30" ice...which will be reached not too long from now in many areas. Sandwich already with a .15” ice LSR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Doctor Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 LAF actually fighting at 32. Just took a short walk and there are some nice slick spots where there isnt any leftover salt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 7 minutes ago, SchaumburgStormer said: LOT finally popped and ISW. Two ice storm warnings for me in a little over a week. Insane Hey you and me both bud. DVN just upgraded us as well. This has got to be a pretty rare occurrence lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 7 minutes ago, RCNYILWX said: The piece of guidance that had this scenario depicted pretty close to how it's unfolded is the NAM. I think the challenge in this setup is that you can think of a physical reason why a blend of the guidance would work out and how heavy rates could slow or even stall the advance of a warm nose. Today we had our hourly update guidance suite (RAP/HRRR) with the fake out colder trend, and since the background field for SPC mesoanalysis uses that, it also had 850 temps colder than reality. Unfortunately there's no public access to aircraft soundings that would give non NWS/FAA a better idea of trends. It's tough to throw all the eggs into the basket of one model, but a good lesson to err on the side of a more aggressive push of the warm nose aloft. In hindsight, it all seems simpler and makes sense. Sent from my SM-G965U using Tapatalk It is crazy how often the waa aloft is undermodeled. Storm after storm, year after year. I'd say you're almost better off starting from the position that the warmer model will be right and try to come up with a reason why it won't be. Thanks for your contributions. Really appreciated. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackstraw Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 From an aviation perspective this is a fairly dangerous setup that has caught many pilots off guard. There is a line from Central IL through N/Central IN that has a fairly low level melting layer above a much lower level freezing layer, roughly 2k-5k feet, that can catch an unprepared pilot off guard. You normally encounter these setups much higher but this setup is lower and has/can present issues. 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 Cedar Rapids is now received a mix of sleet and freezing rain. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 4 minutes ago, hawkeye_wx said: Cedar Rapids is now received a mix of sleet and freezing rain. Hey, welcome to the party!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchaumburgStormer Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 Absolute mess outside. Road is a sheet of ice, can already hear the trees crackling in the breeze Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchaumburgStormer Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 If the lighter ZR rates continue for a few hours, we will blow right past the .3” accretion in the warning text. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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