mimillman Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 Beautiful outside. Perfect day after a big storm, expecting SN- most of the day with bouts of SN and several inches possible from the lake 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purduewx80 Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 5 minutes ago, Sciascia said: Thanks for the updates. Maybe HRRR wasn’t off it’s rocker this time for the lake effect potential. At least for SE WI, NE IL yet to be fully realized. It was overdone QPF-wise. Many runs were showing 1.5”+ of liquid equivalent. Models were nearly unanimous in showing the lake enhancement with this one. Lake effect parameters aren’t great, but when you have dendrites falling into the layer it’s a much more efficient process. Most guidance shows 700 mb lift increasing over NE IL later this morning into the afternoon, right when the fetch is most favorable. Likely we’ll see mod to at times heavy snow as a result in the city. ORD also struggling with blowing/drifting snow this morning. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sciascia Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 9 minutes ago, mimillman said: Beautiful outside. Perfect day after a big storm, expecting SN- most of the day with bouts of SN and several inches possible from the lake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cary67 Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 6.5" down. Snowing moderately. Southern LOT can no longer state NW burbs always do better 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 My final storm total is 6.4" (6.1" if I use the snow board total that has compacted since 7pm). I'm shocked we ended up with that much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimillman Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 Solid SN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchaumburgStormer Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 7.4” down here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 12 hours ago, Natester said: Yeah, dry slot about to enter CR and thus ending the snow. Final call on snow totals here is 2 to 2.5 inches. time to find a new hobby. 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 2 minutes ago, hawkeye_wx said: My final storm total is 6.4" (6.1" if I use the snow board total that has compacted since 7pm). I'm shocked we ended up with that much. Congrats! You guys are about 20" ahead of us now for the season. You've had over 15" since last weekend. How much do you have OTG now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fyrfyter Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 We got 2" last night, Maybe another .5" overnight before changing to rain. We'll see what the backside adds to this tonight. At the height, with the heaviest bands, it was snowing like crazy. That was around 2000-2030hrs EST Saturday. It was definitely interesting driving to get home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 11" report north of MKE. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago916 Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 Heaviest snow and largest dendrites of the entire storm ongoing now on the North side of Chicago 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baum Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 ^ quality post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 Lock this in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cutlew Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 Feeling pretty good about hitting that 1' mark after all today, which I think would make it the biggest snow in the heart of the city since 2015. Up to 9.4" here so far this morning 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scorpion Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 Looks like at least a foot in downtown MKE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 1 minute ago, Scorpion said: Looks like at least a foot in downtown MKE A few 10-13" reports just west/northwest of downtown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 Yeah heavy now 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madwx Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 Estimating about 5” total here but really tough to measure with all the drifts. Sun peeking out a bit. May get a few more snow showers the rest of the day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 Lakeside counties in SE WI will all firmly end up in the 8-13" range based on reports. Likely will translate southward into NE IL lakeside counties as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiTownSnow Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 Looks to be some enhancement going on here as well.. but hard to tell what's pure system vs enhancement this far south Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimillman Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 SN+ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baum Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 nothing special this far west. Ongoing light snow adding to the wintry scene for sure. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimillman Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 Went out for a walk. Drifts well in excess of a foot, reckon around 8” or more of fresh snow. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuanis Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 What a straight up dumping. Snowblower is straining a bit. Hope I don’t bust a belt! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuanis Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 9.5” fresh on the driveway. Lake really contributing now. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hlcater Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 Okay get this... my family measured 9.7!! inches in Hiawatha where they had a heavy band pivot over them for much of the night. I measured 4.2” in Iowa city. Honestly more than I thought I was gonna get. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted January 31, 2021 Author Share Posted January 31, 2021 Thoroughly enjoying this one. It is about time. Total so far is a couple ticks under 9" 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILSNOW Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 KLOT Update .UPDATE... 1042 AM CST Periods of snow will continue this afternoon, before winding down this evening, especially over northeastern IL and northwestern IN. With this in mind, we currently do not plan any changes to the going head lines, though admittedly we may be able to drop our western counties across north central IL out of the warning in the next few hours. Water vapor imagery late this morning shows the center of the mid-level system now over parts of northern IN. To the north and northwest of this feature, we will continue to experience isentropic upglide and even some enhanced areas of mid-level frontogenesis in associated with the TROWAL airstream. This looks to be the most impactful over eastern sections of the area (especially east of the Fox Valley). This in combination with some lake enhancement over parts of far northeastern IL could result in additional snow amounts in the 1 to 4 inch range before it ends areawide this evening. The highest amounts are expected near the lake, with lighter amounts well inland over northern IL. Overall, this is likely to push storm totals to around, or even a bit above, a foot over at least portions of far northeastern IL into northwestern IN, with amounts closer to the 7 to 10 inch range over the western suburbs. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim123 Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 So lake enhanced is more than predicted? I am rochester ny was wondering if it was cold enough for that. Hrrr showed it but I didn't believe it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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