11/8-11/10 First Snow and Lake Effect Event

[A-L-E-K]

Swirly af out over the lake right now

[sbnwx85]

Absolutely ripping under this band. I went to pick up pizza for me and gf. Left with moderate snow, 1/2 mile visibility and mostly clear roads. Coming home with heavy snow, 1/4 mile visibility and snow packed roads.

[sbnwx85]

Snow rates have exploded since sunset. Went from one inch per hour to at least two… maybe three.

[sbnwx85]

2” in the last half hour. My math isn’t great but I think that’s 4”/hour. Bonkers stuff. The rest of the winter is going to be boring after this.

[KeenerWx]

14 minutes ago, sbnwx85 said:

2” in the last half hour. My math isn’t great but I think that’s 4”/hour. Bonkers stuff. The rest of the winter is going to be boring after this.

Incredible  

How much have you gotten from the lake so far?

[snowman33]

The recent HRRR runs have the main band stationary over Lake County, IL. Gets O'Hare into the heavier totals.

[sbnwx85]

16 minutes ago, KeenerWx said:

Incredible  

How much have you gotten from the lake so far?

7.5” from today. 3.5” in the last hour.

Storm total is 9” including yesterday’s system.

[sbnwx85]

Vort max is coming ashore now. Band should shift towards Illinois. Strong meso low and a Lake Huron connection creating decent snows across Western Michigan. That should come south and keep the snow falling off and on until about midnight locally.

 

[Powerball]

4 hours ago, ChiTownSnow said:

Did NWS do away with 'lake effect snow warnings'. ?

 

I miss the Snow Advisory and Heavy Snow Warning headlines too...

[ChiTownSnow]

3 minutes ago, Powerball said:

 

I miss the Snow Advisory and Heavy Snow Warning headlines too...

I'm okay without those.  They were confusing to the normal person.