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. 

[Chinook]

looks like a miniature cyclone

[mimillman]

Ground slowly starting to whiten here 

[A-L-E-K]

On the board, curious how this plays out

[cyclone77]

I'm surprised @RCNYILWX hasn't chimed in as of yet.

[Baum]

Coming down just west of I-355 in Chicago metro. Did not expect to see this so soon. Understood could be transient.

[A-L-E-K]

Need some of that 40+dbz shit over the lake imby 

[sbnwx85]

Was in the “eye” but it’s starting to fill in. Heavy rates continued just 10 miles to my west and southwest. I’m sure they’ve cleared a foot. Sitting at 8” IMBY.

[weathafella]

You can see the much heavier echoes pushing to the west over the lake.

 

https://imgur.com/a/qR2NywE

[ChiTownSnow]

2 minutes ago, weathafella said:

You can see the much heavier echoes pushing to the west over the lake.

 

https://imgur.com/a/qR2NywE

Keep on a pushing...

[MidwestChaser]

7 minutes ago, ChiTownSnow said:

Keep on a pushing...

[ChiTownSnow]

1 minute ago, MidwestChaser said:

His mother was a mudah

[Chicago Storm]

One of many… But this particular meso-low earlier this afternoon was quite significant.

[MJO812]

Any good webcams out of Chicago ?

[ChiTownSnow]

8 minutes ago, Chicago Storm said:

One of many… But this particular meso-low earlier this afternoon was quite significant.

Giving us that Xtra westerly push?

[KeenerWx]

Looks like it will be a relatively short punch here downwind in Jasper County. Not bought into the deterministic output for snow accumulation. But that’s just experience talking vs any science applied.  Still think there’s a shot of an inch or so.
 

Looking forward to seeing what comes of this further north and west into the city. 

[Malacka11]

Looks pretty good out there over the layke atm

[Chicago Storm]

The massive meso-low currently at the southern tip of the lake is just cranking.

Can't recall seeing something to that magnitude before around here.