A-L-E-K Posted 6 hours ago Share Posted 6 hours ago Swirly af out over the lake right now 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbnwx85 Posted 6 hours ago Share Posted 6 hours ago 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. 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbnwx85 Posted 5 hours ago Share Posted 5 hours ago Snow rates have exploded since sunset. Went from one inch per hour to at least two… maybe three. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbnwx85 Posted 5 hours ago Share Posted 5 hours ago 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. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeenerWx Posted 4 hours ago Share Posted 4 hours ago 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? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowman33 Posted 4 hours ago Share Posted 4 hours ago The recent HRRR runs have the main band stationary over Lake County, IL. Gets O'Hare into the heavier totals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbnwx85 Posted 4 hours ago Share Posted 4 hours ago 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. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbnwx85 Posted 4 hours ago Share Posted 4 hours ago 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted 4 hours ago Share Posted 4 hours ago 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... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiTownSnow Posted 4 hours ago Share Posted 4 hours ago 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted 3 hours ago Share Posted 3 hours ago looks like a miniature cyclone 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimillman Posted 3 hours ago Share Posted 3 hours ago Ground slowly starting to whiten here 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted 2 hours ago Share Posted 2 hours ago On the board, curious how this plays out 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted 2 hours ago Share Posted 2 hours ago I'm surprised @RCNYILWX hasn't chimed in as of yet. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baum Posted 2 hours ago Share Posted 2 hours ago Coming down just west of I-355 in Chicago metro. Did not expect to see this so soon. Understood could be transient. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted 2 hours ago Share Posted 2 hours ago Need some of that 40+dbz shit over the lake imby 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbnwx85 Posted 2 hours ago Share Posted 2 hours ago 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weathafella Posted 2 hours ago Share Posted 2 hours ago You can see the much heavier echoes pushing to the west over the lake. https://imgur.com/a/qR2NywE 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiTownSnow Posted 2 hours ago Share Posted 2 hours ago 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... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidwestChaser Posted 2 hours ago Share Posted 2 hours ago 7 minutes ago, ChiTownSnow said: Keep on a pushing... 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiTownSnow Posted 2 hours ago Share Posted 2 hours ago 1 minute ago, MidwestChaser said: His mother was a mudah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted 1 hour ago Share Posted 1 hour ago One of many… But this particular meso-low earlier this afternoon was quite significant. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJO812 Posted 1 hour ago Share Posted 1 hour ago Any good webcams out of Chicago ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiTownSnow Posted 1 hour ago Share Posted 1 hour ago 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? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeenerWx Posted 1 hour ago Share Posted 1 hour ago 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malacka11 Posted 1 hour ago Share Posted 1 hour ago Looks pretty good out there over the layke atm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted 1 hour ago Share Posted 1 hour ago 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. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaWx Posted 1 hour ago Share Posted 1 hour ago Fascinating very detailed update just a few minutes ago from Chi NWSFO explaining how difficult this forecast is:UPDATE ISSUED AT 944 PM CST SUN NOV 9 2025 HAVE EXPANDED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY TO INCLUDE FORD AND BENTON COUNTIES, OTHERWISE NO CHANGES TO THE MANY, MANY HEADLINES IN EFFECT. ALSO, NO BIG CHANGES TO THE FORECAST GRIDS THIS EVENING. CONVECTIVE ALLOWING MODELS (CAMS) OFTEN STRUGGLE WITH THE EXACT DETAILS OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW, MUCH LIKE THEY DO WITH SPECIFICS OF SUMMERTIME CONVECTION. THIS WAS THE CASE THIS EVENING WITH THE MOVEMENT AND TIMING OF THE LAKE INDUCED/ENHANCED MESO-LOW, WHICH MOVED INLAND INTO NORTHERN IN HOURS EARLIER THAN MOST CAM GUIDANCE HAD BEEN INDICATING. THE FASTER AND FARTHER EAST TRACK OF THIS MESOLOW HAS RESULTED IN CAMS BEING WRONG IN THEIR DEPICTION OF A LARGE INITIAL WESTWARD SURGING LAKE EFFECT SNOW PLUME WELL INLAND INTO NORTHEASTERN IL LATE THIS EVENING. RATHER, THIS MESOLOW HAS BECOME NEARLY STATIONARY OVER NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA WITH A COHERENT, INTENSE SINGLE BAND OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW EXTENDING NORTHWEST THEN NORTH UP THE SPINE OF THE LAKE FROM THIS MESOLOW. SURFACE OBSERVATIONS DEPICT A SHARP SURFACE TROUGH EXTENDING NORTHWEST FROM THE MESOLOW ACROSS SOUTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN. THIS TROUGH AXIS HAS BEEN STEADILY MOVING SOUTHWARD DOWN THE LAKE, WITH THE STRONG LOW LEVEL NORTHEASTERLY FLOW IN THE WAKE OF THIS TROUGH HELPING PUSH THE LAKE EFFECT PLUME STEADILY WESTWARD. AS THIS TROUGH CONTINUES TO PUSH SOUTH OF THE LAKE, ANTICIPATE THAT WESTWARD PROGRESSION OF THE LAKE PLUME SHOULD PUSH IT INTO NORTHEAST IL BETWEEN 11 PM AND MIDNIGHT. CONFIDENCE IS LOW IN HOW FAR WEST THIS PLUME WILL GET INTO NE IL BEFORE BECOMING QUASI-STATIONARY FOR A TIME, THEN LIKELY SHIFTING BACK EASTWARD TOWARD AND ACROSS NORTHWEST IN MONDAY. REALLY NOT PUTTING A TON OF STOCK IN CAM GUIDANCE AT THIS POINT, SO ONCOMING MIDNIGHT SHIFT WILL BE NOWCASTING THIS BAND THROUGH THE NIGHT BASED ON OBSERVATIONAL TRENDS. NO CHANGE TO THE MAGNITUDE OF INSTABILITY, WHICH IS CONFIRMED BY A SPECIAL 0030Z VALPARAISO UNIVERSITY SOUNDING FROM THIS EVENING. STILL ANTICIPATE SNOWFALL RATES OF AT LEAST 2-3 INCHES PER HOUR WITHIN THE HEAVIEST ELEMENTS OF THIS BAND. DEPENDING ON HOW LONG THE BAND BECOMES QUASI-STATIONARY, IT IS CERTAINLY POSSIBLE THAT WE COULD SEE ISOLATED TOTALS PUSHING OR EVEN EXCEEDING A FOOT BEFORE THE BAND BEGINS SHIFTING EASTWARD. CURRENT TRENDS WOULD SEEM TO SUGGEST THAT LAKE OR COOK COUNTY IL COULD BE THAT WESTWARD TERMINUS THAT SEES SOME OF THE HEAVIER TOTALS. WHERE EVER THE BAND IS DURING RUSH HOUR TOMORROW MORNING, TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT TO NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE. - IZZI 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OHweather Posted 1 hour ago Share Posted 1 hour ago I don't think the band taking slightly longer to swing west is a bad thing for the immediate lakeshore/Chicago area (and probably ups the odds at someone getting a higher-end total)...some earlier model depictions had it swinging west and breaking into weaker multi-bands pretty quickly (before congealing as it swings back east on Monday). This slower west push right now may allow for a more focused band that lasts longer close to the lake later tonight. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbnwx85 Posted 57 minutes ago Share Posted 57 minutes ago Laporte getting wrecked thanks to the stalled mesolow. Current conditions at La Porte Municipal Airport (KPPO) Lat: 41.57°NLon: 86.73°WElev: 812ft. Heavy Snow Freezing Fog 30°F -1°C Humidity 100% Wind Speed W 16 G 35 mph Barometer 30.05 in Dewpoint 30°F (-1°C) Visibility 0.15 mi Wind Chill 19°F (-7°C) Last update 9 Nov 9:55 pm CST Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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