Brian D Posted Sunday at 08:30 PM Share Posted Sunday at 08:30 PM SN right now with massive flakes exceeding 2" at times. Golf ball flakes and lots of quarters under calm winds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted Sunday at 09:39 PM Share Posted Sunday at 09:39 PM Daily dustings of snow the first 3 days of January (0.5, 0.3, 0.2). Went sledding with a nephew today, perfect winter day for it. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogueWaves Posted Sunday at 11:02 PM Share Posted Sunday at 11:02 PM 2 hours ago, Brian D said: SN right now with massive flakes exceeding 2" at times. Golf ball flakes and lots of quarters under calm winds. Weird how a winter's pattern will get stuck on instant replay. I cannot break out of the pixie dust flakes and haven't seen what you've posted twice recently in so many years I don't even remember when. 11-29-11 were good sized flakes and I'd be willing to bet it has been that long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian D Posted Monday at 12:06 AM Share Posted Monday at 12:06 AM 1 hour ago, RogueWaves said: Weird how a winter's pattern will get stuck on instant replay. I cannot break out of the pixie dust flakes and haven't seen what you've posted twice recently in so many years I don't even remember when. 11-29-11 were good sized flakes and I'd be willing to bet it has been that long. Happened only once last year. This year is great. Normally don't see flakes this big all that often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted Monday at 01:48 PM Share Posted Monday at 01:48 PM our boy josh really is the ultimate head for our subforum, absolutely savors every bit of snow he is given 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted Monday at 03:12 PM Share Posted Monday at 03:12 PM 1 hour ago, A-L-E-K said: our boy josh really is the ultimate head for our subforum, absolutely savors every bit of snow he is given I had been promising my nephew to go sledding most of December but was always so busy with the Christmas stuff. Now January - March can really kick into high gear for winter fun. Locally, its been a good winter for cold and snowcover, just not big storms - the ground has been white since Thanksgiving weekend with the exception of Christmas week lol. Hoping after this weeks thaw winter really digs back in. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian D Posted Monday at 04:18 PM Share Posted Monday at 04:18 PM 2.3" imby. Mammoth aggregate was such a bonus. Those flakes must have been cloud dancing before hitting the floor. Up N they got 6-10" in Cook county with 3-4" in N Lake/St. Louis County area. Had to look at CoCoRahs map to get totals. Usually they plot 1" or greater reports for sure, and some lesser ones, but a little behind this morning. Might be under staffed atm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbnwx85 Posted Monday at 05:16 PM Share Posted Monday at 05:16 PM I guess I can’t complain yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cary67 Posted Monday at 05:40 PM Share Posted Monday at 05:40 PM Normal should catch us at ORD by the end of the month. Assuming we don't enter another favorable window. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted Monday at 07:25 PM Share Posted Monday at 07:25 PM Going to be a bit boring here with some rain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted Monday at 08:17 PM Share Posted Monday at 08:17 PM 2 hours ago, Cary67 said: Normal should catch us at ORD by the end of the month. Assuming we don't enter another favorable window. while the gap may close, we will stay ahead of that pursuit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogueWaves Posted Tuesday at 02:27 AM Share Posted Tuesday at 02:27 AM Nice little storm delivered 3.5" here over night making for a very snowy commute. Most of NMI is well AN in the snow fall dept. East side such as Alpena is just barely so due the lack of traditional storms bringing moisture up from the Gulf. Trails are excellent now that 99% of the tourists are back to work/school. Could've used this for the holidays but at least it wasn't another rain-off like last December 29th or the year prior with no snow. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian D Posted Tuesday at 03:34 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 03:34 PM Lake ice as of yesterday. Generally new/thin ice with thin/medium thick in the bays. Thick ice in the N bays of L Superior. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted Tuesday at 10:52 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 10:52 PM freezing rain/rain at Toronto 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbnwx85 Posted yesterday at 02:42 AM Share Posted yesterday at 02:42 AM 11 hours ago, Brian D said: Lake ice as of yesterday. Generally new/thin ice with thin/medium thick in the bays. Thick ice in the N bays of L Superior. Just begging for an arctic outbreak to get the lake-effect machine going. Would do numbers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheeselandSkies Posted yesterday at 03:43 AM Share Posted yesterday at 03:43 AM I have Friday off. Why couldn't this system be about 6-7 hours slower? 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RemoteSenses Posted 22 hours ago Share Posted 22 hours ago Warmth over the next few days will prob take out our very minor snowpack here (probably 2” of slush left). Guess I’m watching Saturdays system but it’s not looking like anything huge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted 15 hours ago Share Posted 15 hours ago 7 hours ago, RemoteSenses said: Warmth over the next few days will prob take out our very minor snowpack here (probably 2” of slush left). Guess I’m watching Saturdays system but it’s not looking like anything huge. Ours melted overnight. Down to 0 depth. Ive had 29 days of 1"+ snowcover to date. Nov 10-11 Nov 30-Dec 18 Dec 29-Jan 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted 10 hours ago Share Posted 10 hours ago The fog has really held down our temp this week. Yesterday, mid to upper 40s turned into 30s. Today, it's in the upper 50s in Ottumwa, but we are still in the upper 30s. It is finally sunny, but there is not enough time left to heat up too much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbnwx85 Posted 9 hours ago Share Posted 9 hours ago 17 hours ago, sbnwx85 said: Just begging for an arctic outbreak to get the lake-effect machine going. Would do numbers. Might get my wish in about a week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian D Posted 4 hours ago Share Posted 4 hours ago Early data in for Dec. Little cooler this year akin to 2017. Annual is on the warmer side, but less so than the last 2 years. 5 & 10 yr tend charts shown respectively. BTW, have more data back to 1781. Just a reminder, pre-1850 is slim on data, so take it with a grain of salt. Trends are probably in the ballpark (as you will see in the next post), but individual years may be changed a lot when more data becomes available in the coming years (hopefully). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian D Posted 4 hours ago Share Posted 4 hours ago Here are the work ups I did a couple years ago comparing urban and suburb/rural updated to 2025. BTW, added extra years to CHI from wx data that is raw (1830-1872). It hasn't been through re-analysis like the early data for MSP (1820-1872). But thought it would be cool to see how it looks when graphed. IND & DET below as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbnwx85 Posted 3 hours ago Share Posted 3 hours ago it has been warm lately.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrdIowPitMsp Posted 1 hour ago Share Posted 1 hour ago Typical January thaw unfolding. Got up to 42 today with the snowpack down to 4” at the airport. This should be the warmest day in the foreseeable future. With a few thaws and a numerous smaller events so far this winter, there are multiple frozen compacted layers, this pack is melting much slower then if it was all from one storm. We’ve now had 1” or greater snowcover for 42 consecutive days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted 1 hour ago Share Posted 1 hour ago 23 minutes ago, OrdIowPitMsp said: Typical January thaw unfolding. Got up to 42 today with the snowpack down to 4” at the airport. This should be the warmest day in the foreseeable future. With a few thaws and a numerous smaller events so far this winter, there are multiple frozen compacted layers, this pack is melting much slower then if it was all from one storm. We’ve now had 1” or greater snowcover for 42 consecutive days. Nice. It's looked like November here for going on 3 weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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