3/15-3/16 Winter Storm

[metallica470]

Maybe for once this Chicago wind could actually be useful and blow over Rockford's snow to us to make us feel better 

[OrdIowPitMsp]

8 minutes ago, mnchaserguy said:

Measured 6”. What a complete joke after what the models showed for so long. I swear the north metro has a weather curse.


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Yeah bit of a bust in the metro as the most intense banding ended up ~75 miles south where 20”+ totals are verifying. Still a really high quality storm here at least, we’ll see what the afternoon brings.

[Weather Mike]

12 minutes ago, mnchaserguy said:

Measured 6”. What a complete joke after what the models showed for so long. I swear the north metro has a weather curse.


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I am in downtown Minneapolis. Yes I wish we got crushed but congrats to those further south of us that got under that nasty band. Its still snowing good now and the winds are howling. Many cars stuck on the roads as I walk around. Not sure why people travelling on the roads today ? 

[beavis1729]

NWS Green Bay mentioned that Wausau has 19.2” as of 10am. That’s in roughly 12 hours, wow. 

[cutlew]

Another nice weenie band with some better flake size kind of camped over the SE metro now as the system pivots. Went out around 10 am and it was getting harder to measure but averaged between 9-10” then.

[cutlew]

NWS Green Bay mentioned that Wausau has 19.2” as of 10am. That’s in roughly 12 hours, wow. 

There’s a report a bit further northeast from there of 5” in 90 min this morning, too.

[DocATL]

NAM doing NAM things. I’d toss.

[SchaumburgStormer]

Both the gfs and the nam would have a nice blizzard for most of N IL

[A-L-E-K]

5 minutes ago, DocATL said:

NAM doing NAM things. I’d toss.

1-2 inches of rain and dab still the call

[cyclone77]

Can see the cold front coming.  Nice band of dark clouds in the western sky.  Temp here is 55, but has already dropped back to 45 at DVN.

[DocATL]

A sharp cutoff to our west. ROCKEDford.
1.3 for Naperville locked.

[SethToast]

Pretty quiet here, maybe 2-3" so far

[SchaumburgStormer]

14 minutes ago, SchaumburgStormer said:

Both the gfs and the nam would have a nice blizzard for most of N IL

Whoops, didn’t refresh and was looking at old model data. Riding the border of meh and an actual legit storm IMBY

[Met1985]

25 minutes ago, beavis1729 said:

NWS Green Bay mentioned that Wausau has 19.2” as of 10am. That’s in roughly 12 hours, wow. 

Lived in Wausau back in the day. That place is cold and snowy. 

[madwx]

Been hovering right around freezing.  Rain with sleet mixed in during the heavier returns.   No ice on roads but sidewalks are definitely slippery

 

ETA this is definitely running a bit colder than models showed yesterday 

[cyclone77]

Northwest wind ripping.  Temp has dropped 4 degrees quickly back to 51.  Here we go.

[Geoboy645]

6 minutes ago, madwx said:

Been hovering right around freezing.  Rain with sleet mixed in during the heavier returns.   No ice on roads but sidewalks are definitely slippery

 

ETA this is definitely running a bit colder than models showed yesterday 

Yeah I think we are going to have changeover sooner than expected here. 

[BeastFromTheEast]

Going to go outside to enjoy the couple of hours above 50 here before the quick temp crash. It’s going to be a wild ride 

[Nelson]

1 minute ago, Geoboy645 said:

Yeah I think we are going to have changeover sooner than expected here. 

That's what I was thinking however we did just jump to 33F here west of Madison. Reports of snow just to my NW.

[A-L-E-K]

Into the warm sector now

[Sciascia]

14 minutes ago, A-L-E-K said:

Into the warm sector now

[Sciascia]

New EURO coming in…

[cyclone77]

15 degree drop 55 to 40 in the past 65 min.

[A-L-E-K]

Cary#s and McHenry, this is your moment

[cmillzz]

The AI models handled this storm very poorly, kind of disappointing tbh.

[beavis1729]

1 hour ago, Met1985 said:

Lived in Wausau back in the day. That place is cold and snowy. 

Yeah, Wausau seems to be the cutoff for true winters in WI. I go up there a few times each winter for snowmobiling and relaxation. The gateway to the northwoods, a beautiful area especially when you get into the forests north of town.