3/15-3/16 Winter Storm

[Chinook]

A lot of severe storm and tornado warnings so far, with, no preliminary tornado reports

[McHenrySnow]

Sleet/rain mix here atm. Hovering just above freezing. 

[cyclone77]

Eyeballing about an inch here. Pavement has been just wet despite the good rates, but starting to whiten up there now as well.

[MidwestChaser]

On 3/13/2026 at 11:22 PM, RemoteSenses said:

Literally not a single model expect the recent NAM moving it SE.

I’m being realistic. If you’re south of mid Wisconsin or Mid - Michigan you can enjoy a rain storm.


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On 3/14/2026 at 12:33 AM, RemoteSenses said:

Blizzard in ORD come on guys lmao

Enjoy your rainstorm. I will do the same. Unfortunate bust for pretty much all of us.

[SchaumburgStormer]

Sleeting at 32 degrees 

[Sciascia]

Sleet/snow combo falling now. Mainly sleet, as my deck is fairly slick.

[kevlon62]

Dusted. Sleet/snow mix.

 

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[OrdIowPitMsp]

8.8” storm total at MSP.

one last burst of moderate snow rotating through now. We’ll see if it adds anything.

12-14” reports 10 miles south. 

[McHenrySnow]

1 minute ago, OrdIowPitMsp said:

8.8” storm total at MSP.

one last burst of moderate snow rotating through now. We’ll see if it adds anything.

12-14” reports 10 miles south. 

And hours before it started multiple models were showing 2 feet. smdh. 

[OrdIowPitMsp]

1 minute ago, McHenrySnow said:

And hours before it started multiple models were showing 2 feet. smdh. 

At least those totals verified, albeit further south. It annoys me a lot more when the models put out big numbers and then dry up right at showtime. Next snow event less then 48 hours away!

[Weather Mike]

10 minutes ago, OrdIowPitMsp said:

8.8” storm total at MSP.

one last burst of moderate snow rotating through now. We’ll see if it adds anything.

12-14” reports 10 miles south. 

Yea it was ok but obviously not what we wanted. This thing underperformed for us in downtown. Hope the UP of MI gets their feet of snow and this does not underperform.  

[Chicago Storm]

Looks like guidance finally has a handle on things, as confirmed by how radar is shaping up. Kudos for the Euro leading the way over the past 18-24hrs.

There’s going to be one heck of a snowfall gradient from NW-SE across the heart of the LOT CWA.

[madwx]

Dry slot lasted a bit longer than expected but snow is starting back up here.  See if we can make a run at double digits 

[McHenrySnow]

6 minutes ago, Chicago Storm said:

Looks like guidance finally has a handle on things, as confirmed by how radar is shaping up. Kudos for the Euro leading the way over the past 18-24hrs.

There’s going to be one heck of a snowfall gradient from NW-SE across the heart of the LOT CWA.

I'm going to be riding the edge, just hope I end up on the right side of it.

[DocATL]

Looks like guidance finally has a handle on things, as confirmed by how radar is shaping up. Kudos for the Euro leading the way over the past 18-24hrs.

There’s going to be one heck of a snowfall gradient from NW-SE across the heart of the LOT CWA.

Will up Naperville expectations to an even 2”


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[kevlon62]

Heavy snow.

 

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[McHenrySnow]

2 minutes ago, kevlon62 said:

Heavy snow.

 

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Just switched over in the last 15 minutes or so. Thank goodness - was sick of hearing sleet hit the windows. 

[RogueWaves]

Anyone else reminded of Oct 19th?

[cyclone77]

Several 60-65mph wind gust reports out in central Iowa over the past hour or so.  I-80 closed between Des Moines and Omaha.  

 

[RogueWaves]

23 hours ago, beavis1729 said:

In my book, that’s a solid B…and it would be a B+ if the snow cover was 3”+ on a majority of those 99 days. 

I'd say yes to the 3+ question. Stations in NMI use number of days with 6+ as their standard. The nearest station reporting such is about 20 miles due east of me. All NMI stations are AN season to date, even non-LES locales such as my own. Big storms (warning level) and deep snow are my key winter likes. Deep cold that may excite you and others, I actually deduct points for, lol. Lake has been iced since early December. I haven't had a daily high at or below freezing since March 1st yet somehow I have solid snow cover here from back to back storms. Meanwhile, DTW hit 70F today. It's pretty wild.

[Chicago Storm]

Flipped to ice pellets here a bit ago.

Probably 0.1” of accumulation or so.

[Powerball]

MKE recorded a 60 MPH gust, and looks like it's already transitioned to snow ahead of schedule.

[RogueWaves]

I'm likely getting a "storm day" off of work tomorrow. Grayling may be taking it hard again in the ice storm dept.

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
1051 PM EDT Sun Mar 15 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1040 PM     Freezing Rain    Houghton Lake           44.30N 84.76W
03/15/2026  U0.00 Inch       Roscommon          MI   Amateur Radio

            Trees and large limbs are being downed by
            ice.

[cyclone77]

Rip city here atm with heavy snow.  Estimating a good 2" down now.  Starting to blow around more and more.

[Malacka11]

We actually changed over here in westmont atm. Heavy pixie dust still but at least it's changed over. Don't really expect to be on the right side of the band tonight but just getting the grass white for the cold is swag

[Brian D]

Ended up with 1.5" of fluffy snow from a band that formed inland, and moved slowly S as it trained to the SSW. Thought this was going to be a complete bust for me. 

[Chicago916]

Was driving around tons of flooded streets in Lincoln Park and Avondale earlier. Going to be a literal icerink out there tomorrow. If only someone could have cleared all of the crap from the sewer drains to prevent it...

[Malacka11]

5 minutes ago, Chicago916 said:

Was driving around tons of flooded streets in Lincoln Park and Avondale earlier. Going to be a literal icerink out there tomorrow. If only someone could have cleared all of the crap from the sewer drains to prevent it...

This is what my parking lot looks like atm. The tornado intercept shitbox is sitting right outside frame also partially submerged. This does happen every time it rains somewhat hard apparently.

 

[DocATL]

This is what my parking lot looks like atm. The tornado intercept shitbox is sitting right outside frame also partially submerged. This does happen every time it rains somewhat hard apparently.
 

Looks like you’ll be playing hockey tomorrow.

[McHenrySnow]

18 minutes ago, cyclone77 said:

Rip city here atm with heavy snow.  Estimating a good 2" down now.  Starting to blow around more and more.

This is your storm. I was going to pull an all-nighter, but the radar is telling me not to bother so I'll probably go to bed after the heavier returns between here and Ottawa swing through.