12/26 - 12/29 Potential Wintry & Wet Winter Storm

[WBadgersW]

Sounds like more snow is starting to mix in again

[gosaints]

And.we sleet

[Money]

Snowing hard here yet

[Money]

Band coming off Lake Michigan is intense. Newscasts mention that's all snow as well

[Tom]

Band coming off Lake Michigan is intense. Newscasts mention that's all snow as well

HRRR sure seemed like it was picking up on that Lehs...

[Geos]

Sleet fest continues.

 

2.6" of sleet with 2" of snow today. Pure nastiness out there. Pretty sure I heard thunder just now!

 

Surface low staying close to I-55. 31.8°

 

[East Dubzz]

Think it may be changing to snow a little out there now..

[Geos]

Dry slot closing in. No trace of freezing rain today - it can stay that way.

[Geos]

Two lightning strikes with heavy sleet in the last 5 minutes!

This storm is awesome! Only in an el Niño winter.

 

[Money]

Worried about that dry slot coming this way

[Geos]

Worried about that dry slot coming this way

 

There's a lull starting now here, then if you look further south there is more precip.

 

22z HRRR still showing the radar filling back in by 7-8pm and switching to snow.

 

Observation from Kenosha.

 

KENW 282317Z 06028G39KT 1/4SM TS FZRAPLSN FZFG OVC005 00/M02 A2965 RMK AO2 PK WND 07041/2302 LTG DSNT SW TSB17 PRESFR OCNL LTGICCCCG OHD TS OHD MOV NE I1000 T00001017 PNO

[james1976]

Finally switched over to heavy snow here. That band is setting up in central IA. Lets go. There's a bunch of 5" reports around me so I gotta be close to that as well.

[Geos]

What's falling outside now is almost like pixie dust snow. It's definitely not sleet anymore and not rain. 5.0" of accumulation as of 5:45pm

Kind of weird - all of sudden it's quiet except for the wind.

[Blugga]

Will probably end at 3" of heavy sleet here. Will be interesting how much liquid it actually is.

[Money]

Up to about 5-6 hard to measure with all throb blowing going on

[Geos]

Flood warning to the south of here.

 

* UNTIL 530 AM CST TUESDAY/630 AM EST TUESDAY/* AT 522 PM CST /622 PM EST/...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED  HEAVY RAIN AND MELTING OF ACCUMULATED SLEET CAUSING URBAN AND  SMALL STREAM FLOODING ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST  INDIANA. ONE TO TWO INCHES OF LIQUID EQUIVALENT SLEET AND RAIN  HAS ALREADY FALLEN AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED INTO THE  EVENING.* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...  CHICAGO...AURORA...ROCKFORD...JOLIET...NAPERVILLE...ELGIN...  WAUKEGAN...CICERO...HAMMOND...GARY...ARLINGTON HEIGHTS...  EVANSTON...SCHAUMBURG...BOLINGBROOK...PALATINE...SKOKIE...DES  PLAINES...ORLAND PARK...TINLEY PARK AND OAK LAWN.

[Geos]

Milwaukee is flipping back over the snow atm.

Warm tongue is retreating...

 

Light snow and sleet here currently.

[ToastedRavs]

Total snow and sleet for me so far on sw side of Des Moines is right at 4 1/2". Sleet and dry slot earlier hurt us. I am thinking another inch, maybe 1.5" if I am lucky. Not bad but the winners clearly to my northeast

[Blugga]

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/md/2015/mcd2109.gif

[Geos]

Low hasn't really moved in the last hour...?

 

 

23z

 

[Money]

Radar starting to fill in a lot more

 

6+ a lock for here with a shot at around 10 IMO

[bainbridgekid]

Seriously impressed with the storm here in Evanston.

 

3" of the densest snow/sleet on Earth and moderate to heavy sleet all day.

 

Here's a couple pictures. Ended up getting about another inch after I shoveled in the second one.

 

[educatorjen]

Safe to drive from Cleveland, Ohio to Omaha tomorrow? Thanks in advance.

[GDR]

[East Dubzz]

Changed to all snow a little bit ago. And really coming down out there, heck yeah!

[Money]

Sleet/ Snow mix now but coming down good

[Money]

Thundersnow being reported in eastern Iowa

[ToastedRavs]

Where is nelinnia!?! Those bolts not too far from him on lightning maps page

[WBadgersW]

Back to all snow! I'm guessing it should remain snow for the rest of the night. I'm at 5"

 

MKX still has rain after 10pm...

[Snowshoe]

Some pictures from the drive home. Wind is howling right now. Storm is raging. It's awesome! I have a video coming shortly.

[Snowshoe]

Here's a video. Hard to insert on the phone.

https://youtu.be/ckxhP_oTnzY

[Geos]

Back to all snow! I'm guessing it should remain snow for the rest of the night. I'm at 5"

 

MKX still has rain after 10pm...

 

Fail! lol

But really, who could have predicted this!?

 

Sleet with a few snowflakes mixed in. HRRR says all snow isn't far away. Snowing out by I-39/90.

 

Moving again.

 

[bainbridgekid]

Finally turned to rain here in Evanston after 12 solid hours of sleet.

 

I just measured an average final total of 3.5" and it's pretty deep even in the street!

 

I was out shoveling and had to dig out / push a guy who got his car completely stuck when he drove outside the tire tracks in the street. The shovel came in handy. 

 

[Money]

6.1 reported in Milwaukee so far

[james1976]

L looks like it slowed down.....?

[Geos]

 

[Geos]

Finally turned to rain here in Evanston after 12 solid hours of sleet.

 

I just measured an average final total of 3.5" and it's pretty deep even in the street!

 

Just helped a guy who got his car completely stuck outside the house when he drove outside the tire tracks.

 

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Nice pic.

I bet you don't see sleet in Washington very often.

 

Snow is quickly closing in. Western suburbs now reporting snow.

[bud2380]

I would estimate 3-4" of slop here today.  It started as snow early this morning then changed to sleet and sleeted moderately to heavy almost all day. We may have had a brief period of freezing rain, just enough to glaze things.  Then back to sleet, finally got snow around 1:30 then switched back to sleet and finally snow again by 5pm.  Almost impossible for me to say how much accumulated as snow vs. sleet. 

[bainbridgekid]

Nice pic.

I bet you don't see sleet in Washington very often.

 

Snow is quickly closing in. Western suburbs now reporting snow.

I've experienced it a handful of times, but it was always just for an hour or two before turning to rain. Never seen it accumulate like this.

 

It looks a lot like a huge hailstorm might.

[Geos]

50% sleet, 50% huge snowflakes here.

 

Last observation of freezing rain at UGN was bogus.