2/28-3/2 Potential Storm

[Niko]

About an inch here. No biggie! On to the next one please! This is not our storm. This is a DC, Philly special where 8-12 inches will fall there. NYC is a very close call. Several inches there expected (3-5in) last I check.

[Tom]

Certainly looks like a winter wonderland out there with a fresh cover of snow.  Def a lot better looking than that black covered snow and open grass spots.  Going to be a cold next couple days with highs in the upper 10's.  Probably going to finish with a grand total of 4.0".  Getting hit with some real fat nickel size flakes right now.

[Geos]

Winding down here. Will measure by 9pm.

[Meichel]

It's filling in to north of the Cheddar Curtain out by the Mississippi river. Not over yet.

[Scott26]

Snow in Iowa taking a beeline between the I-80 and I-88 corridor. Should be snowing at soldier field for the rest of the game.

[Meichel]

LOT:

 

..WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST 
/1 AM EST/ SUNDAY NIGHT... 

* TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO 
SUNDAY. 

* ACCUMULATION...STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 7 INCHES. 

* MAIN IMPACT...SNOW MAY FALL HEAVILY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY LATE 
TONIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...WITH SNOWFALL RATES POSSIBLY 
REACHING UP TO AN INCH PER HOUR FOR A TIME. THIS WILL CAUSE SNOW 
COVERED ROADS...MAKING TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. 

* OTHER IMPACTS...FRESH SNOWFALL...DECREASING TEMPERATURES AND 
INCREASING WINDS MAY BRING WIND CHILL READINGS OF 5 TO 15 BELOW 
ZERO FOR SUNDAY MORNING AND 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO FOR MONDAY 
MORNING. 

[6789]

A pretty good snow event with some more back building out West and the Hawks winning 3-0 pretty good Saturday if you ask me

[East Dubzz]

1" yesterday, 2.5" so far today with light snow still falling. 7 degrees currently.

[Tom]

Still snowing steadily over here....just measured 4.2"...what a beauty by Tazer!  Kaner is due for a goal...he hit 2 goal posts in the same shift!

[earthandturf]

Almost left to start plowing after the end of the second period. Glad I decided to check the radar again, was surprised to see the snow quickly filling back in out west. I guess I get to see the rest of the  Hawks game and maybe SNL too!

[The Snowman]

Pleasantly surprised by 4.75" as of 20 minutes ago. Will probably breach the 5" mark when I go out to measure before 10.

[Geos]

4.9" here as of 9pm. Looks like this system is done, unless some of those radar returns to the WSW shift this direction.

[Scott26]

Southward movement is non-existent right now. Looks like the radar is even going to fill in around I-90. I just measured 4.5 and I'm thinking I can get over 5 inches.

[The Snowman]

Almost left to start plowing after the end of the second period. Glad I decided to check the radar again, was surprised to see the snow quickly filling back in out west. I guess I get to see the rest of the  Hawks game and maybe SNL too!

It's been a great game, though losing Hossa and not seeing Crosby isn't the best scenario. Oh wait, I've seen Crosby, he's just been invisible in the game.

[Geos]

Southward movement is non-existent right now. Looks like the radar is even going to fill in around I-90. I just measured 4.5 and I'm thinking I can get over 5 inches.

 

I think you'll get more. Probably not much up here though. 

 

72.5" for the season now.

[East Dubzz]

I think you'll get more. Probably not much up here though. 

 

72.5" for the season now.

That's one impressive total. It's right around 55" for the season here..

[Meichel]

About to pick up here again. Just short of 5" total. Still going west of the Mississippi and north of the border.

[midwest buildit]

Been out plowing for a couple hours. Its really coming down in those heavier bands. Cant believe it still snowing. I think we can crack the 6" mark around here before it's done.

[Meichel]

I won't get called out for a few hours. Should be an easy push, nice and fluffy.

[Geos]

What's falling now is like heavy flurries. Will take awhile to tack on any real accumulation.

[midwest buildit]

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ignv2740e0qw945/2014-03-01%2022.00.56.jpg

 

All I can do from my phone.

 

 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/wnq05ogvac3n6mg/2014-03-01%2022.02.35-1.jpg

[6789]

Starting to die down a bit, next heavy band coming in a few minutes. This little break is letting the plows catch a break, about 5 minutes ago it was a white out. With all of this back building in Eastern/Central IA and a non-existent/minimal Southward Shift I may be able to hold onto the heavy bands till 11:30-12:00 a.m. hopefully will then get over 5". I am going to measure in a few minutes.

[Geos]

Down to flurries now. Cold air has really dried the atmosphere out.

[East Dubzz]

Down to flurries now. Cold air has really dried the atmosphere out.

Yup, down to 6 here, looks like another sub-zero night..

 

Oh, and barometric pressure is 1029mb and has actually been pretty high all day, so pretty impressive for this storm with dry air pushing in..

[Geos]

Yup, down to 6 here, looks like another sub-zero night..

 

Oh, and barometric pressure is 1029mb and has actually been pretty high all day, so pretty impressive for this storm with dry air pushing in..

 

I think the clouds may hang on long enough to prevent that tonight. All bets are off tomorrow night though.

 

Might be able to call this a 5" storm if those returns by Lake Geneva can hold together.

[East Dubzz]

I think the clouds may hang on long enough to prevent that tonight. All bets are off tomorrow night though.

 

Might be able to call this a 5" storm if those returns by Lake Geneva can hold together.

Just below 6 now and has been dropping even with cloud cover, gonna get awfully close to zero, and will definitely go below if clouds do clear some then we'll definitely make it a little below. Dubuque is actually officially at 4, so I bet they'll make it below. Might as well add another night below zero if it's gonna be this cold anyway..

[DominicR]

4 inches here.

[Money]

I called for 5.1 for ORD. Might be a little high, but overall, a nice surprise for you guys compared to what the HRRR/RAP/Euro etc were saying.

 

NAM/GFS/SREF pretty much nailed it.

[Tom]

4.5" total here...snow ratios were really high with this.  One of the more colder storms and powdery snowfall we had this year.  Probably average 15:1 or better, highest ratios were towards the later half of the storm when 850's started to crash.

[Tom]

Another burst of moderate snow coming through right now.  This came out of nowhere...some nice fat flakes falling right now.  Could pick up another 0.5" and call this a 5.0" storm.

[Tom]

Just cracked 5.0"...ORD probably about the same...nice event to say the least.

[6789]

Still coming down pretty heavily here. 

[Tom]

Looks like snow ratios are around 17:1...where are you located "6789"?

[Hawkeye]

The total I'm going with is 2.9".  My ratio wasn't high at all, only around 12:1.  My gauge catch was 0.23" and the core sample was 0.25".

[Sciascia]

Just cracked 5.0"...ORD probably about the same...nice event to say the least.

ORD was at 3.7" as of 12:30am. Exactly 72" (or if you want to see it a different way, 6') for the annual total.

[Geos]

Managed 5.0" even. 0.42" of water.

[Niko]

My area received 5.3". Nice winter wonderland out there. Im surprised because I was not expected to get this much.

[Geos]

5.1" total at ORD. Now the 4th snowiest season on record at 73.4".

 

1) 89.7 IN. 1978-1979
2) 82.3 IN. 1977-1978
3) 77.0 IN. 1969-1970

4) 73.4 IN. 2013-2014 still going
5) 68.4 IN. 1966-1967
6) 66.4 IN. 1951-1952
7) 64.1 IN. 1917-1918
8) 62.8 IN. 2013-2014
9) 60.3 IN. 2007-2008

[Iowawx]

Ended up with 3.3 as my total here. Total for the season is now close to 40 inches. Maybe able to add 5-8 if the GFS is right with snow this week. Overall, pretty decent event.

[The Snowman]

Measured 4.75" last night, eyeballing another .5 to 1" since then. Will measure in a little bit.