January 2019 Observations and Discussion

[jaster220]

Marshall looking all the part of serious winter again this evening, complete with a bank of pristine white snow down the middle of main street. The bitter cold temps are keeping it locked in place and with the cold ground underneath it's actually not settling from warmth like earlier in the season. With a few more tenths this evening we're almost back to the look before the Tue-Wed mess

[Niko]

@ Niko

 

You're right bud. Have not seen my grid looking this way since Jan 2014

 

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Same here buddy.....my forecast is identical to yours. Its been awhile since I saw "Heavy Snow" in my forecast.

[Tom]

Down to -6F on this bitter cold morning...LOT has issued a SWS for the light snow that is expected to develop later this afternoon....might score another 1" out of this and add to the beautiful landscape.

 

 

 

Special Weather Statement

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
National Weather Service Chicago/Romeoville IL
327 AM CST Sat Jan 26 2019

ILZ003>006-008-010>014-019>023-032-033-039-INZ001-002-010-011-019-
262000-
Winnebago-Boone-McHenry-Lake IL-Ogle-Lee-DeKalb-Kane-DuPage-Cook-
La Salle-Kendall-Grundy-Will-Kankakee-Livingston-Iroquois-Ford-
Lake IN-Porter-Newton-Jasper-Benton-
Including the cities of Rockford, Belvidere, Woodstock, Waukegan,
Oregon, Dixon, DeKalb, Aurora, Elgin, Wheaton, Chicago, Ottawa,
Oswego, Morris, Joliet, Kankakee, Pontiac, Watseka, Paxton, Gary,
Valparaiso, Morocco, Rensselaer, and Fowler
327 AM CST Sat Jan 26 2019 /427 AM EST Sat Jan 26 2019/

...Light Snow Expected Again Late This Afternoon Into Mid
Evening...

Light snow will spread across much of northern Illinois and
northwest Indiana during the mid to late afternoon into the mid
evening. The snow will last a few hours or so at any one location.
While the snow will be light with accumulation of under one inch,
the cold temperatures will allow any snow to stick and make for
slick travel on area roads.

Plan for possible extra travel time during the later afternoon
into mid evening.

$

[westMJim]

Mostly cloudy with some very light snow here the temperature here at my house is now +2.5°. Had about 1" of new snow from late yesterday afternoon to overnight. There is now a total of 7.5" on the ground here at this time.  GRR has now issued a new WWA for later today starting at 4pm until noon tomorrow' 

[westMJim]

BTW kind of off topic but today January 26th is the anniversary of two of the biggest snow storms to hit the central Great Lakes area. I am talking about the 1967 and 1978 storms, 

[East Dubzz]

Dubuque hit -20 overnight. Brrrr

[Niko]

Currently sunny and bitter cold w temps at 0F.

[BMT]

Hrrr and current radar look good for eastern Iowa to see an inch of snow today... would be nice to watch some daytime snow again.

[james1976]

Steady snow here and it's -1. Ratios have to be sky high.

[bud2380]

Looks like it’s snowing good in central Iowa. Looks like most of it will stay south of I80 by the time it gets to eastern Iowa but we should see a little snow this way.

[james1976]

Of course the higher returns are gonna just barely miss me. Big surprise...

[james1976]

At least a quarter inch of fluff so far. Nice to see it during the day.

[gosaints]

Ya could get a bonus inch this morning

[james1976]

Comin down good. Can only imagine what its like in C IA under those heavier returns.

[Bryan1117]

Picked up another inch of fluffy snow here in Southwest Omaha this morning. Still some flurries and snow showers out there currently, going to enjoy the “warmer” temperatures this weekend before the Arctic air comes in on Monday.

[Hawkeye]

The snow started slowly an hour ago, but it has picked up.  I may see an inch out of this.

[Minny_Weather]

Getting some fatass flakes outside right now. All the accumulations stayed to the North of here last night but I'm hoping we can at least get SOMETHING out of this small area of 25 dBZ returns on radar. 21.7*F.

[snowstorm83]

Light snow in Lincoln also. Probably won't last long, but nice to see.

[Minny_Weather]

Light snow in Lincoln also. Probably won't last long, but nice to see.

Was heavy here for about 5 minutes. Got a dusting on the parking lot and uncovered roofs. It was at least pleasant to look at.

[Hawkeye]

UK and GFS now showing a decent clipper laying a swath of snow through Iowa on Thursday.

[Snowshoe]

Cold morning but will somehow be colder next week.

[james1976]

Poundtown right now. Only half inch so far tho

[james1976]

35dbz in C IA right now. Of course just barely misses me.

[East Dubzz]

UK and GFS now showing a decent clipper laying a swath of snow through Iowa on Thursday.

Saw that on the GFS. That’d be nice.

[Niko]

Chicago has been doing pretty good w snow lately. If it snows at ORD today, that will make it the 10th straight day. WOW! I have a cousin who lives right in the city and was told about it. Talk about an active stretch of Winter.

[Tony]

ORD bumping up amounts from 1-3 inches for our area. Should be a nice snowfall but bad for driving. Wonder what this will do, if anything, to the track of the next clipper and the baroclinic zone

[james1976]

Another fresh coating out there. Nice snowpack going. Everything is white

[jaster220]

Down to -6F on this bitter cold morning...LOT has issued a SWS for the light snow that is expected to develop later this afternoon....might score another 1" out of this and add to the beautiful landscape.

 

Special Weather Statement

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT

National Weather Service Chicago/Romeoville IL

327 AM CST Sat Jan 26 2019

 

ILZ003>006-008-010>014-019>023-032-033-039-INZ001-002-010-011-019-

262000-

Winnebago-Boone-McHenry-Lake IL-Ogle-Lee-DeKalb-Kane-DuPage-Cook-

La Salle-Kendall-Grundy-Will-Kankakee-Livingston-Iroquois-Ford-

Lake IN-Porter-Newton-Jasper-Benton-

Including the cities of Rockford, Belvidere, Woodstock, Waukegan,

Oregon, Dixon, DeKalb, Aurora, Elgin, Wheaton, Chicago, Ottawa,

Oswego, Morris, Joliet, Kankakee, Pontiac, Watseka, Paxton, Gary,

Valparaiso, Morocco, Rensselaer, and Fowler

327 AM CST Sat Jan 26 2019 /427 AM EST Sat Jan 26 2019/

 

...Light Snow Expected Again Late This Afternoon Into Mid

Evening...

 

Light snow will spread across much of northern Illinois and

northwest Indiana during the mid to late afternoon into the mid

evening. The snow will last a few hours or so at any one location.

While the snow will be light with accumulation of under one inch,

the cold temperatures will allow any snow to stick and make for

slick travel on area roads.

 

Plan for possible extra travel time during the later afternoon

into mid evening.

 

$

 

12k NAM keeps flakes flying here for about 12 hrs! The stronger this wave, the better chance with a south track for the main event

[Hawkeye]

Snow is coming down nicely here.  I love good clipper snow.

[Niko]

Sunny skies currently w a temp of 14F. Somehow, I feel this is balmy, considering what "Siberian Express" has to offer next week.

[Niko]

12k NAM keeps flakes flying here for about 12 hrs! The stronger this wave, the better chance with a south track for the main event

Interesting!

[bud2380]

Might be the heaviest snow I’ve seen all year falling now.

[Hawkeye]

Might be the heaviest snow I’ve seen all year falling now.

 

Yeah, a spot of yellow went right over you on radar.  The brighter green up here has been moderate to heavy.  I had over an inch 20 minutes ago.

[BMT]

well this clipper is a pleasant surprise. Probably 1.5” here already and still snowing at a good rate.

[Iowawx]

This clipper is really something. I wasn’t expecting much. Moderate to heavy snow has been falling since about 10:00am, and its still coming down. Roads are partially to mostly covered with snow. I haven’t measured yet but I’d say we have at least 1.5”, maybe even 2”.

[East Dubzz]

This is a nice little surprise!

[james1976]

I finished with exactly 1"

[East Dubzz]

Still snowing, and have a little over an inch currently. Was not expecting that today!

[jaster220]

Still snowing, and have a little over an inch currently. Was not expecting that today!

 

Apparently my office isn't "expecting it" either. If the 18z NAM's correcct, they gonna bust hard with there

 

GRR Map:

 

 

[East Dubzz]

Currently seeing the biggest flakes we’ve had all year.