Super Bowl Weekend Major Snowstorm

[Tom]

Picked up 1.8" in the last hour...storm total over 15" easy now...the snow is very characteristic of LES, very dry and powdery.  Gotta finish shoveling the driveway.  I'll post some photos I just took and it actually go dark outside during some heavy bursts!  These cloud tops must be really high.

[Meichel]

Wet and slushy here, almost to Erie, PA. Winds have shifted and are coming off the lake.

[Sciascia]

I talked to my dad, and he told me he saw a couple people abandon their cars on Sayre. Also told me it took him over 20 minutes to reach a street that he lives 5 minutes away from. Crazy!

[Geos]

Snow slackened off a bit here. Drifting is really bad out there, making it very hard to measure. I had 11.7" on my snow board, but is probably not exact.

 

Saw this report, which is the nearest location to me. Not sure how accurate it is, but could be correct.

 

0425 PM HEAVY SNOW ZION 42.46N 87.84W
02/01/2015 E13.0 INCH LAKE IL PUBLIC

STORM TOTAL RELAYED VIA TWITTER.

[Maxim]

About 14" here thus far.

[Maxim]

I honestly don't see how Harwood Heights is at 15.5" while O'hare is at 11.3", but okay lol.

[6789]

Crazy band right now! Maybe 2" an hour again with this one with huge flakes. 

[Maxim]

Who is taking the measurements at ORD?

[Tom]

Picked up another 1.0-1.5 in the last hour...easily broke past 15"...when I cleared my front driveway during the 1st round it had about 7"(compacted), second round 7.5"...my deck out in back has a 14" depth (compacted, never been touched).  The fact that the second round was fluffier than the first, you can prob add another 0.5" to the first round from compacting overnight.  So 15" sounds about right if you average out the front/back.  Prob tack on another 2-4" by midnight so 16-20" might bode well.

[Tom]

Who is taking the measurements at ORD?

Amateurs....unbelievable...Roselle had 12.3" 2-3 hours ago...I mean, come on...

[Maxim]

Amateurs....unbelievable...Roselle had 12.3" 2-3 hours ago...I mean, come on...

Same thing happened last year. I wonder if LOT can do anything about this? 

[Tom]

Same thing happened last year. I wonder if LOT can do anything about this? 

They better!  We need Grizzcoat out here...he knows whats up.  I mean MDW has 14.7"+...11.3" is extremely suspicious.

[BLIZZARD09]

I have 15 inches here. I have noticed for a while that the Ohare measurements are removed from reality

[Tom]

Lehs picking up near MKE right now...winds are slowly starting to shift more NNE from the NE.  I'm kinda excited to see what this lake plume will look like.  Skilling's RPM model had it cranking around midnight.

[Geos]

The crew at ORD is catching up with everyone else now. 

 

0555 PM HEAVY SNOW OHARE AIRPORT 41.98N 87.90W  
02/01/2015 M14.2 INCH COOK IL OFFICIAL NWS OBS  

[FV-Mike]

Same thing happened last year. I wonder if LOT can do anything about this? 

O'Hare 5:55pm update is now at 14.2. Someone must have called!

[6789]

Lehs picking up near MKE right now...winds are slowly starting to shift more NNE from the NE.  I'm kinda excited to see what this lake plume will look like.  Skilling's RPM model had it cranking around midnight.

Tom, seeing that I saw close to what his RPM showed for additional snowfall from 2:20 p.m. onward today, I am thinking his RPM will win out and we will see that lake plume develop and pummel the city; wonder how far inland it will go. Just got a report from my dad that the police have shut down 47 going W. 

[Tom]

The crew at ORD is catching up with everyone else now. 

 

0555 PM HEAVY SNOW OHARE AIRPORT 41.98N 87.90W  

02/01/2015 M14.2 INCH COOK IL OFFICIAL NWS OBS  

 

O'Hare 5:55pm update is now at 14.2. Someone must have called!

Sounds better...I think officially ORD will crack 18"...seeing the way things are trending up north near MKE, winds will start to fly over more and more open lake waters.  Here is what they are doing now....

 

http://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/isobaric/1000hPa/orthographic=-90.76,40.66,3000

[Tom]

Tom, seeing that I saw close to what his RPM showed for additional snowfall from 2:20 p.m. onward today, I am thinking his RPM will win out and we will see that lake plume develop and pummel the city; wonder how far inland it will go. Just got a report from my dad that the police have shut down 47 going W. 

I don't see it going that far inland, maybe eastern DeKalb/McHenry, but Cook/Lake are golden...

[6789]

I don't see it going that far inland, maybe eastern DeKalb/McHenry, but Cook/Lake are golden...

Schools closing for tomorrow Dekalb and now U-46 districts closed. And if it pushes that far inland I'm eastern Kane so I'd be PUMPED!

[Tom]

Here are pictures from earlier around 4:30pm.  Notice how some of them had a darker tone to them when the snow was coming down very heavily.

 

The last one was just taken about 5 min ago at 6:20...big flakes coming down...sitting under a 25dbz band.

 

 

[JSMY]

It's coming down hard here just south of detroit. Right around 13 inches maybe more right now.

[WBadgersW]

It's currently snowing the heaviest it has all day.

[Tom]

Just cleared the measuring deck and picked up another 1.5"(on avg) in the last hour!  There has to be close 17" totals right now.  These fat flakes have been relentless.  Extremely powdery and essential to measure every hour now.  The Lake Machine is kicking in!  Banding becoming evident up/down the WI/IL shoreline.

[WBadgersW]

I think I might be under a LES band. The flakes are the largest they've been all day. Can't check radar on my phone to confirm though.

[Maxim]

ORD at 14.9" making this the 7th biggest snowstorm. We could get to 6th place, though making it to top 5 is a bit of a stretch...

[NEJeremy]

I noticed this from the afternoon KLOT discussion:

 

THE THREAT OF SIGNIFICANT LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS LOOKS LOW ON THE BACK SIDE OF
THIS SYSTEM...AS THE THERMODYNAMIC SETUP OVER THE LAKE IS NOT LOOKING
AS GOOD. WITH THIS IN MIND...ANY LINGERING LAKE INDUCED SNOW SHOWERS
SHOULD REMAIN LIGHT...SO ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS
NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS/NORTHWESTERN INDIANA AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
SHOULD GENERALLY REMAIN UNDER AN INCH.

 

What do you guys think out there?

[6789]

WOW Cps is closed an area shutdown basically. 

[Tom]

Visibility increased quite a bit for a time, but now another band is setting up in N Cook.  Going to measure again in about 10 min.

[6789]

Thought I was done here in St. Charles and it's been ripping for the past 15 minutes might get another 1"

[Niko]

Currently at 12.4" and still coming down. I might be heading for 15 to 20" in total. My car is almost buried. Half way through the doors.

[Tom]

#'s don't lie...back deck is sitting at 16" (with compaction)...easily over 17"...just measured 1.1" in the past hour.  I left a piece of the front driveway snow covered with the second batch and its up to 9.5-10" which means since 5:30 it accumulated roughly 2.0-2.5".

 

 Look at the band just sitting over N Cook.  Gotta love it!

[Niko]

A salt truck just passed by my subdisivision to clear up the street and man, my car is now totally blocked with snow from my driveway. Its a winter wonderland out there. 

[MarcusBeier]

Niko, for once no dry slotting in SEMI..WOOHOO!!!

[Scott26]

None of the northern suburban schools closed yet. My guess is that my school will probably have another late arrival. No way the roads would be completely cleared by early tomorrow morning.

[Tom]

None of the northern suburban schools closed yet. My guess is that my school will probably have another late arrival. No way the roads would be completely cleared by early tomorrow morning.

How much snow do you have so far?

[Scott26]

How much snow do you have so far?

I measured about 15 inches 45 minutes ago.

[Tom]

I measured about 15 inches 45 minutes ago.

Gotcha, is that without clearing any snow and letting it ride???  Compacting?

[Scott26]

Gotcha, is that without clearing any snow and letting it ride???  Compacting?

I have been clearing

[Blugga]

 

 

Tom, on 31 Jan 2015 - 10:08 PM, said: If that much snow falls by Noon tomorrow...I'll streak down my block in the wind driven snow....haha

#'s don't lie...back deck is sitting at 16" (with compaction)...easily over 17"...just measured 1.1" in the past hour.  I left a piece of the front driveway snow covered with the second batch and its up to 9.5-10" which means since 5:30 it accumulated roughly 2.0-2.5".

 

 Look at the band just sitting over N Cook.  Gotta love it!

 

Looks like you have your night all planned out.... lol