Super Bowl Weekend Major Snowstorm

[gosaints]

Woke up to about 2 inches. Maybe a couple more to go. Good luck to those south and east. Cash in!

[WBadgersW]

Currently have 3.3" and it's coming down hard. Time for a run...

[Trinomial]

Thank you all for the great reports. 3.25 as of now. Round 1 of shoveling done!

[BigDizBliz420]

Only a few inches and dry slot is approaching western Illinois already. I don't think we get more than 10

[dubuque473]

I would say we are around 8" so far.

[WBadgersW]

 

Nothing too major at the moment. Flakes are tiny.

[FV-Mike]

4.5 here. saw Romeoville reported 5.5 already. some heavy snow coming down at the moment

[Scott26]

I just measured 4.1 here in Buffalo Grove. Flake size is really tiny, but it has been accumulating very nicely. The winds are already really gusting. I can't imagine what it will be like later...

[Tom]

Received 1.75" since 4:00am...storm total 4.5"....waiting for the colder air to filter on in to turn this snow into more powdery snow.  Probably a good idea to go and shovel this first round.  

 

As for the Lehs snowfall, I'm seeing the colder air farther north up towards GRB is contributing o some decent Lehs.  Let's see how this unfolds later this morning.  Gosh, waking up this morning and seeing everything dumped on with a nice cover of snow put a smile on my face.  Now here come the Blizzard conditions!

 

The southern burbs of Chicago getting hammered in a nice band of 25-30dbz snowfall rates.  Easyily 1"+ per hour rates.

[Tom]

I'm very surprised its still snowing out in Nebraska!  When I went to bed around 11:30 the radar had looked like maybe a few more hours of snowfall.  Glad to see Omaha folks and the rest of NE cashing in on this storm.

[gosaints]

Southern burbs to Kankakee could be the jack?

[Trinomial]

Tom, what point of the day looks to give us the highest snowfall rates? And do you think most of northern Il will get to 10 inches? Thanks for the info!

[gosaints]

What part of the city do you live in tom?

[Tom]

Southern burbs to Kankakee could be the jack?

Quite possibly, but I'm noticing the radar filling up in NE IL.  Surprisingly the southern burbs have only had about 1-1.5" more than the northern burbs even with the higher reflectivity down in the southern burbs.  Could be because the temps down there are near freezing while the northern burbs already near 30F and dropping into upper 20's.

 

ORD visibility down to 1/2 mile at the moment.

[gosaints]

Quite possibly, but I'm noticing the radar filling up in NE IL. Surprisingly the southern burbs have only had about 1-1.5" more than the northern burbs even with the higher reflectivity down in the southern burbs. Could be because the temps down there are near freezing while the northern burbs already near 30F and dropping into upper 20's.

 

ORD visibility down to 1/2 mile at the moment.

Ya you are defiantly going to cash in. Think the Iowa dry slot will fill and be pretty small. You should have no problem going 10-12. How close to the lake are you ?

[shakjen]

Just went out to measure. Not sure how the experts get there totals but I measured in the front on the driveway and in the back on the deck. Got 9" in both spots. Hopefully I attached the images correctly so you can see it.

 

 

 

 

 

[Tom]

Tom, what point of the day looks to give us the highest snowfall rates? And do you think most of northern Il will get to 10 inches? Thanks for the info!

Snowfall rates already starting to increase, peak intensity should be around 9am thru 6pm.  The storm should be just west of STL right around Noon when the best "lift" will be over N IL.

[Tom]

Ya you are defiantly going to cash in. Think the Iowa dry slot will fill and be pretty small. You should have no problem going 10-12. How close to the lake are you ?

I'm just north of ORD (about 2 miles), NW suburbs outside of the city proper.  I'm thinking 12-15" a good bet in my area.  Will be interesting if the Lehs picks up later today.  00z Euro showing it much better last run in NE IL later this afternoon.

FWIW, here was the 00z Euro precip...

[Hawkeye]

6.8" here, liquid total is a whopping 0.94

[Tom]

06z NAM...

[james1976]

I cant beleieve models are still showing that much snow....on top of what we already have!

[Tom]

Reports of 8" snowfall totals in Kane/Kendal counties....

[james1976]

DMX has me around a foot for total. Its blowing around so much idk if i will even try to get a measurement. I wasnt expecting it to drift like this as early as it is.

[Tony]

Only a few inches and dry slot is approaching western Illinois already. I don't think we get more than 10

I highly doubt that for one second. NE IL is all systems go and will be snowing all day.

[Tom]

Snowfall intensity really picking up now, visibility is dropping quickly around here...temps now dropping into the upper 20's and snow is getting fluffier.  I think the lake is starting to work it's magic.

 

06z WRF going nuts with Lehs for Cook/Lake/Kenosha counties...

[Tony]

Not sure exactly how much in Bartlett but guess is 6in but coming down hard.

[Tony]

Gotta love the lake in theses setups. Blizzard later on will be something like GHD...should be fun.

[WBadgersW]

The Nam shows that still to come? D**n

[BrianJK]

Tom - whats up with that dry slot to the west?  Any concerns with that?

[WildWisconsinWeather]

The Nam shows that still to come? D**n

 

That was 6z though, so from 1am on.

[Meichel]

 

Just left Elgin 30 minutes ago. I90 E isn't too horrible.

[Tom]

1.25" in the past 70 minutes...cleared the deck for next measurement.  Pouring tiny flakes right now.  Reminds me of the Blizzard of '99 that hit Chicago.

[Tom]

Tom - whats up with that dry slot to the west?  Any concerns with that?

That is going to fill in...wouldn't worry about that if your from I-80 on north....

[BrianJK]

Awesome, thanks.  I HATE dry slots - absolutely despise them.

[Tom]

12z NAM...pretty impressive snowfall totals from this point forward...

[Tom]

Grizzcoat, how much you have so far???  Looking at DSM radar, precip continues to explode!

[Tom]

06z GFS....

[Tom]

LOT snowfall map...

[james1976]

i bet i only have 4 or 5. kinda disappointing. hard to tell with all the drifts

[james1976]

Now way i get another 8" like GFS is showing. Thats laughable. There are pockets of dry air on radar and unfortunatly that has really cut into my snowfall.