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Post by super on Jan 5, 2015 13:06:47 GMT -6
temp dropped 2 degrees, must be gonna do something out there ?
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Post by rocket on Jan 5, 2015 14:38:19 GMT -6
Just south of the area.
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 146 PM CST MON JAN 5 2015
ILZ032-033-039-INZ019-060400-/O.UPG.KLOT.WW.Y.0002.150106T0000Z-150106T1200Z//O.NEW.KLOT.WS.W.0001.150106T0000Z-150106T1200Z/LIVINGSTON-IROQUOIS-FORD-BENTON-INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PONTIAC...WATSEKA...PAXTON...FOWLER 146 PM CST MON JAN 5 2015 /246 PM EST MON JAN 5 2015/
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST /7 PM EST/ THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST /7 AM EST/ TUESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST...7 PM EST...THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST...7 AM EST...TUESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* TIMING...THIS EVENING THROUGH THE PREDAWN HOURS TUESDAY.
* ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 7 INCHES.
* MAIN IMPACT...SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES PER HOUR ARE LIKELY AT TIMES THIS EVENING. THIS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES DOWN TO A QUARTER MILE AND ALLOW FOR RAPID SNOW ACCUMULATION ON AREA ROADS. THIS COULD MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR SNOW REMOVAL OPERATIONS TO KEEP UP WITH SNOWFALL. THEREFORE...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT.
* OTHER IMPACTS...THE DRY NATURE OF THE SNOW AND INCREASING WINDS EARLY TUESDAY MAY RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW... PARTICULARLY IN OPEN AREAS...EVEN AFTER SNOWFALL HAS ENDED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
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Post by rocket on Jan 5, 2015 15:18:26 GMT -6
000 FXUS63 KLOT 052104 AFDLOT
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL 304 PM CST MON JAN 5 2015
.SHORT TERM... 302 PM CST
TONIGHT...
SYNOPTIC/FORCING DISCUSSION...WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS THE APPROACHING UPPER TROUGH QUICKLY MOVING ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS WITH THE ATTENDANT SFC LOW MOVING ALONG THE CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA/NEBRASKA BORDER. SNOW CONTINUES TO SPREAD EASTWARD ACROSS IOWA WITH A WARM ADVECTION RIBBON EXTENDING EAST-SOUTHEAST INTO CENTRAL ILLINOIS. MANY SITES ACROSS IOWA ARE REPORTING 1/4 TO 1/2SM VSBY WITH STRONG REFLECTIVITY ON THE RADAR MOSAIC. GROUND REPORTS THUS FAR INDICATE INCH PER HOURS AMOUNTS WITH NEAR 0.10 INCH LIQUID LEADING TO 10-11:1 SNOW RATIOS. LATEST NEAR TERM GUIDANCE TRENDS SHOW THAT THE BEST FGEN FORCING WILL TRACK ACROSS THE SOUTHERN THIRD TO HALF OF THE ARA THIS EVENING CONTINUING TO SUPPORT THE IDEA THAT THAT IS WHERE THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL. HEAVIEST LIQUID SHOULD FALL JUST NORTH OF THE LOW TRACK WHICH WILL BE TO THE SOUTH OF THE CWA. FORECAST SOUNDINGS CONTINUE TO SHOW A DEEP SNOW GROWTH ZONE BUT ALIGNMENT OF BEST ASCENT VARIES ACROSS THE AREA. NORTHERN AREAS ENTRENCHED IN THE DEEPER COLD AIR WILL SEE THE BULK OF THE FORCING ABOVE THE BEST SNOW GROWTH ZONE WHILE AREAS SOUTH SEE A BETTER ALIGNMENT. THIS MAY BE WHAT IS OCCURRING ACROSS CENTRAL IOWA WHERE LOWER RATIOS HAVE BEEN REPORTED THUS FAR /SMALLER FLAKE SIZE AND LESS FLUFF TO ACCUMULATION/.
ACCUMULATION/TIMING DISCUSSION...WITH SNOW QUICKLY PROGRESSING EASTWARD HAVE BUMPED UP POPS AFTER 22Z IN THE SOUTHWEST CWA. SOUTHWEST AREAS WILL LIKELY SEE A QUICK RAMP UP IN INTENSITY BY AROUND 00Z WITH A 4-5 HOUR WINDOW OF STRONG FORCING BEFORE THINGS TAPER AROUND AND AFTER 06Z. MOST AREAS WILL SEE A 3-5 HOUR WINDOW FOR SNOW BEFORE THINGS QUICKLY EXIT TO THE SOUTHEAST OVERNIGHT. WILL CONTINUE WITH THE EXPECTATION OF 15-18:1 RATIOS FOR NOW. BEST FORCING...ALIGNMENT OF FORCING WITHIN THE SNOW GROWTH ZONE...AND DURATION OF FORCING CONTINUE TO BE ALIGNED OVER THE FAR SOUTHERN CWA WITH THESE ELEMENTS LESS ALIGNED TO THE NORTH. WITH THIS IN MIND HAVE TIGHTENED UP THE ACCUMULATION GRADIENT ACROSS THE AREA SOMEWHAT TO SHOW A LITTLE BIT LESS IN FAR NORTHEAST IL. AREAS GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A MENDOTA TO SOUTH CHICAGO METRO TO RENSSELAER LOOK TO SEE SNOW FALL ACCUMULATION RATES OF AROUND 1 INCH PER HOUR LEADING TO A BROAD AREA OF 3 TO 6 INCH TOTALS WITH AREAS ALONG A AND SOUTH OF A STREATOR TO WATSEKA TO FOWLER LINE SEEING THE BEST CHANCE FOR EVEN 5 TO 7 INCHES.
HEADLINE AND IMPACTS DISCUSSION...WILL CONTINUE WITH THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE BULK OF THE AREA GIVEN EXPECTED AMOUNTS. HAVE MADE AN EARLY UPGRADE TO A WINTER STORM WARNING IN THE FAR SOUTH GIVEN THE EXPECTED BETTER BANDING AND BETTER ALIGNMENT OF FORCING ETC. DISCUSSED ABOVE. SNOWFALL INTENSITY/ACCUMULATION RATE WILL BE THE BIGGEST IMPACT WITH RATES AROUND AN INCH PER HOUR AND POSSIBLY TOWARDS 1.5 IN/HR IN THE FAR SOUTH MAKING SNOW REMOVAL DIFFICULT...NOT TO MENTION LIMITING VISIBILITY TO A 1QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. DESPITE LIGHTER AMOUNTS ACROSS THE NORTHERN CWA STILL EXPECT A DECENT ACCUMULATION RATE LEADING TO TRAVEL HAZARDS.
MDB
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.LONG TERM... 302 PM CST
TUESDAY AND BEYOND...
TO BE ISSUED SHORTLY...
MDB
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.AVIATION...
//ORD AND MDW CONCERNS...UPDATED 20Z...
* ONSET TIMING OF SNOW EARLY THIS EVENING...AND PERIOD OF THE LOWEST VIS AND CIGS IN SNOW THIS EVENING.
* POTENTIAL FOR A SLIGHTLY EARLIER ONSET OF SNOW EARLY THIS EVENING.
KJB
//DISCUSSION...UPDATED 18Z...
A QUICK MOVING WEATHER DISTURBANCE WILL SPREAD SNOW ACROSS THE REGION BY THIS EVENING. THE SNOW WILL LIKELY BE MODERATE TO HEAVY IN INTENSITY...WITH VISIBILITIES LIKELY FALLING UNDER A MILE WITHIN THE HEAVIEST SNOW. DUE TO THE FAST MOVEMENT OF THIS SYSTEM...THERE WILL ONLY BE ABOUT A 6 TO 8 HOUR WINDOW OF SNOWFALL...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW RATES...UP TO AN INCH PER HOUR...OCCURRING DURING A 2 TO 3 HOUR PERIOD BETWEEN ABOUT 03 AND 05-06 UTC THIS EVENING. WE CURRENTLY EXPECT THE SNOW TO ONSET AROUND OR JUST AFTER 00 UTC THIS EVENING AT KRFD...AND AROUND OR SHORTLY AFTER THE 01-02 UTC TIME FRAME ACROSS THE EASTERN TERMINALS. THE SNOW SHOULD END FROM WEST TO EAST OVERNIGHT PRIOR TO DAYBREAK TUESDAY. IFR CIGS AND LIFR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY DURING THE PERIOD OF HEAVIEST SNOW...WITH CONDITIONS RAPIDLY IMPROVING EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL REMAIN FAIRLY LIGHT OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST THIS EVENING...THEN BECOME MORE NORTHWESTERLY BY DAYBREAK TUESDAY.
KJB
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Post by super on Jan 5, 2015 16:14:09 GMT -6
snOing nicely here the last few hours
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Post by rocket on Jan 5, 2015 17:49:48 GMT -6
A whooping 3" for streator area now according to ABC7news weather Guy.
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Post by super on Jan 5, 2015 19:16:04 GMT -6
they waited too long to treat the roads down this way, rush hour came and the roads were not treated, lots of accidents out there, not surprised
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Post by toshiko on Jan 5, 2015 21:46:13 GMT -6
I saw salt trucks, the other day, but none since. Is it too cold, to spread salt now? As windy as it is, I guess the plows, will wait until the am, here.
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Post by seaturtle43 in hostile forum on Jan 5, 2015 23:48:00 GMT -6
omg it's cold
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Post by helencrump on Jan 6, 2015 0:00:09 GMT -6
Is it still snowing in Streator?
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Post by chevypower on Jan 6, 2015 0:39:40 GMT -6
just looked out the door and it doesn't appear too be hc.
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Post by toshiko on Jan 6, 2015 7:05:40 GMT -6
It is winter. " So it goes."
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Post by super on Jan 6, 2015 7:15:21 GMT -6
I don't think it's going to make 0 for a high tomorrow down this way? Coldest high we've had in years I bet !
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Post by OutlawwithaSnipeSniper on Jan 6, 2015 8:15:06 GMT -6
We got a nice little blanket, about ankle deep accumulation in town. I bet it was blowing nasty and some drifting in the country though. Didn't have any wind at all.......... Just about 5" of pure powder. That is the lightest snow I have seen in years.
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Post by OutlawwithaSnipeSniper on Jan 6, 2015 8:15:52 GMT -6
Wait till tomorrow..............
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Post by dumdave on Jan 6, 2015 11:09:54 GMT -6
I may take a pass on snow blowing the driveway. It is not that deep. My help has a hole in his large shoes. A Carrhart Winter coat and shoes should be here today for him. I have a nice Carrhart jump suit that keeps me warm....always. It is so warm, I only wear my thermals under it.
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