South Suburban Chicago Update:
Looking at 4 foot drifts on my deck (faces south). Can’t find a spot that isn’t windblown to get an accurate measurement so I’ll guess we have about a foot at 22:40.
Thundersnow started around 21:00; about 20 flashes of lightning down here. Haven’t seen any since about 22:00. Had an electrical surge at about 21:40 so some group of homeowners is/was without power. Send up some prayers for the ComEd guys out in this carp. They may be union but, tonight, they are Americans too!
About to head out for the EMA gig, there from 0:00 - 04:00. I’ve been napping since 19:00. I’ll post an “official” snow amount for Romeoville at 04:00 before I get out.
I’ll take some “sun-up” photos of the neighborhood and post them after my “nap” in the morning. Have to be up for a conference call at 07:00...gotta earn that paycheck.
Y’all are in my prayers tonight. Pax.
That’s a lot of thundersnow.
You must be getting some lake enhancement. The thundersnow is usually a lake effect event.
We’re just starting with the snow here.
I’ll just have to see what tomorrow brings when I get up.
I was predicting earlier, based on the NWS radar, that it would quit by midnight. Not quite, but I think the bulk of the accumulation is past. Chicago is caught in the "curley cue", but this is a very fast moving storm, and the snow will surely end in a few more hours.
Here in Rochelle, 3’ drifts in the backyard with 4’ in the driveway. I-39 closed between Rockford > Bloomington, I-80 closed west of Morris, I-88 closed west of Rock Falls. Will & Kane counties have travel bans. Rockford has called a city emergency stating all residents should stay off roads. Lake Shore Drive Northbound in Chicago was a parking lot overnight with hundreds of stranded motorists and vehicles. The motorists have been rescued, but now the cars are being removed. Rockford is saying that at this time (8:00 a.m.) it’s the 5th largest storm in inches, but with continued snow, it could easily move up the scale.