Notice

The Weather Centre Site has been set up to a fine degree.

Current thinking is that long-range storms will be advertised on the site, while immediate notice items will be shared here.

BREAKING NEWS

THE WEATHER CENTRE IS NOW TRANSITIONING TO A DIFFERENT SITE. FOLLOW THIS LINK TO LEARN MORE.

BEWARE: THE SITE IS VERY MUCH UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

IF THE SITE DOES NOT GO WELL, I WILL CONTINUE POSTING ON HERE.

Preliminary Snow Reports 12/16 (NWS)

SNOWFALL AND SNOW DEPTH REPORTS. DATA PROVIDED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO AREA AND ROCKFORD AREA SNOWFALL TEAM.                  12 HR SNOWFALL  12 HR SNOWFALL  TOTAL LOCATION        ENDING 6PM      ENDING 6AM      SNOW                 TODAY           TODAY           DEPTH AT 6PM ILLINOIS  BEACH PARK             /         0.0  / BEECHER                /           T  / LA GRANGE           T  /         0.0  /          2 PEOTONE             T  /           T  /          2 PLAINFIELD 4SW    0.1  /         0.2  /          2 WILLOWBROOK         T  /         0.0  /          2 YORKVILLE 2SE     0.5  /              /  NORTHWEST INDIANA  HIGHLAND          0.0  /         0.0  /          3 SCHERERVILLE      0.0  /         0.0  /          4  $$

12/16 evening Snow

http://wxcaster.com/gis-gfs-snow-overlays2.php3?STATIONID=LOT

Judging by that picture, we can see that the GFS is taking the clipper much farther up north. Now that several model runs have taken accumulations in the center of over 6 inches, confidence is increasing.

The NAM has not updated yet.

Potential Christmas Storm Upper MW/GL

First image is 5 day image.

Below image is 6 day image.

Judging on the above images, I'm going to indicate that a storm is possible for Christmas in the Upper MW. Also below is the GEM forecast, showing the system going south.