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Brett Crapser <cmdrcody@nospampharowtcom.invalid> wrote:
> AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
> NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
> 1155 AM CST TUE MAR 5 2013
> 
> DISCUSSION...
> 1006 AM CST
> 
> HAVE INCREASED SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING AS
> REPORTS OF UP TO 2" PER HOUR RATES HAVE BEEN RECEIVED ACROSS
> PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THESE VERY HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES
> APPEAR TO BE TIED TO A BAND OF STRONG 850-700 MB FRONTOGENESIS
> ASSOCIATED WITH THE APPROACHING 700 MB LOW. THE LATEST GUIDANCE
> SUPPORTS THESE HEAVY SNOW RATES CONTINUING TO SPREAD ACROSS ALL OF
> NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND INTO NORTHWESTERN INDIANA OVER THE NEXT FEW
> HOURS.
> 
> 12Z LOCAL HI-RES SIMULATIONS HAVE NUDGED UPWARDS WITH THE INTENSITY
> OF OMEGA/FORCING IN THE LOW-LEVELS IN THE 18-00Z TIMEFRAME. MORE
> FOCUSED BETWEEN I-80 AND I-88 CORRIDORS OF NORTHERN IL/NORTHWEST IN.
> THE BEST FORCING BAND APPEARS TO PIVOT IN THE AFTERNOON ALLOWING FOR
> A PROLONGED PERIOD OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL.
> 
> MODEL CROSS SECTIONS ACROSS THE AREA INDICATE VERY STRONG FORCING
> FOR ASCENT IN THE DENDRITIC GROWTH ZONE THROUGH THE
> AFTERNOON...ALONG WITH SOME -EPV IN THE MID LEVELS...INDICATING THE
> PRESENCE OF STEEP MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES. THE INVERTED SURFACE LOW
> PRESSURE TROUGH SHOULD PIVOT ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON
> AND INTO THE EARLY EVENING...LIKELY RESULTING IN SEVERAL HOURS OF
> HEAVY SNOW RATES IN A BAND RIGHT ACROSS THE CWA. WITH THIS IN
> MIND...IT APPEARS THAT 7 TO 10 INCHES AMOUNTS...WITH SOME AMOUNTS IN
> EXCESS OF A FOOT WILL BE POSSIBLE BY THIS EVENING. UPDATED FORECAST
> AMOUNTS WILL BE ISSUED SHORTLY.
> 
> KJB/DB
> 
> //PREV DISCUSSION...
> 322 AM CST
> 
> BIGGEST SNOW STORM OF THE YEAR FOR MANY AREAS LIKELY TO BLANKET THE
> REGION WITH A FRESH COATING OF SNOWFALL TODAY INTO THIS EVENING.

help!  I'm blanketed under snow, and I can't get up!