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Got about 2.5" here,  1" from the synoptic snow then that lake band swung through and dropped another 1.5".  Probably as well as we could have expected.

1 hour ago, Hoosier said:

Shades of the phantom bomb of Feb 09.  

Would be super rare indeed.  In fact, I will ride the UKMET for the rest of my life if that verifies.  

That's usually a dream track for OH but snowfall amounts look really lame, only around 3-6".  Can't really tell from Pivotal's maps if it's still snowing at 144h but even if it is, tacking on another 2 or 3 inches still makes it a disappointing storm.  Don't get me wrong I would certainly take a 3"-6", 4"-8" snow (best snow I've had this season is 3"), but with a 972 mb low tracking NE through WV you would think there would be a swath of 1'-2' somewhere (at least).  It's amazing how even storms with good tracks have managed to screw most of us this season.

1 hour ago, Snowstorms said:

Yeah Worcester has 25.3" this month. Seems like elite territory. It would be for most of us in the Lakes region. 

 

Right, 25.3" is a whole season down here in Ohio.  I had 24" total all last winter.

Great analysis OHweather, as always.

I mentioned in the main thread that I just find it hilarious that Ottawa/Sandusky/Seneca/Erie/Huron/Lorain/Medina counties are the missing link in an otherwise unbroken string of winter headlines that runs from Montana to Maine.  I guess I can't really blame them for not wanting to pull the trigger, knowing how bad our snow climo is around here.  I do think some of the counties left out of headlines will eventually be added, especially Lorain and Medina (perhaps even warnings there) and probably the inland counties of Huron, Sandusky and Seneca.  The lakeshore counties might be a little more borderline with the warm lake temps cutting into accumulations,  but at the least it looks like everyone should get on the scoreboard for the season.

Have to laugh at the 3 county wide area in north central Ohio (of which I am in the dead center of) that breaks up the solid string of winter headlines that runs from Montana to Maine.  Can't say I blame CLE for holding off - just shows how tough it is to get it to snow around here.

Just walked outside to get the mail and it's downright brutal out there.  Sustained winds probably 30 mph with gusts 40-45 mph.  We have been in between bands of heavier snow for the last couple hours but according to radar better snow is about to move in.  Hard to measure but probably around 2.5" so far here.

1" of snow here in Erie County.  Biggest snow of the season so far.

Even my area got on the scoreboard this morning with .5".  Didn't expect it.

19 hours ago, NEOH said:

CLE is currently at 6.58" for July.... currently #6 wettest. Could make a run at #5 if we get more rain tonight/tomorrow. 

And then you have TOL at just .30".  Amazing the contrast across 100 or so miles.

Not sure exactly how much I've had but looking at my lawn I'd say I'm closer to TOL than CLE.

Nothing but a few flakes here.  It's amazing how snow goes out of it's way to avoid this area.  Congrats to you guys out east.

5 hours ago, OHweather said:

It was too warm near the lake.  Sat at 33-34.  There have been a couple of marginal events where surface temps have been warmer than modeled.  An inch in Huron is ouch.  Definitely thought there’d be more based on the radar there, and saw a report on Twitter of 5” in Collins (which is much farther inland).  If I’ve learned anything from reading posts from you guys on the lake it’s that I’m never going to get a place right near a body of water if I can help it. 

It actually started out fairly promising with close to an inch falling quickly after the changeover, but then the precip rate slowed and some rain started to mix in and pretty much stayed that way through the rest of the event.  I'm pretty used to these really borderline events not producing in November and early December but it really hurts when it happens near the end of the snow season when the lake should be colder.  I guess it shows how much the warm temperatures the last couple weeks raised the water temperatures.  I think with a mostly frozen lake we would have done a lot better.

2 minutes ago, Trent said:

I thought the west side was finally going to score with this one. Add another 2-3” snowfall to the list. 

You did better than I did.  Just over an inch out my way.  Only a trace left on the ground this morning.

Only a few tenths out here.  Glad to see you guys out east cashing in.

Almost 3" here last night.  Looks like I'm just about in the center of the screw zone for tonight's event.  Hope the models are wrong!

Around 1" here so far but hard to measure with the blowing and drifting.  Looking at radar we should have at least a few more hours of decent snow so hopefully most of us can still pull off a few inches from this. 

Got about 1.3" from the clipper then that band came through about an hour ago and dropped another quick .5".

4 hours ago, NEOH said:

Not overly optimistic about snowfall. Just about all of the guidance has the heaviest snow north over the lake. And, the lake effect behind the system looks to set up well northeast given the wind direction. We just can't get a decent wnw wind direction. Hope I'm wrong but 2-3" is my call at least locally.

Yeah unless something changes this is really going to underperform.  Got about .8" here before the dry slot took over and the snow wrapping back in doesn't look real impressive.  I'll probably be lucky to reach 2".

Right around 5" for me.  Pleasantly surprised - felt like this system had major bust potential.

Got 1.4" with the first part of this clipper.  Hopefully can tack on a little more this evening.

Only picked up a couple tenths out here in Erie County.  Hoping for a little better from the clipper tomorrow but it looks like I'm on the southern edge and that's rarely a good place to be.

8 hours ago, Trent said:

It doesn't look like CLE will be adding that much to the seasonal snowfall total unless a Huron band decides to hit the west side later. I didn't really get that much snow after this morning (less than an inch). The radar looked way better than what was falling, but the heavier returns were just east and south of the airport.

Right about that.  Last evening, looking at the radar you would have thought I was under a death band - I kept looking outside thinking I was going to see a whiteout and the best I saw was maybe 1 mile vis. light snow.  CLE even put out a Special Weather Statement calling for 1"/hour rates.  Umm, no.  The wind was probably more interesting than the snow.  I think I had more branches in my yard this morning than after the big windstorm last week.  Ended up with about 2" total, bringing me up to around 14" on the season.

It's been mostly rain here with a few wet snowflakes.  Apparently the breeze off the lake is keeping lakeshore areas too warm for snow.  That's normally a Nov. - early Dec. thing around here, not March.

11 hours ago, OHweather said:

2.7" this morning pushing me over 30" (about 32") on the year. Doesn't feel like it's been that much, though that is still probably abou but 10-15" below normal through January. I figure I average 75-80" per year out here. Would certainly be willing to meetup at some point. 

I'm at barely 10" for the season.  Picked up 1" last night (which is all gone now) bringing my total to a whopping 2" since the current "cold snap" began last Thursday.  Congrats to you guys out east that have cashed in on the LES.

Storm was pretty much a dud for MBY. Just over 1". Being too close to the lake killed it for us. Glad you guys out east were able to cash in.

The tally for what I've seen in Athens is 22-23", and they haven't had any other substantial snow when I've not been there, so that's roughly where their seasonal total stands. That's actually a bit above normal!

You're doing a lot better than up here in Erie County.  I think we're at around 13" on the season.  Today pretty much summed up the whole season.  Not even a dusting when a couple days ago there were good models suggesting a 3-6" storm.  I wasn't expecting that but I thought we could at least whiten the ground.

Not sure what to think about the Thursday system.  Part of me would like to see it snow but another part of me would like to see just how bad this winter can get.  I think I'd be good with something 4" or more, but if it's going to be 1-3" (like the forecast reads) I would just as soon see it whiff and get on to spring.