Jed33

One of my favorite snow events was in January 1997 while I lived in Olive Branch, MS (south side of Memphis) Back then, everyone watched The Weather Channel and listened to the local news for the forecast. We could also access the Iwin network (NWS Interactive Weather Network) if you had dial-up internet. You could read the AFD’s even back then. Anyway, I remember catching Jim Cantore one evening in January. He came on and said. We’re gonna have to watch this arctic front coming in tomorrow in TN around Memphis. Some new data is coming in that suggests a “wave” of low pressure might try to develop along the front. He showed their forecast model and snowfall forecast which had jumped dramatically from zilch to about 2-3in. Of course that was all it took for us to get excited. Jim Cantore, THE weather man said it could snow!!! Meanwhile, on IWIN (lol) the NWS had no mention of any snow just a strong cold front. The next morning, the NWS had added flurries and light snow showers possible to the forecast and meanwhile TWC was saying 2-4in looked likely now for Memphis. I remember waking up and it was about 33/34 degrees thinking well I guess it’s probably not going to do it bc it was sunny. However, you could see some faint growing clouds to the NW. about 45min later the front came plowing through, snow started falling and I ran in to turn on TWC! (No other radar could be gotten faster hardly back then. You’d have to wait for the local news to see it. Unless it was a severe situation. TWC was local every 8min.) I went outside and watched flurries turn into light snow. The snow just kinda kept building over NE AR and W TN and really kinda just stalled out. It more or less just kept maintaining itself and building in the same area. Light snow turned into a dusting. NWS said flurries and light snow showers. Dusting became an inch within an hour. The NWS updated to say you might get a dusting (everyone laughed bc we already had an inch!) an inch turned into 2in and they said well you might get an inch. Basically they were behind by an inch the whole time. Finally after we had 3in and it was still snowing they just said be careful and enjoy it! Ended up with about 4.5in and it stayed on the ground for over a week bc of the cold temps. We dropped to 4 degrees that night and stayed in the teens the next day. The rest of the week was cold but not that cold! All in all it’s one of my favorites bc of how it came out of nowhere and really was a great event!

Yes these kinds of fronts can put down some snow, especially if a “wave” develops along the front. I’ll put one of my favorites in the historical thread. The cold air can squeeze out just about every bit of moisture.

Well it was moving NE but it sank SE and decided to pay a visit to Dolly. And that Bulls Gap snow shower was that legit? I mean it’s like it went poof as soon as it started.

That band means business! It turned everything white in a hurry here!

Wow it is absolutely ripping here in town! This band just blew up out of nowhere! Got a heavy dusting going on now! We’ll see how long it lasts.

Light snow mixing in with the rain now. I’m not sure what the gfs got ahold of yesterday but it’s snowfall output on this system is laughable to say the least! Maybe at least we can get an hour to watch it fall this AM.

Nothing better than having a good snow like this and getting snow showers/flurries all day with temps below freezing. Looks like my high temp occurred around or just after midnight-28. Today’s daytime high was 27.

Now have between 2-2.5 just depends on where I measure. The wind was ripping as much as the snow was with this AM clipper. Awesome!

Clipper snow moving in here this AM! It actually snowed more after I went to bed. With the additional snow this AM, I may be able to make a run at 2in. Roads are sure covered. Temp 25.

Up to 1.25in now and still snowing pretty good. Much better than I was expecting honestly it took forever for it to ever materialize here!

Really coming down again here. Somewhere between 0.5-0.75in right now. I struggled mightily this evening to try to get under any bands, but there was a steady light snow of fine flakes. Finally a decent band is moving over. Maybe I’ll make it to an inch.

Just started ripping here too!

After spending about 5.5hrs in the dry slot/downslope, finally have sleet and snow again

Both also have a clipper overnight Wednesday into Thursday. Man no rest for the weary! Haha!

I have actually bottomed out at 30 myself. Roads are improving a little but it was sick as could be there for a minute

Wow! I know the gfs doesn’t have the greatest storm signal for next week, but snow or not, that is about as impressive of a winter pattern modeled that I’ve ever laid eyes on! Wow! Almost unbelievable

Same here Carver I just hope the deform band materializes!

In a lull right now but the roads are slushy from the snow and sleet and even believe I had some ZR at the end. Fun while it lasted. There was close to a half in of snow and sleet there at one point.

Yes I just saw some ice starting to build up on the road in front of my house. I assume that’s from the sleet mixing in.

Got some sleet mixing in here too but the flake size of the snow is very impressive!

Just woke up to see it’s snowing and have a nice heavy dusting! Temp is 32.

I don’t think I’ve ever seen a low pressure do these kind of movements that the models are spitting out. I mean, a 2 frame increment is 2hrs in real time. So, the low is going to move 150mi due north in 2hrs time only to transfer again later? I don’t think I’ve ever seen a low pressure transfer twice in the same storm. However, that’s what these models are implying. I will have to see it to believe it.

That was a killer deform band on the back side of the 12z NAM!

Oh I know, I totally get it. It is crazy how they give the southern valley (and really the Central Valley too) the same criteria as SW Virginia and the mtns. I guess that’s how they roll though.