Here is radar right now, near the start of the severe weather event. Some non-thunderstorm wind gusts of 55mph-80mph have been in the region. I'm assuming some blowing dust is the reason that some stations report haze.
Behind the cold front and in front of the cold front. The colder air really does have a warmer part of the profile at 500mb that looks like a nose. It seems like winds could be 60kt-70kt just above ground in the Texas Panhandle.
wow, since 2002. Crazy. Which day of 2002? Excellent pics, although I'm sorry to hear this was so damaging. They had a couple of bits about this on the news here, and even said that upwards of 68% of Lenawee County is without power (or Hillsdale)?
My place just got up to 50 degrees with sunshine after narrowly missing the SE Michigan ice storm of last night. Really, it was 33 degrees with an accumulation of about 2" of rain here. It's strange how warm it is You would typically think it would be below freezing after a cold front.
Not to drive you guys nuts, but I want to commemorate one of the first times I've seen a blizzard warning for southern California, even the San Gabriel Mountains north of Burbank.
Here are the observations from 6 hr ago. At Toledo we had ice build up a bit on maybe grass or elevated surfaces, but not roads I don't think. It was 32-34 degrees. It is still 34 but I don't think there's much more chance of ice accumulation. This map shows how close it was to being a thunder ice storm, which is exactly what you don't want.
So amazing to the the coast-to-coast snow forecast within just 48 hours, as snow is expected next to the Oregon and Washington coasts, and now the snow will be in Maine within 48 hours.
It's a curious coincidence that this value, in rotational degrees, also corresponds with 33 Fahrenheit degrees for melting, which is just above the freezing point.
DuPage has 34 degrees and report of freezing rain at the airport. Any person from this board there that can confirm ice is forming onto trees or sidewalks? Just wondering.