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41 minutes ago, dta1984 said:

Absolutely agree, take what we can!

Severe thunderstorm warning last night and accumulating snow this morning.  Crazy lol. 

Just quick burst of strong winds last night IMBY. Nothing special. Ground is covered this morning with the wet snow sticking to everything. 

8 minutes ago, dta1984 said:

Looks like the Canadian/Rgem and Nam still bring a bit of snow in on Fri and again Sunday. Temps still marginal though. 

Its definitely not ideal with the marginal temps. The way this Winter is going I will take back to back weekends with snow. 

1 hour ago, amt5626 said:

Can't say an Enhanced Outlook over Ohio was on my Winter Bingo Card this season.

Severe in mid Jan is never high on the list. Clearing out nicely down in Central OH. Too bad the late weekend system is fading southeast. Big changes with that system on the models the past couple of days. 

57 minutes ago, amt5626 said:

Eh, it's time to give up on winter and move on to the start of severe weather season tomorrow. 
 

Ha. After the false start in December Winter looks to officially get started this weekend. 

6 hours ago, WHEATCENT said:

Dang being in a ECMWF and Canadian bullseye 7 days out 

Looks like three opportunities for snow over the next week. The Euro and CMC are still very similar for the Sunday/Monday event. GFS is alone at this point. 

The Sunday/Monday is becoming more interesting for the lakeshore. 5 days out so likely changes to come but the Euro and CMC are fairly similar with snowfall totals. 

It was nice to have a winterlike weekend for a change. 3.6" total IMBY. Surprised to hear about the snow totals near the lakeshore. 

21 minutes ago, OHweather said:

Measured 0.7” before 8am…some light accums since, probably over an inch total. It’s modest, but looks nice on the trees. Very fine flakes occasionally mixing with a bit of freezing drizzle at the moment. 

Very small flake size currently. The highest amounts will be in very localized areas.  Radar seems to be blossoming a bit over the lake. 

Picked up 2.5" last night. Nice scenery with the wet snow covering everything this morning. Looks like this will under perform with snow totals but at least it will look like winter for a couple of days. With the strong NNW'erly winds I'm surprised the snow isn't pushing farther inland. 

Seems like the models have be going back and forth with snowfall. 4-6" looks like a good bet across the lakeshore counties with more in spots. Temps are already in the upper 30's with winds out of the north.

9 minutes ago, dta1984 said:

There will certainly be a lot going against efficient accumulations.  

CLE pretty bullish with 6"+ across the snowbelt.  

Just noticed the snowfall map... they must have let OHWeather create it 

14 hours ago, dta1984 said:

Ya take what we can this winter since it seems snow is hard to come by.  Should be a scenic plastering with the marginal temps.  

Models still look good... even increased snow totals across the the lakeshore counties. The ground will be wet, and with marginal temps there will likely be a lot of melting to start. 

The 12z suite have a general 3-6" across northern ohio with the late week storm. Really low confidence but that would likely be the largest storm of the season. 

29 minutes ago, OHweather said:

There were some nice bursts of borderline moderate snow last evening that quickly covered anything that wasn't paved, which was nice to see...even if the good snow lasted all of 20-30 minutes where I was! I'm getting a little more optimistic we get a crack at a better pattern for a couple of weeks around the end of Jan/beginning of Feb...but it's quite possible we don't get much of anything until then. Low odds we get a little wet snow with the low pressure going by this Friday if it tracks just right I guess, but I'm not optimistic. So, we'll see if that brief period around the end of this month can deliver. I'm sure we'll get some snow, but it's been scraps so far if you don't live up towards Erie or Buffalo (not that I'd want what Buffalo has had to go through this winter). 

Good to hear the optimism toward the end of the month. The lack of lake effect in this area has been crazy. Can’t recall going this far into the season without a good event. 

8 minutes ago, OHweather said:

Occasional dustings of snow over the last 36 hours here that have struggled to stay on the ground for long during the daylight hours...running "event total" of 0.8" with less than 0.5" (so a T) on the ground at the moment. Racking it up this season. 

Nice to see the snow flying again. Temps are colder today so the grass is mostly covered. About an inch or so here. Take what we can get at this point I guess.

What a way to kick off January with a +18 temp departure. At least the western basin ice has probably melted . 

AVERAGE MONTHLY: 48.6   TOTAL FOR MONTH:   1.55                
DPTR FM NORMAL:  18.4   DPTR FM NORMAL:    1.11    
HIGHEST:    62 ON  3    GRTST 24HR  0.94 ON  3- 4           
LOWEST:     37 ON  4, 1                                             
                  

Looks like the Western basin is frozen from the Islands on west. The upcoming warmth and rain should melt most of it. 

1 hour ago, dta1984 said:

Snow falling and snow on the ground .  Merry Christmas all.  

Merry Christmas! Perfect morning with snow falling.

Buffalo had 8.8" YTD last year on 12/24... what a difference a year makes (and a favorable wind direction for lake effect). 

5 hours ago, Floydbuster said:

Lost power for around 9 hours! Had to go down the street to my sister's house to have warmth. Nasty storm.

That sucks. Somehow we never lost power here which was nice. Just hours and hours of arctic dust and high winds. Browns game should be interesting today.

1 minute ago, WHEATCENT said:

1st blizzard warning in 10 years 

Its pretty brutal out there. Left my house at 6am and could barely see driving. Guesstimating 3"+ of snow so far. CLE is calling for 2-4" more but not sure we will see that. You'll probably see the higher amount along the lakeshore. 

Down to 20 degrees already with heavy snow.  Winds are ripping as well. 

4 minutes ago, buckeye said:

My sister and brother-in-law built a new house east of lakewood, OH.    The back of their house is about 70' from the shoreline of lake erie.

Needless to say the house will be tested tomorrow

They must be in the Edgewater community. Hopefully they have a strong/large breakwall. 

8 hours ago, MJO812 said:

Is this unusual for Buffalo ?

What lake takes long to freeze over during the winter ?

Erie freezes the quickest. There will likely be a quick freeze on the western basin this weekend. 

1 hour ago, WHEATCENT said:

Nws is seeing 12-15 but uh....well ill hope 

 

I really don't know what to expect snowfall wise. Seems the models have bumped upwards. CLE has 6-8" throughout Geauga county. Some of the clown maps are much higher. You should do well up by the lakeshore. .. the winds will certainly be ripping. Just hoping not to lose power out this way.