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Nice model runs last night/this morning. CLE's AFD offers very little in terms of a forecast. Sounds like they are relying on CIPS. And, want to wait to see where the heavy snow is falling to determine where the heaviest snow will fall. Could be the biggest synoptic storm in quite some time for this area. Double digits seem quite likely,

SREF continues to improve. 10" mean last run. We'll see what the models do overnight. Euro has been steady. Seems like we are in a good spot right now.

SREF plumes have a tight clustering of 6-12". If some lake erie moisture gets thrown in it could boost totals near the shoreline.

Cool. C'mon, doesn't a white knuckle drive through the hills sound fun?

Watch issued by CLE - If there was more open water to work with this storm would be a great candidate for lake enhancement with NE'erly wind turning Northerly. WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 8 INCHES IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA AND 8 TO 10 INCHES ELSEWHERE. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. * SNOW...SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA EARLY SUNDAY MORNING BEFORE DAYBREAK. * PERIOD OF MOST INTENSE SNOW...THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL FROM MIDDAY SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY EVENING.

Thanks for the info. You coming home this weekend?

Cleveland sports fans and snow weenie's often suffer the same fate. While I feel pretty good about this storm given the set-up, I'll curb my enthusiasm until tonights model runs. I believe all of the players will be fully sampled at that point. Perhaps they have been already. Its not often we find ourselves with a little wiggle room on either side so that's a good thing. Not sure a drier solution verifies unless the storm heads further south.

Yeah, I saw that as well. CLE gets too caught up with one model run. Given model performance this year you would think they wouldn't get so specific this far out. As OHWeather mentioned, I think there's a cap on how far north this can move with the vortex over hudson bay. I like where we sit at this point.

Took quite a few measurements around 7:30 and was in the 7-8" range as well. Snow has lightened up considerably now. Still coming down though. Nice snowpack out there. If the weekend storm can deliver, we'll have one of the deepest snowpacks in quite some time.

Well, I busted on my call of 3-5" being to high. A bust I'll gladly take. Not sure how much we got last night but 4-5" just eyeballing. Still snowing hard. Great flake size so it's piling up quickly. Definite terrain enhancement by the radar representation.

Huge parachutes coming down. Won't last long but a nice surprise as we always have a hard time holding on to cold air.

Hopefully we can squeeze out 2-4". It is actually dumping mostly snow and sleet here. Figured we would see a quick flip to rain... but the cold air is hanging tough.

Had a nice view of the lake flying in yesterday. Not much open water at all outside of the northern shore. There were a few large cracks but nothing substantial. What appears as open water on the visible satellite is just ice with very little snow on it so it has a dark appearance. CLE's seems pretty optimistic about the snow tonight. 3-5" seems way too high IMO but hopefully I'm wrong. Edit: Kitchen sink coming down in Chagrin. Rain mixed with huge flakes and sleet.

That's funny... when I left cle on sunday morning there was more than inch. I guess the new snow kept the depth the same. Nothing but patchy snow in chicago. Looking forward to getting home.

Nice. Thanks for letting me know. Not a bad snowfall at all considering.

Thanks for the snow update. I'm going with your snow totals since I'm out of town. So, you had 1.5" yesterday (evening), and another 2" last night?

Thanks. Yeah, it was pounding early this morning but I'm sure it didn't last long.

DTA - How much snow did you get this morning? I left my house at 5:30 and it was coming down with about .5"+ already.

Yep, looking good from mfd down to c'bus. The axis is too much NW to SE... A little flatter solution and this area would do better.

GFS came onboard with a more southern track for the clipper. Euro has been steady with the southern track. Instead of worrying about mixing issues... we may be looking at a whiff to the south. We'll see what todays model runs show now that the shortwave should be fully sampled. I'll be in Chicago so at least I won't miss the storm.

Foggy with freezing drizzle/mist in Chagrin. Radar looks to be filling back in over the lake . Edit: Looks like a trough is over the lake. Wondering if it will sink south overnight or just move east. Some pretty nice returns out toward the islands.

The snow has tapered off in Chagrin. Just measured 1.5". Damn easterly downslope flow.

Just eyeballing it looks like an inch or so in Chagrin. The easterly winds seem to weaking the precip as it pushes north. The snow band is pushing north quickly. Hopefully we can get another inch. I wasn't expecting the snow to be exiting so quickly.

CLE is calling for the heaviest snow from Toledo through CLE. 3" seems a bit much but we'll see. 312 PM EST TUE JAN 20 2015 A FAST MOVING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL CROSS THE REGION LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. SNOW ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LOW WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA FROM THE WEST AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE SNOW SHOULD REACH THE I-71 CORRIDOR AROUND DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY. ACCUMULATIONS OF AS MUCH AS INCH COULD OCCUR ALONG THE I-75 CORRIDOR BY DAYBREAK. ANOTHER COUPLE OF INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS WEDNESDAY. RIGHT NOW IT APPEARS THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL IN A LINE FROM NEAR TOLEDO THROUGH THE CLEVELAND METRO AREA TO NEAR YOUNGSTOWN. UP TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE IN THOSE AREAS WITH SLIGHTLY LESS AMOUNTS FURTHER NORTH AND SOUTH. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST LATE WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY EVENING.

Snowing pretty hard in Chagrin. Radar is filling in to the west as well. If this continues an inch+ would be a lock.