osubrett2

15 hours ago, osubrett2 said:

Ha! I’d take that in a heartbeat actually. That winter and the following spring and summer.

And it took all 365 days, but 2018 is CMH’s wettest year on record. 54.99” as of 6pm which beats 54.96” in 2011. Still a few hours a rain left, so the year will finish around 55.25”

Yesterday’s total was 1.01” so 2018 finishes with 55.18”. 

On 12/19/2018 at 6:56 PM, buckeye said:

Ruh roh....2011-12 winter analog unfolding. 

Ha! I’d take that in a heartbeat actually. That winter and the following spring and summer.

And it took all 365 days, but 2018 is CMH’s wettest year on record. 54.99” as of 6pm which beats 54.96” in 2011. Still a few hours a rain left, so the year will finish around 55.25”

As of 4pm, CMH received 0.84” for the day and the YtD total now stands at 53.38”. Only 1.59” needed in the next 16 days to top 2011 as the wettest year on record. 

 I interned at 10TV in the summer of 2007 and working with him was a blast. On top of shadowing him and getting the insights to broadcast meteorology, I got to geek out with him over the severe storms that summer and enjoy the little things of meteorology. Heaven has definitely gained a hardcore snow weenie. RIP Chris. 

56 minutes ago, CoachLB said:

Put it down pretty good this morning. Few school delays for slushy roads. It was a sharp cut off. To my south it was pouring rain.

Sharp cutoff as imaged on your prior post. 39F and pouring rain 80-90 miles to your E/ESE.

Moderate freezing rain in Central Ohio. A decent accretion (~.20") on trees and elevated surfaces, but roads in the city were fine. Temperature hovered between 31-32F all night and has started to rise. While walking into work, the ice on trees was starting to melt.

Only 1 worthy of me going into great detail on; March 7-8, 2008. Radar Loop

It was my senior year at OSU, the end of Winter Quarter right before Spring Break. IIRC, models weren’t picking up on the storm until ~4 days out, which feels short-term today. I remember comparing the GFS vs. the NAM ad nauseum. The NAM solutions were typical clown maps and the GFS was it’s usual conservative self. With gulf lows, Central Ohio is always victim to the warm sector, but models never budged, keeping us all frozen/snow. Once my meteorology professors showed optimism, I was all in. 

ILN stayed rather conservative with a 8-12” forecast. They upped it to 12-15” with the blizzard warning the morning of. (The last blizzard warning for Franklin County). Snow started around 10am and by 4-5pm, ~5-6” fell before a few hour break. I regret not staying awak for the overnight show. Woke up Saturday morning to the most snow I’ve ever seen on the ground and in 1 storm; 20.5”. 

Honorable Mention:

2. Blizzard of 93. Youngstown/Extreme Eastern Ohio got the worst of the storm in Ohio. I was 7, but remember watching ~10” fall and more vividly, 3-4’ drifts across the front yard. 

3. Presidents Day 2003  10-12” in Youngstown  

4. January 10, 2009. 11” in Youngstown as I traveled to visit family just for the storm. 

5. February 5-6, 2010. About 8-10” in Columbus, but I was in Youngstown again visiting family and they received ~16”. 

Thats about it. No other storm during my time in Columbus was a true “wow” storm. Missed out on the December 2004 storm and Youngstown was all rain for that one.  One of the GroundHog Day storms was a big ice storm for Columbus, but that was awful being without power for 36 hours. The other GHD storm and a lot of others were messy mixed bags of blahness.

Didn't think it was going to happen, as clouds hung around, but a late rally down to 36 brought our first light frost.

CMH stats from ILN:

-Today (and tomorrow) will be day #127 (and #128) of the year with a high temperature of at least 80F. Old record was 126 days in 2007.

-Yesterday was day #96 of the year with a low temperature of 65F or above. Today will likely be #97. Old record was 80 days in 1881.

No color showing anywhere in Central Ohio. With 6.57" of rain in September and +4.9F on the month (only 1 night in the 40s to-date seasonally), I'm not surprised. The next 7 days won't progress the change much either.

My parents measured 4" in the western Youngstown area, but it sounds like it was very hit/miss around the area. Further south and east of the city picked up only 1".

Models kept waffling back and forth south of I-80. It looked like a last minute whiff, but my parents in Youngstown picked up a nice 4". 

I know living up by the lake causes pretty significant differences in weather, but it's been a pretty stark difference the past few days between Central/NE Ohio. I talked to my parents in Youngstown yesterday and they mentioned how it had been snowing for a while and they were stuck in the mid-20s. Meanwhile, we had bright, sunny, clear blue skies and temps in the low 40s. This morning, I saw a lot of places dropped down into the mid-teens (some even in the single digits), and we only bottomed out in the low-mid 30s just before sunrise.

My parents ended up with just under 4" down in the Youngstown area. Didn't follow the Cleveland or Pittsburgh radar closely last night, but very surprised they saw that much. 

CLE getting gutsy with accums.

Youngstown did well as expected. My parents measured 8" with light snow still falling.

Updated map from CLE. Youngstown jackpot.

As long as they can stay all snow, Youngstown looks to be the OH jackpot.

Great analysis OHweather! If I remember correctly, the last Nov lake effect started out primarily northern areas too. Either way, I'll be glad to see the first accumulation. Cle going with 1-3 sat night and 1-3 Sunday.

Does anybody have the link to the Cle snowfall maps? My link is broken for some reason.

http://www.weather.gov/cle/Winter_Weather

Doesn't appear they have a map out yet. I would think tonight or tomorrow morning they'd release one.

I live in Central Ohio, but will be in Ashtabula County all weekend for a wedding, so I'm semi-excited to see some flakes if it can materialize!