Dalfy

Yea our snow climo is not so good. Storms usually get suppressed south [N Arkansas and missouri bootleg] or miss us north [NE MO cashes].

St. Louis finally cashing in on a >1'' event lol. .18'' rain equivalent has fallen as of 12:51, I'd garner 2-3'' on the ground with maybe 2 hours to go. Rates have been really good [~1''/hr in the last hour] and we've had a few reports of thundersnow in south city. Temp is 31, wind steady 16 with 20 gusts. Trying to enjoy this assuming it may be the last full snow storm of the year in our parts.

Thick glaze over everything in St. Louis, temperatures are now right around the freezing mark. Per NWS airport obs, we have ~.15 of precip that's fallen.

Great little band has setup in east MO including St. Louis Metro. Not sure how long it will last, but may bring us up to just over an 1 given we have a heavy dusting now. Temp 26.

Nice band has setup in central MO though we've been dealing with virgo for the last few hours in St. Louis Metro. It's looking like some precip is falling in Jefferson and radar looks juicier just west so I anticipate the column to moisten in the next hour or so. LSX is calling for up to an inch which is more than I would've expected. Excited to pad our maybe 3'' season total with another inch lol. Temp is a balmy 9F.

-7F in St. Louis city, feels like -25F. This is the coldest air I've ever experienced

Still some light snow showers in St. Louis metro. Radar has some 20dbz streaking which transiently gets visibility down but no less than 4-5 miles. Looking like some nearby areas are receiving a very light accumulation. Always nice to get a little surprise burst

Came back to flash frozen car doors and wind whipped light snow after work today. No accumulations but man does it feel wintry out. For those in LSX purview here's the AFD: Expanded slight chance (15%) to chance (50%) PoPs southward through southeast Missouri and southwest Illinois this evening and continued the potential through the next few hours. This is being supported by low/mid-level saturation, a weak trough and a couple of compact mid-level lobes of vorticity, which are providing lift behind the departing system. Persistent flurries and occasional light snow has led to brief visibility reductions, a few as low as 2-3 miles. Accumulations aren`t expected to be much more than a dusting where light snow results, but it will be enough to create wispy art work (via wind-driven, fractured snow grains) on roadways, as it blows around. A few slick spots cannot be rules out, especially with the drastically cold temperatures and strong winds. Light snow potential will slowly taper southwest to northeast with most activity lifting out of the area by 06z

One of the few things I really miss about living in the mid atlantic is seeing prolonged 2''+/hr rates from deepening gulf lows careening past hatteras toward the 40/70 benchmark. Enjoy this rare midwestern bomb while you have it

I feel you brother. Hoping more favorable patterns in February

Someone in MO will cash out with this one. Excited to see how this evolves on the models.

Ugh, we just can't beat climo can we. Given how sheared and southeast this wave is, I'll be happy if we reach 3'' in the city.

For greater STL metro I think fair prediction is 4-6'' --minimum range: 2''; maximum 8''.

12x gfs is a dream for stl. We’re overdue baby, I’m hoping track stays put

Rooftop dusting between I70 and I44, few inches 50-100mi north and south of here. What a way to end the season

Columbia - springfield corridor wins yet again.

Sleet ending in STL metro within an hour or so it looks like. I think they're anticipating some lingering freezing drizzle to continue into evening minimal ice accumulation. Overall I think we got around or just under a slushy inch, within their call. Got in a little jeb walk yesterday during the first round so I'm about as satisfied as I could be with this storm.

Precip is on our doorstep, I'm hoping we squeeze out an inch or two before the sleet changeover.

Really great summary of the two waves for those in the LSX forecast area. As was previously discussed, two relatively distinct rounds of wintry precipitation will impact the region. The first round, forced mainly be isentropic overrunning stimulated by a shortwave amidst southwesterly mid-level flow, will draw wintry precipitation into the region. Latest short-range ensembles and CAMs now indicate a weaker, more confined area (largely along/south of I-70) of wintry precipitation with this first round. From a conceptual standpoint, this makes sense as the upper-level synoptic forcing and isentropic ascent is not impressive by any stretch. Model soundings Wednesday evening illustrate a sub-saturated DGZ, with a deep saturated layer beneath that amidst modest lift. A stout warm nose that barely peaks above freezing aloft can be discerned between I-70 and I-44, but any hydrometeors that melt will most likely refreeze as sleet in the deep cold layer beneath. Further south still, we will likely see more mixing of rain and sleet where the warm layer is deeper. While accumulations with this initial round will be lighter compared to the next bout on Thursday (as the forcing within the system is so weak), the onset timing coinciding with the evening rush hour will likely lead to travel impacts. Overnight Wednesday into early Thursday morning, what weak overrunning and forcing that does exist will further diminish and precipitation will become lighter and more scattered across the southern CWA. Some model soundings hint at the potential for freezing drizzle during this "lull" overnight. A nearly-saturated layer extending from near the surface to around 700mb exists overnight south of I-70 with some modest lift in the layer. While light, a glaze of ice cannot be ruled out for some during this relative break in the system. The more impressive of the two waves will move into the bi-state area during the early morning on Thursday and will re-stimulate precipitation areawide in time for the morning commute. Deterministic guidance agrees that the orientation and depth of the mid-level trough will not be favorable for more robust surface cyclogenesis. While a low will be deepening, it will be slow to do so given the weak amplification and diffluence in the mid/upper levels. As such, moist isentropic ascent and overrunning would be the main sources of forcing for this second round. This scenario is supported in the isentropic fields among the deterministic guidance, which shows more extensive and impressive isentropic lift across the region. Precipitation types will vary across the region tomorrow. North of I- 70 will see almost exclusively snow, but given the lack of a more robust synoptic system any mesoscale banding that would cause more intense localized snow totals are highly unlikely. Another aspect working against higher snow totals: the DGZ never saturates in any notable way, which severely decreases the efficiency of dendritic growth. This scenario is further supported by the NBM interquartile range for snow not including amounts larger than 4" in the northern CWA. There is some raw guidance that suggests higher amounts, but they are likely being influenced by sleet contamination. For the area that will largely see accumulating snow and not much changing precipitation type, a Winter Weather Advisory was issued this afternoon. South of this area, along I-70 south to just south of I-44, a corridor of significant sleet is expected to develop and cause notable impacts to travel for the morning commute Thursday. Model soundings show more notable lift compared to the first wave, with a largely-similar thermodynamic profile. NBM probabilities of sleet are also relatively high in the mid/late morning through the afternoon (topping out at 60%, but may still be too low). Sleet accumulations up to 1" can be expected, which would be quite impactful. As such, a Winter Storm Warning was issued for the areas where sleet accumulations would exceed 0.5". Further south still, the depth of the warm nose aloft will be much more pronounced, which in turn makes the cold air below it more shallow. This would be a much more favorable scenario for freezing rain, especially if surfaces cool as precipitation falls with the first wave of wintry mix Wednesday evening. That being said, accumulations on roadways will still be limited as the sun angle for this time of year and barely-freezing conditions will not promote efficient accretion. Admittedly, this forecast may be a bit too bullish on those ice totals, especially if the above-mentioned limitations come to fruition. On elevated surfaces, which would be a bit cooler, ice accretion would be more efficient and could lead to downed tree limbs and power outages in southeast Missouri and southwest Illinois. Given the potential for significant impacts and ice accumulations, a Winter Storm Warning more specifically for ice was issued across southeast Missouri and southwest Illinois. Precipitation wanes during the evening Thursday from west to east as the system intensifies and ejects east out of the region. Temperatures stay below average and skies begin to clear as our third winter system in as many weeks comes to an end.

GFS trended toward Euro and is warmer for STL. It's looking like we'll mostly be sleet for this storm.

Pouring buckets of snow in this final band, wow. Extremely windy as well.

STL changed over to mostly sleet around noon. We have a light layer, maybe 0.5'' of sleet, ice and snow on the ground. Temp is 28

Last week of February looks really interesting on Euro and GFS and has been so for the past few days.

Beautiful outside. Snow is very powdery and blowing everywhere. Rates are not as high as I'd hoped, I may have slept through the best of it, but it's still great to watch. This was a very spread the wealth storm, which I've also appreciated quite a bit.

~7'' so far IMBY. Snow rates still 20-30dbz. Powdery snow. Looks like another few hours left.