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Took until almost 6pm but starting to come down good in Columbus

Looking like a broad 1-3 to refresh the snowpack on Friday evening. I wonder if things could uptrend closer the the event. 

7 minutes ago, buckeye said:

congrats to the cincy and ohio river valley folks!     Was really hoping this would have been an i-70 special, but not in the cards.    Amazing how the north trend only happens for us when it comes with a warm tongue and a changeover.

I picked up about 2.5" just northeast of CMH.

Such a sharp cutoff. I'm around 5.5" near campus

Ripping in Columbus. Upgraded to warning

6 hours ago, pondo1000 said:

I don’t know boys & girls, think the dry air wins out on this & Euro ends up right.

Definitely seems to be the case. Hoping to be pleasantly surprised 

6 minutes ago, dilly84 said:

ICON is nightmare fuel.

Add RGEM to the list

Everything other than gfs and nam is a complete wiff for CMH now

19 minutes ago, dilly84 said:

18z nam. 25 mile north nudge is all i need. You guys seem to be golden, licking, Franklin counties. 

Really not sure I buy that. Feels like it’s on its own but hoping for the best

Looks like the 3,600+ day streak of no single storm snows over 6” in Columbus will hold again. 

Feels like another one slipping away

Messy convection in IL and moisture staying south. I think the main threat will line up more into Kentucky.

22 minutes ago, buckeye said:

clearing coming in from sw.    We'll see if it holds

Clouds look to be closing off the clearing rather quickly from the rain in KY/TN. Question will be whether that serves to hold off premature convection or shunts everything altogether. 

Somewhat of a surprise 2” system this morning. Thought we were done lol 

KCMH reported 4.4” soo the streak goes on, but what a storm. I got around 5.5” near OSU campus, but a lot of my friends just 15-20 miles north got 6”-8”. Crazy that just 24 hours before the snow fell ILN has us at less than an inch. 

Columbus could break its 9 year no snow over 6” streak!

The radar looks pretty beefy out west and a bit more north than the HRRR and NAM. Our high temp will be important in deciding accumulation efficiency today.

Looks like a pretty broad 1-2 event tomorrow. Might be limited by warm surface

It's over

1 hour ago, buckeye said:

How is this even possible.....??????       edit: to clarify this is in Ohio

They have a cooling tower for their snowmaking water supply. It's a really impressive setup and can cover the entire hill with just a 48 hour window of below 30 degree temps.

28 minutes ago, buckeye said:

Yea about the same in Westerville.   The last few years our climo has been like Nashville without the ice storms.  

I finished up around 1.9" and could get more overnight, but yes we have had a more Nashville like climo. However, from those plots I've been sharing in the banter thread, Nashville has gotten a handful of big storms while we haven't.

36 minutes ago, buckeye said:

I also thought Indy was our sister city in winter futility.   

They did really well in the Feb 15, 2021 storm where they reported 6.8" and the Feb 3, 2022 where they reported 7.3"...along with a handful of others during the same time frame. Just in Ohio both Cincinnati and Dayton have also had multiple 6"+ storms during this time as well.

With the warmup coming, it seems likely that Columbus's drought of winters without a 6"+ snowfall will reach 9 years. Last time was Feb 21, 2015. I've played around with plotting for cities in our region and have only found Louisville, KY to have a drought this long.

I measured 1.5" around 9am on OSU campus. This one didn't quite produce

Wilmington having a pretty sharp cutoff between the 1-2 and 3-5 areas. Should still be a nice event.