Brian D

Snow showers this morning. Might have eeked out 0.1" of fluff with that heavier band that went through. +/- sd's across NE MN this morning. Keeping my eye out for something decent 7-10 days out. My modelling method is showing potential, it looks like gov models are picking up on it, too.

Been 8 years since the sub as a whole has seen a colder Dec.

Here in TH, Dec ended with 0.65"(avg 1.56") precip with 6.1" (avg 13.6") snow. Another drier month. Oct-Dec ranked 11th driest. Mean temp (adjusted for 7am readings) was 17.8 (36th coldest). A little colder than 2022 (18.5) which was the last colder Dec here. 2017 was 14.8, and 2013 was 9.0. TH co-op switched from pm readings to am readings Oct 2019. So some adjustment is needed in comparing. Precip for the year was 25.54" (avg 31.72") which is 38th driest out of 129 unique totals in the record.

Decent forecast. Happy New Year ev1!

1.7" of fluff here. 1-2" across the area. Snow showers today with dropping temps.

Radar showing strong returns. Have flakes the size of quarters, and even some that are elongated up to 2" under calm conditions. Pretty cool

About an inch so far with a little more yet to go. It'll be nice to measure without drifting

ZZZZ until....POP! better than POP then fizzle.

1.0" of snow IMBY with winds up to 40 mph last night. They're kicking back up this morning to 35 mph. Around my area just 1-2" of snow. Nice hit from S MN into the UP MI.

Snow finally filled in along the shore. Starting to accum now.

Getting robbed. Snow staying just offshore, but is filling in around DLH. Just FL here in TH. Was expecting this possibility. We'll see if it fills in a little more as the day wears on, and I get something to measure tonight.

I'm on the N edge with low expectations. N/NW wind with NE 850mb will keep the Lake hammer just to my S. A little syn of 3" (3-7" forecasted for TH) is all I'm expecting. WSW issued because of blowing with 30-40+ mph winds. Just a little more of a jog N, and I'd be golden. They also have Wind adv & High wind warning along the shore as well.

Guess they will have to look at sat images/radar data to see if there was any convection going on at the time. There can be a fine line between hail or sleet sometimes. The whiteness of the graupel could easily be partially melted snow that refreezes. Most sleet I've seen is mostly clear, tho, so more data would be needed to make that call. It can be an easy mistake this time year.

Looks like a good hit Sun night. Not so sure if it'll be that great my way. Might hit min guidance. S of me will do really well with Lake enhancement/LES, tho. Then another strong shot of bitter air for the week.

Thankfully nothing major with the frz rn yesterday. Just some off n on sprinkles/-rn imby. Some light ice reports of 0.1" or less, with 1-2" of snow across Cook county.