Baum

meanwhile: an some of the roads are terrible. Was probably going 5-10 mph as I approached a stop sign and still started to slide into the intersection. Yes they are. Seen 2 jacked knife semis and 3 cars in ditches in a 6 mile stretch on I-57 in Kankakee County.

last February.

In the last 10 days we have had a: winter weather advisory for 2-4" snow 12/28 winter storm warning for 4-6" of snow 1/1 Wind chill advisory with below zero temps and days below 15 degrees winter weather advisory 1/4 for ground blizzard conditions winter weather advisory for freezing rain/drizzle 1/7 all this in a dead pattern essentially. And certainly better than last year, which eventually went wild for a 6 week period around January 18th. PS you may get a clipper Monday AM which could give you a 1/2 inch.

happend before. it can happen again.

be rolling by the 20th of this month. hunch.

no question.

May.

It's real out there this morning.

were living a balmy North Dakota winter at this point. After a Tennessee Christmas.

^ now we get pumped over blowing snow advisories and sub zero wind chills. Beggars can't be choosers.

yep. guessing will get a window of some decent precip. at some point. But riding the " dry" idea is definitely the safe bet.

meanwhile Gino Izzi comes through again finding exciting potential in a rather benign early January pattern: "IF SNOWPACK REMAINS POWDERY AND BLOWABLE, THEN MAGNITUDE OF WINDS COULD RESULT IN NEAR GROUND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN OPEN AREAS." who knew Chicago was the new Fargo.

about that IZZI hype for LOT: "HOWEVER, CONFIDENCE IN SEEING SNOW ON THURSDAY HAS DROPPED QUITE A BIT WITH THE LATEST MODEL GUIDANCE TRENDING TOWARD THE IDEA THAT THE MAJORITY, IF NOT ALL, OF THE RESULTING SNOW WILL FALL DOWNSTATE AND ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY WITH THE TROUGH NOW FORECAST TO SET UP FURTHER SOUTH. A FEW MEMBERS FROM BOTH THE EURO AND GFS ENSEMBLES STILL HAVE ACCUMULATING SNOW FOR THE SOUTHEASTERN ~HALF OF THE CWA, BUT THE TREND IS CERTAINLY POINTING TOWARD LITTLE TO NO SNOW. " squashed by forecaster DOOM

IZZI to the rescue in the LOT AFD if you need a hype fix during bland times and still recovering from the New Years Day storm fail: "THURSDAY BEARS WATCHING AND COULD TURN INTO A PROBLEM IN OR NEAR OUR CWA. THE GFS, ECMWF, AND GEM WITH SUPPORT FROM THEIR RESPECTIVE ENSEMBLES ALL QUICKLY BREAK DOWN/OPEN UP THE CUT OFF MID-UPPER LEVEL LOW OFF THE BRITISH COLUMBIA COAST WITH THE REMNANT CHANNELIZED VORTICITY MAXIMUM FORECAST TO RIDE THE FAST NORTHWEST FLOW ACROSS THE ROCKIES AND EMERGE OUT ONTO THE HIGH PLAINS WEDNESDAY NIGHT. GUIDANCE DIVERGES SIGNIFICANTLY AT THIS POINT, WITH THE GFS AND MOST OF ITS ENSEMBLE MEMBERS SLOW TO DEEPEN THE ASSOCIATED TROUGH TO THE LEE OF THE ROCKIES, WHILE THE ECMWF IS MORE AGGRESSIVE. IT IS COMMON BOTH FOR MODELS TO STRUGGLE WITH THESE NARROW, CHANNELIZED VORT MAXES THIS FAR OUT, AND ALSO NOT UNCOMMON FOR GUIDANCE TO TREND STRONGER AND MORE AMPLIFIED. THE ECMWF AND GEM DEEPEN THIS WAVE TO THE LEE OF THE ROCKIES MUCH MORE QUICKLY THAN THE GFS AND AT THIS POINT, A SOLUTION LEANING TOWARD THE ECMWF/GEM COMBO IS REASONABLE. THE ECMWF/GEM WOULD BOTH THROW LIGHT QPF WITH THIS DEEPENING TROUGH INTO THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF OUR CWA THURSDAY. THANKS TO THE ANTECEDENT COLD AIR MASS IN PLACE, THERMAL PROFILES FEATURE A VERY DEEP ISOTHERMAL LAYER EMBEDDED WITHIN THE PRIME DGZ, SO ASSUMING ASCENT IS RESPECTABLY STRONG, IT COULD BE A VERY HIGH SNOW:LIQUID RATIO EVENT. IF LATER RUNS DO COME IN MORE AMPLIFIED, AS THEY OFTEN DO WITH THESE TYPE OF WAVES, A NORTHWARD TREND IN THE TRACK OF THE WAVE COULD RESULT IN A SNOW THREAT FARTHER NORTH INTO OUR CWA. CURRENT RUN OF THE ECMWF HAS LOW LEVEL FLOW IN A FAVORABLE NORTHERLY DIRECTION TO POINT LAKE EFFECT FIRE HOSE INTO OUR NORTHWEST INDIANA COUNTIES FOR A TIME THURSDAY AS WELL. OTHER GUIDANCE IS FARTHER EAST, BUT GIVEN WHAT LOOKS LIKE IT COULD BE A ROBUST LAKE EFFECT SET-UP FOR SOMEONE, THIS IS ANOTHER ASPECT OF THE SYSTEM THAT BEARS WATCHING. A LOT OF MOVING PIECES, SO A LOT COULD CHANGE, BUT THE THURSDAY-ISH TIME FRAME WILL NEED TO BE WATCHED. " It's something.

it was a good run.

time to re up on my JB subscrition for 19.99 per month and be lied too versus the blunt sting of truth.

about 2.5 " I'd say. Nice coat of white on everything looks great. On to the next!

and then it was January.

your time will come.

yeah, it's ugly. And now we have transient Floridian's in the thread discussing sun and 80 degree temps. Good thing I'm resilient. Already, looking for the next storm. Just read LOT's update. Kudo's for trying to pull this across the finish line as a WSW verification. Houdini would be proud.

cyclone magnet lives.

that office has really added some good mets at least via AFD's. He's now in about 4th-5th place and that's not a shot more a compliment to the others.

Yes.models began showing this on the 12 Z run of Thursday's Euro. The moisture feed argument regarding the gulf was discounted already and is incorrect. A peek at radar shows very little high end convection. Further, the better than expected snows to the west and north minus the dry slot encroaching on Northern Illinois further verifies this as wrong. Snow events are a complicated business that's why they are so enjoyable when you get a special one. Irregardless, beautiful scene of white out there on a holiday all the while watching The Ohio State Buckeyes getting housed by the Utes. Perfect wrap on the Christmas season.