HighTechEE

Hi all, was out of town since last Thurs in the middle of Hocking Hills for the annual winter hike, got drowned during the hike Sat temps hit mid 40s, we never saw the change over there until about midnight then got pounded. Looked like 6" fell in about 3 hours and our cabin was tucked down in a valley were we had very little wind, we have a toboggan run of a driveway so it was mid afternoon before we got out of there yesterday!

Dudes! Jym Ganahl is in the house! Edit, nope not him, a fan...

All of the steering currents above 10k ft are all a strong NW to SE flow, i.e. from N. Dakota right over Ohio to NC, so how are the models bringing this low from SW to NE (almost at a 90 degree angle) right over Ohio? Normally I'd be afraid of it going from Colorado across the TN valley to NC and a whiff of pixie dust N of the Ohio river.

At least with my 10" IMBY on the SE side of Dayton I got "almost" half as much as southern states gets in a single storm!!!

LOL, exactly what I was thinking! Doesn't a good number of the models for this coming weekend have the low going right over Ohio i.e. tons of front end cold rain then big cold wave with very little snow?

Ditto 10" IMBY! The way radar looks we'll be closing in on a foot this morning!

ILN adds a bunch more counties to the WSWarning...

Not right now, just under moderate snow I would guess. From 5 to 6pm was very heavy snow, 1.75" new during that hour, this past hour only 0.2" of new snow fell as it went over to sleet & fr rain for a short time. Back to all snow now with strong radar echoes in Warren Co moving NE into Greene now so should get heavier again soon.

At 6pm up to 5.5" IMBY now, really came down hard over the past hour with huge flakes some maybe 2" across, but now mostly sleet cutting into totals/compacting.

Update, took several measurements and I have an average of 3.75" now and two of those fell in the last 2 hours (3 to 5pm) and still snowing just at hard! Has anyone thought there might be some thunder snow when that deeper moisture in W.KY gets here and the cold air holds out tonight?

Made it to 2" and poof, dry slotted for the rest of the afternoon, unless it fills back in somehow.

I was wondering the same, the axis has moved north of I-70 in Indiana & Ohio looking like for the rest of the day and I think it was supposed to stay south of it. Anyone know if that massive dry slot over KY and southern IN/OH is going to fill back in? BTW - Just under 2" so far IMBY on the SE side of Dayton.

Yea I was watching radar& latest models and it looks like the heavy snow axis has shifted 50 to 100 miles north which means north of I-70 is the sweet spot now, my 4 to 8" could be reduced to less than 3" now here in Greene Co.

1" IMBY so far, snowing lightly ATM.

I make this post every year, next weekend the 19th is the Old Man's/Ash Cave Annual Winter Hike in Hocking county the state puts on and right now there is zero snow and ice formations. This is our 30th year in a row renting a big cabin/lodge and we wish every year to get snowed in while we're there (i.e. we get back to Dayton/work when we get back)! lol PS - we missed by 1 day back in Jan of '96 as that years big storm hit the Monday after we got home and dumped 2ft in Hocking county that would have been perfect!

Ok I'm a bit dated myself, this little gem is from Feb of '08!

You guys are cracking me up on the JB/WB comments, I'm assuming that this infamous video is part of their paid service?

yea it is to an extent, how many times since late Oct has a 'big' low pressure system swelled out of the gulf states, moved over central/east TN, and powered right over W.VA and not produce one snowflake in the Ohio/IND area??? My home WX station has recorded a half inch of rain since 5pm tonight (3hrs ago) on the NW side of a "winter time low pressure system" again, bleh...

Hmm, obviously it snowed in the Dayton area with that system, but I have no memory of it (actually no memory of any snow storms on NYE/D since '86). It looks on that radar sequence like a classic lake cutter (just like yesterday's system), must have been some serious cold temps in Ohio ahead of that cold front for the WAA/WTOD/dry slot not to take over!

The heck with the NWS, our Christmas is white enough this year!

Yep, been snowing in Richmond IN for over an hour and looks to pass right over us in the Dayton area, maybe a coating can happen since its still below freezing:

Yes Merry Christmas! and its snowing very lightly IMBY this morning, not a white Christmas, but we at least have the mode flakes (and are sticking on the top of my truck)...

Yes sir, have a look at my avatar at Ash Cave back in Feb of '14!

The 12z pushed it another 1,000 miles to the north for this weekend!!!

I say it every winter: Its pretty bad when southern states gets more snow in one storm that we do THE ENTIRE WINTER! (and their max rate per hour is more than 95% of our snow system totals!!!).