Jackstraw

For posterity. Nearly the entire sub covered in snow. at once. That doesn't happen very often, at least not lately.

I've got a little '95 Integra that lived with a friend in the Elkhart IN area for 20 years. It was all he drove and they get plenty of snow up there. He told me it went through snow just as good as a 4 wheel drive Mini Monster trucks you see with ridiculous lift kits. He was right! I've taken that thing out and busted drifts higher than the top of the car a couple of times. Its really fun in that thing lol

-4 with a windchill of minus -15. The old wood stove's getting a workout. Dog stuck his head out the door turned right around. Nope, I'll wait lol. Been awhile for temps like those here.

"It's full of stars" ... lol Nice pics!

Just got back from a 6 county tour (did that put the Gilligan ear worm in your heads? lmao). Drove over 75 miles in the country. Best snow here in over 3 years which is pretty sad. Really started drifting about an hour ago. This stuff is pure powder high SLR snow so when the winds really pick up its gonna be on again. We've gotten a solid 6 maybe 7 as this last band comes through. Visibility is still down to a 1/4 mile or so out where I live. 2 footers starting to form as I pulled in so I'm heading back out with the dog and busting them I should note, I can drive in a 8 mile circle and go through 4 counties lol

Been rocking here. 2in so far and more coming from the looks of the radar. Definitely overperforming on the N side of system. Cant wait for that wind lol.

Started here. Not real efficient yet. Was surprised at WSW but more than likely for the wind and the frigid cold coming in. They don't want people on the roads because they are already crap lol.

Looks like WWA hoisted for you so thats a start! I'd rather be on the N side of the QPF axis. S side is gonna be a brutal cut off.

I think a lot of us that have been living in a snow desert were salivating at anything over an inch whenever we could get it lol. A lot of us gladly traded a white Tday weekend for a white Xmas because of that. And we don't really know if this pattern is going to re-load or we just torch or freeze/suppress into frozen tundra. I know its been over 5 years since I've hit my yearly snow total. This 2nd one will at least give us a blanket for the freeze coming. I hate frozen tundra crap. Snow is the REASON for bitter cold. Without snow, to quote O'Brother Where Art Though, cold just ain't Bonafide Good luck tomorrow!

Speeds gonna kill with #2. Slower the better. Should have really good SLR's approaching 20-1. Once again CAM's N of Globals. It's looking like 20-30 miles either side of 70 (N of 70 in IL) possible 5+. I'm hoping on more than 3 or 4 because with the kind of powder and the forecast cold wind on the tail of this is all it takes to get 2-3ft drifts out here in the country. Hoping to do my first drift busting of the year, in 3 years actually lol. Still looking like a good swath of 4-6 with pockets of 8 right now

Woke up to an inch of fluffy here. I don't know why but secondary roads are trashed around here. Pure ice. They never fully cleared from the Black Friday snow. Lazy county snow plows I guess. I'll make a call for 3 more hear for #2. KIND and IWX calling for 2- 4 right now.

Such are Clippers. They are delaying schools by 2 hours everywhere around here and we may not even get any lol.

New clipper thread started. The Shameless crew are ignoring it lol

May be the last snows for most of the Sub for 2025. All models are showing decent 2 day accumulations of 3 to 6in or more from IA into Central/S IL, Central/S IN through N KY and E/SE OH with wiggle room a plenty. Go

Clipper Games. Pick your dart and toss it. These coming are true classic Alberta Clippers. The slightest top down ripple can swing these things 50 miles. Gonna be mostly nowcasting, watching where Critical Thickness sets up. It's been awhile thats for sure. In the olden days in Jan and Feb we'd get 4 or 5 across 10 days that would lay 4-6 across the entire Sub lol

Real flying reindeer and dodging 100mph plastic flying Santas, hell yeah lol.

Well if we're getting ready to go below 0 true air temp I hope there's at least 3in down to justify it. Nothing worse than unjustified bitter cold tundra. We'll see where the CAM town racers are tonight lol

Just drove up from the Asheville area. I knew there'd be sadness the further N I got so I stayed in the Mtn's into central WVA before I cut back NW. Always a beautiful drive but extra special with snow. I swear, Central to Western WVA gets some of the best snow east of the MS (excluding the far N of our sub) . Still snow on my property! But its shallow and lame and whats left will be destroyed tonight I fear. My climo reminding me its only early Dec, not mid Jan. lol. Here's hoping we down here can get caught back up through the weekend.

Looking at the snowfall reports from last night. Nearly everyone that missed out over the weekend got some good coverage. Just about the entire sub, literally, has a halfway decent snowpack. When was the last time that happened? Its been a long time I bet when we can go across the lakes and the OH river and all points in between covered in snow, and not just dusted. And to kick off Dec. no less. Good stuff!

Got 4 here total. I'm at about the same depth as you. I think it'll be around for at least a week. Secondary roads are crap around here. Can't complain, especially if we can sneak out another this weekend!

4 here so far. Fun dog snow lol

Had SN to +SN of the Hallmark variety for about 3 hours. Currently -SN with 2.5 inches of new powder so far. Gonna be weenie banding it until about 9 or 10 then we'll see if that batch in Central IL can ride through here. Thats the fgen band that could bring another 2 to 4 here. South Central IN cashing in too from plow cameras. Just like this past weekend what fails for some is cash for others

Solid SN here with vis down to 1/2 mile. Nice weenie band approaching

These are the kind that can jump out and "scare" someone with an unexpected 6 inches. Certainly will give the rest of us a chance to pack match the last systems winners lol. Load me up with chips, I'm calling 4 for here!

Had a 48mph gust at my station early this morning. While it was breezy pre-frontal that front/wind shift from the S to the W was abrupt, like in 5 min, and hit like a freight train with consistent gusts over 45mph. Woke me and the dog up lol.