Jackstraw

And so it begins, parachutes sighted. Deck covered in about 10 min. This is a bit of a rare system for us if the heavy snow rates being forecast pan out later this morning. We usually need these systems to come through at night (unless we're in early Feb arctic mode) or we lose a lot to liquid. We dont get to see sustained 1-2in/hr rates in the daytime around here very often. Looking forward to it hopefully. Good luck to all

Mesoscale Discussion 0102 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 1144 PM CST Tue Jan 24 2023 Areas affected...southern portions of IL...IN...and OH Concerning...Heavy snow Valid 250544Z - 251145Z SUMMARY...Broad precipitation will continue to overspread the region from around 06-12z. Localized heavy snowfall rates greater than 1"/hr will be possible. DISCUSSION...The low-level precipitation field continues to expand in advance of a negatively tilted upper-level trough ejecting over the central CONUS. Snowfall rates of 1"/hr have been reported from eastern OK northeastward through southeastern MO, and in some areas localized snowfall rates around 2"/hr have been observed. The broad precipitation band responsible for these snowfall rates continues to translate northeastward in tandem with 700-mb frontogenesis and mesoscale isentropic ascent. These features are expected to persist for the next several hours and produce 1"/hr snowfall rates through 12z, generally advancing from west to east across the outlined area. Snowfall rates of 2"/hr or greater will be possible in localized areas where enhanced forcing overlaps non-zero potential buoyancy (10-20 J/kg MUCAPE) in the dendritic growth zone. ..Flournoy/Moore.. 01/25/2023 ...Please see www.spc.noaa.gov for graphic product... ATTN...WFO...PBZ...RLX...CLE...ILN...LMK...IWX...IND...PAH... ILX...LSX...

I've been out driving and walking a limping dog the last few hours (I live in the sticks) and its probably for black ice. The weekend stuff finished melting this afternoon but its been extremely damp out there all day and evening. We had maybe 2 hours of sun today, not near enough to dry secondary roads completely especially with the dews we had today. I can attest that about an hour ago there was suddenly an invisible glaze on the road as I slid right through a stop sign. About busted my ass a few times walking. Its like an eggshell thin layer and its patchy and kinda scares you to be honest lol.

And in my call for 6 too. Still ain't shovelin' it

A little cream in the cup of mud?

They've been advertising the highest amounts just north and west of Indy for a couple days. Think thats where they expect the least issues with liquid and if/any trowal type banding to establish. I'm 40 miles NE of you and that map has a similar cutoff 20 miles to my SE. I'd take it with a grain of rock salt.

I'd go with the 10-1 pile of concrete. They're also looking better for an upper level backend kick in the pants over us where rates could keep the liquid at bay. Fingers crossed lol

Shit like this causes mental illness around here lol.

While not as nerve racking as usual...Yet.... for the Kitchen Sink zone in N Central IN, some of the 12Z model soundings are enough to keep the foot shaking. If rates can stay heavy early Wed. should be ok but the yellow brick road doesn't lead to these parts lol. Regardless this things gonna be a cement truck laying sidewalk as it comes through. KIND is saying 5-9" for here and KIWX is calling 7-12" 2 miles away. I'll call 6 and my back ain't shoveling any of it

I got nuthin' to complain about with these runs so far........ Yet

You and me both know unless this maps 12 hours out its gonna be a kitchen sink Lucy pulls the football event for us lol. It is pretty to look at though

That 200 mile long lake enhanced streamer off of lake Michigan is flabbergasting lol

The GFS nailed that one 50 million out lol

Oh I have and I curse like them every time these damn dogs come storming into the house. I even have a couple of Deadwood sidewalks out by the shed with some old 2x10's. It'll freeze good eventually then then walking on these frozen mud stalagmites will be even more entertaining and dangerous lol.

Luvin' my forecast for the foreseeable future, mud, mud and then some mud. Y'all know how much I luv mud. Seriously, my grass is gone. I now own mud dogs. Shits everywhere. I give up.

U cashed in this weekend compared to the rest of us lol.

About 2 miles from my house this plow has been working SR's 28 and 13 since around 10am and they are still fighting 2 foot drifts trying to close it. Might be a lot better in the towns but it's pretty crazy how much havoc just a few inches with crazy cold winds can do out here.

Winds blowing so hard here think I saw a couple flakes with Hawkeye's zip code on them. 54 in the last hour strongest gust I've recorded yet. Still "crankin'" a 30-35 below wind chill close to noon. Been below 30 wind chill since 2am. Thats 2013/2014 stuff right there for these parts.

Woke me up. Several believable 50+mph gust on my station, Muncie airport nearby gusting to 43KT. Some of the highest winter gusts I've experienced out here, old house is a shakin', and a little chilly

Snowed started around 4:30 but didn't really start sticking till about 6. Nice big flakes to start but as soon as the wind picked up they shattered. About 2 down with a decent band moving through right now, might give us another inch. -4/-25 with 35mph gust highest I've had on the station here so far. We had a similar storm a few years ago, not quite as cold but gusts to 40 for about 12 hours. It did snow more with that one, around 6 inches. We had 6 foot drifts out here in the boonies. Think the warnings were warranted. Roads are trash out here with the little snow we've gotten. If we would've gotten the forecasted 6-7 the models were spitting out (or more from crack model) it could've been nightmarish. Not quite over but at least a white Xmas, those are hard to come by around here. Merry Merry

Hats off to KIND for pulling this Daniel Boone era cold weather tip placard out of their butt crack. Glad I brushed up on my lean-to skills this past summer lmao.

County was out plowing for about 3 hours here this morning then parked them. X

if IDOT cameras worked lol. 31 looks passable but slow up to 38. Cant see farther than that but they did have 4 plows on 28 this morning

Plowing is futile around here. Some 4 foot sets in the country. Drifting efficiency is at its max. Storm total 7 so far with 3-4 hours to go per radar trends. 12 is within reach, we shall see.