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On 6/25/2025 at 9:39 AM, NEOH said:

Lots of tree damage locally from the storms last night. Must have been a downburst. Power is out in many places in Chagrin, South Russell and Bainbridge. Closing in on 9" of rain for the month... current total is 8.67". 

Incredibly wet month, I'm guessing we're getting pretty close to a foot by now?   Parts of my property have only dried out for a short stretch in early June, otherwise it's been pretty damp.  

4 hours ago, NEOH said:

Brutal to wake up to snow on the ground this morning. Looks like we are stuck in this pattern for awhile. 

Sure was!   Looks like dry weather and 50s starting late this coming weekend.   Not ideal, but I'll definitely take the dry streak.  

3 hours ago, NEOH said:

The snowpack has taken a beating the past few days. Still solid cover IMBY but some patches of grass showing up in exposed areas. At this point I'm looking forward to warmer weather. It was a great Winter for snow on the ground. 

Same, it's been a good (not great) winter and we were due after the past few clunkers.  Bring on an early spring.  

5" here since yesterday morning.  Quite a long duration light snow.  Definitely working our way towards a normal ish winter finally.  

Just eyeballing this morning, looks to be 5-6" additional since my 3" measurement yesterday afternoon.  Roads were still a mess this morning with the wind and light snow still falling.   Overachiever 

3" so far today. Currently not snowing, but looks like some lake enhancement picks up later this afternoon.  

WSW now for 4-7" additional 

17 minutes ago, NEOH said:

Rain just flipped to ice and snow here. The temp didn’t get above 36 last night… still some snow remaining from part 1. Radar looks good to the west. 

Snow here now as well, big flakes.  Pretty consistent agreement in the models of around 6" .  

1 hour ago, NEOH said:

It has been snowing nicely since 7am... huge cotton ball flakes. Enjoying it before the changeover later this morning.

It's been a very scenic morning, right at 2" before it switched over to drizzle.  Good start, hopefully tomorrow delivers as well. 

Picked up 1.5" of snow this afternoon.  Drizzling right now.   Wonder if we'll get some thawing of the lake ice with the slightly warmer temps this week?  

2 hours ago, NEOH said:

Picked up 2.2" last night/this morning. Still some moisture coming off of the lake I guess. 

Same here, and looks like we may do it again tomorrow.   

Pretty crazy story about the Lake ice near Buffalo:

https://www.wivb.com/news/local-news/buffalo/ship-stuck-in-ice-off-lake-erie-shoreline-in-buffalo/

5.75" here with 3" of that coming in a few hours yesterday with the Huron band.  Nice to hit an event on the high end.  It's been a great January, been a while since we have had a normal ish January.  

33 and snow this morning.   Wondering if it will stay snow or if we will flip to rain this morning?  It's actually starting to stick to pavement again.  

Interesting quote from CLE regarding tomorrow - Sun night 

"The Sunday forecast is a bit sneaky with the snow potential across Northeast Ohio, especially near/east of Cleveland. After aa lull in snow tonight, a system developing southeast of ther egion will allow for some synoptic moisture to try and creep back into the forecast area and bring some light snow to the eastern half of the forecast area. Then, a favorable lake effect snow setup will start to emerge Sunday afternoon with NNW flow across Lakes Huron and Erie. This should allow for lake effect snow to push into Northeast Ohio with a couple inches of snowj ust east of the Cleveland metro given the favorable fetch. This wvent will be limited by the lack of deep moisture across the region. However, the sfc-5000 ft layer over the lake will be very unstable with good low level lift, so this has the potential to uptick as a sneaky shallow lake effect event before this events starts to pivot east, as mentioned in the short term" period below."

3 hours ago, NEOH said:

I'm sure there will still be open water in the central basin which will help. Picked up another 1" last night.

Definitely a great start to January.  I have recorded 21" the first 8 days.  Pretty good stretch that looks to continue, especially after the season total of each of the last 2 winters being around 50"

2 hours ago, NEOH said:

Lots of ice on the western basin already. Probably closed for business soon. This is a cam from middle bass island looking west-- once this area is ice covered the remainder of the western basin is as well - http://64.246.98.57/CgiStart?page=Single&Language=0'

 

Hopefully we can make it to early next week, sounds like another good LE setup with the next cold push. 

31 minutes ago, LakeEffectOH said:

Hopefully we can see more LES this coming week.  As more ice forms on the lake, the chances of particularly heavy snows will decrease.

While it’s certainly been cold, it hasn’t been that cold, plus we had a mini torch between Christmas and New Year’s.  Hopefully these two factors will buy us a little more time.

I have had about 11” since it started snowing on New Year’s night.

Was just reading through the CLE discussion and looks like several LES chances this coming week.  https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=CLE&issuedby=CLE&product=AFD&format=CI&version=1&glossary=1&highlight=off

5 minutes ago, NEOH said:

Same amount overnight as well - 10.5 total. Its a perfect wind direction to maximize the fetch from the western basin. Surprised there hasn't been a primary band on the eastside. 

Some short rangers still show 3-6", have to see if we can get a band to organize.  

3" new here overnight, 9.75" running total. 

6.75" here so far, a really good start and on forecast.  We had some very intense rates later in the morning, and then steady-heavy snow most of the afternoon.   Radar looks thin now, hopefully it fires back up later.  

1 hour ago, OHweather said:

Yeah, I was worried the forecast was F’d when I peeked at the radar at about 8pm and the band was sitting over eastern Lake and the chimney of Geauga with nothing to push it back south. Parts of Ashtabula, Erie and Crawford got a good amount into this morning but it’s yet another poorly forecasted event for Cleveland proper. My event total was 1.9”, which for down here isn’t too out of line with the expectations. Should be a much better setup for the Cleveland metro and inland Snowbelt tomorrow into Saturday still. 

Ya seemed like the bands wanted to hug the lake shore.  Hoping for a better next few days. 

What are your thoughts on the Mon storm?  Any chance we can get it this far north, as it seems some models were starting to edge it north last night.   Should still trigger some lake effect as it passes I would think.... pending the lake ice coverage..

22 minutes ago, NEOH said:

Went out and measured… 2.1” on elevated surfaces and only an inch on the  ground. The ground is warm and wet from the recent rains.

Same, I have 2" measured off my deck.  Picturesque with the plastering on the trees.  Right on forecast so far, hoping the rest of the day into tomorrow keeps delivering.   Fri - Sat looks fun as well. 

1 hour ago, NEOH said:

Looking forward to getting back to Winter after yesterday's rain and wind event. Winds were ripping last night. Hopefully we can cash in on the lake effect this week. The wind direction looks pretty good for the primary snowbelt at this point. The lake will likely build ice rapidly over the next week so this may be our last shot for a significant event prior to ice cover.

Definitely looks like a legit cold and snowy few weeks.  Some pretty crazy clown maps for NEOH over the next 10 days or so.  

Pretty consistent significant cold outbreak shown in about 2 weeks.  The lake will surely have rapidly expanding ice at that point.  Hopefully we can get a few more le snows before then.   Sure looks snowy...

Should be a snowy start to the weekend.   WWA for 3-6".  Huron band seems to be modeled just east of here, but hoping it can slow down over our areas and over achieve.

Hard to measure with the winds, but I'm coming up with 9" in several spots.  Looks like several 5-6" measurements reported nearby early this morning, so this seems reasonable.  

Radar still looks great for several more inches.