buckeye

Sounds like he took a page from Hugo Chavez. Redistribution of wealth and ending income inequality. Worked well for Venezuela.

Bingo!....you guys have it good. Our 'sub'forum extends almost 1700 miles from northern MN to southern KY. It includes Chicago, Milwaukee, Indy, Cleveland, Cincy, Louisville, Detroit, the U.P., DesMoines and various Lake effect hot spots. We've managed to keep things somewhat under control but there are still times that the general storm threads can start to feel like the old days of Eastern when DC, Boston, and Columbus were all tracking the same storm and the threads turned into a dumpster fire. We've had this same question come up several times. We've band-aided the issue by breaking off separate pinned threads that are more localized, but then you run into having to decide which thread to post in as threats evolve.

1989 in reverse? December 1989 started cold and only got colder and colder. The peak hit about a week before Christmas where we got down to -18 here in CMH. Then when New Years Day came it was like someone flipped a switch and winter disappeared and never really came back. the rubber band theory. Although there are exceptions, 11-12'

hoping for some record warmth in the next week or two if it's going to torch. Be awesome to take a 'sun's-out-guns-out' walk in December.

we did too.... approaching a solid inch for the season thus far....

Someone posted a map of percent of normal snowfall to date and the very small blob of highest above normal was on your house. You are the exception sir and what is happening to Chicago is much more widespread. Seriously wondering if ma nature lost her lap top and you found it.

I'm right with you brother. Let's torch till a couple days before xmas and then let the bottom fall out...polar vortex...snowmaggaedon....winter's worst. Keep that going for the first 3 weeks of January then bring on Feb/March 2012. That's my perfect 'winter'.

We had the perfect snowfall last xmas eve/day. Area-wide 3-5". So we're screwed on white xmas prospects for the next 30 yrs or so.

euro trash... it's become the JB of models

Pretty soon we'll be considered subtropical here in Columbus while the northern flank of the sub will be relegated to making 50 page threads tracking flurries and graupel. I'm just glad this didn't happen 30 years ago when I was in peak weenie form. Actually smiled a bit when I saw those cfs maps.

If it's not going to snow then I'll gladly take this as option 2

240 hr - yea, yea I know but nice look....Hard core blocking would keep it from cutting. Normally I wouldn't be rooting for early snow but we've been so damn busy that I'd gladly take a weather delay at this point.

Can we have this map 24hrs out in the dead of winter with antecedent Arctic air? Lol, of course not.

Temperate and moist

TAM

Wife and I went up to Mackinaw Island over the weekend. A few observations: 1. I thought Ohio drivers were terrible, Michiganders say, "hold my beer". Once we got north of Brighton it was like the autobahn. I was going 95mph and didn't realize it because so was everyone else. That wouldn't have been a bad thing except for the fact that it would go from 95 to stopped traffic and back to 95 for no apparent reason. 2. Roads were in rough shape. 3. Mackinaw was beautiful.... never seen water that clear and blue outside the Carribean.

Hopefully we'll have a lot to talk about. With an Almanac forecast of "icy, flaky", what can possibly go wrong!

Hopefully a weak one

All short range guidance from last night and early this morning has been horrendous. Virtually every model I looked at last night and early this morning showed the precip shield that came into OH from N. IN and S. MI dissipating well before it made it to central OH. As I type this, it's torrential rain here and the thunderstorm line will go through Cincinnati.

I wonder if that was before midnight and the additional will show for today? Otherwise they are off their rocker

Like most others here in Ohio, looks like we got between 3 and 4 inches. Somewhat of a bust for local wx guys who called for .5-1"

I remember this one very well. A foot of snow that disappeared in 24 hrs.

For us 'normal' weather weenies who look to April for the beginning of warmth and severe season, it's never good to see Josh start posting.