madwx

Actually had some good storms up here along the front after the late afternoon clearing.  Some transient supercell structures, lots of lightning and some gusty winds 

9 hours ago, michsnowfreak said:

Id bet money its not a super nino. But yes, an El Nino is coming 

normally I am anti hype when it comes to these things but this year's nino looks like the real deal

https://twitter.com/webberweather/status/2041789633940615498

1.17” with this low. 3.5” so far this month

2.33" yesterday, and some nice elevated boomers.  not bad

SW winds kicked in and we jumped to the lower 50s before sunrise - a couple days ago most models had us barely getting past 40 at any point today 

Point forecast had us at 44 this morning.  Will probably beat that by 10 degrees in the next couple hours. Snow is starting to take a beating

Got about a half inch overnight with the clipper.  Ready for it to warm above freezing and start melting away

Looks like the low will be 3 at the house, avoiding our last chance at subzero for the year.  Did see a -2 at the normal low spot on my drive into work.

Black River Falls dipped to at least -9, Fort McCoy to at least -10

MSN ended with 8.1”.  Set a daily record of 5.6”. Wasn’t in town for the 2023 storm so this was the most impressive March storm here in my memory

3 hours ago, Geoboy645 said:

Looks like we ended up somewhere in the 10" range here. Very hard to tell exactly how much because of the drifting though. Sun is starting to peek through here, although we still have several hours of blowing snow to go before it finally calms down. Will be interesting to see how long this snowpack lasts both around here and in the extreme totals up north. With 3/25/23 it took about 5 days to melt everything but the largest piles. But that was a bit later in the year and a wetter snow with some rain as well on top of it. We are supposed to hit the 50s by Friday, but we will see how much the snowpack reinforces the cold air even with March sunlight. Crazy to think that this is about the same amount of sunlight that we had when were in the upper 80s in late September last year. All in all, a very memorable storm for the state of Wisconsin and one that will be talked about for a while like the 2018 storm.

I want to say it'll be mostly melted except for the piles by saturday afternoon

The sun is out and things are drip drip dripping 

58 minutes ago, cyclone77 said:

Probably the hardest snow event I've ever attempted to measure.  A lot of areas of the yard are completely scoured free of snow, with other areas buried 1-3ft with snow drifts.  Still in heavy snow right now with this narrow band.  Came up with an average of 6.3", but the real amount is likely higher than that.  A lot of granulation going on at ground level with these steady 40+mph winds blowing in off of the farm fields.  Definitely looks like a legit blizzard out there this morning.

Same. Have no idea what we’ve really gotten so far. Many areas bare. Many areas with 2+ foot drifts.  Would guess just below 10” so far.  But it’s just that - a guess

overall intense storm, especially with the unexpected ice/sleet yesterday and very strong winds.

expecting snow to last until noon and then winds will slowly die down after that 

Dry slot lasted a bit longer than expected but snow is starting back up here.  See if we can make a run at double digits 

Dry slot looks to be winding down here shortly.  Snow should pick up again within the next hour

Back to snow here after a brief dry slot

Switched over to snow here.  About 6 hours ahead of schedule 

Been a sleet/freezing rain fest for the past couple hours.  Bright banding overhead is pushing reflectivities very high

Been hovering right around freezing.  Rain with sleet mixed in during the heavier returns.   No ice on roads but sidewalks are definitely slippery

ETA this is definitely running a bit colder than models showed yesterday 

31 minutes ago, madwx said:

Nudged just above 32 here as a line of thunderstorms is about to move through.  Will be curious to see what kind of precip they have

Officially thundersleet.  Some of the best 32.4 degree thunderstorms I’ve seen in my life 

Nudged just above 32 here as a line of thunderstorms is about to move through.  Will be curious to see what kind of precip they have

had a little thunder this morning as well.  Temps hovering right below freezing but should hopefully jump up into the mid/upper 30s shortly.  

Temp  right below freezing here at 31.5  Convective shower just moved through and woke me up with a nice burst of sleet 

Thinking 10” here as a first call.  Maybe 0.5” overnight that melts into tomorrow.  Front comes through late afternoon and then we start ripping.  

Going to Utah to visit the 5 national parks - leaving next weekend. Should be beautiful weather for that

Winds tomorrow look legit.  This is going to be a very high impact few days