Geos Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 DVN cleared out, down to 7°/WC -2° Forecast tonight: 6°, mostly cloudy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 Had snow showers all day long. Visibility would drop to under a mile at times, and minutes later the sun would be out. Good stuff. Didn't really accumulate though. The clouds have held on much longer than expected this evening, so temps are still hanging in the mid teens. If we can clear out we may get down towards zero later on. MLI cleared out and is down to 5 at 11pm, after sitting a 14 the previous hour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 MLI cleared out and is down to 5 at 11pm, after sitting a 14 the previous hour. Damn. Starting to see some stars now over the western half of the sky. Temps have already leaked a few degrees in the past few minutes. Fresh snow cover ftw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 moderate snow under 5-10 dbz returns right now, large fluffily dendrites accumulating easily...weird EDIT: added radar grab Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherpsycho Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 It was. DT always can make you smile with his typos though lol, hes so smart but not the best typist! The gradient pattern he mentioned, however, is quite sterotypical Nina-esque....so those in the north (of which we are certainly a part of) could see several good snowstorms. They just probably wont stick around long Well. We all know anything can still happen. Long range forecasting as we all know still has a ways to go. Still DT's writeup was depressing to read. I didn't say I believe the next 45-60 days will be total crap. There is now more cold air around to tap into. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 moderate snow under 5-10 dbz returns right now, large fluffily dendrites accumulating easily...weird EDIT: added radar grab That's how it has been here all night off and on, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 Stebo, i see you lurking...what's squeezing out this snow? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 Stebo, i see you lurking...what's squeezing out this snow? Looks like its connected to that weak trough/clipper thats slipping to your south plus some weak WAA and PVA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 Looks like its connected to that weak trough/clipper thats slipping to your south plus some weak WAA and PVA. Thanks, reminded me of LE just because of the monster flakes and good rates under such poor returns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 Temp actually dropping this morning. Down to 6F with clear skies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tropical Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 This looks promising for some sustained warmth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 Just glancing through the snowfall totals and departures to date this morning, and I think Fort Wayne IN and Rhinelander WI are the only two above average on the season...as per the local NWS offices. Rhinelander's normal season snowfall is a bit hard to find, so I'm assuming on that one...but I'm pretty sure they are above average currently. Stats below, including 2010-11 snowfall/departures to date...through January 13 for both. Rhinelander 2011-12: 37.3" (?) 2010-11: 39.4" (?) Fort Wayne 2011-12: 18.2" (+3.5") 2010-11: 18.9" (+4.2") Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtlehurricane Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 Still snowing for whatever reason, hasn't stopped since the storm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 Coldest temp of the season so far this morning at 3 above. MLI banged -4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 Wow... Those poor ba$%%ds in Alaska... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundersnow12 Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 Lol 12z GFS has two clippers coming through here in less than 24 hours late next week both producing snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 12z GFS shows 50F again later this month... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundersnow12 Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 12z Euro also with a healthy snow event here next Friday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 Yep, a little somethin' somethin' on the 20th...and then hell pays a visit thereafter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowMeHunter Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 Gonna enjoy this next week of winter becuase its brutal after that on the euro.. chicago wx storm will be looking to chase severe while the dakota's and MN get dumped on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 Lol 12z GFS has two clippers coming through here in less than 24 hours late next week both producing snow. Looks like two waves. If they take slightly different paths, should mean a lot of areas get in on the action and some will get in on both. And ugh to long range forecasts. Its like a buzzkill, knowing that AFTER the snowfall thats still 5 days away it will get warm. Try to take one day at a time lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundersnow12 Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 sick gradient across the northern plains by D5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 Moderate snow and quickly accumulating. Cant believe how the radar just blossomed right over metro-Detroit and is actually holding steady. Its not even your average LES band at all because returns are much weaker to the west. Weird but i will gladly take it! After that hideous looking dry slot sticking out like a sore thumb over SE MI on model qpf maps, advisory maps etc....the surprise persistance of backside snow/LES is well overperforming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmc76 Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 Moderate snow and quickly accumulating. Cant believe how the radar just blossomed right over metro-Detroit and is actually holding steady. Its not even your average LES band at all because returns are much weaker to the west. Weird but i will gladly take it! After that hideous looking dry slot sticking out like a sore thumb over SE MI on model qpf maps, advisory maps etc....the surprise persistance of backside snow/LES is well overperforming. Yes it is... Quick inch huh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hm8 Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 Moderate snow and quickly accumulating. Cant believe how the radar just blossomed right over metro-Detroit and is actually holding steady. Its not even your average LES band at all because returns are much weaker to the west. Weird but i will gladly take it! After that hideous looking dry slot sticking out like a sore thumb over SE MI on model qpf maps, advisory maps etc....the surprise persistance of backside snow/LES is well overperforming. Its been snowing nearly nonstop here in AA for almost 48 hours now. A lot of its been light, but we gotta be over 3" by now. I'll go out and take a real measurement in a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 Its been snowing nearly nonstop here in AA for almost 48 hours now. A lot of its been light, but we gotta be over 3" by now. I'll go out and take a real measurement in a bit. It will have settled some in that timeframe, especially with as fluffy as it is. I measure in 6-hour increments, we had 2.2" through this morning, and the snow depth had settled down to about 1.5" before this new accumulating snow moved in this evening. This morning was a nice wintry morning, then the last pic is as the snow squalls started early this evening. Still snowing nicely and it looks like we picked up a pretty nice amount (havent measured). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hm8 Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 Yeah my eyeballing was a bit optimisitc, snow depth is at 2.5" right now. I also learned that its impossible to take a snow depth measurement on a college campus without looking like a bit of a dweeb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmc76 Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 Yeah my eyeballing was a bit optimisitc, snow depth is at 2.5" right now. I also learned that its impossible to take a snow depth measurement on a college campus without looking like a bit of a dweeb. LOL. So true. I feel like My neighbors think i'm a weirdo when I measure 1"+ falls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 Yeah my eyeballing was a bit optimisitc, snow depth is at 2.5" right now. I also learned that its impossible to take a snow depth measurement on a college campus without looking like a bit of a dweeb. Lol. Congrats on your snow. Being in geology, I did lots of measuring and field type exercises that made me and other majors stand out too! I just got used to other people staring at us. A couple hydrology problems we would take snow measurements/cores and figure out the water equivalent in the lab. Fun stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 All I can say is WOW. Total wonderful surprise tonight! In 2 hours we have picked up 2.0" of pure arctic-like fluff (40-1 ratio). Its a marshmallow world outside Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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