daddylonglegs Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 -2F here....looks like high pressure is about overhead... Are we making ice on L Michigan yet? That old bath tub is releasing some heat on a day like today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 EARTH-DIRECTED SOLAR FLARE: Active sunspot 1401 erupted today, Jan. 19th, between 15:15 and 16:30 UT. The long-duration blast produced an M3-class solar flare and a CME that appears to be heading toward Earth http://spaceweather.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtlehurricane Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 -3/-15 currently. Almost froze my hand to the front door by accident. I'm gonna try the boiling water experiment, it is -20 °C so that's pretty cold. Hoping to see some heterogeneous ice nucleation, since it is optimized around -15 °C. Homogeneous nucleation is rare until about -40 °C. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpartyOn Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 http://spaceweather.com/ Good. Because who needs cell phones anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpartyOn Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 Our Lady of blessed zonal flow don't fail us now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtlehurricane Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 The boiling water instantaneously became a cloud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 1°/-10° here currently with a thin snowpack. Wind Chill running as low as -15°. Roof of my house is making all kinds of strange popping sounds! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 7/-4 at 9PM. IND updated, and now has a low of -1 for LAF. Sweet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue60007 Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 Zero, probably a long shot...but we could get to 5 or a degree lower I think. Need another big drop at 9PM. I've got my money on a sub-zero reading tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 I've got my money on a sub-zero reading tonight. Looking at things now...smart money says we get close if not there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 RUC continues to show cold pool of death settling into northwest Illinois later on this evening... Dang! Dewpoints are low enough. Looks like a black hole forming there! haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 I got just over 2" today. If I can squeeze out 3" tommorw, it would be my greatest snow depth of the year. I had 9.5 degrees awhile ago and some clouds rolled in and it's up to 10.3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue60007 Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 Looking at things now...smart money says we get close if not there. I'd like to see the winds drop off a bit more, but its looking good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 I got just over 2" today. If I can squeeze out 3" tommorw, it would be my greatst snow depth of the year. I had 9.5 degrees awhile ago and some clouds rolled in and it's up to 10.3. Cracked 20" at FWA I see...pretty good for an overall lousy winter to date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KokomoWX Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 I've got my money on a sub-zero reading tonight. Looking at things now...smart money says we get close if not there. I say below zero... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 Cracked 20" at FWA I see...pretty good for an overall lousy winter to date. Yep, not doing too bad. Kind of reminds me of LAF the first part of winter last year, always ovrprforming. Only 17" IMBY though. Only 20 miles from FWA and over 3" difference in snowfall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 Looking at things now...smart money says we get close if not there. Considering how rapidly we're falling and the waa not kicking in for many hours, I agree. Man these types of nights are really difficult to forecast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 Yep, not doing too bad. Kind of reminds me of LAF the first part of winter last year, always ovrprforming. Only 17" IMBY though. Only 20 miles from FWA and over 3" difference in snowfall. 17" isn't bad. Heck, I'm extremely grateful for my 13.6" to date. Over performing is good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 Considering how rapidly we're falling and the waa not kicking in for many hours, I agree. Man these types of nights are really difficult to forecast. Yep, these are the situations where min temp forecasts go bust quickly. I think I read IND dropped the mins 10 degrees across the board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 Yep, these are the situations where min temp forecasts go bust quickly. I think I read IND dropped the mins 10 degrees across the board. THE MAIN FOCUS OF THE NEAR TERM PERIOD IS OVERNIGHT LOWS. TEMPS ARE PLUMMETING UPSTREAM WHERE CLEARING HAS ALREADY OCCURRED...AND THEY HAVE DROPPED SUBSTANTIALLY ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA IN PLACES THAT WERE STILL UNDER CLOUD COVER. SO...CUT OVERNIGHT LOWS AS MUCH AS 10 DEGREES ACROSS THE NORTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF FORECAST AREA WITH THE FRESH SNOW PACK...WHICH WILL PUT THOSE COUNTIES BELOW ZERO. FURTHER SOUTH...DROPPED TEMPS A FEW DEGREES...BUT WAS MORE CONSERVATIVE DUE TO ANY LINGERING CLOUD COVER AND MINIMAL SNOW COVER. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 Just hit zero for the first time this season. High clouds moving in from the west out by Des Moines, so only a few more hours to drop. Should at least get the first subzero reading of the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 Or across the NW zones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue60007 Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 4 degrees at 10pm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 4 degrees at 10pm And calm winds. The bottom may fall out if that continues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 4 degrees at 10pm And calm winds. The bottom may fall out if that continues. 3 degree/hour drop since 6PM. My wild guess is we bottom at -3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 3 degree/hour drop since 6PM. My wild guess is we bottom at -3. RUC has been way too warm with temps down there. With fresh snow cover and the high pressure settling very close to you guys by daybreak temps are gonna tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 RUC has been way too warm with temps down there. With fresh snow cover and the high pressure settling very close to you guys by daybreak temps are gonna tank. IND has the winds staying up a bit but it's gonna be close. If we do go calm for any prolonged period then we may be talking at least 5 below. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue60007 Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 Is it bad I'm smashing F5 to see the latest obs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 -15F in Sparta right now... -2F here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 lol, up to 6 at 11PM. LAFAYETTE CLOUDY 6 -5 60 CALM 30.18R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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