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Revisiting the 2011 Ground Hogs Day Blizzard!


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I thought I'd add a picture or two to the mix here if you don't mind. We had 18 inches here and of course the wind. It was definitely the biggest snow I've ever seen here, although I'd seen bigger when I was off at college and the years I lived away from my hometown for a few years after.

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Ripping!

Great shot.

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One year ago today at 5:00PM we had this...

METAR KLAF 312154Z 09015KT 1/4SM +SN VV007 M06/M09 A3017 RMK AO2 SNB17 SLP226 P0000 T10611094

At 7:00PM it had turned over to this...

METAR KLAF 312354Z 08015G23KT 8SM UP FEW013 OVC021 M07/M09 A3011 RMK AO2 UPB23SNE23 SLP206 P0001 60002 T10671094 11039 21067 56034

The rest was history.

I remember that burst on the 31st. Another example of how a poorly timed inch of heavy snow can cause chaos on our streets.

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A year later and mostly sour grapes in this thread, surprising...

There was a lot to like about this storm. The several days lead up discussions were great. Regardless of how much snow fell in my backyard, it was some of the most frequent TSSN from a storm I can ever remember (and I think I only witnessed one flash), and the magnitude of warm and cold conveyors were amazing. Approaching 75 kts in the NE cold conveyor is incredible. When those gravity waves started ripping back to the west, eminating out of the northern Illinois convection, it was something else.

My write up, and pretty much the last thing I did at DVN before the move to GYX.

http://www.crh.noaa.gov/dvn/?n=groundhog_blizzard

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A year later and mostly sour grapes in this thread, surprising...

There was a lot to like about this storm. The several days lead up discussions were great. Regardless of how much snow fell in my backyard, it was some of the most frequent TSSN from a storm I can ever remember (and I think I only witnessed one flash), and the magnitude of warm and cold conveyors were amazing. Approaching 75 kts in the NE cold conveyor is incredible. When those gravity waves started ripping back to the west, eminating out of the northern Illinois convection, it was something else.

My write up, and pretty much the last thing I did at DVN before the move to GYX.

http://www.crh.noaa....undhog_blizzard

Well, look at the locations of the sour grapes posters. ;) Of course it was a great storm for the region overall and I think there are quite a few reminiscing about it fondly...but there is/was a portion of people that got screwed over with sleet or didn't get "enough" snow. But thems the breaks in every major storm.

Great write up BTW.

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Well, look at the locations of the sour grapes posters. ;) Of course it was a great storm for the region overall and I think there are quite a few reminiscing about it fondly...but there is/was a portion of people that got screwed over with sleet or didn't get "enough" snow. But thems the breaks in every major storm.

Great write up BTW.

They didn't have to twist my arm to review that storm. There were just so many interesting facets.

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They didn't have to twist my arm to review that storm. There were just so many interesting facets.

Yeah I bet. :D

It was a fascinating storm. Even though I got "screwed over" here with sleet, it'll go down as one of my favorite storms ever to experience. It was quite the ride here on the forums and with the actual weather.

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Yeah I bet. :D

It was a fascinating storm. Even though I got "screwed over" here with sleet, it'll go down as one of my favorite storms ever to experience. It was quite the ride here on the forums and with the actual weather.

I agree the discussion on here was great leading up to it.

And it probably doesn't help much, but the fact that you got that much sleet is a rarity in itself. It was said earlier, it's a transitional ptype, not usually the dominant type.

I spent grad school in Lowell, MA for the Valentine's Day storm, and that was quite literally 6"+ of pure sleet. Terrible storm for my north facing bay window in my studio apartment. Tough to sleep through that sound.

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I agree the discussion on here was great leading up to it.

And it probably doesn't help much, but the fact that you got that much sleet is a rarity in itself. It was said earlier, it's a transitional ptype, not usually the dominant type.

I spent grad school in Lowell, MA for the Valentine's Day storm, and that was quite literally 6"+ of pure sleet. Terrible storm for my north facing bay window in my studio apartment. Tough to sleep through that sound.

I have an appreciation for the amount of sleet that occurred here, no doubt about it. Remarkable really. Never seen anything like that in my life. But of course snow is king...and it wasn't too far way to our north/northwest.

Ha ha, my bedroom window faces west...so I know what you're talking about. The sound is quite unique. Speaking of V Day, it was of course pure snow here...to the tune of 17.0". :)

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A year later and mostly sour grapes in this thread, surprising...

There was a lot to like about this storm. The several days lead up discussions were great. Regardless of how much snow fell in my backyard, it was some of the most frequent TSSN from a storm I can ever remember (and I think I only witnessed one flash), and the magnitude of warm and cold conveyors were amazing. Approaching 75 kts in the NE cold conveyor is incredible. When those gravity waves started ripping back to the west, eminating out of the northern Illinois convection, it was something else.

My write up, and pretty much the last thing I did at DVN before the move to GYX.

http://www.crh.noaa....undhog_blizzard

Wow great write up sir, never saw that!

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Of course the moment it got real in Chicago was at night...one year ago today.

ORD

METAR KORD 020351Z 05031G45KT 1/4SM R14R/1000V1600FT +TSSN BLSN BKN001 OVC009 M07/M07 A2973 RMK AO2 PK WND 05053/0301 TSB48 SLP077 SNINCR 1/9 P0012 T10671072 $

SPECI KORD 020413Z 04027G36KT 1/4SM R14R/1200V1800FT +TSSN BLSN BKN001 OVC008 M07/M07 A2974 RMK AO2 PK WND 05046/0353 TSB0357E0358B12 P0007

METAR KORD 020551Z 04028G41KT 1/4SM R14R/1200V1400FT +SN BLSN BKN001 OVC008 M07/M07 A2971 RMK AO2 SLP071 931060 SNINCR 2/12 4/012 P0024 60062 T10671072 11056 21067 410501067 58003 $

MDW

METAR KMDW 020251Z COR 05031G50KT 1/16SM R31C/1200V2200FT +TSSN BLSN FZFG OVC001CB M06/M08 A2968 RMK AO2 PK WND 05050/0249 SLP065 OCNL LTGIC OHD TS OHD MOV N SNINCR 2/10 6//// T10611083 58072 PNO $

SPECI KMDW 020337Z 05029G43KT 1/16SM R31C/1200V2200FT +TSSN BLSN FZFG OVC001CB M06/M08 A2970 RMK AO2 PK WND 05048/0326 TSB04E17B36 OCNL LTGIC OHD TS OHD MOV N PNO $

METAR KMDW 020351Z AUTO 05026G49KT 1/16SM R31C/1200V2200FT +TSSNGS BLSN FZFG OVC001CB M06/M08 A2969 RMK AO2 PK WND 04049/0347 TSB04E17B36GSB46 SLP069 OCNL LTGICCG OHD TS OHD MOV N SNINCR 1/11 T10611078 PNO $

SPECI KMDW 020411Z 04034G46KT 1/16SM R31C/1200V2200FT +TSSNGS BLSN FZFG VV001 M06/M08 A2971 RMK AO2 PK WND 05046/0410 TSB10 OCNL LTGICCG OHD TS OHD MOV NE PNO $

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This time last year I was on campus in classes. About noon the Chancellor announced classes must end by 2:30pm and everybody that commuted should go home! Some light lake effect was falling at this time.

The real system snow started at about 3:30pm.

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This time last year I was on campus in classes. About noon the Chancellor announced classes must end by 2:30pm and everybody that commuted should go home! Some light lake effect was falling at this time.

The real system snow started at about 3:30pm.

Yep. I worked in the campus library at MU that afternoon, and found out while still on campus that classes were canceled for the next day Groundhog Day. First and only time that's happened in my 18 years of schooling.

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