Hoosier Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 I think I remember you having a harrowing experience on a LES trip, no? Well, you haven't had much to worry about with snow packed roads around here lately. Yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 GFS tries to turn the winds off the lake in Chicago between 39 -45 hours. Maybe enough for a little LEhS? 0.25" bullseye a stone's throw away from Alek. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 1/2/10? Earlier, might have been like January 2007. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 Such an ugly map, on that 0z GFS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 it didn't pretty solid with last night's event I believe. Usually better inside 48hrs. It showed an area of 4-5" totals in NE. IL It runs high. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 Ex past facto, but the 12z Euro seemed to want to make a bigger deal out of Tuesday's clipper. Or more areal coverage. Such a cluster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormtrackertf Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 2.7" storm total from this one IMBY, more than I was expecting to be honest. Looks quite wintery out. I'd take pics but my camera met a rather unfortunate fate last month and I havent gotten a new one yet.Snow depth is about 4". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hm8 Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 another 3.3" today. 6" snow depth. Killing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 All I can say is WOW...after a steady light snow fell all day (1.5" fluff) we had a very heavy band move through between 6:30-7:30pm. It POURED snow. Picked up over an inch in less than an hour. In fact, while it took from 4am-6pm to accumulate 1.5", we got another 1.6" from 6:30-8:30pm (as said, over an inch of that in less than an hour). So total today was a very fluffy 3.1" on 0.12" water. The heaviest of the band missed DTW, they finished the day at 2.3". This is the THIRD time since Thursday that I have picked up over an inch of snow in an hour. Both the synoptic and lake effect portions of snow here have been extremely dry and fluffy. Jan 31-Feb 2 saw a total fall of snow of 6.2" here on just 0.25" water equivalent. Current snow depth is 4". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 Mod snow at STL. 0.04" liquid last hour. Last ob... SPECI KSTL 030453Z 00000KT 1/2SM R30R/3000V5000FT SN FZFG VV012 M01/M02 A3008 RMK AO2 P0000 Sweet looking radar. Quick hitter, but still. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 All I can say is WOW...after a steady light snow fell all day (1.5" fluff) we had a very heavy band move through between 6:30-7:30pm. It POURED snow. Picked up over an inch in less than an hour. In fact, while it took from 4am-6pm to accumulate 1.5", we got another 1.6" from 6:30-8:30pm (as said, over an inch of that in less than an hour). So total today was a very fluffy 3.1" on 0.12" water. The heaviest of the band missed DTW, they finished the day at 2.3". This is the THIRD time since Thursday that I have picked up over an inch of snow in an hour. Both the synoptic and lake effect portions of snow here have been extremely dry and fluffy. Jan 31-Feb 2 saw a total fall of snow of 6.2" here on just 0.25" water equivalent. Current snow depth is 4". Nice pics! Some pretty sweet looking fresh powder you got there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wisconsinwx Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 It's nice to see most members of this forum are finally seeing a fresh coating of powder and cold enough temps to have it stick around for awhile, all at once no less. Interesting to see all the activity with minor to moderate impulses in the next week, so let's all agree to enjoy it as much as we can, even though it is likely at least a short-term warm up is in the offing beyond that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmc76 Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 Mod snow at STL. 0.04" liquid last hour. Last ob... SPECI KSTL 030453Z 00000KT 1/2SM R30R/3000V5000FT SN FZFG VV012 M01/M02 A3008 RMK AO2 P0000 Sweet looking radar. Quick hitter, but still. STL2.gif It's about time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 Nice pics! Some pretty sweet looking fresh powder you got there. Thanks. Its like the snow you get in the northern lake belts, arctic nip in the air and all. It glistens so beautifully there isnt a camera in the world that could properly capture it. Only down side is it settles fast, thus why 6" of snow since Jan 31st yields a current 4" depth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 0z UK MKE/MSN/ORD through OH special for Monday. Does play up the Tuesday clipper like the 12z Euro did, ORD hit again. 0z GGEM pretty nice for ORD through OH for Monday. Is a lot further north for Tuesday...YYZ gets some. LAF...pretty much 0-fer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundersnow12 Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 0z UK MKE/MSN/ORD through OH special for Monday. Does play up the Tuesday clipper like the 12z Euro did, ORD hit again. 0z GGEM pretty nice for ORD through OH for Monday. Is a lot further north for Tuesday...YYZ gets some. LAF...pretty much 0-fer. Has been pretty consistent with that one while the NAM/GFS want to keep it further north. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csnavywx Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 About 2" of snow in the last 45 minutes. Getting blitzed. Easily the best event in over 2 years. Sad that it'll be all over in about 15 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 About 2" of snow in the last 45 minutes. Getting blitzed. Easily the best event in over 2 years. Sad that it'll be all over in about 15 minutes. Enjoy it while you got it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csnavywx Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 Getting some quarter sized flakes mixed in with some silver dollar whoppers for the grand finale. Dead calm outside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAFF Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 Ding, ding... Waiting for round two. I wonder if it will to overperform. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WintersGrasp Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 This is all SNOW on radar ? If so that is some ridiculously heavy snow for St. Louis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csnavywx Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 There's a bit of bright banding to the southwest of the city, but almost all of that is convectively enhanced snow. I wasn't kidding about 2"-3" in/hr. METAR KSTL 05:51Z 02/03/13 KSTL 030551Z 00000KT 1/2SM R30R/3000V3500FT SN FZFG VV008 M01/M02 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP187 SNINCR 2/2 4/002 P0008 60012 T10061022 10022 21006 400721011 58014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ajdos Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 There's a bit of bright banding to the southwest of the city, but almost all of that is convectively enhanced snow. I wasn't kidding about 2"-3" in/hr. Fail for your Weather Office in STL......Didn't even issue any Special Weather Statement... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmc76 Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 http://www.earthcam.com/usa/missouri/stlouis/?cam=stlouis_hd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csnavywx Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 There wasn't even much discussion about it, regardless of bust potential. It's very possible that they missed the unstable layer on the model soundings this morning and thought the guidance was overdoing it. Even the GFS was showing a deep moist neutral layer earlier today. The real giveaway (besides the unstable layer across the DGZ and the compact vort) was the way the models were handling the QPF fields. Didn't look stratiform at all to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csnavywx Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 Looks like Beau's neck of the woods is on deck next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmc76 Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 1213 AM SNOW 2 NW O`FALLON 38.80N 90.73W 02/03/2013 M3.9 INCH ST. CHARLES MO NWS EMPLOYEE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 Starting to see some flakes from the incoming disturbance. Congrats to those getting snow near STL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunder Road Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 1213 AM SNOW 2 NW O`FALLON 38.80N 90.73W02/03/2013 M3.9 INCH ST. CHARLES MO NWS EMPLOYEE Impressive! More than any of us got up here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunder Road Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 The IWX WRF would make Chicagoans (and me) happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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