White Christmas?

[snowstormcanuck]

The subtitle of the Dec. observation thread inspired me. Have your say. Winner gets my undying love and affection.

 

Also feel free to discuss locations not mentioned in the poll. Space was limited. For the poll choices, votes must be cast by 11.59pm December 10th.

[Hoosier]

I think it's probably going to come down to what happens in the days right before Christmas for many areas.  IOW I doubt whatever falls in the next 5 days or so is going to survive all the way through the holiday. 

[michsnowfreak]

You going with the traditional "1 inch or more of snow on the ground", or any snowfall? Good poll idea.

[Powerball]

DTW - Yes

CLE - Yes

ORD - Yes

IND - No

MKE - Yes

STL - No

 

Reasoning = Gut feeling

[snowstormcanuck]

You going with the traditional "1 inch or more of snow on the ground", or any snowfall? Good poll idea.

 

I was thinking 1"+ measured on the ground on Christmas morning. 

[michsnowfreak]

I was thinking 1"+ measured on the ground on Christmas morning. 

Sounds good. Thats the "official" White Christmas anyway.

[sc2man13]

DTW-yes

 

CLE-yes

 

ORD-no

 

IND-no

 

MKE-yes

 

STL-no

 

I'm trying to find the stats, but it feels like we haven't had a White Christmas in Chicago since 2007.

[Chicago Storm]

 

I'm trying to find the stats, but it feels like we haven't had a White Christmas in Chicago since 2007.

2010...with a snow depth of 5".

[The_Global_Warmer]

No for everyone but MKE.

 

 

 

Snow will fall in every city between now and Christmas.

 

But given how dry it is the lack of any foreseeable major event and this.  It will probably depend on what happens the day or two before Christmas.

 

 

 

[snowstormcanuck]

Yes voters are in trouble

[IWXwx]

Yes voters are in trouble

I voted no on every location except DTW. That may have been a mistake.

[snowstormcanuck]

I voted no on every location except DTW. That may have been a mistake.

 

correct it! Deadline hasn't past. I went clean sweep no.

[OHweather]

I haven't looked at much long range lately but the ensembles (Euro/GFS) are both hinting at a modest ridge off the west coast and east based Greenland block about 5 days before Christmas. So given we may have some modest cold air come down and factoring in climo a bit went CLE, DTW, MKE yes and ORD, STL and IND no.

[snowstormcanuck]

Get your guesses in. 45 minutes to add or change your vote. If you do, post about it in addition to changing your poll selection. Just makes it more conspicuous and easier for me to add you to the right group. This'll be the master list of the final votes.

 

DTW

 

YES

Gilbertfly, cyclone77, PatrickSumner, Stevo6899, Stebo, Trent, bpski, IWXwx, michsnowfreak, Powerball, panhandlehook, RobertSul, sc2man13, huronicane, The Madd One, Jonger1150, blackrock, mimillman, The_Global_Warmer, Northern_IN_Wx, RogueWaves, SpartyOn, dayton1996, OHweather, Guru Of Reason

 

NO

snowstormcanuck, vespasian70, Geos, KeenerWx, Ajdos, slow poke, dmc76, wxhstn74, KokomoWX, metalicwx366, SchaumburgStormer, blizzardof96, A-L-E-K, naptown, harrisale

 

CLE

 

YES

Gilbertfly, vespasian70, Geos, cyclone77, PatrickSumner, KeenerWx, Stevo6899, Stebo, Trent, bpski, michsnowfreak, Powerball, panhandlehook, RobertSul, dmc76, wxhstn74, sc2man13, huronicane, The Madd One, KokomoWX, Jonger1150, blackrock, mimillman, Northern_IN_Wx, RogueWaves, SpartyOn, blizzardof96, dayton1996, OHweather, naptown, Guru Of Reason

 

NO

snowstormcanuck, Ajdos, IWXwx, slow poke, The_Global_Warmer, metalicwx366, SchaumburgStormer, A-L-E-K, harrisale

 

ORD

 

YES

Gilbertfly, Geos, cyclone77, PatrickSumner, KeenerWx, Stevo6899, Stebo, Trent, bpski, michsnowfreak, Powerball, panhandlehook, RobertSul, dmc76, wxhstn74, huronicane, The Madd One, KokomoWX, Jonger1150, blackrock, RogueWaves, SpartyOn, Guru Of Reason

 

NO

snowstormcanuck, vespasian70, Ajdos, IWXwx, slow poke, sc2man13, mimillman, The_Global_Warmer, Northern_IN_Wx, metalicwx366, SchaumburgStormer, blizzardof96, A-L-E-K, dayton1996, OHweather, naptown, harrisale

 

IND

 

YES

Geos, PatrickSumner, michsnowfreak, huronicane, The Madd One, KokomoWX, SpartyOn

 

NO

snowstormcanuck, Gilbertfly, vespasian70, cyclone77, KeenerWx, Ajdos, Stevo6899, Stebo, Trent, bpski, IWXwx, slow poke, Powerball, panhandlehook, RobertSul, dmc76, wxhstn74, sc2man13, Jonger1150, blackrock, mimillman, The_Global_Warmer, Northern_IN_Wx, metalicwx366, RogueWaves, SchaumburgStormer, blizzardof96, A-L-E-K, dayton1996, OHweather, naptown, harrisale, Guru Of Reason

 

MKE

 

YES

Gilbertfly, vespasian70, Geos, cyclone77, PatrickSumner, KeenerWx, Stevo6899, Stebo, Trent, bpski, slow poke, michsnowfreak, Powerball, panhandlehook, RobertSul, dmc76, wxhstn74, sc2man13, huronicane, The Madd One, KokomoWX, Jonger1150, blackrock, The_Global_Warmer, Northern_IN_Wx, metalicwx366, RogueWaves, SpartyOn, blizzardof96, dayton1996, OHweather, naptown, harrisale, Guru Of Reason

 

NO

snowstormcanuck, Ajdos, IWXwx, mimillman, SchaumburgStormer, A-L-E-K

 

STL

 

YES

Geos, PatrickSumner, wxhstn74, The Madd One, mimillman, Guru Of Reason

 

NO

snowstormcanuck, Gilbertfly, vespasian70, cyclone77, KeenerWx, Ajdos, Stevo6899, Stebo, Trent, bpski, IWXwx, slow poke, michsnowfreak, Powerball, panhandlehook, RobertSul, dmc76, sc2man13, huronicane, KokomoWX, Jonger1150, blackrock, The_Global_Warmer, Northern_IN_Wx, metalicwx366, RogueWaves, SchaumburgStormer, SpartyOn, blizzardof96, A-L-E-K, dayton1996, OHweather, naptown, harrisale

[Snowstorms]

Alright here's my vote cause I didnt do one lol; 

 

DTW-yes

 

CLE-yes

 

ORD-Yes

 

IND-No

 

MKE-yes

 

STL-no

[IWXwx]

I know that Toronto wasn't included in the poll, but does 1" + of ice qualify as a white Christmas? lol

[snowstormcanuck]

I know that Toronto wasn't included in the poll, but does 1" + of ice qualify as a white Christmas? lol

 

black christmas 'cause we ain't gonna have power!

[SchaumburgStormer]

My no votes across the board may be solid.

[Whitelakeroy]

One more major NW trend and the answer will be NO to all!!! 

[SpartyOn]

No

[Ajdos]

lol sooo

[snowstormcanuck]

Too lazy to figure out who won.

 

YOU'RE ALL WINNERS!

[Trent]

Looks it was only yes for CLE and MKE. The rest are no. Congrats Vespasion70 for getting all 6 correct!

[michsnowfreak]

7am Snow Depth Christmas morning:

DTW - T

CLE - 1

ORD - T

IND - 0

MKE - 10

STL - 0

 

All areas had a nice to very nice snowpack AFTER this thread was created, but the weather the weekend before Christmas assured that Vespasion70 would be the winner. CLE just eeked out one with 0.8" Christmas Eve, and both Detroit and Chicago had snow fall on Christmas (Detroit had old patches as well) but only Milwaukee had the "perfect" White Christmas.

[Geos]

7am Snow Depth Christmas morning:

DTW - T

CLE - 1

ORD - T

IND - 0

MKE - 10

STL - 0

 

All areas had a nice to very nice snowpack AFTER this thread was created, but the weather the weekend before Christmas assured that Vespasion70 would be the winner. CLE just eeked out one with 0.8" Christmas Eve, and both Detroit and Chicago had snow fall on Christmas (Detroit had old patches as well) but only Milwaukee had the "perfect" White Christmas.

 

Yeah technically Chicago did get a white Christmas. The snow just came a little later than ideal.

[michsnowfreak]

Yeah technically Chicago did get a white Christmas. The snow just came a little later than ideal.

True, records wise though they didnt. Heck, I can tell you that driving around the dusting of snow swirling on the streets and with many old snowbanks looking less dirty with a fresh coating of white, it sure had a more wintry feel to it than a Christmas like, say, 2005, which saw a pouring rain but still had enough snow on the ground to make it a White Christmas. Just how the world of weather stats work lol