Northern Ohio Obs/Discussion Part 2

[WHEATCENT]

Someone's weather station in Rome is at -31 on the wundermap crazy! 

[NEOH]

2 hours ago, WHEATCENT said:

Someone's weather station in Rome is at -31 on the wundermap crazy! 

That's crazy. Got down to -13 imby.

[dta1984]

Saw the Chardon snowfall to date listed on the square digital sign.   I'm not too far behind, about 10" less.  It's been a good season so far.  

[OHweather]

Recently tallied up my seasonal snowfall, and I'm sitting at 67" to date. Last season, I had 68" all winter. Friday's system looks like a nice refresher of the snowpack. It's more of a lobe of the polar vortex than a regular clipper...there will be synoptic snow in the warm advection ahead of the system Friday morning and afternoon, which looks like a quick 1-3". The more dynamic portion will be Friday evening/night, when an Arctic front pushes through. That should bring a nice burst of lake-enhanced snow (looking at satellite, the ice is still somewhat lose and has cracks, so there should be a limited flux from the lake), along with rapidly falling temperatures and strong wind gusts. It'll only last a few hours, but conditions will be quite harsh along and just behind the front Friday evening. Some limited lake effect lingers Friday night into early Saturday. The snow Friday evening through early Saturday probably adds a variable accumulation of 1-4" to most of the area downwind of Lake Erie, pushing event totals into a 3-6" type range.