Jonger Posted December 27, 2016 Share Posted December 27, 2016 Looks like the GFS held firm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted December 28, 2016 Share Posted December 28, 2016 Snow squalls are looking more likely for IND and IWX late Thursday afternoon/evening. IND has been beating the drum for a couple of days. From clear to zero visibility in seconds. I 65 will be a parking lot. Model guidance continues to show the ingredients for snow squalls coming together. Steep low level lapse rates, possibly some weak low level instability, at least some low level moisture and moisture in the dendritic growth zone, vort lobes within the larger upper trough, and strong low level flow. Model snow squall parameters are again strongly positive across much of central Indiana in the afternoon and evening hours Thursday, and now that we are within 60 hours, convection allowing models are also hinting at development of snow showers during this time period. This all is to say that there will be the potential for dangerous snow squalls, with rapidly varying visibility in brief bursts of intense snow showers as winds across central Indiana gust to near 40 MPH at times Thursday afternoon and evening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slimjim101 Posted December 28, 2016 Share Posted December 28, 2016 Some information on where northern Michigan is for the season on total snow fall. http://www.weather.gov/apx/snowgraph_ytd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nwohweather Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 Getting hammered with snow right now in Toledo. Very heavy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 7 minutes ago, nwohweather said: Getting hammered with snow right now in Toledo. Very heavy Absolutely nothing here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nwohweather Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 Insane snowfall in Perrysburg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackstraw Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 What does this mean from KIND? Are they just saying brief bursts of heavy snow showers with low visibility? if so why not just say that? IWX just says snow showers 2 miles north. Thursday A slight chance of snow showers before 3pm, then a slight chance of rain and snow showers between 3pm and 4pm, then a chance of snow showers after 4pm. The snow could be heavy at times. Increasing clouds, with a high near 36. Breezy, with a west wind 15 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Thursday Night A chance of snow showers before 1am, then a slight chance of flurries between 1am and 4am. The snow could be heavy at times. Cloudy, with a low around 24. West northwest wind around 18 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowlover2 Posted December 29, 2016 Author Share Posted December 29, 2016 16 hours ago, IWXwx said: Snow squalls are looking more likely for IND and IWX late Thursday afternoon/evening. IND has been beating the drum for a couple of days. From clear to zero visibility in seconds. I 65 will be a parking lot. Model guidance continues to show the ingredients for snow squalls coming together. Steep low level lapse rates, possibly some weak low level instability, at least some low level moisture and moisture in the dendritic growth zone, vort lobes within the larger upper trough, and strong low level flow. Model snow squall parameters are again strongly positive across much of central Indiana in the afternoon and evening hours Thursday, and now that we are within 60 hours, convection allowing models are also hinting at development of snow showers during this time period. This all is to say that there will be the potential for dangerous snow squalls, with rapidly varying visibility in brief bursts of intense snow showers as winds across central Indiana gust to near 40 MPH at times Thursday afternoon and evening. ILN and local mets have been talking quite a bit about squalls here tomorrow night. Should be fun to watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackstraw Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 I guess I just don't understand why they hide it in the discussion and say 'Heavy snow at times" in the P&C. I just had some folks that are traveling up from down south tomorrow call and they were asking how much snow we were gonna get. Just say occasional heavy squalls instead of being obscure. Maybe I'm being picky, or in cold brown denial Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 Dropping in to say hi all! Hope all has been well with everyone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 4 hours ago, Harry said: Dropping in to say hi all! Hope all has been well with everyone! Harry! Good to hear from you. I was just asking about you over in the banter thread a few days ago. I hope all is well and you are enjoying the winter so far. 6 hours ago, Jackstraw said: I guess I just don't understand why they hide it in the discussion and say 'Heavy snow at times" in the P&C. I just had some folks that are traveling up from down south tomorrow call and they were asking how much snow we were gonna get. Just say occasional heavy squalls instead of being obscure. Maybe I'm being picky, or in cold brown denial Yeah, I don't understand that either. Probably some kind of algorithm or something that produces the p-n-c. Traveling could get ugly late today in squall areas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowstorms Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 Got 3" last night from the front that went through the area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrisale Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 36 minutes ago, Snowstorms said: Got 3" last night from the front that went through the area. Over performer last night. Was expecting 1-2" tops and ended up with about 3.5". Nice looking paste job too. Had lost about 90% of the snowpack with the previous system so this was a welcome surprise. Fresh 'pack: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chambana Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 Despite the arctic air for 5 days, its very likely December will finish near normal or slightly above average, this is such a bummer. Precipitation has been near average, looks like we close the month with 2" of snowfall, just in time for another soaker for the 1-1/1-2 timeframe. I know winters have been rockin for the Chicago- Detroit corridor the last 5-7 years, but they have been lackluster down here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 I achieved my dream. I saw rain in Ohio. It was raining and 60 degrees on Monday night in central Ohio, the wind was blowing the rain against the window. We might have had gusts to 20mph or 30mph. That was great. Out west here, I haven't seen many good rainstorms in the entire year. The next morning, when I drove to CMH airport, it was already down to 35 degrees and I could see the stars. That was just some 14 hours after CMH measured a record high of 69 degrees (Dec. 26th). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonger Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 35 minutes ago, Chambana said: Despite the arctic air for 5 days, its very likely December will finish near normal or slightly above average, this is such a bummer. Precipitation has been near average, looks like we close the month with 2" of snowfall, just in time for another soaker for the 1-1/1-2 timeframe. I know winters have been rockin for the Chicago- Detroit corridor the last 5-7 years, but they have been lackluster down here. We are still around -1.2F on the month, but the last 5 days have cut the negative departure down quite a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ConfusedKitten Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 2 hours ago, harrisale said: Over performer last night. Was expecting 1-2" tops and ended up with about 3.5". Nice looking paste job too. Had lost about 90% of the snowpack with the previous system so this was a welcome surprise. Fresh 'pack: Damn we barely got a centimeter in North London. At least something is on the ground though, the sight of bare grass post-Grinch was kinda depressing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 Saw a few flurries earlier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackstraw Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 Giant bean bag chairs with rips in them must be passing overhead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indystorm Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 Hello Harry! And glad you had a good trip Chinook. Some bursts of snow here this evening. Only a dusting in a few places IMBY so far. Drove down I-65 this afternoon from Highland IN back home here to Fortville without a problem. We will see what the new year brings us weatherwise. Hope everyone has had a meaningful holiday season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowtie` Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 I see they dropped the SWS but kept the wording in the HWO for my p-n-c. Only seen a flake or two, literally, in my area. I think the best/worst is staying east of me. And that is perfectly fine in my book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slimjim101 Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 Oh, the fickle finger of lake effect snow. We took a quick trip to Bay City yesterday. On the trip across the state there is still a lot of snow on the ground in the woods and not much snow on the ground in most open areas. In Bay City itself there of course is not much snow on the ground. Also of note is that while the inland lakes are ice covered the ice must be very thin as we did not see any ice fishing going on. And I have seen people on the ice when I would not have gone out. And on the way back last night we did not see any snow until we were well into the western part of the state. (west of M66) and then not too bad just light snow falling with around 2” near Howard City. Here at my house just enough to cover the ground fell however the roads were icy in this area. So while some areas in west Michigan got up to 6” of snow most areas received less. Right now there is some light snow falling and the temperature here is 28° Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveNay Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 5 minutes ago, slimjim101 said: Oh, the fickle finger of lake effect snow. We took a quick trip to Bay City yesterday. On the trip across the state there is still a lot of snow on the ground in the woods and not much snow on the ground in most open areas. In Bay City itself there of course is not much snow on the ground. Also of note is that while the inland lakes are ice covered the ice must be very thin as we did not see any ice fishing going on. And I have seen people on the ice when I would not have gone out. And on the way back last night we did not see any snow until we were well into the western part of the state. (west of M66) and then not too bad just light snow falling with around 2” near Howard City. Here at my house just enough to cover the ground fell however the roads were icy in this area. So while some areas in west Michigan got up to 6” of snow most areas received less. Right now there is some light snow falling and the temperature here is 28° The fickle finger gave you the finger? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 Light lake snow ended this afternoon and system snow was quick to move in this evening. Coming down at a decent clip but flake size has been very small, however, getting better. Interesting discussion in the MQT AFD this afternoon re: the possibility of a quick burst of very heavy snow as some enhancement comes in to play tomorrow afternoon. Should see 5-6" unless the scenario in the AFD comes to fruition, in which several more inches could fall. Saw on the news tonight Houghton County is only several inches or so from their December snowfall record of 118.8" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smoof Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 Thanks december 2016, was a Great month minus the grinch and other melting.... 5.0" 12-04-16 yay a decent overperformer for once 8.5" 12-11-16 sweet lil WAA open wave storm overperformed (was thinking 4-7) 4.25" 12-17-16 underperforming WAA open wave storm very crappy too cold pixie dust low ratio flakes NAM won the storm again saying deform would miss me and it did. 3.5" 12-23-16 overperformer again 21.25" for the month, pretty close to 50% of my usual sesonal average. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 Detroit finished December with 16.8" of snow, which is the 13th snowiest December on record, yet the month closed with no snow on the ground, only old, dirty plow piles. I had 18.5" in December imby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slimjim101 Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 As we head into January 2017 its time to take a short look at what happened in December 2016. Here in GRR December had a average high of 32.1° (34.8° is average) and the average low was 23.0° (23.5° Is ave) the mean was 27.5° (-1.7°) the warmest day was 53° on the 26th and the coldest was +4° on the 12th snow fall the month came in at 37.0” (21.9” is average) the most in one day fell on the 8.9” on the 12th the most on the ground (at the airport) was 9” on the 12th and again on the 17th there was over 2” on the ground for 18 days straight from the 9th to the 26th and there has been at least a trace on the ground since December 4th Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogueWaves Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 On 12/31/2016 at 11:26 AM, smoof said: Thanks december 2016, was a Great month minus the grinch and other melting.... 5.0" 12-04-16 yay a decent overperformer for once 8.5" 12-11-16 sweet lil WAA open wave storm overperformed (was thinking 4-7) 4.25" 12-17-16 underperforming WAA open wave storm very crappy too cold pixie dust low ratio flakes NAM won the storm again saying deform would miss me and it did. 3.5" 12-23-16 overperformer again 21.25" for the month, pretty close to 50% of my usual sesonal average. Twas the "12 days of winter" for Lwr Mich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 12 hours ago, Hoosier said: It was definitely a roller coaster month in terms of temps. I'm not surprised most areas ended up near-normal. At DTW specifically, December did end the streak of months with positive departures (since I believe June). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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