Hoosier Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 After the disastrous December for many areas, January almost has to be better, right? The first part of the month looks up and down, but I think it turns more consistently wintry with time. The CFS is suggesting warmer than average and dry conditions for the most part. This would be a bad combination as it would require great timing of individual storms to have a snowier than average month. Hopefully it's wrong. It would only take a couple moist systems to end up average/wetter than average. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 Definitely ready to put December behind us! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 5 hours ago, michsnowfreak said: Definitely ready to put December behind us! A December to dismember! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackstraw Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 Well only 2 things can happen. Dismember (lol) continues through the next month or we get crushed as we move into the heart of winter. Still have 8 to 10 week left. I don't trust any of these models beyond 48-72 hours, they are consistently changing run to run. No science here but I think we get crushed sometime between 1/15 and V-Day. The rubber band has to snap as we've been below normal SN going on 4 or 5 years straight. We have been having ducks and geese winter around here the past few years and they are nowhere to be found this year that I've seen. Just a gut feeling but like slow hurricane years, it only takes one to make that year infamous. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartman Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowlover2 Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanDe680 Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 Man December was boring. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJO812 Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 9 hours ago, RyanDe680 said: Man December was boring. It was very boring here in the northeast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartman Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 First completely overcast New Year's Day since 2008. Tomorrow continues more of the same. Looking to be one of those weeks coming up this week. If this past November was one of the cloudiest ever, I hope the January 2017 analog isn't a focus as we go through this month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 1 hour ago, Snow88 said: It was very boring here in the northeast It was horrible. After a good November too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogueWaves Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 8 minutes ago, michsnowfreak said: It was horrible. After a good November too. Would've been disappointing enough, but that actually made it much worse! And now we begin a new month/year with this. No surprise d10 snow maps are a total dud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 7 minutes ago, RogueWaves said: Would've been disappointing enough, but that actually made it much worse! And now we begin a new month/year with this. No surprise d10 snow maps are a total dud We will see if this talk of cold in the 3rd week of January pans out. At our northern latitude we do not even necessarily need cold, we just need to avoid torch and get some systems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 Coldest night of the winter so far, -7 was the low here. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogueWaves Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 22 hours ago, michsnowfreak said: We will see if this talk of cold in the 3rd week of January pans out. At our northern latitude we do not even necessarily need cold, we just need to avoid torch and get some systems. By that, you mean systems tracking south of us. Cuz we've had systems. In fact about 3 in a row that tracked right over SMI. We'll never score if that continues, and that's exactly the same thing models have the next two systems doing (8th and 11th). Tough to polish this turd tbh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Martin Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh_4184 Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 Picked up 3-4" of fluff today, combined with the synoptic snow over New Years Eve have about 12" otg, feels/looks more like winter now albeit maybe early December but I will certainly take it given the rough start for all. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 Peeked out the window to see all the grass tips covered. Maybe 1.5-2". Dumping in this winter. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 10 hours ago, RogueWaves said: By that, you mean systems tracking south of us. Cuz we've had systems. In fact about 3 in a row that tracked right over SMI. We'll never score if that continues, and that's exactly the same thing models have the next two systems doing (8th and 11th). Tough to polish this turd tbh I meant systems will need to continue rolling through once the cold is here. Hopefully it will remain active is what i meant basically. We already had a big boring period in December. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ottawa Blizzard Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 15 hours ago, snowstormcanuck said: Peeked out the window to see all the grass tips covered. Maybe 1.5-2". Dumping in this winter. Monday is looking promising. Maybe 2-4"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Martin Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LansingWeather Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 9 hours ago, Ottawa Blizzard said: Monday is looking promising. Maybe 2-4"? Storms that start off snow, then rain so all of the snow melts are the WORST storms... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 9 hours ago, Ottawa Blizzard said: Monday is looking promising. Maybe 2-4"? Needs to trend south. We have a bit of cold dammed in, but as progged now, might not be enough to save us from mix/rain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 This was our point forecast on this date back in 2014. Quite the contrast to today's point, which features high temps near 50 for the next several days lol. 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheeselandSkies Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 I am not a winterista and I hope never to see a repeat of 2013-14 with the seemingly endless much BN temps (which in DJF in WI means single digits and below). February 2015 and the "spring" of 2018 were ominously close. As I posted elsewhere, in "theory" just normal early January temps in WI should be plenty cold enough to snow. However it seems lately (other than the NYE overachiever) our options are JUST warm enough to rain, or brutally cold and bone dry. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 27 degrees this morning, afternoon high of 40... normal is 22. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoboy645 Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 49 minutes ago, CheeselandSkies said: I am not a winterista and I hope never to see a repeat of 2013-14 with the seemingly endless much BN temps (which in DJF in WI means single digits and below). February 2015 and the "spring" of 2018 were ominously close. As I posted elsewhere, in "theory" just normal early January temps in WI should be plenty cold enough to snow. However it seems lately (other than the NYE overachiever) our options are JUST warm enough to rain, or brutally cold and bone dry. Yep that's pretty much the last 2/3 weeks in a nutshell. It gets pretty annoying really quick. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrdIowPitMsp Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 Today had the lowest daily record high in Minneapolis at 41. Needless to say we shattered this with a high of 46 today. Although we are far below average on snow season to date, and received over an inch of rainfall last week, the low sun angle is helping some snow hang around. Here’s the backyard a few hours ago. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAFF Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 My bet is Josh is chomping at the bit to finish that goat trail to the garage. Full sun here today and wore just a T shirt to dinner tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Martin Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 A little concerned about power outages with the wet snow/wind combo ...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL LIKELY LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MID TO LATE MONDAY... Travel will become increasingly difficult late Sunday night through Monday, especially during the Monday morning commute, as a swath of wet, moderate to at times heavy snow overspreads the Upper Peninsula. Snow will fall heaviest Monday morning into early afternoon, especially across the tip of the Keweenaw Peninsula and across central and eastern Upper Michigan where 5 to 8 inches of snow look possible at this time. Elsewhere, mainly across western Upper Michigan, snowfall amounts could top out around 4 to 5 inches in a few spots; however, travel will still be difficult due to the wet nature of the snow. Along with falling snow creating reduced visibilities, southeast winds are expected to increase with gusts upwards of 30 to 45 mph at times. These strong winds, especially over the tip of the Keweenaw and near Lake Superior and Lake Michigan will create not only blowing and drifting snow concerns, but the potential for near white-out conditions at times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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