Jim Martin Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ConvectiveIA Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 4 hours ago, UMB WX said: First time in 4 yrs we'll be able to Braaaaap to the Racine County Winterfest. What a 5 day stretch of snow. Does that mean snowmobile to it? Sorry for my ignorance. I though WI and MN were in a snow drought Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King James Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 First time in 4 yrs we'll be able to Braaaaap to the Racine County Winterfest. What a 5 day stretch of snow.Just send it brotha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torchageddon Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 I don't know if I've seen a slushy day as much as this, after my 6 inches of snow the rapid melt and rain just took walking out of the question. There is borderline flooding in certain low-laying areas. High elevation spots its extremely slippery. I thought today would be a good day to be outside since its going to be the warmest til the end of the month...I rather walk in the cold! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UMB WX Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 3 hours ago, ConvectiveIA said: Does that mean snowmobile to it? Sorry for my ignorance. I though WI and MN were in a snow drought Ground was bare before it snowed Friday night. Before this weeks snow I think we were running at 1.5" of snow since December 1st. Most areas have picked up between 12-16"+ since this past Fri. Yep one will be able to ride to Great Lakes DragAway for Winterfest. I think this will be the first time in at least the last 4 seasons that this corner of the state will have all of their trail systems open. Exciting. Last winter we were only up to 15.5" at this time. Rough couple starts but we made a respectable winter out of last yrs not so great start and this yrs looks to be going that way to. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowtie` Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 Ended up with 1.6 of rain in my tippy bucket. Does not seem to correlate with the radar estimate from KIND though. You can tell the ground is frozen good though. There is still tons of standing water in the fields around town. Nothing is soaking in. It all has to run off. All of the field ditches and creeks are full up. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 Winter storm warnings posted for the shoreline counties of the UP. Upwards of 8" here through tonight, the temp dropping to -10 with 30-40 mph winds. Blizzard-like conditions at times, whiteouts and dangerous wind chills... M-28 between Mqt and Munising will surely close. In weather like this, it makes the remoteness here seem even more so. I would NOT want to get stuck or stranded. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh_4184 Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 44 minutes ago, weatherbo said: Winter storm warnings posted for the shoreline counties of the UP. Upwards of 8" here through tonight, the temp dropping to -10 with 30-40 mph winds. Blizzard-like conditions at times, whiteouts and dangerous wind chills... M-28 between Mqt and Munising will surely close. In weather like this, it makes the remoteness here seem even more so. I would NOT want to get stuck or stranded. I have been up in Munising/Christmas area during these blizzards, we were stuck at the hotel at White Pine for 3 days as M28 was closed during the period. It can be downright nasty in that areas with the wind/heavy snow, wasn't even able to snowmobile it was so bad. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janetjanet998 Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 will be adding to both of these,,starting to get concerned about the SWE so late in the winter ...with last year being wet a wet spring could be trouble Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 1 hour ago, janetjanet998 said: will be adding to both of these,,starting to get concerned about the SWE so late in the winter ...with last year being wet a wet spring could be trouble Its basically mid winter. This is not that late at all. Decent chance those areas dont have snowpack by the time spring gets here. Just have to hope to lose a little at a time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 Winter storm warnings in effect here 1-2’ of snow with 40 mph winds and talks of a lake effect blizzard next week. Fun times! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janetjanet998 Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 1 hour ago, michsnowfreak said: Its basically mid winter. This is not that late at all. Decent chance those areas dont have snowpack by the time spring gets here. Just have to hope to lose a little at a time. in one week meteorological winter will be 2/3rd over...here in PIA some of the biggest floods on the IL river come in march...cold pattern next ten days at least..it is not going anywhere soon..time will tell.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Martin Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 4 hours ago, janetjanet998 said: will be adding to both of these,,starting to get concerned about the SWE so late in the winter ...with last year being wet a wet spring could be trouble We have a good 12-13" on the ground right now. It also has two layers of ice from freezing drizzle events between snows. If it works out that we get a little tomorrow, and then potentially several inches Monday we would have a shot at 20+". Deepest snow I can remember was about 16-17". Both in early 99 after the NY blizzard, and after the GHDI blizzard in 2011. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEiowaWX Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 23" on the ground here. up to 47" since November 1st. Wind was brutal today some massive drifts in rural areas. Pretty extreme for my area. This will likely be a historic winter for southern iowa! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrdIowPitMsp Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 Another 0.4” this morning with the arctic front. Have actually built up a respectable 1” snowpack.... Already -5F. Daytime temps never got above 4F. Love this weather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 18 minutes ago, SEiowaWX said: 23" on the ground here. up to 47" since November 1st. Wind was brutal today some massive drifts in rural areas. Pretty extreme for my area. This will likely be a historic winter for southern iowa! Dayum! That's Bo territory lol. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 Why I love this city. Check this lake effect snow band moving into the city today. Totals likely to exceed two feet. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 The air mass contrast across Canada is one of the biggest I've seen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 The top of the weather station tripod is 20" tall. Gives kind of an idea of how deep the snow pack is this morning. Estimating between 13-15". 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 Average snow depth now up to 17". Think this might be the deepest I've seen here. GHDI came close, but this has that beat. Especially considering the multiple layers, including two ice layers. They're hauling snow away in dump trucks right now in the center of town. First time for that. Guess they ran out of places to pile it up. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 I think I have about a 12-inch depth here in my yard. It is compacting as I type. Saturday's 1.6" of fluff finally reached the top of one of my snow board stakes, but a day later the level had already fallen by at least an inch again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hlcater Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 The entire eastern half of Iowa has snow depths greater than 12". This makes me pretty concerned about river flooding and ice jams if we get a warm cutter or something else where we warm very quickly. Given what models are showing, this is definitely in the cards. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoboy645 Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 I probably got 20"+ of snow pack right now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ConvectiveIA Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 Our snow depth isn’t quite as deep here as eastern Iowa. I know it gets deeper once you get close to Pella when I drive east. Here I’m Des Moines there’s about 8 inches give or take but it’s very crusted and dense Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Martin Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Took a walk in the park today after doing some errands. The beauty of winter as a tundra like dangerous arctic airmass looms. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 0.3" ORD and 0.1" here today from the Arctic snow showers. DPA even reported +SN for a brief time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baum Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 26 minutes ago, Chicago Storm said: 0.3" ORD and 0.1" here today from the Arctic snow showers. DPA even reported +SN for a brief time. arctic snowhowers are great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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