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January 17-18 Winter Storm


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7 minutes ago, Stebo said:

I think DTX might be wrong on the snow ratios, their AFD made mention of 8:1 ratios, I just don't see it being that low especially with temps starting out in the 20s and very good ascent.

Not the mention that the ground will be frozen with much of the snow falling at night or early morning hours as well.  The forecaster did at least mention that areas of strong vertical motion will have better ratio's of course plus some minor terrain effects along the glacial ridge.  10 to 1 is probably the way to go with this one.  Thinking 5 to 8 inches locally followed by a few hours of drizzle followed by up to 1" of lake effect as the strong winds should have no problem blowing streamers a long way along I-94 with decent moisture also in place to boot.

 

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2 minutes ago, Hoosier said:

#1 CIPS analog is 12/1/2007.  Was in LAF back then but remember that storm.  One difference is that the warm nose aloft back then was stronger/farther north, so the ice won't get as far north this time. 

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Everyone of those analogs have the snow nowhere near where the models do this go around. Looks like a failure in analogs.

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1 minute ago, Stebo said:

Everyone of those analogs have the snow nowhere near where the models do this go around. Looks like a failure in analogs.

I do think the orientation of the snow totals may not be far off 12/1/07, this is similar in being a snow to dry slot/mix for Milwaukee and Chicago with no issues for precip type in Minneapolis.  One difference is this will likely stay snow a bit farther south than that one, as well as the time of day (and of course the former being an early winter storm).

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Recap of this storm for Champaign 

1) Ice accretion early on Friday evening 

2) Saturday temps warm to the lower 40’s with 1.5” rainfall 

3) temps crash after precipitation ends causing flash freeze, with the cold snap on brown ground

4) the packers are in the NFC championship game

5) I hate this winter. It sucks. 

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Just now, wisconsinwx said:

I do think the orientation of the snow totals may not be far off 12/1/07, this is similar in being a snow to dry slot/mix for Milwaukee and Chicago with no issues for precip type in Minneapolis.  One difference is this will likely stay snow a bit farther south than that one, as well as the time of day (and of course the former being an early winter storm).

Enjoy your 6" of snow.

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8 minutes ago, Stebo said:

Everyone of those analogs have the snow nowhere near where the models do this go around. Looks like a failure in analogs.

Well, always have to keep the limitations in mind.  Flipping through each one individually, almost none of them had a retreating 1045 mb high, so I'd have to think that is a factor in producing snow farther south.  Really, anytime you can get accumulating snow with a surface low track like this, take it as a win.  

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Just now, Hoosier said:

Well, always have to keep the limitations in mind.  Flipping through each one individually, almost none of them had a retreating 1045 mb high, so I'd have to think that is a factor in producing snow farther south.  Really, anytime you can get accumulating snow with a surface low track like this, take it as a win.  

Yeah and a lot of them had much warmer air at 850, hell the top analog had 10c into Iowa, that isn't even remotely happening this time.

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42 minutes ago, Hoosier said:

#1 CIPS analog is 12/1/2007.  Was in LAF back then but remember that storm.  One difference is that the warm nose aloft back then was stronger/farther north, so the ice won't get as far north this time. 

I received 1.5" of sleet and no snow from that storm.  Thankfully, tomorrow's system won't be a repeat.

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26 minutes ago, Chicago Storm said:

12/1/2007 storm in question...

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Had some ice in Ann Arbor where I lived at the time. It was my birthday and when my spouse opened the front door to the wintry scene, a stray cat came sprinting in.

She’s been with us for twelve years now. 

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1 hour ago, Chambana said:

Recap of this storm for Champaign 

1) Ice accretion early on Friday evening 

2) Saturday temps warm to the lower 40’s with 1.5” rainfall 

3) temps crash after precipitation ends causing flash freeze, with the cold snap on brown ground

4) the packers are in the NFC championship game

5) I hate this winter. It sucks. 

take a step back....

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1 hour ago, Chambana said:

Recap of this storm for Champaign 

1) Ice accretion early on Friday evening 

2) Saturday temps warm to the lower 40’s with 1.5” rainfall 

3) temps crash after precipitation ends causing flash freeze, with the cold snap on brown ground

4) the packers are in the NFC championship game

5) I hate this winter. It sucks. 

Sucks for all of us pretty much

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