December 9th and 10th Clipper

[frostfern]

1 hour ago, Harry Perry said:

To be or not to be a rainer… short range says 3-6” of concrete is coming. NWS says get out your rain boots lol. I think this is going to end up being yet another surprise around here. 

It being at night and featuring some heavy rates is favorable.  Also having preexisting snow to stick to.  It looks to be incredibly wet if it doesn’t go to rain.

[frostfern]

1 hour ago, sbnwx85 said:

What limited research I've done on those winters shows they started with northwest flows and clippers laying down a good snowpack before bigger storms came in from the southwest. Would be epic to cash in on the same this season.

I remember 2013-2014 having some rain, but there was persistent cold between systems.  The thaws were mostly brief warm sectors, no major Pacific intrusions.  The real polar vortex came later.

[cutlew]

If that’s all snow, that’s about as high of a reflectivity return for snow
as you’ll ever see around here.


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Driving home leaving the U at that time, can confirm it was all snow. Windshield was fully coating in between wipes


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[Chinook]

Minneapolis radar

[mnchaserguy]

Was just out for daycare pick up. Bet visibility was 1/4 to 1/2 mile at best, and there’s hardly any wind right now. It’s just snowing that hard. Sounded like some ice pellets were mixing in a bit once I got home.


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[mnchaserguy]

I’ve picked up a solid 4.5” in five hours. Looks like we will get a bit of a break here soon before the second band moves in and drops another inch or two.


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[OrdIowPitMsp]

MSP - 2.6” @ 6pm

Measured 3.75” on my previously shoveled sidewalk at 7:15pm

Back edge about to push through, should see wrap around snow overnight and add a bit more.

[Harry Perry]

“Rain for the next hour”… Been snowing heavily since it started. 

[frostfern]

5 minutes ago, Harry Perry said:

“Rain for the next hour”… Been snowing heavily since it started. 

GRR mentioned the warmth is progged to be shallow and near the ground.  The main issue is stickage.  

[cutlew]

4.25” in ~6 hours here in Woodbury


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[RogueWaves]

The good old front-end thumper for SMI. Should stay all snow and avoid dreaded melting for Harrison. Clipper 1 was a solid 2" and on the high end of forecast for a change. Snowpack was quite withered after 9 days with warm ground eating from beneath. Great to be back. See if this one can sneak those top shelf rates up here too.

[thomp2mp]

Schools already closing in anticipation for this event

[WestMichigan]

4 hours ago, frostfern said:

It being at night and featuring some heavy rates is favorable.  Also having preexisting snow to stick to.  It looks to be incredibly wet if it doesn’t go to rain.

At 8:30 it was raining in Holland and transitioned to snow around Zeeland with white roads by the time I got to Hudsonville.

[frostfern]

First bands all snow so far but the dewpoint is 32.  

[Chinook]

Milwaukee area radar

[madwx]

Over performing right now. Massive flakes and already 2+”. Rain may be mixing in occasionally but it’s a vast majority snow 

[frostfern]

7 minutes ago, madwx said:

Over performing right now. Massive flakes and already 2+”. Rain may be mixing in occasionally but it’s a vast majority snow 

Waiting on a batch of 30+ dbz returns to hit here.  Hoping it stays all snow.  GRR radar kinda sucks.  Shows artificial holes due to ground clutter.

[nvck]

Started coming down here around a half hour ago, hoping for a good 4-5 inches 

[frostfern]

2.5” so far and dumping here east of GR.  The bright band is getting close though.  I’m assuming the 40 dbz stuff off to the SW is melting wet flakes.

It’s nice I can tell it’s snowing hard from my bed because it amplifies the local light pollution so much.  It’s so bright you’d think it’s very early morning, but nope.

[thomp2mp]

snowing heavily in Waterford

would get up and measure but I lost my yard stick and haven't gotten the chance to steal one from the hardware store yet 

[RemoteSenses]

Coming down here in Midland. Looks like the last couple hours of HI-RES models really cut down on totals. 

[Stebo]

Had 2.8" at home and it had switched to rain, side streets were a mess but the freeway was fine.

[OrdIowPitMsp]

4.1” at MSP

Scattered snow showers and another clipper tonight. 

[nvck]

University delayed start until 11am, doesn't really seem like 4" would warrant that, but I guess so

[Stebo]

Just now, nvck said:

University delayed start until 11am, doesn't really seem like 4" would warrant that, but I guess so

What, lmao. It took an act of god to delay or close CMU when I was there back in the 2000s.

[sbnwx85]

27 minutes ago, Stebo said:

What, lmao. It took an act of god to delay or close CMU when I was there back in the 2000s.

Took a blizzard to shut down Valpo in 2007. Only weather-related day off I got in four years. Times have changed.

[SchaumburgStormer]

33 minutes ago, Stebo said:

What, lmao. It took an act of god to delay or close CMU when I was there back in the 2000s.

[nvck]

54 minutes ago, Stebo said:

What, lmao. It took an act of god to delay or close CMU when I was there back in the 2000s.

We closed twice last year for cold, but never had enough snow to close for that

[mnchaserguy]

Totals mostly in the 4-6” range, even to our north. I think this is mostly because ratios were around 9:1 according to MPX. If we were in the 12:1 or 15:1 range we would have seen some of those higher totals verify. I think there ended up being a much bigger lull after that initial wave than the models showed.


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[Stebo]

33 minutes ago, SchaumburgStormer said:

I drove my 92 tempo up hill both ways to campus back then