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As someone who witnessed the total in 2017, I'd highly recommend getting into the totality zone. Being in the 99% area seems like it would be pretty much the same as 100%, but it's not. There's significant dimming at 99%+ but I couldn't believe how rapidly the surroundings changed in the final seconds.

Next total solar eclipse in the US is 5 years from today. Would be nice to have weather like today. There will be a couple solar eclipses for the sub prior to that... non-total of course. June 2021 is a morning/sunrise eclipse that will occur in a good chunk of the region. I intend to go to a place along Lake Michigan for that one... would look great with the sun rising.

Let's not forget how cold last April actually was. High bar to get the month to end up like that (or colder)

That would be irritating. I'd take a big snowstorm here but that is a waste.

Maybe you can get to 50"

Hopefully a rebound toward positive territory not long after as this suggests

I'm gonna go with no.

Scary stuff. Glad things turned out relatively ok.

Don't forget that we all used to be in the Central/Western subforum prior to the creation of the Lakes/Ohio Valley subforum. I don't think the admins would be too keen on adding additional subforums at this point. Besides, the issue of Ohio and other areas fighting over storms has largely been resolved since the creation of the separate regional threads. Of course the folks who are in these threads are welcome to participate in the main storm threads too. Almost all of us are adults here and there's no reason that people from Wisconsin can't have productive storm discussion with people from Ohio without feeling like somebody is trying to take the storm away from them (as if that's possible, lol)

NAM isn't really 15"... that is TT nonsense due to awful algorithm. That being said, curious to see how this plays out for you guys. Front end snow on an unfavorable track isn't unusual but a warning criteria snowfall is, though it can happen as has been mentioned earlier.

He is either extrapolating or has top secret access.

The sampling thing has some validity but it can be overblown. You're not going to suddenly see a storm go from hitting Wisconsin/Michigan to hitting Kentucky, but changes can and do occur (and they are really significant if you are near a gradient!).

To be fair, every setup is different, this one will have a sub 1000 mb low approaching from the sw with a strong LLJ trying to pump in warmth. Being that I don't live anywhere near Columbus and I really don't care how it turns out, my honest opinion is that there will be mixing issues there... maybe more than what the ECMWF suggests. Doesn't preclude the possibility of significant snow, but I'd be nervous. Good luck.

Hi-res version of the RGEM.

Deep Thunder

Go with your experience buckeye. Columbus taints at least excuse imaginable.

It's actually below freezing at the surface. ICON doesn't plot mixed precip for some reason.

Euro verbatim, that is possibly the most disruptive storm in Ohio since 1978. Only thing is it's a weekend.

I am interested in the 12/21-12/25 timeframe, but interest doesn't guarantee results. If something does happen, maybe we'll call it Jeblizzard.

Hopefully it's stronger than 1978.

I am becoming the same way. Funny how preferences can evolve. Doubt I'll ever lose the desire for cold and snow around the holidays. Growing up in this type of climate, you associate that with the holidays.

I wonder if buckeye still reads JB. Who am I kidding?

That looks like the old school TWC graphics. Who knew that they're still in use.

I doubt it. Of course it gets crazy hot there but the dews aren't high enough. My guess for highest heat index would be somewhere in the Midwest, which has the benefit of extra evapotranspiration from the crops.