Jackstraw

Gonna be a bust here on a QPF point. Good 25 mph breeze gusting to 30-35, no rain at all. Ill take dry slotted liquid in January for 500 Alex lol.

Had a break in the glacier water but radar says look out. I always take model QPF with a couple grains of salt but radar trends are concerning. Especially when the local NWS says the biblical rain is still 24 hrs away. Need this to shift north or south, don't care. When I start pooling water this fast on my property it's never good. Even last June it took 120hrs to get 6 inches. If we get another 4-5 as forecasted Fri. and Sat. this may be the worst I've seen it since moving here 7 years ago, at least locally.

Been watching that too. A lot of it's tributaries have already gotten over an inch in the last 4-6 hours and the fire hose in SW MO is still pumping impulses NE. Ive got over an inch in my tippy bucket already.

I'd gladly shovel this QPF down here your way so something constructive could be done with it instead of making frozen adobe lol

If it wasn't 45 degrees out I'd swear it was a sultry July night outside. Constant rumbles of thunder, moderate steady rain. I didn't fall asleep in January did I?

Well the game hasn't begun for you folks up north but us folks down here are getting the scuba gear out. The skies just opened up here and it is absolutely pouring. This is pretty impressive for January .....

Yeah forgot how loud thunder is in colder denser air. No ground strikes but certainly lit up the sky for about 10 minutes. Was never really in the game for frozen with this one (except 10 days out lol). Really not looking forward to 48 hours of deluge coming. Not to "rain" on those to the NW parade but I'm rooting for some big convection down south to put a big dent in the gulf flow. It takes forever to dry out when we get decent rain in the winter.

Getting a nice (not!) chilly thundershower right now. My P&C is forecasting up to 4-6 inches of rain by Sat. evening. That's pretty crazy anytime of the year.

Won't take much more to get IN/OH into low end severe potential. I'll take that over 4 inches of 40-50 degree rain.

We have 4 big dogs and a mop by the back door. I think my feelings on mud have been expressed over the years. Seems to be a running theme the past few winters. Mushy mud during the day then frozen boot piercing stalagmites at night.

Guess theres enough of us weather nerds to support a movie being made. Wasn't to bad actually... https://smile.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B0812BZF9D/ref=atv_hm_hom_1_c_ZWyNDQ_0YgTDE_1_1

Got another 3 for a storm total of 7.5. I'll take it we may not see snow around here for another month lol

It's still snowing here

Didnt last long maybe got another inch but it just lit up again an hour ago. Was hoping for a nice defo or trowal but this thing seems to be getting moisture starved this far west Forcing is there just nothing to work with I guess.

Lol and just as I posted that I looked out the window and its ripping out of the blue. I'll post every 5 min till we get a Bo worthy 20 lol

Well I know this event wasn't a big deal to our friends to the North but us down here in the hinterlands are enjoying it. A lot of winters it takes us a 4 incher and 3 clippers to hit a single storm total for the I80 crew lol. Been battling dry air again around here as the moisture slowly tries to re- build N. Think an additional 2-3 is definitely possible.

KIND upped to WSW with now expected storm totals of 5-9 inches.

Up over 4 here. Back to finer dendrites but still coming at a good clip. Points north reporting 4.5 to 5 just noticed KIWX issued a WWA. Now the 00Z models are hinting at another 4-6 possible tomorrow evening into Tues. along I70. Throw another 4 on top of what I have and I'm happy till Friday lol.

Think the Canuk pulled a coup at least with this first wave and distribution. See how the defo sets up tomorrow evening. Thats going to be the icing or the burnt crispys on the cake lol

Just came back in from a ride. 3 here and still going. Yep theyre a mess. Ill never understand why they plow all the way to the freezing pavement, expose liquid water to sub freezing air, and take away 2 or 3 inches of snow you can use for traction (for that matter 4 or 5) Geez leave me some snow to grab

Starting to really pick up here. Medium to fine dendrites but lots with a light SE breeze. That stronger band that was in S IN is just south. Guessing 1/2 inch in the last 30 - 45 min.

Looking back into IL think parts of KLOT and KIWX areas could get a bit of a surprise by early am. Only issue right now is dry air but that seems to be slowly eroding. Just started dropping some floaters here.

Noticed that also. Its good timing for the I70 crew being at night. Points S and SW were forecast with higher storm total amounts due to this first wave but from the looks of things back west as you said there could be a larger swath of initial amounts especially north. If can stay out of any warm nose with the second one tomorrow could see some nice spread the wealth amounts through central IL, IN and even into Central and NE OH and even some points north. Id say IF that happens the Canuk scored a coup as its been very consistent in such a scenario over the last 48 hours or so.

Could pinger town finally have it's it's vengeance?

Albeit that's usually me after midnight, but that damn near made me spit out my coffee lol.