wisconsinwx Posted February 20, 2011 Author Share Posted February 20, 2011 dew point is 27 here but meh. Funny how all around us are colder, and here it's like 33-34 lol. (oshkosh 27, dodge 30/31 etc) I'm pretty confident it won't start as rain for you guys. Temps are 34 or 35 here, and when I left the house 20 minutes ago the ride into MU (I work at the library there) it was sleeting, freezing rain or snowing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 Here is a live streaming webcam from UW-La Crosse http://www.uwlax.edu/edtech/centennial-hall/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 Looks like the EURO pulled a coup on this one. Epic fail for the RGEM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 Here is a live streaming webcam from UW-La Crosse http://www.uwlax.edu...entennial-hall/ Very cool! It's interesting seeing a completely different perspective of the same system that's deluging us with rain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goknights Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 Dry slot frank?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moneyman Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 Good to hear DDL. Good luck down by you guys, would think you should be able to get 10+ if you stay all snow. That looks to be the wildcard for you and I. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 GFS is also further north with the second wave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnchaser Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 Here is a live streaming webcam from UW-La Crosse http://www.uwlax.edu...entennial-hall/ Nice! Check out MSU- Mankato http://www.mnsu.edu/weather/skycam.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superjetstream Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 Flurries in MSP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyrys Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 Based on observations in Nebraska, it looks like the low was a bit southwest of Omaha as of last hour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 I would be more confident about a significant snow event versus ice, but the HRRR is preventing me from jumping that gun yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
on_wx Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 1030am Here's yet another "Toronto is right on the edge" winter storm. Enjoy. 1. TODAY AND TONIGHT..HAVE ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR HURON-PERTH ACROSS WATERLOO REGION TO MISSISSAUGA AND SW FOR TONIGHT. LOOKS LIKE A DECENT CHANCE OF A 15 CM SNOW IN 12 HOUR EVENT ALONG WITH BLOWING SNOW FROM GUSTY ENE WINDS. MODELS HAVE BEEN WAFFLING BACK AND FORTH A BIT WITH THE POSITION OF THE HEAVIEST SNOW AND THE NORTHERN EDGE..WITH THE LAST TWO EDITIONS OF THE SREF TWEAKING SOUTHWARD AGAIN AND THE LATEST ECMWF SUGGESTING THAT TORONTO WILL BE JUST FAR ENOUGH NE TO ESCAPE THE HEAVIER SNOW. HENCE THE REASON FOR NOT INCLUDING THE CITY OF TORONTO AND YORK-DURHAM AND NEWD IN THE WATCH. THIS APPEARS TO BE A STABLE WAVE TRACKING E TOWARDS US AND WITH CONFLUENT FLOW ALOFT FAVOURING HIGHER PRESSURES TO THE NORTH..IT WOULDN'T BE A SURPRISE AT ALL IF THE HEAVY SNOW AREA AND NORTHERN EDGE OF THE SNOW WOUND UP BEING A BIT FURTHER SOUTH THAN CURRENTLY EXPECTED. WILL HAVE TO SEE HOW THIS ONE PANS OUT. IN THE GREY BRUCE TO DUFFERIN TO YORK-DURHAM AND TORONTO AREAS HAVE ISSUED A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT HIGHLIGHTING THE FACT THEY WILL BE CLOSE TO THE NERN EDGE OF THE SNOW SHIELD WITH LESSER SNOW AMOUNTS EXPECTED. THE SNOW AMOUNT GRADIENT MAY BE QUITE STEEP ACTUALLY..ESPECIALLY WITH MOISTURE PACKING UP AGAINST A STRONG W-E DEFORMATION ZONE WHICH IS FORECAST TO BE JUST N OF TORONTO. KEEP IN MIND A SMALL CBANGE IN THE ACTUAL TRACK OF THE LOW AS IT PASSES JUST S OF LAKE ERIE WILL INFLUENCE HOW FAR NORTH THE SNOW GETS..AND COULD MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE IN OBSERVED SNOW AMOUNTS FOR AREAS NEAR THE NORTHERN EDGE OF THE SNOW SHIELD. WE MAY ALSO SEE SOME ENHANCEMENT OF THE SNOW AMOUNTS INTO THE HAMILTON AND NIAGARA AREAS IF THE COLD NELY FLOW IS ABLE TO PICK UP A BIT OF MOISTURE FROM LAKE ONTARIO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyrys Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 Flurries in MSP It took 15-20 minutes from our first flakes in Chaska to go to light snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo6899 Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 GFS is also further north with the second wave. Almost the exact same placement with the precip. 1.50+along 94 and almost up to M59. Models say it's a good go but time for the radar now. Have to do some work unfortunately today so enjoy the storm y'all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goknights Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 Hrrr is not doing well in minnesota right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmc76 Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 Almost the exact same placement with the precip. 1.50+along 94 and almost up to M59. Models say it's a good go but time for the radar now. Have to do some work unfortunately today so enjoy the storm y'all. When your at work do you frequently look at your phone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superjetstream Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 Ya it seems like it had a lot of dry air to work with nonetheless let the rippage begin!! It took 15-20 minutes from our first flakes in Chaska to go to light snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moneyman Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 HRRR and RUC look to be too far north as of right now with the precip. At least in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 Wow, the GFS gives us another 0.80"+ on top of our 0.78" that has already fallen. This storm is MUCH wetter down here than earlier forecast. The last several days most of the models had the heaviest precip north of here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goknights Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 That's not opinion that is fact. Only 26 degrees here money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadTown Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 huge radar returns over me and a little sleet mixed with rain ralling it looks like......BUST Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 GRR just issued an updated discussion. In summary... *Don't freak out over the slowly rising surface temps, they'll stagnant/slowly drop as the winds shifts to the NE/ENE. *Sleet may become a bigger issue tonight along the I-96 corridor, and they may have to lower the snowfall amounts a bit. *Models show quite a bit of warm air between 850mb and 700mb. Otherwise, everything else is on track. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goknights Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 Hardest snow of the year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtlehurricane Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 We had some golfball to fist sized snow here just before the changeover to sleet a few minutes ago. Crazy weather. Lots of sleet and even ZR now. This is a prime setup for serious ice accumulations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moneyman Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 How's your temps Badger? And MadTown, you guys were expecting a lot of ice for today, so it's not really a "bust" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtlehurricane Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 How's your temps Badger? And MadTown, you guys were expecting a lot of ice for today, so it's not really a "bust" 31 °F at the airport and 30 °F on top of the weather building. Solidly frozen boundary layer for now at least... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 We had some golfball to fist sized snow here just before the changeover to sleet a few minutes ago. Crazy weather. Lots of sleet and even ZR now. This is a prime setup for serious ice accumulations. Welcome back from the abyss who knew it took a winter storm to bring ya back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadTown Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 well i'll take the bust on the 1-3" last night this morning, and i don't believe we will see that much ice...i could be wrong, but i see us just getting into rain for the majority of the time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siberian Express Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 Here is a live streaming webcam from UW-La Crosse http://www.uwlax.edu...entennial-hall/ cool, I usually watch the 'loop' of the Office Cam on ARX's WFO home page. Much better with a stream. Vis down to 1/4 mile here.....SE of Red Wing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 It's 36 here. If surface temps would have stayed about 5 degrees colder here through this event this would have been one hell of a devastating ice storm. Kind of scary to think about actually. It's a good thing we have no snow cover left. That could have made all the difference right there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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