mnchaser Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 Just had another round of thunder snow here..Local meteorologist reporting a tree was struck by lightning in a nearby town! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moneyman Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 Today: Freezing rain and sleet before noon, then rain and freezing rain, possibly mixed with snow. Some thunder is also possible. High near 32. Breezy, with a east wind between 15 and 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Total daytime ice accumulation of 0.1 to 0.3 of an inch possible. Total daytime snow and sleet accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible. Tonight: Rain and freezing rain, possibly mixed with snow before midnight, then snow and freezing rain likely. Some thunder is also possible. Low around 25. Breezy, with a east wind between 15 and 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New ice accumulation of 0.1 to 0.2 of an inch possible. Little or no snow accumulation expected. Washington's Birthday: Snow likely and areas of blowing snow. Cloudy, with a temperature falling to around 21 by 5pm. Northeast wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible. That's Madison's forecast and I think it's a good forecast. .2-.5 ice and 2-4 inches of snow. Looks right to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goknights Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 La crosse just upped from 2 to 4 today to 4 to 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyrys Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 From the looks of the wind reports, the low is elongated from SW-Central Iowa to just WSW of Omaha. Have switched over to moderate snow here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo6899 Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 When your at work do you frequently look at your phone? I have 2 jobs. Office job I do when I can. The other I do from home on the weekends. I have a marketing project for my weekend job that I've put off and have to finish by tomorrow. Not easy with this distraction. Ttyl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtlehurricane 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. Yeah, we're getting moderate rain now and it's all ZR. This might be my first real ice storm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indystorm Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 Very light dusting of snow here as the band went through. Can still see grass. Temp now 33. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janetjanet998 Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 Yeah, we're getting moderate rain now and it's all ZR. This might be my first real ice storm. hard to get lots of ice to accumulate this time of year during the day though due to the higher sun angle , some solar still gets through the clouds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siberian Express Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 From the looks of the wind reports, the low is elongated from SW-Central Iowa to just WSW of Omaha. Have switched over to moderate snow here. A more visual look.............. http://weather.meteostar.com/satellite_image/latest?scroll_x=0&scroll_y=228&aoi=NCR&channel=WEATHER+DEPICTION Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 12z GEM is all snow for Detroit, even for michsnowfreak other than a little sleet mixed in for a little bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx 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/ La crosse just upped from 2 to 4 today to 4 to 8 Thanks for the link frank. It's pouring snow there! La Crosse looked out the window and said ooopppss! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moneyman Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 Bow is heading up to Bago for this storm, he'll probably jinx us here now. Snow just starting to start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 Still coming down as hard as possible... Going to finally venture out. Can't resist bacon and eggs Money- I see the dryslot down there... seems to be heading right this way, so snow should let up here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moneyman Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 The snow and stuff in minnesota and N. Iowa is heading due east and is filling in. Dry slot shouldn't be that bad for you until maybe later on. You got plenty of hours left of snow before it comes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 Bow is going fishing on Winneabago:? Didn't some people die there ysterday? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superjetstream Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 Someones streaming out of the Minneapolis area if anyone is interested Heres the link http://www.tornadovi...haser-video.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moneyman Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 Roadways are complete ice here. Must be some freezing rain mixing in or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moneyman Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 Yeah, one person died and like 4 others were hurt. 8 trucks went in during the morning yesterday. He's taking his dog out with him he said and his dad also I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtlehurricane Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 hard to get lots of ice to accumulate this time of year during the day though due to the higher sun angle , some solar still gets through the clouds Yeah, literally the fact that we can see light is proof enough that solar radiation is getting through. However, some complicating factors are very thick clouds and a fresh and heavy 1-2" snowpack. Salt will fix the sidewalks and streets if they can get the snow off, but they're gonna have to work quick. Trees are screwed since the conductivity of the air will keep them at freezing. With an inch of precip forecast I just don't see how this won't be an ice storm unless warm air can nose it's way in, which might happen but hasn't yet. Up to 30.6° F in-between some pretty big bands. Only freezing drizzle momentarily. Temp should crash with the precip. I wouldn't be surprised to see sleet and even some graupel towards the core of the band. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyrys Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 The lowest pressure readings are actually back towards Hastings, NE at 998.3 mb. The lowest in Iowa is 1000.6 mb. in Council Bluffs. I don't know how those numbers match up with the models. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prinsburg_wx Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 The lowest pressure readings are actually back towards Hastings, NE at 998.3 mb. The lowest in Iowa is 1000.6 mb. in Council Bluffs. I don't know how those numbers match up with the models. 16z sfc plot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 DTX updated the warnings, no changes. Granted they usually don't make any changes until the afternoon update. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadTown Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 looks like mostly freezin rain at the moment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 Meh... http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/md/md0114.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WisTodd Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 Snow started here lightly at 10:05am central. It's been moderate now for the past 20-25 minutes, and visibility's down to 1/2 mile. Actually snow keeps picking up; wonderful. Temp was 31.8F prior to snow, it's now 31.1. Light ESE wind. Very reassuring to have the snow start so quickly. At 8am, we still had broken sun thru mixed altocu and cirrus. That made me nervous and now I feel a whole lot better. Location is 40 miles north and a few miles west of Downtown Milwaukee. 12 miles inland from Lake MI shoreline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtlehurricane Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 HEAVY rain and some sleet. It is getting bad out there, I can already see a layer of ice developing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moneyman Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 Good snowfall rates here with the 25 dbz snow. 35-40 dbz snow is about 20-30 miles south trying to work its way up here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 Thankfully Kalamazoo is reporting snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo6899 Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 Thankfully Kalamazoo is reporting snow. As I have read the further east you go the les likely to see a mix especially north of 94 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 As I have read the further east you go the les likely to see a mix especially north of 94 SPC expects a mix as far east as the Brighton-Ann Arbor-Adrian corridor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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