baroclinic_instability Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 Grand Forks post-mortem. The vaunted "weatherhole" lives. Hi-res WRF ARW/NMM had that nailed down the night previous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 +SN. 3.2" through 2 pm. 1.7" in the last 90 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 Not as heavy as it was an hour ago, but still a solid -SN. For late March, the snow is quite powdery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baroclinic_instability Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 84.6" for the season at MSP--now number 5 on the all-time list. Amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
on_wx Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 Up tp 8.8" in Waterloo. Very heavy snow right now, visibilities at a few hundred metres, nothing is plowed, roads are clogged, and there is a 2 foot high drift on the walkway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Organizing Low Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 +SN. 3.2" through 2 pm. 1.7" in the last 90 minutes. thats a pretty remarkable pic for late march daytime in a busy place like toronto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 thats a pretty remarkable pic for late march daytime in a busy place like toronto. Last time it looked like this after March 15th around here was the April 2003 sleet storm. Rarefied territory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
on_wx Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 Looks like all the schools were open today, what a nightmare it must be for them right now. The news is reporting city buses, garbage collection, and plows are all backed up. Even the main thoroughfare through the middle of the city is yet to be plowed. Quite a punch this storm has packed, especially considering forecasts were for 4" total from this event, now we're passed 9". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roardog Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 It looks like about 6 to 7 inches here. It snowed all day but it was light until recently. Looking at the radar, it looks like it's going to end very soon but we have had a very heavy burst of snow for about the last hour or so. I think we may have gotten about 1.5 inches just in the last hour. I'm talking visibility at about 50 feet for awhile. lol I wonder how long this snowpack will last. Very cold temperatures for late March but a sun angle equal to mid September. Interesting battle. I wonder if there could be some record lows coming up with the snowpack, clear skies and cold airmass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 Have 4.6" here as of 4 pm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beavis1729 Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 84.6" for the season at MSP--now number 5 on the all-time list. Amazing. MSP had 1"+ of snowcover for 107 consecutive days (12/1/2010 through 3/17/2011)...that has to be close to a record. Also, 119 total days this winter with 1"+ snowcover as of 3/22/2011, with more days to be added...that also has to be close to a record. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hm8 Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 Not even a glazing of ice throughout this whole event, save for on my windshield. A disappointment, but being that its spring and we've had such an awesome winter...and the damage a big ice storm would cause...I'll live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtlehurricane Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 We had about a half inch of hail/graupel/snow in a squall line last night, which was pretty neat. Ice crystals flying through the air now from weak lift, might get a snowband tonight and an inch of real snow when everything comes south. Not bad for late March. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
on_wx Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 515pm EDT, 9.8" on the deck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mississaugasnow Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 515pm EDT, 9.8" on the deck The university shut down all afternoon classes. This is a nice end off winter for me. Leaving to florida tomorrow for 10 days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 515pm EDT, 9.8" on the deck Nice Mike! Still got some left to go. Maybe a foot for you! Have 5-5.5" here. Edit: looking closer at that pic, looks more like 9.2". Still impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Organizing Low Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 wow i was totally wrong about southern ontario i didnt think temps would be that cold and figured daytime heating would impede accums. awesome storm for you guys, maybe one of the best of the season! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtlehurricane Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 The needles are starting to dust surfaces, lol Real snow band coming this way within a few hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 wow i was totally wrong about southern ontario i didnt think temps would be that cold and figured daytime heating would impede accums. awesome storm for you guys, maybe one of the best of the season! Yeah, it'll be close. Need another 1.2". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 Drizzle has turned to -SN here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 Radar returns rapidly diminishing. It'll be to get to 6". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
on_wx Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 Radar returns rapidly diminishing. It'll be to get to 6". Wow, that was fast. Now you see it, now you don't. 10.6" at 645pm easily the best storm of the season, unless I'm forgetting one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 Wow, that was fast. Now you see it, now you don't. 10.6" at 645pm easily the best storm of the season, unless I'm forgetting one? I'm not intimately aware of KW's luck with snowstorms this winter, but from the top of my head, I would think this is the biggest. And yeah, that was fast. From a solid shield of moderate snow to impending flurries in about an hour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
on_wx Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 I'm not intimately aware of KW's luck with snowstorms this winter, but from the top of my head, I would think this is the biggest. And yeah, that was fast. From a solid shield of moderate snow to impeding flurries in about an hour. Honestly can't remember, but I do hope that was winters last hurrah The sun is already out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 Congrats on the snow fellas! A couple of storms have popped up here just now, and I'm glad this particular one is just missing to the south. SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 701 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011 INC045-107-232330- /O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0019.000000T0000Z-110323T2330Z/ FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY- 701 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY AND CENTRAL FOUNTAIN COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM EDT... AT 657 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR VEEDERSBURG...OR 16 MILES WEST OF CRAWFORDSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo6899 Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 Nice snow totals just to the north of me and to the east into ontario. Pretty impressive snow totals indeed. 30 miles north they got 7-8 and here we got a sloppy inch or two. Guess mother nature figures I have had enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 lol, so close. I did 8 measurements and it could have easily gone either way. 5.9" or 6.0". Being the snow douche I am, I'll go with the 6". Great storm. Went according to plan, no hitches, and got the higher end of my forecast range. Plus, by going with 6", I end my 2 year, 1 month 6" snowstorm drought. But barely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toronto4 Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 lol, so close. I did 8 measurements and it could have easily gone either way. 5.9" or 6.0". Being the snow douche I am, I'll go with the 6". Great storm. Went according to plan, no hitchs, and got the higher end of my forecast range. Plus, by going with 6", I end my 2 year, 1 month 6" snowstorm drought. But barely. A nice late season snowfall event for us. Looks like 4-5" in the downtown Toronto core, but areas east of Toronto (Pickering, Whitby and Oshawa) have way less snow. And the sun is trying to peak out right now. LOL. I'm concerned that overnight temperatures may be lower than forecast due to the snow cover and clear skies. I wouldn't be surprised if tonight's low is around -13 to -14C. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 A nice late season snowfall event for us. Looks like 4-5" in the downtown Toronto core, but areas east of Toronto (Pickering, Whitby and Oshawa) have way less snow. And the sun is trying to peak out right now. LOL. I'm concerned that overnight temperatures may be lower than forecast due to the snow cover and clear skies. I wouldn't be surprised if tonight's low is around -13 to -14C. I would have thought you guys got more. There were a few bands of 35 DBZ that tracked from Mississauga along the Lk Ontario shoreline that missed me by a bit. One thing I noticed is that there was only about 4" on the pavement because of the sun angle/initial warmth (was +2c up until early overnight). That may account for the difference, seeing as you live in the concrete jungle. And yeah, sun out here too. That happens a lot when deformation zone pcpn departs. Shallow cloud deck I guess? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 lol, so close. I did 8 measurements and it could have easily gone either way. 5.9" or 6.0". Being the snow douche I am, I'll go with the 6". Great storm. Went according to plan, no hitches, and got the higher end of my forecast range. Plus, by going with 6", I end my 2 year, 1 month 6" snowstorm drought. But barely. Slant sticker. Does this one get to you 60" for the season? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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