hawkeye_wx Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 I just measured 1.2 inches of snow. It's currently snowing lightly. Once we hit 1.3 inches it will be the biggest snow of the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhamps10 Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 getting pure ZR here in Flora, no sleet or anything... Roads getting slick REALLY fast now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msp Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 mpx dropped slightly here... maybe 2-5, though the lower end looks more likely to me. so far there's only a dusting here, but anything is appreciated after months in tejas. mankato and st. james already to 2" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 I just measured 1.2 inches of snow. It's currently snowing lightly. Once we hit 1.3 inches it will be the biggest snow of the season. It's only snowing lightly? The radar shows you in >20dBZ returns. We've been stuck in the 10-20dBZ returns all night. I was hoping if we could get the 20-25dBZ returns in here we'd see the flake size increase, and get some better rates lol. Hopefully you get a few more inches out that way before all is said and done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baroclinic_instability Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 It's been snowing for over 4 hours now and we have a whopping 0.7" so far. Flake size has been around salt size since it started. The heavier band to the southwest is trying to get here, but it's fighting the drier air. This clipper pales in comparison to the one a few weeks ago. I think we'll be doing good if we manage to squeeze 2 inches out of this thing. Note to self, next time the NAM is unusually dry compared to the GFS within 24hrs, disregard the overly wet GFS. Yeah this one doesn't even compare. That one was far more impressive from a dynamic standpoint and had a much better moisture feed and a direct low level jet originating from the southern plains straight into the frontal zone. This storm the ejecting wave across the southern plains is dominating the moisture/LLJ, and that is what is initiating the elevated convection over southern IL/KY why the northern portion of this storm ingests that dry air associated with the stagnant high pressure zone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 Update from IND has me in 2-3" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 Yikes, 23 and freezing rain at Terre Haute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowlord81 Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 Update from IND has me in 2-3" Snowing nicely here! Im just glad to see the flakes flying! Deep down inside I'd love to see KIND regret pulling our WWA... BTW, OT...Did you see that clipper on the models for early next week?!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 Yeah this one doesn't even compare. That one was far more impressive from a dynamic standpoint and had a much better moisture feed and a direct low level jet originating from the southern plains straight into the frontal zone. This storm the ejecting wave across the southern plains is dominating the moisture/LLJ, and that is what is initiating the elevated convection over southern IL/KY why the northern portion of this storm ingests that dry air associated with the stagnant high pressure zone. Yeah, with that system even in between the enhanced bands the snow was still coming down at relatively impressive rates. I remember it "pouring" small snow flakes in between the intense bands that had the larger dendrites. It's not really a fair comparison, as obviously that hybrid clipper was a whole different type of animal compared to this system. I think this is the earliest I can remember so many clipper type systems impacting the Midwest so early in the season. To me it seems that these clipper type systems usually impact us more in the middle and latter part of winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowlord81 Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 Yikes, 23 and freezing rain at Terre Haute. Happens everytime in WAA situations here in Indiana. V-Day 07 comes to mind...LAF gets epic blizzard and I get 10 hours of sleet! Maybe this will shift the heavy snow axis a bit further north! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 Snowing nicely here! Im just glad to see the flakes flying! Deep down inside I'd love to see KIND regret pulling our WWA... BTW, OT...Did you see that clipper on the models for early next week?!! That is pretty borderline as far as WWA, although they're expecting the same amount as places just south which are under an advisory. I did see that system. Looking good on the GFS. May be time for a thread soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msp Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 the banding is retreating southwestward across the metro now; it's now largely stopped here. it was really neat on the flight on final approach to punch through and then out of the snow right south of plymouth, which corresponded perfectly to the radar image at the time. i'm still liking mankato for some good totals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidewinder Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 Still moderate snow south of Indy, and it is starting to pile up. I-65 is moving ~ 35-45 and state highway is out in force. Looks like we have a second heavier line to look forward to, inching its way northward. I hope its all snow and no ice, we're used to a mixed bag here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 Just crossed the 1" threshold at over 5hrs after onset. The snow is finally beginning to pick up a bit. Flake size is still pretty small, but it's much more densely spaced together as it falls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prinsburg_wx Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 band has setup nicely over the area, vsb around 3/4...close to 3" now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 Just crossed the 1" threshold at over 5hrs after onset. The snow is finally beginning to pick up a bit. Flake size is still pretty small, but it's much more densely spaced together as it falls. About 0.5" here after ~90 minutes. I hope we don't drop down to your pace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 About 0.5" here after ~90 minutes. I hope we don't drop down to your pace. Haha, looks like you guys have a shallower dry layer intrusion. Hopefully you squeeze several inches from this thing. The mid-level freezing isotherm isn't all that far south of you guys. Usually just north of that is where the heaviest snows (relatively speaking of course) falls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 Haha, looks like you guys have a shallower dry layer intrusion. Hopefully you squeeze several inches from this thing. The mid-level freezing isotherm isn't all that far south of you guys. Usually just north of that is where the heaviest snows (relatively speaking of course) falls. Decatur has been reporting freezing rain too. Looks like the transition zone is roughly 20 miles south of the I-74 corridor at this time (but farther south than that as you go eastward in Indiana). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Rent Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 Still snowless in Seatt...errr... Anderson. Saw some tweets about ThunderSnow in Bloomington. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidewinder Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 Still snowless in Seatt...errr... Anderson. Saw some tweets about ThunderSnow in Bloomington. Wow They had some higher radar returns about 30 minutes ago, ~ 34-36 dBZ , figured it was freezing/sleet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoeWx Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 Wow They had some higher radar returns about 30 minutes ago, ~ 34-36 dBZ , figured it was freezing/sleet Its most likely Sleet mixing in... here is the 850 mb 0°C line... that line is where things will start mixing (south of it that is...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dilly84 Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 Storm is definitely further north. Good snows in INDY. Will be interesting to see if us in the central OH crew can get into so good bands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Rent Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 Coming down at a good pace now, but VERY small flakes. Its like sand. Enough to cover the roads, not enough to measure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowMeHunter Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 the banding is retreating southwestward across the metro now; it's now largely stopped here. it was really neat on the flight on final approach to punch through and then out of the snow right south of plymouth, which corresponded perfectly to the radar image at the time. i'm still liking mankato for some good totals. Curse of msp already kicking in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msp Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 Curse of msp already kicking in no kidding. i've assured the twin cities a dry end to the year, save next week when i'm gone in nc. anyway, light snow picking up again here as the precip finally pushes back into the metro. still no more than a coating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 It's ripping here... aloft. Dusting at best. Be lucky to even get this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baroclinic_instability Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 Local Chanhassen NWS just dropped not only the Winter Storm Warning but the Winter Weather Advisory for the TC, about time. Tough forecast for them, but it was a big bust. They issued the warning for the TC when it was pretty obvious dry air would dominate. The WSW was a definite head scratcher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnchaser Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 Local Chanhassen NWS just dropped not only the Winter Storm Warning but the Winter Weather Advisory for the TC, about time. Tough forecast for them, but it was a big bust. They issued the warning for the TC when it was pretty obvious dry air would dominate. The WSW was a definite head scratcher. About 4 inches here, definitely didn't understand the WSW either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanStWx Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 Just measured 5.2" for the event total so far at the office. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 Just measured 5.2" for the event total so far at the office. Very nice. Just went out and measured 2.5" here. Not bad, all things considered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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