BeastFromTheEast Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 You gotta love those point-n-clicks: Tuesday: Rain and snow, possibly mixed with freezing rain and sleet before 10am, then rain and snow between 10am and 1pm, then rain likely after 1pm. High near 41. East wind between 10 and 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. Little or no ice accumulation expected. New snow and sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible. What a crappy day tomorrow is shaping up to be. Why crappy lol? I Wintry mix days where you can get any and every precip type.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Why crappy lol? I Wintry mix days where you can get any and every precip type.. First of all, I am wishing this storm would be a snow producer. Secondly, yes it will start out as a mix, but will end up plain rain. I would rather have it the other way around. However, it would be cool to see all 4 within a few hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherpsycho Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Could have been 1996. cuz 97/98 was a bad winter. 27.5" ::yikes""" found some facts.. In fact it was 1996 http://meteorology.b...h-mid-february/ March '96 was an awesome storm. Thundersnow with >12" IMBY well MBY at that time. The forecast was a total bust too which made it even better. If the first few hours would have been rain and not snow it would have been a 18"+ storm!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmc76 Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 March '96 was an awesome storm. Thundersnow with >12" IMBY well MBY at that time. The forecast was a total bust too which made it even better. If the first few hours would have been rain and not snow it would have been a 18"+ storm!!! It was my second best storm I have ever witnessed right behind the 16 day miracle of 1999. Where u located? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtlehurricane Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Finally back down to the freezing mark after being above freezing for a couple days. It's pretty slick outside from melting snow so things could get slippery. Looks like freezing conditions all week now, besides briefly going above freezing for highs the next few days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Ji said JB said January will be the warmest since 2006 south of I-80 in the east. I dont know who should worry less, those of us north of I-80, or those south of I-80 knowing JB is always wrong The active storm track might end up being near I-80 with more snow to the north. I can't complain about January '06, too much, I ended having a surprise 12" snowstorm that month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Based on m calculations, a slightly -NAO/-AO anomaly is best preffered for the Great Lakes region to keep the anomalies cold enuff for snowstorms than rain storms. An overly powered -NAO/-AO anomaly can be horrible esp if its extremely West Based in nature like in 2009-10 and you dont want a raging +NAO/AO either, lol. At the same time a neutral PNA/-EPO with a slightly weak SE Ridge anomaly is the best ticket for major snowstorms across the Great lakes region. Jan 1994, Dec 1970/Jan 1971 are good examples, perhaps? The pattern during the 2007-2008 season was perfect for a lot of snow. NAO averaged: 0.51 Dec.- Mar. PNA averaged: 0.0 Dec. - Mar. AO averaged: 0.79 Dec. - Mar. Then you had the SE ridge that funneled most of the systems into the GL/OV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Are you describing the March 9th, 1998 or March 21st, 1998 storm? Sounds more like the former. We are getting worse . March 9, 1998 was a huge snow in Chicago, but here just saw a half inch of snow following very heavy rain. March 21, 1998, as said, saw 2.2" here, I believe a little more north of Detroit. But as you saw, dmc was describing March 20, 1996. The winter of 1997-98 sucked. The best period of winter was the second half of January. Nine inches of snow fell, falling on a frequent but light basis and actually peaking at a depth of 6" on Jan 23rd, but the only real storm that was worth remembering that winter was December 10th, when heavy wet snow left low visibility and 5" of snow. The winter total snow was 27.2" imby, my least snowy in 16 years of measuring. DTW had 23.4", the 16th least snowy winter on record. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 The active storm track might end up being near I-80 with more snow to the north. I can't complain about January '06, too much, I ended having a surprise 12" snowstorm that month. Wow thats good for that month. Jan 2006 sucked big time here. Had 5" of snowfall, most of it from 3.5" on Jan 18th. Only 4 days during the month had 1"+ snowdepth. Compare this to Dec 2005 with 22" and snow on the ground just about all month, a big disappointment. Now that said, I dont at all think this Jan will be like that here. If the storm track is near I-80, then places from Chicago to Detroit could be golden. But lets get to January first and see what happens lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmc76 Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 I have been as well... Ulysses, Kansas Storm busted Hard in the NW Panhandle of Texas but its still ripping Western Kansas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted December 20, 2011 Author Share Posted December 20, 2011 lol that was awesome to see. Yep I think Josh talked about this earlier, in even the ****tiest of winters ALL of the March/Springs ALWAYS had some good snow storms... wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Wow thats good for that month. Jan 2006 sucked big time here. Had 5" of snowfall, most of it from 3.5" on Jan 18th. Only 4 days during the month had 1"+ snowdepth. Compare this to Dec 2005 with 22" and snow on the ground just about all month, a big disappointment. Now that said, I dont at all think this Jan will be like that here. If the storm track is near I-80, then places from Chicago to Detroit could be golden. But lets get to January first and see what happens lol. 12/20-21 was the date of the 12" storm, which was very localized from DeKalb to Waukegan. The city only got about 5". Nothing more than a dusting outside of that storm all month! Month before I received 17.4", which was spread out more. Well we can't get much worse than this month. Bring on January! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 A bit off topic, but is anyone else getting virus attacks off of the twisterdata site? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Rent Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Are there any good night time snow cams, right now? I am desperate for action here.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Are there any good night time snow cams, right now? I am desperate for action here.... Here is a couple traffic cameras in Salina, KS. Definitely snowing there! Weatherbug network is good for different cameras. http://www.trafficland.com/city/SLN/?rsid=weatherbug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 A bit off topic, but is anyone else getting virus attacks off of the twisterdata site? Funny you say that...ex past facto, but I used to get virus warning pop-ups from my anti-virus for the twisterdata site on my old PC. No issues now, but I bought a Mac 2 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 A bit off topic, but is anyone else getting virus attacks off of the twisterdata site? No but the site seemed to be running slow. Hmm. Better stay off it for a while lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Not sure if we're going to get the necessary 0.50" or so to break 50" on the year for precipitation...time is running thin. It's like deja vu all over again (2010-11 winter where we finished just shy of 50" of snow). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Not sure if we're going to get the necessary 0.50" or so to break 50" on the year for precipitation...time is running thin. It's like deja vu all over again (2010-11 winter where we finished just shy of 50" of snow). 0z NAM has 0.51" and 0z GFS has 0.68" for this event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Funny you say that...ex past facto, but I used to get virus warning pop-ups from my anti-virus for the twisterdata site on my old PC. No issues now, but I bought a Mac 2 years ago. Right after I posted above my computer basically crashed. Messed around with it for quite awhile before having to do a full system restore back to last month. This computer's only about 7 months old, windows 7. Needless to say I'm staying away from twisterdata for awhile lol. Sucks cause that's one of my favorite sites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 0z NAM has 0.51" and 0z GFS has 0.68" for this event. I'll take the under. We end up finishing at something like 49.92". Of course in the end it's an estimate using the WL COOP for one month, due to LAF going on the fritz in May. But my point stands...50" is unreachable here, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted December 20, 2011 Author Share Posted December 20, 2011 Monday, December 19th: Hi: 48F Lo: 37F Overall Sky Conditions: Partly Cloudy Max Wind Gust: 15MPH Rainfall: 0.00" Snowfall: 0.0" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Right after I posted above my computer basically crashed. Messed around with it for quite awhile before having to do a full system restore back to last month. This computer's only about 7 months old, windows 7. Needless to say I'm staying away from twisterdata for awhile lol. Sucks cause that's one of my favorite sites. That blows. Yeah it is an awesome site. But since I had the same thing happen as you did, despite getting a new computer, I hardly ever visit that site anymore. Seems strange to have a weather site with viruses, but I guess the internetz is a dangerous place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 I'll take the under. We end up finishing at something like 49.92". Of course in the end it's an estimate using the WL COOP for one month, due to LAF going on the fritz in May. But my point stands...50" is unreachable here, lol. Well, we still have that mess later this week to bail us out if needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Well, we still have that mess later this week to bail us out if needed. Oh yeah I forgot, the Christmas miracle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 That blows. Yeah it is an awesome site. But since I had the same thing happen as you did, despite getting a new computer, I hardly ever visit that site anymore. Seems strange to have a weather site with viruses, but I guess the internetz is a dangerous place. Yeah. I have the latest Norton IS software too, but it didn't do squat. The IT losers who initiate these viruses need to be painfully exterminated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Chicago WX Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Yeah. I have the latest Norton IS software too, but it didn't do squat. The IT losers who initiate these viruses need to be painfully exterminated. 100% agree. I've never really understood the need for hackers to screw so many peoples computers/lives up. Since I got my Mac, I don't even use anti-virus software...other than what's built into the existing software. Bonus for still being in the minority of what people use as a computer I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Wannabe troll. Regardless, no surprise as the pattern through the New Year has looked awful for the past week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted December 20, 2011 Author Share Posted December 20, 2011 Wannabe troll. Regardless, no surprise as the pattern through the New Year has looked awful for the past week. +NAO/+EPO continue through the period too....Mid-January will be here before you know it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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