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January 2012 General Discussion/Obs


KokomoWX

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Make the best of the torch and get some suntanning and ice fishing in next weekend. Jan of 08 in the 110" winter had record high days and many other warm ones.. Hope this feb and march are a lot like 08 and we still have 50" more snow to come :weenie:

Step one in kicking NY ass this weekend accomplished http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/15/laura-kaeppeler-miss-america_n_1207088.html

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Just a January thaw guys, no big deal. Hopefully the blocking finally comes right with all that cold air in Canada and Roger Smith is right.

1. I'm STILL waiting on that superbomb...

2. Yeah, but it's a January thaw in an already warm January/relatively snowless January, which is a disaster around here.

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That's not a clipper. It's a wave in the southern stream. Unless you're talking about the Thursday system?

Nope, we're talking about the same system.

The GFS/GGEM keep things more northern stream dominant, and thus blasts the warm air northward and keeps the bulk of the dynamics north of us...

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Nope, we're talking about the same system.

The GFS/GGEM keep things more northern stream dominant, and thus blasts the warm air northward and keeps the bulk of the dynamics north of us...

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Well, at least there are a number of GFS ensemble members that look more like the EURO. Typically, I find, the models are too quick to dislodge shallow arctic airmasses. There's in my mind at least a reasonable chance that storm provides a front end thump (for this winter, thump = 1-3/2-4")

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850 mb anomalies are approaching 20C next Sunday in parts of IL on the Euro.

A rough way to figure out how far above normal it could be is to multiply this by 1.8. Now obviously there are factors that can mitigate such as preexisting snowcover or particularly poor mixing but this is really impressive.

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Now up to a grand total of 4 inches of snow for the month, normal is 9.5. Maybe I can get 5.5 inches the rest of the month? Its a longshot. lol. Maybe with the help of the unfrozen lakes it will kick off some surprise snowshowers wendsday like 2 days ago, then a clipper.

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Lucky guy. I can't even recall the last time I've had a true fluff-fall.

I was literally ground zero for this LES band. Very nice after getting the shaft from several of the December snowfalls. I had 2", nearby Riverview reported 1.3", DTW had 1.0"....the rest of the area more or less had 0.5" or less. As I type now the fluff has settled greatly of course, but it made for a beautiful winter morning today, I went to the park to just enjoy the fresh snow and nature (got some winter nature pics Im going to post in photog forum ).

This is what the puffy fluff looked like last night

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Temps overachieving today (unlike me in HS). Up to 37 with lots of dripping outside. Still about 3" of white stuff on the ground.

Yeah, the nws forecast called for low 30s, but we're in the upper 30s. The back edge of the snow cover is rapidly retreating east and north as bare ground areas are in the 40s to near 50 degrees.

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Not looking forward to tomorrow at all. Our 5" snowpack is going to turn into an inch of slush and mud with the rain and warm temps. I'm hoping our snow melts quickly and isn't prolonged. It's like ripping off a band-aid.

This is the longest consecutive stretch of days with snow depth of more than 1" we've had all winter. All 3 of them. :cry:

With big, fluffy snowflakes falling outside and everything coated in a layer of white, I'm trying to enjoy it as much as I can, because you never know when you'll see it again.

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