London snowsquall Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 Quite a large area of lake effect snow coming off Lake Huron. We're having a band in coming through in Waterloo right now. Oh, Environment Canada just canceled all the lake effect snow warnings for southwestern ON.. We were in a snowsquall warning earlier in the day. The northern part of the city probably picked up close to 6". Here in the SW part, we're more like half that at most. Still, it finally looks like winter outside. Shovelled the driveway for the first time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
on_wx Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 We were in a snowsquall warning earlier in the day. The northern part of the city probably picked up close to 6". Here in the SW part, we're more like half that at most. Still, it finally looks like winter outside. Shovelled the driveway for the first time. When did the snow stop? EC canceled the warning four hours after they issued it this morning...and there is still LES bands near London. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
on_wx Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 Hmm... the university of Waterloo has us at 5cm of snow by Dec 21... and CYKF has Kitchener at 11cm by Dec 26. 2" or 4.3"...which one is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 Chilly day today. H 28°, L 16° Mostly cloudy all day. Expecting a light wintry mix overnight across northern IL and southern WI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 Cooler today, only made it to 36. Looking forward to the flurries Sunday. Will be the first flurries in 3+ weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundersnow12 Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 Finally got my weather station working. Just need a place to mount it. Not one of those expensive ones but one to get me by till i get some money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 Meant to post this here. A little off subject but I found this on the MKX site...it's a comparison of the GHD blizzard, January 1877 and March 1881 storms. Pretty unbelievable stuff. http://www.crh.noaa.gov/news/display_cmsstory.php?wfo=mkx&storyid=76608&source=0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
London snowsquall Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 When did the snow stop? EC canceled the warning four hours after they issued it this morning...and there is still LES bands near London. The snow finally stopped about 4:30 this afternoon - and they issued the warning at 8:12 am. The snow never really seemed to come down really hard, at least by LES standards, so I don't really have a problem with them cancelling the warning. If you can't deal with snow around here, you're living in the wrong area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
on_wx Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 The snow finally stopped about 4:30 this afternoon - and they issued the warning at 8:12 am. The snow never really seemed to come down really hard, at least by LES standards, so I don't really have a problem with them cancelling the warning. If you can't deal with snow around here, you're living in the wrong area. Haha, when my friend, who is attending university in London, heard there was snow on the way...she posted how it better not be a years worth in three days . You all have a sweet setup down there. In the January thread there was discussion about northern Michigan LES differences between areas...and one of my most memorable weather events I have witnessed, which I know I constantly bring up, was a train ride from Kitchener to Sarnia last December. We left the station in KW with a relatively low snowpack, probably 20cm, and approaching London suddenly the snowpack sloped up to the eaves on houses near the city, and with the tops fence posts sticking out of the snowpack in the city, then watching the snowpack descend back to normal levels east of the city. Even the roofs of houses must have had 3-4 feet of snow on them in the city. Looked like marshmallows or something. Amazing to witness. Just wish I was there for the magic while it happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted December 29, 2011 Author Share Posted December 29, 2011 Wednesday, December 28th: Hi: 31F Lo: 19F Overall Sky Conditions: Cloudy Max Wind Gust: 13MPH Rainfall: 0.00" Snowfall: 0.0" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 Will probably finish up the month with about 2" of precip. Non very Nina like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 Another sunny day here...that is a good string of them lately. 41F right now...man what a mild December. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 Temp soaring into the 50s in the southern half of Iowa this afternoon. The temp has frequently exceeded the forecast in recent days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LizardMafia Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 Up to 50 as of 2pm @ both IND and LAF. There's goes the snow I've had in my yard for the last two days.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KokomoWX Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 Up to 50 as of 2pm @ both IND and LAF. There's goes the snow I've had in my yard for the last two days.. Personal weather station almost there too. Shame if I were just a few tenths of a degree from making 50. Dang this winter blows chunks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 Personal weather station almost there too. Shame if I were just a few tenths of a degree from making 50. Dang this winter blows chunks. I found a spider in my place last night. Can't remember the last time I've seen one at this time of year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 I found a spider in my place last night. Can't remember the last time I've seen one at this time of year. I'm pretty sure some spiders seek refuge inside homes during winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 I'm pretty sure some spiders seek refuge inside homes during winter. Probably but I never see them. This one was big too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 Probably but I never see them. This one was big too. Eh, I see 'em every winter. If anything, they should be spending more time outside. Torch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 Hit the big 5-0 today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 Had 0.1" of snow this morning, then some snow melted as fell, then some rain, total precip 0.05". The light coating of snow we had the last few days has all melted now as its 38 degrees. DTW needs 0.33" of precip tomorrow to finish the wettest year on record. Looks unlikely but you never know. My next period of interest is the lake effect snow Sun-Mon...looks like it could be interesting even here (and very good in the belts). This was actually the 8th measurable snow since Nov 30th, totalling 5.4" imby (6.3" at DTW). All the snows were nuisance, but its still something in this pattern. That said, cant WAIT to close the books on this December! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
an uncanny otter Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 Will probably be finishing this December with about 4.4" of snow, the least snowy December since 2006, and well below our December average of 12.7". The worst part is that we received a good 2.5" of rain... to think about what could have been Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trent Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 Had 0.1" of snow this morning, then some snow melted as fell, then some rain, total precip 0.05". The light coating of snow we had the last few days has all melted now as its 38 degrees. DTW needs 0.33" of precip tomorrow to finish the wettest year on record. Looks unlikely but you never know. My next period of interest is the lake effect snow Sun-Mon...looks like it could be interesting even here (and very good in the belts). This was actually the 8th measurable snow since Nov 30th, totalling 5.4" imby (6.3" at DTW). All the snows were nuisance, but its still something in this pattern. That said, cant WAIT to close the books on this December! The eastern half of the GL should watch this. There will be a lot of moisture with lake enhanced help. This type of scenario will often coat the non belts and keep the ground white as different impulses and troughs rotate through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 The eastern half of the GL should watch this. There will be a lot of moisture with lake enhanced help. This type of scenario will often coat the non belts and keep the ground white as different impulses and troughs rotate through. Weve been so spoiled recently, that you dont have to go that far back to see a season off to a worse start here...thats 2006-07 (incidentally, thats right before our 4-year snow bonanza hit). The lake guns started churning like mad in mid-January, and they saved our winter. The only synoptic snow of any meaning that winter was Feb 13/14. I never knew how many different ways LES could bless areas this far outside of the belts. I mean, it was nothing crazy, but 1, 2, 3 inches at a time.....as a teen I never remembered any more than a dusting of pure les in this area. Of course, we havent seen a lake setup like that SINCE 2007, but we certainly havent been in need of it...til now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
on_wx Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 5" snowpack tonight. Couldn't be happier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherdavewi Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 Managed 1.3" of snow with the clipper today, giving us about 4" on the ground now. At least it's something up here where we really need it. Looking quite interesting heading into the first few days of the new year. Latest NAM gives the Gaylord area 0.7" of liquid over a roughly 36 hour period before it truncates at 84 hrs...about as strong of a very heavy lake effect signal I've seen in many years, and likely well underdone. Better times appear ahead! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 Managed 1.3" of snow with the clipper today, giving us about 4" on the ground now. At least it's something up here where we really need it. Looking quite interesting heading into the first few days of the new year. Latest NAM gives the Gaylord area 0.7" of liquid over a roughly 36 hour period before it truncates at 84 hrs...about as strong of a very heavy lake effect signal I've seen in many years, and likely well underdone. Better times appear ahead! Congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted December 30, 2011 Author Share Posted December 30, 2011 Thursday, December 29th: Hi: 46F Lo: 31F Overall Sky Conditions: Partly Cloudy Max Wind Gust: 24MPH Rainfall: Trace Snowfall: 0.0" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 Looks like I'll finish Dec 2011 with 3.6" of snow. Triple the amount I saw in Dec 2006 so there's that to be thankful for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 Clear skies still in place here. 30°... 1° higher than the average high! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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