Chargers09 Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Somewhere around 2.5 or 3 inches here is the estimate. Roads are trash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
an uncanny otter Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Looks like we'll end this with a whopping 2.5". Wasn't expecting a whole lot but another inch would have been nice. It's actually enough to push us up to our average January snowfall, which is incredible considering how this winter has been going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jendoc Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 3 hour 30 min commute home.....about 7 inches of snow here. Beautiful sight, but the roads were horrible today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ajdos Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 3.2" total snowfall for me.. in 5 hour period..so not bad, but pretty bad.. lol... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Event recap. Models pretty much nailed the qpf around here, problem is it was 10-1 ratio sugar snow. And it was honestly like shoveling sugar. Dry but heavy if that makes sense. Very high impact due to the dense powder on very cold surfaces. We had 2.5" snow with 0.25" water content, snow depth is 3" of packed powder. Temps during the storm hovered between 16-17F. Roads are very treacherous, lots of rutted snow at intersections that plows havent gotten to. Some nice plow piles for 2.5" of snow. Was out this evening, driving at about half the speed limit. Top of the snow is glistening like diamonds, all in all a gorgeous winters night. First time all season I was outside on a quiet night and here the scraping of a plow in the distance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Looks like my 3-5" call for Metro Detroit was a busto, however the 5-7" with localized higher amounts for Chi-Town looked pretty spot on. Some local numbers though... Your bust was probably due to ratios of 10-1 instead of the forecast 12-16:1. Wait til the morning to see the PNS reports, my guess is in the immediate metro area, no one got less than 1.5" and no one got more than 4", most reports probably 2-3". Settling will be nonexistent today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Your bust was probably due to ratios of 10-1 instead of the forecast 12-16:1. Wait til the morning to see the PNS reports, my guess is in the immediate metro area, no one got less than 1.5" and no one got more than 4", most reports probably 2-3". Settling will be nonexistent today. Yeah the ratios were the killer, the QPF fell in line nicely except the Euro being too high. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nwohweather Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 I-80/90 Ohio Turnpike has one good lane but everything else is just crap, especially out here in the country. Sadly looks like we only have one day of the snowpack before it gets melted away Sunday and Monday. Still nice to see winter showing its teeth the last few days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 This seems like a low amount for FWA for 1/20. I would have thought that one year in the past 100+ that they would have received more than 3.1" in the dead of winter and it figures that the year they did get the old record was '78. RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1226 AM EST SAT JAN 21 2012 ...RECORD DAILY MAXIMUM SNOWFALL SET AT FORT WAYNE... A RECORD SNOWFALL OF 3.8 INCHES WAS SET AT FORT WAYNE YESTERDAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 3.1 INCHES SET IN 1978. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 I noticed LAF had 0.08" liquid between 8-9PM last night. Considering it usually low balls wintry liquid equiv totals...it had to be rip city for awhile, which of course matches Keener's and the COOPs observations/measurements on the west side and northern parts of LAF. Very cool gradient slicing through here last evening for a time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nic Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Got 100% sleet in my location, only about a half inch to an inch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeenerWx Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 I noticed LAF had 0.08" liquid between 8-9PM last night. Considering it usually low balls wintry liquid equiv totals...it had to be rip city for awhile, which of course matches Keener's and the COOPs observations/measurements on the west side and northern parts of LAF. Very cool gradient slicing through here last evening for a time. What did you end up with over there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 light lake snow continues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 What did you end up with over there? I didn't measure last night...went to sleep fairly quickly. I got to work (3 miles north of my place) this morning, and measured 2.5" average. What do you have? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Preliminary map from LOT. Looks like far eastern Will/southeastern Cook/western Lake (IN) jackpot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWeatherPimp Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Not great, not terrible. Black text was my forecast for the corresponding colored zones, white small text is official NWS storm reports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Depth is unimpressive of course, but sparkling of the snow is as good as it gets, also tried to get a few shots of how sugary/packed the powder is. Last winter pictures were nonstop, this year, im feeling very camera-deprived lol. The coldness of the roads and denseness of the powder did make for plows to have to plow pretty much all major roads (most 2.5" snowfalls would require salting mostly), my brother texts me "what is this 4 inches?" and I said "no 2.5"" and he said "thats it? looks like 4" to me" lol. Foggy-low looking visibility with the air chocked with sugar grains and small dendrites Intersections...driving was a nightmare Calm night Always hard to try and get a night shot to do glittery snow justice Night glitter With the footprint you can see both the sugary and the packed powder texture of the snow Last winter the snow made it up to the the snowmans body This year, not so much Neighbor is a fan of big snowpiles. Blue sky Love the glistening Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxhstn74 Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Results from snow system overnight>>>http://weatherhistorian.blogspot.com/2012/01/third-wave-of-arctic-air-reinforcement.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Nice pics! Looks pretty similar to that here, without the sun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Nice pics! Looks pretty similar to that here, without the sun. Thanks! Your overcast but its crystal clear in Detroit, dont see that every day lol. I dont mind sun on a cold day like this when it makes the snow glisten without hurting it, but usually I like the overcast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunder Road Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Here's pictures from VU if anyone is interested: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.2945128302526.2145961.1090813670&type=1&l=78d5883e11 (They're too big to upload to the board.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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