cyclone77 Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 Weird stuff going on outside right now...10 minutes ago it was a rain/snow mixture, coming down at a good clip, that switched to light snow and sleet, and now we're getting these flakes that are just monsters but really spread apart and floating down very slowly. Interesting how you guys in Wisconsin and Michigan picked up some snow today. You would never guess that here. Was completely sunny all day and very mild. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 Friday, February 17th: Hi: 48F Lo: 25F Overall Sky Conditions: Partly Cloudy Max Wind Gust: 25MPH Rainfall: 0.00" Snowfall: 0.0" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hm8 Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 Interesting how you guys in Wisconsin and Michigan picked up some snow today. You would never guess that here. Was completely sunny all day and very mild. Well I'd bareeely call it snow here, its done already and not so much as a single speck of white is on the ground...but yeah, it was a very nice day earlier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeastFromTheEast Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 Interesting how you guys in Wisconsin and Michigan picked up some snow today. You would never guess that here. Was completely sunny all day and very mild. It snowed nicely up here for a few hours with some periods of ripping snow with monster flakes mixed in up here late this morning and around noon.. Didn't accumulate much at all though and in a matter of a few hours it was like nothing had happened and the sun was out making for a beautiful February day outside.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 It snowed nicely up here for a few hours with some periods of ripping snow with monster flakes mixed in up here late this morning and around noon.. Didn't accumulate much at all though and in a matter of a few hours it was like nothing had happened and the sun was out making for a beautiful February day outside.. Sweet. Sometimes those fast transitions in conditions can be pretty interesting, even without appreciable accumulations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 For those who didn't know and care... Starting last month LOT started publishing daily climate reports for ARR, DPA, MDW, UGN and VPZ (In addition to ORD/RFD/LOT). There is also now an observer for DPA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyhb Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 00z GFS/GGEM have the mid-range system getting strung out in the West, but the Euro...well...that is an entirely different story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowMeHunter Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyhb Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 ? Still in the voodoo land (and for the lolz/"oh what that would look like" territory), but you can't tell me that doesn't look impressive: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundersnow12 Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 Still in the voodoo land (and for the lolz/"oh what that would look like" territory), but you can't tell me that doesn't look impressive: Ya for the nrn plains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyhb Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 Ya for the nrn plains. Then the Upper Midwest the following day, not to mention the warm sector side, which doesn't have that lead wave like in the 12z run to hamper potential Gulf return flow, but then again I'm probably over-analyzing considering we're this far out... Although it is nice to see the level of consistency between the two Euro runs today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted February 18, 2012 Author Share Posted February 18, 2012 Then the Upper Midwest the following day, not to mention the warm sector side, which doesn't have that lead wave like in the 12z run to hamper potential Gulf return flow, but then again I'm probably over-analyzing considering we're this far out, although it is nice to see the consistency between the two Euro runs today. No lead wave immediately prior like 12z but there is that thing around 168 hours which does a good job hampering the return flow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtlehurricane Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 Still above freezing at 2 am. Spring is really here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 WRT to 9-11 day system, a large number of the Ensemble members for the GFS have strong solutions, actually the only the OP GFS and 2 other Ensemble members didn't go gang busters with the system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
on_wx Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 Up 2"/5cm and counting tonight. Looks wonderful out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyhb Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 WRT to 9-11 day system, a large number of the Ensemble members for the GFS have strong solutions, actually the only the OP GFS and 2 other Ensemble members didn't go gang busters with the system. Here's the graphics, most of the CMC ensembles have it too: 216: 240: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtlehurricane Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 Madison is 7.0 °F above average for February so far. That's basically extreme warmth by any definition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 +5.1 so far for the month of Feb, don't see that going down too much the rest of the way out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 Gotta be close to 2" of wet snow out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 Gotta be close to 2" of wet snow out there. Nice I guess the 6z GFS is so bad it decided not to come out. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roardog Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 It looks like about 2.5 to 3 inches fell here last night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 Nice I guess the 6z GFS is so bad it decided not to come out. lol ECers ripping their hair out. 2.2" here to be exact. Really narrow band per radar. Much of that must have fallen within one hour. Would have loved to see that. Stupid sleep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nic Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 It looks like about 2.5 to 3 inches fell here last night. HRRR RUC picked up on that pretty well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 I'm running out of ideas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 Dropped to 24F this morning. Plants out in the unheated greenhouse look fine. I'm not pushing my luck tonite with lows around 20F or less. Today looks like a good one...sun and mid 30Fs... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowstorms Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 ECers ripping their hair out. 2.2" here to be exact. Really narrow band per radar. Much of that must have fallen within one hour. Would have loved to see that. Stupid sleep. I got about 5.8cm or 2.3". Temperature in my area still sitting just under the freezing mark. No melting yet lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 DVN early morning discussion is interesting regarding the 7-10 day storm. ...INCREASING EVIDENCE OF A MAJOR STORM SYSTEM TO AFFECT CONUS AND POSSIBLY OUR AREA CIRCA DAYS 7-10. SYSTEM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT EVENT THIS WINTER IF IT PHASES OVER AREA. THIS QUESTION SHOULD BE ANSWERED BASED ON JET ENERGETICS (LENGTH-INTENSITY) WITHIN 48-72 HOURS. OTHERWISE...LITTLE CHANGE TO FORECAST WITH MOSTLY MODEST DAY TO DAY CHANGES AND EXCEPTIONALLY LARGE DAY TO DAY DIURNAL RANGES FROM CLIMATOLOGY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherpsycho Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 DVN early morning discussion is interesting regarding the 7-10 day storm. I sure does look like we will finally has some things to track coming up. All I can do right now is hope the best. Really can't get much worse than it is right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 Here we go again. The promising day 7+ storm for the midwest is gradually disappearing from the models. The western trough is becoming increasingly less amplified. Recent GFS runs have shifted the storm to the northern plains. A few days ago the Euro had a highly amplified pattern evolving with a sharp ridge shooting north into Alaska and a sharp, deep trough digging into the sw US. It has been shifting away from that scenario and the latest run has de-amplified to the point where there is little ridging into Alaska, only a broad, blah western trough, and a surface low skirting the Canada/US border. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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