dmc76 Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 DTX talkin' 60s on Wednesday Time to bust out the golf clubs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TugHillMatt Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 Looks like snow pretty good snow bands in western MI this evening! http://radar.weather...1101111&loop=no New snow and cloudy skies kept temperatures below normal and below guidance today. Daytime high of 30°. For sure! We have been getting DUMPED on the past couple hours. This last band is awesome. It's just pouring snow. We've picked up several inches of snow this evening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 For sure! We have been getting DUMPED on the past couple hours. This last band is awesome. It's just pouring snow. We've picked up several inches of snow this evening. I figured there was some good accumulations over there! Snow is forming out ahead of the cold front moving very slowly to the south. About an inch is predicted over here. NAM qpf confirms that: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TugHillMatt Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 I figured there was some good accumulations over there! Snow is forming out ahead of the cold front moving very slowly to the south. About an inch is predicted over here. NAM qpf confirms that: From eyeballing it, I'd say we have picked up about 5 inches just since 5! It's still dumping, but looks like it is about to end soon. I LOVE these lake enhanced snow events. THIS is what I moved here for...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
on_wx Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 According to the university the winds were the strongest today in Waterloo since March 9 2002. Sustained at 30mph gusting to 50mph with a 67mph gust recorded in Kitchener. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TugHillMatt Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 Well, just went out and measured...we got 6 inches of snow in about 5 hours this evening. What a wonderful surprise of lake enhanced snowfall! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 Well, just went out and measured...we got 6 inches of snow in about 5 hours this evening. What a wonderful surprise of lake enhanced snowfall! Nice! I take it made up for the scant system snow yesterday. Seems like the good system snow totals were towards Ludington and north. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TugHillMatt Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 Nice! I take it made up for the scant system snow yesterday. Seems like the good system snow totals were towards Ludington and north. It sure does! Muskegon really seems to be in a crap location for synoptic snowstorms...atleast the past couple of years. I've noticed that we get much of our snow from lake enhanced events, convergent zones, and Clippers (also lake enhanced). It's kind of odd, because we either get the snow (like tonight) while other locations don't or we completely get missed while all other locations nearby get it. I'm really trying to figure it out. Regardless, we may actually have more snow on the ground than Ludington now! Thanks for your interest, Geos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 Friday, March 2nd: Hi: 39F Lo: 34F Overall Sky Conditions: Cloudy Max Wind Gust: 37MPH Rainfall: 0.32" Snowfall: 0.8" Saturday, March 3rd: Hi: 34F Lo: 29F Overall Sky Conditions: Cloudy Max Wind Gust: 34MPH Rainfall: Trace Snowfall: Trace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 Dusting of snow...pretty much covered everything. Still some flurries falling. Sun was out for the first time in forever, but its gone again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mogget Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 Very pretty snowfall here in Madison right now. We got maybe a scant quarter-inch overnight and now a second appears to be taking shape; nice sized flakes, too. Perfect for cocoa and a book...might get up to an inch according to Milwaukee. Mogs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmc76 Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 Steady light snow this morning has covered the ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ottawa Blizzard Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 Amazing temperature gradient in Ontario this morning, with it being about -6C in Toronto, -23C in Sudbury and -27C in Timmins. Looks similar to the cold outbreak of March 1989, albeit a milder version of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 The GFS is at least consistent with the trends of a significant SE ridge in the longe range. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tropical Posted March 4, 2012 Author Share Posted March 4, 2012 This looks better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAFF Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 The NAO does seem to be heading into neutral teritory mid month, perhaps one last gasp to winter before the torch turns on and stays on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wisconsinwx Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 It's ripping fine flakes at the moment. Who would have thought we would probably triple or quadruple our total December snowfall in the first four days of March? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeastFromTheEast Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 It's ripping fine flakes at the moment. Who would have thought we would probably triple or quadruple our total December snowfall in the first four days of March? Me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtlehurricane Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 Up to 28.7" of snow for the winter at MSN. Even in this "fail" of a winter we've come out decent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 Pretty good...that is 8 inches more then LSE... We've got sun now...plenty of blue skies to the north...i see I'm right on the edge, so not sure if we can keep this sun around or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 Light snow falling here at 11am. NMM simulated radar is suggesting more substantial snow showers along the front later on today. Low of 23° this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 Should stay dry here today as the snows pass southwest and northeast of here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtlehurricane Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 Light snow here too and stuck at 24 °F, definite winter day. Check this out regarding the snow later: http://rapidrefresh.noaa.gov/RR/jsloop.cgi?dsKeys=rr:&runTime=2012030415&plotName=vort_t2500&fcstInc=60&numFcsts=19&model=rr&ptitle=RR%20Model%20Fields%20-%20Experimental&maxFcstLen=18&fcstStrLen=-1&resizePlot=1&domain=t2&wjet=1 There's a filament of vorticity riding parallel to the clipper that's approaching now, and another connected to the clipper that's gonna come through around 3-4 pm. These both will kick off snow showers. The snow now must be from the first one approaching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 Light snow here too and stuck at 24 °F, definite winter day. Check this out regarding the snow later: http://rapidrefresh....omain=t2&wjet=1 There's a filament of vorticity riding parallel to the clipper that's approaching now, and another connected to the clipper that's gonna come through around 3-4 pm. These both will kick off snow showers. The snow now must be from the first one approaching. Nice. Looks like some added lift along that filament. The NAM model picks up on that feature as well. Looks like that will ride on through Lake County. Interesting disco. on this feature and its dynamics moving through today. So far March feels like winter. AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 330 AM CST SUN MAR 4 2012 .SHORT TERM... TODAY-FORECAST CONFIDENCE HIGH ALBERTA CLIPPER RACES SOUTHEAST FROM DAKOTAS TO MISSOURI TODAY. MEANWHILE. MEANWHILE LOW HEIGHTS AND COLD AIRMASS WITH 500 MB TEMPS AROUND -36C PERSIST OVER SOUTHERN WISCONSIN WITH RATHER MOIST ENVIRONMENT ESPECIALLY BELOW 700 MB. A WEAK REINFORCING COLD FRONT BACK DOORS IN NORTHWEST-SOUTHEAST FASHION THIS MORNING...WITH NAM HAVING IT EXTEND FROM LAKE COUNTY IL TO DANE AND SAUK COUNTIES BY NOON. 850 MB TEMPS DO COOL TO ABOUT -14 C NORTH AND -12 C SOUTH... RESULTING IN DELTA TS AROUND 16. LIGHT NORTHEAST FLOW BEHIND THE FRONT IS NOT VERY DEEP...BUT CAN NOT COMPLETELY RULE OUT SOME SORT OF LAKE ENHANCED MISCHIEF DUE TO LOW LEVEL INSTABILITY. NAM HAS DECENT OMEGA IN THIS CONVERGENCE ZONE IN THE MORNING WITH OMEGA OF ROUGHLY 5-10 MICROBARS/S. RADAR SHOWS AN INCREASING AREA OF 20-30 DBZ RETURNS MOVING OUT OF SOUTH CENTRAL INTO SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN SO HAVE CATEGORICAL POPS AND 1 TO 1.5 INCH ACCUMULATIONS. THIS WILL BE MAINLY ON GRASSY AREAS AFTER MID MORNING OWING TO MARCH SUN AND RATES OF JUST 0.1" PER HOUR. TONIGHT-FORECAST CONFIDENCE MEDIUM NAM STALLS WEAK BOUNDARY FROM NEAR CHICAGO UP THROUGH JANESVILLE MADISON AND WISCONSIN DELLS AREAS. ALTHOUGH PRECIP IS WIDESPREAD CURRENTLY IT APPEARS THAT THE FOCUS WILL BE MORE NARROW AND CLOSE TO SURFACE FRONT SO TRIED TO INDICATE A NARROW AREA OF HIGH POPS THROUGH THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE CWA AND IN A NNW-SSE FASHION. COULD EASILY BE OFF A COUNTY OR SO ON THIS AXIS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 No more snow melt this weekend with sub-freezing temps, but the remaining 1 inch will be gone fast early in the week. I'm very much looking forward to sunny and 60s Tuesday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeastFromTheEast Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 Light snow here too and stuck at 24 °F, definite winter day. Check this out regarding the snow later: http://rapidrefresh....omain=t2&wjet=1 There's a filament of vorticity riding parallel to the clipper that's approaching now, and another connected to the clipper that's gonna come through around 3-4 pm. These both will kick off snow showers. The snow now must be from the first one approaching. Might be the last one this season .. I'll be sure to enjoy today's wx.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gosaints Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 After a day or so of the models giving us a some cooler weather. They seem to be trending back towards a more consistent torch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 Being close to the lake, it takes awhile to get a consistent torch/warm spell! It will be nice to see at least some 50s this week, which are forecast here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wisconsinwx Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 Very good flake size atm, and I can see why. 20-25 dbz through much of the county. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 After a day or so of the models giving us a some cooler weather. They seem to be trending back towards a more consistent torch. They've completely changed their handling of that SW cutoff. Rather than ejecting it late this week with the northern stream energy, creating a highly amplified long-wave trough, they're retrograding the cutoff and keeping the flow split, which favors more pacific rather than arctic air. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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