michsnowfreak Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 There is a great place in Indian River to stay called Northwood Lodge. I haven't been there in several years now but it was remodeled in the mid-90s. I used to go there every year in the 90s-2004. Wow just checked it out, looks AWESOME! The only thing is, current snow depth really starts decreasing as you hit Indian River (11" at IR, 19" Gaylord) and looks to be a tossup who gets more with the storm. May not decide til tomorrow morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XcNick Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 Cant really look at the Nam currently. How does it look for Milwaukee area? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 Cant really look at the Nam currently. How does it look for Milwaukee area? Great! 0.75"+ of moisture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherpsycho Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 Wow just checked it out, looks AWESOME! The only thing is, current snow depth really starts decreasing as you hit Indian River (11" at IR, 19" Gaylord) and looks to be a tossup who gets more with the storm. May not decide til tomorrow morning. Enjoy where ever you end up. This looks to be a big one for northern MI. Normally I would be right there with a storm like this (perfect timing for a weekend trip) but we have a big event tomorrow night (my kids are more important than snow). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ajdos Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 984mb near Lansing, MI. Same as the last run. I'm thinking some High wind warning may be needed with this one for S/E Mi..especially as the Strong Showers move through or the C/F itself should have no problems producing strong winds.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 I'm thinking some High wind warning may be needed with this one for S/E Mi..especially as the Strong Showers move through or the C/F itself should have no problems producing strong winds.. Likely. Forecast for winds here up close to 30mph. 18z RGEM had a 972mb low over Lake Huron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundersnow12 Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 looking at soundings, changover out here occurs a bit after 21z. 6" gradient across the LOT CWA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 Enjoy where ever you end up. This looks to be a big one for northern MI. Normally I would be right there with a storm like this (perfect timing for a weekend trip) but we have a big event tomorrow night (my kids are more important than snow). Thanks! if the NAM verifies it will be the biggest (synoptic) snowstorm the Gaylord area has seen in many years, and the biggest Ive ever experienced! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 looking at soundings, changover out here occurs a bit after 21z. 6" gradient across the LOT CWA. LOVE it! Bullseye RIGHT over Gaylord! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 LOVE it! Bullseye RIGHT over Gaylord! You have to be kidding me! 22" near Gaylord! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherpsycho Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 Thanks! if the NAM verifies it will be the biggest (synoptic) snowstorm the Gaylord area has seen in many years, and the biggest Ive ever experienced! You may not want to come home on Sunday. I hope this is the biggest you have ever seen! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ajdos Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 I should take a trip up-north.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherpsycho Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 I should take a trip up-north.. Do it. I absolutely would if I didn't have commitments tomorrow and Saturday. I would email my boss and say see yah Monday!! I would probably go to Boyne and do some skiing on fresh snow!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundersnow12 Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 just saw this from LOT SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 409 PM CST THU MAR 1 2012 ILZ003>006-008-010>012-020615- WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE IL-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...BELVIDERE...WOODSTOCK... WAUKEGAN...OREGON...DIXON...DEKALB...AURORA 409 PM CST THU MAR 1 2012 ...A PERIOD OF ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL POSSIBLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING... A POTENT STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTHEAST FROM THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TO SOUTHWESTERN MICHIGAN DURING THE DAY ON FRIDAY. AS THIS OCCURS...PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP DURING THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS. ALTHOUGH THE PRECIPITATION MAY INITIALLY BEGIN AS RAIN...IT APPEARS THAT COLDER AIR WILL OVERSPREAD PORTIONS OF THE AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON...ALLOWING THE RAIN TO CHANGE TO SNOW BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. AS THIS TRANSITION TO SNOW OCCURS...THERE COULD BE A PERIOD OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACROSS PORTIONS OF FAR NORTHERN ILLINOIS LATE FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY EVENING. DUE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOW...THE SNOW COULD ACCUMULATE QUICKLY...LEADING TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. HOWEVER...DUE TO THE COMPLEXITY OF THE STORM SYSTEM...UNCERTAINTY REMAINS ON WHERE THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILSNOW Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 Milwaukee URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 851 PM CST THU MAR 1 2012 ...INTENSE SNOWFALL EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA LATER TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES FROM SOUTHERN ILLINOIS FRIDAY AND INTO LOWER MICHIGAN BY FRIDAY EVENING. WHILE SOME WARMER AIR WILL LINGER IN THE SOUTHEAST AT THE ONSET OF THE PRECIPITATION...THE STRENGTHENING LOW WILL ALLOW ANY RAIN IN THE SOUTHEAST TO MIX WITH AND CHANGE OVER TO SNOW BY 3 TO 4 PM ON FRIDAY. ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES ARE LIKELY WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. SOME OF THE MOST INTENSE SNOWFALL...WITH RATES APPROACHING 2 INCHES PER HOUR FOR A TIME...WOULD BE OCCURRING AROUND THE EVENING RUSH HOUR. THIS WILL BE A WET HEAVY SNOW. THE MODEL TRACK OF THIS INTENSIFYING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS A CLASSIC TRACK FOR HEAVY SNOW IN SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM TO 9 PM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM TO 9 PM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...RAIN AND A LIGHT MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED FRIDAY MORNING. HEAVY SNOW SHOULD THEN DEVELOP BY MID AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH MID EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 8 INCHES * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH AND GRADUALLY SHIFT TO THE NORTH...THEN NORTHWEST LATER FRIDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...DETERIORATING TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FROM THE HEAVY SNOW. SNOW COVERED ROADS...AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES ARE EXPECTED FOR THE EVENING RUSH HOUR. SOME THUNDER SNOW IS ALSO POSSIBLE LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY FRIDAY EVENING OVER THE SOUTHEAST...WHICH COULD LEAD TO 2 INCH AN HOUR SNOW RATES. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BeastFromTheEast Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 And we have a warning!!!! ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM TO 9 PM CST FRIDAY...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM TO 9 PM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...RAIN AND A LIGHT MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED FRIDAY MORNING. HEAVY SNOW SHOULD THEN DEVELOP BY MID AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH MID EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 8 INCHES * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH AND GRADUALLY SHIFT TO THE NORTH...THEN NORTHWEST LATER FRIDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...DETERIORATING TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FROM THE HEAVY SNOW. SNOW COVERED ROADS...AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES ARE EXPECTED FOR THE EVENING RUSH HOUR. SOME THUNDER SNOW IS ALSO POSSIBLE LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY FRIDAY EVENING OVER THE SOUTHEAST...WHICH COULD LEAD TO 2 INCH AN HOUR SNOW RATES. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILSNOW Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 Chicago URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 901 PM CST THU MAR 1 2012 ...POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOWFALL ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS... .A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHWESTERN INDIANA LATE FRIDAY. RAIN WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION EARLY IN THE DAY...AND TRANSITION TO A HEAVY AND WET SNOW INTO THE AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL RATES MAY EXCEED AN INCH PER HOUR FOR SOME LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WATCH AREA FOR A FEW HOURS...BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO FLURRIES OVERNIGHT. ILZ003>006-008-021115- /O.NEW.KLOT.WS.A.0004.120302T2100Z-120303T0600Z/ WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE IL-OGLE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...BELVIDERE...WOODSTOCK... WAUKEGAN...OREGON 901 PM CST THU MAR 1 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * TIMING...RAIN WILL TRANSITION OVER TO SNOW DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS...TAPERING OFF TO FLURRIES OVERNIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * HAZARDS...THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS LIKELY TO FALL FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS...WHEN SNOWFALL RATES OF UP TO ONE INCH PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE. ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND DIFFICULT TO MAINTAIN IF THESE SNOWFALL RATES MATERIALIZE. TRAVEL ACROSS FAR NORTHERN ILLINOIS WILL BECOME DIFFICULT AND PERHAPS DANGEROUS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XcNick Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 I have to admit im trying to not get excited, but when ever theres a chance of thunder snow its hard not to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 Punting. Good luck to the WI guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevlon62 Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 This looks reasonable out of GRB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCNYILWX Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 This looks reasonable out of GRB. Think much of that snow will stick out over the lake? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hm8 Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 LOVE it! Bullseye RIGHT over Gaylord! Pics and video please! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 Do it. I absolutely would if I didn't have commitments tomorrow and Saturday. I would email my boss and say see yah Monday!! I would probably go to Boyne and do some skiing on fresh snow!! Have to agree with Roy here. If you have never experienced such a storm i would do it. No it is not your backyard ( which nothing can come close to ) but still it is a experience you will enjoy alot and probably never forget atleast till one happens in your backyard. Oh and congrats to our WI/IL and C/N MI peeps. Atleast someone in this region will have seen a respectable winter storm this winter. Gotta love seeing the models go a bit deeper/stronger with this storm vs the typical fade out. I suspect some places could need a blizzard warning? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 DVN will probably put up something in NW IL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherpsycho Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 Think much of that snow will stick out over the lake? All that snow being wasted on fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevlon62 Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 Chicago URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 901 PM CST THU MAR 1 2012 ...POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOWFALL ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS... We have had a final trip planned up north with the sleds leaving tomorrow. The catch is our departure time from the South Loop after picking up the cousin's sled isn't until 2:45 p.m. or so. Our planned destination based on trail conditions after the Wednesday system has been Crivitz, WI. We were thinking we would be slowed by normal Friday traffic in both Chicago and Milwaukee. This storm is looking to really gum up the works. Even if we had 6+ fall in Woodstock, trails would be starting from scratch, so I'm thinking head toward GRB either way . . . Looking forward to the riding and the snow chase! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted March 2, 2012 Author Share Posted March 2, 2012 Oh and congrats to our WI/IL and C/N MI peeps. Atleast someone in this region will have seen a respectable winter storm this winter. Gotta love seeing the models go a bit deeper/stronger with this storm vs the typical fade out. I suspect some places could need a blizzard warning? If this deepens the way it could potentially deepen, Blizzard Warnings are likely. High wind warnings will also probably be needed in some areas too. And yes, we've waited long enough (since November 30th in fact) for a decent, widespread winter storm somewhere in the country and we finally got it (outside Meteorological Winter no less, heh). That's a tad redeeming in a winter that was otherwise quite boring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtlehurricane Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 HRRR has snow commencing in Madison from 9-10 am, with the main band of snow parked over SW and SC WI by noon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 If this deepens the way it could potentially deepen, Blizzard Warnings are likely. High wind warnings will also probably be needed in some areas too. And yes, we've waited long enough (since November 30th in fact) for a decent, widespread winter storm somewhere in the country and we finally got it (outside Meteorological Winter no less, heh). That's a tad redeeming in a winter that was otherwise quite boring. Agreed. A number of the euro ensembles were similar to the NAM with the strength. So yeah the bombing out chances are pretty high with this thing. Wouldn't mind hearing Baro's thoughts on this? Track is terrible for anything exciting here but meh i am kinda use to it. I am just happy to see a real bomb in the area. Better late then never. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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