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12/20-12/21 Moderate/Intense Clipper Event?

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I did not bring it back up although no issue with verifying what was said previously now that the system has passed that's what a great debate should have:

Thundersnow12 Posted Today, 08:06

"so much for that slop fest with an inch..". "

and i did see your original post. Unfortunately, while I love snow as much as anyone it gets a little crazy when people are told to leave the forum because they are not jumping on the hype machine or attempt to bring a realistic view to the table. :weenie:ism at it's finest. Oh and after seeing the new GFS have revised my call for Chicago area little to nothing west of I-294 but the longest lake effect event on Chi town history from Friday through Sunday. We may not hear from Aleking until next year as that's how long it will take him to dig out ......:snowwindow:

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Full listing of the snowfall reports from LOT: http://www.crh.noaa.gov/product.php?site=lot&product=pns&issuedby=LOT&format=CI&version=1&glossary=0

Here's a sample:

ELBURN (KANE)...6.0"

STERLING 4NE (LEE)...6.0"

MARSEILLES (LA SALLE)...5.4"

DWIGHT (LIVINGSTON)...5.0"

OREGON (OGLE)...5.0"

ROCHELLE (OGLE)...5.0"

STREATOR (LIVINGSTON)...5.0"

PEOTONE (WILL)...4.4"

BURR RIDGE 2SW (DU PAGE)...4.3"

ROCKFORD (WINNEBAGO)...4.1"

WATSEKA 5W (IROQUOIS)...4.0"

PARK FOREST (COOK)...4.0"

ST ANNE (KANKAKEE)...4.0"

WOODSTOCK (MCHENRY)...4.0"

NAPERVILLE 1NW (DU PAGE)...3.9"

HAWTHORN WOODS 1N (LAKE)...3.9"

JOLIET (WILL)...3.9"

LA GRANGE (COOK)...3.8"

MIDWAY 3SW (COOK)...3.4"

OHARE (COOK)...3.0"

DE MOTTE 4SW (JASPER)...4.0"

KENTLAND 1NNW (NEWTON)...4.0"

MERRILLVILLE 4E (LAKE)...3.0"

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A few reports from the IND CWA

0104 AM SNOW CARMEL 39.97N 86.11W

12/21/2010 M2.5 INCH HAMILTON IN TRAINED SPOTTER

1228 AM SNOW 2 NW WEST LAFAYETTE 40.47N 86.94W

12/21/2010 M3.9 INCH TIPPECANOE IN TRAINED SPOTTER

1215 AM SNOW 6 NE PLAINFIELD 39.76N 86.31W

12/21/2010 M3.0 INCH MARION IN TRAINED SPOTTER

1200 AM SNOW 2 S CASTLETON 39.88N 86.05W

12/21/2010 M3.3 INCH MARION IN TRAINED SPOTTER

1200 AM SNOW INDIANAPOLIS INT`L AIRP 39.72N 86.29W

12/21/2010 M3.8 INCH MARION IN OFFICIAL NWS OBS

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A few reports from the IND CWA

0104 AM SNOW CARMEL 39.97N 86.11W

12/21/2010 M2.5 INCH HAMILTON IN TRAINED SPOTTER

1228 AM SNOW 2 NW WEST LAFAYETTE 40.47N 86.94W

12/21/2010 M3.9 INCH TIPPECANOE IN TRAINED SPOTTER

1215 AM SNOW 6 NE PLAINFIELD 39.76N 86.31W

12/21/2010 M3.0 INCH MARION IN TRAINED SPOTTER

1200 AM SNOW 2 S CASTLETON 39.88N 86.05W

12/21/2010 M3.3 INCH MARION IN TRAINED SPOTTER

1200 AM SNOW INDIANAPOLIS INT`L AIRP 39.72N 86.29W

12/21/2010 M3.8 INCH MARION IN OFFICIAL NWS OBS

Unfortunately IND's WWA would have verified much better if they would have started it earlier and included the snow. By the time the WWA started, all accumulating snow was out of their CWA. I know the WWA was mainly for the threat of "freezing drizzle/rain" but from a public standpoint, the snow was just as much a hazard as any icing that occurred, and many locations flirted with advisory criteria. Definitely not a great forecast, but we all have them, and the models (which consistently dried things up across Indiana) were no help. Just my two cents.

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I did not bring it back up although no issue with verifying what was said previously now that the system has passed that's what a great debate should have:

Thundersnow12 Posted Today, 08:06

"so much for that slop fest with an inch..". "

and i did see your original post. Unfortunately, while I love snow as much as anyone it gets a little crazy when people are told to leave the forum because they are not jumping on the hype machine or attempt to bring a realistic view to the table. :weenie:ism at it's finest. Oh and after seeing the new GFS have revised my call for Chicago area little to nothing west of I-294 but the longest lake effect event on Chi town history from Friday through Sunday. We may not hear from Aleking until next year as that's how long it will take him to dig out ......:snowwindow:

Nobody should be telling you to leave. I think the main disagreement stems from the "slopfest" terminology. Let's take a look at Chicago's obs throughout the event. We'll even use Midway since that would capture any urban heat effects a little better. It was 24-27 degrees throughout the entire snow event, 28-30 with several hours of light freezing drizzle and right now it's 31. Saying something is X doesn't make it so. We can call 85 in July a heatwave but of course that really wouldn't be a fair statement.

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Nobody should be telling you to leave. I think the main disagreement stems from the "slopfest" terminology. Let's take a look at Chicago's obs throughout the event. We'll even use Midway since that would capture any urban heat effects a little better. It was 24-27 degrees throughout the entire snow event, 28-30 with several hours of light freezing drizzle and right now it's 31. Saying something is X doesn't make it so. We can call 85 in July a heatwave but of course that really wouldn't be a fair statement.

Totally agree.

Baum - I never implied you were unwelcome...just wanted to explain why your posts sometimes get the reactions they do.

Anyway - a nice event for Chicago metro...some great snow rates for a couple hours last evening. :snowman:

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Full listing of the snowfall reports from LOT: http://www.crh.noaa....on=1&glossary=0

Here's a sample:

ELBURN (KANE)...6.0"

STERLING 4NE (LEE)...6.0"

MARSEILLES (LA SALLE)...5.4"

DWIGHT (LIVINGSTON)...5.0"

OREGON (OGLE)...5.0"

ROCHELLE (OGLE)...5.0"

STREATOR (LIVINGSTON)...5.0"

PEOTONE (WILL)...4.4"

BURR RIDGE 2SW (DU PAGE)...4.3"

ROCKFORD (WINNEBAGO)...4.1"

WATSEKA 5W (IROQUOIS)...4.0"

PARK FOREST (COOK)...4.0"

ST ANNE (KANKAKEE)...4.0"

WOODSTOCK (MCHENRY)...4.0"

NAPERVILLE 1NW (DU PAGE)...3.9"

HAWTHORN WOODS 1N (LAKE)...3.9"

JOLIET (WILL)...3.9"

LA GRANGE (COOK)...3.8"

MIDWAY 3SW (COOK)...3.4"

OHARE (COOK)...3.0"

DE MOTTE 4SW (JASPER)...4.0"

KENTLAND 1NNW (NEWTON)...4.0"

MERRILLVILLE 4E (LAKE)...3.0"

Snowfall gradient from SW (heaviest) to NE (lightest), the exact opposite of the map LOT ran with until late afternoon. Pretty sure we were just shy of 3" here. My 2.5" call was decent.

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Unfortunately IND's WWA would have verified much better if they would have started it earlier and included the snow. By the time the WWA started, all accumulating snow was out of their CWA. I know the WWA was mainly for the threat of "freezing drizzle/rain" but from a public standpoint, the snow was just as much a hazard as any icing that occurred, and many locations flirted with advisory criteria. Definitely not a great forecast, but we all have them, and the models (which consistently dried things up across Indiana) were no help. Just my two cents.

It was certainly a WWA worthy snowfall here, even without the FZDZ threat. Of course even though the advisory started at 1:00AM, they had it up ahead of time. For the public's perception, I'm not sure the majority even look at the start/stop times...but I could be wrong. Of course technically speaking, it was probably better served to start at 7PM last night, or thereabouts. And mind you it's no slam against KIND by me...just Monday morning quarterbacking. Tough storm though.

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Oh and after seeing the new GFS have revised my call for Chicago area little to nothing west of I-294 but the longest lake effect event on Chi town history from Friday through Sunday. We may not hear from Aleking until next year as that's how long it will take him to dig out ......

It looks like 1-2" tops of LE and that's being generous.

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Snowfall gradient from SW (heaviest) to NE (lightest), the exact opposite of the map LOT ran with until late afternoon. Pretty sure we were just shy of 3" here. My 2.5" call was decent.

Certainly seems to be the pattern with these type of systems so far this December. A very interesting one at that...no doubt a product of the blocking, etc.

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:unsure: Hmm...wasnt it Feb? The entire southern half of MI (i thought) was blasted with record or near-record snowfall in Feb. There was almost nothing to write home about on Christmas break other than some light snow (unless you mean LES)

Good afternoon....Not where I'm at. We were right on the edge of all the systems (managed to get in on one of them) and had one lake effect event for the month. Over Christmas time last year there was a front that moved through with enhanced snowfall from the lake...and then there was a lake effect event. January was as boring as this month has been...and then like I said-February was boring as well (two small events). The Grand Rapids area to the south and east did much better.

In response to your post to WestMichigan below, it has been BAD here. We couldn't even manage more than a dusting of snow from last night's event. Pretty much everything has fallen apart over Lake Michigan this year (including the thunderstorms from the summer). I hope you're right about us doing well by the end of the winter. However, I have my doubts...

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Certainly seems to be the pattern with these type of systems so far this December. A very interesting one at that...no doubt a product of the blocking, etc.

Not what i was expecting for this winter, especially early, given the med-range winter calls being put out, but i guess there's a reason i find those boring. Hopefully we transition into a better pattern with a little better blockbuster potential. I have a great string of winters featuring double digit events that i don't want to see die.

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Totally agree.

Baum - I never implied you were unwelcome...just wanted to explain why your posts sometimes get the reactions they do.

Anyway - a nice event for Chicago metro...some great snow rates for a couple hours last evening. :snowman:

Sorry Beavis I was referring to this from earlier in the thread. Your post was more then fair and understood.

baum001, on 19 December 2010 - 10:16 AM, said:

slop fest in Chi-Town....from LOT:

"SHOULD SEE RATIOS

DROP TO PERHAPS 8 TO 1 AS THE SNOW ENDS TUESDAY MORNING."

still thinking a quick 1-3 inches and then drizzle fest. Most of it can wash down the drain.:popcorn:

"ya...it doesn't say slop fest anywhere in that AFD...if you want to poo poo systems go do it somewhere else, yes there is a chance for frreezing drizzle at the end.".. Thundersnow

You are correct Hoosier...I'm headed out to shovel my 4 inches of slop :thumbsup:

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Took the cake in my area once again... My season total is up to 46 inches, with 32.5 of those inches coming this month!:arrowhead:

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

1127 AM CST TUE DEC 21 2010

...SNOWFALL TOTALS FROM MONDAY AND TUESDAY...

THE TOTALS BELOW ARE SEPARATED INTO SNOW...AND ICE AND SLEET

CATEGORIES...THEN BY AMOUNT...AND ARE NOT NECESSARILY THE

FINAL AMOUNT FOR EACH LOCATION.

SNOW REPORTS LISTED BY AMOUNT

INCHES LOCATION ST COUNTY TIME

------ ----------------------- -- -------------- -------

7.50 NORTH MANKATO MN NICOLLET 0905 AM

7.50 ELLENDALE MN STEELE 0607 PM

7.50 MADELIA MN WATONWAN 0345 PM

7.40 HUTCHINSON MN MCLEOD 0807 AM

7.00 WASECA MN WASECA 0837 AM

6.70 E OWATONNA MN STEELE 0852 AM

6.30 3 SE NEW ULM MN BROWN 0842 AM

6.30 SACRED HEART MN RENVILLE 0828 PM

6.30 OWATONNA MN STEELE 0700 PM

6.10 2 W PRIOR LAKE MN SCOTT 0600 PM

6.00 BROWNTON MN MCLEOD 1047 AM

6.00 SLEEPY EYE MN BROWN 0950 AM

6.00 SW ELLENDALE MN STEELE 0852 AM

6.00 4 W OWATONNA MN STEELE 0852 AM

6.00 1 WNW SPRINGFIELD MN BROWN 0852 AM

6.00 FARIBAULT MN RICE 0901 PM

6.00 GLENCOE MN MCLEOD 0802 PM

5.90 CHANHASSEN MN CARVER 0600 AM

5.80 PRIOR LAKE MN SCOTT 0707 AM

5.70 LESTER PRAIRIE MN MCLEOD 0845 AM

5.70 5 S FARMINGTON MN DAKOTA 0730 PM

5.60 CHASKA MN CARVER 0745 AM

5.60 JORDAN MN SCOTT 0600 AM

5.50 W CARVER MN CARVER 0849 AM

5.40 5 NW MINNEAPOLIS MN HENNEPIN 0700 AM

5.30 SW LONG LAKE MN HENNEPIN 0852 AM

5.20 1 SE HENDERSON MN LE SUEUR 0852 AM

5.00 DELANO MN WRIGHT 0905 AM

5.00 1 SSW DELANO MN WRIGHT 0852 AM

5.00 SPRINGFIELD MN BROWN 0816 AM

5.00 ALBERT LEA MN FREEBORN 0808 AM

5.00 MORGAN MN REDWOOD 0656 AM

5.00 REDWOOD FALLS MN REDWOOD 0600 AM

5.00 1 ESE CHASKA MN CARVER 0600 PM

4.70 1 ENE INVER GROVE HEIGH MN DAKOTA 0852 AM

4.70 INVER GROVE HEIGHTS MN DAKOTA 0100 AM

4.60 MINNEAPOLIS MN HENNEPIN 0600 AM

4.50 3 NE BURNSVILLE MN DAKOTA 0849 AM

4.50 FARMINGTON MN DAKOTA 0710 AM

4.50 GOODHUE MN GOODHUE 0805 PM

4.50 INVER GROVE HEIGHTS MN DAKOTA 0716 PM

4.50 WINTHROP MN SIBLEY 0357 PM

4.40 LONG LAKE MN HENNEPIN 0600 PM

4.30 ST CLOUD MN STEARNS 0600 AM

SCSU 24 HR TOTAL.

4.30 RED WING MN GOODHUE 0844 PM

4.30 BURNSVILLE MN DAKOTA 0745 PM

4.20 3 ENE MONTGOMERY MN RICE 0852 AM

4.20 1 SSW LONSDALE MN RICE 0852 AM

4.20 BLOOMINGTON MN HENNEPIN 0940 PM

4.10 1 SW EDINA MN HENNEPIN 0852 AM

4.10 NEW HOPE MN HENNEPIN 0730 AM

4.00 BUFFALO MN WRIGHT 0905 AM

4.00 BLUE EARTH MN FARIBAULT 0905 AM

4.00 1 ENE ST MICHAEL MN WRIGHT 0852 AM

4.00 1 SSE FRONTENAC MN GOODHUE 0852 AM

4.00 1 NNW COLD SPRING MN STEARNS 0849 AM

4.00 WINNEBAGO MN FARIBAULT 0837 AM

4.00 RED WING MN GOODHUE 0700 AM

L/D 3

4.00 1 NNW COLD SPRING MN STEARNS 0700 AM

4.00 MONTEVIDEO MN CHIPPEWA 0700 AM

4.00 LITTLE FALLS MN MORRISON 0625 AM

4.00 MINNEAPOLIS MN HENNEPIN 0600 AM

LOWER ST ANTHONY. 24 HR TOTAL.

4.00 HASTINGS MN DAKOTA 0600 AM

http://www.crh.noaa....on=1&glossary=0

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Managed 3.75" of snow from this event, measured before I went to bed last night.

Woke up to find the new snow coated with about .02" of ice glaze, so some of the freezing precip did verify. After allowing for compaction from the liquid preicip we have just under 3" of snow for this event.

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You guys were definitely the bread-winners in MN. Sounds like my 3-5" forecast for you was a massive fail arrowheadsmiley.png

Yeah, this has been a very nice hit. The snow just never quits. Intermittent moderate snow this evening. It's been snowing at about 1/2" an hour.

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I saw 5 flakes today...

Thats 5 more than I saw. No fog either. Just very, very gray day. The kind of gray where I was looking outside and the white snow on the roof and the gray sky made a very noticable contrast (whereas on a regular cloudy day the two might blend right in). At least the snowpack is still not budging. I officially have a new respect for water-laden snowfall lol.

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