cyclone77 Posted December 27, 2010 Share Posted December 27, 2010 This is a huge problem around here right now...this rain isn't going to help Yeah we have that type of problem down here as well. We've had perfect icicle growing weather around here the last few days, and it looks like tomorrow and Tuesday will be more of the same. Deep snow cover on roof tops, combined with full sun and temps below freezing make for great icicle weather. Here are a few crude shots I took a bit ago. If they continue to grow tomorrow I may go out tomorrow night and take some exposures. These are just pics taken with a flash lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted December 27, 2010 Share Posted December 27, 2010 Sunday, December 26th: Hi: 32F Lo: 22F Overall Sky Conditions: Cloudy. Max Wind Gust: 16MPH Rainfall: 0.01" Snowfall: 0.3" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted December 27, 2010 Share Posted December 27, 2010 Point and click forecast fail for IKK today. This Afternoon: Sunny, with a high near 22. West southwest wind between 5 and 10 mph. Been cloudy since late this morning, with sporadic flurries this afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msp Posted December 27, 2010 Share Posted December 27, 2010 20F and fair. really not too bad out for late december. tomorrow and wednesday should feel like summer; i can't wait for skiing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 Had some pretty sweet looking hoar frost on all the trees this morning along with a lot of fog. You could see little ice crystals floating in the air. We have the same thing going on again tonight. More fog and the trees are already getting recoated with hoar frost. Still about a foot of snow on the ground, but unfortunately most of it will get melted away in a non-event storm system Thursday through Saturday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 Monday, December 27th: Hi: 22F Lo: 13F Overall Sky Conditions: Partly Cloudy. Max Wind Gust: 15MPH Rainfall: 0.00" Snowfall: 0.0" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtlehurricane Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 Snowing pretty good here in Madison. O.o Very low cloud bands racing by. Possibly some Lake Mendota effect, or maybe the immediate boundary layer is just moist and some lift is squeezing everything out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 Snowing pretty good here in Madison. O.o Very low cloud bands racing by. Possibly some Lake Mendota effect, or maybe the immediate boundary layer is just moist and some lift is squeezing everything out. KMSN 280553Z VRB06KT 4SM -SN FEW007 M07/M14 A3010 RMK AO2 SNB16 SLP209 4/007 P0000 60000 T10671139 11044 21122 410441122 58003 looks very isolated per obs though I'd have a hard time buying that it is only Few at 700' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 How the hell do I have more votes for WOTY than mnweather. The question is who nominated me...and Alek? Edit: Moneyman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moneyman Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 I nominated whoever nominated me. BTW, I voted for myself in the poll. Although, I haven't been THAT bad latley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 How the hell do I have more votes for WOTY than mnweather. The question is who nominated me...and Alek? Edit: Moneyman. To be WOTY don't you have to be a weenie? I mean you and alek are not weenies, hell alek is reverse weenie if anything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baroclinic_instability Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 How the hell do I have more votes for WOTY than mnweather. The question is who nominated me...and Alek? Edit: Moneyman. Yeah I was wondering the same thing, I don't think most on there nominated are weenies. For the fun of it, I voted for you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 I nominated whoever nominated me. BTW, I voted for myself in the poll. Although, I haven't been THAT bad latley. lol, other than every storm is bringing Wisconsin snow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moneyman Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 Hey now, I didn't say this upcoming storm would bring me snow mnweather is way worse then me though. But for the hell of it, I kind of want to win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 Don't want to clutter the main storm thread with this nonsense, but I thought I'd throw out the record highs for this Friday and Saturday for the LAF. Saturday's records obviously depend on the timing of the front, but if it slows down a bit, we could do a midnight high type of deal. I like the daily double for the airport BTW. LAF - Purdue Airport 12/31: 62º in 1965 1/1: 56º in 2000 West Lafayette COOP 12/31: 64º in 1965 1/1: 63º in 2005 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 Don't want to clutter the main storm thread with this nonsense, but I thought I'd throw out the record highs for this Friday and Saturday for the LAF. Saturday's records obviously depend on the timing of the front, but if it slows down a bit, we could do a midnight high type of deal. I like the daily double for the airport BTW. LAF - Purdue Airport 12/31: 62º in 1965 1/1: 56º in 2000 West Lafayette COOP 12/31: 64º in 1965 1/1: 63º in 2005 I doubt we get either day...I can't imagine us surpassing 60 on Friday with all the clouds expected. Saturday may have a little better shot if the front slows down like you said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 I doubt we get either day...I can't imagine us surpassing 60 on Friday with all the clouds expected. Saturday may have a little better shot if the front slows down like you said. 12z MEX has us for 56º on Friday, a pretty good signal this far out for 60º+ IMO. We'll see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 12z MEX has us for 56º on Friday, a pretty good signal this far out for 60º+ IMO. We'll see. If we do manage to get to 60, it would help our severe prospects a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted December 28, 2010 Author Share Posted December 28, 2010 Snow grain shower depositing a dusting of accumulation attm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 Still a foot on the ground here. This is the longest we've had this deep of snow on the ground in a long time. Should be mostly gone by Friday afternoon except piles. We didn't torch at all last winter, but we're definitely torching later this week. This is actually pretty common though for this area. Last winter was pretty unusual in that we never rose above 45 the whole winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 I was bored and nosing around the Utah Climate site, looking specifically at some of the past winters in the U.P. and northern Wisconsin. I had earlier saw on MKX's site that Hurley WI had set the state season snowfall record in 1996-97 (301.8"). It's definitely worth a look at how that season played out up there. They topped out at a 50" snow depth in early January. Some of the daily snowfall amounts are nuts. I've been up there a few times snowmobiling (St. Germain and Eagle River as well), and can only imagine what that winter would have been like up there. Here's the site where you can find the info: http://climate.usurf.usu.edu/products/data.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 Tuesday, December 28th: Hi: 30F Lo: 13F Overall Sky Conditions: Partly Cloudy. Max Wind Gust: 16MPH Rainfall: 0.00" Snowfall: 0.0" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowMeHunter Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 I was bored and nosing around the Utah Climate site, looking specifically at some of the past winters in the U.P. and northern Wisconsin. I had earlier saw on MKX's site that Hurley WI had set the state season snowfall record in 1996-97 (301.8"). It's definitely worth a look at how that season played out up there. They topped out at a 50" snow depth in early January. Some of the daily snowfall amounts are nuts. I've been up there a few times snowmobiling (St. Germain and Eagle River as well), and can only imagine what that winter would have been like up there. Here's the site where you can find the info: http://climate.usurf...oducts/data.php That winter wiped out a ton of deer in the Ashland area and obviously surrounding areas. Snow mounds were straight outta a weenies dream. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted December 29, 2010 Author Share Posted December 29, 2010 Moneyman didn't make it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baroclinic_instability Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 Moneyman didn't make it. I am rooting for Analog96 now, the only met on there. His threads in Weather and Forecasting are atrocious and weenie like, especially the "Why Are Models So Bad?" thread. He deserves to win just for starting that silly diatribe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 Moneyman didn't make it. 6 votes short. What a shame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moneyman Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 Damnit. I wanted to win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted December 29, 2010 Author Share Posted December 29, 2010 I am rooting for Analog96 now, the only met on there. His threads in Weather and Forecasting are atrocious and weenie like, especially the "Why Are Models So Bad?" thread. He deserves to win just for starting that silly diatribe. Yeah, I cast one of my votes for him as well. Anal-log is the only met I can recall to have his credentials questioned on separate occasions. He made a terrible forecast for Buffalo back in 2007-08 that I questioned him about. Quite a condescending attitude he had in response. How dare a weenie question a red tagger. Needless to say his forecast busted badly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baroclinic_instability Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 Yeah, I cast one of my votes for him as well. Anal-log is the only met I can recall to have his credentials questioned on separate occasions. He made a terrible forecast for Buffalo back in 2007-08 that I questioned him about. Quite a condescending attitude he had in response. How dare a weenie question a red tagger. Needless to say his forecast busted badly. On that same topic, he busted that first noreaster bad, so then he went all out on the "models" even though, if used correctly, few forecasters had much of a chance of that noreaster threat verifying. Here is the said thread. It seems to match what you say. http://www.americanwx.com/bb/index.php?/topic/4032-why-are-models-so-bad/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msp Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 FCM fell to around 22F or so around 9pm. now a balmy 31F at 1am; same temp at MSP. just came home from a party and it felt noticeably warm outside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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