Chicago WX Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 Snow no matter how little is the best high on life drug out there. Now its time to work on getting us all a White Christmas. Hope that little warmth that's trying to nuzzle in out in fantasy land goes away though.. Is what it is I guess and pattern changes for the better sometimes have a tendency to get pushed back some for us on the edge. I think you'll have along with most on here a very enjoyable Jan/Feb and more-so the eastern lakes and Parts of the OV when I think the inevitable colder pattern sets in with favorable blocking for those to the south and east. Your guess is as good as anyone's right now. I'll take a two week stretch like we had here last winter, and be happy. Set the bar low, and hope it overachieves. No matter, would be nice to have some Christmas week snow, for yours, mine, and everyone's psyche. And of course for the bet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonger Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 Snowing nicely here in Howell.... Fat flakes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kab2791 Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 No measurements yet, but looks like a good couple inches on the ground. Very beautiful out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonger Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 No measurements yet, but looks like a good couple inches on the ground. Very beautiful out there. Where are you today? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kab2791 Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 Measured 2.5" of snow at CMU in Mount Pleasant (forgot to update my location). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 Measured 2.5" of snow at CMU in Mount Pleasant (forgot to update my location). Congrats. Enjoy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmc76 Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 nice pic Kab... Snowing here slush on my car Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TugHillMatt Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 Got an inch of snow here...nothing 20 minutes south and two inches 20 minutes north. Lake effect snow or not, West Michigan has many tight snow gradients! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 That sure looks nice. Hopefully, the rest of us can see a similar scene sometime this month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brewers Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 Getting a mix of rain and ice pellets from a lake effect band currently sitting on top of us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowMeHunter Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 Measured 2.5" of snow at CMU in Mount Pleasant (forgot to update my location). IC you haven't got yourself a CT Blizz or Geos ruler. Could have easily claimed near 4" with one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 IC you haven't got yourself a CT Blizz or Geos ruler. Could have easily claimed near 4" with one. Lol. Nice picture Kab! You get on the board Bow with accumulation? I had a mix of rain and snow after 1:30 to sometime in the wee hours of the morning. No accumulation I can see from my camera time lapse video. Better shot at a dusting tonight it looks like - from this: Looks like Lake Geneva was the winner at 0.4". http://www.crh.noaa.gov/mkx/climate/sf.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 Maybe it's a good thing that the Euro and GFS are joined at the hip with the next storm cutting over IA. You know, since they were both so spectacular 7+ days out with this current one. Sorry, that's all I got. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpartyOn Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 Maybe it's a good thing that the Euro and GFS are joined at the hip with the next storm cutting over IA. You know, since they were both so spectacular 7+ days out with this current one. Sorry, that's all I got. Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indystorm Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 That Mt. Pleasant snow pic looks wonderful and gives me hope for oncoming storms. As always if this current storm can whiten the ground in the northern plains and lakes to aid that colder air driving southward for future storms I'll be sitting pretty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonger Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 Looks like the UP and northern Wisconsin will be the only solid winter spots over the next 2 weeks.... Everywhere else will see warm-ups non stop. Jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 Measured 2.5" of snow at CMU in Mount Pleasant (forgot to update my location). beautiful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TugHillMatt Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 That Mt. Pleasant snow pic looks wonderful and gives me hope for oncoming storms. As always if this current storm can whiten the ground in the northern plains and lakes to aid that colder air driving southward for future storms I'll be sitting pretty. Yeah, these stupid warm ups in to the 40s will melt any snow that falls the next couple of days. The snow I got this morning was pretty much gone by noon. Reminds me a lot of last year... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 Just a bit warm in the past week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 Just a bit warm in the past week Looks like last Morch! +12° here through yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 These are the kind of days that haunt Powerball's soul. Solidly overcast and dark, with literally a two minute glimpse of sunshine earlier in the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 Heavy overcast and pretty cold today. Only 36 out there right now. Last night's rain bumped us up to 0.34" for the month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundersnow12 Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 Maybe it's a good thing that the Euro and GFS are joined at the hip with the next storm cutting over IA. You know, since they were both so spectacular 7+ days out with this current one. Sorry, that's all I got. Good news is most of the GFS ensembles have that storm but the bad news its a warm one for a lot of us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brewers Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 Off and on lake effect rain showers have finally switched over... Airport reporting light snow at the 5pm observation. Edit: Just looked out the window and see some light snow falling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 Off and on lake effect rain showers have finally switched over... Airport reporting light snow at the 5pm observation. Edit: Just looked out the window and see some light snow falling. The snow showers are tiny, but hey at least you know now, it's possible to get snow your distance from the lake! 37° and cloudy here. Did see some snizzle earlier! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundersnow12 Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 Hard to believe it's already been 7 years since the plane went through the wall at MDW during that snowstorm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brewers Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 The snow showers are tiny, but hey at least you know now, it's possible to get snow your distance from the lake! 37° and cloudy here. Did see some snizzle earlier! The airport can finally record a trace of snow for the season lol. Hopefully we see some more snow tomorrow morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 The airport can finally record a trace of snow for the season lol. Hopefully we see some more snow tomorrow morning. Keeping my fingers crossed! Getting some flurry action now. 35°. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunder Road Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 Interesting that the NAM is hitting a bit of LES for NW Indiana Monday night into Tuesday morning. Funny because the set-up looks awful. Winds at the surface might even be light enough that a Mesolow over the lake becomes dominant instead of any sort of streamer, and there's plenty of directional shear too, even in the low levels. But still, it dropped 0.08" of liquid on GYY on the 18z run, and per TwisterData it looks like there's a 0.20" contour just barely on land through hour 63 (looking at 24-hour accum precip at that point). The GFS at 18z threw out 0.10" or so as well for GYY (both off the BUFKIT). I can't believe I'm excited over the potential for 1" of LES, but beggars can't be choosers...amirte? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowMeHunter Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 Looks like Milwaukee airport tied the longest streak of no measurable snow.. Thought they might fall short with the snow this early AM but no dice. Def very minor measurable snow just west of them and at my place.. That 3 extra miles inland I have on the airport helps sometimes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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