magoos0728 Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 We got off to a good start here in Kenosha--good clip of snow from roughly 11:45 until 12:15. All rain after that--nothing measurable--rain though was coming down at a pretty good clip. Thinking tomorrow into Thursday will be fun from a wind perspective--only expecting a couple inches--unless this thing shifts south a bit more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 We got off to a good start here in Kenosha--good clip of snow from roughly 11:45 until 12:15. All rain after that--nothing measurable--rain though was coming down at a pretty good clip. Thinking tomorrow into Thursday will be fun from a wind perspective--only expecting a couple inches--unless this thing shifts south a bit more. Milwaukee office showing 3-6" for Kenosha. Looks like Beaver Dam was the winner today! 0225 PM SNOW 3 W BEAVER DAM 43.46N 88.90W 12/18/2012 M3.3 INCH DODGE WI TRAINED SPOTTER STORM TOTAL. I think their cut off on the current map is too sharp. Expecting a more gradual ramp up in totals. Burlington, Waukesha will be over 7" for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmc76 Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 Heavy Snow Falling!! Ground nearly covered in about 20 mins! Still snowing but not as hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hm8 Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 Ground nearly covered in about 20 mins! Still snowing but not as hard. Looks like that band got its act together after it passed me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brewers Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 288 days without measurable snow is finally over... 0600 PM SNOW MILWAUKEE INTERNATIONAL 42.94N 87.90W 12/18/2012 M0.5 INCH MILWAUKEE WI ASOS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmc76 Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 Looks like that band got its act together after it passed me Yes it blew up in Central Oakland CTY. Now watching a pretty intense line hugging the Lapeer/Oakland border. slowly drifting into MBY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 I went biking last nite and I know that anything under about 30F is not biking weather. I think it was 25F and there was no wind and my face was still numb. Its doable, but not comfortable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 Talked to my brother and he mentioned there were about 12 car accidents this afternoon. Roads turned icy very quick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ottawa Blizzard Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 0z GFS actually has rain moving into Michigan and Ontario on Christmas morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toronto blizzard Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 0z GFS actually has rain moving into Michigan and Ontario on Christmas morning. The models are all over the place right now. Don't take any solution seriously until the weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 0z GFS actually has rain moving into Michigan and Ontario on Christmas morning. Zero chance that's rain given the position of the sfc high and the ENE ageostrophic drain of cold air. PL/ZR verbatim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmc76 Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 0z GFS actually has rain moving into Michigan and Ontario on Christmas morning. Hey Now! Rain/Snow/Fog mix that's how we roll around here and if were lucky might coat the ground... so hah. jk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 I think the last time we had a pattern as active as this was back in 2007-2008. Hopefully the cold air will play ball too so we can all get in on something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 I think the last time we had a pattern as active as this was back in 2007-2008. Hopefully the cold air will play ball too so we can all get in on something. This is probably a better discussion for the LR thread but isnt it the truth. We have now THREE major winter storms possibly affecting the midwest/Lakes/NE in the next TWO WEEKS (tomorrows storm, the one just after Christmas, and another one possible around new years). Who knows after that but current indications are for a cold January. This is after having ZERO widespread major storms all of last winter in this region (the closest being the Mar 2-3 storm to hit northern MI, but that was a very compact storm). The active pattern should HOPEFULLY put an end to all the ignorant, idiotic talk by some of there being no winter this year, and focus onto tracking the storms. It would be nice to see 2007-08esque spread the wealth as well. I notice that the NW edge of this current winter storm seems to align with the SE edge of the smaller but heavy snowstorm to hit MN a week or so ago, so thats a step in the right direction...hopefully the next storm tracks further SE. DTW certainly has been sharing in most of the wealth the last 5 years (even doing better than most in last years trainwreck)....but IF by some horrible luck we end up in a 1995-96esque snowhole I will be fuming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 Temperatures underperforming today. Made it to 35°. Too bad tomorrow couldn't start out this cold and then fall off! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 The snow that fell yesterday is more or less gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Picked up 0.13" of rain so far tonight. Snow has mixed as close as Davenport and Clinton, but none here. Should remain all rain the rest of tonight, but should get a nice period of moderate to heavy snow tomorrow afternoon in the 2nd deformation band. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 39° with a cold rain here! While it's snowing a hour from here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Geos- Not looking good for snow ...maybe when winds turn you'll accumulate. 33F here and I'm in some sort of no snow hole ...radar is lite up all around me. Weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Looking ahead it sure looks wintery in regards to temps. Lows in the single digits, highs in the teens if i'm lucky... Big glacier of snow all around me should keep it cold. Ice fishing maybe starts next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Central Illinois Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 Snow started here around 2pm and just ended around 1030. I had a wind gusts of 58MPH around 530 overall pretty good day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 Hit 40 around 8am, then temps started to slowly fall. Even during the heavy snow temps were near freezing. Winds gusted to around 50mph for over 6hrs. Down to 23 now. Should get down to 10 tonight, and may make a run at zero tomorrow night if winds can drop off enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brewers Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 Looks like the potential for a prolonged period of lake effect snow early next week is increasing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 Happy 1st day of winter to everyone. May we all be buried in snow in the coming months Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 MSN fairly close to breaking into their top 10 snowiest December list (records since 1884). 20.7" so far this December. 40.4" in 2008 35.0" in 2000 33.5" in 2007 32.8" in 1987 26.8" in 2009 24.6" in 1977 24.0" in 1985 23.9" in 1887 23.1" in 1909 23.0" in 1978, 1990 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 13F this morning... Official reading at the airport was around 5.5 inches...which seems almost right on with my reading. Wind has let up some, but still blowing at a good clip. Full sun, which is the first in a loooooong time. Hopefully get a few sunny days here, cold (single digits tonite) and we'll make some ice for the ice fisherguys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 Looks like the potential for a prolonged period of lake effect snow early next week is increasing. I've been seeing that! A 12/25/10 replay would be awesome! At 25° right now, with a wind chill in the lower teens. Car was covered in crusty snow this morning. Doors frozen shut too! Had quite a few small branches knocked out of the trees from the wind overnight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wisconsinwx Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 Looks like the potential for a prolonged period of lake effect snow early next week is increasing. It has been awhile for us for pure lake effect, except before Groundhog Day while we were waiting for the massive precip shield. Aside from that, it's been 3 years I believe since SE Wisconsin has seen a pure lake effect event. We're due. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 Wisconsin- Is lake effect common in your area? Where is LE most likely to strike along the shore there? Nam shows 8F here tonite. Not really that cold considering the snow cover. I'm sure Sparta will be at 0F or below. I wouldn't say this storm was a fail here, but I was expecting 10 to 12 inches... but to be fair, it fell all around me, just not on me. Looking at the GFS, it looks like the snow pack should stick around for awhile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wisconsinwx Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 Wisconsin- Is lake effect common in your area? Where is LE most likely to strike along the shore there? Nam shows 8F here tonite. Not really that cold considering the snow cover. I'm sure Sparta will be at 0F or below. I wouldn't say this storm was a fail here, but I was expecting 10 to 12 inches... but to be fair, it fell all around me, just not on me. Looking at the GFS, it looks like the snow pack should stick around for awhile. Not very common, but usually once every year or two to varying degrees. It's really a crapshoot as to where it sets up, though the GFS seems to be broadbrushing far SE Wisconsin in this time period (Tuesday into early Wednesday, and from Milwaukee or Ozaukee County southward and a bit inland). Usually it is pretty isolated, like the eastern half of Milwaukee County or a one or two county area slightly inland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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