trapperman Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 Solid 12" here and still ripping. Really hope you guys a bit further south and east get to have this at least once this winter. 2010-11 was incredible, this is easily the best storm since then. The 2000s have not been kind to us except for 10-11. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gosaints Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 Congrats trapper man. Ya you guys got screwed most of the 2000's. Basically a win here. Can't believe we ended up with 6 inches here after what models showed couple days ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmc76 Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 I can't believe how much Ice is outside. Taking the garbage, out I would slide the trash cans down my driveway. Forecast Fail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 run of the mill snow here. 3" with another 1"- poss 2 if lake gets a little more involved. 27 and pretty windy so it's a decent enough winters night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundersnow12 Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 I thought this could overachieve but not to the extent of 17". That's crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonger Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 UP basically lost all their snow cover last week and John Dee's friday forecast had them getting most of it back and then some maybe. Oops... Congrats MSP Minnesota snowmobilers have been cursed for the last 3 years or so, good for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonger Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 I can't believe how much Ice is outside. Taking the garbage, out I would slide the trash cans down my driveway. Forecast Fail. Its 32 here... I might have to check that here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowMeHunter Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 Minnesota snowmobilers have been cursed for the last 3 years or so, good for them. For sure and its nice to see its more than just a run of mill storm for some areas. Lots of ditch banging tonight and tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 Roads are horrible...saw a truck up on a metal guard rail... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gosaints Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 Some bonus fluff building on the back side possibly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TugHillMatt Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 run of the mill snow here. 3" with another 1"- poss 2 if lake gets a little more involved. 27 and pretty windy so it's a decent enough winters night. Run of the mill snow here, too....1/4 inch of snow. I think it is our fifth dusting this year. It snowed for a couple hours but wouldn't lay, then it sleeted and rained for an hour, and the 15 minutes of heavy snow...the end. If Muskegon really didn't get lake effect snow, I wonder how low our avg. snow would be. It is a CRAP spot for synoptic snows, unless it is a clipper. It seems like EVERY storm from the southwest either goes south and we get just missed....or it somehow jumps northwest and we get sloppy crap. Argh. I think Lake Michigan REALLY influences the path of the lows...or the line from Milwaukee to Muskegon to Windsor to Toronto has just been in the BAD zone for the past several years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 Managed 0.2" of snow before it turned over to rain. Not really even much ZR here. Temps already above freezing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 Had a brief period of snow (Trace) late last night in the heart of the f-gen band...Otherwise it was all rain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gosaints Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 NWS finally popped a winter storm warning for la crosse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gosaints Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 Roads are getting nasty as this crap freezes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 NWS finally popped a winter storm warning for la crosse. 6.2" at 6pm. Heavier snows are a bit more showery looking on radar now, but still looks like another 1-3" could fall as they ride the southern edge of the pivot point. Looks like most of the reports in the Minneapolis area average 10-12". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtlehurricane Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 3.4" of snow observed at MSN! Few reports out of SE WI Rain just ending here. Temperature looks to stay near steady for awhile, before it cools this evening. -Turtle: Did Cat 1 like the snow? I don't think so, probably too cold and wet for him. It'll take awhile for him to warm up to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gosaints Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 Snow has really slowed down, but there is a definent mist in the air now. Temp down too 29. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 Good amount of 12"+ amounts coming out of MPX's CWA. 12.0" officially for MSP, through 6:00pm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 Almost no wind, but snow still falling lightly...Amazing how the snow is sticking to the trees... Very heavy, dense, wet snow. Shoveled the driveway a second time. Shovel fell apart...lots of swearing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 0722 PM SNOW LA CROSSE NWS 43.82N 91.19W 12/09/2012 M6.5 INCH LA CROSSE WI NWS EMPLOYEE 24 HOURS. That is up on the bluff...probably an inch less down here by the river? Could be... I took a hike this afternoon and noticed up on top what seemed like deeper snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gosaints Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 Almost no wind, but snow still falling lightly...Amazing how the snow is sticking to the trees... Very heavy, dense, wet snow. Shoveled the driveway a second time. Shovel fell apart...lots of swearing. Would be interesting how much water is in that 6 inches. I would guess at least .5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 Must be... Its so sloppy. New tires just moved to the top of my list of things I need to buy...along with a shovel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ajdos Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 At least someone got some good snow......ENJOY! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelson Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 3.6 officially - definitely exceeded expectations from a forecast perspective. However, I had a feeling we might overperform based off what the NAM had been showing. Either way, I will take it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wisconsinwx Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 3.6 officially - definitely exceeded expectations from a forecast perspective. However, I had a feeling we might overperform based off what the NAM had been showing. Either way, I will take it. That's good, your ob says 33 and rain though, so the snow probably will not last long. Probably a few days though. Slowly but surely the region looks to become more wintry but it looks like it will be a week or two later than most of us were hoping. Many will become desperate if the two potential storms in the Dec. 15-19 period don't pan out, myself included. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 Run of the mill snow here, too....1/4 inch of snow. I think it is our fifth dusting this year. It snowed for a couple hours but wouldn't lay, then it sleeted and rained for an hour, and the 15 minutes of heavy snow...the end. If Muskegon really didn't get lake effect snow, I wonder how low our avg. snow would be. It is a CRAP spot for synoptic snows, unless it is a clipper. It seems like EVERY storm from the southwest either goes south and we get just missed....or it somehow jumps northwest and we get sloppy crap. Argh. I think Lake Michigan REALLY influences the path of the lows...or the line from Milwaukee to Muskegon to Windsor to Toronto has just been in the BAD zone for the past several years. The problem with the eastern Great Lakes in terms of synoptic snows are the Appalachian Mountains. It is an absolute pain trying to get a highly-amplified/moist storm to track along them. It doesn't help either that we've had the relentless trough in Alaska, which tends to translate to a rather unimpressive upper level pattern conducive to stormy weather around these parts. Our bread and butter, besides clippers, are the low-amplitude Texas hookers that move in from the WSW. They rarely leave behind the big dumps (outside of locally intense banding), but they're still relatively fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 But, in any event, I'm just happy we're getting into a stormier pattern and SOMEONE SOMEWHERE in the Midwest is seeing appreciable snows. The rest of us will get ours between now and April 15th, I'm not even worried about that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TugHillMatt Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 The problem with the eastern Great Lakes in terms of synoptic snows are the Appalachian Mountains. It is an absolute pain trying to get a highly-amplified/moist storm to track along them. It doesn't help either that we've had the relentless trough in Alaska, which tends to translate to a rather unimpressive upper level pattern conducive to stormy weather around these parts. Our bread and butter, besides clippers, are the low-amplitude Texas hookers that move in from the WSW. They rarely leave behind the big dumps (outside of locally intense banding), but they're still relatively fun. Thanks for the info. I remember growing up in PA during the 90s and seeing the weather, there were several winters where it seemed like it was one storm after another moving up west of the APPS. Why is it so much easier (it seems) for storms to either go up through the plains or up along the east coast? Or is that just the unfortunate pattern since I moved here four years ago? I think the Blizzard of 11 was the only real snowstorm I have experienced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 6.3" IMBY... Worst modeled storm ever? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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