snowstormcanuck Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 So odd to think that storm gave Toronto about 17" of snow when you consider the track. Basically had a firehose llj/WCB pumping tremendous amount of moisture right into a massive area of dammed cold air over the Great Lakes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyhb Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 I guess that tornado back in March wasn't violent enough for you... Two points: I) That's kind of hypocritical, coming from you. II) I'm talking historically speaking, there hasn't been an EF4/5 tornado in the state in ~35 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 Got down to 5 this morning. Should make a run at that again tonight before LL WAA kicks in. Vis shows the snowpack over southern Iowa took a hit yesterday. You can clearly see where that secondary deformation zone dumped on now that some of the lighter snows on the edges have melted away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 20° for a high here today and completely sunny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 Temps tanking quickly. Still light out and we've already dropped back to 12. Hit 18 earlier this afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundersnow12 Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 I won the over/under bet with Caplan for December snowfall at ORD. I set it at 4.4", he took over. Yesterday he set the January snowfall at 6.6" and I took under. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 I won the over/under bet with Caplan for December snowfall at ORD. I set it at 4.4", he took over. Yesterday he set the January snowfall at 6.6" and I took under. Should have taken the over.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 I won the over/under bet with Caplan for December snowfall at ORD. I set it at 4.4", he took over. Yesterday he set the January snowfall at 6.6" and I took under. I'll take the over, ORD ends up with 9.8" this month most of it coming after 15th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundersnow12 Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 lol we'll see! GFS continues to say more cold coming in the medium-long range but we all know it likes to overdo that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyhb Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 MLK storm for the Great Lakes? Or we wait and get PDIII for this region instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonger Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 This is the kind of flow I like to see... None of that crap that comes down from Minnesota and flattens out... Nice dig from Montana. Jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ajdos Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 Happy New Years everyone..Started my New Years at 60f low, high was 77 down here in Jax, Florida.. Heres a couple cool pics I took today! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpartyOn Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 <blockquote class='ipsBlockquote'data-author="Jonger1150" data-cid="1976461" data-time="1357083602"><p> <a href='http://www.americanwx.com/bb/index.php?app=core&module=attach§ion=attach&attach_rel_module=post&attach_id=83547'>uploadfromtaptalk1357083580275.jpg</a>This is the kind of flow I like to see... None of that crap that comes down from Minnesota and flattens out... Nice dig from Montana.Jon</p></blockquote> Beautiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 Thing is that Januarys have been getting much warmer in recent decades. Just go to the Environment Canada webiste and skim through some of the years if you get the chance. If you were a betting person, you would bet on a warm January overall these days. Toronto likely to tie December 1931 and December 2011 for one of the warmest Decembers since records began in 1839, with 2006 being the warmest. Anyways, I realize that's off topic and should probably be a topic for the climate change forum. Januarys have not been getting much warmer in recent decades here. The 1970s-1980s Januarys were the coldest of any decade since records began in 1870 so its terrible to use that as an average when thats the absolute minimum in terms of temp. In fact, 2000s Januarys were COLDER than those of the 1930s-1950s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 Nice Pelican pic! Talk about the right timing! Temperature dropping like a rock. Down to 12° at 6pm. Great trough back into MT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 Down to 6. A few more degrees and it will be the coldest of the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 Down to 16 here but we clouded over as of now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted January 2, 2013 Author Share Posted January 2, 2013 I won the over/under bet with Caplan for December snowfall at ORD. I set it at 4.4", he took over. Yesterday he set the January snowfall at 6.6" and I took under. Good call with both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 January snowfall guesses. Anyone? ORD: 1.5" MKE: 10.5" MSN: 12.4" IND: 4.0" LAF: 3.0" DTW: 8.5" YYZ: 8.0" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 January snowfall guesses. Anyone? ORD: 1.5" MKE: 10.5" MSN: 12.4" IND: 4.0" LAF: 3.0" DTW: 8.5" YYZ: 8.0" Sure why not, ORD will defy all logic and come up with another crappy month. Although I'd bump up the DTW/YYZ/LAF/IND numbers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 Sure why not, ORD will defy all logic and come up with another crappy month. Although I'd bump up the DTW/YYZ/LAF/IND numbers Yeah dude, I'm like 80% serious on the ORD number. But, it's just a shot in the dark guess for all them. Snowfall is so random. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 January snowfall guesses. Anyone? ORD: 1.5" MKE: 10.5" MSN: 12.4" IND: 4.0" LAF: 3.0" DTW: 8.5" YYZ: 8.0" 8.0", which is about 4" below normal per 30 year stats, seems like wall to wall winter the way things have gone the past few years. But I agree with the spatial distribution (higher amounts to the west). That's why I think ORD's going to bust out of it. I'll put them down for at least 6". Really, the only reason December was such a major fail was because of some atrociously bad luck with that pre-Christmas storm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 Thought this was interesting. 1914-15 season snowfall totals...a season in which everyone, for the most part, beat Chicago. Generally, it was a fairly lousy winter. Ranked highest to lowest below... Marquette MI: 90.9" Muskegon MI: 69.0" Sault Ste Marie MI: 62.1" Fort Wayne IN: 48.3" Grand Rapids MI: 48.3" Minneapolis MN: 47.9" Alpena MI: 45.8" La Crosse WI: 44.7" Duluth MN: 42.3" South Bend IN: 41.8" Des Moines IA: 40.1" Toledo OH: 38.9" Detroit MI: 37.6" Green Bay WI: 37.6" Kansas City MO: 37.3" Rochester MN: 36.9" Lansing MI: 36.3" Milwaukee WI: 33.8" Dubuque IA: 33.7" Cleveland OH: 32.8" Waterloo IA: 31.5" Madison WI: 30.2" Indianapolis IN: 29.2" Dayton OH: 29.1" Rockford IL: 29.1" Flint MI: 28.0" Peoria IL: 27.0" Springfield IL: 27.0" Columbus OH: 25.6" Evansville IN: 24.4" Moline IL: 24.4" Springfield MO: 22.9" Columbia MO: 21.4" St. Cloud MN: 20.6" Cincinnati OH: 20.4" Chicago IL: 19.0" Lexington KY: 18.9" St. Louis MO: 17.6" Louisville KY: 12.7" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 00z MEX has 42 here on the 9th. And so it begins... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 11 here. How low can we go? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 Thought this was interesting. 1914-15 season snowfall totals...a season in which everyone, for the most part, beat Chicago. Generally, it was a fairly lousy winter. Ranked highest to lowest below... Marquette MI: 90.9" Muskegon MI: 69.0" Sault Ste Marie MI: 62.1" Fort Wayne IN: 48.3" Grand Rapids MI: 48.3" Minneapolis MN: 47.9" Alpena MI: 45.8" La Crosse WI: 44.7" Duluth MN: 42.3" South Bend IN: 41.8" Des Moines IA: 40.1" Toledo OH: 38.9" Detroit MI: 37.6" Green Bay WI: 37.6" Kansas City MO: 37.3" Rochester MN: 36.9" Lansing MI: 36.3" Milwaukee WI: 33.8" Dubuque IA: 33.7" Cleveland OH: 32.8" Waterloo IA: 31.5" Madison WI: 30.2" Indianapolis IN: 29.2" Dayton OH: 29.1" Rockford IL: 29.1" Flint MI: 28.0" Peoria IL: 27.0" Springfield IL: 27.0" Columbus OH: 25.6" Evansville IN: 24.4" Moline IL: 24.4" Springfield MO: 22.9" Columbia MO: 21.4" St. Cloud MN: 20.6" Cincinnati OH: 20.4" Chicago IL: 19.0" Lexington KY: 18.9" St. Louis MO: 17.6" Louisville KY: 12.7" Total here for that winter was 19.5"... 2nd worst winter ever for snowfall here. Not surprising as this area pretty much relies on the same storm track for snow as Chicago does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 The cold air is beginning to take it's toll on the area rivers. The Rock River is starting to freeze over pretty good now. Of course this won't last long with the warm air coming in next week. The water level is still extremely low. During times of flood the water would have been about 10 feet over my head at this location. This is just outside of Erie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 It doesnt matter what time of year it is, clouds LOVE to infiltrate an excellent radiational cooling night in SE MI lol. I mean it almost never fails. Clear skies, no wind, snowpack had temps crash after sunset, and then all of a sudden the temp rises from 13F to 17F at DTW in 1 hour as clouds moved in. Speaking of clear skies, the sun was shining for the first time in a while today, took some pics while out and about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 Total here for that winter was 19.5"... 2nd worst winter ever for snowfall here. Not surprising as this area pretty much relies on the same storm track for snow as Chicago does. Hmm and I thought 2010-11 was an anomaly! 1914-15 wasnt a bad winter in Detroit. The 37.6" was only a few inches below normal, and while there were no major storms, the biggest of the season being 5.3" on Jan 18/19, there were plenty of shovelable snowfalls, and snow depth peaked at 10" in January. Also, snowcover days (65) were above normal. Christmas had a 7" snowcover. Notable snowfalls that season: Dec 8/9: 4.0" Dec 13: 2.4" Dec 19: 2.6" Dec 20/21: 3.8" Jan 18/19: 5.3" Jan 22: 4.4" Mar 5: 5.1" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukrocks Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 Nice pictures michsnowfreak. I love seeing the white snow laying on the ground during a beautiful sunset. It makes winters worth living for. I don't get that oppurtunity very much but it's picturesque when I do get the chance. That being said, I hate these cold days without snow on the ground. I'd rather it be in the 40's and 50's with the sunshine to make it feel nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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