Chicago WX Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 It had it all. Epic January cold, April snow, April F4 tornado, and even a solar eclipse. It's been all downhill since then...save a few isolated special moments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trent Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 My general complaint ... people don't know how to measure snow. If you are sticking a ruler onto the grass and measuring the snow that way for every storm then you're going to inflate your total at least 1-1.5" because the snow generally doesn't go all way down the ground like a ruler does. I'd imagine quite a few obs from PNS are "grass tainted" ... we really need to coin a new term around here, stat padding and slant sticking are getting old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Rent Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 Great storm, brought down an 8 foot limb in thr driveway where I usually park my jeep..... or else a pissed off snow weenie squirrel chewed through it. I woke up at 9:30 today and there wasn't any signs of frozen weather here. Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 Not a flake here. 0.0", storm total. Get out of here with that stuff. There's real suffering in Indiana. At least I had a trace.........of IP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trent Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 It's sad when you get disappointed when even the rainstorms in February underperform. At least the visibilities were kind of low, that's kind of like snow ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AppsRunner Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 Yeah I wasn't expecting much from this storm but I"ll just leave this here: Now of that 3-7" of snow (plus the 1-2" today)... well its 36 and raining still. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trent Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 Yeah I wasn't expecting much from this storm but I"ll just leave this here: 2_26.JPG Now of that 3-7" of snow (plus the 1-2" today)... well its 36 and raining still. I always forgot that the NWS IWX county warning area covered areas immediately west of Toledo. It must suck living at the extreme edge of any NWS county warning area. I'd bet the quality of your weather forecast suffers greatly from it. Then again, I don't think CLE does such a great job of providing forecasts for Toledo either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OntarioWX Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 I don't have much of a right to be here considering this has been a solid B winter here, but it is a little disappointing to see every model bust intensely with this storm. Was kind of hoping to go into the upcoming cold stretch with at least some kind of snowpack. I think this storm actually gave us a net loss of snow considering we had a whole day of warm temps and then hours of rain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lakeeffectkid383 Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 The winter wasn't a complete bust though, right? I see LAF does not report snow depth, but here is a NWS snow depth map from December 27th. It appears at least 4 inches on the ground at LAF. That is about the same as Buffalo did last summer for thunderstorms I guess. Only one decent thunderstorm for the entire summer, and that was on August 5th. It was literally right as I landed in Buffalo coming back from visiting relatives in VA. The plane landed, but they wouldn't even let it taxi to the terminal until the storm subsided. It was a nice view of the storm from the air as we landed. Outside of that, there were one or two nights in May when there were a few lightning flashes, but nothing of much consequence. A few days in July have thunderstorms reported officially at the airport, but they must have had like 1 strike and I don't even recall hearing any thunder at my location. I chased to Warsaw, NY, about 60 miles to my east one day and saw the tail end of a pulse thunderstorm that literally dissipated a few minutes after I got there. That was the entire season. Warsaw is 30 miles to our east lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AppsRunner Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 I always forgot that the NWS IWX county warning area covered areas immediately west of Toledo. It must suck living at the extreme edge of any NWS county warning area. I'd bet the quality of your weather forecast suffers greatly from it. Then again, I don't think CLE does such a great job of providing forecasts for Toledo either. I live in CLE's CWA here but I had never seen IWX so aggressive before... of course CLE last night called for a changeover to snow at 9PM last night and 5-8" of snow thru Thursday morning... so far we have flurries here and the best so far was a Rain/Snow mix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEOH Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 I live in CLE's CWA here but I had never seen IWX so aggressive before... of course CLE last night called for a changeover to snow at 9PM last night and 5-8" of snow thru Thursday morning... so far we have flurries here and the best so far was a Rain/Snow mix Ouch. I thought you guys were in a great spot. It's up to 43 here in CLE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 Congrats to all who got some nice snows. I was expecting 2-4 by now. So far, 163 flakes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LizardMafia Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 Congrats to all who got some nice snows. I was expecting 2-4 by now. So far, 163 flakes. That's 162 more than I've seen..They dropped it down to maybe an inch now, from up to 2 this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 I'm in the IND cwa but the county bordering to the north is IWX and the county bordering to the northwest is LOT. How do you think I feel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LizardMafia Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 I wonder if Tim lost his mind today? Snow is falling, but has no sticky power.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 I wonder if Tim lost his mind today? Snow is falling, but has no sticky power.. You must have missed me scoffing on any sticking snow for today. Nice to see flakes fly again, regardless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Rent Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 I don't even understand it. Big flakes since before 3:30, snowing hard enough to reduce vis at times, but there's none on anything. Unreal. How does this dumb storm have 4 threads. Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 I don't have much of a right to be here considering this has been a solid B winter here, but it is a little disappointing to see every model bust intensely with this storm. Was kind of hoping to go into the upcoming cold stretch with at least some kind of snowpack. I think this storm actually gave us a net loss of snow considering we had a whole day of warm temps and then hours of rain. I'm glad you did this. QPF was there. Temps were not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestCoaster Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 I don't have much of a right to be here considering this has been a solid B winter here, but it is a little disappointing to see every model bust intensely with this storm. Was kind of hoping to go into the upcoming cold stretch with at least some kind of snowpack. I think this storm actually gave us a net loss of snow considering we had a whole day of warm temps and then hours of rain. Downtown Toronto certainly has reason to complain. After +SN for almost 2 hours and fast accumulations, it switches to RA for two hours, followed by a mix of rain and ice pellets/snow for 30 hours. 2" of slurpee. Pretty disappointing, moreso because of the early excitement which completely got destroyed. To go from the possibility of 8"+ from the all-snow start to the realization it will be under 3" in a matter of 30 minutes is pretty painful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 ORD may very well end up near normal for seasonal snowfall after the upcoming storm. Meanwhile, I'm stuck at well under 20" for the year. I would have never believed this at the end of January. I have never been more ready for severe to track. Or even high Td's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 ORD may very well end up near normal for seasonal snowfall after the upcoming storm. Meanwhile, I'm stuck at well under 20" for the year. I would have never believed this at the end of January. I have never been more ready for severe to track. Or even high Td's. Won't be long! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 33 and rain. Again. I think I'm long overdue for a vacation away from weather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LizardMafia Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 33 and rain. Again. I think I'm long overdue for a vacation away from weather. Yep, pretty damn depressing.. I had some quiet hope, but that has been clearly put to bed.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 33 and rain. Again. I think I'm long overdue for a vacation away from weather. Don't give up yet. I still have hope for accumulating snow even if we're not the jackpot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 Don't give up yet. I still have hope for accumulating snow even if we're not the jackpot. I've thrown in the towel my friend. Mercy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 I've thrown in the towel my friend. Mercy. good call Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 Can't sully the other thread with this filth. The snow, after the rain, with temps in the mid 30's is just stupid. Fookin POS NAM. 39 03/05 09Z 32 30 105 13 0.02 0.00 541 551 0.2 -20.4 1012 100 -RA 040OVC223 0.0 12.242 03/05 12Z 32 31 108 13 0.11 0.00 541 549 1.2 -21.6 1009 100 -RA 016OVC189 0.0 5.645 03/05 15Z 34 32 123 12 0.08 0.00 541 547 0.5 -22.6 1008 100 -RA 013OVC112 0.0 10.248 03/05 18Z 35 33 179 8 0.08 0.00 538 543 -0.9 -23.4 1006 100 SN 007OVC209 0.6 1.351 03/05 21Z 34 32 267 16 0.11 0.00 532 538 -6.1 -26.5 1006 100 009OVC083 0.4 15.354 03/06 00Z 31 30 262 13 0.01 0.00 529 535 -8.1 -26.9 1008 90 -SN 007BKN153 0.0 4.557 03/06 03Z 30 29 270 9 0.02 0.00 529 536 -7.5 -27.1 1008 100 -SN 008OVC204 0.2 2.360 03/06 06Z 29 28 359 14 0.02 0.00 531 540 -6.7 -25.7 1010 100 008OVC247 0.1 5.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 18z GFS displeases me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 Can't sully the other thread with this filth. The snow, after the rain, with temps in the mid 30's is just stupid. Fookin POS NAM. 39 03/05 09Z 32 30 105 13 0.02 0.00 541 551 0.2 -20.4 1012 100 -RA 040OVC223 0.0 12.242 03/05 12Z 32 31 108 13 0.11 0.00 541 549 1.2 -21.6 1009 100 -RA 016OVC189 0.0 5.645 03/05 15Z 34 32 123 12 0.08 0.00 541 547 0.5 -22.6 1008 100 -RA 013OVC112 0.0 10.248 03/05 18Z 35 33 179 8 0.08 0.00 538 543 -0.9 -23.4 1006 100 SN 007OVC209 0.6 1.351 03/05 21Z 34 32 267 16 0.11 0.00 532 538 -6.1 -26.5 1006 100 009OVC083 0.4 15.354 03/06 00Z 31 30 262 13 0.01 0.00 529 535 -8.1 -26.9 1008 90 -SN 007BKN153 0.0 4.557 03/06 03Z 30 29 270 9 0.02 0.00 529 536 -7.5 -27.1 1008 100 -SN 008OVC204 0.2 2.360 03/06 06Z 29 28 359 14 0.02 0.00 531 540 -6.7 -25.7 1010 100 008OVC247 0.1 5.1 And with this next system it will complete the loop with being just missed by a bigger event in every direction here in my backyard. Yeah this winter/season or whatever can go rot in hell. Congrats to those in N.IN as they have been screwed really hard as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 And with this next system it will complete the loop with being just missed by a bigger event in every direction here in my backyard. Yeah this winter/season or whatever can go rot in hell. Congrats to those in N.IN as they have been screwed really hard as well. Preaching to the choir. LAF fooked again. Time for more drinking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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