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February 25-26 Winter Storm


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Ouch.

 

Snow totals from NE IL for that one, per Storm Data.

 

12" - Peotone

11" - Crete, MDW

9" - LOT, Park Forest

8" - Kankakee, Manhattan, Plainfield, Winfield

7" - Wheaton

6" - Aurora, Downers Grove, Geneva, ORD 

 

LAF had 4" or so.

 

Good thing wisconsinwx was still in diapers then as Feb of 98' only had 0.5" of snow.

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Ouch.

 

Snow totals from NE IL for that one, per Storm Data.

 

12" - Peotone

11" - Crete, MDW

9" - LOT, Park Forest

8" - Kankakee, Manhattan, Plainfield, Winfield

7" - Wheaton

6" - Aurora, Downers Grove, Geneva, ORD 

 

LAF had 4" or so.

 

Kind of remember this storm. I was probably reading for spring by that time. Seems that the older I get the more I like snow, which is usually the other way around.

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Good thing wisconsinwx was still in diapers then as Feb of 98' only had 0.5" of snow.

 

You're right, I just started following TWC at the time, and I didn't really follow local storms that closely to remember that one.  Slightly off-topic, but I'm sorry that some people don't like my stream of consciousness posting style.  I need somewhere to post my thoughts and concerns, and the schizophrenic changes are a true reflection of the spinning fun my mind is having at that time.  No hard feelings btw, hopefully either way.  My passion sometimes shows the wrong way.  I enjoy trying to figure out these storms, and that results in a lot of consternation on my part.

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You're right, I just started following TWC at the time, and I didn't really follow local storms that closely to remember that one.  Slightly off-topic, but I'm sorry that some people don't like my stream of consciousness posting style.  I need somewhere to post my thoughts and concerns, and the schizophrenic changes are a true reflection of the spinning fun my mind is having at that time.

 

 

Get a blog.

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Kind of remember this storm. I was probably reading for spring by that time. Seems that the older I get the more I like snow, which is usually the other way around.

 

smart young lad. readying for the girls of spring to come out.  Maybe you could help wisconsinwx out before he waste all his fun yrs weenieing on weather models and and not the ladies or gentlemen.

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Cherry picking here, but #1 analog using the 12z NAM at 48 hours (Great Plains sector) is March 8, 1998.

http://www.eas.slu.edu/CIPS/ANALOG/event.php?reg=GP&fhr=F048&model=NAM212&dt=1998030806

12z GFS analogs at 60 hours and beyond aren't as fun. ;)

The 98 storm was a debacle from a forecasting perspective. Can't believe it's been 15 years.

Something has kinda been bugging me about this one. The models have been warming us up just above freezing in the 9z-12z Tuesday timeframe but I'm trying to figure out why. The surface low is still down in southern Missouri, the best WAA aloft occurs before that, low layer flow remains easterly and some pretty decent qpf is being produced during that period of time. None of that really points to a warmup. The only real source of warming to me would seem to be the heat release that occurs with freezing rain. It's certainly debatable what our temps will be at onset but I'm just not sure about temps actually warming during that time. Anyhow, even if temps stay around 32, this could be a case where a lot of accretion would be lost due to heavy rates.

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You're right, I just started following TWC at the time, and I didn't really follow local storms that closely to remember that one.  Slightly off-topic, but I'm sorry that some people don't like my stream of consciousness posting style.  I need somewhere to post my thoughts and concerns, and the schizophrenic changes are a true reflection of the spinning fun my mind is having at that time.  No hard feelings btw, hopefully either way.  My passion sometimes shows the wrong way.  I enjoy trying to figure out these storms, and that results in a lot of consternation on my part.

 

 

Its all good man. In time you will mostly (nobody totally does with weather) grow out of being a schizophrenic worry wart.  weenie and worry post away, who gives a rats ass what some other weather dorks  think about your posting style..

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The Rock River screw storm, yeah no thanks.

Best approach on the coming system is just sit and watch til sunday afternoon or evening, if things look good then... Start getting excited. Hard for me and some colleagues to buy anything right now after getting burned again. And boy did we get the riot act after the last bust.

 

I feel sorry for you guys catching flack after a bust like that. You all have experience and education, and guidance backing your forecast, but chaos reigns. Then you catch heck from superiors. This is the reason that I never complain about NWS being conservative, because conservative usually verifies.

 

I still have a gut feeling that evaporative cooling processes may lead to a quicker changeover and more snow than many are forecasting for Northern IN *cough*Tim*cough*all rain*cough.

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I agree. I'm the same way. This is my get-away sometimes!

 

Going back to december 2010, other than GHD I can't remember any real decent warning event to track so I can understand why he is posting the way he does.  Even the best on this board now we're probably noob cakes at one time..  wiscwx is a smart kid, just a little Notre Dame green..

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The 00z NAM says, here's your curveball. Noticeably slower.

 

It's only slower compared to its garbage run from this morning.  It's finally on the same planet as this morning's 12z models (awesome?).  It's also warmer as a result, but still looks like precip rates overcome the warm intrusion by the time the cold sector starts to lift out of the ohio valley.  Unfortunately, the peak of the storm is still out at garbage time for the NAM.  Tick tock until the GFS rolls in.

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All the models shifting north? 

 

You're right, I just started following TWC at the time, and I didn't really follow local storms that closely to remember that one.  Slightly off-topic, but I'm sorry that some people don't like my stream of consciousness posting style.  I need somewhere to post my thoughts and concerns, and the schizophrenic changes are a true reflection of the spinning fun my mind is having at that time.  No hard feelings btw, hopefully either way.  My passion sometimes shows the wrong way.  I enjoy trying to figure out these storms, and that results in a lot of consternation on my part.

 

Nothing wrong with a grown man wearing diapers...look at Al Roker...

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It's only slower compared to its garbage run from this morning. It's finally on the same planet as this morning's 12z models (awesome?). It's also warmer as a result, but still looks like precip rates overcome the warm intrusion by the time the cold sector starts to lift out of the ohio valley. Unfortunately, the peak of the storm is still out at garbage time for the NAM. Tick tock until the GFS rolls in.

It looks even slower than most of the 12z runs.

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