turtlehurricane Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 Nice interesting info! Still snowing out of course! Lol Probably close to 13" now. Edit: 12.8" to be exact. Holy fook, this is easily going to be the storm of the year in southern Wisconsin. Precip band has surged southwards into Madison, 20-25 dBZ and pouring snow. Might be time to push the winter storm warnings inland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 Holy fook, this is easily going to be the storm of the year in southern Wisconsin. Precip band has surged southwards into Madison, 20-25 dBZ and pouring snow. Might be time to push the winter storm warnings inland. Haha, yeah exactly. Really good returns pivoting off the lake from here on northward. Last report of the night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 As of 1:30am I had 1.03" precip and 2.0" snow (I dont know exactly, but Id have to estimate 0.40-0.50" of that precip fell as snow). The snow is complete concrete, so kinda hard to measure (probably underdone but who knows). Cannot recall seeing it so slushy outside. Few sides of trees are plastered, but its really just drippy and sloppy. Also bits of rain and sleet have mixed with the snow at times (though its been primarily snow since 6pm). Little better just to my west and north, so this time the River did a Chicago to me. the snowbanks (both the old ones and the new ones) will be around for a long time (but I dont think i can say the same for the general snowcover). The storm was disappointing but not unexpected. Also one of the few times the snow forecast for here has busted low this season. Through Feb 26th I am now at 41.0" on the season and DTW (2.5" of concrete through midnight, and 1.19" precip) is at 39.9". An average season is a spit away from being locked up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrisale Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 You still getting snow harrisale? Yep had about 2 hrs +SN Measured 1.25" in that first hour, a little over 0.75" in the second. Pretty good rates. Winds are strong enough that there's some drifting, walked through a few one foot drifts. Snow stuck to everything, looks great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowMeHunter Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 hr 12 (started at 2pm) straight of watching it snow. way to drifty to estimate how much has fallen just by eyeballing out the door...my guess would be around 6" Time for an hr nap and get back up to watch it snow (could be the last event of season so I'm missing as little of it as possible) if it is still, I haven't looked at radar since meltdown in the evening. Just a bad quick shot out the door. not putting the boots on to go outside.. nasty out too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowMeHunter Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 just had to peek at radar.. decent band dropping in from north.. screw sleep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TugHillMatt Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 Wow, I sure am glad I looked outside. My pines that I planted two years ago were practically touching the ground. Just came back in from cleaning them off. Just a heads up that some of you might want to do the same...especially you, Geos. I'm happy for you, bud. Anyways, the snow depth here now is up to my knees...this is from several snows the past couple weeks. So about a foot and a half on the ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrisale Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 just had to peek at radar.. decent band dropping in from north.. screw sleep. Haha I know the feeling. Go take a walk, its fun to see everything sticking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormtrackertf Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 3" of totally waterlogged slush. Exceedingly hard to measure because of the extreme compacting of the wet snow. Honestly, I didn't think snow this wet at these AOAB freezing temperatures could pile up like this, after I shoveled about a solid inch+ of water drained out of the snow and flooded the sidewalk. Shoveling was exhausting, I've never seen anything like it.Absolutely disgusting.It did look pretty out up until about an hour ago though, when it flipped back over to light rain. Snow was sticking to everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormtrackertf Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 hr 12 (started at 2pm) straight of watching it snow. way to drifty to estimate how much has fallen just by eyeballing out the door...my guess would be around 6" Time for an hr nap and get back up to watch it snow (could be the last event of season so I'm missing as little of it as possible) if it is still, I haven't looked at radar since meltdown in the evening. Just a bad quick shot out the door. not putting the boots on to go outside.. nasty out too. That's just beautiful, like a winter winterland. Funny how a degree or two can be the difference between pure beauty like in your area, and disgusting slop in mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OntarioWX Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 EC cancelled most Snowfall Warnings except for places northwest of Toronto, and they only expect up to 15cm there. What a disaster. I'm not even sure if roads got covered here. A slushy 2" at best. Massive disappointment for the GTA unless something big happens tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 EC cancelled most Snowfall Warnings except for places northwest of Toronto, and they only expect up to 15cm there. What a disaster. I'm not even sure if roads got covered here. A slushy 2" at best. Massive disappointment for the GTA unless something big happens tomorrow. Nope. It's a bust. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
on_wx Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 3.5" estimate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 3.5" estimate lol, per every model, you would have had 10-12" down already by now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 Well, my "conservative" 4-8" still was way overblown. Wouldn't be surprise if there's nothing new on my board when I go out and check given the warm temps. Not that disappointed because i knew this was a marginal event but the 90 minutes or so of blitzing late last evening was a massive tease and coaxed me into thinking my range was possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 Even had that period of RA/PL been SN, we still wouldn't have met model expectations wrt snowfall. There should still be heavy pcpn falling right now according to da models. Instead we have sloppy snowshowers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 That's just beautiful, like a winter winterland. Funny how a degree or two can be the difference between pure beauty like in your area, and disgusting slop in mine. Lovely. That's what my driveway should have looked like right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
on_wx Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 lol, per every model, you would have had 10-12" down already by now. :/ we've had 16mm of liquid the snow is cement is it possible we had maybe 4-5" but its compacted so much its only 3"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 :/ we've had 16mm of liquid the snow is cement is it possible we had maybe 4-5" but its compacted so much its only 3"? Possibly. But regardless, even the higher terrain got screwed big time. Widespread model fail in southern Ontario. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowMeHunter Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 That's just beautiful, like a winter winterland. Funny how a degree or two can be the difference between pure beauty like in your area, and disgusting slop in mine. Thanks a lot man! So sorry for those (Alek to) that got a real disappointment out east so far, I can't believe what I'm hearing from Toronto area, I thought for sure they we're good for 8+... This can be one dam cruel hobby for sure. NAM was the first to pick up on the east coast bust warm layer for some to. Last decent band from the east just went through and it looks to be mostly real light mood stuff going forward for now from what I can tell so I'm going to get a few hrs of z's in now. I can't imagine what the pics are going to like look from down south where they got 3-4"+++++++ more than me in round one. Plow truck cleared our drive twice in the middle of the night so that's awesome and all I have to do is the cleanup around the cars and the sidewalk out the door that's drifted deep.. probably nearing a 3' drift running through the wind tunnel.. Dam prickers showing in spot - wind sucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 turd storm imby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 Thanks a lot man! So sorry for those (Alek to) that got a real disappointment out east so far, I can't believe what I'm hearing from Toronto area, I thought for sure they we're good for 8+... This can be one dam cruel hobby for sure. NAM was the first to pick up on the east coast bust warm layer for some to. Last decent band from the east just went through and it looks to be mostly real light mood stuff going forward for now from what I can tell so I'm going to get a few hrs of z's in now. I can't imagine what the pics are going to like look from down south where they got 3-4"+++++++ more than me in round one. Plow truck cleared our drive twice in the middle of the night so that's awesome and all I have to do is the cleanup around the cars and the sidewalk out the door that's drifted deep.. probably nearing a 3' drift running through the wind tunnel.. Dam prickers showing in spot - wind sucks. jesus christ you're a heartbreaker. So beautiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowMeHunter Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 jesus christ you're a heartbreaker. So beautiful. Sorry, bud I probably could have waited to post my pic but at least it wasn't pics from GEOS or Racine & Kenosha that will make my snow look like a nuisance event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowMeHunter Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 Oh boy... looks like airport is at 0.70" qpf so far Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 Actually had an additional 1.1" on the board. Like Hal said, could have been more that fell overnight given the melting going on but I doubt much more. Storm total 3.1" but this is the ugliest ~3" you'll ever see. It's like watered down clam chowder and white chunk vomit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 Oh boy... looks like airport is at 0.70" qpf so far lol Actually had an additional 1.1" on the board. Like Hal said, could have been more that fell overnight given the melting going on but I doubt much more. Storm total 3.1" but this is the ugliest ~3" you'll ever see. It's like watered down clam chowder and white chunk vomit. sounds like we had identical storm/snows....half of mine has already melted and it's drizzling out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 Sorry, bud I probably could have waited to post my pic but at least it wasn't pics from GEOS or Racine & Kenosha that will make my snow look like a nuisance event. No, I'm sorry for bitching. Got a monster two weeks ago. Twice in the same month is too much to ask. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 Maybe I can backwash 0.9" and nip the low end of my 4-8" call. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YHM Supercell Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 Odd, even EC busted high. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toronto4 Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 Maybe I can backwash 0.9" and nip the low end of my 4-8" call. Went to bed at 1am with rain falling. Woke up to rain, but the wet snow that fell last night downtown (by the lakeshore) didn't fully melt, especially on grassy areas. I'd say there is close to an inch of wet, sloppy snow on the grass. Sidewalks and roads are just wet. Hopefully the temperatures will co-operate later today so any snow that falls will have a chance to stick on the ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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