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March 4-6 Winter Storm


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In all due respect I disagree with this.  Speaking with some hydrologists  at Mall of America during government days, the proper way way to measure snowfall on your board is to do it every 6 hrs after the start of the event to the end.  Of course if you want to record daily snowfall you should always take a measurement at midnight, but during a event, don't clean your board unless it's close to the 6hr interval.

 

That's exactly how I do it. Unless the storm starts between 9-12am (not going to get up really between 3-6am). This last event it was clearing at 6:30pm, 1:30am, then I left it alone for about 7.5 hours.

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Sorry. I was in pom-pom and mini skirt role for LAF.

 

If it makes you feel any better, I have a 0.1% chance of seeing a flake from this storm. You've easily got 100-200x more of a chance.

 

lol, you're getting closer to seeing more snow than me. You never know... 

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I'm just giving you a hard time lol I owe you after most of the winter 

 

Optimistic thoughts?

That is true. I should have done more bump trolling, but I didn't want to bury you too much.

 

My optimistic thoughts are that I'm optimistic...That should tell you something. You don't want to ruin it, do you?

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lol, you're getting closer to seeing more snow than me. You never know... 

 

Yeah, never say never. Except now, when you say never.

 

That vortex over Atlantic Canada is 2009-10 material. Impregnable anti-snow shield for YYZ.

 

And this isn't cheerleading. 0z NAM is too far north. Watch it sink south the next 1-3 runs.

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Yeah, never say never. Except now, when you say never.

 

That vortex over Atlantic Canada is 2009-10 material. Impregnable anti-snow shield for YYZ.

 

And this isn't cheerleading. 0z NAM is too far north. Watch it sink south the next 1-3 runs.

 

Maybe so for YYZ. But this one is over for LAF. Sinks south ain't gonna save it. C'est la vie.

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Watch Turtle cash in on this big time. 65" season for Madison in the works if this right.

 

Can't wait to see the NAM HIRES.

 

Watch you cash in on your third 10"+ event in just over a month.  I'm calling a Geos jackpot amongst our posters again, a tried and true method at this point.  Might be crying uncle UKIE by the time this is over lol.

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I really shouldn't be shocked...as I've been beating the LAF isn't get much of anything drum. But reality sucks sometimes.

Anyway, it'll be interesting to see how far north this thing really goes...if it does.

N IL, S WI, S MI, N IN still in line for a good one I think.

*Probably shouldn't be overanalyzing the NAM* but checking our NAM forecast soundings more in depth, the warm layer is not extremely warm (doesn't exceed 3C from what I can tell) but it is pretty thick and low in the column which I think would point toward a rain/freezing rain scenario depending on exact surface temps. In terms of ice potential, a couple things this has going for it is that the bulk of the precip comes in after dark and the precip rates don't get out of hand. Verbatim, the NAM is mostly rain for us but would only take a small amount of cooling to make things more interesting.

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Watch you cash in on your third 10"+ event in just over a month.  I'm calling a Geos jackpot amongst our posters again, a tried and true method at this point.  Might be crying uncle UKIE by the time this is over lol.

 

I think the NAM is a bit far north, but I'm not doubting warning criteria snows here. Thinking somewhere through the middle of Chicagoland will cash in big. - Between the southern 1/3rd of Lake Co, and about Naperville.

 

What is Madison's total now?

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HPC take on the NAM

 

 

 

HPC : IT IS WORTH NOTING THAT THE NAM
INITIALIZATION WAS SLIGHTLY UNDER AMPLIFIED WITH THE LARGE SCALE
FLOW ACROSS THE WESTERN U.S...WITH THE NAM HEIGHTS BEING A LITTLE
TOO LOW WITH THE LONG WAVE RIDGE...AS WELL AS POSSIBLY WITH THE
SHORTWAVE...ALTHOUGH RAOBS WITH THE SHORTWAVE WERE LIMITED. THIS
UNDER AMPLIFICATION COULD EXPLAIN THE SLIGHTLY FARTHER NORTH
POSITION OF THE NAM CLOSED LOW BY LATER SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

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Maybe so for YYZ. But this one is over for LAF. Sinks south ain't gonna save it. C'est la vie.

 

lol @ one off NAM run being more determinative than several positive EURO runs. A NAM run that's violating its own trend over the last 2-3 runs of tracking this system further south.

 

It's the emotion of disappointment and frustration talking. BELIEVE ME, I know.

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*Probably shouldn't be overanalyzing the NAM* but checking our NAM forecast soundings more in depth, the warm layer is not extremely warm (doesn't exceed 3C from what I can tell) but it is pretty thick and low in the column which I think would point toward a rain/freezing rain scenario depending on exact surface temps. In terms of ice potential, a couple things this has going for it is that the bulk of the precip comes in after dark and the precip rates don't get out of hand. Verbatim, the NAM is mostly rain for us but would only take a small amount of cooling to make things more interesting.

I know it's about the only thing left, but I remain unimpressed with the freezing rain potential for here. I would think the solid lower level warmth will wash down...in effect, another 33 and rain event. But I guess, if it does track a touch farther south...

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