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December 24-25 Snowstorm


Jim Martin

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I think I'll just sit by and watch for now. I think we can put in the front of our minds that, for now, the way things look, this might not be our storm, at least anyone north of I-70 or so.....

Per the 120 hr. GFS total snowfall map (significantly downgraded since this morning): looks like an I-72 special in Illinois (Quincy, Springfield, Decatur, Champaign in line for at least 8 inches, and 10+ in eastern Missouri extending into Pike County, IL. With the areas around Peoria and east of St. Louis (including along I-70) in only the 6-8 range. Earlier GFS total snow forecasts had Peoria northward in line for at least a foot of snow.

http://wxcaster.com/gis-gfs-snow-overlays.php3?STATIONID=ILX

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Wow I didnt realize detroit has had less big snows than toledo. I guess being 50 miles north of the city I have done a lot better with quite a few 10" plus storms. If this storm can keep its act together it looks good for indy and other areas to the SW that dont see snow as much.

Toledo gets noticeably less snow than Detroit most of the time, it almost seems like the state line is the cutoff half the time..but a few of the big ones TOL reports quite a bit. A few of them looked a bit suspect to me based snow depth, but how do I know which one is suspect, the snowfall total or the depth? lol. Plus keep in mind that is just the last 5 years. I had two 10" snows myself (Dec 15/16, 2007 and Mar 4/5, 2008) in that time frame.

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Mean is just an open wave, but the spread has a closed slp over Cape Girardeau, MO, which is further north than the 18z GFS sfc low position around 84 hours.

"Spread" is uncertainty. The region of greatest uncertainty is often not the SLP region (though it is the most likely location of any super-outliers).

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