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Pre-Thanksgiving Cold, LES/Other Snow Prospects


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yeah...for the most part LM is only enhancing snowfall or adding a tad to totals after we get the LP's going up through Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio area....even then it is usually for a smaller window of time

 

Although, maybe once or so a year there can be a decent LES event to follow on the West side of the lake here....

 

If memory serves me correct at least ^^^^ lol

 

A couple years ago so weird mesoscale LES band hit near Milwaukee and dropped some impressive totals, maybe I'm not thinking back correctly though.

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A couple years ago so weird mesoscale LES band hit near Milwaukee and dropped some impressive totals, maybe I'm not thinking back correctly though.

 

HAHA...that's the one I was thinking about when I was typing....I remember watching it slowly wabble it's way down towards LOT....it was a fun (weenie) night of radar watching indeed

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yeah...for the most part LM is only enhancing snowfall or adding a tad to totals after we get the LP's going up through Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio area....even then it is usually for a smaller window of time

Although, maybe once or so a year there can be a decent LES event to follow on the West side of the lake here....

If memory serves me correct at least ^^^^ lol

Bingo. The Lake enhancement is more common in Chicago though than Toronto I would say. I want to say the LES is more common from this area on northward.

Georgian Bay is a bay of Lake Huron!

Haha, I think he knows geography well enough! Being specific.

Chicago would need an eastern wind whereas Toronto would need a southeastern wind for direct LES. Which happens more often? I feel like SE wind rarely happens here

An east wind really only affects the northern suburbs. The east to west fetch is too short further south.

... there was that LES event that affected Alek last December. Very localized 3"+ totals.

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A couple years ago so weird mesoscale LES band hit near Milwaukee and dropped some impressive totals, maybe I'm not thinking back correctly though.

 

Are you talking about March 2, 2009, that was the last lake effect event that topped a foot I believe, and it was mostly in the SE corner of Milwaukee County, including the airport.

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only place I've ever lived where there can be 3-5", and even in a few spots today/tonight 5-8"

in the forecast and no WWA, or even a SPS. With adv level winds and a travel week to add to the hazard, it would make since to highlight the threat imo.

EDIT: ok they issued a SPS... :P

Watch them issue a WWA in a bit.. Blowing snow is an issue already.

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Holy cow, I already got 0.2" on the ground! Snowing moderately now.

Salt will be needed today!

 

This one is so far off to a nice start here as well, pretty much ideal situation for some decent accumulation, we were in some moderate snow for about 20 minutes, but the light snow should continue for about 2-3 hours.

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SWS....

 

 

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
718 AM CST MON NOV 25 2013

IAZ040>042-051>054-ILZ001-002-007-251530-
BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-JO DAVIESS-
STEPHENSON-CARROLL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE...
VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...GALENA...FREEPORT...
MOUNT CARROLL
718 AM CST MON NOV 25 2013

...SNOW CONTINUES FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE...

A BAND OF SNOW FROM NEAR FREEPORT THROUGH DUBUQUE TO WATERLOO
WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH MID MORNING. THE
SNOW WILL BE MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY FOR A BRIEF TIME WITH
VISIBILITIES DROPPING TO AROUND ONE HALF MILE. ADDITIONAL
SNOWFALL OF UP TO AROUND ONE HALF INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE...
ESPECIALLY ALONG THE HIGHWAY 20 CORRIDOR. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED
TO DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA BETWEEN
9 AM AND NOON...WITH STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND
1 TO 2 INCHES LIKELY IN MANY AREAS WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF
NEAR 3 INCHES POSSIBLE NORTH OF HIGHWAY 20.
IF YOU ARE HEADING
OUT FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE BE PREPARED TO ENCOUNTER SLICK AND
SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS...AND PERIODS OF LOW VISIBILITIES. BE
SURE TO GIVE YOURSELF EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION.
 

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not too damn shabby....

 

 

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
902 AM CST MON NOV 25 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0850 AM     SNOW             4 W STANLEY             42.64N 91.89W
11/25/2013  M5.0 INCH        BUCHANAN           IA   CO-OP OBSERVER

            SNOWFALL TOTAL. LIQUID CONTENT 0.45 INCHES. SNOW DEPTH 6
            INCHES.
 

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yeah, impressive total all things considered

 

maybe some blowing issues there???? dunno....but Dubuque at or above 3inches....so.....

 

 

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

827 AM CST MON NOV 25 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...

..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....

            ..REMARKS..

0826 AM     SNOW             5 N DUBUQUE             42.58N 90.70W

11/25/2013  M3.0 INCH        DUBUQUE            IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            LIGHT SNOW STILL FALLING.

 

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My total is 0.9 inches.  Pretty much everyone around here got more.  I looked at the radar loop for the event and didn't see much difference in radar returns passing over me versus a couple miles north within the city, but those spots ended up with twice as much.  I can believe the isolated 3-5 inch totals up along highway 20 between Waterloo and Dubuque.  The best convective snow trained along that line for a few hours.

 

I've had four measurable snow events before Thanksgiving, which I don't think happens too often.  Usually, we are lucky to get one.

 

Here is a photo taken near where the 5 inch total was reported(northeast of Waterloo)

 

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photo by Corynne Bates

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