Chicago Storm Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 Big contrast over N IL with the back door cold front parked over the area. Warm front. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonger Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 Not very winterish outside today. Feels more like a early spring day. If days like today were common all winter, I'd rather move to Miami. 40℉ weather has no practical value outside of washing the car in the winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 If days like today were common all winter, I'd rather move to Miami. 40℉ weather has no practical value outside of washing the car in the winter. Did that today! Had quite a bit of salt on it really. It does seem like it will be boring through Wednesday at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 We're actually not far off from having a severe threat on the 3rd-4th. Achieving quality low level moisture return in time seems like it's going to be a problem so I don't think anything is really going to come of it but a little more and things might've been different. Yeah the deep moisture is really lacking for this system. Some of the wind profiles in the warm sector are pretty enticing. I'm kind of glad though, as I don't think I can handle another chase bust in 2013 lol. Hit 45 today here. DVN showing 63, and still shows 50. Looks like their sensor's ****ting the bed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxman1952 Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 Had a high of 38° today. Dark clouds all day and some mist. Can't wait to get my first "snowstorm" of the winter. 1-2 inchers just don't cut it. lol The talk of after next weekend sounds encouraging at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAFF Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 Snowfreeks downtown pics made me think of the one in Windsor. Decided to pack up the kids and have some fun. Arrived down town to a oversized puddle where the rink should be. On a bright note I will be able to do some night time washing on some Tim Horton's for the finial fall clean up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 Down to 21° this morning, so seasonable. Looks like tonight there could be a mix before a changeover to rain later on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 nice mild morning...not looking forward to the super boring bitter dry cold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilbertfly Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 point click hourly with single digit windchills (above and below zero) for most of the weekend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 point click hourly with single digit windchills (above and below zero) for most of the weekend worst weather Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrisale Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 Miserable weather here this morning, 36F and foggy. 90% of our snow has melted at this point, pond ice starting to break up. Forecast continues to look terrible until the weekend. Forecast highs and lows all well above freezing, finishing with 46 on Thursday as the storm system travels to the north before we move back to some flurry possibility beginning Friday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ottawa Blizzard Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 Miserable weather here this morning, 36F and foggy. 90% of our snow has melted at this point, pond ice starting to break up. Forecast continues to look terrible until the weekend. Forecast highs and lows all well above freezing, finishing with 46 on Thursday as the storm system travels to the north before we move back to some flurry possibility beginning Friday. At least it's looking promising for next week in terms of cold. The pond should freeze up again and hopefully keep the Canada Geese away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 At least it's looking promising for next week in terms of cold. The pond should freeze up again and hopefully keep the Canada Geese away. Before the weekend warmup, most bodies of water around here were frozen over the weekend and the geese left. I saw a few more over return over the weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 Before the weekend warmup, most bodies of water around here were frozen over and the geese left. I saw a few more over return over the weekend. Yeah there were a few bodies of water around here that froze over as well. We have a shot at 60 tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrisale Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 Before the weekend warmup, most bodies of water around here were frozen over the weekend and the geese left. I saw a few more over return over the weekend. Geese fought hard around here haha. Witnessed large groups of geese chewing at the edge of some open water to attempt to clear more ice for themselves, interesting behaviour I had never noticed before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilbertfly Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 Before the weekend warmup, most bodies of water around here were frozen over the weekend and the geese left. I saw a few more over return over the weekend. Geese.....you go first.....no I'll go first.....no wait.... This is from a few days ago....it took them about 5 minutes to sort out where they were going and who was going to lead the way....glad none of them got scared, as they were doing all of this straight overhead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 Geese fought hard around here haha. Witnessed large groups of geese chewing at the edge of some open water to attempt to clear more ice for themselves, interesting behaviour I had never noticed before. Interesting. They were probably thinking, "We're going to stop this ice if it's the last thing we do!" lol After Friday, probably all hope will be lost, especially if it snows too. Geese.....you go first.....no I'll go first.....no wait.... This is from a few days ago....it took them about 5 minutes to sort out where they were going and who was going to lead the way....glad none of them got scared, as they were doing all of this straight overhead 2013-11-27 14.54.50.jpg Pretty much the only migrating bird that hasn't left totally here. I've noticed that too also... they can't decide, which way to go. Up to the upper 30s here in Racine, mostly cloudy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 Pretty decent day to finish up the rest of the yard work that needed finished. Getting some light rain out there now. Point has 53 for tomorrow, but only 20 for Fri and Sat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 Point forecast over the border has introduced rain and snow tonight for a time. Currently 38°/28° Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 Hopefully this month works out (when you hear Dec 1989, 2000, 2008 bandied about so frequently, it's hard to think it won't). If it doesn't though it'll be the 5th straight dud December at YYZ, a trend that is starting to scare me a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowstorms Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 Hopefully this month works out (when you hear Dec 1989, 2000, 2008 bandied about so frequently, it's hard to think it won't). If it doesn't though it'll be the 5th straight dud December at YYZ, a trend that is starting to scare me a bit. Well on the flip side this November was far better than the past few years, since 2008. Near normal snowfall and below normal temperatures. Broke a record low too. The next 2 weeks do look interesting to say the least. A gradient pattern setting up with the possibility of STJ interaction. Looks like edmonton stays way below normal through the next 1-2 weeks hows the storm coming along? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 Well on the flip side this November was far better than the past few years, since 2008. Near normal snowfall and below normal temperatures. Broke a record low too. The next 2 weeks do look interesting to say the least. A gradient pattern setting up with the possibility of STJ interaction. Looks like edmonton stays way below normal through the next 1-2 weeks hows the storm coming along? Better than the last several Novembers in that we actually saw snow. But it was still below normal snowfall. Both Pearson and Downtown average AOA 3" for November. Pearson saw 1.9" and whenever the downtown station's numbers get put up, they'll likely be similar. Storm here is pulling it out at the end. Best snowfall rates have been the last 4-5 hours when the models were showing things wrapping up. Probably 3-4" down. Might get into the low end of the 4-8" range that EC was going with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 -RASN here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowstorms Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 Better than the last several Novembers in that we actually saw snow. But it was still below normal snowfall. Both Pearson and Downtown average AOA 3" for November. Pearson saw 1.9" and whenever the downtown station's numbers get put up, they'll likely be similar. Storm here is pulling it out at the end. Best snowfall rates have been the last 4-5 hours when the models were showing things wrapping up. Probably 3-4" down. Might get into the low end of the 4-8" range that EC was going with. Yeah, the last few Novembers have barely gotten Trace amounts. The last good November snow was 2008. It would have been better if that storm near the end tracked a bit more West and was cooler but I guess we could live with whatever we got. And thats awesome. I was expecting you'd get more, than that. Did the storm track further south than anticipated? I guess the really cold temperatures are creating different types of ice crystals like the ones we saw during the GHD storm? Still awesome. You should post some pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
famartin Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 I have placed a topic in the general forum regarding the revised NWS snow measurement guide... http://www.americanwx.com/bb/index.php/topic/41853-new-nws-snow-measurement-guide/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 I have placed a topic in the general forum regarding the revised NWS snow measurement guide... http://www.americanwx.com/bb/index.php/topic/41853-new-nws-snow-measurement-guide/ The new "guidelines" are terrible. Will be sticking to the old 6hr way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
famartin Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 The new "guidelines" are terrible. Will be sticking to the old 6hr way. If you wouldn't mind, could you post your thoughts in that thread? I wanted to get discussion focused in one general area rather than have it spread out through the various sub-forums, where it was unlikely to be as vigorously debated. Hence my posting the link to the thread topic, rather than posting the link to the new guidelines all over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 Snow not too far off. Couple inches likely before warmer air moves in. Pretty sunrise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 Picked up 0.12" of rain overnight. A really gloomy and dark morning so far. Pretty sunrise Bo. Hopefully you don't loose too much snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAFF Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 Had a brief burst of +SN this AM. No accumulation but at least it was trying to snow. The warmth of late is killing the ice on the pond. Hoping for some Zamboni rains to help out the surfaces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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