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December 21-22nd Winter Storm Part 3


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Whoa, this thread died in a hurry.

 

 

yeah...looking like a pretty boring event around here. Best rains south, advisory snows well north. Kind of a dull no man's land. 

 

Well, it's been a fun storm to track. Very dynamic and anomalous. The problem is most of the 'exciting' weather is going either northwest or southeast of a majority of the posters in the subforum, as Alek said.

 

I use the word exciting loosely, because for a majority, exciting means either lots of snow or severe. Flooding rains and ice storms aren't my idea of a good time.

 

So in the case of this system, good times until it actually hits, then a letdown. It will still be a meteorological event to remember.

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Similar amounts of qpf for yyz?

 

nevermind...check my pms.

 

                 2 M     850     SFC     SFC     700    6 HR     500    1000 

                 TMP     TMP     PRS     RHU     RHU     QPF     HGT     500 

                 ©     ©    (MB)    (PCT)   (PCT)   (IN)    (DM)     THK 

SAT 18Z 21-DEC   1.1     1.1    1014      82      70    0.01     557     546    

SUN 00Z 22-DEC  -0.5     0.6    1015      93      97    0.16     559     547 

SUN 06Z 22-DEC  -1.8     0.5    1011      93      99    0.60     558     549

SUN 12Z 22-DEC  -3.0     1.1    1009      89      88    0.54     556     549

 

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I'm expecting freezing rain advisories to come out much farther south than the current alignment of watches in IL.  One of the more interesting areas to watch will be the area around the I-80 corridor from north-central IL eastward.  The warm nose aloft looks substantial enough to allow much of the precip to fall as liquid so then the question becomes surface temps.  A degree or two either way will make a huge difference.

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                 2 M     850     SFC     SFC     700    6 HR     500    1000 

                 TMP     TMP     PRS     RHU     RHU     QPF     HGT     500 

                 ©     ©    (MB)    (PCT)   (PCT)   (IN)    (DM)     THK 

SAT 18Z 21-DEC   1.1     1.1    1014      82      70    0.01     557     546    

SUN 00Z 22-DEC  -0.5     0.6    1015      93      97    0.16     559     547 

SUN 06Z 22-DEC  -1.8     0.5    1011      93      99    0.60     558     549

SUN 12Z 22-DEC  -3.0     1.1    1009      89      88    0.54     556     549

 

 

Damn that's a lot of ZR

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I'm with you Hoosier.  My point forecast for Sat. morning at present indicates light freezing rain for me changing to rain.  Very foggy at present...44 degrees with snow rapidly melting but still rather extensive.  Surface temps will be critical that's for sure along with any surprising action of the northern stream moving southward.

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