Geos Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 bowme ftw NAM hires nailed it for the Milwaukee metro. See this post I made last night. http://www.americanwx.com/bb/index.php/topic/42081-december-21-22nd-winter-storm-part-4/?p=2568490 At first I thought BowMe was posting for somewhere else. Like up by Bo, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
on_wx Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 Up to +0.7 definite melt underway. Been without power for over an hour now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrisale Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 Anyone have an idea how the melting situation is playing out? Up in Georgetown getting pics, on mobile at the moment. Car thermo still reads 28F. Have a feeling some areas wont melt much. Big time tree damage up here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 Up to +0.7 definite melt underway. Been without power for over an hour now. YYZ is running at -2° right now. Winds picking up there? It looked like they were a bit on the CP 24's feed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
on_wx Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 Anyone have an idea how the melting situation is playing out? Up in Georgetown getting pics, on mobile at the moment. Car thermo still reads 28F. Have a feeling some areas wont melt much. Big time tree damage up here. Not sure. TWN forecast says we won't go back below freezing til 8 PM. We could lose almost all the ice by then. Up to 2c here. The melt sounds like rain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
on_wx Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 YYZ is running at -2° right now. Winds picking up there? It looked like they were a bit on the CP 24's feed. Yep it's really picked up screen door is rattling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 michsnowfreak, on 22 Dec 2013 - 09:32 AM, said:Lol, speak for yourself. I was referring to how Bow was a local jackpot as was my area of SE MI last weekend, only his timing is perfect (for Christmas). DTW was under mod-hvy snow for 7 consecutive hours last Sat and I had a snowfall amount similar to Bows (just under 9"). Completely different storm south of detroit than north. While I wouldn't call it flurries, it is true that Detroit didn't have the snowfall rates that Milwaukee did (their snow fell in 12 hours or less, whereas ours fell in a span of roughly 18 hours. In fact, half of Milwaukee's total snowfall fell in 6 hours or less). It looks like they had much better dendrites than we did too, based on the pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestCoaster Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 No winds here at all, temps at -2 throughout the GTA from the Island to Pearson. Doubt we will see any melting whatsoever. Good thing is that it seems like wind will not play a factor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestCoaster Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 Anyone have an idea how the melting situation is playing out? Up in Georgetown getting pics, on mobile at the moment. Car thermo still reads 28F. Have a feeling some areas wont melt much. Big time tree damage up here. Melting is non-existent for the GTA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestCoaster Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 Actually, winds hammering Windsor and London right now. Perhaps those will make it out here. Hope not. Calm as a whistle in the GTA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 20-40 km/h winds forecasted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestCoaster Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 Haven't had a single bit of wind for hours, and even before then it was very light. Feeling very fortunate right now to have power, hope the winds stay calm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowstorms Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 20-40 km/h winds forecasted. torontoice2.png Is that online? Cause that is exactly what we in Toronto see when we turn on the TV. LOL Yeah man today is a mess. Took me 3 hours to get the ice off my driveway and its still not done. My back/arms kill. This is more complicated than a workout at the gym -_- Flights cancelled and public transit down. The city is in a standstill. Its chaos! Environment Canada, for the third day in a row, has busted on temperatures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestCoaster Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 Is that online? Cause that is exactly what we in Toronto see when we turn on the TV. LOL Yeah man today is a mess. Took me 3 hours to get the ice off my driveway and its still not done. My back/arms kill. This is more complicated than a workout at the gym -_- Flights cancelled and public transit down. The city is in a standstill. Its chaos! Environment Canada, for the third day in a row, has busted on temperatures. Massive bust. High of 3 for GTA then changed it to +1 when clearly that wasn't happening. In the end, I think the warmest temperature ended up being the Island with -1 No melting at all. Thankfully I think this wind forecast will bust. Hopefully. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowstorms Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 Massive bust. High of 3 for GTA then changed it to +1 when clearly that wasn't happening. In the end, I think the warmest temperature ended up being the Island with -1 No melting at all. Thankfully I think this wind forecast will bust. Hopefully. Yesterday was also predicted to hit 2C but it never got above 0C LOL. And the same today. The models show some bitterly cold conditions from tomorrow thru Christmas. This ice aint going no where. Its brutal. Thankfully, I didnt lose power today. How you holding up man? Environment Canada is too conservative and warm-biased. But respect to them for issuing warnings many days prior to this event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestCoaster Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 Yesterday was also predicted to hit 2C but it never got above 0C LOL. And the same today. The models show some bitterly cold conditions from tomorrow thru Christmas. This ice aint going no where. Its brutal. Thankfully, I didnt lose power today. How you holding up man? Environment Canada is too conservative and warm-biased. But respect to them for issuing warnings many days prior to this event. I'm fine. Power flickers about once an hour but no problem here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1227 PM EST SUN DEC 22 2013 ..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON ..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE. ..REMARKS.. 1200 PM ICE STORM 3 NW DELTON 42.53N 85.45W 12/22/2013 M0.63 INCH BARRY MI TRAINED SPOTTER BETWEEN 5/8 AND 3/4 OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATED ON ALL TREES, POWER LINES, AND OTHER SURFACES. HEAVY TREE DAMAGE WITH 3 DOWNED TREES AND MANY LARGE LIMBS DOWN. Highest report here was in Springfield ( sits inside of Battle Creek ) with .56! Did not lose power so all is good. I see bowme did great! Oh and awesome pics too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YHM Supercell Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 This is crazy. Power has been out for hours with a ton of damage here. Trees and power lines down everywhere. I was hit very hard here in July 19th and now this. All of my neighbors keep saying how this year has had so much damage. One if the people I work with said downtown isn't nearly as bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan45 Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 Here are some pics as of this afternoon..I took nearly 100 but here are a couple favourites. I apologize for them turning out so massive.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 Is that online? Cause that is exactly what we in Toronto see when we turn on the TV. LOL Yeah man today is a mess. Took me 3 hours to get the ice off my driveway and its still not done. My back/arms kill. This is more complicated than a workout at the gym -_- Flights cancelled and public transit down. The city is in a standstill. Its chaos! Environment Canada, for the third day in a row, has busted on temperatures. That was a screenshot from that channel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestCoaster Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 Still no winds at all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L.B. LaForce Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 Highest report here was in Springfield ( sits inside of Battle Creek ) with .56! Did not lose power so all is good. I see bowme did great! Oh and awesome pics too! Yeah, I'm just 6 miles almost due east of the BTL ASOS, and I looked everywhere but could not find anywhere near 0.50" of ZR. I got an average of about 0.25" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 Yeah, I'm just 6 miles almost due east of the BTL ASOS, and I looked everywhere but could not find anywhere near 0.50" of ZR. I got an average of about 0.25" I thought that and the report from BTL early in the am ( 1am with .32 ) seemed high as well but wasn't gonna argue it as i did not go out to check and see like i should have. Could see the wires just outside my windows upstairs and they had alot of ice hanging off them but still don't think it was that much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 My storm total appears to be about 5.7" Measured first time last night around 2" at a bit after midnight, measured again this morning with another 3.7". Total of 5.7" Also appears we had appx. .1-.2 of sleet and freezing rain as well. Total water equivalent of everything .61 so a very wet and cakey snow to be sure. The cold coming is going to turn this into a glacier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 Still no winds at all That's good news. I see the temp is up to -1° at YYZ now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrisale Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 Went up to Georgetown (about 25 minutes north) to survey the damage and as I expected they were hit very hard. Entire town is out of power, and I would estimate over 90% of large trees have serious damage. About 1.5" ice accretion. It was incredible to see. Grabbed a bunch of video which I'll edit together at some point. Here's a photo I took. Notice how tiny that branch is: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestCoaster Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 Still very little wind and massive melt happening now. This should help relieve everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ottawa Blizzard Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 Temperature approaching the freezing point here, but forecast to drop down again tonight. I've been without power and heat for almost 15 hours now. Going to be brutal on Tuesday for those still without power as thd high is forecast to be -10 Celsius Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 Went up to Georgetown (about 25 minutes north) to survey the damage and as I expected they were hit very hard. Entire town is out of power, and I would estimate over 90% of large trees have serious damage. About 1.5" ice accretion. It was incredible to see. Grabbed a bunch of video which I'll edit together at some point. Here's a photo I took. Notice how tiny that branch is: Wow, that photo clearly shows that there is no exaggeration in ice accretion. Stay safe and I hope melting occurs soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ottawa Blizzard Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 When is the cold front forecast to cross Toronto? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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