Radioman Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 Another storm that the euro sucked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackstraw Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 Just got home from the store. Pingers and flakes, the breakfast of weenies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chances14 Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 Major props are in order to the NAM it seems. Yea it's winning out for our area Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 Major props are in order to the NAM it seems. Yup. SREFS and RGEM too. GFS and EURO were virtually completely dry here for several runs. They played catchup towards the end but it was too late. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 3.5", looks like i'm going to nail it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radioman Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 3.5", looks like i'm going to nail it Your total seems awfully low compared to what other people around you are reporting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 Your total seems awfully low compared to what other people around you are reporting. Evening reports from LOT are generally 3+ from the city and north. His total doesn't seem out of whack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 Another storm that the euro sucked Yeah the Euro sucked it up pretty bad. RAP was pretty crappy as well for this immediate area. Looks like the GFS did pretty decent overall outside of a few weird runs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 I hate the model, but the 3z RAP/RUC backup has a nice LAF fook job. All the blame goes to Hoosier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 Yeah the Euro sucked it up pretty bad. RAP was pretty crappy as well for this immediate area. Looks like the GFS did pretty decent overall outside of a few weird runs. GFS was terrible for areas to your east. Way to dry/south around here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 All the models sucked. Just a PITA system, that none of them could get a handle on. Multiple impulses, big honking PV, etc gave them fits. EDIT: flakes have commenced here. But I'm still not sure how much we're going to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 All the models sucked. Just a PITA system, that none of them could get a handle on. Multiple impulses, big honking PV, etc gave them fits. EDIT: flakes have commenced here. But I'm still not sure how much we're going to see. Model assessments on this bb are usually very iyby driven, which is probably not the best way to go about it. But it is what it is. Good luck with the snow. 70" is in reach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue60007 Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 Was looking at the LAF metar and saw something I didn't recall seeing before KLAF 020354Z AUTO 01008KT 6SM BR OVC009 M06/M07 A3027 RMK AO2 FZRAE08 CIG 007V012 SLP256 P0000 I1001 T10611072 I had to look up what I1001 meant. Turns out it's ice accretion in the past hour (as noted by the first 1) to the nearest hundredth inch. So LAF had 0.01" ice in the past hour. Untreated surfaces are quite slick here. Union street bridge was a sheet of ice but had just been salted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 Model assessments on this bb are usually very iyby driven, which is probably not the best way to go about it. But it is what it is. Good luck with the snow. 70" is in reach. Correct. I think I've seen it all for LAF in the past 4 days. Rain, all sleet, 14" of snow, T of snow, etc etc...from various models, at various times. Frustrating system for here...to get a handle on. Alas, maybe there are some models that nailed it for others BY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 Model assessments on this bb are usually very iyby driven, which is probably not the best way to go about it. But it is what it is. Good luck with the snow. 70" is in reach. Yeah definitely. For example for much of the winter I thought the Euro was doing great, but other areas weren't too happy with it. Got another few tenths, up to 4.2" with tonight's wave, 4.5" total event. Back edge really slowed down allowing for some additional accums. Should be about it though. Back edge passing through DVN atm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 Pretty much all sand, with a few isolated actual dendrites mixed in here. Can't say the radar to the west gives me warm fuzzies. But you know me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 Pretty much all sand, with a few isolated actual dendrites mixed in here. Can't say the radar to the west gives me warm fuzzies. FWIW the radar presentation much of the day to the west of here was terrible, but really ramped up as evening approached. Hopefully something similar happens down there for you guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ajdos Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 Around 4" here, still snowing at a fairly decent clip.. Snow looks pretty deep again after this fresh snowfall.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 FWIW the radar presentation much of the day to the west of here was terrible, but really ramped up as evening approached. Hopefully something similar happens down there for you guys. Yeah, I hope the same prevails for here. RAP forecast too, because it's been consistently u-g-l-y for LAF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted March 2, 2014 Author Share Posted March 2, 2014 3.7" at ORD thus far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 3.7" at ORD thus far. 72.0" for the season then, thus far? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted March 2, 2014 Author Share Posted March 2, 2014 72.0" for the season then, thus far? Correct. Need 5.0" for 3rd snowiest (77.0"). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundersnow12 Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 3.7" at ORD thus far. I had the under of 4.1" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 Correct. Need 5.0" for 3rd snowiest (77.0"). Good stuff. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormtrackertf Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 Nice little event here. About 4.5" it seems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 Yeah definitely. For example for much of the winter I thought the Euro was doing great, but other areas weren't too happy with it. Got another few tenths, up to 4.2" with tonight's wave, 4.5" total event. Back edge really slowed down allowing for some additional accums. Should be about it though. Back edge passing through DVN atm. More examples: http://www.americanwx.com/bb/index.php/topic/43031-march-2nd3rd-winter-storm-potential/?p=2841771 In contrast, SREFs have been God like here this winter. This storm included. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundersnow12 Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 Just measured 4.1" 62.6" season total Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 I'm going with a 2.9" total. That is lower than pretty much every other report around Cedar Rapids, but I ended up on the edge of heavier bands a few times so a lower total makes sense. My liquid total is 0.25", so the ratio was not very high again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormtrackertf Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 SNMight make a run at 5-6" in some spots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted March 2, 2014 Author Share Posted March 2, 2014 Finished with 4.7" here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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