Northern Ohio Obs/Discussion Part 2

[NEOH]

Merry Christmas! What an awesome morning with over 10” now. Lake effect is starting to pick up. Hopefully we can cash in for awhile before the wind direction changes.

[dta1984]

10 minutes ago, NEOH said:

Merry Christmas! What an awesome morning with over 10” now. Lake effect is starting to pick up. Hopefully we can cash in for awhile before the wind direction changes.

Merry Christmas!   Perfect winter wonderland out there   I've got a depth of 11" on the deck.  Looks to have been a widespread event , with even west side areas seeing almost a foot.  Should add more throughout the day.  

[Speedskater]

At 9 AM near Lakewood Park, from my doorways,  I measured about 7 to 8 inches of snow. Air temperature at about 20°F.

[OHweather]

A little over 10” here so far, maybe will get another fluffy inch or so through the evening with more to my north. This stuff falling right now is incredibly high ratio I’m sure it’s 30-40:1. 

[Speedskater]

So I went out to shovel, hard to measure with the drifting. But the next door meteorology student had it at over 12½ inches. I saw a little bit less.

[OHweather]

Up to 11.2”. Has been quite light for a few hours until recently but never stopped after we flipped around 2pm yesterday. 

[vpbob21]

Just shy of 7" here.  Nice overperformer.  Hopefully we can keep the hot hand for the rest of the season.

[dta1984]

Looks like there was a good amount of blowing and drifting on whatever fell yesterday and last night.   Difficult to get an accurate measurement, but average of 4.5"  new.  Storm total 15.5".  Depth on the deck is right at 15". 

Curious to see the updated totals from CLE.  South Euclid already had 16" early yesterday.  

[BuffaloWeather]

6 minutes ago, dta1984 said:

Looks like there was a good amount of blowing and drifting on whatever fell yesterday and last night.   Difficult to get an accurate measurement, but average of 4.5"  new.  Storm total 15.5".  Depth on the deck is right at 15". 

Curious to see the updated totals from CLE.  South Euclid already had 16" early yesterday.  

Glad to see everyone cashing in. We're right around 2' here south of Buffalo with another foot expected.

[dta1984]

32 minutes ago, BuffaloWeather said:

Glad to see everyone cashing in. We're right around 2' here south of Buffalo with another foot expected.

Awesome, it looked like you were in the bullseye when I checked a few days ago.  I'll have to check out the webcam!

[BuffaloWeather]

Just now, dta1984 said:

Awesome, it looked like you were in the bullseye a few days ago.  I'll have to check out the webcam!

Just put together a timelapse of the overnight snow

 

[dta1984]

Some incredible storm totals for such a widespread area.  Many 15"+.   My measurement seems a few inches light given surrounding measurements.  

https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=NWS&issuedby=cle&product=PNS&format=CI&version=1&glossary=0&highlight=off

 

 

 

[michsnowfreak]

1 hour ago, BuffaloWeather said:

Just put together a timelapse of the overnight snow

 

lake effect is amazing 

[OHweather]

Somehow fluffed out about 2 more inches last night. Roughly 13” total, with much more to my north. Another awesome event this season, glad I was in town for it! 

[NEOH]

Picked up a quick 1.5" this morning. This is definitely one of the best December's I can remember for snowfall... right around 50" on the season now. Hard to believe CLE is only at 23" but they've always had snowfall measuring issues.  

[dta1984]

48 minutes ago, NEOH said:

Picked up a quick 1.5" this morning. This is definitely one of the best December's I can remember for snowfall... right around 50" on the season now. Hard to believe CLE is only at 23" but they've always had snowfall measuring issues.  

It's been an incredible December, and lake erie isn't even frozen yet.  Might be a quiet next week or so, but we'll still have chances for lake effect later into the season than typical. 

[NEOH]

Winter doldrums coming to an end it looks like... although nothing that exciting on the horizon. Outside of the limited sun over the weekend it seems like we've had perpetual overcast with temps in the 30's for weeks now. 

[dta1984]

29 minutes ago, NEOH said:

Winter doldrums coming to an end it looks like... although nothing that exciting on the horizon. Outside of the limited sun over the weekend it seems like we've had perpetual overcast with temps in the 30's for weeks now. 

Ya was hoping to kick up some lake effect with the arctic front this weekend, but not sure that'll pan out.  Sure has been a quiet January after a rocking December.  Hopefully the last half of the month is more active.  

[dta1984]

Nice to see the snow again, with several chances the next few days.  Hopefully we can get a favorable wind direction.   

[dta1984]

I've got 3.5" on the deck from yesterday afternoon through this morning.   Looks like another chance for decent snow Tuesday night. 

[NEOH]

4 minutes ago, dta1984 said:

I've got 3.5" on the deck from yesterday afternoon through this morning.   Looks like another chance for decent snow Tuesday night. 

Good to have snow cover again. That was quite a long and boring stretch of weather. Pretty rare to have the lake wide open in mid-January. Hopefully we can get a decent lake effect event in at some point. 

 

[WHEATCENT]

the last 3 weeks have been crap,  2 13  inch snowfalls that lasted basically 2 days on the ground in december,  the medium range uncertain with high chance of more 38 degree rainers and finally no sustained cold to keep lake erie ice free and open for lake effect and we get so much of a west wind that it all hits erie -__- 

[dta1984]

Another 1.25 last night, and should be another round of more substantial snow tonight.  

Locally,  have no complaints about this winter so far.   We have just been missing sustained arctic cold, but it's been cold enough for snow majority of the time.

[NEOH]

1 hour ago, dta1984 said:

Another 1.25 last night, and should be another round of more substantial snow tonight.  

Locally,  have no complaints about this winter so far.   We have just been missing sustained arctic cold, but it's been cold enough for snow majority of the time.

After the last couple of seasons no reason to complain on this end. Tonight is interesting... lots of moisture to work with a favorable flow albeit short duration. Wouldn't be surprised to see 3-5". 

[NEOH]

11 hours ago, WHEATCENT said:

the last 3 weeks have been crap,  2 13  inch snowfalls that lasted basically 2 days on the ground in december,  the medium range uncertain with high chance of more 38 degree rainers and finally no sustained cold to keep lake erie ice free and open for lake effect and we get so much of a west wind that it all hits erie -__- 

I'll assume you had a few beers before writing this :). We had 2 of the largest synoptic storms we've had in years in December. Snowcover didn't hang around that long in your area near the lakeshore but that's the way it goes with marginal temps. You actually don't want sustained cold if you want lake erie to remain ice free. A west wind is really ideal for lake county -- but the past couple of days have favored northern Erie county in PA with a west southwest flow. 

[dta1984]

3.5" last night, been a snowy stretch the past week.  Looks like we'll do it again Thurs night possibly. 

[NEOH]

Looks like another couple of inches of snow tonight -- 2-3"  possibly. Nice to have snow cover again. Next week is looking more interesting. A low tracking along the Ohio River is usually good for the northern third of Ohio. Still a long ways out but a blend of the model suite would be ideal. 

[amt5626]

I've enjoyed the light coating of snow that has managed to stick around the last few days. I am not surprised at all with how the early week system trended (north, warm, and dry) and with how the following storm is going to pan out (sheared out and south). Things are likely to continue looking not good as we head deeper into February and the SE ridge eventually sets into place. CPC favors warmth for the entire Midwest and East during the 6–10 and 10–14 day periods, and I would have to agree with that at this point. Euro weeklies also show these warm anomalies for the next few weeks. With Lake Erie still being mostly ice free, I could see a decent lake effect event for the secondary snow belt at some point before winter "ends," but I am starting to think we used up all our winter magic last month. It really is a shame that with so much blocking, the Pacific side continues to fail to cooperate. Recent GEFS runs paint the picture for what the remainder of meteorological winter may look like.

 

[Spartman]

22 minutes ago, amt5626 said:

I've enjoyed the light coating of snow that has managed to stick around the last few days. I am not surprised at all with how the early week system trended (north, warm, and dry) and with how the following storm is going to pan out (sheared out and south). Things are likely to continue looking not good as we head deeper into February and the SE ridge eventually sets into place. CPC favors warmth for the entire Midwest and East during the 6–10 and 10–14 day periods, and I would have to agree with that at this point. Euro weeklies also show these warm anomalies for the next few weeks. With Lake Erie still being mostly ice free, I could see a decent lake effect event for the secondary snow belt at some point before winter "ends," but I am starting to think we used up all our winter magic last month. It really is a shame that with so much blocking, the Pacific side continues to fail to cooperate. Recent GEFS runs paint the picture for what the remainder of meteorological winter may look like.

 

It's all Covid's fault!

[NEOH]

10 hours ago, amt5626 said:

I've enjoyed the light coating of snow that has managed to stick around the last few days. I am not surprised at all with how the early week system trended (north, warm, and dry) and with how the following storm is going to pan out (sheared out and south). Things are likely to continue looking not good as we head deeper into February and the SE ridge eventually sets into place. CPC favors warmth for the entire Midwest and East during the 6–10 and 10–14 day periods, and I would have to agree with that at this point. Euro weeklies also show these warm anomalies for the next few weeks. With Lake Erie still being mostly ice free, I could see a decent lake effect event for the secondary snow belt at some point before winter "ends," but I am starting to think we used up all our winter magic last month. It really is a shame that with so much blocking, the Pacific side continues to fail to cooperate. Recent GEFS runs paint the picture for what the remainder of meteorological winter may look like.

 

We have had solid snow cover here in Geauga county for awhile. Not disappointed about missing a 5-8" snowfall at all. Imagine tracking this storm for a week for that. As we get into Feb my enthusiasm for winter tends to go away. Its pretty remarkable we've had as much snow as we've had without the lake freezing. Right around 60" for the season now... and the two December storms really made the winter for me.