Geos Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 Down to 3°/-8° here. Any treatment on the roads won't be working tonight. Road crews around here did only a fair job on the roads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimillman Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 So we actually have a decent clipper train to watch over the next couple weeks. The GEM is particularly robust with some of these, but all of the globals have them. Maybe if we get a similar south trend to develop over the next few days as with the event we'll see tomorrow night, we can make something out of these for the big cities. More high-ratio events will definitely be more than just stat-padders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 Well it feels like a tundra outside. Snow dust and blowing snow fell most of the overnight apparently, about 0.2" (though of course its blowing everywhere), so we had exactly 1 inch of snow total (both here & DTW), and it's now crunchy and squeaky in the bitter cold air. DTX still going 1-2" tonight, if I can squeak out 2" Ill be thrilled. Even 1" would give me 2" on the ground, so last nights overperformer (expected a dusting of a few tenths) helped set a base down. And dont look now, but as has been mentioned, confidence is growing in a clipper Thursday night & another round of snow Sunday. Nothing like another model week of mayhem...at least now theres snow on the ground! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 Overachieved and got down to 1˚ this morning at LAF. At mi casa, the same...well, technically 0.7˚. Which is strange I tied LAF... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 -5 here this am. Point has been lowered a bit again for later in the week. Now only -2 for a high wed, and -17 thu morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 i was caught off guard with just how cold it got this morning. Going to be a brutal post-holiday work week worst climo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilbertfly Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 nose hairs freezing....very bright outside...crusted frozen streets.... imby climo is always "good" for at least one week of the above at some point... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue60007 Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 Bottomed at 0.1F at my place this morning. Glad I'm spending the second half of this week in Phoenix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 -18 this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Central Illinois Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 Made it down to 5 this morning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchaumburgStormer Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 Hit -6 this am Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 Some impressive cold this morning up here. My low was -18 but a few places got colder. Currently a balmy -10 at noon. On a side note, this weekend I crossed the 100" mark in snow. Quite a bit se of me MQT sits at 90" now. This time last year, MQT was at 78" and they still made it to right around 200" (even with the lake freezing up). I feel confident of a season total around 200-250" up here in the hills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 All the way down to -6° at home this morning, -7° for RAC. Still below zero at this hour. Snow has that squeaky sound when you walk on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 Still below 0F as we approach noon. Clouds have moved in quickly up here. -7F or so overnite. Went jogging last nite. Man that wind was something. No frostbite. Wore 2 layers of long undies! NWS showing 2 to 2.5 inches of snow tonite... looks like Cedar Rapids/that area cashes in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 Made it down to -4 here and -3 at ORD this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimillman Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 GEM really beefed up with the next clipper. It's definitely an outlier though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 GEM really beefed up with the next clipper. It's definitely an outlier though.model trends look great for here. Will probably do better than we will tonite lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 Already down to -8. My anemometer is buried on the roof under a 4' drift but estimate the wc to be -20/-25'ish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilbertfly Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 tomorrow night looks like a ball buster with blowing snow and frigid temps/windchills Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 Only made it to 7 for a high today. The snow has been falling with temps between 5-6 degrees all night. Pretty impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 Only 3° today here. -11° in the point for Wednesday night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 Another subzero reading in the book. Ended up getting colder than forecast. Point was 4 above, and we're at -1. Just across the river at Clinton they're at -9. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 -10F overnite...a lot colder then predicted... the skies cleared so fast here last nite...should have known. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 One year ago today....and to think this was only the beginning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitelakeroy Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 One year ago today....and to think this was only the beginning At least the bitter cold air was on cue to match last year ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 Snow piles were a little bigger here last year on this date (photo from 1/5/14, but close enough). But we're 2 for 2 with 6"+ snowstorms on Jan 5-6 in the LAF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted January 6, 2015 Author Share Posted January 6, 2015 One year ago today....and to think this was only the beginning Out of curiosity, has today's sun done any damage to the sugar snow on the ground? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 Out of curiosity, has today's sun done any damage to the sugar snow on the ground? no. I imagine if it was fluff it may have done a bit. But this is Barrow snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 Just for fun stats for Detroit. Normal season snowfall - 42.7" Most season snow on record - 94.9" in 2013-14 Least season snow on record - 12.9" in 1936-37 Normal snowfall thru Jan 6 --- 13.6" 2014-15 snowfall thru Jan 6 -- 6.1" 2013-14 snowfall thru Jan 6 - 38.5" Most snow thru Jan 6 - 44.4" in 1974-75 (season ended up with 63.1") Least snow thru Jan 6 - 1.0" in 1889-90 (season ended up with 15.8") Since 1880-81, there have been 17 seasons with less snow thru Jan 6 than 2014-15. However with 9 snowcover days (1"+) and counting for the foreseeable future, this season is nowhere near any futility marks for snowcover. Normal snowfall Jan 7 thru the end of the season - 29.1" 2013-14 snowfall Jan 7 thru end of the season ---- 56.4" 2014-15 snowfall Jan 7 thru end of the season ---- TBD Most snow Jan 7 thru end of season - 65.1" in 1899-00 (season ended up with 69.1"...so yes...there was only 4.0" as of Jan 6) Least snow Jan 7 thru end of season - 6.5" in 1968-69 (season ended up with 17.1", Detroits last sub-20" season) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 made it to 8 today, but back down to 6 degrees now. lake effect snow has moved back in and an advisory issued until late tomorrow morning. some real heavy totals east of Marquette in excess of a foot likely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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