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1/5-1/6 clipper system


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more 'stuff' for the clipper info pile-on.   12z ukie.   Widespread .2-.3" qpf....(also seems to be a tad north of other guidance?)

 

 

Seems a bit Euro-esque from last night.  A lot of recent guidance has had slightly higher precip running over or a tad south of LAF so it will be interesting to see how it plays out.

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yeah that sounds right...I think I also recall reading a tweet or FB post from Caplan or LOT or someone reputable of 120:1 ratios somewhere

 

I remember that as well. I think I remember seeing that from somewhere west of you. Can't remember if it was from the DVN or LOT cwa, but it was a legit report. Another report came in during that event with something like 80:1. 

 

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I think Cyclone and Hawkeye have a greater than 80% chance of topping over 6" for this system. 

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I remember Joe had an obs in recent years of 70 to 1 ratios (maybe even greater?) ... but it was like .01 coming out to .7 inches or something....fwiw

It was 1.3" on 0.01" on 1/17/14.

 

There have been other very high ratio events the past several years as well.

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It was 1.3" on 0.01" on 1/17/14.

 

There have been other very high ratio events the past several years as well.

 

lol...awesome...sneeze and clear the drive!

 

just had a couple sets of fishbone clouds work their way overhead....usually a good sign for mby speaking in generalities and non-specifics when it comes pending to snow events...fwiw

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LOT mentioning ratios may be a problem north

 


AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL  1209 PM CST MON JAN 5 2015     UPDATE    1149 AM CST    NO CHANGES EXPECTED WITH GOING WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HEADLINE.  SYSTEM CONTINUES TO QUICKLY PROGRESS ACROSS THE NORTHERN ROCKIES  AN NORTHERN PLAINS WITH MANY SITES REPORTING SUB 1SM VSBY WITH  MANY 1/4SM REPORTS SHOWING UP AS WELL. TRACK-WISE THE MAIN SFC  FEATURE WILL CROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS WITH THE BEST FORCING JUST  NORTH OF ITS TRACK. LATEST TRENDS AND GUIDANCE SUPPORT PEAK  AMOUNTS LIKELY FALLING JUST SOUTHWEST OF THE CWA THIS EVENING.  FORECAST SOUNDINGS CONTINUE TO SHOW THE BEST ASCENT DISPLACED  ABOVE THE PRIMARY SNOW GROWTH LAYER ACROSS THE NORTHERN CWA WITH  BETTER ALIGNMENT AS YOU WORK SOUTH. THIS WILL LIKELY HAMPER SNOW  EFFICIENCY NORTH WITH FINER FLAKES. FAR SOUTHERN AREAS TOWARD  PONTIAC...WATSEKA...AND FOWLER SHOW MORE OPTIMAL SNOW PRODUCTION  AND AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THIS LINE WILL LIKELY SEE THE HIGHEST  TOTALS IN OUR CWA...WITH SOME HIGHER TOTALS FAVORED FURTHER  SOUTH. SNOW PROGRESSION STILL LOOKS ON TRACK BUT MAY NEED TO SPEED  ARRIVAL OF THE INTIAL WARM ADVECTION SNOW...NOW MOVING INTO  CENTRAL IOWA...ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST CWA LATE THIS AFTERNOON. WILL  LIKELY TIGHTEN SNOW AMOUNTS A LITTLE BIT TO ACCOUNT FOR THE LATEST  TRENDS AND ABOVE DISCUSSION WITH SLIGHTLY LOWER VALUES IN THE FAR  NORTHEAST AND A BIT MORE OF A GRADIENT UP TO THE 4-6 RANGE ACROSS  THE FAR SOUTH.    MDB  
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observation: if snowlover2 posts about model X, it moved south.

You mean basically how everyone else here does the exact same thing? Is there some new rule that says Ohio posters can't post about a model that has a storm affecting them? What is with the hatred toward the Ohio posters anyway? Just don't get it.

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You mean basically how everyone else here does the exact same thing? Is there some new rule that says Ohio posters can't post about a model that has a storm affecting them? What is with the hatred toward the Ohio posters anyway? Just don't get it.

Don't take it personal. It's always the way it has been around here. If this thing would have started trending north, there would have been all kinds of silly pics of wagons with horses with a "north" written on it. LOL

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You mean basically how everyone else here does the exact same thing? Is there some new rule that says Ohio posters can't post about a model that has a storm affecting them? What is with the hatred toward the Ohio posters anyway? Just don't get it.

 

 

best just to roll with the punches

 

and remember there are a few of us who love to post about a model showing a screw job for our backyards :)

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as an example....with regard to shearing out (which is clearly expected to an extent)...but something to watch when it comes to the QPF production into northern IL....

 

Iowa still looks like a good thump before things "thin" out crossing IL...

 

only one models take....so again just an example of something I am watching trend wise...

 

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geos better fix that magnet asap

 

 

Magnet can't save him this time.  :guitar:

 

I get where LOT is coming from...dgz (and lift within) starts out good but becomes less favorable with time as temps in the column get colder and result in a shallower growth zone.  Most of the snow *could* be down by the time that happens but it's a close call.  At least it shouldn't come as a total shock if ratios underperform...  

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MCD 0027...

 

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MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0027
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1225 PM CST MON JAN 05 2015

   AREAS AFFECTED...PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...SOUTHERN
   MINNESOTA...IOWA...FAR WESTERN ILLINOIS

   CONCERNING...HEAVY SNOW

   VALID 051825Z - 060030Z

   SUMMARY...HEAVY SNOW WITH RATES OF 1.0 TO 1.5 INCHES PER HOUR WILL
   SPREAD ESEWD ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE UPPER MIDWEST AND MIDDLE
   MISSISSIPPI VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING.

   DISCUSSION...THE LATEST SFC ANALYSIS PLACES A 1014-MB LOW NEAR THE
   MT/SD BORDER...WITH A WELL-DEFINED...QUASI-STATIONARY BOUNDARY
   EXTENDING SEWD ACROSS SD AND FARTHER SE INTO THE MIDDLE MISSOURI
   VALLEY. DIURNAL HEATING OF THE COLD/DRY AIR MASS S OF THE BOUNDARY
   IS STEEPENING LAPSE RATES IN A SHALLOW...NEAR-SFC LAYER ON THE
   RELATIVELY WARMER SIDE OF THE FRONT. WITH ADDITIONAL DIABATIC
   HEATING DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS FURTHER REDUCING LOW-LEVEL STATIC
   STABILITY...THIS TRANSLATES TO /1/ INCREASED PROPORTION OF
   WAA-RELATED RESPONSE DISTRIBUTED TO ISENTROPIC ASCENT ATOP THE
   SLOPING FRONT...AND /2/ BOLSTERED SFC CYCLOGENESIS AS A
   LOW-STATIC-STABILITY-ENHANCED GEOSTROPHIC-ADJUSTMENT RESPONSE TO
   DCVA PRECEDING A MIDLEVEL SHORTWAVE IMPULSE NOW CROSSING THE NRN
   HIGH PLAINS PER MOISTURE-CHANNEL IMAGERY. WITH A CORRESPONDING
   INCREASE IN LOW/MID-LEVEL ASCENT...ESPECIALLY AS AN 850-700-MB
   FRONTOGENETIC BAND BECOMES ESTABLISHED ACROSS THE DISCUSSION AREA
   DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS...SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION THIS
   AFTERNOON AND BECOME HEAVY.

   THE 12Z OAX AND MPX RAOBS SUGGEST THAT THE BULK OF THE THERMODYNAMIC
   PROFILE REMAINS BELOW -10C...YIELDING SHALLOW/LOW-LEVEL DENDRITIC
   GROWTH ZONES BENEATH STRONGER ASCENT. REGARDLESS...SUCH COLD
   PROFILES WILL SUPPORT HIGH SNOW-TO-LIQUID RATIOS...WITH RECENT SREF
   OUTPUT SUGGESTING 15:1 TO PERHAPS AS HIGH AS 25:1 RATIOS ACROSS THE
   REGION. THIS WILL TRANSLATE TO SEVERAL HOURS OF 1.0-1.5-INCH/HOUR
   SNOWFALL RATES SPREADING ESEWD ACROSS THE AREA...ESPECIALLY AFTER
   20Z/21Z.

   THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS ANTICIPATED IN A 50-60-MILE-WIDE CORRIDOR
   CENTERED ALONG A LINE FROM 30 SSE SIOUX FALLS SD TO 25 NNE DES
   MOINES IA TO 15 NNW PEORIA ILLINOIS. THIS INCLUDES AREAS NEAR...AND
   PARTICULARLY NORTH OF...THE DES MOINES IA AREA. BY EARLY
   EVENING...THE HEAVIER SNOW WILL BE SHIFTING ESE OF THE MS
   RIVER...WITH SNOWFALL DECREASING IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY ACROSS
   THE DISCUSSION AREA FROM WNW TO ESE THROUGH THE EVENING.

   ..COHEN.. 01/05/2015

 

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