Chicago WX Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 ...or as I like to refer to it, 'measuring from the taint'. But seriously, congrats to you guys, as we rounded the bend inside 48hrs, it pretty much looked great for you guys, even if things had shifted either way. You know how this works though....5 six inchers in the last year and a half means prepare yourself for a cyclonesque run in the future. Ma nature, the great equalizer. Most likely. I told Hoosier a little earlier today that we've had them in bunches lately. Feb 2007-Feb 2008: four 6"+ events Mar 2013-Jan 2015: six 6"+ events Pretty big gap in-between...though 09-10 and 10-11 weren't void of decent events here, just none got to 6". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowlover2 Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 Finished with 5" of snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 Most likely. I told Hoosier a little earlier today that we've had them in bunches lately. Feb 2007-Feb 2008: four 6"+ events Mar 2013-Jan 2015: six 6"+ events Pretty big gap in-between...though 09-10 and 10-11 weren't void of decent events here, just none got to 6". We can't pretend like 4" sleet, 2" of snow on GHD didn't happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 I 65 south of Indy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 We can't pretend like 4" sleet, 2" of snow on GHD didn't happen. Selective amnesia. But yeah, you're technically correct. Though I was thinking more along the lines of pure snow events. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 I 65 south of Indy I65strikesagain.jpg North of Indy...near Mottster's hood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 Yep, you're right about north of Indy. Copped this pic off of my Facebook page, from West LAF. Move the piled up snow in front of the stick and you've got 7". Set that stick on a snowboard and you've got 6". EDIT: The work of blue60007? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 Copped this pic off of my Facebook page, from West LAF. Move the piled up snow in front of the stick and you've got 7". Set that stick on a snowboard and you've got 6". WestLAFslant.jpg lol, that's great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 Sucks about the lower ratios on the northern end but there were some warning signs...seemed to be overlooked/underplayed in general. We seemed to be in a good zone here with multiple reports indicating ratios in the 17-20:1 range or a tad higher, about what was expected. Consensus of models worked out good for precip here. Euro was too dry. Based on the reports upstream yesterday, I knew it was going to be sugar. There was no way areas further south would get dust and not us. On the positive note, this stuff doesnt budge. No compacting/settling at all (at least to the naked eye, Im sure there my be a minimal amount), unlike fluff that you need to measure asap lol. We are starting to layer it like a dessert here...1.0" two days ago, 0.8" of sugar last night...more Thursday. At least it looks like winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundersnow12 Posted January 6, 2015 Author Share Posted January 6, 2015 Finished with 2.6" here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveNay Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 Untitled.png I think that 3"-4" area on the north edge is very generous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue60007 Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 Yep, you're right about north of Indy. Copped this pic off of my Facebook page, from West LAF. Move the piled up snow in front of the stick and you've got 7". Set that stick on a snowboard and you've got 6". EDIT: The work of blue60007? WestLAFslant.jpg Not mine, but close to what I had Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smoof Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 I ended up with 0.25" way up here in central mi, more than I was expecting anyways lol, I was expecting just a couple mood flakes, enough to write it down in my season snow log anyways Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 Apparently IND had less than 10:1 ratios last night. 6:1 actually. Hmm, interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 Apparently IND had less than 10:1 ratios last night. 6:1 actually. Hmm, interesting. ind cli.png That doesn't seem right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 That doesn't seem right. Something seems a little off there. Of course I should have looked at today's CLI too...in which they reported 1.4" on 0.08" liquid. So overall, 2.1" on 0.19" liquid. Makes better sense I guess, but still a little wonky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 DVN event map. MLI had 6.7", DVN had 5.1". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 After all that model watching, I don't think any of the GFS/NAM/Euro got the qpf placement/amount exactly right for Iowa. The result was a little bit of each model. It was nice to have something solid to track and, despite still not breaking my >6" storm drought, I'm quite happy with the result. 5.8" isn't "big", but it looks like quite a bit compared to all the 1-2" storms we've had the last couple winters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 After all that model watching, I don't think any of the GFS/NAM/Euro got the qpf placement/amount exactly right for Iowa. The result was a little bit of each model. It was nice to have something solid to track and, despite still not breaking my >6" storm drought, I'm quite happy with the result. 5.8" isn't "big", but it looks like quite a bit compared to all the 1-2" storms we've had the last couple winters. Yeah this system beat all of last season's snows here. Last season's heaviest snowfall here was only a paltry 4.5"er with the March 1st storm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 Yeah this system beat all of last season's snows here. Last season's heaviest snowfall here was only a paltry 4.5"er with the March 1st storm. Wow...we had 7 or 8 storms last winter exceed 4.5". I knew you needed a 6"er but cant believe thats your best last winter. Still rooting for you (if it doesnt cost me ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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