Hoosier Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Cold cold rain currently...though my temp is rising, up to 35˚ now. 12z HRRR has LAF getting into the low 40's this afternoon, so the rain won't be quite as cold later...so we got that going for ourselves. Needless to say, any snow ain't happening here. HRRR gon bust Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Heh, majority snow here now at 36.3˚. LAF reporting 34˚ and -RA. Bizarro micro-climate I guess. SPECI KLAF 251705Z 08007KT 2 1/2SM -RA BR SCT008 BKN016 OVC031 01/01 A2968 RMK AO2 P0000 T00110006 Visual proof, so you don't think I'm crazy. IMG_0714.JPG Looks like there's been better returns on your side of town for a longer period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Lol at my 2-4 inch forecast here to FWA. Might end up with an inch...maybe. Oh well. IWX was calling for 3-5 in my location at one point. I completely believed it after checking out multiple models. Guess the temp profiles were a little off. I even notified our EMA Director that a WWA was likely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackstraw Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Snowing pretty good the last 15 min here @ 33. I tried to weenie wish 6 last night lol. HRRR/RAP/SREF still trying for mby with around 3- 4 in average's lol. KIND back at it with the models.... " PORTION OF PREVIOUS NEAR TERM DISCUSSION FOLLOWS... ALBERTA CLIPPER POISED TO ROTATE INTO THE OHIO VALLEY BY THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURE TRENDS AT GROUND LEVEL AND IN THE NEAR SURFACE LAYER PROVING TO BE A CRITICAL FACTOR IN DETERMINING POTENTIAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS LATER TODAY AND THIS EVENING AS HAS BEEN EXPECTED. SEEMS EVERY STORM SO FAR THIS WINTER HAS HAD MARGINAL TEMP ISSUES THAT INITIALLY HAVE NOT BEEN CAPTURED WELL BY THE MODEL SUITE...ONLY TO RECOVER SOMEWHAT WITHIN 24 HOURS OF STORM IMPACT. NEEDLESS TO SAY...ITS FRUSTRATING FOR METEOROLOGISTS. THIS EVENT APPEARS TO BE FOLLOWING THAT TREND AS 00Z GUIDANCE...AND ESPECIALLY THE HI-RES WRF/HRRR/RAP...WHICH HAVE INGESTED WARMER TEMP OBSERVATIONS TO THE NORTHWEST AND ADJUSTED ACCORDINGLY. THE RESULT WILL BE A LOWERING OF SNOWFALL TOTALS ACROSS THE BOARD AS WARMER AIR IN THE LOW LEVELS WILL BE SLOWER TO DEPART DURING THE AFTERNOON. MORE ON THE SPECIFICS SHORTLY." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Based on upstream obs/short range models, should be flipping to snow here (fully) in the next hour or two at most. As for now, miserable cold rain with mixed snow. Heh, interesting. It's been all snow here for a little more than an hour or so. Big flakes. Even accumulating a bit now on the grass, cars, etc...despite warmish temps. I'm 2-2 this week in being in the right spot I guess. Pics from about 20 minutes ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbcmh81 Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Snow in Columbus, and mostly has been all snow from the start. Temp has actually fallen a bit since onset. Maybe we'll luck out after all... but now I've probably jinxed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackstraw Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 ^What it looks like here and its starting to stick, which is very surprising to me as warm as it's been. I measured ground temps 2 inches deep this morning at 34. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Snow in Columbus, and mostly has been all snow from the start. Temp has actually fallen a bit since onset. Maybe we'll luck out after all... but now I've probably jinxed it. Keep the faith. I didn't think I'd see anything really, and it's surpassed my expectations. Granted, it's not a lot...but some measurable OTG right now, and still snowing. Good luck over there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 ^What it looks like here and its starting to stick, which is very surprising to me as warm as it's been. I measured ground temps 2 inches deep this morning at 34. I'm kinda surprised that it's sticking to the pavement here at my place, considering the temps...but big flakes and good intensity usually does the trick. It's sorta like an April snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 1.1" at my place after a few hours of light rain. It may all be gone by tomorrow evening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Finished with 2.3" here, which from what I've seen is the highest amount around here. Can't complain about that. Nice little overachiever, as even though I went with 1-3", I was thinking we'd end up on the low end of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Precip last 12hrs. Traditional NCEP color table here. Love this new feature on GRE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afterimage Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Just under 2" here, but roads are slick and this strong east wind causing white conditions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoachLB Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 I've got a 1/2 inch of slush with about 2 inches of snow on top. Roads are terrible and the wind is starting to pick up causing some white out issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Only mustered up 0.6" here from this system. Lake moisture did not work out like I was hoping it would. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordoFabulous Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 That was the longest, hardest snow I've ever seen in my life that only generated 1.5" of accumulation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilbertfly Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 my 3.3 call ended up being 3.25 too high.... there were moments where it looked very windy and snowy out there, but nothing really stuck ever.... in all honesty, we prolly had about 2 inches worth of snow fall....but .05 accumulation imby grass did get a decent coating Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckeye Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 we did better than I thought here, of course I set the expectation meter at about the lowest setting lol. Very similar event to the early widespread January clipper, (as far as snow totals). Northern burbs got about 3-4". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vespasian70 Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 we did better than I thought here, of course I set the expectation meter at about the lowest setting lol. Very similar event to the early widespread January clipper, (as far as snow totals). Northern burbs got about 3-4". Pleasantly surprised here too. Good to have a decent snowpack in place here, hopefully it will benefit the subforum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchaumburgStormer Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Ended up with about .2". Quite the kick in the pants when these things dust us, and blow up into mega-storms out east. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Snowing pretty hard out there at the moment. Huge dendrite composites. Nice snow globe action. Looks like about a half inch so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Full on +SN right now. Definitely didn't expect this today. Snow has had a very convective look to it with rapidly varying intensities, and huge flakes at times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chitown Storm Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Got about 10 minutes of pingers early this morning, that's it. Torching at 35F now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Snow is pretty much over. Nice overachiever for 2nd day in a row at 0.9". 2-day total up to 3.2". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Ended up with 0.5" here and 0.6" at ORD with yesterdays event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbcmh81 Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 we did better than I thought here, of course I set the expectation meter at about the lowest setting lol. Very similar event to the early widespread January clipper, (as far as snow totals). Northern burbs got about 3-4". Yeah, ended up on the higher end of forecast for most locations... except the airport which barely met the low end. Par for the course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Just a thick dusting here this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchaumburgStormer Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Freezing drizzle turning roads into a skating rink Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchaumburgStormer Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Roads went to sh*t out here real fast. Exiting off of I-88 here in Dekalb, cars in the ditch on both sides. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Yeah freezing drizzle here as well. Right on the western edge of the colder air here at 26. Just west at DVN they're up to 32. Further west Hawkeye is roasting at 38 degrees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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