SchaumburgStormer Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 Spread the wealth, even across the city. Chicago snow.png . Canadian showing Milwaukee with a foot, euro giving them 3-4". Nightmare of a forecast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HillsdaleMIWeather Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 Final WPC model discussion out, GFS all the way. ..DEEPENING SURFACE LOW/UPPER TROUGH OVER THE MIDWEST/GREAT LAKES... PREFERENCE: 00Z GFS CONFIDENCE: SLIGHTLY ABOVE AVERAGE THE MODELS ARE GRADUALLY CLUSTERING AROUND A COMMON SOLUTION WITH THE EVOLUTION OF SURFACE LOW PRESSURE EJECTING ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS ON FRI AND THEN MOVING THROUGH THE MID MS VALLEY AND LOWER GREAT LAKES REGION THROUGH SAT. THE 00Z UKMET AND 00Z CMC HAVE BOTH TRENDED TOWARD THE LOW TRACK OF THE 00Z GFS...ALTHOUGH THE 00Z GFS CONTINUES TO SUGGEST A DEEPER LOW CENTER WHICH IT HAS BEEN CONSISTENT IN DOING THE LAST FEW RUNS. THE 00Z NAM IS A TAD SOUTH OF THE GFS TRACK AS THE SYSTEM APPROACHES THE LOWER GREAT LAKES REGION. THE 00Z ECMWF HAS TRENDED STRONGER AND A LITTLE FARTHER NORTH WITH ITS LOW TRACK AND IS NOW VERY CLOSE TO THE NAM. HOWEVER...THE 00Z GEFS MEAN SUGGESTS THAT THE NAM AND ECMWF MAY STILL BOTH BE A TAD TOO FAR SOUTH AND A LITTLE WEAK OVERALL...AND IT TENDS TO SUPPORT THE MORE CONSISTENT GFS. GIVEN THE ENSEMBLE SUPPORT AND TRENDS OF THE UKMET/CMC AND TO AN EXTENT THE ECMWF...WILL CONTINUE TO PREFER THE GFS FOR THIS SYSTEM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted November 20, 2015 Author Share Posted November 20, 2015 6z RAP would tend to support the stronger solutions (even if it backs off some). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundersnow12 Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 6z RAP would tend to support the stronger solutions (even if it backs off some). Was just looping H5 vort a few times and thinking the same thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasmosnow Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 Milwaukee and Madison folks are probably pulling their hair out with all these solutions today! You got that right! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulie21 Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 06Z 4km NAM with an obviously stronger lake enhancement signal closer to where the 00Z GFS was putting it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IllinoisWedges Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 Fresh off the press Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 doesn't look like things have shifted south enough for this to be anything more than nuisance slop IMBY. Liking my calls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baum Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 doesn't look like things have shifted south enough for this to be anything more than nuisance slop IMBY. Liking my calls. Your golden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 Honestly can't remember a Winter Storm Watch in November before. DTX discussion very reasonable. Definitely riding the line here. 6z NAM was a bit scary but 6z GFS and especially its ensembles with a notable shift east. Fingers crossed. AGGRESSIVE HEIGHT FALLS/MERGING UPPER LEVEL PV WILL CARVE OUTDIGGING UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS...WITH LEAD SURGEOF 850-700 MB MOISTURE/THETA-E IMPACTING SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN AFTERMIDNIGHT...AS ISENTROPIC ASCENT/LOW TO MID LEVEL FGEN EXPECTED TO BEMOST ACTIVE WITHIN MIDDLE OF THE CWA...OR CLOSE TO THE M-59CORRIDOR...SUFFICIENT TO GENERATE PRECIPITATION. 1000-850 MBTHICKNESSES BELOW 1290 M POINT TO SNOW...EXCEPT MAYBE DURING THEONSET AND TOWARD THE OHIO BORDER...BUT WET BULBING EFFECTS SHOULDQUICKLY KICK IN TO SUPPORT ALL SNOW...AS TEMPS CRASH TOWARD 30DEGREES MOST LOCATIONS. ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE INCH EXPECTED BEFORE12Z...AS 3 G/KG OF SPECIFIC HUMIDITY AT 850 MB LIFTS NORTH ACROSSTHE AREA.LONG TERM...SATURDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THE POTENTIAL FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW ON SATURDAY REMAINS FOREFRONT INTHE FORECAST. THE WATER VAPOR IMAGERY AND 00Z UPPER AIR ANALYSISSHOW A 140 KT UPPER JET NOW DIVING INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. THISENERGY MOVING IN OFF THE PACIFIC WILL PHASE WITH THE NORTHERN STREAMWAVE NOW DROPPING INTO THE NRN ROCKIES. THE 00Z MODEL SUITE ALLINDICATE THAT THIS WILL LEAD TO RAPID MID LEVEL TROUGH AMPLIFICATIONACROSS THE CNTL PLAINS AND MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY EARLY ONSATURDAY...WITH THE WAVE THEN TAKING ON A NEGATIVE TILT AS ITROTATES ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES LATE SAT AFTERNOON/SAT EVENING. THISWILL CAUSE A DEEPENING OF THE ASSOCIATED SURFACE LOW AS IT LIFTSFROM THE MID MS VALLEY SAT MORNING TO ERN ONTARIO SAT NIGHT.THE SFC LOW WILL DEEPEN IN RESPONSE TO THE INTENSIFYING LARGE SCALEDYNAMICS...WHICH INCLUDE STRONG UPPER DIVERGENCE WITHIN THE EXITREGION OF A CYCLONICALLY CURVED UPPER JET MAX AND VERY GOOD MIDLEVEL PV ADVECTION/MID LEVEL HEIGHT FALLS. THE STRENGTHENING OF THISSYSTEM WILL LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF A REGION OF GOOD MID LEVELDEFORMATION...LIKELY INTENSIFYING OVER SE MI. FAIRLY HIGH STABILITYEARLY IN THIS SYSTEM MAY LIMIT THE OVERALL INTENSITY OF THE FRONTALFORCING. MUCH COLDER AIR ALOFT WILL ARRIVE LATER IN THE DAYSATURDAY. THIS WILL LEAD TO RAPID MID LEVEL DESTABILIZATION...THERESULT OF WHICH WILL LIKELY BE AN INTENSIFICATION OF ASCENT WITHINTHE MID LEVEL FRONTAL ZONE. THE AIRMASS WHICH CONTINUES TO ADVANCEACROSS THE GREAT LAKES IS SUFFICIENTLY COLD FOR SNOW...WITH 850MBTEMPS DOWN TO AROUND MINUS 7 C. MODEL PLAN VIEWS AND CROSS SECTIONSCONTINUE TO SUGGEST ADEQUATE MOISTURE QUALITY FOR A WINTERSYSTEM...WITH 700MB MIXING RATIOS AROUND 2 G/KG. SO OVERALLCONFIDENCE REMAINS HIGH WITH RESPECT TO SOME ACCUMULATING SNOW ONSATURDAY.THERE DOES REMAIN SOME MODEL SPREAD WITH RESPECT TO THE TRACK OF THESURFACE LOW. THIS UNFORTUNATELY WILL HAVE LARGE IMPACTS ON POTENTIALSNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS SE MI. THE DETERMINISTIC GFS REMAINSSTRONGEST AND FARTHEST WEST OF THE 00Z MODEL SUITE. THE MAJORITY OFITS ENSEMBLE MEMBERS SUGGEST A WEAKER AND FARTHER EAST SFC LOW/TRACKING ACROSS NRN OHIO AND LAKE ERIE/. THERE HAS HOWEVER BEEN ANOTED TREND AMONG THE NAM AND ECMWF OF A SLIGHTLY STRONGER SYSTEM.THIS RAISES ENOUGH CONFIDENCE TO SUGGEST A SWATH OF ACCUMULATINGSNOW ACROSS SE MI. GIVEN THE FORCING AND FAIRLY FAST SPEED OF THESYSTEM...QPF IN THE .4 TO .6 INCH RANGE SEEMS REASONABLE. EVEN WITHFAIRLY LOW LIQUID TO SNOW RATIOS...THIS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TOPRODUCE SNOW TOTALS OF 3 TO 7 INCHES. THE MAIN UNCERTAINTY IS JUSTWHERE THE STRONGEST MID LEVEL DEFORMATION WILL SET UP. A FARTHERWEST TRACK /LIKE THE GFS/ WOULD PLACE THE HIGHER SNOWFALL TOTALSACROSS THE SAGINAW VALLEY AND THUMB AND EVEN SUGGESTS A PERIOD OFRAIN IN THE SOUTH WHERE WARMER AIR GETS ADVECTED INTO THE BOUNDARYLAYER. A FARTHER EAST SOLUTION WOULD PLACE THE AXIS OF HIGHESTSNOWFALL TOTALS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF THEFORECAST AREA. GIVEN THIS UNCERTAINTY...A WINTER STORM WATCH ISBEING ISSUED FOR THE ENTIRE CWA WITH THE EXPECTATION THAT PORTIONSOF THE WATCH WILL EITHER BE DOWNGRADED TO AN ADVISORY OR UPGRADED TOA WARNING IN LATER FORECAST CYCLES. WHILE SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THEAREA DURING THE FIRST HALF OF THE DAY SAT...IT MAY STRUGGLE TOACCUMULATE. THE STRONGEST FORCING AND THUS BETTER SNOWFALL RATES ANDPOTENTIAL ACCUMULATIONS ON THE ROADS WILL BE LATE SAT AFTERNOON ANDEVENING. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 Your golden. Too close to the lake lot says 1 to 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 Updated... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 Updated... wow, this is a legit storm. have fun guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nwohweather Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 Going to be a weird shock to the system after the warm Fall we have had. Really cannot remember the last November synoptic storm to hit Detroit area honestly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckeye Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 Definitely a sweet storm for you guys....no matter what time of year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckeye Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 Going to be a weird shock to the system after the warm Fall we have had. Really cannot remember the last November synoptic storm to hit Detroit area honestly CMH got it the last two Novembers.... this could be an omen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 Going to be a weird shock to the system after the warm Fall we have had. Really cannot remember the last November synoptic storm to hit Detroit area honestly We have had a handful of 2-3" type November snowfalls, but yes, I cannot remember a true winter storm such as this. My biggest single November snowfall since I have began keeping records was 3.4" on Nov 23, 2005 (LES the next day brought the 24-hour total to 4.0" but the depth never exceeded 3"). Also....in 1996, 1997, and 2014, we had the very, very rare for November "snow on snow" phenomenon where light snow fell atop snowcover. But each time the systems were of the 1-3" variety. As stated yesterday, the last official 4"+ November storm at DTW was 1984, the last 5"+ was 1977, and the last 6"+ was 1966! I definitely know my location in SE MI will mean I wont jackpot, but I will enjoy regardless because this could be a hell of a storm for November. IF there is some ungodly cutoff, I will simply take a nice trip to a park near Ann Arbor on Sunday, when highs will remain in the 20s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HillsdaleMIWeather Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 IWX actually mentioned for areas east of St Joesph county, snowfall may be underdone as they expect a trowel. Winter Storm Watch in effect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 Point is up to 9 inches. Up until now we have yet to see a single flake for the season. Gonna be a shock to the system as we really haven't had any real cold yet, and look to get close to zero Sunday morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 Guess it's time for a final call. Pretty much agree with DVN with their 8-10" call. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 Looking for positives here and low level flow looks to be relatively favorable for minimizing marine impacts downtown, at least relative to other early season events. Low level winds over the area should remain relatively strong out of the wnw until around 18z. After 18z, it looks like we'll see 7-8 hrs of weak flow during saturation and before on-shore flow ramps up. This plus the diurnally favorable timing of onset give the lakefront areas a chance to get off to a decent start if we can get under an early weenie band (which currently looks to set up just north). That said, It's really hard to bet against a strong marine influence during an early season event with a lake this warm. Picture becomes much more murky during the height of the storm around 12-15z Saturday with strong NE flow off the warm lake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 Our NWS mentioned after this snow is laid down...morning lows could easily be single digits... One model the other day showed below 0F in some locations...yum yum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanDe680 Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 Looking for positives here and low level flow looks to be relatively favorable for minimizing marine impacts downtown, at least relative to other early season events. Low level winds over the area should remain relatively strong out of the wnw until around 18z. After 18z, it looks like we'll see 7-8 hrs of weak flow during saturation and before on-shore flow ramps up. This plus the diurnally favorable timing of onset give the lakefront areas a chance to get off to a decent start if we can get under an early weenie band (which currently looks to set up just north). That said, It's really hard to bet against a strong marine influence during an early season event with a lake this warm. Picture becomes much more murky during the height of the storm around 12-15z Saturday with strong NE flow off the warm lake. Lake water still around 50F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 Lake water still around 50F that's the point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 12Z NAM will be a tick up in intensity from 6z def stronger at 850 with much better digging at h5 by 18 hrs, going to be a good run for NE IL slp actually ends up a hair south by 15z Saturday, thanks in large part to increased digging Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundersnow12 Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 9z plumes up again with a mean for ORD just shy of 10" with a nice cluster north of that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HillsdaleMIWeather Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 12Z NAM is a beautiful run for most. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilbertfly Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 NAM looks good.... .8 to 1.0 inch QPF for most of the chi metro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 9z plumes up again with a mean for ORD just shy of 10" with a nice cluster north of that ramping up at the right time recent H5 trends are good, better digging is about the best thing that could happen for MBY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilbertfly Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 9z plumes up again with a mean for ORD just shy of 10" with a nice cluster north of that 9z plumes....qpf mean.... JOT .95 ORD 1.08 DKB 1.07 SQI 1.09 UGN 1.15 all solid numbers...sweet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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