BuffaloWeather Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 Geez. Sounds like a great evening to sit out on the deck and smoke a few stogies and down some brews. Happy Christmas Eve! I went outside for a little bit. 64 degrees at midnight on Xmas Eve. I've never seen that. Merry Xmas eve to you and everyone else as well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted December 24, 2015 Author Share Posted December 24, 2015 Damn, figured it'd be more rare than that. Once (now twice) in 65 years isn't rare? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 Once (now twice) in 65 years isn't rare? Haha. If someone would have posted this as a trivia question as to whether this had ever happened before in the DVN cwa I probably would have answered no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 Merry Christmas Eve everyone. Back down to more winter levels now. 39° at 12am, winds backing off slightly, but still gusting near 40mph. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 So at DTW, 59*F will be Wednesday's high while 58*F looks to be the midnight high for today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 Merry Christmas everyone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torchageddon Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 It was a pleasant day yesterday before the rain moved in, one of the most phenomenal winter day(s) ever. There were periods of sunshine with a nice fresh breeze that wasn't too cold. Sitting at 15ºC with a high of 16ºC coming in a hour or so. My forecast point is showing Christmas Eve morning approaching 90 km/h gusts with sustained at 60 til tomorrow at noon. Its probably going to get roary (hoping power stays on or doesn't flicker). It seems Xmas Eve is a power outage prone day. The overnight temp. will be record obliterating for me and a huge swath of stations. In extreme SW Ontario I'm seeing close to 17ºC morning temps!! If that verifies it will be the most extreme departures since The Great March Heatwave of 2012. Labeling it Torchmas doesn't do this justice . Marry Christmas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Central Illinois Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 Merry Christmas everyone hope everyone has a nice holiday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 Blowing hard this morning!MQT:VERY IMPRESSIVE LOW PRESSURE FOR LATE DECEMBER OVER UPPER MICHIGAN.IN FACT...THE CSFR CLIMATOLOGY SUGGESTS THAT THIS LOW OF PRESSURE HASNOT BEEN SEEN ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES IN MID-LATE DECEMBER SINCE ATLEAST 1979. THIS MAKES SENSE AS THIS MAGNITUDE OF LOW PRESSURE ISNORMALLY SEEN IN LATE OCT-MID NOVEMBER On a side note, .45" of rain fell melting all but about 1.5" of the snow but right after midnight rain changed back to snow and looks like a white Christmas will be had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smoof Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 Wow at the wind gusts here early this morning around 2:30am when the cold front came through. The wind woke me up and it was roaring outside so loud, I couldn't believe the power stayed on. Then I checked the local airport (mount pleasant) and it had reported a 54mph gust a bit before the front came here. I would estimate it was gusting 60mph here. I saw a pine tree down across the road a mile from here while doing some late night last minute xmas shopping, and the road was covered in small branches everywhere (better than any tstorm all year lol). Now that the sun is up I will have to check around my yard and see if any trees came down, maybe drive around a bit and survey the area. It took the internet/tv and land phone lines out so I couldn't get gas with a credit card at the nearby gas station too, pretty exciting actually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 Mother nature keeps playing playing disc jockey and spinning out the records: RECORD EVENT REPORTNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA449 PM EST WED DEC 23 2015...RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE SET AT SOUTH BEND...A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 62 DEGREES WAS SET AT SOUTH BENDTODAY AT 205 PM. THIS BROKE THE OLD RECORD OF 59 SET IN 1941. RECORD EVENT REPORTNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA432 PM EST WED DEC 23 2015...RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE SET AT FORT WAYNE...A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 64 DEGREES WAS SET AT FORT WAYNETODAY AT 157 PM. THIS BROKE THE OLD RECORD OF 59 SET IN 1933. RECORD EVENT REPORTNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN1232 AM EST THU DEC 24 2015...RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE TIED AT INDIANAPOLIS...THE HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 23 2015 OF 64 DEGREESTIED THE RECORD FOR THE DATE AT INDIANAPOLIS. THE RECORD OF 64DEGREES WAS SET IN 1933. RECORDS BEGAN AT INDIANAPOLIS IN 1871. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chitown Storm Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 Officially not a white Christmas at MSP airport but a little over 1" on the ground imby. Snowed almost all day yesterday but temps were above freezing until last night. Merry Christmas to everyone! Looks like most of the sub has a shot of some snow before the end of the month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 Officially not a white Christmas at MSP airport but a little over 1" on the ground imby. Snowed almost all day yesterday but temps were above freezing until last night. Merry Christmas to everyone! Looks like most of the sub has a shot of some snow before the end of the month. All rain down here yesterday ...ended up with 3/4 inch precip...my God this month has been wet. I think the snow is just to the north because some cars have snow on them this morning. Never did get much of a warm push over here...Still been a very mild month. Looks late month we could see a good shot of some winter temps...i suppose that depends on snow cover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 All rain down here yesterday ...ended up with 3/4 inch precip...my God this month has been wet. I think the snow is just to the north because some cars have snow on them this morning. Never did get much of a warm push over here...Still been a very mild month. Looks late month we could see a good shot of some winter temps...i suppose that depends on snow cover. I was just wondering how you fared. The Intellicast weenie radar was showing a heavy band of snow over your hood last night, but the rain/snow demarcation was very close. I was hoping to see some snow shots from La Crosse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmc76 Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 Omaha area getting hammered right now. Looks like someone there will end up with 6" or more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 The bluffs look like they got a dusting..but down here in the river valley nothing. http://www.weather.gov/arx/skycam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 #Buffalo coolest temp overnight: 59°F. That's warmer than 37 nights this summer (Jun - Aug 2015), or about 40% of the summer! Insanity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guru Of Reason Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 Omaha area getting hammered right now. Looks like someone there will end up with 6" or more. And there have been lightning strikes on radar in the Omaha area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 Yeah that trailing wave turned out to be pretty impressive out over western Iowa and southeast Nebraska. Already 6" reported in the Omaha area, and still snowing very hard. Could be some 8-10" reports there. Also snowing pretty nicely as far east as Des Moines. Hawkeye may get in on some of this, but the wave is weakening so wouldn't think more than some light amounts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmc76 Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 Yeah that trailing wave turned out to be pretty impressive out over western Iowa and southeast Nebraska. Already 6" reported in the Omaha area, and still snowing very hard. Could be some 8-10" reports there. Also snowing pretty nicely as far east as Des Moines. Hawkeye may get in on some of this, but the wave is weakening so wouldn't think more than some light amounts. Pretty neat how a little disturbance like that one can produce of amounts of near 10".Didn't something like this happen around Ottumwa about 4-5 years ago. Where over a foot of snow fell with a very tiny disturbance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 Pretty neat how a little disturbance like that one can produce of amounts of near 10". Didn't something like this happen around Ottumwa about 4-5 years ago. Where over a foot of snow fell with a very tiny disturbance? No doubt. Pretty nice little Christmas present for snow lovers in those areas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 Both Blair NE, and Audubon IA have reported visibilities of 1/8 mile in the last hour. That's some serious rippage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 Omaha area getting hammered right now. Looks like someone there will end up with 6" or more. I read some reports up to 8" and it's still snowing. Very healthy band cutting through Ames, Iowa right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 The snow is over in Omaha. There are many reports of 8-9" across the city. This all happened in about five hours, during daylight, with no wind. Now THAT is the kind of storm I want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelson Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 Merry Christmas everyone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 Guidance did a terrible job with that snow event in NE/IA. ECMWF/GFS/GGEM had a range of about 0.10-0.35" QPF, for a 1-4" snow event. NAM was at least a bit closer, with a bulls-eye of 0.50" QPF in E. NE...but still 0.10"-0.30" elsewhere. Surprise for them no doubt... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 Didn't something like this happen around Ottumwa about 4-5 years ago. Where over a foot of snow fell with a very tiny disturbance? Yea...I can't remember the date of the event though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 Since 1892, Detroit has a 47.6% probability of a "White Christmas". 59 Christmases have been white and 65 Christmases have been bare (I am already counting 2015). i should note that 26 of those 65 bare Christmases did have a T of depth, but not all T's are created equal (some cases could be a rogue, old patch of slush, others could be a fresh dusting). Top 10 Wettest Christmases - calendar day precipitation Christmas Day since 1874 01.) 1.16" - 1945 (ice storm) 02.) 0.99" - 1957 (rain) 03.) 0.97" - 2009 (rain) 04.) 0.76" - 1915 (primarily snow, a touch of rain) 05.) 0.65" - 1982 (rain, some thunder) 06.) 0.62" - 1901 (wet snow) 06.) 0.62" - 2005 (rain, ended as snow) 08.) 0.54" - 1951 (snow) 09.) 0.53" - 1965 (rain, ended as snow) 10.) 0.43" - 1973 (rain) Top 10 Snowiest Christmases - calendar snowfall Christmas Day since 1874 01.) 7.9" - 1915 02.) 6.2" - 1951 03.) 5.5" - 1901 04.) 5.4" - 1909 05.) 4.0" - 1892 06.) 3.7" - 2002 07.) 3.6" - 1925 08.) 3.3" - 1902 09.) 3.2" - 1935 10.) 2.2" - 1944 Top 10 Obs-time Snow Depths Christmas Day - since 1892 (ok that turned out to be more than 10 due to tie) 01.) 13" - 1951 02.) 12" - 1929 03.) 8" - 1914 03.) 7" - 1902 03.) 7" - 1915 03.) 7" - 1973 03.) 7" - 1981 03.) 7" - 2008 09.) 6" - 1909 .......6" - 1910 .......6" - 1916 .......6" - 1974 .......6" - 2000 .......6" - 2002 .......6" - 2004 Top 10 coldest Christmas LOW temps - since 1874 01.) -10F - 1983 02.) -8F - 1924 02.) -8F - 1980 04.) -4F - 2004 05.) -2F - 1985 06.) 1F - 1914 07.) 2F - 2000 08.) 3F - 1984 08.) 3F - 1990 10.) 4F - 1878 Top 10 coldest HIGH temps on Christmas Day - since 1874 01.) 4F - 1983 02.) 9F - 1924 03.) 12F - 1985 04.) 15F - 1878 05.) 17F - 1899 05.) 17F - 1914 05.) 17F - 1980 05.) 17F - 1884 09.) 18F - 1892 09.) 18F - 2004 Top 10 Warmest HIGH temps Christmas Day - 1874 01.) 64F - 1982 02.) 60F - 1893 03.) 59F - 1895 04.) 56F - 1932 05.) 54F - 1889 06.) 52F - 1891 06.) 52F - 1940 08.) 50F - 1888 08.) 50F - 1987 10.) 49F - 1936 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilbertfly Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 Merry Christmas everyone....safe and happy holiday cheer from our home to you and yours! Be well...cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 A spotter northeast of Omaha reported a whopping 10.8 inches of snow from this little wave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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