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December 25-29th Storm Disco


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I think it might too.

 

I'm down for a good ice/sleet event but lets be honest, we all want a good snowstorm

 

 

I would love to see a decent ice event but not while i am in this house with all the power lines surrounding it. I have not seen a decent ice storm in a good while. But yeah regardless snow is always preferred.

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Anybody wishing for an ice event needs their head checked. Warm rain processes aloft

in the past with sac temps near 30 have resulted in little to no impact. Expecting that locally into lower Michigan this "event".

That is true. Almost no ice accumulation on power lines on December 23, 2009 when temps were in the lower 30s and the freezing rain lasted for much of the day.

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...Meanwhile out West...

 

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
242 PM MST FRI DEC 25 2015

...A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL TAKE SHAPE THIS WEEKEND...PRODUCING
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND POTENTIAL RECORD SETTING SNOWFALL ACROSS
EASTERN PORTIONS OF NEW MEXICO WITH SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL
ELSEWHERE...

.AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO CROSS THE FOUR CORNERS
REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND PRODUCE A FEW TO SEVERAL INCHES OF
SNOW ACCUMULATION OVER THE NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS AND MOUNTAINS. A
POWERFUL UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL THEN DEVELOP OVER
ARIZONA TONIGHT AND SATURDAY BEFORE TRACKING EASTWARD JUST SOUTH
OF THE SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO BORDER SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SUNDAY. THE STORM SYSTEM WILL DRAW A STRONG COLD FRONT THROUGH THE
STATE TO PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IMPACTS FROM SATURDAY
AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED
ACROSS EASTERN NEW MEXICO...WITH POSSIBLE RECORD SETTING SNOWFALL...
AS POTENTIALLY DAMAGING NORTHEAST WINDS DEVELOP. SIGNIFICANT
SNOWFALL OVER THE WEEKEND WILL BE MEASURED IN FEET IN THE
MOUNTAINS...WITH WELL OVER ONE FOOT OF SNOW ACROSS THE EAST
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PLAINS. FOR THE LATEST NEW MEXICO ROAD
CONDITIONS CALL 511 OR VISIT NMROADS.COM.

NMZ522>524-527>540-260545-
/O.UPG.KABQ.BZ.A.0001.151226T1900Z-151228T0700Z/
/O.NEW.KABQ.BZ.W.0003.151226T1900Z-151228T0700Z/
ESTANCIA VALLEY-CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-
RATON RIDGE/JOHNSON MESA-FAR NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-
NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-UNION COUNTY-HARDING COUNTY-
EASTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY-GUADALUPE COUNTY-QUAY COUNTY-
CURRY COUNTY-ROOSEVELT COUNTY-DE BACA COUNTY-CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS-
EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY-SOUTHWEST CHAVES COUNTY-
242 PM MST FRI DEC 25 2015

...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT MST
SUNDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT MST
SUNDAY NIGHT. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...15 TO 20 INCHES ACROSS THE EAST CENTRAL AND
SOUTHEAST PLAINS WITH LESSER AMOUNTS ELSEWHERE. 3 TO 4 FOOT SNOW
DRIFTS ARE LIKELY.


* TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED MUCH OF SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH
SUNDAY. SNOWFALL INTENSITY AND WIND SPEEDS WILL TREND DOWNWARD
SUNDAY NIGHT AS THE STORM SYSTEM EXITS TO THE EAST. HOWEVER...
WINDY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST WITH CONTINUED BLOWING AND
DRIFTING OF SNOW.

* WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 35 MPH INCREASING TO 35 TO
45 MPH BY SATURDAY NIGHT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH.
WINDS DECREASING NORTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH BY
LATE SUNDAY.

* LOCAL IMPACTS...WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL IMPOSSIBLE
ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA. DOWNED POWER LINES ARE POSSIBLE
DUE TO POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS. LARGE SNOW DRIFTS MAY BURY
VEHICLES PARKED OUTSIDE AND BLOCK ENTRY TO BUILDINGS FACING
NORTH OR NORTHEAST.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMEMBER...A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS EXTREME WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. DO NOT TRAVEL UNLESS
ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY.

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...Meanwhile out West...

 

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

242 PM MST FRI DEC 25 2015

...A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL TAKE SHAPE THIS WEEKEND...PRODUCING

BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND POTENTIAL RECORD SETTING SNOWFALL ACROSS

EASTERN PORTIONS OF NEW MEXICO WITH SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL

ELSEWHERE...

.AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO CROSS THE FOUR CORNERS

REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND PRODUCE A FEW TO SEVERAL INCHES OF

SNOW ACCUMULATION OVER THE NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS AND MOUNTAINS. A

POWERFUL UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL THEN DEVELOP OVER

ARIZONA TONIGHT AND SATURDAY BEFORE TRACKING EASTWARD JUST SOUTH

OF THE SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO BORDER SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH

SUNDAY. THE STORM SYSTEM WILL DRAW A STRONG COLD FRONT THROUGH THE

STATE TO PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IMPACTS FROM SATURDAY

AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED

ACROSS EASTERN NEW MEXICO...WITH POSSIBLE RECORD SETTING SNOWFALL...

AS POTENTIALLY DAMAGING NORTHEAST WINDS DEVELOP. SIGNIFICANT

SNOWFALL OVER THE WEEKEND WILL BE MEASURED IN FEET IN THE

MOUNTAINS...WITH WELL OVER ONE FOOT OF SNOW ACROSS THE EAST

CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PLAINS. FOR THE LATEST NEW MEXICO ROAD

CONDITIONS CALL 511 OR VISIT NMROADS.COM.

NMZ522>524-527>540-260545-

/O.UPG.KABQ.BZ.A.0001.151226T1900Z-151228T0700Z/

/O.NEW.KABQ.BZ.W.0003.151226T1900Z-151228T0700Z/

ESTANCIA VALLEY-CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-

RATON RIDGE/JOHNSON MESA-FAR NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-

NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-UNION COUNTY-HARDING COUNTY-

EASTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY-GUADALUPE COUNTY-QUAY COUNTY-

CURRY COUNTY-ROOSEVELT COUNTY-DE BACA COUNTY-CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS-

EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY-SOUTHWEST CHAVES COUNTY-

242 PM MST FRI DEC 25 2015

...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT MST

SUNDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD

WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT MST

SUNDAY NIGHT. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...15 TO 20 INCHES ACROSS THE EAST CENTRAL AND

SOUTHEAST PLAINS WITH LESSER AMOUNTS ELSEWHERE. 3 TO 4 FOOT SNOW

DRIFTS ARE LIKELY.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH

BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED MUCH OF SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH

SUNDAY. SNOWFALL INTENSITY AND WIND SPEEDS WILL TREND DOWNWARD

SUNDAY NIGHT AS THE STORM SYSTEM EXITS TO THE EAST. HOWEVER...

WINDY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST WITH CONTINUED BLOWING AND

DRIFTING OF SNOW.

* WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 35 MPH INCREASING TO 35 TO

45 MPH BY SATURDAY NIGHT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH.

WINDS DECREASING NORTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH BY

LATE SUNDAY.

* LOCAL IMPACTS...WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL IMPOSSIBLE

ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA. DOWNED POWER LINES ARE POSSIBLE

DUE TO POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS. LARGE SNOW DRIFTS MAY BURY

VEHICLES PARKED OUTSIDE AND BLOCK ENTRY TO BUILDINGS FACING

NORTH OR NORTHEAST.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMEMBER...A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS EXTREME WINTER WEATHER

CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. DO NOT TRAVEL UNLESS

ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY.

 

See my avatar pic. I so want to get that just for once. But, yeah, our lump of storm coal is coming, isn't it? :grinch: :grinch:

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Special WX Statement by MKX.

Regardless of where the impacts are exactly, it's bad timing with people traveling.
 

 

...ABRUPT RETURN TO MORE TYPICAL WINTER WEATHER LOOKING LIKELY...

THE MILD...NON-WINTERY WEATHER PATTERN THAT HAS AFFECTED SOUTHERN
WISCONSIN DURING DECEMBER LOOKS TO BE COMING TO AN END JUST AS WE
RETURN TO WORK AFTER THE LONG HOLIDAY WEEKEND.

LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE NORTHWARD FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS ON
MONDAY TOWARD WESTERN ILLINOIS...AND THEN PROCEED NORTHWARD ACROSS
THE VICINITY OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN AND NORTHERN ILLINOIS MONDAY
NIGHT.

THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD A MIXED BAG OF WINTERY WEATHER
ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN STARTING AS EARLY AS LATE SUNDAY NIGHT
ACROSS THE ILLINOIS BORDER AREA...AND THEN ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHERN
WISCONSIN BY EARLY AFTERNOON MONDAY. TEMPERATURES ON MONDAY WILL
STRUGGLE TO GET ABOVE FREEZING. HOWEVER TEMPERATURES JUST ABOVE
THE SURFACE ARE EXPECTED TO RISE A FEW DEGREES ABOVE FREEZING.
THIS SET-UP FAVORS A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ACROSS
SOUTHERN WISCONSIN ON MONDAY. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION MAY CHANGE
OVER TO ALL RAIN CLOSE TO LAKE MICHIGAN FROM MILWAUKEE SOUTH TO
KENOSHA.

FARTHER WEST...COLDER AIR MAY RESULT IN A SNOW AND SLEET MIXTURE
OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN WEST OF MADISON WITH THE
POTENTIAL FOR SEVERAL INCHES IN THIS AREA MONDAY INTO MONDAY
NIGHT.

THERE REMAINS CONSIDERABLE UNCERTAINTY REGARDING THE EXACT PATH OF
THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AS WELL AS THE LOW LEVEL TEMPERATURE
PROFILE OF THE ATMOSPHERE. EVERYONE SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST
FORECASTS FOR MONDAY. WINTER WEATHER HEADLINES MAY BE ISSUED ON
SATURDAY.

ALSO...STRONG EAST WINDS MAY GUST AS HIGH AS 45 MPH ON MONDAY.
THIS COULD CAUSE MINOR LAKESHORE FLOODING ALONG THE SHORE OF LAKE
MICHIGAN DUE TO THE SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN NORMAL LAKE LEVELS.

 

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"If" the GGEM from last night verifies, you may get something close to that.

 

here, let me enlarge that for us  "IF"

 

I know what it flashed - the potential was jaw drop stuff.  

 

Would take a crazy back-flip turn-around to see that verify at this point, though I like that you even mentioned it..

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Anybody wishing for an ice event needs their head checked. Warm rain processes aloft

in the past with sac temps near 30 have resulted in little to no impact. Expecting that locally into lower Michigan this "event".

 

 

I think the wind is the difference maker this time...with marginal temps/considerable runoff, even relatively minor amounts of ice on trees/power lines would have some impact.

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One aspect of this system that hasn't been discussed much is the heavy rain expected south of the mixed/frozen precip.  In our sub, SPI-LAF-FWA-TOL (US 24 corridor) could receive flooding rains. Flood watches are up over a wide area.

 

Of course the NAM is going crazy with amounts, but even the GFS is showing some major dumpage.

 

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I know one thing, the NAM tends to over blow the convection and then the low ends up going too far NW. Can't believe that the heaviest snow will end up at the Rocky Mountain front range like it almost shows.

Bo would miss most of the snow if that model run came true.

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995 mb low over STL at 72 hours, GEM.

 

Looking like a similar track to last nights the 12z run.

 

Jim Ramsey showed the RPM a little while ago and it had 2-4" of snow in northern IL, 3-6" amounts in southern WI and eastern Iowa. He thinks the storm will stay south.

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Huh?  Low went through southern IL/IN on last night's 00z run.

 

Nevermind was thinking the southern run was longer ago. fixed

Anyway ~

 

Heaviest snow area moved into eastern Iowa more, extreme NW IL and southern WI. Madison gets clocked along with Cedar Rapids.

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