Ottawa Blizzard Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 1 minute ago, Stebo said: Need to revise that storm thread to major storm failure. No kidding. This is one of the biggest heartbreaks of the past few years. At least it's still just early January. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 Hoosier is voted off thread starter island Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowstorms Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 6 minutes ago, Stebo said: Need to revise that storm thread to major storm failure. With the oncoming torch, might be a long while till we see the potential for another "winter storm" in our area. Brutal. Absolutely brutal! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 Just now, Snowstorms said: With the oncoming torch, might be a long while till we see the potential for another "winter storm" in our area. Brutal. Absolutely brutal! Nah I am cool with that, I would rather it torch than have arctic air with nothing on the ground, tundra isn't appealing to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zinski1990 Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 Im used to heartbreak in central indiana Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 9 minutes ago, Stebo said: Need to revise that storm thread to major storm failure. I may tweak the title eventually, but not yet. Worst thing would be to edit only to have to edit again lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 1 minute ago, Hoosier said: I may tweak the title eventually, but not yet. Worst thing would be to edit only to have to edit again lol Please tempt fate to have the storm move back! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowstorms Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 2 minutes ago, Stebo said: Nah I am cool with that, I would rather it torch than have arctic air with nothing on the ground, tundra isn't appealing to me Going to be near 0F this weekend with barren ground. How fantastic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KokomoWX Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 56 minutes ago, Hoosier said: I may tweak the title eventually, but not yet. Worst thing would be to edit only to have to edit again lol January 11-13 Dumpster Fire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 I feel like the weather models have been super inconsistent. All the supercomputers have better spatial resolution than years ago, but it doesn't matter much if they have a bad forecast of a snowstorm, for populated areas. This model-watching is like 2008 or something. Yeah, and this time, we can even see the Euro precip maps and snow maps and it might not have helped so much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimillman Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 Time to brush off the futility records. Both Chicago and MKE under 6" so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 Interesting (bone-chilling) fact. In 1982 I lived in Racine Wisconsin. According to NWS NOWDATA, Jan 11, 1982, Racine had a high of 0 and a low of -31. Chicago had a high of -4 and a low of -26 on January 10th. I think this -31F at Racine actually occurred on January 10, 1982. I have never been in a place with a colder temperature. This also was the day when the Bengals played the Chargers in the playoffs with the 2nd coldest temperature of any NFL game, with -9 in Cincinnati. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zinski1990 Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 22 minutes ago, Chinook said: I feel like the weather models have been super inconsistent. All the supercomputers have better spatial resolution than years ago, but it doesn't matter much if they have a bad forecast of a snowstorm, for populated areas. This model-watching is like 2008 or something. Yeah, and this time, we can even see the Euro precip maps and snow maps and it might not have helped so much! nah it was better in 2008 it seems like watching models and not seeing all the inconsistency for every storm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 25 minutes ago, mimillman said: Time to brush off the futility records. Both Chicago and MKE under 6" so far. No way the big dog gets broken for Chicago (9.8") Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimillman Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 46 minutes ago, Hoosier said: No way the big dog gets broken for Chicago (9.8") If it came down to 4 inches between now and end of winter or big dog futility, it's big dog futility every time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheeselandSkies Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 With the oncoming torch, might be a long while till we see the potential for another "winter storm" in our area. Brutal. Absolutely brutal! What torch? We're going back into the freezer for at least a week after today.On top of that...50 degrees at 3AM in Wisconsin in mid-January, and not a whiff of a severe threat anywhere.Sent from my SM-G955U using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 mimillman, you wanted some futility records? Here's something. Chicago has only had 2 seasons without a calendar day snowfall of 2" or more. It happened back to back in 1920-21 and 1921-22. Some years took until March to get it. Digging deeper into the data from 1920-21 and 1921-22 and using historical maps to judge the weather patterns, it is apparent that while there were no 2" calendar day snowfalls, there were some 2" snows that just didn't all fall in the same day. So we can say that Chicago has not had a winter where there wasn't at least one 2" "event" at some point. So far in 2017-18, there has not been a 2" snowfall at ORD. There is still so much time to go though and at this point it is hard to believe that would actually have a serious chance of happening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 I usually try to be optimistic while still being realistic, but man, it has not been serving me well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zinski1990 Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 Tired of these 2 inch crappy winter weather advisory snows in Indy. Still been since March 1 2015 that Indys seen a winter storm warning incredible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimillman Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 21 minutes ago, zinski1990 said: Tired of these 2 inch crappy winter weather advisory snows in Indy. Still been since March 1 2015 that Indys seen a winter storm warning incredible A 2" storm is nothing to shrug at this year up round these parts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimillman Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 2 hours ago, Hoosier said: mimillman, you wanted some futility records? Here's something. Chicago has only had 2 seasons without a calendar day snowfall of 2" or more. It happened back to back in 1920-21 and 1921-22. Some years took until March to get it. Digging deeper into the data from 1920-21 and 1921-22 and using historical maps to judge the weather patterns, it is apparent that while there were no 2" calendar day snowfalls, there were some 2" snows that just didn't all fall in the same day. So we can say that Chicago has not had a winter where there wasn't at least one 2" "event" at some point. So far in 2017-18, there has not been a 2" snowfall at ORD. There is still so much time to go though and at this point it is hard to believe that would actually have a serious chance of happening. Good info. Where do you get the data from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 Storm here was a sack of yawn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 Just now, Stebo said: Storm here was a sack of yawn. It was. I said Id give ma nature a free pass though as its been a good winter. But thats her only pass allowed lol. I would be pulling my hair out in Chicago/Milwaukee. Hopefully Mondays clipper produces for all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 Just now, michsnowfreak said: It was. I said Id give ma nature a free pass though as its been a good winter. But thats her only pass allowed lol. I would be pulling my hair out in Chicago/Milwaukee. Hopefully Mondays clipper produces for all. Considering what the models originally showed and then what they showed even in the near short term, this is worse than not getting snow. Going from model depictions over a foot, to even the 2-4 we were forecast last night. To end up with .6" I'd rather have no snow than a Lucy and the football misdirection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 2 hours ago, Hoosier said: mimillman, you wanted some futility records? Here's something. Chicago has only had 2 seasons without a calendar day snowfall of 2" or more. It happened back to back in 1920-21 and 1921-22. Some years took until March to get it. Digging deeper into the data from 1920-21 and 1921-22 and using historical maps to judge the weather patterns, it is apparent that while there were no 2" calendar day snowfalls, there were some 2" snows that just didn't all fall in the same day. So we can say that Chicago has not had a winter where there wasn't at least one 2" "event" at some point. So far in 2017-18, there has not been a 2" snowfall at ORD. There is still so much time to go though and at this point it is hard to believe that would actually have a serious chance of happening. At Detroit there have been a few winters where the largest storm was under 3", but never under 2". The worst was 1957-58 when the largest storm was only 2.1". It was literally a 30-hour grinder of pixie dust in mid-Feb though, so the largest 24-hr snowfall that winter was only 1.8". Since 1880, there were 4 winters where the largest storm was under 3": 1881-82: 2.6" (Jan 25) 1937-38: 2.4" (Mar 4) 1948-48: 2.8" (Jan 26) 1957-58: 2.1" (Feb 14-16) The last time our biggest storm was under 4" was 1971-72. So these things are possible but very rare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 59 minutes ago, mimillman said: Good info. Where do you get the data from? I did a first/last date search of 2" calendar day snowfalls on xmacis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 Heaviest precip "event" for MLI going back to Oct 15th was 0.33" that fell Oct 22nd. Generally has been a tenth or two here, a hundredth or two there since mid Oct. Moisture laden systems have been scarce, but when they've occurred it's been in the eastern half of the sub the past 3 months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackstraw Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 The Chowder Heads are probably gloating from their Olympus snow thrown's, drunk about their Patriot golden boy and smirking at our "Hot Topic" threads over 3 inch snows with a "Let them eat cake" arrogance of Silver Spoon fed prep school pansies but dammit, we invented basketball. You're welcome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 Impressive how the Gulf coast areas are getting multiple snow/ice occurrences in the same winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UMB WX Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 its been extremely enjoyable following all the locations that don't see much snow getting nice hits this year. The pictures and updates I received from a friend in the Charleston, SC. area were incredible and on par with the GHD storm chaos and excitement The enjoyment and memories that storm brought really came at a prefect time for them. Already talking about moving north! Snow brings great therapy, especially in **** hole times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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