hawkeye_wx Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 Folks living about halfway between Des Moines and Ames woke up to 4-8+ inches of snow this morning. I'd have loved to see that falling at its peak rate. Models suggested there could be a narrow band of accumulating snow, but I don't think anyone expected this. Once again, a piddly little weakening system drops more snow on a few spots than I've seen from any storm in years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 Shut out here and at ORD. There was an axis of < 1" of snow/sleet and 0.10-0.20" ice across the area though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 Had about an inch of snow/sleet and a minor glaze. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 Here's a map from 10z showing freezing rain at Dayton, Wilmington, Fort Wayne, Muncie, and Columbus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowlover2 Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 4 hours ago, Chinook said: Here's a map from 10z showing freezing rain at Dayton, Wilmington, Fort Wayne, Muncie, and Columbus. Really wasn't that bad especially since temps were right at 32. Road temps were already warmer than 32 and pretreated so they were mainly wet. There was a very thin layer of ice on my windshields which I could easily wipe away with my hand. All in all not as bad as expected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 Blue skies, brown grass, still some stubborn snow piles left in shade and a cold start to spring will describe the next several days. Potential action next weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 Looks like a cold rain next Friday/Saturday morning, but other than that zzzzz. Severe threat down in the southeast tomorrow will at least be interesting to watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 1 hour ago, cyclone77 said: Looks like a cold rain next Friday/Saturday morning, but other than that zzzzz. Severe threat down in the southeast tomorrow will at least be interesting to watch. Could be a decently strong event if the CAMs are correct, not to say that the globals are far from it though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimillman Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 2 hours ago, cyclone77 said: Looks like a cold rain next Friday/Saturday morning, but other than that zzzzz. Severe threat down in the southeast tomorrow will at least be interesting to watch. Detroit/northern Ohio special Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenBo Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 Welp, finally saw a Robin. That’s a good sign. Spring has officially arrived in lower MI. Bring it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted March 18, 2018 Author Share Posted March 18, 2018 1 hour ago, GreenBo said: Welp, finally saw a Robin. That’s a good sign. Spring has officially arrived in lower MI. Bring it! Yep. I saw my first one today too. After next weekend I'll be rooting for Spring full on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chambana Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 The lack of severe wx really going back until last fall has been depressing. Doesn’t look to improve for the foreseeable future. I fear a 2013 esque spring may be on tap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted March 19, 2018 Author Share Posted March 19, 2018 57 minutes ago, Chambana said: The lack of severe wx really going back until last fall has been depressing. Doesn’t look to improve for the foreseeable future. I fear a 2013 esque spring may be on tap. I'm not sure what the spring will bring, but we are going to need a flip if we are to have a chance for severe. I did get to chase an EF-2 on November 5th though . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormtrackertf Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 24°F low 60°F high, Denver weather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonger Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 Hoping for dry sunny weather right through mid April. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 Full sun, 21 degrees with a wc of 12 this afternoon. Even so, I can still hear some dripping in the gutters from the roof snow... depth is 32", so weeks of snow otg still left. This is probably my least favorite time of the year, especially heading into lake breeze season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 It has been such a boring March here. Cold and dry. An active, snowy winter screeched to a halt after starting March 2nd. Still can find some shaded snow piles and ancient ice mountains in some parking lots as the air has been very dry despite a very un-southeast-Michigan-like amount of sunshine this month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TugHillMatt Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 Active, snow winter ended here...after the first week of January. Yawn fest ever since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 ZZZZZZZZZZ **** a -NAO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheeselandSkies Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 2 minutes ago, Stebo said: ZZZZZZZZZZ **** a -NAO Yep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chambana Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 This pattern has been downright atrocious. I’m with Stebo, this -NAO needs to go. Another nor’easter next week? Pattern is like a broken record. GFS trying to spit out 2-8” from Iowa on south through Kentucky for the weekend lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh_4184 Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 2 hours ago, blackrock said: Active, snow winter ended here...after the first week of January. Yawn fest ever since. Ditto, actually I think my area only had about 4 good weeks of winter weather this year. Final grade D-, going to be about 40" off average snowfall for my area this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenBo Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 Definitely out like a lamb. GFS giving some love to the Baseball home openers that start in about a week. Lets que up the following.... anvil tops sirens robins tulips 70s that occasional heavy wet snow at night And last of corse.... pictures of Saukville Palms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TugHillMatt Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 13 hours ago, josh_4184 said: Ditto, actually I think my area only had about 4 good weeks of winter weather this year. Final grade D-, going to be about 40" off average snowfall for my area this year. Exact same here. 4 weeks and the rest has been...well, you know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Central Illinois Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 Picked up 1.75” today looks like another 1-3” on the way through Tuesday Sent from my iPhone 8+ using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted March 25, 2018 Author Share Posted March 25, 2018 Some interesting march climate stats for FWA and SBN from Sam at IWX this morning: Interesting climate note that South Bend has not had a low temperature above 29 since the 6th and has not had a low temperature above freezing all month. Through today, the 25th, March 2018 is tied with 1912, 1941 and 1960 with the first 25 days all having low temperatures below freezing. March 1912 and 1941 went on to have 30 days with low temperatures less than 32 degrees. Fort Wayne has had one day this month with a low temperature above freezing, that was on the first. The second day had a low temperature of 32. Since then, there have been no days with a low temperature at or above freezing. March 1941 and March 1960 hold the record of 26 March days with low temperatures below freezing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 The easterly winds are advecting the warm air from the snow free areas into this area pretty nicely this afternoon. Temp is 42 here, while only in mid 30s in the QC. We've lost several inches today, and the depth is now down to about 4". All paved areas that weren't shoveled are down to a slushy inch or so. The strong late March sun is doing work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 24 minutes ago, cyclone77 said: The easterly winds are advecting the warm air from the snow free areas into this area pretty nicely this afternoon. Temp is 42 here, while only in mid 30s in the QC. We've lost several inches today, and the depth is now down to about 4". All paved areas that weren't shoveled are down to a slushy inch or so. The strong late March sun is doing work. 51 at VYS and upper 30s/low 40s just south of there in the snow area Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 34 minutes ago, Hoosier said: 51 at VYS and upper 30s/low 40s just south of there in the snow area Nice. Yeah that 51 degree air there, and the 48 degrees at Sterling is blowing right into this area. Up to 44 now here. You can tell that it just isn't natural to have snow on the ground this time of year with how quickly it's vanishing despite a major warmup. It's been fun watching the vis satellite loop today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted March 27, 2018 Share Posted March 27, 2018 It's been a rainy evening, with a few decent brief downpours. Picked up 0.30" so far. Even though temps were almost as warm as yesterday, and we've had this rain the snow melt today wasn't nearly as rapid as yesterday. Lack of sun definitely made a difference. Still holding on to about 3" of extremely wet/dense snow pack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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