Chambana Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 Low level day air keeping precip in check here, rain chances should increase later in the afternoon/evening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 I picked up 0.63" of mostly rain from the first wave of precip this morning. It appears we got a bit of sleet/hail/graupel as well. I heard several rumbles of thunder very early this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hlcater Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 Euro verbatim has 4" for the CR area, given crummy ratios, probably 2.5" to 3". That's the most out of guidance, and I'm not really expecting more other than an inch of slush at best, but I think rates will be pretty good for awhile, and maybe even a shot at some thunder? Hi-res model guidance has been pretty aggressive when the switch to snow occurs modeling some pretty impressive rates which seem to have a convective nature(especially the HRRR). We shall see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ams30721us Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 Switch to snow in Des Moines as Low pressure and forcing from front approaches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 Interesting battle between weak low-level WAA and incoming height falls/lift. Feel that the precip on radar is a little too showery to really bring down the colder air from aloft, and think the HRRR may be a bit overdone with the southward extend of the snow/mix line. Any snow mixing in later on looks very fleeting at best for the I-80 corridor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MNstorms Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 Moderate to heavy Thundersnow here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baum Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 Very interesting weather over here. We had good rain this morning. This afternoon, we've had more rain, hail, heavy sleet, and now it's trying to change to snow. In addition, we just had a crack of thunder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 Still getting very brief bursts of heavy sleet from time to time. Doesn't last long enough to accumulate, but makes for a dramatic sounding downpour when it's combined with the 35mph wind gusts. Up to 0.16" of measured precip for the day. Probably another few tenths of sleet had it not bounced out of the gauge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 1 minute ago, hawkeye_wx said: Very interesting weather over here. We had good rain this morning. This afternoon, we've had more rain, hail, heavy sleet, and now it's trying to change to snow. In addition, we just had a crack of thunder. Man you're killing it with the thunder lately. Still haven't heard any hear since last fall, but hoping that changes here this afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hlcater Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 Like Hawkeye said, I’ve heard 1 rumble and 1 good crack of thunder this afternoon. It was a good mixed bag for awhile, but is all snow here now and has been for 25-30min. Probably about 0.5” of accumulation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King James Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 Straight to snow in the sw burbs of Chicago atm . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 Think we had hail here a short while ago. Kind of hard to tell, but it was either very large sleet or very small hail. Getting some nice downpours of cold rain now, with some tiny sleet. Definitely been an entertaining day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCNYILWX Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 Here in southeast Naperville, as that heavy shower came across had snow mixed with sleet coming down at a good clip with big flakes mixed in, then transitioned to more of a moderate graupel briefly before ending. Seems like we should have no problem getting a snow or a mix to snow when heavy stuff comes across later.Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevlon62 Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 Burst of snow pellets to kick things off.Sent from my SM-G935P using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenBo Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 12z NAM hammers SeMI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 Transitioned over to graupel and sleet now. I admit I didn't think the snow line would make it this far south with how showery the precip was earlier. So far today we've had rain, freezing rain, sleet, hail, and now graupel. Should add actual snow flakes to the mix shortly. EDIT: And now large snow flakes mixed in with the graupel and sleet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheeselandSkies Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 Just had a quick but heavy burst of sleet/graupel on the west side of Madison. First precip all day, and stopped now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheeselandSkies Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 ...annnnnnnnnnd that was a thunderclap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luftfeuchtigkeit Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 Cloud to ground strike in Madison! Just a light dusting of snow pellets so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 Snow ripping pretty good now. Starting to dust up the ground. Went back and forth between sleet, rain, graupel/snow for a good hour. Pure snow now though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 Still look on track for a DAB around here with this event. Most of that will fall this evening with the sleet/snow combo, though might add a bit tomorrow with snow squalls...Rain mixed in, temps and time of day might limit that though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchaumburgStormer Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 Pouring sleet. LAF nightmare Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoboy645 Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 Ooh Cg in Madison! The band's just about hit here. Hopefully i can get into some of that thundersnow action! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hlcater Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 Looks like there's chances for additional snow showers/squalls tomorrow as the surface low passes overhead tomorrow based on CAMs. I love snow squalls, but not enough to move to MI or the lakes and put an axe in my beloved severe wx. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheeselandSkies Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 Really ripping out there now. One of the heaviest rates, and certainly the wettest snow we've seen all winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevlon62 Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 On the board with a DAB at the stroke of 6 p.m.Anything to come is gravy.Sent from my SM-G935P using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted March 6, 2018 Author Share Posted March 6, 2018 In the car driving home and it is POUNDING sleet. Up there intensity wise with GHD 2011 and the 12/28/15 storm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted March 6, 2018 Author Share Posted March 6, 2018 34 minutes ago, NWLinnCountyIA said: Looks like there's chances for additional snow showers/squalls tomorrow as the surface low passes overhead tomorrow based on CAMs. I love snow squalls, but not enough to move to MI or the lakes and put an axe in my beloved severe wx. Yeah could look pretty intense at times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 0.8" of cement in my yard, less than 5 to 1 ratio. Precip total is 1.10", very respectable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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