Jackstraw Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 Pixie dust starting to fall again. Nice returns moving this way. I'm getting spoiled keep it coming. Got Weather Report Suite loaded ready to hit play for the nightly dog walk lol. (Is it obvious I've been this snow starved?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chambana Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 14 minutes ago, Central Illinois said: heaviest snow coming down currently just over 9" Congrats. Dry air has been winning the battle here the last 4 hours. You must be in Mt Zion? Heavy band going through right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Central Illinois Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 10 minutes ago, Chambana said: Congrats. Dry air has been winning the battle here the last 4 hours. You must be in Mt Zion? Heavy band going through right now. Yeah i'm two miles south huge flakes right now...hopefully you can add on before its totally done the band south of you looks pretty good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted January 13, 2019 Author Share Posted January 13, 2019 5.4" as of 7pm. Snow rate has slowed down to a few tenths per hour. Gonna be close, but still got a shot at 6". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janetjanet998 Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 radar filling in again SW of me models want to hang on snowing at least lightly thru 15z now around here or just south Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 Been having bad luck here with missing out on better banding and ending up in dry areas. Wouldn't be surprised if total ends up being one of the lower ones in LOT cwa outside of the far northern areas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundersnow12 Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 Had 3.3” at 6pm. Will measure when I’m back home but can’t imagine much more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowless in Carrollton Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 7" as of 930pm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowless in Carrollton Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 This is probably one of my top 3 favorite storms ever. The fact that it hasnt been that cold has also made it more enjoyable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCIWxGuy Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 Measured 6.5" at about 8pm. Hit some dry pockets and it stopped snowing for an hour or two earlier. Might still be able to hit 7". A bit of blowing/drifting occurring, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackstraw Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 Upper level system seems to be dampening slowly but surely as it begins to lift out. Was forecasted by most of the models I think. Still potential for a couple more inches, maybe even more down south if the HRRR is to be believed. I'm a happy camper anyhoots Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackstraw Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 6 minutes ago, Snowless in Carrollton said: This is probably one of my top 3 favorite storms ever. The fact that it hasnt been that cold has also made it more enjoyable. Within 1 year you went from "winter around here sucks compared to down south" to one of your top 3 snows ever. Told ya the weather around here will put you in the funny farm lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Martin Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 2.5" of snow so far here in Findlay. Some minor blowing/drifting of the snow as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoachLB Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 7 inches down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackstraw Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 Back to nickle sized flakes w/ moderate rates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radtechwxman Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 I had a board out to measure snow. Last measurement on that was 9" but my mom decided it was cool to brush it off while we were shoveling and snow blowing. Thanks mom. But it has been snowing nonstop. Still periods of moderate snow. So I'm thinking I will be over 10in. Will check later. Here's a pic of the driveway after one snowblower pass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackstraw Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 2 minutes ago, StormChaser4Life said: I had a board out to measure snow. Last measurement on that was 9" but my mom decided it was cool to brush it off while shoveling and snow blowing. Thanks mom. But it has been snowing nonstop. Still periods of moderate snow. So I'm thinking I will be over 10in. Will check later. Here's a pic of the driveway after one snowblower pass You still got the driveway, that's a big board lol. I think technically you're supposed to measure every hour sweeping the board clean after you measure then add the totals. Could be wrong. I was lazy today and did mine every 3 hours roughly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radtechwxman Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 Just now, Jackstraw said: You still got the driveway, that's a big board lol. I think technically you're supposed to measure every hour sweeping the board clean after you measure then add the totals. Could be wrong. I was lazy today and did mine every 3 hours roughly. Yea I wasn't sure on the proper snow board protocol. Lol. I was checking every few hours. I may just check in morning to see final total. Got one more nice band moving through. This storm was a nice surprise for many. Kept creeping north and increasing totals. I got my eye on next weekend to. That would be great to get back to back significant winter storms Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanDe680 Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 NAM = 0.5 Euro = 0.5 GFS = 0 the GFS just needs to be replaced already. When it comes to winter, it’s just not on the mark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackstraw Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 6 minutes ago, StormChaser4Life said: Yea I wasn't sure on the proper snow board protocol. Lol. I was checking every few hours. I may just check in morning to see final total. Got one more nice band moving through. This storm was a nice surprise for many. Kept creeping north and increasing totals. I got my eye on next weekend to. That would be great to get back to back significant winter storms I'm enjoying this and trying not to pay attention to my 3 days of rain/snow mix P&C forecast next week lol. Think we've lost forcing north of I70, hopefully southern In. can pull a last minute coup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Martin Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 The view outside the apartment building here in downtown Findlay tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 12 minutes ago, Jackstraw said: You still got the driveway, that's a big board lol. I think technically you're supposed to measure every hour sweeping the board clean after you measure then add the totals. Could be wrong. I was lazy today and did mine every 3 hours roughly. You're going to end up with an artificially inflated total if you measure too often because it won't allow for settling/compaction. You can measure every hour or whatever to see what kind of rates there are, but don't add those numbers together. Generally speaking you want to do 6 hour measurements, though there are some exceptions... like if the snow ends right after your last measurement, you don't want to let it sit there for several hours before measuring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted January 13, 2019 Author Share Posted January 13, 2019 Just shy of 6" here as of a bit ago. I usually don't clear my areas until it's done snowing. Most of the time it's because I'm not home to do it every 6hrs, but like with todays case I just left it. Unless there's massive compaction/melting going on I like to go with what actually accumulates depth wise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchaumburgStormer Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 14 minutes ago, RyanDe680 said: NAM = 0.5 Euro = 0.5 GFS = 0 the GFS just needs to be replaced already. When it comes to winter, it’s just not on the mark. I wonder what it’s verifcation score is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackstraw Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 2 minutes ago, Hoosier said: You're going to end up with an artificially inflated total if you measure too often because it won't allow for settling/compaction. You can measure every hour or whatever to see what kind of rates there are, but don't add those numbers together. Generally speaking you want to do 6 hour measurements, though there are some exceptions... like if the snow ends right after your last measurement, you don't want to let it sit there for several hours before measuring. Ok I get it. So if you get blasted with 10 inches in 6 hours but it compacts to 8 inches the official result is the 8 inches. Wasn't sure. Now I have to have 3 boards in the yard, hourly rate, 3 hour rate and total, and storm total. Thought you were going to make my life easy for a minute lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radtechwxman Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 13 minutes ago, Jackstraw said: I'm enjoying this and trying not to pay attention to my 3 days of rain/snow mix P&C forecast next week lol. Think we've lost forcing north of I70, hopefully southern In. can pull a last minute coup. Yea the system is in the process of transferring to the coast. Passing on its energy. Precip losing its moxy now. I'm not getting my hopes up for next week because gfs did awful with this and it is the one slamming my area again. Euro has it suppressed way south. But I'm ecstatic with this storm. So can't complain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radtechwxman Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 11 minutes ago, Hoosier said: You're going to end up with an artificially inflated total if you measure too often because it won't allow for settling/compaction. You can measure every hour or whatever to see what kind of rates there are, but don't add those numbers together. Generally speaking you want to do 6 hour measurements, though there are some exceptions... like if the snow ends right after your last measurement, you don't want to let it sit there for several hours before measuring. Thanks for that. Never was sure on how to properly do that. My first time using a board. Typically I look for something elevated that can't be influenced by ground warming. Like a grill. Or bird feeder. Or a plantar. Lots of reports of 9-10in in my area so sounds like my measurements should be close Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 3 minutes ago, Jackstraw said: Ok I get it. So if you get blasted with 10 inches in 6 hours but it compacts to 8 inches the official result is the 8 inches. Wasn't sure. Now I have to have 3 boards in the yard, hourly rate, 3 hour rate and total, and storm total. Thought you were going to make my life easy for a minute lol. Don't make it harder than it has to be lol. You can use one board, just don't wipe it clean more than once every 6 hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 I finished with 4.8" from 0.46" liquid. Considering I was expecting 2" early yesterday, I'm quite happy. I still want to see some heavy snow rates, but this was a nice light to moderate daytime snowfall. When the wind is light enough to use my snow boards, I like to clear one or two of my boards in the 8-12 hour range, depending on how long the snow is expected to last. I don't clear every 6 hours, even though that is acceptable, because it feels like I'm cheating. For this storm, my uncleared main snow board finished with 4.5" while the boards that were cleared halfway (~8 hours) finished with a combined total of 4.8". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackstraw Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 Just now, Hoosier said: Don't make it harder than it has to be lol. You can use one board, just don't wipe it clean more than once every 6 hours. No you've ruined me. My method had me just over 10, double digits for this one. Now I'm probably at 8 or 9. I'm tying the noose lookin for my kick chair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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