Snowstorms Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 10 minutes ago, Hoosier said: Yeah, I need northerly flow or at least some minor variation of that to have a shot. So not a common occurrence but not very rare either. Just haven't had a setup where that wind direction and good parameters and long enough residence time have come together. Yeah, lake effect hasn't been great this year. Even places like Buffalo aren't doing too good in that department. The best bet for winds straight out of the North is after a storm cuts through the Upper Lakes and cold Arctic air flows in from the Upper Midwest and Hudson Bay. We'll see if that changes in February as the lakes are open for business. Hopefully you get lucky with a nice streamer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indystorm Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 I'm liking the 7 to 8 inch snow along the I-70 corridor in IL and IN earlier this season. Now I am starting to look for tornado and svr outlooks for 2020 for the south and midwest. Good luck Chi towners. My family up in the Calumet region is moaning the lack of snow there and envious of this latest storm giving snow to areas north and west and over in Michigan. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chambana Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 Two flood advisories. 4.86” rainfall. 1/2” snowfall. Temps 9.9 above average for the month. January 2020 recap for Champaign so far. The extended looks warm again. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chambana Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 Gonna be the first to bring this up, but as far as temps and snowfall, this winter has rivaled 2011-2012 in terms of suckiness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King James Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 Gonna be the first to bring this up, but as far as temps and snowfall, this winter has rivaled 2011-2012 in terms of suckiness. Last year was the worst winter I’ve ever personally experienced. So much rain ice and wind - lots of fog too. This winter is even worse so far. Still time this winter for some fun tho, good luck! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 Zzzzz for sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartman Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 Since the final weekend of December, every single weekend had an overcast day occurring on at least Saturday or Sunday, even with precipitation. The final weekend of December, as well as this weekend have been absolute shutouts. Next week does not look to be any better. Neither would Groundhog Day weekend be any better at all, according to the GFS that has been hinting it for almost every run for several days. I'm beginning to favor the weekend solutions, especially on the GFS. At this going rate, this winter will be mostly remembered for its sunless weekends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoboy645 Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 49 minutes ago, Spartman said: Since the final weekend of December, every single weekend had an overcast day occurring on at least Saturday or Sunday, even with precipitation. The final weekend of December, as well as this weekend have been absolute shutouts. Next week does not look to be any better. Neither would Groundhog Day weekend be any better at all, according to the GFS that has been hinting it for almost every run for several days. I'm beginning to favor the weekend solutions, especially on the GFS. At this going rate, this winter will be mostly remembered for its sunless weekends. Welcome to winter in the midwest. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackstraw Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 Well at least we don't have to worry about this lmao... 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 Nasty. The people that are near or above average snowfall to date should feel fortunate. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 Joe doing good long range work, gotta admit 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckeye Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 How bad is this dumpster fire of a winter? Even the clippers are drippers 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowtie` Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 14 hours ago, buckeye said: How bad is this dumpster fire of a winter? Even the clippers are drippers Weenie lamentation quote of the year award finalist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 Are there any Toronto area people talking about this storm? The models are not in total agreement, but Toronto could get some snow on Saturday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowstorms Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 2 hours ago, Chinook said: Are there any Toronto area people talking about this storm? The models are not in total agreement, but Toronto could get some snow on Saturday. Going to be mostly rain before a switch over to wet snow especially across higher elevations away from the Lake. NAM 3km has ~4" for Toronto but that all depends how fast temps drop on Sat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 Better get at least 3" tomorrow night. Getting an inch followed by 30+ hours of rain/mostly non accumulating snow and then like 2.5" Fri night/Sat would be a messed up way of getting your first 3" "event" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King James Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 Better get at least 3" tomorrow night. Getting an inch followed by 30+ hours of rain/mostly non accumulating snow and then like 2.5" Fri night/Sat would be a messed up way of getting your first 3" "event"Seems we’ve had very similar winters so far. Only once did I have to shovel last year and so far this year I haven’t had to shovel. Cold, rain, fog, ice. Yesterday was nice in the morning with some flakes falling. I just miss the feel of a winter - I’m not asking for much 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KokomoWX Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 I've also not shoveled or even bothered to move the equipment up from the barn to the house. Seems totally unnecessary this season. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 halloween still gonna be the season's top dog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveNay Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 I don't recall ever seeing this narrow of a temperature band in the 10 day. Especially for the last week of January. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonger Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 The pattern for sustained cold has sucked so far this winter. My coldest temp of the last 3 months happened in early November. 2.1F on Nov 13th. Coldest since was last week at 2.8F. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 9 minutes ago, Jonger said: The pattern for sustained cold has sucked so far this winter. My coldest temp of the last 3 months happened in early November. 2.1F on Nov 13th. Coldest since was last week at 2.8F. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonger Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 Some of the digging troughs over the next 10 days should put that stat to bed. Especially if there is snow cover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted January 24, 2020 Author Share Posted January 24, 2020 ZZZZZZZZZZZ........ Sunday Cloudy, with a high near 35. West wind 5 to 10 mph. Sunday Night Cloudy, with a low around 29. Monday Cloudy, with a high near 37. Monday Night Cloudy, with a low around 29. Tuesday Cloudy, with a high near 37. Tuesday Night Cloudy, with a low around 29. Wednesday Cloudy, with a high near 37. Wednesday Night Cloudy, with a low around 29. Thursday Cloudy, with a high near 39. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 Just now, IWXwx said: ZZZZZZZZZZZ........ Sunday Cloudy, with a high near 35. West wind 5 to 10 mph. Sunday Night Cloudy, with a low around 29. Monday Cloudy, with a high near 37. Monday Night Cloudy, with a low around 29. Tuesday Cloudy, with a high near 37. Tuesday Night Cloudy, with a low around 29. Wednesday Cloudy, with a high near 37. Wednesday Night Cloudy, with a low around 29. Thursday Cloudy, with a high near 39. No sun in sight. A Spartman special. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackstraw Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 IWX earlier today says it all... For Sunday through Thursday little if any precipitation is expected with seasonably mild temperatures for this time of year. Highs should be from around 35 to 40 each day with lows from the mid 20s to lower 30s each night. Most noticeable will be the absence of arctic air with the continued pattern of above normal temperatures (Fort Wayne has only had 3 days the temperature has been below normal during the past nearly 5 weeks). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 This winter really is pretty awful. I'd give it a D or D- at this point. The thing saving it from an F is the Halloween snow, which was pretty cool. But other than that, it checks all the boxes for failure whether it's a lack of snow overall, lack of any remotely decent storm imby, terrible December (a month I prioritize), etc. It reminds me of some of those 1990s winters growing up. Getting a 4-6" snow was a pretty big deal. Really got spoiled between 1998 and 2007... off the top of my head I can think of 5 double digit storms in that timeframe with 2 of them being near/over a foot and a half. It's been so bad I'd even take the GHD sleet repeat at this point lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 1 hour ago, Hoosier said: This winter really is pretty awful. I'd give it a D or D- at this point. The thing saving it from an F is the Halloween snow, which was pretty cool. But other than that, it checks all the boxes for failure whether it's a lack of snow overall, lack of any remotely decent storm imby, terrible December (a month I prioritize), etc. It reminds me of some of those 1990s winters growing up. Getting a 4-6" snow was a pretty big deal. Really got spoiled between 1998 and 2007... off the top of my head I can think of 5 double digit storms in that timeframe with 2 of them being near/over a foot and a half. It's been so bad I'd even take the GHD sleet repeat at this point lol I'm surprised at the relative lack of big lake snows there. Ever since you moved from LAF back to where you are now I can't remember you having a major lake event there. Maybe I just forgot lol. I always figured anywhere from the IN/IL border and points east got blasted all the time during the winter. Guess it isn't as common as I thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 9 minutes ago, cyclone77 said: I'm surprised at the relative lack of big lake snows there. Ever since you moved from LAF back to where you are now I can't remember you having a major lake event there. Maybe I just forgot lol. I always figured anywhere from the IN/IL border and points east got blasted all the time during the winter. Guess it isn't as common as I thought. I wish that were true. If I had to guess I'd say Lake county IN gets a les event of 6+ (talking all or mostly les, not 5" of synoptic followed by a couple inches of les) once every few years on average, with the eastern part of the county having a little better chance than west. Probably the standout event since I moved back was 3/14/2017. It had the heaviest snow rates I have ever witnessed... a little over 4"/hr and it was actually the whole hour and not an extrapolated thing of it snowing an inch in 15 minutes. Wish I would've been here for the Jan 2014 event, that was a real big dog les with about 2 feet that fell very quickly. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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