Chinook Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 Grand Forks ND weather: 1 degree, with light snow, 3/4 mile visibility, and a pretty good band of snow on radar. A winter storm warning is at Fargo, to the south of Grand Forks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hlcater Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 Snow squall moving across the state today has created a massive pileup in Des Moines. Yikes... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 First-ever snow squall warning has been issued for Cedar Rapids as a thin, but heavy and moves in. It's really coming down. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 1 minute ago, hawkeye_wx said: First-ever snow squall warning has been issued for Cedar Rapids as a thin, but heavy and moves in. It's really coming down. Did it trigger wx radio? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 The warning is showing up on GR2 and Radarscope which is pretty cool. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 2 minutes ago, Chicago Storm said: Did it trigger wx radio? Don't know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 I picked up 0.3" from the line. Through November 11th I received 11.1" of snow. Over the last month I've received 0.7". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheeselandSkies Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 It's the 10th anniversary of the upper Midwest winter storm of December 8-9, 2009. One of the few single-storm double-digit snowfall total events for MBY I can recall in my adult life, and especially one of the few such events occurring before Christmas. It was true heart-attack snow, the consistency of wet cement. Impossible to run in, brought down a few big tree limbs, and caused any single-stage snowblower to bog down, even the big one attached to the garden tractor. Would have been great for making snowballs, snowmen/forts/other snow sculptures, though. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogueWaves Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 Don't look now, but the 12z GFS has back-to-back systems for the Lwr Lakes on Christmas Eve & Day... caught you lookin' 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hlcater Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 1 hour ago, Chicago Storm said: Did it trigger wx radio? yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted December 9, 2019 Author Share Posted December 9, 2019 Interesting how some offices went with an advisory instead of snow squall warning. Seems like the snow squall warning is a better fit in this situation (low amounts, short duration) but what do I know. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCNYILWX Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 Interesting how some offices went with an advisory instead of snow squall warning. Seems like the snow squall warning is a better fit in this situation (low amounts, short duration) but what do I know.At this point, with the steady weakening of the band, it doesn't really meet SQW criteria. Not working now so I'm not sure the exact discussions that went on but perhaps they felt it better fit a longer lead time with possible impacts into the commute from period of snow followed by quickly falling temps. Sent from my SM-G965U using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 Snowy, windy, temps down in the teens.. snow has come down very hard at times with some north wind lake enhancement. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dayton1996 Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 Looks fantastic! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 Had a burst of light snow around 3pm. Not enough to stick. Temp drop this afternoon was impressive. All moved into the new house now, so bring on the snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackstraw Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 9 hours ago, weatherbo said: Snowy, windy, temps down in the teens.. snow has come down very hard at times with some north wind lake enhancement. I'm at the 6th deadly sin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted December 10, 2019 Author Share Posted December 10, 2019 A little update on ORD's precip 48.15" has fallen so far this year. An additional 2.72" is needed to become the wettest year on record for Chicago. From December 11 to December 31, there have been 17 times that Chicago has recorded 2.72" or more, which is a little over 10% of the time. With several more days of little precip to come, it's going to have to get really wet really fast to break the record. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 Impressive wintertime jet stream strength (GFS, 300mb) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrdIowPitMsp Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 Recorded 2.5" of snow with the system IMBY yesterday, snowdepth is ~7" Duluth which received 22" in the blizzard last week picked up another 6.5 Todays high of 7 with biting winds really made it feel like the first deep winter day around here. Already at -3F right now, should crack double digits by dawn. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 -3 currently, with the w/c down around -15. Def gonna be on stove patrol tonight. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowtie` Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 2 minutes ago, weatherbo said: -3 currently, with the w/c down around -15. Def gonna be on stove patrol tonight. What type of wood are you burning? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 Just now, bowtie` said: What type of wood are you burning? Whatever falls on my property... mostly oak, maple and birch. Tonight I'm burning oak from a downed tree in 2017. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 The weak clipper dropped 1.3" on my yard this morning. A few places got up to 2" of fluff. Models had this subtle system nailed for a few days. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrdIowPitMsp Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 -8F here this morning. UHI kept us a bit warmer then surrounding areas. 1-3” of snow overnight should make for a fun rush hour tomorrow morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 Picked up a half inch of snow yesterday in various squalls. One month ago today SE MI had an 8-12" snowstorm. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 0.1" ORD and 0.2" here, from the period of snow this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted December 12, 2019 Author Share Posted December 12, 2019 5 hours ago, Chicago Storm said: 0.1" ORD and 0.2" here, from the snow this morning. A whopping low of 13 at ORD this morning. Actually got colder a month ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 Temp was -11 here this morning with a high of 6... -3 now but should begin to rise with snow moving in by daybreak, 4-5" in the forecast. Deep winter is here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 Picked up almost 2" of snow early this morning. Nice dendrites were raining down around sunrise. EDIT: This was the first accumulating snow in exactly a month (Nov 11th). 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluoronium Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 Something to keep an eye on with the upcoming storm system for the southern members of this subforum. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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