New Years Storm System, Dec 30th - Jan 2nd

[IWXwx]

I noticed that northpittweather quit posting about the severe threat after WOTY nominations closed.

[Thundersnow12]

look at that insane temp gradient over IA/NE

[f2tornado]

I might as well pack it in now. About 16 inches of snow with potential 60 hours of gusts above 30 mph, peaking around 45 mph.

[Stebo]

Sure why not, MN is pulling a DC this winter and getting all its snow for about 5 years.

[L.B. LaForce]

MARS 12z

[wxnut]

Does anyone have the link from U of Iowa (I think) that shows BUFKIT hourly data output?

[L.B. LaForce]

Does anyone have the link from U of Iowa (I think) that shows BUFKIT hourly data output?

like actual BUFKIT files to load into the program, or the generated meteogram things?

I know you can go here, and select a site, and click visualize data: http://www.meteor.iastate.edu/~ckarsten/bufkit/data/index.html

[wxnut]

like actual BUFKIT files to load into the program, or the generated meteogram things?

I know you can go here, and select a site, and click visualize data: http://www.meteor.ia...data/index.html

Thanks.. I was looking for the link for the table of hourly values (http://www.meteor.iastate.edu/~ckarsten/bufkit/data/cobb_nam/nam_kgfk.dat) but that meteogram product is great! Thanks again..

[dissident]

hope we get a ton. Already a sea of white as far as the eye can see here, and all across I-90 in southern MN, and through WI though looks like it will melt in WI. No such thing as too much snow.. and it won't melt until late Feb to Mar where I'm at now.

[prinsburg_wx]

0Z NAM coming in line with GFS on possible blizzard conditions in SD w MN on friday

[Sidewinder]

That gradient map reminds me of a storm several years back that hit the Dakotas. I have a screenshot of it somewhere, in one county you had a tornado warning and the county to its west had a blizzard warning. And this continued as the system pushed east.

[Thundersnow12]

That gradient map reminds me of a storm several years back that hit the Dakotas. I have a screenshot of it somewhere, in one county you had a tornado warning and the county to its west had a blizzard warning. And this continued as the system pushed east.

11/30/06 comes to mind when I hear that, I believe there was a county in MO that was under both a tornado warning and blizzard warning.

[Thundersnow12]

0z NAM also showing a big precip event for parts northeast MO, southern IA, and central/northern IL. will be interesting to see what the deep snowpack does to the low level temps.

[Jim Martin]

I hope flooding does not become an issue. The Findlay Flood of the Century in 2007 brings back bad memories.

[northpittweather]

The Severe Threat in the southeast in Dixie Ally, looks pretty threatening, some people are likely chasing on new years

[mnweather]

WSW just issued for NE MN due to up to 1/4" of ice. Should be interesting.

[Thundersnow12]

looking more and more likely of an warning criteria snowfall for parts of MN

[Stebo]

looking more and more likely of an warning criteria snowfall for parts of MN

[Ajdos]

+100

[baroclinic_instability]

The heaviest band of snowfall with that second storm is mostly falling where nobody on this board resides. Congrats Prinsburg, you seem like the closest. Grand Forks will get into some of the action too.

[mnweather]

The heaviest band of snowfall with that second storm is mostly falling where nobody on this board resides. Congrats Prinsburg, you seem like the closest. Grand Forks will get into some of the action too.

A lot of freezing rain for my area and no snow.

[baroclinic_instability]

A lot of freezing rain for my area and no snow.

Pretty much the story for everyone east of central MN. Going to be a big mess in eastern MN/northern MN with freezing rain and sleet. The sharp cold front will make things dicey on the roads too.

[Thundersnow12]

NAM/GFS showing between 110kt-120kt jet at H5 at 0z sat....good lord

[Ajdos]

Gfs has like 1-2" of snow for Detroit over the next 2 weeks ROFL.. Winter Cancel approaching quickly.

[Derek30]

Getting ready for a good event here in southern Manitoba. First band of snow looks to develop Wednesday night and continue through much of Thursday before winding down in the evening. GFS and ECMWF have come into good agreement regarding amounts. Could see between 10 and 20cm here by Thursday night with blizzard conditions possible.

Tricky call regarding precipitation with the second low. I would guess between 5 and 10cm by New Year's morning. There's a lot of big events going on around here for New Years (like everywhere else) and it's going to cause some major travel headaches.

Look forward to posting with you guys a lot more in the future. Great board here!

[Moneyman]

Bring on baseball season.

[cyclone77]

Almost a 50 degree difference across Iowa late Friday afternoon. It will be in the lower 50s near DVN, and only around 5 at Sioux City. The temp crash will be interesting, but other than that this is more like a November storm. Most of us won't even get flurries at the end of this. I feel bad for areas that haven't picked up much snow so far this season, as it sure looks very quiet after this storm.

[Ajdos]

Bring on baseball season.

+500

[prinsburg_wx]

The heaviest band of snowfall with that second storm is mostly falling where nobody on this board resides. Congrats Prinsburg, you seem like the closest. Grand Forks will get into some of the action too.

0Z GGEM still furthest east and gets most of MN but also has came west from the 12Z run.

[Stebo]

Bring on baseball season.

You just want it to come because your team got so much better in the offseason