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February 2022 General Discussion


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Missed the main band of snow scooting just north of town with the cold front. Models have latched onto the idea of snow squalls/squall line of snow developing late morning/early afternoon just south of us. Might get a brief period of snow but looks like we’ll be in the screw zone. 
 

At least early next week looks promising.

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35 minutes ago, CheeselandSkies said:

Potential for a rather high-end (by our standards) synoptic wind event has kind of snuck up on us. Chief met at my employer mentioning potential for >50 MPH gusts this afternoon and evening. MKX has posted a wind advisory.

luckily the timing of the front and snow squalls is slowing down a bit so they won't be hitting directly at rush hour in Madison, more like 6 PM or so

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33 minutes ago, OrdIowPitMsp said:

Snow squall development occurred to our west and we were placed under a WWA, it’s currently puking big fat flakes. Too bad it’ll be short lived because this is SN+
 

 

That should track all the way down here throughout the day. Could be an interesting hour or two this evening.

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Top 5 snow event 

While the cold front will become increasingly
removed the eastward moving mid-level trough and moisture, these
showers are expected to survive into at least northern Illinois
early to mid-evening. Several snow squall ingredients will be in
place, chiefly a linear forcing mechanism with sufficient low-
level instability nearing 50 J/kg in the well-mixed layer in the
lowest 6kft. Brief sharp reductions in visibility (possibly near
white-out) and quick accumulations of a half inch to very locally
1 inch in 30 minutes or less are possible across northern
Illinois. Timing favors 6-8pm for the Rockford area and 8-10pm for
most of the Chicago metro.
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1 hour ago, ILSNOW said:

Top 5 snow event 

While the cold front will become increasingly
removed the eastward moving mid-level trough and moisture, these
showers are expected to survive into at least northern Illinois
early to mid-evening. Several snow squall ingredients will be in
place, chiefly a linear forcing mechanism with sufficient low-
level instability nearing 50 J/kg in the well-mixed layer in the
lowest 6kft. Brief sharp reductions in visibility (possibly near
white-out) and quick accumulations of a half inch to very locally
1 inch in 30 minutes or less are possible across northern
Illinois. Timing favors 6-8pm for the Rockford area and 8-10pm for
most of the Chicago metro.

Can someone open a thread titled “February 18th 2-Hour Event (maybe)”?

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Dont know if MKX has ever issued one of these before today.

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Snow Squall Warning
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
646 PM CST Fri Feb 18 2022

WIC021-025-027-039-055-131-190145-
/O.NEW.KMKX.SQ.W.0004.220219T0046Z-220219T0145Z/
Fond du Lac WI-Columbia WI-Dane WI-Washington WI-Jefferson WI-
Dodge WI-
646 PM CST Fri Feb 18 2022

The National Weather Service in Milwaukee/Sullivan has issued a

* Snow Squall Warning for...
  Southeastern Fond du Lac County in east central Wisconsin...
  Southeastern Columbia County in south central Wisconsin...
  Northeastern Dane County in south central Wisconsin...
  Northern Washington County in southeastern Wisconsin...
  Northern Jefferson County in southeastern Wisconsin...
  Dodge County in southeastern Wisconsin...

* Until 745 PM CST.

* At 645 PM CST, a dangerous snow squall was located along a line
  extending from near Waupun to Waunakee, moving southeast at 45 mph.

  HAZARD...Poor visibility in heavy snow and blowing snow. Wind
           gusts greater than 40 mph.

  SOURCE...Radar and webcams.

  IMPACT...Dangerous life-threatening travel.

* This includes the following highways...
  Interstates 90 and 94.
  Interstate 41.

Locations impacted include...
Madison, West Bend, Sun Prairie, Watertown, Beaver Dam, Hartford,
Monona, Lake Mills, Mayville, Slinger, Columbus, Kewaskum, Marshall,
Horicon, Waterloo, Juneau, Cottage Grove, Johnson Creek, Deerfield
and Shorewood Hills.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Reduce your speed and turn on headlights! During snow squalls, the
visibility may suddenly drop to near zero in whiteout conditions.

Wet roadways will quickly freeze. Black ice will cause roads, bridges
and overpasses to become slick and dangerous. Slow down and be
prepared for sudden loss of traction.

&&

LAT...LON 4319 8851 4320 8853 4318 8854 4304 8873
      4307 8952 4357 8863 4356 8816 4354 8816
      4354 8804 4352 8804
TIME...MOT...LOC 0045Z 299DEG 40KT 4359 8864 4317 8948

$$

ANDERSON

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