November 2022 General Discussion

[michsnowfreak]

1 hour ago, Stevo6899 said:

Yea I'd say were due for a snowy winter. The lack of rain and storm systems the past year+ has been weird, considering we've been in a la nina setup. Just goes to show you theres plenty more factors at play than enso and getting a snowstorm around here is like hoping to win a sports parlay, both of which have been avoiding me. It seems like it's been 5 years since we had a legit snowstorm, and that one happened in early Nov. Luckily I've been down in florida the past 3 winters. I'm officially finally moving to Florida next weekend. I wish it was yesterday so i wasnt around for this cold rain crap today. I stacked the delta skymiles and ready to fly back for snowstorms this winter.

I've been measuring snow since 1995 and liquid precip since 2000. Regardless of what happens in December (unless we get unforeseen massive amounts of rain and snow), 2022 will be my driest year of record. 

 

The last 3 winters have stayed remarkably close to climo for total snow, each of the 3 finishing ever so slightly above average.  Our last real snowy Winter would be 2017-18. Our last real low snow winter was 2011-12.  We had a real good snowstorm in February 2021 (11") and despite the GHD bust last year we still had 2 6+ storms in Feb). Last 12+ storm Feb 2015.

[Stebo]

Looks like 1.05 for a total from the rain here.

[SchaumburgStormer]

Got some baller hoar frost this morning... Most interesting weather vent of the weekend.

[Brian D]

Just going to miss out on the next snow chance, just some light stuff in the mix for me. SE MN (Twin Cities), and WI get to have fun with this one.

[hardypalmguy]

46 minutes ago, Brian D said:

Just going to miss out on the next snow chance, just some light stuff in the mix for me. SE MN (Twin Cities), and WI get to have fun with this one.

50s and rain for SE WI.  They can have it north of me.

[Powerball]

23 hours ago, Stevo6899 said:

Yea I'd say were due for a snowy winter. The lack of rain and storm systems the past year+ has been weird, considering we've been in a la nina setup. Just goes to show you theres plenty more factors at play than enso and getting a snowstorm around here is like hoping to win a sports parlay, both of which have been avoiding me. It seems like it's been 5 years since we had a legit snowstorm, and that one happened in early Nov. Luckily I've been down in florida the past 3 winters. I'm officially finally moving to Florida next weekend. I wish it was yesterday so i wasnt around for this cold rain crap today. I stacked the delta skymiles and ready to fly back for snowstorms this winter.

Are you moving to FL permanently, or just for the winter?

[RogueWaves]

On 11/27/2022 at 5:09 PM, Frog Town said:

Was literally staring at the radar as the dry slot slide 10 miles to my SE and I was square in some nice deformation thinking the exact same thing.  Feel like I never get in the sweet spot, unless it's a rain storm.  

I thought KTOL was like ground zero for the FEB '21 storm. As posted above, DTW hit 11" and was certain you posted that your depth was something crazy like 20+ inches afterwards. 

[cyclone77]

Some very cold air building up in northern Canada and Alaska..

 

[Brian D]

1 hour ago, cyclone77 said:

Some very cold air building up in northern Canada and Alaska..

 

Unfortunately, that'll end up in my lap at some point. ISH!

[Brian D]

Recent NAM tomight has a heavy band moving right into NE MN. DLH mets were still a little unsure this past evening if that might happen, so I could get 3-6". They did up it from nothing to 1-2", so we shall see.

[Stevo6899]

19 hours ago, Powerball said:

Are you moving to FL permanently, or just for the winter?

Permanently, finally. Its taken awhile to finish building the house down there, with shortages of supplies and recently Ian. I'm about 10 miles inland so luckily just some minor flooding from ian. Work will allow me to take some summer leave down there so ill prob come back in the summer months. Im looking forward to hopefully an active winter. I've decided my criteria for flying back for a snowstorm is > than 8 inches forecasted lol. Perhaps maybe I'll lower it to 6 if we make it to feb with no storms. It's been so long since I've been in the middle of a snowstorm...

[Brian D]

Steady light snow this morning. Forecast went up to 2-4". Close to a half inch so far.

[Chinook]

Even though there is a strong emphasis on tornadoes today, the SPC has meteorologists issuing MDs for snow in the Midwest.

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 Mesoscale Discussion 1976
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   0945 AM CST Tue Nov 29 2022

   Areas affected...Portions of eastern Minnesota into northwest
   Wisconsin

   Concerning...Heavy snow 

   Valid 291545Z - 292145Z

   SUMMARY...Areas of 1 inch per hour snow rates are possible in
   eastern Minnesota into northwest Wisconsin this afternoon. The
   heaviest snowfall rates should occur from 12 PM to 4 PM CST.

 

[Powerball]

50 minutes ago, Chinook said:

Even though there is a strong emphasis on tornadoes today, the SPC has meteorologists issuing MDs for snow in the Midwest.

 

Some decent banding right now in Minneapolis...

[Powerball]

3 hours ago, Stevo6899 said:

Permanently, finally. Its taken awhile to finish building the house down there, with shortages of supplies and recently Ian. I'm about 10 miles inland so luckily just some minor flooding from ian. Work will allow me to take some summer leave down there so ill prob come back in the summer months. Im looking forward to hopefully an active winter. I've decided my criteria for flying back for a snowstorm is > than 8 inches forecasted lol. Perhaps maybe I'll lower it to 6 if we make it to feb with no storms. It's been so long since I've been in the middle of a snowstorm...

Once you're gone, I think michsnowfreak will be the only regular Detroit area poster (that comes to mind) left.

EDIT: And RogueWaves. I keep forgetting he's also in the Detroit area now.

[michsnowfreak]

2 hours ago, Powerball said:

Once you're gone, I think michsnowfreak will be the only regular Detroit area poster (that comes to mind) left.

EDIT: And RogueWaves. I keep forgetting he's also in the Detroit area now.

There's a few others. Dmc comes to mind.

[Powerball]

2 minutes ago, michsnowfreak said:

There's a few others. Dmc comes to mind.

I thought about him, but I haven't seen him post as often as he used to.

[mollydog]

I thought about him, but I haven't seen him post as often as he used to.

There is me! Northern burbs! Splitting the difference between DTW and Flint.


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[cyclone77]

Picked up 0.00" with today's system, as expected.  

Was nice to see some towering cu though along the cold front a short while ago.

[chuckster2012]

Well, we got just enough rain down here to settle the dust from this overhyped system..

[OrdIowPitMsp]

8.3” fell today in Minneapolis. Heart of the metro was the bullseye on this one.  Go figure I’m out exploring the Big Sur region with the family on what’s bound to be the biggest event this year imby. 

[A-L-E-K]

Garden variety 

[Brian D]

Couple inches here. Just enough to cover everything good, and make it look like winter again.

[cyclone77]

What a change from late this afternoon when summery convective clouds were rolling overhead.  After being up near 60 we're down to 24 with a wind chill of 9 lol.  Pretty intense caa this evening brought in by 45mph winds.  

[outflow]

7 minutes ago, cyclone77 said:

What a change from late this afternoon when summery convective clouds were rolling overhead.  After being up near 60 we're down to 24 with a wind chill of 9 lol.  Pretty intense caa this evening brought in by 45mph winds.  

I always feeled robbed when such a dramatic shift in the weather comes with zero local interesting phenomenon like your dry frontal passage 

[Brian D]

Here are the winners in the snowfall reports from yesterday. Very cold and windy today. Highs of 20 this morning with 35-40 mph wind gusts kicking up dropping temps during the day.