weatherbo Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 finished with 15.5". Waking up to 19 degrees outside. Still "mild" for this time of year. 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madwx Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 3rd warmest first 19 days of January on record. Only 1880 and 2006 have been warmer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baum Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 You can't make this shiat up. From the current MKE AFD: (ISSUED 221 PM CST FRI JAN 20 2023) TUESDAY THROUGH NEXT WEEKEND: A QUIET STRETCH OF WEATHER IS IN STORE FOR SOUTHERN WISCONSIN THROUGH THU WITH INCREASING PRECIPITATION CHANCES TOWARDS THE END OF THE WEEK AND THROUGH THE WEEKEND. TUE THROUGH THU WILL FEATURE MOSTLY CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES, PLEASANT TEMPS AND COMFORTABLE DEW POINTS IN THE 50S TO LOWER 60S. THE LONGWAVE PATTERN FEATURES A WESTERN RIDGE AND EASTERN TROUGH WHICH WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES IN CHECK WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S TO NEAR 80 WITH LOWS MAINLY IN THE 50S WITH LOWER 60S CLOSER TO THE LAKE. THE NW FLOW ALOFT WILL ALSO ALLOW MULTIPLE SHORTWAVES TO TRACK ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE PERIOD. THE FIRST WILL BE PULLING AWAY FROM SW WI TUE AM AND SHOULD HAVE MINIMAL EFFECT OTHER THAN MAYBE SOME DECREASING CLOUDINESS THROUGH THE DAY ON TUE, ESP ACROSS SW WI. THE NEXT WAVE PASSES W/SW OF THE AREA LATE TUE NIGHT INTO WED. THE GFS IS CONSIDERABLY STRONGER WITH THIS FEATURE, BUT AGAIN, ANY IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIMITED TO AN INCREASE IN CLOUD COVER ACROSS SW WI. I guess Palm Tree dude was right. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 10 minutes ago, Baum said: You can't make this shiat up. From the current MKE AFD: (ISSUED 221 PM CST FRI JAN 20 2023) TUESDAY THROUGH NEXT WEEKEND: A QUIET STRETCH OF WEATHER IS IN STORE FOR SOUTHERN WISCONSIN THROUGH THU WITH INCREASING PRECIPITATION CHANCES TOWARDS THE END OF THE WEEK AND THROUGH THE WEEKEND. TUE THROUGH THU WILL FEATURE MOSTLY CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES, PLEASANT TEMPS AND COMFORTABLE DEW POINTS IN THE 50S TO LOWER 60S. THE LONGWAVE PATTERN FEATURES A WESTERN RIDGE AND EASTERN TROUGH WHICH WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES IN CHECK WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S TO NEAR 80 WITH LOWS MAINLY IN THE 50S WITH LOWER 60S CLOSER TO THE LAKE. THE NW FLOW ALOFT WILL ALSO ALLOW MULTIPLE SHORTWAVES TO TRACK ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE PERIOD. THE FIRST WILL BE PULLING AWAY FROM SW WI TUE AM AND SHOULD HAVE MINIMAL EFFECT OTHER THAN MAYBE SOME DECREASING CLOUDINESS THROUGH THE DAY ON TUE, ESP ACROSS SW WI. THE NEXT WAVE PASSES W/SW OF THE AREA LATE TUE NIGHT INTO WED. THE GFS IS CONSIDERABLY STRONGER WITH THIS FEATURE, BUT AGAIN, ANY IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIMITED TO AN INCREASE IN CLOUD COVER ACROSS SW WI. I guess Palm Tree dude was right. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted January 20, 2023 Author Share Posted January 20, 2023 Looks like they fixed the afd. Like where did that even come from though? Strange Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardypalmguy Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 You can't make this shiat up. From the current MKE AFD: (ISSUED 221 PM CST FRI JAN 20 2023) TUESDAY THROUGH NEXT WEEKEND: A QUIET STRETCH OF WEATHER IS IN STORE FOR SOUTHERN WISCONSIN THROUGH THU WITH INCREASING PRECIPITATION CHANCES TOWARDS THE END OF THE WEEK AND THROUGH THE WEEKEND. TUE THROUGH THU WILL FEATURE MOSTLY CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES, PLEASANT TEMPS AND COMFORTABLE DEW POINTS IN THE 50S TO LOWER 60S. THE LONGWAVE PATTERN FEATURES A WESTERN RIDGE AND EASTERN TROUGH WHICH WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES IN CHECK WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S TO NEAR 80 WITH LOWS MAINLY IN THE 50S WITH LOWER 60S CLOSER TO THE LAKE. THE NW FLOW ALOFT WILL ALSO ALLOW MULTIPLE SHORTWAVES TO TRACK ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE PERIOD. THE FIRST WILL BE PULLING AWAY FROM SW WI TUE AM AND SHOULD HAVE MINIMAL EFFECT OTHER THAN MAYBE SOME DECREASING CLOUDINESS THROUGH THE DAY ON TUE, ESP ACROSS SW WI. THE NEXT WAVE PASSES W/SW OF THE AREA LATE TUE NIGHT INTO WED. THE GFS IS CONSIDERABLY STRONGER WITH THIS FEATURE, BUT AGAIN, ANY IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIMITED TO AN INCREASE IN CLOUD COVER ACROSS SW WI. I guess Palm Tree dude was right.I have someone on the inside. Hahahahah. Anyway, joking aside…. Zzzzzzzzz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 A few interesting tidbits. Yesterday I got 1.30" of rain which was my largest precipitation event since February 17, 2022. That event was mostly frozen, so it was actually my single biggest all rain event since October 25, 2021. Also, hard to believe in this Winter, but today's trace of snow was the 30th day of the season that DTW has had a trace or more of snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogueWaves Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 4 minutes ago, michsnowfreak said: A few interesting tidbits. Yesterday I got 1.30" of rain which was my largest precipitation event since February 17, 2022. That event was mostly frozen, so it was actually my single biggest all rain event since October 25, 2021. Also, hard to believe in this Winter, but today's trace of snow was the 30th day of the season that DTW has had a trace or more of snow. Never saw a hint of flakes. Is DTW down wind of a smoke stack or something? They seem like snow haven 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 47 minutes ago, RogueWaves said: Never saw a hint of flakes. Is DTW down wind of a smoke stack or something? They seem like snow haven It was just flurries but I saw them off and on all afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartman Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 1 hour ago, michsnowfreak said: It was just flurries but I saw them off and on all afternoon. Same here, but also a brief period of rain during the afternoon. Entering the final third of January with still a trace of snow for this month. Going to be a long crappy weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frostfern Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 California really needed the rain, but the endless Pacific storm train really did a number on January. One of the most protracted boring periods in all my memory. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowtie` Posted January 22, 2023 Share Posted January 22, 2023 So far for today at KIND the temp range for the day is 30 to 32. I thought maybe my thermometer was stuck but KIND is the same. Only a couple more hours to try and get another degree or two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrdIowPitMsp Posted January 22, 2023 Share Posted January 22, 2023 This is a forecaster with the NWS office here. With a handful of 6”+ systems already this year, I won’t mind a week of mood flakes + at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted January 22, 2023 Author Share Posted January 22, 2023 Today's 1.5" at ORD is officially the first January calendar day snow of 1" for Chicago. This is the deepest into January for the first calendar day snow of 1" since 2017, which had no calendar day snow of 1" in January. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckster2012 Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 Well, 00z Euro says winter is over in 6 days for most of us... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted January 23, 2023 Author Share Posted January 23, 2023 Given the look over the coming days, we could be on the way to having a pretty freaky January in parts of the sub. It is quite conceivable that some areas will receive near average or even above average snowfall for January, despite it being a top 5 or 10 warmest January. And I'm not talking about just the northern tier, where it's easier to pull off the combination of very mild and snowy. I'm talking about parts of the central and southern sub. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cary67 Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 Cincinnati may qualify Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted January 23, 2023 Author Share Posted January 23, 2023 A lot will depend on the weekend system. If that doesn't really pan out, then very few areas would pull it off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheClimateChanger Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 2 hours ago, Hoosier said: Given the look over the coming days, we could be on the way to having a pretty freaky January in parts of the sub. It is quite conceivable that some areas will receive near average or even above average snowfall for January, despite it being a top 5 or 10 warmest January. And I'm not talking about just the northern tier, where it's easier to pull off the combination of very mild and snowy. I'm talking about parts of the central and southern sub. That's like February 1998. I was shocked to learn there was a storm early that month that dumped 18.5 inches at Cincinnati - at least at the airport in northern Kentucky, and 20-24" from Louisville to Lexington and even into southern West Virginia. Beckley had two 26" storms within two weeks - one in later January and then one in early February. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted January 23, 2023 Author Share Posted January 23, 2023 58 minutes ago, TheClimateChanger said: That's like February 1998. I was shocked to learn there was a storm early that month that dumped 18.5 inches at Cincinnati - at least at the airport in northern Kentucky, and 20-24" from Louisville to Lexington and even into southern West Virginia. Beckley had two 26" storms within two weeks - one in later January and then one in early February. I guess it's kind of like that. But from an anomaly perspective, this January is currently way warmer than Feb 1998. Even the mean temps so far this month are running warmer than Feb 1998 in the southern sub (will have to see what they are at month's end), which is impressive given that January is a calendar month earlier than February. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 Went to my mom's this evening and noticed that a snowman across the street was bowing down to me. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 December and January have been about 92% overcast in Detroit, an extremely impressive number, yet the sun decides to come out randomly on a mild day to try and melt snow ahead of the next snow. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartman Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 Today looks to be the only day for any sunshine this week. Tomorrow looks to be the start of a long overcast stretch that should last through the remainder of this month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian D Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 Polar bear wx on tap starting this weekend. Glad we haven't seen lots of this so far this season, but good stretches of bitter wx also serve a purpose in nature, just not in my nature now that I'm older LOL. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrdIowPitMsp Posted January 26, 2023 Share Posted January 26, 2023 Temperatures dropped off the ledge when the cloud cover moved off and Minneapolis recorded a low of 1 this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hlcater Posted January 26, 2023 Share Posted January 26, 2023 Omaha/Lincoln are in a very special place right now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chambana Posted January 26, 2023 Share Posted January 26, 2023 Saturday the high is 43, that will nuke the 1-2” snowfall after a mere 48-72 hour snow cover. Next week snowfall chances look slim, and that brings us to February already. the ground blizzard in December had no moisture, yesterdays storm had questionable thermals leading to 4:1 ratios. getting close to being done with this winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted January 26, 2023 Author Share Posted January 26, 2023 The overnight snow on my driveway melted a decent amount today, despite heavy overcast and temps in the low 20s all afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted January 26, 2023 Share Posted January 26, 2023 There was a decent amount of blowing and drifting late last night through parts of today out in the open country. Roads were surprisingly dicey on the trek into work this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrdIowPitMsp Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 Woke up pleasantly surprised by this quick hitting WAA wave, visibilities around a mile and well over an inch of new accumulation. Temps have really warmed up overnight, it was 12 when I went to bed and 29 now. We might clip freezing before the bottom drops out this afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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