Let’s talk winter!! Ohio and surrounding states!! 24'-25'

[buckeye]

Oh well, this is a first for me starting this thread.   Not sure where Steve is but I can't blame him or anyone else in the OV if they've finally thrown in the towel.   

So, let's see if we can log a couple a pages this winter! , and maybe a few pics of car toppers and heavy frost!

[IWXwx]

You're aiming high there, aren't you? 24'-25'?  Last year, I didn't even get 2'.

[bowtie`]

24 foot of snow at lets call it 8 to 1, and then say half of that evaporates, is still 15 to 18 inches of precipitation for the ground. Think that will erase the D5 in the state?

[buckeye]

Eh sh*t….   Messed that up.  Oh well this thread will probably sink to the second page of the forum pretty quickly. 

[pondo1000]

Not sure it can get any worse around here in regards to winter but this winter is sure gonna give it a shot!

[Spartman]

5 hours ago, pondo1000 said:

Not sure it can get any worse around here in regards to winter but this winter is sure gonna give it a shot!

Get ready for a single-digit snow season for 24-25.

[dilly84]

I'm actually expecting a couple big storms this year. I know the winter is supposed to be warmer, but feel like we're due to get a good setup a couple times. 

[Steve]

I’m here .. been off work for awhile and really just forgot..

[OHweather]

Nothing too exciting on the horizon, but most of Ohio should see at least a few flakes in the air Thursday into early Friday and a few spots may see a light/slushy accumulation. Just enough to remind us that we're deep into November already. 

[Floydbuster]

57 minutes ago, OHweather said:

Nothing too exciting on the horizon, but most of Ohio should see at least a few flakes in the air Thursday into early Friday and a few spots may see a light/slushy accumulation. Just enough to remind us that we're deep into November already. 

 

Yeah I think it will be a good reminder that winter is soon upon us, but nothing overly significant. 

[RogueWaves]

Any of you Buckeyes have more info on the 1864 bliz? Been curious about it for yrs tbh. 

Ohioans who lived through the "Great Blizzard of '78" will never forget it. It is engrained as part of each person's "Ohio Experience", a legend to be told to their children and grandchildren. This storm was compared to the Blizzard of January 1918 and the New Year's Blizzard of 1864 for ferocity and disruption to everyday lives.

[buckeye]

11 hours ago, RogueWaves said:

Any of you Buckeyes have more info on the 1864 bliz? Been curious about it for yrs tbh. 

Ohioans who lived through the "Great Blizzard of '78" will never forget it. It is engrained as part of each person's "Ohio Experience", a legend to be told to their children and grandchildren. This storm was compared to the Blizzard of January 1918 and the New Year's Blizzard of 1864 for ferocity and disruption to everyday lives.

I was in second grade so it's blurry ... 

seriously though, never even heard of a blizzard of 1864 or 1918.  I'm gonna have to look those up.

[buckeye]

13 hours ago, OHweather said:

Nothing too exciting on the horizon, but most of Ohio should see at least a few flakes in the air Thursday into early Friday and a few spots may see a light/slushy accumulation. Just enough to remind us that we're deep into November already. 

Have you done a winter forecast yet?

[TheClimateChanger]

17 hours ago, RogueWaves said:

Any of you Buckeyes have more info on the 1864 bliz? Been curious about it for yrs tbh. 

Ohioans who lived through the "Great Blizzard of '78" will never forget it. It is engrained as part of each person's "Ohio Experience", a legend to be told to their children and grandchildren. This storm was compared to the Blizzard of January 1918 and the New Year's Blizzard of 1864 for ferocity and disruption to everyday lives.

Interesting. Not many "official" weather observations are that old. Here is Lansing, Michigan from 12/31/1863 - 1/2/1864. 3 inches of snow, and brutal cold.

Here is Toronto, Ontario from 12/31/1863 to 1/3/1864. 1.7 inches of snow, with a sharp cold snap.

Doesn't seem that bad, unless it was worse in Ohio.

[RogueWaves]

5 hours ago, TheClimateChanger said:

Interesting. Not many "official" weather observations are that old. Here is Lansing, Michigan from 12/31/1863 - 1/2/1864. 3 inches of snow, and brutal cold.

Here is Toronto, Ontario from 12/31/1863 to 1/3/1864. 1.7 inches of snow, with a sharp cold snap.

Doesn't seem that bad, unless it was worse in Ohio.

Certainly an arctic front came through, and maybe clashed with moisture just south of those cities down in Ohio. It wouldn't have had staying power after 1918 and 1978 if it wasn't in the same league. 

[michsnowfreak]

19 hours ago, RogueWaves said:

Certainly an arctic front came through, and maybe clashed with moisture just south of those cities down in Ohio. It wouldn't have had staying power after 1918 and 1978 if it wasn't in the same league. 

Ive read accounts. It was not a large snowstorm by any means, but a rapid temp drop, rain turned to snow and temps got deadly cold. The artic blast was very severe in an otherwise tame winter.

[Chinook]

On 11/19/2024 at 2:31 AM, RogueWaves said:

Any of you Buckeyes have more info on the 1864 bliz? Been curious about it for yrs tbh. 

Ohioans who lived through the "Great Blizzard of '78" will never forget it. It is engrained as part of each person's "Ohio Experience", a legend to be told to their children and grandchildren. This storm was compared to the Blizzard of January 1918 and the New Year's Blizzard of 1864 for ferocity and disruption to everyday lives.

I believe the 1864 storm is covered in "Thunder in the Heartland," by Thomas Schmidlin, weather historian. When I read that book, I didn't make any specific notes, as it was almost impossible to find a weather observation that I could have included on my web site. If you look at the Daily Weather Map archive from the government (back then it was the US Weather Bureau) you can only see back to 1871 (amazingly).

[CoachLB]

Picked up a nice dusting to kick things off.

[buckeye]

3 minutes ago, CoachLB said:

Picked up a nice dusting to kick things off.

 

Yea, looks similar here in the cmh area.   Too damn early for this ugh.     

[A-L-E-K]

good luck this winter buckeye et al

[OHweather]

On 11/19/2024 at 9:34 AM, buckeye said:

Have you done a winter forecast yet?

I've been gradually working on it. Hopefully can get something posted later this weekend or next week. We'll have some chances around here, but I don't expect a wall-to-wall great winter. Probably will be a couple decent cold windows with snow chances with a couple of prolonged mild spells as well. 

[HighTechEE]

I'm not sure but looked like just under an inch IMBY on grass & elevated surfacess, but melted quickly after 9am.  Might get over 1" in the 2nd wave tonight in SW Ohio.  PS - I saw north of Milwaulkee is just under 7" right now and should top that with a little more, but I doubt that much makes it into the Indiana/Ohio areas.

[RogueWaves]

19 hours ago, michsnowfreak said:

I've read accounts. It was not a large snowstorm by any means, but a rapid temp drop, rain turned to snow and temps got deadly cold. The artic blast was very severe in an otherwise tame winter.

That's what I figured. News reports/urban legends written in diaries, etc would be the info source vs actual wx site data at that distant time period. It's amazing how extreme some of those cold waves were back in the "pioneer" era of the Midwest. 1864 was lumped in with the two bliz events based on impacts to life. I just presumed it to be via snow/wind but not always obv.

[michsnowfreak]

6 minutes ago, RogueWaves said:

That's what I figured. News reports/urban legends written in diaries, etc would be the info source vs actual wx site data at that distant time period. It's amazing how extreme some of those cold waves were back in the "pioneer" era of the Midwest. 1864 was lumped in with the two bliz events based on impacts to life. I just presumed it to be via snow/wind but not always obv.

I'll try and find a news article.