Torchageddon Posted December 12 Share Posted December 12 Last night really busted, got no snow when it was forecast 8cm, then I didn't get much overnight maybe 1cm. Even the sun filtered was out at 830am when my blizz was suppose to be raging. It wasn't until 10am that the hammer came down and the wall of snow squalls started here with the lowest visibility yet this winter - 70m by 11am. As expected, at no point did I have blizzard criteria; heavy squalls for sure. It was cool how the LES started like a curl over Huron that pushed through like a derecho then the fire hoses were unleashed! Strangely Owen Sound or just south which was tap for highest totals hasn't seen muc,h its been south of Kincardine! Heavy snow on and off since. There is an inland band north of Ottawa: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted December 12 Share Posted December 12 Now my area's wind chill of -4 today looks like nothing compared to -44 in Canada 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted December 12 Share Posted December 12 new winter weather advisory for Iowa and nearby areas, for the chance of freezing rain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torchageddon Posted December 13 Share Posted December 13 2 hours ago, Chinook said: Now my area's wind chill of -4 today looks like nothing compared to -44 in Canada I saw Manitoba's temps and was shook to see the -40 windchills, I spot a -50 in Saskatchewan. The LES bands are all north of me, they are getting smoked all over right into Central ON. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CIllinoisSnow Posted December 13 Share Posted December 13 The little wave which moved thru Central IL today significantly overachieved, local Met called for up to an inch today, I am sitting at 3.3” imby That’ll hold me over for a bit while we head into the 40s with rain this weekend into next week 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted December 13 Share Posted December 13 Had virga overhead all day as top-down saturation slowly evolved. Managed a few flurries mid-afternoon. Ice potential here looks null for Sat, as precip will hold off until after we reach above freezing on Sat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogueWaves Posted December 13 Share Posted December 13 Absolute whiteout conditions for my morning commute - worst in years for me. About 6" fell at work and the winds were wicked making it brutal after such a mild 2024. Slapped back to reality in NMI. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowstorms Posted December 13 Share Posted December 13 The downfall of December needs to be studied. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowman33 Posted December 13 Share Posted December 13 25 minutes ago, Snowstorms said: The downfall of December needs to be studied. Already has my dude, it's called the greenhouse effect. 4 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted December 13 Share Posted December 13 DVN with an ice storm warning for Cedar Rapids and surrounding areas tomorrow. Isolated area there will get precip early enough before it warms above freezing, and may amount to some decent glazing. Looks like about 1/3" of 34 degree rain for this area tomorrow. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted December 13 Share Posted December 13 8 hours ago, Snowstorms said: The downfall of December needs to be studied. This December so far has been cold and dry tho, very different from the mild ones. More than likely, the overall surplus of blah Decembers is probably just a run of bad luck, much like the recent overall run of good luck with Februarys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrdIowPitMsp Posted December 13 Share Posted December 13 Temps held steady at 0 all night but we managed to sneak below zero for an official low of -1F. 3rd low below zero of the season. Tomorrow looks interesting. WWA for ice, but we could see the warm wedge aloft have a little less juice and end up with 2-3” of snow. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted December 13 Share Posted December 13 DTW got down to 10°. I thought this looked cool out my office window, the steam hitting the sun 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KokomoWX Posted December 13 Share Posted December 13 13 hours ago, CIllinoisSnow said: The little wave which moved thru Central IL today significantly overachieved, local Met called for up to an inch today, I am sitting at 3.3” imby That’ll hold me over for a bit while we head into the 40s with rain this weekend into next week It also continued over performing in north central Indiana. About 2-3 inches here too. Melting will happen tomorrow reaching mid 50s on Monday. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian D Posted December 13 Share Posted December 13 Not quite as cold across the area this morning. -sd's near the lake to upper -10's to lower -20's in the inland areas. Hibbing -21 (5th), and I-Falls -20 (T 9th). Milder temps on tap with some frz rn/sn possible this weekend. Next week is looking like some lgt/mod snow possibilities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxim Posted December 13 Share Posted December 13 2 hours ago, michsnowfreak said: This December so far has been cold and dry tho, very different from the mild ones. More than likely, the overall surplus of blah Decembers is probably just a run of bad luck, much like the recent overall run of good luck with Februarys. That’s what makes it even worse. If it’s going to be dry, may as well torch rather than feel miserable in the cold. Thankfully a milder pattern on the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowstorms Posted December 13 Share Posted December 13 2 hours ago, michsnowfreak said: This December so far has been cold and dry tho, very different from the mild ones. More than likely, the overall surplus of blah Decembers is probably just a run of bad luck, much like the recent overall run of good luck with Februarys. Maybe for you guys further west it's been a cold December, but not the same story for us here further east. YYZ is running 3 degrees above normal for Dec. When the cold source is from Hudson Bay and Quebec than western Canada, that's when we average cold. But aside from the temperatures, it's been underwhelming outside the snowbelt regions. That seems to be the trend since 2017 and highly unusual for typical La Nina's. Wish we could experience the Decembers from 2000-2017 again. Are the averages on this from 1981-2010 or 1991-2020? https://www.weather.gov/wrh/Climate?wfo=dtx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted December 13 Share Posted December 13 1 hour ago, Maxim said: That’s what makes it even worse. If it’s going to be dry, may as well torch rather than feel miserable in the cold. Thankfully a milder pattern on the way. To each their own, Id take cold and dry over mild. The weather will likely continue up and down, hopefully it gets more active. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted December 13 Share Posted December 13 40 minutes ago, Snowstorms said: Maybe for you guys further west it's been a cold December, but not the same story for us here further east. YYZ is running 3 degrees above normal for Dec. When the cold source is from Hudson Bay and Quebec than western Canada, that's when we average cold. But aside from the temperatures, it's been underwhelming outside the snowbelt regions. That seems to be the trend since 2017 and highly unusual for typical La Nina's. Wish we could experience the Decembers from 2000-2017 again. Are the averages on this from 1981-2010 or 1991-2020? https://www.weather.gov/wrh/Climate?wfo=dtx Averages are updated to 1991-2020. And wow I didnt realize it was running that mild further east. Its been very underwhelming synoptic wise - nearly all of our 4.0" so far has been lake effect or lake enhanced. Call it a quirk or call it whatever, but the low snow Decembers have been very oddly persistant since 2018 for most of the region (with a few small exceptions). Again tho, we have balanced it out and then some with snowy Jan and/or Febs. Weird, but thats the weather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowstorms Posted December 13 Share Posted December 13 33 minutes ago, michsnowfreak said: Averages are updated to 1991-2020. And wow I didnt realize it was running that mild further east. Its been very underwhelming synoptic wise - nearly all of our 4.0" so far has been lake effect or lake enhanced. Call it a quirk or call it whatever, but the low snow Decembers have been very oddly persistant since 2018 for most of the region (with a few small exceptions). Again tho, we have balanced it out and then some with snowy Jan and/or Febs. Weird, but thats the weather. We got 3" with that clipper in early December but everything else was lake effect too. The 1991-2020 average is arguably more warmer than the 1981-2010 average. Env Canada hasn't updated the 1991-2010 average on their page yet. I think the old 1981-2010 average in DTW is 29.9 vs 33.3 right now. I think the low December snow and warm Decembers since 2015 can be partly attributed to climate change. Unless this pattern is cyclical, but that remains to be seen. But given the amount of La Nina's since 2017 and the lack of cold/snow, it is highly unusual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted December 13 Share Posted December 13 3 hours ago, Snowstorms said: We got 3" with that clipper in early December but everything else was lake effect too. The 1991-2020 average is arguably more warmer than the 1981-2010 average. Env Canada hasn't updated the 1991-2010 average on their page yet. I think the old 1981-2010 average in DTW is 29.9 vs 33.3 right now. I think the low December snow and warm Decembers since 2015 can be partly attributed to climate change. Unless this pattern is cyclical, but that remains to be seen. But given the amount of La Nina's since 2017 and the lack of cold/snow, it is highly unusual. The current DTW Dec avg is 31.3°, not sure where you see 33.3°. The la ninas since 2017 have had more paltry Dec snowfall than usual, but also snowier mid to late winter than usual. Could be cyclical, not sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrdIowPitMsp Posted December 13 Share Posted December 13 Drying trend on the hi-res models today, but at this point radar trends are all that matter. Maybe an inch of snow/sleet tomorrow. When it’s been cold and dry keep expecting the same I guess. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted December 14 Share Posted December 14 We got a solid glaze overnight, but it's not a problem for trees so far. The surface is also rough/bumpy due to a little sleet that got mixed in. We should get one more batch of heavier precip before the temp rises above freezing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted December 14 Share Posted December 14 Bone dry here as the precip has stalled about 5 miles to the west. Should remain dry here for another few hours while the QC gets hammered with ice. Still looks like 1/3" or so of mostly plain rain this afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrdIowPitMsp Posted December 14 Share Posted December 14 We’ve stayed mostly frozen hydrometers in the city. Just a touch of freezing rain to glaze things. Not even sure if we’ll see 0.10” of precipitation. This really fizzled out imby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted December 14 Share Posted December 14 We lost power for about 40 minutes. Tree branches have a good 1/4" of ice on them. There is up to 3/8" in spots. It's good that the icing is done. We have finally crept above freezing and the precip is diminishing. The worst icing was over southeast Iowa, where as much as 1/2 to 3/4" of ice built up on the trees. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted December 15 Share Posted December 15 Nice rinser 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo6899 Posted December 15 Share Posted December 15 More pouring rain, fresh off 2 useless days with highs in the teens. What a shit winter so far. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrdIowPitMsp Posted December 15 Share Posted December 15 Manager only 0.05” of precipitation yesterday. Mostly sleet with some freezing rain. Freezing fog has everything extra slick this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted December 15 Share Posted December 15 53 minutes ago, Stevo6899 said: More pouring rain, fresh off 2 useless days with highs in the teens. What a shit winter so far. Lol we haven't exactly had any pouring rain. It's gross out tho. Cold light rain at 34°. And at least there's been some light snowcover and bitter cold for the Christmas season. Way better than torch imo, tho I know you disagree. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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