Ajdos Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 Light snow here, with a period of mod to heavy snow moving in -1-2" over the next several hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 A beautiful snowy, blowy morning! Had 1.4" here with 0.08" water, DTW had 1.3". Note, that monthly snowfall at DTW is already at 11.1", so we have hit normal for January but we are just halfway thru the month We are really nickeling and diming our way to a beautiful winter wonderland. A nice 6" of powder lay on the ground, however it looks deeper than December because there are much bigger snowbanks everywhere, a product of frequent snows (where December was basically 1 big snow). Really hoping we can build a deep snowpack. Hope the NAM is wrong on its warmer scenario for the Mon/Tue event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo6899 Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 A beautiful snowy, blowy morning! Had 1.4" here with 0.08" water, DTW had 1.3". Note, that monthly snowfall at DTW is already at 11.1", so we have hit normal for January but we are just halfway thru the month We are really nickeling and diming our way to a beautiful winter wonderland. A nice 6" of powder lay on the ground, however it looks deeper than December because there are much bigger snowbanks everywhere, a product of frequent snows (where December was basically 1 big snow). Really hoping we can build a deep snowpack. Hope the NAM is wrong on its warmer scenario for the Mon/Tue event. The GFs and NAm are so different. Nowcasting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Organizing Low Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 ottawa mod snow 1/2 mile soid reports back to the west Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 FWIW, the NAM is an outlier with respect to Monday's/Tuesday's system. While the snowpack is nice, I am losing my patience with these nickel & dime events (which looks to segway us out of Janaury if the Siberian air takes over). Heck, even a run of the mill winter storm will do (strictly based on criteria, we haven't had one yet, the December event was boderline), let along a 10"+ biggie/bomb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 Another overperformer. 3.2" with the snow depth approaching a foot. Too bad the 12z GFS isn't looking quite as active as previous runs. I could get used to this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 Another overperformer. 3.2" with the snow depth approaching a foot. Too bad the 12z GFS isn't looking quite as active as previous runs. I could get used to this. You is on a roll. Welcome to what December was like for LAF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayuud Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 Another overperformer. 3.2" with the snow depth approaching a foot. Too bad the 12z GFS isn't looking quite as active as previous runs. I could get used to this. we are getting hammered down here! maybe 4 or 5" on ground,too much drifting.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Organizing Low Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 Another overperformer. 3.2" with the snow depth approaching a foot. Too bad the 12z GFS isn't looking quite as active as previous runs. I could get used to this. NICE!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Organizing Low Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier Int'l Airport Date: 1:54 PM EST Saturday 15 January 2011 Condition: Heavy Snow Pressure: 100.0 kPa Visibility: 0.4 km (1/4mile) Air Quality Health Index: 2 Temperature: -10.1°C Dewpoint: -12.0°C Humidity: 88 % Wind: ENE 18 km/h Wind Chill: -17 impressive WAA right after a very cold night FTW.....for eveeryone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 FWIW, the NAM is an outlier with respect to Monday's/Tuesday's system. While the snowpack is nice, I am losing my patience with these nickel & dime events (which looks to segway us out of Janaury if the Siberian air takes over). Heck, even a run of the mill winter storm will do (strictly based on criteria, we haven't had one yet, the December event was boderline), let along a 10"+ biggie/bomb. The December 12th storm was a borderline run of the mill winter storm? Are you kidding me? It gridlocked the area for days because of what happened. 4" of wet snow glued to roads that flash freezes as the temp drops 20 degrees in a few hours followed by 2+ more of snow, this time powder with blizzard conditions. If that isnt a winter storm, i dont know what is...it was by far more chaotic than your averaged 6" snow. Hell, I swear it caused more problems than the 12" storm did on Jan 22, 2005. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 The December 12th storm was a borderline run of the mill winter storm? Are you kidding me? It gridlocked the area for days because of what happened. 4" of wet snow glued to roads that flash freezes as the temp drops 20 degrees in a few hours followed by 2+ more of snow, this time powder with blizzard conditions. If that isnt a winter storm, i dont know what is...it was by far more chaotic than your averaged 6" snow. Hell, I swear it caused more problems than the 12" storm did on Jan 22, 2005. Eh, there really isn't a wind criteria for a winter storm from the NWS. It's simply 6" in 8 hours (which most areas didn't have) or 8" in 24 hours (which no area I don't believe had). I don't really care much for the wind in a storm unless it's a blizzard, but that's the main reason it was cosidered a "winter storm.", although technically even the winds were below warning/blizzard criteria. The "gridlock" probably resulted more from the poor forecasting of it (many stations were still forecasting 1-3" that morning of the storm, and they don't normally clean the streets much when only so much snow is expected to fall) than the actual storm impacts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 Another overperformer. 3.2" with the snow depth approaching a foot. Too bad the 12z GFS isn't looking quite as active as previous runs. I could get used to this. 3.8" to go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 3.8" to go $$$ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 3.8" to go $$$ This softens the blow of an ATL loss. Ah who am I kidding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 $$$ Yeah, I'm going to be in the hole 100 dollars. No chance of me avoiding 3.7" with 2.5 months of snow bearing months to go. But I think my mojo has dried up for a little bit. Won't cross the finish line for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 Yeah, I'm going to be in the hole 100 dollars. No chance of me avoiding 3.7" with 2.5 months of snow bearing months to go. But I think my mojo has dried up for a little bit. Won't cross the finish line for a while. How about double or nothing to go to 50" ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 Btw nice pictures Chicagos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 Yeah, I'm going to be in the hole 100 dollars. No chance of me avoiding 3.7" with 2.5 months of snow bearing months to go. But I think my mojo has dried up for a little bit. Won't cross the finish line for a while. Well I guess it was for the greater good. I also see you're only 1.7" behind MBY currently... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
on_wx Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 1.6" all together here in the Loo. Sure seems like we got more, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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