daddylonglegs Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 OK...sounds similar to here. Right by Riverside Park there is good current on the Mississippi River and that rarely ever freezes. I guess back in the day they use to build ice roads across the river to get from Wisconsin to Minnesota... A lot of cars went through the ice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 It was completely sunny a few hours ago, but now it's starting to snow. Pretty light, but flake size is nice. I didn't think we'd see any snow today so this is actually kind of nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 Everyone's favorite LOT met wrote the AFD today. As for the snow tonight/tomorrow here, IND not impressed...going with only a few tenths. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 Snowing here much better than the radar looks. High end light snow right now with dime size flakes. Already a decent dusting out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted January 23, 2011 Author Share Posted January 23, 2011 Everyone's favorite LOT met wrote the AFD today. It's lol worthy. He should not be allowed to write an AFD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torontonian Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 Sounds beautiful. Hoping I can get something similar off of Lk Ontario later tonight as the ridge moves off to the east. Looks like we might get an inch or two off the lake tomorrow. Almost all our significant snows have come off the lakes this winter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 Looks like we might get an inch or two off the lake tomorrow. Almost all our significant snows have come off the lakes this winter Models I've looked at aren't really showing it but that didn't stop last Monday's event from really rocking, at least for south Etobicoke/Mississauga. The fact that EC's mentioning it makes me think something's showing up on their in-house hi resolution models. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 EC rarely if ever hypes E wind events, probably because they've been burned in the past. Issuing an SPS with wording like this is as ostentatious as they'll get: WOCN11 CWTO 232102Special weather statement Issued by Environment Canada Ontario region. 4:02 PM EST Sunday 23 January 2011. Special weather statement issued for.. City of Toronto Halton - Peel York - Durham Belleville - Quinte - Northumberland. Special weather statement ended for.. Sarnia - Lambton Waterloo - Wellington. North to northwest winds will continue to diminish this evening. Therefore, wind chill values are expected to moderate in the next few hours. However, very cold temperatures will stay around tonight into Monday morning. The mercury is expected to moderate significantly To near normal for the beginning of the work week. On another note, lake effect flurries are expected to develop Monday morning into early afternoon around the north shore of the Golden Horseshoe area. These areas include Halton-Peel, Toronto, York-Durham and Western Northumberland. Flurries at times heavy are expected to move across the above mentioned areas with local snow amounts of around 5 cm. Higher amounts are also possible if the Lake effect bands move more slowly across the area. Visibilities may reduce to near zero at times in heavy flurries. Another Alberta clipper is expected to sweep across Southern Ontario Monday afternoon into Tuesday, along with 2 to 5 cm of snow. Environment Canada is closely monitoring this situation and may issue warnings as necessary. Listen for further statements. Additional information may also be found by consulting the latest public forecast. The next public forecast will be issued by 5 AM. END/OSPC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 Everyone's favorite LOT met wrote the AFD today. As for the snow tonight/tomorrow here, IND not impressed...going with only a few tenths. Not sure why. There's pretty good model agreement on about .1 qpf for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 The Detroit River used to freeze every winter like the St. Clair River, didn't it? I know WAY back in the old days it did, but with current and ice breakers in modern times, never happens anymore. Whats interesting, is no matter how mild or cold the winter is (because a mild winter in MI still gives ice), the River generally has the same appearance (one day partially or mostly open water, the next day blockades of ice flows). The difference is the regular ponds and lakes, which in mild winters the ice is clearly unsafe and there are warnings by public officials not to use, this winter the ice is so thick everywhere that ice skating, fishing, etc is pretty much a go anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 Not sure why. There's pretty good model agreement on about .1 qpf for us. DTX said it will be the grainy snow, so im thinking 10-12:1 ratios, but still thats 1-2" for you probably, 1" for here Id guess. Anything to freshen up the pack as our february awaits . A few days near freezing this week (Tue/Sat) so any additional snow is always welcomed. Not that wed lose it all of course, not this glacier, just saying, always welcome all snow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Organizing Low Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 EC rarely if ever hypes E wind events, probably because they've been burned in the past. Issuing an SPS with wording like this is as ostentatious as they'll get: thats interesting.... they got burned on that weekend event didnt they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 Check out the 500 mb height anomalies since the beginning of meteorological winter. What southeast ridge? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 Not sure why. There's pretty good model agreement on about .1 qpf for us. Yeah, you got me. I actually like our chances at 1" or a little more if everything breaks right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torontonian Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 EC rarely if ever hypes E wind events, probably because they've been burned in the past. Issuing an SPS with wording like this is as ostentatious as they'll get: This January has been a parade of underperforming clippers and overperforming LES events. The east wind events are fickle and hard to put a finger on (except pure East into Hamilton with duration) The surprise one a couple of weekends ago that left 6 inches was one of the best i have seen in over 30 years of seriously paying attention to this stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 thats interesting.... they got burned on that weekend event didnt they? big time. And that was an obvious one. All the models were gung-ho on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 This January has been a parade of underperforming clippers and overperforming LES events. The east wind events are fickle and hard to put a finger on (except pure East into Hamilton with duration) The surprise one a couple of weekends ago that left 6 inches was one of the best i have seen in over 30 years of seriously paying attention to this stuff. I agree. In the 12 years I've been seriously paying attention to the weather, the Jan 8th event was by far the most impressive pure LES I've ever seen, in terms of amounts and in terms its meteorological structure. There been some notable synoptic/LES tandem storms (Jan 2-3, 1999, Jan 14-15, 1999, Jan 26-27, 2004, Dec 15-16, 2007, and I could name a few more) which dropped more snow, but weren't as unique and exciting. addendum: Meh, Jan 2-3, 1999 was probably more exciting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted January 24, 2011 Author Share Posted January 24, 2011 Getting some -SN here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 After bottoming out at -5 it was sunny all day until late afternoon. It clouded up quickly and started to snow. Picked up about a tenth or so. Still getting a few flurries from time to time this evening, but nothing substantial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundersnow12 Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 some decent snow filling in nicely on radar with -SN falling here currently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 ILX has issued a freezing rain advisory. Currently getting some light snow here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundersnow12 Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 had SN here about 10 mins ago, back to -SN and accumulating nicely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 A friend went to TigerFest at Comerica Park on Saturday (the Tigers annual January fanfest)....baseball looks very out of place in the winter lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 GFS looks a lot different in the extended... still brutal cold next weekend... shows -27F next Monday... great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted January 24, 2011 Author Share Posted January 24, 2011 Getting some -SN here. Make that SN now with a few tenths of accumulation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted January 24, 2011 Author Share Posted January 24, 2011 Sunday, January 23rd: Hi: 24F Lo: 2F Overall Sky Conditions: Partly Cloudy. Max Wind Gust: 13MPH Rainfall: 0.02" Snowfall: 0.3" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 Got down to 2 last hour between obs then the clouds started rolling in, up to 7 already. Btw want to talk cold, Bad Axe is -17 right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo6899 Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 Got down to 2 last hour between obs then the clouds started rolling in, up to 7 already. Btw want to talk cold, Bad Axe is -17 right now. 4 degrees with 88% humudity. Is that possible? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 4 degrees with 88% humudity. Is that possible? Why not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 4 degrees with 88% humudity. Is that possible? Sure it is the dewpoint is close to the temp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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