2/28 - 3/1 Spring Storm

[Money]

Action gonna start in the next hour or so in KS/MO.

 

Looks like things are about to take off with new discrete convection forming 

[St Paul Storm]

It's been down since yesterday according to the radar status message:

 

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NOUS63 KLOT 272103

FTMLOT

Message Date: Feb 27 2017 21:04:27

The KLOT WSR-88D will be offline Until Further Notice due to equipment failure.

Replacement parts have been backordered, and may not be here for a few days.

Interesting. Thanks for the info. That's the last time I quote a TV met not named Skilling.

[Money]

Reports of numerous injuries, houses completely gone, and people trapped in Perryville, MO still a huge tornado with it. 

[Money]

 

Hearing reports of a house slabbed in Perryville. Unconfirmed but someone tweeted they were finding bodies S of Perryville

[St Paul Storm]

It's pretty amazing how the atmosphere isn't getting worked over as the storms roll through. I'm focusing on N IL with that statement. Pure atmospheric river action right there. To see a pump that primed in Feb is amazing.

[St Paul Storm]

Yeah reports out of the Perryville, MO area are purely heartbreaking.

[Money]

The thing is still on the ground with a huge TDS

 

[Money]

Gonna start hitting larger populations soon if it doesn't lift. Been on the ground for almost 45-50 minutes now 

[Money]

Yikes...

 

[St Paul Storm]

New tornado warning in N/C IL. Cell is headed towards Ottawa....could be their second one of the night.

[james1976]

Snow mixing with rain on way to work this morning. Ground is too warm n wet for it to stick tho.

[Tom]

SPC Storm Reports...

 

[St Paul Storm]

I measured about 2.25" of snow this morning. March is in like a lion.

[Tom]

How's the snow up north???

[Niko]

Not much IMBY, but that could change later on this afternoon and especially tonight as colder air is poised to rush in and take over. Idk, but tbh, I dont want any snowshowers at all. To me now, that is a nuisance type, even that 1 inch expected. If it was a foot+, then hell yeah, bring it on!

[WBadgersW]

Visablities are down to .2 of a mile. Maybe have .5" on the ground

[Money]

Should end up with 5-6 inches of snow here.

 

Already have 2-3 on the ground and HRRR showing 3-4 more. 

[Money]

Hartford, WI already has 5.5 inches of snow from this:

 

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI

1128 AM CST WED MAR 1 2017

 

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...

..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....

            ..REMARKS..

 

1110 AM     SNOW             1 E HARTFORD            43.32N 88.37W

03/01/2017  M5.5 INCH        WASHINGTON         WI   PUBLIC

[WBadgersW]

Holy jeeze thats 15 miles from me. I wonder how things are doing up there... MKX reported 1-2"hr snowfall rates in that area.

[Money]

Holy jeeze thats 15 miles from me. I wonder how things are doing up there... MKX reported 1-2"hr snowfall rates in that area.

 

They picked up 2 inches of snow in about an hour 

[Tom]

Dang, that snow is piling up for you guys up there.  Just keeps adding to the seasonal snow totals.

[VMB443]

We had a good hour burst earlier this morning - about an inch or so just west of Milwaukee but just flurries since then. We are riding the edge down here so far.

[gosaints]

They picked up 2 inches of snow in about an hour 

Amazing how the baroclinic zone has been in about a perfect spot for us the majority of the season.  Only an 1.5 here.  Development of the backside was just late to the party.

[Tom]

Should end up with 5-6 inches of snow here.

 

Already have 2-3 on the ground and HRRR showing 3-4 more. 

Is the snow fluffy in nature???  Temps are in the upper 20's so I'd assume ratios are pretty good.  That defo band is healthy looking.

[Money]

Amazing how the baroclinic zone has been in about a perfect spot for us the majority of the season.  Only an 1.5 here.  Development of the backside was just late to the party.

 

Yeah, we are probably running average-above average in snowfall this year while Milwaukee/Madison etc are way below normal. 

[Money]

Is the snow fluffy in nature???  Temps are in the upper 20's so I'd assume ratios are pretty good.  That defo band is healthy looking.

 

It was a wet snow early now it's getting to be more fluffy/better ratios.

 

Temp is 29 right now here. 

[gosaints]

Yeah, we are probably running average-above average in snowfall this year while Milwaukee/Madison etc are way below normal. 

Ya rochester will be something like 11 inches above average after todays snow i think

[gimmesnow]

Wow, they're going to blow snow for me. There's nothing on the ground in lake geneva area but they're saying we might do better tomorrow. As long as we bring in some cold air I'm going to be super happy at this point. And I'm glad to see some of you finally getting some decent snow, hopefully the next system can inch southward a tiny bit for me.

[VMB443]

Wow, they're going to blow snow for me. There's nothing on the ground in lake geneva area but they're saying we might do better tomorrow. As long as we bring in some cold air I'm going to be super happy at this point. And I'm glad to see some of you finally getting some decent snow, hopefully the next system can inch southward a tiny bit for me.

I'm hoping for a little tick south too. The radar looks like a snow jaw around Milwaukee right now - hoping it clamps shut!

[BrianJK]

Glad to see it's mostly rain to our NW. Keep the record alive.

[Money]

Around 4.5-5 inches so far here and still coming down good...

[Tom]

Washburn Tornado:

 

https://twitter.com/mkg81/status/836723348797288453/photo/1

The video of this wedge tornado on the news today was massive. A beauty but at the same time a beast that nature can generate.

[Money]

Looks like models (HRRR/RAP) were way too far north with the snow band initially. They had Wausau getting 10-12 inches of snow and they ended up with 2.6. Heaviest def. farther south.

[Money]

Not including today's snowfall:

 

[jaster220]

RIP city across the Straights region of NMI

 

 

[Tom]

Snow flakes are flying...

[Tom]

The NWS has declared the big tornado near Ottawa, IL an EF3....

[Money]

Ended up with 6.0 right on the dot.

 

Season total of 36.7 

 

http://www.weather.gov/images/mkx/top-news/2017/events/March1Snow/LSRSnowFall_MKX.png

[Tony]

Did not expect Milwaukee area to do that well. What a crazy system this was and I'm sure there will be a couple more like this one before the warmth finally takes over for good.

[jaster220]

0.5 to 1+ inches fell across the southern part of SWMI on the backside. Not as robust as the last event. More nuisance dust-ups. #nuisancedustings are not winter.

 

24hr drop from 55F to 28F pretty impressive for this area though I don't need or want that at this point..kinda worthless wx tbh