12/26 - 12-28 Winter Storm

[St Paul Storm]

Pure rippage out there right now. Nice fatty flakes stacking up quickly. Should have no issues getting several inches before the switchover to rain around 3am.

[Money]

Pretty sure he said that his local grid-cast had 6-10 total. Graphics on the NWS site haven't been updated tho. Still old snowfall maps, etc..waiting to see the latest

I just looked at his grids and they say 3-5 also total

 

Seems like that’s what they’re going with

[CentralNebWeather]

Pretty sure he said that his local grid-cast had 6-10 total. Graphics on the NWS site haven't been updated tho. Still old snowfall maps, etc..waiting to see the latest

Yea amounts are updated to 6-10”in my forecast grids. NWS Hastings mentioning blizzard conditions.

[jaster220]

Yea amounts are updated to 6-10”in my forecast grids. NWS Hastings mentioning blizzard conditions.

 

Oddly, updated map appears to have only 4-6? (not like that hasn't happened with my own office tho)

[jaster220]

Pure rippage out there right now. Nice fatty flakes stacking up quickly. Should have no issues getting several inches before the switchover to rain around 3am.

 

Was gonna post that the front-end thumpage looked legit. Glad for ya

[CentralNebWeather]

0z RGEM with a great hit. Other models fairly similar to a little less.

[jaster220]

HRDPS = wowzers death stripe thru Central Neb!

 

Border to border monster:

 

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[jaster220]

That's some pretty cold and dense air just NE of Georgian Bay. If that's a little bit more difficult to budge, could help the UP of Michigan quite a bit with their expected switch over to RN tomorrow.

 

[St Paul Storm]

Was gonna post that the front-end thumpage looked legit. Glad for ya

Thanks. Sucks hard that the rain will melt most of it by tomorrow morning. But I’ll take whatever snow I can get these days. This will put me into double digits for the season. Pretty sad.

[Niko]

HRDPS = wowzers death stripe thru Central Neb!

 

Border to border monster:

 

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Ton of moisture..wow. Can you imagine all that headed our way as snow?!

[CentralNebWeather]

NWS Hastings update.

 

.UPDATE...

Issued at 851 PM CST Wed Dec 26 2018

 

The 18Z and 00Z mdls have nudged the snow a little further E since

4 PM fcst package.

 

Am very concerned that the RAP/NAM/GFS/EC are all indicating a

core of 45-50 kt winds at 850 mb developing on the back side of

the low after 09Z. MOS winds hv been shown to be 5-8 kt too low

in these situations. I incrsd winds above MOS...but fear I may

not hv incrsd winds enough. Nonetheless...we are now advertising

gusts up to 50 mph.

 

We contemplated issuing a Blizzard Warning but after coordinating

with neighboring WFO`s and in-house collaboration here...decided

instead to beef-up the wording in the Warning/Advisory areas to

include blzd-like conds. It is going to be nasty traveling thru

this band on I-80 tomorrow.

 

Even where snow accums will be less significant...we are still

concerned about blzd-like conds.

 

Based on the magnitude of the winds and accumulating snow inching

more to the E...svrl more counties hv been added to the Warning

and Advisory areas.

 

&&

[CentralNebWeather]

Blizzard Warning baby.

[jcwxguy]

Yea amounts are updated to 6-10”in my forecast grids. NWS Hastings mentioning blizzard conditions.

blizzard warning for you now, congrats

[clintbeed1993]

Blizzard Warning baby.

 

Radar looks good out your way.  Is the snow ripping good?  I'm really jealous, seems like you've had a lot more luck with systems lately than me and we're in almost the same area.  These storms have had stupid cutoffs and I'm always on the wrong side over further East.

[clintbeed1993]

Wow, that wind is REALLY cranking outside.  It's gotta be gusting upwards of 40 mph.  I can definitely see why the blizzard warnings have been hoisted.  This is a very impressive system.  I've had over an inch of rain from it so far and might squeeze out several inches of snow.  Another disappointment in that regard.  This is the 2nd system that soaked me with over an inch of rain this December.  Ridiculous.  I'm beyond over these 2 inch snowfalls and that's all I've had this season.

[Minny_Weather]

Still in SE TX, but I'm gonna hijack this thread cuz it's the same system. QLCS (Seems more like an MCS actually) is moving thru now. This line isn't as severe as originally anticipated, but it is instead more dense return-wise and way slower. Leading edge just passed over here. This is the kind of stuff that always brings flooding problems to here. Gross. There also appears to be weak widescale rotation.

 

Flying back to Lincoln today.

[CentralNebWeather]

Can barely see across the street. Really picked up in the last hour. Definitely no one should venture out in this I read a NWS discussion nationally that we may see 1-2” an hour snowfall rates. Wow.

[Minny_Weather]

Ha! Right as I mention the widescale rotation, a tornado warning is issued just a couple miles South and East of here. Still pissing rain where I am.

[CentralNebWeather]

1/4 mile visibility or less as I speak. Winds gusting 45-50 mph. Insane.

[CentralNebWeather]

Grid forecast

 

Snow along with gusty winds at times. High near 25F. Winds NNW at 20 to 30 mph. Chance of snow 100%. 8 to 12 inches of snow expected. Winds could occasionally gust over 40 mph.

[Tom]

1/4 mile visibility or less as I speak. Winds gusting 45-50 mph. Insane.

Congrats bud!  What a turn of events for you.  I guess "Blizzard Alley" is living up to its name today!

[Minny_Weather]

Looks like a megaslot is moving into E NE.

[CentralNebWeather]

Was in bed and saw a flash then a rumble of thunder. Thundersnow. Local ABC met then tweeted the radar showing the lightning strike a few minutes later. Unreal.

[james1976]

You are cashing in out there! Meanwhile over here it slowly rose to 37 overnight and its pouring rain.

[St Paul Storm]

Temp up to 36 here which should be the high, but the rain hasn’t materialized. That’s actually good as it’s not melting the snow that fell overnight. Should see a bit more snow on the backside after the dryslot moves through.

 

Congrats to C NE.

[Minny_Weather]

The rain/snow line is on the York-Seward county line.

[CentralNebWeather]

Though I don’t see any on 511 Nebraska, local ABC says some area roads are closed. Those might be county highways. Interstate 80 has to be horrendous in places. You would be a fool to drive right now.

[CentralNebWeather]

20 degrees with a wind chill of 2 at 7:25 am.

[Minny_Weather]

Rain-snow line is one county North & West of Lincoln now.

[Bryan1117]

Winter Weather Advisories have been expanded to include areas just west of Omaha now, including Lincoln and Fremont. This is mainly for freezing rain, sleet and 1-2 inches of snow.

 

Temps are crashing here in Southwest Omaha... was around 50 at 8:30 this morning, now at 38. Seems that the models underplayed the speed of the cold air intrusion along with missing how far to the east this storm tracked.

[Minny_Weather]

Yeah I'm getting a bit concerned about the drive from Omaha back to Lincoln after my flight this afternoon. May have to take side roads if it's bad enough.

[CentralNebWeather]

Blizzard continues here. Back to .25 visibility. Most places are closed. Obviously no school is in session until January. Many holiday basketball tournaments are being postponed.

[gabel23]

Blizzard continues here. Back to .25 visibility. Most places are closed. Obviously no school is in session until January. Many holiday basketball tournaments are being postponed.

Get some pics if you can, your really gonna cash in on this! Your seasonal snow total continues to climb for sure. I received 2.1” of rain along with sleet and freezing rain. Remains to be seen if I get any snow from this.

[CentralNebWeather]

Get some pics if you can, your really gonna cash in on this! Your seasonal snow total continues to climb for sure. I received 2.1” of rain along with sleet and freezing rain. Remains to be seen if I get any snow from this.

I sure will. Will be really tough to measure with the blowing and drifting. My guess is we have gotten 5-8” so far but that is a just an estimate from standing on my deck, obviously not official and maybe I am off a little one way or another. I did see someone posted on Twitter 7” and climbing. We’ll see.

[CentralNebWeather]

Interstate 80 and US Highway 30 closed from Lexington to North Platte.

[Bryan1117]

Omaha is now included in the Winter Weather Advisory through tonight due to ice accumulations of up to a tenth of an inch, and up to an inch of snow along with 40 MPH winds. This is an unexpected surprise.

[Hawkeye]

I picked up 1.36" of rain overnight, at the high end of the expected range.  I would love to hear some thunder later, but I'm not counting on it.

[Stormhunter87]

Omaha got added interesting. I'm in Springfield IL atm and the wind here is nuts. Edit: it's 51 but it is sleeting here. The upper levels of this storm is nuts.

[james1976]

Yeah lots of dynamics for sure

[Niko]

I picked up 1.36" of rain overnight, at the high end of the expected range.  I would love to hear some thunder later, but I'm not counting on it.

I enjoy thunder in the Winter during a major snowstorm, when suddenly, once you hear the boom go off, the snow really gets hvy. Its awesome stuff.