12/26 - 12/29 Potential Wintry & Wet Winter Storm

[Tom]

Just got back from taking care of some errands and the roads are a complete slop fest.  Sleet changed over to rain, came down heavy, now back to sleet/snow mix, huge puddles of water on the sides of the roads...I literally hydroplaned...congrats to those in IA/MN/WI...I think those in C WI are going to be the winners.

 

Nice vid Snowshoe!  I love these kind of snow storms. 

[bainbridgekid]

Just got back from taking care of some errands and the roads are a complete slop fest.  Sleet changed over to rain, came down heavy, now back to sleet/snow mix, huge puddles of water on the sides of the roads...I literally hydroplaned...congrats to those in IA/MN/WI...I think those in C WI are going to be the winners.

 

Nice vid Snowshoe!  I love these kind of snow storms. 

Interesting. Des Plaines is just 10 miles West of me.

 

I wonder if there's any chance I will switch back too. Raining pretty hard here right now and 35 degrees.

[Geos]

All snow now. Pouring large flakes.

 

HRRR nailed it.

[Tom]

This storm should def kick start the ski/snow mobile season in Wisco/MN region where it has been dead for the most part this Winter.  Good for the local economy where businesses really count on mother nature to cooperate.  Actually, it is well timed for the New Year weekend.

[Tom]

Interesting. Des Plaines is just 10 miles West of me.

 

I wonder if there's any chance I will switch back too. Raining pretty hard here right now and 35 degrees.

This is probably the most depressing part of this storm!  The worst part is when it starts pouring rain...give me snow/sleet or just plain old rain...the whole scene turns to yuck!  Can't wait for the first powdery snowfall of the season.

[Scott26]

All snow now. Pouring large flakes.

 

HRRR nailed it.

Same here Geos. Huge flakes and coming down hard.

[Geos]

Winter radar is messed up, it shows it snowing by you Tom, but raining here.

[Blugga]

Were'd this snow come from?

 

Went from rain to snow. Nice way to end the storm here.

[ToastedRavs]

Some impressive amounts trickling in to the report map in Iowa. Ten a half near ft. Dodge is most I see so far. I am sure more to come

[Geos]

5.9" accumulation through 8pm. Snowing at over inch per hour right now.

[ToastedRavs]

Got to love the ULL regeneration going on over central Iowa. We may get another few hours of accumulating snow...albeit light and only in few spots

[gosaints]

5.9" accumulation through 8pm. Snowing at over inch per hour right now.

Awesome. Geos snow magnet rocks on!!

[gosaints]

Probably.closing in on 6 here.

[Geos]

Will get over 6.5" for sure. Just watching the snow falling in the backyard.

[WBadgersW]

Its really coming down here. I'll probably end up with 6-8"

[NEJeremy]

ended up with 4-5" across town. not bad, but pretty disappointing especially when even as late as last night the 57 member ensembles were at 70-80% likelihood of at least 8" for Omaha. Thought we had a decent chance of double digit totals. Darn that Mother Nature!

[CentralNebWeather]

In central Nebraska we got 0.0. Pretty easy to measure.

[hlcater]

lol ^^

[Geos]

6.2" of snow and sleet here total. Ended as some light mist about 10pm. Now sitting at 34°.

This was the hardest shoveling I've ever done. The weight of the stuff is crazy - even with my fancy shovel on a wheel.

 

This will turn into a glacier no doubt later on and stick around a while.

 

Low over Chicago now. Credit goes out to the GGEM/RGEM for sure. GFS probably second place prize. HRRR did a really good job with precipitation types today.

 

[Geos]

That cold air isn't far away... could be some really dicey roads towards morning. Cold air will work its way in fast after that surface low moves off.

[ToastedRavs]

Just had a great ending to the storm...like a fine dessert wine. Nice band knocked down visibility big time...probably added half an inch in 25 minutes. Cheers to those that hit the jackpot...and cheers to hoping we get an even bigger storm for all of us in the new year!

[gabel23]

2.4" is the official count for my county, I have a current snow depth of 3" which means I received 2 from this storm. The one inch that was on the ground before this storm was nothing but ice. I'm hoping I can keep some of this snow until the next storm hits.

[hlcater]

Ravs that band is coming here too, would be a great way for the storm to leave

[Geos]

Today ceased to amaze me, now dense fog is forming outside! Calm winds - must be under the low now.

[Geos]

Nice snow band moving east through Iowa. Hope it makes it all the way here!

[Hawkeye]

I got some decent snow for a couple hours first thing this morning and a bit more at the end, but the nine hours in between was all sleet.  I ended up with about 4 inches.  The gauge catch was 1.26", although the real precip total is likely higher because of strong wind.  The models generally had me right on the steep cliff with much more accumulation just west and north and not much to the southeast, and that is exactly how it panned out.  Our temp never rose above 28, so the stuff isn't wet, but it's very dense and heavy and there's a crusty layer next to the pavement.  It was a real beotch to clean.  Our first storm back in November was heavy slop, so this winter isn't making it easy.

[Money]

A+ storm

[Money]

Ended up with about 10.4 inches

[OKwx2k4]

Ended up with about 10.4 inches

Impressive. Congrats on that for sure.

[OKwx2k4]

I got some decent snow for a couple hours first thing this morning and a bit more at the end, but the nine hours in between was all sleet. I ended up with about 4 inches. The gauge catch was 1.26", although the real precip total is likely higher because of strong wind. The models generally had me right on the steep cliff with much more accumulation just west and north and not much to the southeast, and that is exactly how it panned out. Our temp never rose above 28, so the stuff isn't wet, but it's very dense and heavy and there's a crusty layer next to the pavement. It was a real beotch to clean. Our first storm back in November was heavy slop, so this winter isn't making it easy.

One and only cool thing about sleet though is that it stays on the ground a long time. Lol

[educatorjen]

That cold air isn't far away... could be some really dicey roads towards morning. Cold air will work its way in fast after that surface low moves off.

Thanks

[East Dubzz]

Ended with somewhere around 6" here.. With how long it sleeted, that's pretty solid for me. Roads were terrrrrrible yesterday, but in much better condition today .

[Tom]

One and only cool thing about sleet though is that it stays on the ground a long time. Lol

This sleet storm was something I've never experienced and hope it was the last!  Lol...it felt like I was living an experience what you guys down in OK have to deal with more frequency than up this way.

[Snowshoe]

Official storm total for my town was 8". Looks like the heaviest snow in NE Wis. was toward Green Bay. Here's a couple area reports.

0735 AM     HEAVY SNOW       NEW LONDON              44.38N 88.75W
12/29/2015  M14.6 INCH       WAUPACA            WI   TRAINED SPOTTER

0750 AM     HEAVY SNOW       DE PERE                 44.45N 88.05W
12/29/2015  M13.5 INCH       BROWN              WI   TRAINED SPOTTER

0600 AM     HEAVY SNOW       APPLETON                44.26N 88.40W
12/29/2015  M12.2 INCH       OUTAGAMIE          WI   CO-OP OBSERVER

[Snowshoe]

What I will remember most about this storm are the winds.

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
925 PM CST MON DEC 28 2015


...WIND REPORTS PAST 24 HOURS ...

...BROWN COUNTY...
GREEN BAY AIRPORT            54 MPH    0831 PM 12/28   44.50N/88.11W
ANSTON                       36 MPH    0810 PM 12/28   44.61N/88.15W
GREENLEAF 4 NNE              31 MPH    0847 PM 12/28   44.37N/88.07W

...MARINE REPORTING STATIONS...
ALGOMA CITY MARINA           61 MPH    0821 PM 12/28   44.61N/87.43W
WASHINGTON ISLAND 23 ESE     52 MPH    0800 PM 12/28   45.20N/86.50W
WHITEFISH BAY 9 SE           37 MPH    1000 AM 12/28   44.80N/87.10W

...PORTAGE COUNTY...
PLOVER 1 WSW                 44 MPH    0747 PM 12/28   44.44N/89.55W
STEVENS POINT AIRPORT        38 MPH    0715 PM 12/28   44.55N/89.53W
PARK RIDGE 2 N               33 MPH    0715 PM 12/28   44.54N/89.54W

...WOOD COUNTY...
MARSHFIELD AIRPORT           39 MPH    0659 PM 12/28   44.64N/90.19W
WISCONSIN RAPIDS AIRPORT     37 MPH    0807 PM 12/28   44.36N/89.84W

[WildWisconsinWeather]

Ended up with about 10.4 inches

 

Congrats as well!  I saw a report just outside of Fond du Lac of over 12".  You do live in the Oshkosh area now, right?

[james1976]

Waterloo ended up with 10.3". I didnt bother to measure cuz of the wind but I would say atleast 8, maybe 9". This puts my season total at about 25" so far.

[WBadgersW]

Awesome, ended up with 8.5". First 6+" storm in years

[East Dubzz]

Would love to know the amount of liquid that came along with that storm in my area. I know it was about 3" of sleet and 3" of snow. Definitely had to be over an inch of QPF. Too bad that wasn't all snow, would probably have over a foot.

 

It was a still a prett entertaining story and I don't ever remember seeing that much sleet or it coming down as hard as it was yesterday. Would rather have snow, but I guess it's cool to see something else. I just want the snow to stick around, seeing snow on the ground finally is refreshing.

[Geos]

Would love to know the amount of liquid that came along with that storm in my area. I know it was about 3" of sleet and 3" of snow. Definitely had to be over an inch of QPF. Too bad that wasn't all snow, would probably have over a foot.

 

It was a still a prett entertaining story and I don't ever remember seeing that much sleet or it coming down as hard as it was yesterday. Would rather have snow, but I guess it's cool to see something else. I just want the snow to stick around, seeing snow on the ground finally is refreshing.

 

I got about 1.55" of water yesterday, so that would have been 15" at 10:1 ratio snow. Would have been an epic snowstorm for sure. Can't really complain though. It looks like winter again outside.

 

An observer near the Jo Daviess County line recorded 1.40". http://cocorahs.org/Maps/ViewMap.aspx?state=usa