12/16 - 12/18 Plains/Lakes Major Winter Storm

[gabel23]

How is the snow falling in NE??  Looks pretty decent on radar as the defo band gets going.

1.5" here of straight pixy dust. Blowing around pretty good and the freezing drizzle from last night has put a nice glaze down everywhere. It's extremely slick around town. I'm happy that I at least got something. 

[hlcater]

Hope we can score a few with the defo band but it looks like it may set up to our southeast and only drop an inch.

[CentralNebWeather]

1.5" here of straight pixy dust. Blowing around pretty good and the freezing drizzle from last night has put a nice glaze down everywhere. It's extremely slick around town. I'm happy that I at least got something.

I would say that amount and description is spot on. It is fun watching this snow dance through our neighborhood. Even some minor drifting.

[GDR]

Is anyone snowed in yet? Or was the gfs a bust on totals?

[jaster220]

Sitting @ 3" total so far.

[Money]

Is anyone snowed in yet? Or was the gfs a bust on totals?

Ok Alek

[indianajohn]

@IndianaJohn, you will prob get some real intense LES later tonight to make up for the lack of snow yesterday.

Usually LES hits Porter Counties is Lake county in play for LES?

[Tom]

Usually LES hits Porter Counties is Lake county in play for LES?

All it takes for it to wobble a little west and your in the game.  12z RGEM swips SE Cook county into Lake county, IN...

 

http://www.tropicaltidbits.com/analysis/models/rgem/2016121712/rgem_mslp_pcpn_frzn_ncus_6.png

 

http://www.tropicaltidbits.com/analysis/models/rgem/2016121712/rgem_mslp_pcpn_frzn_ncus_7.png

[winterfreak]

The snow has started and there's heavy dusting on everything.

[indianajohn]

All it takes for it to wobble a little west and your in the game.  12z RGEM swips SE Cook county into Lake county, IN...

 

http://www.tropicaltidbits.com/analysis/models/rgem/2016121712/rgem_mslp_pcpn_frzn_ncus_6.png

 

http://www.tropicaltidbits.com/analysis/models/rgem/2016121712/rgem_mslp_pcpn_frzn_ncus_7.png

Hopefully it takes its time moving to the East a prolonged LES event especially in Lake County is always a good thing. 

[midwest buildit]

[NEJeremy]

We maybe hit an inch here. Ice was the worst part and that wasn't even that bad. Brown Christmas for sure with the 40s coming next week. We'll see what January holds. A little over 2" for the month now.

[Money]

Solid snow right now with big flakes

[St Paul Storm]

View from the garage looking down the driveway. Difficult to measure due to blowing and drifting, but I'd say 6" or so.

[james1976]

Snowing really hard with big flakes......radar is barely showing anything. Could be a good sign as the heavier radar returns to my west might mean business when they get here.

[Niko]

Total storm totals IMBY was a whopping 4.8" with no mixing at all. Temps neva got outta the 20's.

[james1976]

Its a winter wonderland out there. Snowing hard and starting to blow around. I'm a lil over 2" total so far. Hoping to double that today but gonna be hard to measure with the wind.

[Money]

Milwaukee saying 3-5 inch amounts today and maybe more near the lakeshore

[gosaints]

Milwaukee saying 3-5 inch amounts today and maybe more near the lakeshore

What u at now?

[Money]

What u at now?

Between 5 and 6 probably

[Snowshoe]

A little short of predictions but not much.

 

 

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI

1248 PM CST SAT DEC 17 2016

 

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

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

..REMARKS..

 

1245 PM SNOW S PLOVER 44.45N 89.53W

12/17/2016 M7.3 INCH PORTAGE WI CO-OP OBSERVER

 

STORM TOTAL. A FEW FLURRIES AT

[gosaints]

Total storm totals IMBY was a whopping 4.8" with no mixing at all. Temps neva got outta the 20's.

You know how to thread the needle! More snow than any report in the detroit area.

[Money]

A little short of predictions but not much.

 

 

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI

1248 PM CST SAT DEC 17 2016

 

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

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

..REMARKS..

 

1245 PM SNOW S PLOVER 44.45N 89.53W

12/17/2016 M7.3 INCH PORTAGE WI CO-OP OBSERVER

 

STORM TOTAL. A FEW FLURRIES AT

Yeah still a decent amount of snow

 

Looks like it should snow most of the day as well

[East Dubzz]

Had ~3" last night, and looks like I may pick up an additional 1-2" today. I will certainly take that with how things were looking originally. 

[Niko]

You know how to thread the needle! More snow than any report in the detroit area.

[Money]

Plenty of areas in the Green Bay CWA showing amounts in the 9-10 inch range

[Tom]

How are things down near KC???

[winterfreak]

How are things down near KC???

Light snow right now but radar looks decent out west. Hopefully it doesn't fall apart before it gets here.

[WBadgersW]

Coming down good atm. By far the biggest flakes this season.

[Money]

Coming down good atm. By far the biggest flakes this season.

Yup this second wave is producing.

[VMB443]

Coming down really nicely west of Milwaukee. This is what I was hoping to see yesterday.

[gabel23]

Wow it must be ripping in kc! You guys need to check out espn 2 and the division 2 championship game.....nothing better than playing for a title in the snow.

[Hoosier]

Hey indianajohn, lake effect snow warning for us. I hope we're not too far west and the band doesn't shift east too fast.

[Money]

We're nearing almost 10 here for the event

 

Got as much today as last night

[winterfreak]

It's getting interesting. Defo band working its way in.

[gosaints]

It's getting interesting. Defo band working its way in.

dII national champ on tv right now in kc. Can see it first hand

[Tom]

Seems like that defo is nearly stationary in IA/WI...somebody if SE WI is going to get some lollipop totals.

[mlgamer]

Had just at 3" of snow at my place today in Topeka KS.  That, my friends, is my largest snowfall since Feb 4, 2014.

 

Seems the winter has gotten off to a good start with lots of systems to track so far and more showing up on the models. Hopefully a lot of snow to go around this winter.

[WBadgersW]

This defo does not disappoint. Looks like I'm going to end up around 8".

[midwest buildit]

Looks like the defo band is about to start here. Hope it doesn't disapoint. Lol