12/8 - 12/9 "I-80 Corridor Snow Event"

[james1976]

4 minutes ago, Bellona said:

Are you back in Iowa right now?

Yeah for the weekend. 32 and raining right now. Hope it changes over soon. 

[james1976]

Radar is really filling in across IA. Sucks that there isn't more cold air. Great dynamics with this system.

[Bellona]

4 minutes ago, james1976 said:

Radar is really filling in across IA. Sucks that there isn't more cold air. Great dynamics with this system.

Sitting at 32 and rain here as well. Was 28 earlier...

[Hawkeye]

The latest HRRR has really dropped totals in the warning area around Mason City.  Now it's bulls-eyeing far northeast Iowa near Decorah with 10".

[james1976]

Temp has risen to 34 now lol. What a waste. Was raining hard at 32....now it looks like a bit more sleet mixed in....even though the temp has risen. Thermals are a mess with this thing.

[hawkstwelve]

 

[Tom]

8 hours ago, hawkstwelve said:

Security camera caught one of the cracks as my family was shoveling the driveway. All that snow has fallen since around 4PM central. It was so unexpected and loud they ran inside almost immediately. 

I. Cannot. Believe. I. Missed. This. 

I literally just saw this clip on The Weather Channel!  So freakin' cool...

[Niko]

An inch or less will do it here for my area. Snowshowers will develop late today and end by midnite. That should put a lot of people in the Christmas mood..

[Hawkeye]

0.64" of rain here.

[hawkstwelve]

3 hours ago, Tom said:

I literally just saw this clip on The Weather Channel!  So freakin' cool...

Thanks for the heads up! They reached out asking for permission to use it but I didn't think it would actually go on TV. I tuned in just in time to see it played again. Pretty awesome!

[Bryan1117]

Yet another system that "underperformed" here... storm rainfall total of 0.09" with no icing/ no snow at all. 

The drought and this lousy pattern wins again. 

[CentralNebWeather]

7 minutes ago, Bryan1117 said:

Yet another system that "underperformed" here... storm rainfall total of 0.09" with no icing/ no snow at all. 

The drought and this lousy pattern wins again. 

I think we ended up with .01".  Of course that was freezing drizzle.  Have to hope the storm next week brings some moisture.  

[james1976]

Haven't been out yet but eyeballing about an inch here.

[bud2380]

There's a 12" report in NW Iowa.  

 

[jaster220]

22 minutes ago, bud2380 said:

There's a 12" report in NW Iowa.  

 

Woah! That made for a nice little surprise

[Hawkeye]

There are a lot of 7-9" reports in the Sioux Falls area.

[jaster220]

At least one corner of The Mitt "eked out" a headline.

Special Weather Statement

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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI
104 PM EST Fri Dec 9 2022

MIZ056-057-064>066-071>073-100015-
Ottawa-Kent-Allegan-Barry-Eaton-Van Buren-Kalamazoo-Calhoun-
Including the cities of Grand Haven, Jenison, Grand Rapids, Holland,
Hastings, Charlotte, South Haven, Kalamazoo, and Battle Creek
104 PM EST Fri Dec 9 2022

...SNOW MAY CAUSE SLIPPERY TRAVEL THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

Snow will continue to progress into the southwest corner of Lower
Michigan this afternoon and evening. The snow will overspread areas
near and south of Holland, Grand Rapids, Hastings and Eaton Rapids
by the evening commute. This includes I-96 especially west of Ionia,
I-94 especially west of Albion and I-196 west and south of Grand
Rapids.

Snow will limit visibilities to below a half mile at times and snow
rates will be such that roads may become snow covered and slippery as
well. After dark this evening, roads may develop some icy spots where
snow has fallen due to temperatures trending below the freezing mark.

If traveling across the southwest corner of Lower Michigan this
afternoon and evening be prepared to encounter snow covered and
potentially slick roads. You will need to allow some extra time to
reach your destination as conditions may dictate that you need to
slow down.

$$

[Hawkeye]

There was strong model support for a west-east band of heavy snow across far northern Iowa.  It appears there was a bit more of a "warm" surge up through the eastern half of Iowa, which caused the heaviest snow band to veer north a bit into far se Minnesota.  It then veered back to the south in sw Wisconsin.

[OttumwaSnomow]

5 hours ago, bud2380 said:

There's a 12" report in NW Iowa.  

 

I sent 2 men to laurens.. they helped  plow the  Jack Links factory and several other businesses..  We didn't  go until the models locked in on that area.  Ruthven 12 inches  not far from there! Makes the 3rd time we have "chased snow" as a business..  2016 snowmaggedon when Baltimore  set  its record some spots had over 40", last Feb in St lou and now this NW Iowa.. doesnt pay anything  like the 60 commercial  sites we do here in Ottumwa, Iowa. But gives our best men something  to do!

[jaster220]

Such a teaser

 

[jaster220]

BUST! 

Was coming home from shopping in Troy and ran into SNOW in the metro! Good couple inches covering grass and cars in Farmington-Novi burbs. Just some mood flurries 10 miles south here in Canton - so that verified as expected. 696 started to get a little slush glaze. Restored a tiny bit of hope that this place can maybe get some action going forward. Just hope I'm not stuck waiting on cycle #3 in Feb like has been the case. 

[Tom]

Here is another map of the rather thin band of significant snow across the MW..

 

[westMJim]

8 minutes ago, Tom said:

the rather thin band of significant snow across the MW

I was in the SW part of Grand Rapids yesterday when the snow moved in. There was a short period of heavy snow and there was a good inch of snow on the ground in no time. The car thermometer had a reading of 29 so it was cold enough for the snow to stick. To my surprise when I go home there was just a trace of snow on the ground. That is a distance of  about 15 miles. This happens a lot with lake effect but yesterday was not lake effect.

[jaster220]

11 hours ago, Tom said:

Here is another map of the rather thin band of significant snow across the MW..

 

Great map. Cool color scheme. Was a 4" report from South Haven along the shoreline so there was at least one small spot in MI that deserved the next shade of pink.

[jaster220]

11 hours ago, westMJim said:

I was in the SW part of Grand Rapids yesterday when the snow moved in. There was a short period of heavy snow and there was a good inch of snow on the ground in no time. The car thermometer had a reading of 29 so it was cold enough for the snow to stick. To my surprise when I go home there was just a trace of snow on the ground. That is a distance of  about 15 miles. This happens a lot with lake effect but yesterday was not lake effect.

Had nothing at my place, but 2 miles north roofs had a coating. The zone between 96/696 and M-59 (Pontiac) did the best and woke to a nice ground covering. Same exact place that scored well last winter including Dec. New year, same results as others have chimed.