New Year's Day Colorado Low

[CentralNebWeather]

I had about 4" on top of the ice/sleet.  Not a bad system around here.  Over 6" about 30 miles northwest of me, then even more about 60 miles northwest of here.

[Tom]

It must be puking snow right now up in the MSP area....that radar looks amazing...

[Stormgeek]

1 minute ago, Tom said:

It must be puking snow right now up in the MSP area....that radar looks amazing...

It is indeed! Can hardly see across the parking lot here just a few miles north of Minneapolis. Big flakes too.

[james1976]

Yup its pounding up here. Eyeballing maybe 3" so far.

[Hawkeye]

I received 0.67" of rain, pretty close to the model average.

[OttumwaSnomow]

Well, no snow of course here in SE Iowa. But .96  nice rain last night!! Much more than forecasted  and with ground  still somewhat frozen  nice run off creeks and ponds are rising. Above avg precip continues  since September  so I will take that!

[Tom]

1st rumble of thunder in 2023…wish it came from a snowstorm!

[Hawkeye]

There are a few 18-22" reports from just north of Sioux Falls, where yesterday's initial band hit hardest.

[jcwxguy]

Video doesn't do it justice but it was snowing hard here for a while.  Solid inch or two surprise

[james1976]

4.2" from the first round. Got the snowblower running so I cleared the driveway. Now it's freezing drizzle

[bud2380]

Radar does not look very impressive right now.  That band just keeps lifting further and further north into MN.  Eventually more snow is supposed to develop down by the TC's.  It looks like the bulk of the accumulations will come as a result of the low sitting and spinning, so wherever heavier bands setup will do well.  Could be some highly variable snow totals in short distances I would think.  

[Madtown]

Pounded up here for 2 hrs or so 3.5" down

[Madtown]

The joys of outdoor rink.

[james1976]

Glad we got the snowblower serviced and running up here. Snowplow blocked the end of the driveway. Snow is real heavy and wet but that thing dug through it pretty well.

In a WWA until 6pm tomorrow for another 3-5". Also added in a glaze of ice this afternoon/ evening with frz drizzle. MPX has forecasted this thing quite well.

[OKwx2k4]

14 hours ago, hawkstwelve said:

Not directly near me but there was some in Brandon, SD which is about 15 mins away. So close!

Way to go, Brandon!

Lol. I couldn't help it. 

[Tom]

10 hours ago, Madtown said:

The joys of outdoor rink.

Is this a local ice rink?  Those pics are like the epitome of what Winter sports is all about!  Hockey baby!

[Hawkeye]

On 12/30/2022 at 1:34 PM, Hawkeye said:

One thing we know for sure is that Minneapolis will get another 8".

Minneapolis is over 10" after the latest overnight snow dump.  Their season total is up to nearly 44", the 4th highest on record up to this point in the season.  It really is ridiculous how each storm is bulls-eyeing the MSP metro.  The overnight radar loop shows bands of snow enhancing as they move over the city, just like with several other systems this winter.  The low could not have stalled in a better spot.

[Snowshoe]

13 hours ago, Madtown said:

The joys of outdoor rink.

Presque Isle, Wisconsin?

 

[james1976]

Picked up another 7" overnight. The forecast overnight and today was for 3-5 so I blew that away just overnight.. Puts me at 11.2" so far for the system. Just incredible 

[Tom]

8 minutes ago, james1976 said:

Picked up another 7" overnight. The forecast overnight and today was for 3-5 so I blew that away just overnight.. Puts me at 11.2" so far for the system. Just incredible 

18” snow depth?

[Hawkeye]

The latest HRRR shows the stalled upper low continuing to produce bands of snow over MSP through tomorrow morning, adding up to another 3-4".

Slow-moving heavy snow systems are rare down here in Iowa.  Most systems race through, which limits most of our bigger snows to 3-6".

[Madtown]

29 minutes ago, Snowshoe said:

Presque Isle, Wisconsin?

 

Bingo. It's the home rink for the Bucks

[Madtown]

3 hours ago, Tom said:

Is this a local ice rink?  Those pics are like the epitome of what Winter sports is all about!  Hockey baby!

School rink

[james1976]

18 minutes ago, Tom said:

18” snow depth?

Oh yeah has to be.

[james1976]

This may end up being the largest snowfall I've experienced in my lifetime depending on how the rest of this system pans out.

[james1976]

Just snow blowed driveway and ours and neighbors mail boxes. There's a lot of snow!

Still coming down lightly but it's 34 now and not really accumulating. 

[bud2380]

Just for comparison, here is the 00z GFS from Sunday night New Years Day the 1/2 00z GFS vs. the Euro for the same time frame.  And then the bottom map is actual snowfall reports.  

Neither did too bad.  The Euro was too far south in Iowa with the 6"+ snow line.  The GFS was too far north in areas of South Dakota.  The GFS probably needed the whole thing about 30 miles further south and it would've been pretty accurate.  Euro overall was pretty close, just a little too much snow showing up in parts of Iowa is the biggest miss I see.  Maybe parts of SE Minnesota the Euro was too far south with as well.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

[MIKEKC]

24 minutes ago, bud2380 said:

Just for comparison, here is the 00z GFS from Sunday night New Years Day the 1/2 00z GFS vs. the Euro for the same time frame.  And then the bottom map is actual snowfall reports.  

Neither did too bad.  The Euro was too far south in Iowa with the 6"+ snow line.  The GFS was too far north in areas of South Dakota.  The GFS probably needed the whole thing about 30 miles further south and it would've been pretty accurate.  Euro overall was pretty close, just a little too much snow showing up in parts of Iowa is the biggest miss I see.  Maybe parts of SE Minnesota the Euro was too far south with as well.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yep, EURO was too far south. It was even further south on some runs. The EURO showed an ice storm in Omaha almost every run. GFS did not, showed it being too warm.

I think the GFS did quite well. Canadian model was too far south on several runs too. 

[james1976]

Light snow most of day but didn't really accumulate. Here's a couple pics I took a while ago!

[Tom]

16 minutes ago, james1976 said:

Light snow most of day but didn't really accumulate. Here's a couple pics I took a while ago!

Looks wonderful James!  You must love it up there.

[james1976]

Yeah I'm not too mad about having a home up here! Haha

[james1976]

WWA extended until 6am for 2-4 more inches overnight. I'm already eyeballing 1.5" of new snow since the sun set. Just an incredible system. One of the biggest, if not the biggest of my lifetime. Even though it's a long duration...still same system. The snow piles around town are huge. I'm hoping to get back to IA in the morning but we'll see how that pans out.

[OmahaSnowFan]

Talked to my dad who lives in a little town outside of Mitchell SD. Said they received 25” of snow. 
Plows worked on the roads but most are only one lane.

[james1976]

2.4" so far this evening 

[jcwxguy]

26" snow at my ex in-laws in delmont, sd

[gabel23]

2 hours ago, OmahaSnowFan said:

Talked to my dad who lives in a little town outside of Mitchell SD. Said they received 25” of snow. 
Plows worked on the roads but most are only one lane.

Back to back storms have absolutely buried much of South Dakota and northern Nebraska. Eastern South Dakota just caught up with this one storm! Can’t imagine what it looks like out in the open country along I-90 west towards rapid city.

[Tom]

At this time, I have light snow falling and a temp of 33F...getting the scrap from you guys up north!  I guess some snow falling during the daytime today will look somewhat like JAN or rather, late NOV...LOL

[Hawkeye]

I received 0.8" of snow overnight as the upper low dropped southeast through eastern Iowa.  One of these days we'll get some real snow during daylight.

[bud2380]

26 minutes ago, Hawkeye said:

I received 0.8" of snow overnight as the upper low dropped southeast through eastern Iowa.  One of these days we'll get some real snow during daylight.

I didn't measure, but I would have guess just a shade under an inch here as well.  And amazingly, that was worthy of a 2 hour delay at my kids school.  The standard has changed since I was a kid.  

[james1976]

I cleared another 3" off the driveway this morning. This was basically 3 rounds for me (4", 7" and 3") so I feel confident we got at least 14" from this system.

[jaster220]

20 hours ago, gabel23 said:

Back to back storms have absolutely buried much of South Dakota and northern Nebraska. Eastern South Dakota just caught up with this one storm! Can’t imagine what it looks like out in the open country along I-90 west towards rapid city.

@Tom is always wishing to fill in that snow void