1/10 - 1/11 Possible Severe Frontal Passage with intense snow showers

[Minny_Weather]

Got the original band of light snow coming still, but I don't think that will be much of a factor. Undisturbed snow accumulation here is 1.5", but drifts are much higher. I measured a 6" drift. I'll take it knowing that we have a legit shot at a multi-inch clipper tomorrow to cover the grass.

[Grizzcoat]

Big fatties here in easily 1/4Sm +SN !!!

Post pics later

[NEJeremy]

I’m on the northwest side of Omaha and the southeast side and southern suburbs are getting dumped on. Probably 10-15 miles away from me but doesn’t look like I’ll get any of that here

[bud2380]

it sure looks like there is a band of heavy snow heading right towards IC & CR.  Maybe just east of there will be the best spot, but certainly looks like we'll get something. 

[Minny_Weather]

Oh now that we're getting the thin, light band on the backside suddenly we get bigger flakes 

[james1976]

Radar is spring-like

[bud2380]

looks like just to my east may get hit pretty hard.  

[snowstorm83]

I guess the total is maybe 1/2" here? Hard to tell because of the wind. Hopefully we can get lucky with one of these weekend clippers because this isn't going to cut it lol.

[hlcater]

looks like just to my east may get hit pretty hard.

What’s going on down there right now? P-type says snow, but I’m thinking sleet.

[hlcater]

I've got IP at my location, so it seems that big blob is not snow, but mixed precip as I thought.

[bud2380]

I work in CR and i just looked outside and it doesn't look like it's doing anything, so might have had some brief ice and could be drizzling now.  

[St Paul Storm]

Gosaints about to get smashed east of the Roch.

 

The back edge of the line is back building a bit up this way. Getting under some heavier returns. It’s a consolation prize.

[james1976]

Fatties right now.

PS: This thing is haulin....

[Snowshoe]

Temp gradient is very impressive.Near 60 around Milwaukee and only 20 in La Crosse.

[CentralNebWeather]

I have to say we did a lot better than I thought here in Central Nebraska, at least in Holdrege.  Started snowing heavily with winds gusting to 50 MPH at 12:20 AM and snowed fairly hard for about 4 hours as the band didn't move much from my county.  I looked outside at 2 AM and couldn't see across the street.  I would say we got 3 inches or so.  Just southwest of us in Furnas county I saw reports of 3.7 so I am somewhere in the area.  We actually have drifts in places.  With a few more chances in the next few days it will look more like winter is supposed to.  Right now 9 degrees, wind chill -12.

[gabel23]

I have to say we did a lot better than I thought here in Central Nebraska, at least in Holdrege.  Started snowing heavily with winds gusting to 50 MPH at 12:20 AM and snowed fairly hard for about 4 hours as the band didn't move much from my county.  I looked outside at 2 AM and couldn't see across the street.  I would say we got 3 inches or so.  Just southwest of us in Furnas county I saw reports of 3.7 so I am somewhere in the area.  We actually have drifts in places.  With a few more chances in the next few days it will look more like winter is supposed to.  Right now 9 degrees, wind chill -12.

School closed down for the day??

[hlcater]

I've switched from IP to all snow at the moment. However flakes are pretty small.

[NEJeremy]

All done here. One last FU by the band as it intensifies on the very back edge, about 10 miles east of me. Didn't even get enough to cover the grass.

[Andrew NE]

All done here. One last FU by the band as it intensifies on the very back edge, about 10 miles east of me. Didn't even get enough to cover the grass.

 

Haha, me too man, its just sitting over downtown Omaha/council bluffs.  

[St Paul Storm]

Impossible to measure to due blowing and drifting. But the ground is covered again so I’m happy. Quarter size flakes at the moment.

[Iowawx]

Have a solid coating of ice here now on roads and sidewalks. Seems to be a mix of snow and sleet occurring now. 

[GDR]

Snowing hard here and very slick

[jaster220]

I have to say we did a lot better than I thought here in Central Nebraska, at least in Holdrege.  Started snowing heavily with winds gusting to 50 MPH at 12:20 AM and snowed fairly hard for about 4 hours as the band didn't move much from my county.  I looked outside at 2 AM and couldn't see across the street.  I would say we got 3 inches or so.  Just southwest of us in Furnas county I saw reports of 3.7 so I am somewhere in the area.  We actually have drifts in places.  With a few more chances in the next few days it will look more like winter is supposed to.  Right now 9 degrees, wind chill -12.

 

'grats over there!  

 

Not sure if the NAM is smoking something with this or what?? 

 

[jaster220]

Impossible to measure to due blowing and drifting. But the ground is covered again so I’m happy. Quarter size flakes at the moment.

 

Sounds like your post from back in Dec (Nov??) 

[bud2380]

i know it's been discussed repeatedly, but it's kind of amazing how bad models did with this storm.  They universally agreed on one thing, there would be a very narrow band of heavy snow.  That simply didn't happen.  The areas that were supposed to get hit the hardest with this band are dry on the radar right now and it's not going to fill in.  The highest report in Iowa so far is 2" just north of Ames.  I wouldn't be surprised if the highest in the whole state ends up being 3 to maybe 4".  Tough storm.  

[gosaints]

Pound town the last couple hours...

[CentralNebWeather]

School closed down for the day??

I actually teach at the High School here.  We had a 10 AM start.  Our superintendent made the decision at 5 PM yesterday.  It was actually the correct call as the wind and blowing snow were still ongoing at 5:30 or so when he would have had to decide.  I thought overnight as bad as it looked that we might get out, but no one else changed to closed.  A few of the students that live in the country said gravel roads would be clear then all of a sudden a nice drift over the road.  Our school lot must have had some drifts as when I got here we had large piles at the ends of our lot from the maintenance people clearing it.  All and all a nice little storm.  Still hoping for the Colorado Low.

[bud2380]

16 degrees and sleet right now.

[hlcater]

Extremely, extremely heavy returns over knoxville in excess of 50dbz!!! Gotta be absolute pound town in there.

[St Paul Storm]

Sounds like your post from back in Dec (Nov??)

 

Yeah I think the first snow we got was a windy event as well. Good memory sir!

[Iowawx]

Extremely, extremely heavy returns over knoxville in excess of 50dbz!!! Gotta be absolute pound town in there.

That seems to be heading towards the CR area soon. 

[NEJeremy]

i know it's been discussed repeatedly, but it's kind of amazing how bad models did with this storm.  They universally agreed on one thing, there would be a very narrow band of heavy snow.  That simply didn't happen.  The areas that were supposed to get hit the hardest with this band are dry on the radar right now and it's not going to fill in.  The highest report in Iowa so far is 2" just north of Ames.  I wouldn't be surprised if the highest in the whole state ends up being 3 to maybe 4".  Tough storm.  

Yeah I always kind of doubted the amount the models were kicking out and kept waiting for them to adjust downward as we got closer. System was weakening and moving too fast to get the amounts the models were trying to say, 6-12+"

[bud2380]

And the sleet has changed over to snow

[bud2380]

Radar looks like it should be ripping here but it’s not. Unless it changed back to sleet. Can’t tell right now.

[hlcater]

Back to sleet/Graupel.

[St Paul Storm]

The back edge of this thing might...just might...make this a decent event. Ripping good out there and should last for a bit. Nice fatties falling from the sky. I’d say I doubled my totals in the last 90 minutes.

[Hawkeye]

Yep, the bright returns passing over CR is 100% sleet.

[bud2380]

Sleet is my least favorite form of precip. It’s a ***** to shovel and it just robs us of good snow.

[Grizzcoat]

i know it's been discussed repeatedly, but it's kind of amazing how bad models did with this storm.  They universally agreed on one thing, there would be a very narrow band of heavy snow.  That simply didn't happen.  The areas that were supposed to get hit the hardest with this band are dry on the radar right now and it's not going to fill in.  The highest report in Iowa so far is 2" just north of Ames.  I wouldn't be surprised if the highest in the whole state ends up being 3 to maybe 4".  Tough storm.  

Yep. While my location did have some good snows they just didn't last for more then 20 minutes at a time and then go back to -PL or GS (graupel) with lighter snow mixed in. Interesting thing on DMX radar the past several hours has been what appears SNSQ in very thin bands. When they come across it's gets near whiteout and when they pass vis goes to 7SM. Never seen this here before. Might have something to do with the BLSN but it certainly is accumulating during the passages. 

[shakjen]

Temp has dropped 24 degrees in the past 90 minutes here. Still light drizzle coming down