1/21 - 1/23 Plains/Midwest Blizzard

[NEJeremy]

Measuring is impossible. Measured 6 areas on the grass, 2 places were 2", 2 places were 3", and 2 were 5". I'm calling it 3" and still puking. Up to 8" drifts.

You guys are doing great as the heavier snow keeps redeveloping over Lincoln. Just in the last 5 minutes, we're getting another weeny heavy band developing over west Omaha.

[FarmerRick]

There’s a bridge 150 ft ahead. Yep, I don’t see it either. Whiteout. Traffic not moving at all.

 

 

That's fun stuff, MSP is just wonderful to drive in during snowstorms...  

[Snowshoe]

Rain changed to heavy snow just in time for the dry slot to arrive!

 

Drive safe St. Paul Storm!

[Tabitha]

Nobody mentioned it; but the 12z European had 5 to 6 inches for Omaha & Lincoln (assuming 10:1).

 

That is quite a bit better than here; since the same model does not bring (the chance of) snow into my area until the final day of the month.

[St Paul Storm]

Driving down my street. Heavy, wet snow. Gonna be some clogged snowblowers tonight.

[Stormgeek]

As much as I would have liked to see 12+ here, I am very happy with what this has turned into! Not huge amounts but man is it ripping and whipping right now.

[gabel23]

Measuring is impossible. Measured 6 areas on the grass, 2 places were 2", 2 places were 3", and 2 were 5". I'm calling it 3" and still puking. Up to 8" drifts.

Tell me about it! My snowboard has been at 8" of snow since noon and I know we picked up at least another 3". Here are some pics I have taken throughout the day including the ones I took not long ago; it was ripping harder than it has been all day at the time. I'm in the process of uploading my footage of the blizzard. 

[Minny_Weather]

Lighter now. Smaller flakes. That was fun while it lasted. We could still have moderate snow, but I think we're done with the heaviest stuff. I say we pick up maybe another inch on the day. Really wouldn't be a bad day.

[centralweather44]

Dry slot trying to push this way. Hoping we can avoid it so we can add to totals. Saw that 10/11 news reported 2” of snow at their location

[Minny_Weather]

Dry slot trying to push this way. Hoping we can avoid it so we can add to totals. Saw that 10/11 news reported 2” of snow at their location

That 2" was a whole ago. It's snowed a lot since then.

[centralweather44]

That’s what they just reported on their 4:00 news. I’m seeing coorahs reports of anything between .75-3.5”’in Lancaster County. Most of the parking lots we plow have about 1-1.5” on them with some 6-8” drifts

[centralweather44]

Snow really deminishing over the past 20’mins. Id said by 6:00 we will be completely done

[St Paul Storm]

One more pic before it gets too dark. Taken from the back deck looking out into the white abyss. Still snowing hard now. Should get another 3-5”. Looks like some 2 foot drifts in spots.

[Minny_Weather]

That’s what they just reported on their 4:00 news. 

He mentioned that the measurements were taken a couple hours before.

[centralweather44]

He mentioned that the measurements were taken a couple hours before.

Oh gotcha. My bad. Sorry man didn’t realize that’s what you said. I’ll be interested to see final reports.

[Minny_Weather]

Oh gotcha. My bad. Sorry man didn’t realize that’s what you said. I’ll be interested to see final reports.

Yeah so am I. The airport hasn't come forward with any measurements yet but they got the best of what fell in Lincoln this morning in addition to a good band in the afternoon.

[Snowlover76]

i have no idea how much has fallen.  Best guess is between 3 and 5" 

[snowstorm83]

Snow has come to pretty abrupt end here but another little band might move through before the show is over. Difficult to tell, but it looks like around 3" to me at UNL.

[NEJeremy]

coming down pretty steady again and really blowing. Looking out my window at work, it looks like the snow is coming down in sheets. I'll have to measure when I get home, but I would guess we're around 3-4" here at work.

[Minny_Weather]

Lincoln is calling it 3.5" so far.

[centralweather44]

Lincoln is calling it 3.5" so far.

Ya I saw that’s what Dean reported. Hoping we can pick up another .5-1” and end in the four range

[WBadgersW]

MKX calling for 1-3" for far SE WI. Going to be a tricky forecast. Someone in the area might cash.

[CentralNebWeather]

Hastings just had an interesting summary of the storm, what they got right and what they missed. Kept saying it wasn’t a “bust” forecast. I don’t think it necessarily was, I was predicted to get anywhere from 11-17” and got probably 3”. They blamed dry air for later snow starting and less of it in parts of the area including mine.

Honest question, can forecasters see the dry air and set their forecasts accordingly? I kept seeing my area on run after run being much lower for amounts, but they upped totals on Sunday morning. I am still learning about weather and may look at this aspect closer if we get another big one to come through. Thanks for your information and knowledge.

[Snowlover76]

Hastings just had an interesting summary of the storm, what they got right and what they missed. Kept saying it wasn’t a “bust” forecast. I don’t think it necessarily was, I was predicted to get anywhere from 11-17” and got probably 3”. They blamed dry air for later snow starting and less of it in parts of the area including mine.

Honest question, can forecasters see the dry air and set their forecasts accordingly? I kept seeing my area on run after run being much lower for amounts, but they upped totals on Sunday morning. I am still learning about weather and may look at this aspect closer if we get another big one to come through. Thanks for your information and knowledge.

the storms down in the ArkLaTex were a red flag for me 

[Bryan1117]

I just measured the snow depth in six different relatively undisturbed spots, and came up with an average of 5.5 inches of snow from today's storm.

 

Not too bad of a storm at all today, and it looks like we could tack on another half inch to an inch during the evening to get us over the half foot mark here in Southwest Omaha. This was an interesting system to watch, and was enough snow for myself and my two young kids to build a decent sized snowman in the front yard. All I wanted this year was a decent snowman-building type snowfall to make the kiddos happy, and we finally got it in our neighborhood. 

[Minny_Weather]

the storms down in the ArkLaTex were a red flag for me

Why would those negatively impact us?

[NEJeremy]

I just measured the snow depth in six different relatively undisturbed spots, and came up with an average of 5.5 inches of snow from today's storm.

 

Not too bad of a storm at all today, and it looks like we could tack on another half inch to an inch during the evening to get us over the half foot mark here in Southwest Omaha. This was an interesting system to watch, and was enough snow for myself and my two young kids to build a decent sized snowman in the front yard. All I wanted this year was a decent snowman-building type snowfall to make the kiddos happy, and we finally got it in our neighborhood. 

Where are you at if I may ask? I'm up near 680 and Irvington exit and I think we missed out on that heavy area that developed around 10am and lasted for a couple of hours. 

[gosaints]

MKX calling for 1-3" for far SE WI. Going to be a tricky forecast. Someone in the area might cash.

You mean the prevelant GEOS special band showing up on various models?  

[Tom]

Pea-size hail reported in those cells across the SW burbs of Chi and near RFD...

 

[gabel23]

By average, I came up with a total of 11" in the places that I measured. I'm anxious to go out tomorrow and look at the drifts in specific places. That usually gives me a good idea how close I am with my measurement. 

[Minny_Weather]

Yeah we're done with any further accumulations. We're down to flurries here.

[Hawkeye]

It's neat watching the ne to sw moist conveyor park over the Twin Cities and just keep the moderate to heavy snow coming.  It'd be nice to see something like that again around here one of these days weeks months years.

[hlcater]

@St Paul Storm, What are you at?

[WBadgersW]

You mean the prevelant GEOS special band showing up on various models?

I swear, if that magnet down in Kenosha is still on...

[St Paul Storm]

@St Paul Storm, What are you at?

I’m exactly 4 miles due north of downtown St Paul, right up I-35. I’m about to go under the fire hose again for a few hours. This is crazy stuff.

[Minny_Weather]

Light snow is back. Yay for a last hurrah!

[hlcater]

I’m exactly 4 miles due north of downtown St Paul, right up I-35. I’m about to go under the fire hose again for a few hours. This is crazy stuff.

I meant how much .

[gabel23]

Here is a link to all the videos I uploaded to youtube today. Let me know if they don't work.......I must say this ranks right up there with one of the strongest blizzards that I can remember. 

[Minny_Weather]

Here is a link to all the videos I uploaded to

today. Let me know if they don't work.......I must say this ranks right up there with one of the strongest blizzards that I can remember.

I'm your first Sub. Nice videos! Thanks for uploading so those of us who were less fortunate could see.

[Craig-OmahaWX]

Man totals really varied across Douglas County today. near 7 inches down the road in Millard from me and 1.5 inches in downtown to 2 inches in north Omaha.