2/14 - 2/17 Cutter and Panhandle Hook

[OmahaSnowFan]

Measured 6” on my trusted measuring spot- the roof of the dog house in the backyard that’s sheltered from wind. 

What a nice surprise for once AND I get to use my brand new snowblower for the first time that’s been sitting in the garage since the beginning of December

[hlcater]

Expecting to end right near 6" with a measurement of about 4.5" right now and probably another 1.5-2" on the way.

[jcwxguy]

[bud2380]

The snow is picking up again as that band that hammered the Des Moines area earlier is rotating through.  It's lost some punch unfortunately, but the snow is falling at an accumulating rate again after a few hour lull.  I would think another inch or two will pile on top of this.  

[FarmerRick]

3 hours ago, jcwxguy said:

how bad are the roads you ask....bad enough even plows have issues. whoops, bye bye traffic signal 

City or Dodge county plow?

 

[bud2380]

Snow is really coming down now here at work (just down the road from the airport).  Medium sized flakes coming down at a fast clip.  Wind is picking up so it's blowing around now.  

[Tom]

Finally flipped to snow and hopefully will remain snow for the rest of the evening…it was like an instant flip as I stopped hearing the sleet pellets hitting my sky light.  Hoping for 2” on top of the icy layer.

[bud2380]

Flakes are getting big now.  Accumulation has to be approaching 1"/hour rates.  

[Hawkeye]

Yeah, it has been dumping large flakes for the last 20 minutes.  This stuff is gorgeous.  I could sit and watch this all day.  As Bud mentioned, however, this band has narrowed over time and won't last too much longer.  Again, we just can't keep heavy snow going for long periods around here.  We only get a few bursts here and there each winter.

[bud2380]

Now the spotter in Tiffin is reporting 8.5".  I guess I'll check when I get home and see if that seems reasonable.  Still seems a tad on the high side to me.  

[hlcater]

Eyeballing close to 6”. This band that’s been over me for the past 2 hours or so is really delivering the goods

[bud2380]

8.5" is currently the highest report in the entire state.  

[Hawkeye]

I've received nearly 2 inches in the past hour or so.  I'm around 5.5" now.  This band means business.  It's the perfect snow... not wet, but not super dry.  The fat dendrites pile up quickly, but are tacky enough to not blow around.

[hlcater]

This is likely to be the best storm of the season here despite the 3-4 hr dry period. The defo zone quickly made up for that and with 1-2 hours of snow left, will likely finish with 6-7". About in line with the model consensus. Nice to break the trend of events falling short of expectations this winter.

IC area is closing in on 9-10" and Waterloo is reporting 2-2.5"; hell of a gradient and CR looks to have wound up just barely on the right side

[CentralNebWeather]

In-laws backyard. 

[jcwxguy]

1 hour ago, FarmerRick said:

City or Dodge county plow?

 

Lincoln, city one I think

[East Dubzz]

Getting some good snowfall here. Probably will end up with a higher storm total than I anticipated heading into today.

[OmahaSnowFan]

It’s “funny” to see the reports come in in town on social media.

I received 6”. Measured on a hard flat surface out of the wind. 
Some fool 1/2 mile away measured 11”.

[Grizzcoat]

5.6" event total KDSM

[Tom]

Lake effect snow showers already showing up on radar over Cook/DuPage/Lake county...primarily over Chicago...I'm really curious to see how this plays out...

[WinterSquall23]

We had sleet/freezing rain slam us sounded like a mid summer storm with hail. Street is covered, slick.  Current temp 28 degrees.  

[Bellona]

North side of Cedar Falls can't have more than 1.5. Will be interesting to see what my place in Waterloo got when I'm off work.

[Hawkeye]

My final total is 5.8 inches.  I'll take that.  It's a shame the storm shut off for 4+ hours in between heavy bands.

[Tom]

Woah, this band is legit that’s coming through.  It’s like a wall of snow has come through.  Maybe the Lake is enhancing it a bit?  The winds are getting rather gusty out there and blowing the snow around quite easily.  

[Tom]

I measured 1.5” of ice/slush about 2 hours ago before this last hoorah.  Hopefully we can tack on another 1.5.

[Iceresistance]

How much snow did you get @OmahaSnowFan?

[OmahaSnowFan]

15 minutes ago, Iceresistance said:

How much snow did you get @OmahaSnowFan?

6”

[Tom]

@MKEstormhows this last band coming through?  @gimmesnow  

[Stormy]

I ended up with a storm total of around 10.5" from two measurements as I had at least 5" more after the 5.5" report this morning. Probably around 1" less with just one measurement. Total liquid equivalent is 1.18" from 4 different gauges all showing 1.1" or more. I took two core samples which yielded about the same amount of liquid! I could have probably easily gotten a foot if it wouldn't have been for the lull and the weakening snow shield in the afternoon. I sent my final report to the NWS this evening. 

[MKEstorm]

20 minutes ago, Tom said:

@MKEstormhows this last band coming through?  @gimmesnow  

Coming down nicely right now! Measured 7 inches so far!

[Stormy]

I was near the sharp Southern edge because there is a report in the next county south, approx. 15 miles away, of only 3", unless that's not updated. 

[OttumwaSnomow]

My storm total here was 7.6"  but 4 hrs of rain or drizzle. Now its 12F so the water at ground level has froze solid. Our best snow in 3 yrs.  Will melt down  tomorrow and send my cocorahs  report in.

[Stormy]

On 2/16/2023 at 8:32 PM, Sparky said:

I ended up with a storm total of around 10.5" from two measurements as I had at least 5" more after the 5.5" report this morning. Probably around 1" less with just one measurement. Total liquid equivalent is 1.18" from 4 different gauges all showing 1.10" or more. I took two core samples which yielded about the same amount of liquid! I could have probably easily gotten a foot if it wouldn't have been for the lull and the weakening snow shield in the afternoon. I sent my final report to the NWS this evening. 

What I meant about two measurements was a second measurement after clearing the snowboards one time and one measurement meaning it never was cleared. I actually measured in dozens of spots. Later thought my post doesn't make much sense and maybe still doesn't. Lol 

[Tom]

8 hours ago, Sparky said:

I ended up with a storm total of around 10.5" from two measurements as I had at least 5" more after the 5.5" report this morning. Probably around 1" less with just one measurement. Total liquid equivalent is 1.18" from 4 different gauges all showing 1.1" or more. I took two core samples which yielded about the same amount of liquid! I could have probably easily gotten a foot if it wouldn't have been for the lull and the weakening snow shield in the afternoon. I sent my final report to the NWS this evening. 

Wow, that's gotta be one of the biggest snows you've had in 5+ years, right?  I remember you were always to far SE and missing the bigger snows in recent years. Congrats!

ORD officially reported 2.0" and IMBY a tad better 2.4"...the last wave produced 0.9" of big fat dendrites as the top layer has that "bumpy" look to it.  To bad this snow will be gone by Sunday.

[Tom]

@indianajohnare you getting hit pretty good with the LES band?  Looks pretty intense!

Taking a look back at the models, the NAM was actually not the best models and the GFS op appeared to have been the steadiest model showing the heavier band of snow to fall farther North.  Last nights radar had heavy snow falling way up north into N MI and I don't remember (or maybe I wasn't paying attn) most models had the heavier band falling through GRR and C MI.  

How did you guys do in northern MI?  I think @jaster220will be seeing some good snow up there during his visit.

[Tom]

Would have been nice to see this type of system in the beginning of the season before a prolonged cold spell.  Kinda cool to experience and it wasn’t that bad to shovel the powder on top of the ice sheet.  The ice layer was closer to about an 1” thick.  

 

[MIKEKC]

Congrats to all that had a nice snow storm...especially the Omaha Dome, it must have been opened yesterday.

Here in KC, a freezing drizzle mess, a couple thunderstorms with sleet  and some light snow yesterday afternoon. Temps were above freezing through 3am yesterday morning along with pavement temps, come 6am, temps dropped to 26-28 and pavement temps followed. Flash freeze is what happened throughout the city in areas that did not have enough treatment down. KCI airport had to shut down again for the second time in two weeks due to poorly timed freezing precip. 

Just not our winter down here even know parts of the city are way above average on moisture. I mean way above!! What could have been had it been a colder winter. 

[tStacsh]

  4" of compacted cement with some powder on top.    My electric snowblower handled it well.   Impressed!

[CentralNebWeather]

I have a small Toro Power Clear. It does as well or better than the bigger ones I’ve had in the past. I don’t get sore since it is lightweight and easily maneuverable. It went through our wetter type 14” snow last month and the drifts from this 10.5” storm. 

[bud2380]

Multiple reports in my town and neighboring towns of 8 to 8.5".  When I went in the back yard last night, I noticed there was a lot more snow than where I was measuring in the front.  I believe the 8" total now for Tiffin, so that is what I will go with here.  

[Stormy]

21 hours ago, Tom said:

Wow, that's gotta be one of the biggest snows you've had in 5+ years, right?  I remember you were always to far SE and missing the bigger snows in recent years. Congrats!

ORD officially reported 2.0" and IMBY a tad better 2.4"...the last wave produced 0.9" of big fat dendrites as the top layer has that "bumpy" look to it.  To bad this snow will be gone by Sunday.

Thank you! I'm thinking the previous largest snowfall here was a late November big dog weenie band a few years ago, maybe in 2018. I'll try to remember to look that up. Yes even only 40 miles north usually averages quite a bit more per season though not necessarily bigger events. 

[Stormy]

18 hours ago, CentralNebWeather said:

I have a small Toro Power Clear. It does as well or better than the bigger ones I’ve had in the past. I don’t get sore since it is lightweight and easily maneuverable. It went through our wetter type 14” snow last month and the drifts from this 10.5” storm. 

I did it the good ol' fashioned way and figured the exercise is good for me anyway. 

[jaster220]

On 2/17/2023 at 5:57 AM, Tom said:

@indianajohnare you getting hit pretty good with the LES band?  Looks pretty intense!

Taking a look back at the models, the NAM was actually not the best models and the GFS op appeared to have been the steadiest model showing the heavier band of snow to fall farther North.  Last nights radar had heavy snow falling way up north into N MI and I don't remember (or maybe I wasn't paying attn) most models had the heavier band falling through GRR and C MI.  

How did you guys do in northern MI?  I think @jaster220will be seeing some good snow up there during his visit.

 

I noticed that too. NMI again not denied. APX even had maps with the most falling much further S like you mention. NMI the snow magnet. Not as fond of Detroit ofc and tossed me 0.4" of mix. Again more salt than snow everywhere you look-uggh! Nice to see some Peeps like OMA crew finally scoring tho. Way overdue.

As for seeing some when I head north tomorrow, I may just see the rare breed Clipper

 

[Stormy]

On 2/17/2023 at 4:53 AM, Tom said:

Wow, that's gotta be one of the biggest snows you've had in 5+ years, right?  I remember you were always to far SE and missing the bigger snows in recent years. Congrats!

 

 

On 2/18/2023 at 2:23 AM, Sparky said:

Thank you! I'm thinking the previous largest snowfall here was a late November big dog weenie band a few years ago, maybe in 2018. I'll try to remember to look that up. Yes even only 40 miles north usually averages quite a bit more per season though not necessarily bigger events. 

I forgot to look it up till now, but yes, my previous larger snowfall was approximately 12" on November 25 of 2018 when there also was a little thunder snow. 

https://www.weather.gov/dvn/summary_112518

The maps totals are a bit low for my location as I was literally on the north edge of the heaviest snow band. I recall seeing less snow only 1 -2 miles north. 

It appears that Chicago also reeled in that storm. My link includes a link to LOT's writeup.