Feb 26-28 Stackin Fatties on Fatties

[Madtown]

Looks like another one in the pipeline. Can it deliver the goods and make it a March to remember on the trail. Braaaapfest this weekend be there or u are a square

[Tom]

0z GGEM... @Madtownyou got the magnet out?

[Tom]

0z Euro...maybe @james1976 @MNTonka and MSP crew can also score... 

 

 

0z EPS...

[Up_north_MI]

If this storm does put down another decent snowfall of 3-6 inches on top of the 8 or 9 inches we currently have on the ground here at Higgins it would give us our deepest snow depths of the season aside from the Christmas time storm. Most years our deepest snow depths are the first week or so of March so this winter season would follow the “norm” and continue that pattern.  Locals and the media up here are still talking about how warm this winter has been though, lots of people compare it to the 2011/2012 winter. 

[gimmesnow]

Hope this rain dies down, going to be carnage out here for ski hills with no cold in the forecast to make more snow.

[Madtown]

Well looks like .5 degrees is the difference. Who knows what will fall from the sky till it falls

[gimmesnow]

What a bummer that this is going to be so much rain for so many people who just got a massive snowstorm. I hate to sound greedy but I wish we got this last storm way earlier and this one either didn't show up or was much colder. Not good to see northern Wisconsin in the danger zone of rain.

[Tom]

This is going to be a fast tracking storm out of the S Plains up into the Lakes later tonight into tomorrow.  Some models have it deepening into the 970's??? Crazy!

0z GFS gets it down to mid 970's right over C IA...possible TOR could spin up across the S burbs of Chicago tomorrow morning...

@Black Hole @Iceresistance @OKwx2k4....this is the time of year you start gearing up for Spring mode and what a way to close out met Winter...

 

 

@Madtown....got the hot hand up in this region... @Bellona are you close to getting in on some action?

 

@Up_north_MIcould do really good in the snow dept...

0z EPS...

 

Meantime, this storm is racing its way through the 4 corners right now...how many times have I seen this before up in Flagstaff??  The winter theme continues to roll on...#heavysnow

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[Tom]

Some friggin' insane snowfall totals for the mountains of So Cal... @IMoveALot_Weather, I know your down there somewhere!  Did you venture on up into the mountains?? @Mr Marine Layer

 

[Iceresistance]

Crap! I'm under the Moderate Risk!

[gimmesnow]

Accuweather seems to think up to 6 inches at Cascade before the rain comes, which would be amazing as the rain would eat the fresh snow first before eating the base. But none of the models really seem to show it, I have no idea where they're getting it from. Kind of a really weird call. Interesting to see if it verifies but I think they are crazy.

[Madtown]

Well looks like nothing is gonna get figured out till it happens tomorrow. Here hoping for 4-7"

[jaster220]

12 hours ago, Tom said:

Some friggin' insane snowfall totals for the mountains of So Cal... @IMoveALot_Weather, I know your down there somewhere!  Did you venture on up into the mountains?? @Mr Marine Layer

 

(left end of your map grab) My sister sent a txt w/pic. She lives in Simi Valley and at my niece's place in Thousand Oaks they had some severe tree damage and power outages from bad winds. This is a potent shortwave for sure. 

[hawkstwelve]

Pretty impressive line on radar.

[CentralNebWeather]

56 minutes ago, hawkstwelve said:

Pretty impressive line on radar.

Raining hard here. 

[Tom]

10 hours ago, jaster220 said:

(left end of your map grab) My sister sent a txt w/pic. She lives in Simi Valley and at my niece's place in Thousand Oaks they had some severe tree damage and power outages from bad winds. This is a potent shortwave for sure. 

My good friend lives in Calabasas which is right by Thousand Oaks and he said its been extreme out there.  He hasn't seen a system like this in decades!

[Tom]

Man, did this system leave its mark or what???  Topping 80" of snow up at the highest elevations of So Cal...oh, and ya, Flagstaff, AZ just got another 15".  No big deal!  Snowbowl has had 60" over the last week and yet ANOTHER major storm this WED.  Don't you just love to see Nature delivering the GOODS???

 

Meantime, it was just pouring rain IMBY a bit ago...another line of heavy rain incoming...

 

 

[BMT]

1.7” of rain here.  Standing water everywhere

[IMoveALot_Weather]

On 2/26/2023 at 4:51 AM, Tom said:

Some friggin' insane snowfall totals for the mountains of So Cal... @IMoveALot_Weather, I know your down there somewhere!  Did you venture on up into the mountains?? @Mr Marine Layer

 

At at approximately 800ft and the flakes got down to about 900ft on Saturday. Supppppper close.

[WinterSquall23]

Mix up here. Looks like it’s snowing NE and SE around me. Although I can’t confirm. !  No more ice, please.  

[tStacsh]

Had some ice on the cars this morning in the pouring rain.  Roads were fine though.  Raining heavily.  Hoping it melts some of the solid ice/sleet pack on my driveway as I never cleared it before the refreeze last week.   Having twin boys really takes a toll on your back.  And i can't snowblower this ice at all.  

[Hawkeye]

1.26" in my yard overnight.  Several heavier cells passed just east of me, which is why BMT in Marion (see above) got a good bit more.  Still, 1.22" in February is a high-end event.

[Tom]

1.39" so far from a local reporting station...we also have standing water all over the yard...

[Madtown]

No rain/ive here..all snow. See how much we get!

[Sparky]

Around 1.40" total rainfall here. It started just before midnight with quite a bit of thunder and lightning as the first band or two moved in. There was quite a bit of standing water during the rain at dawn, but not a lot of runoff. It soon soaked into the soil as the warmth yesterday and this rain helped thaw it out just in time again, though it wasn't frozen deeply to begin with. 

[Madtown]

Little over 2" so far

[Madtown]

Solid 3 down dumping pretty good. Picking up the kids from school on the sled today

[Madtown]

 

 

[OttumwaSnomow]

I had .91 rain with some thunder  overnight.   Amazing wet winter keeps rolling on. 3.07 in Feb  6 straight  month of at or above  avg precip. 

[gimmesnow]

On 2/26/2023 at 10:15 AM, gimmesnow said:

Accuweather seems to think up to 6 inches at Cascade before the rain comes, which would be amazing as the rain would eat the fresh snow first before eating the base. But none of the models really seem to show it, I have no idea where they're getting it from. Kind of a really weird call. Interesting to see if it verifies but I think they are crazy.

I hate to quote myself, but for posterity Accuweather completely blew the snow, it never happened.

[Madtown]

6"

[jaster220]

Lost track LOL, but iirc this is the 4th straight snowstorm for the region of SEMI also known as the northern tier of DTX's zone. No real staying power of the snow cover but talk about an active and fun stretch. Sure balancing out the winters when I-94 was the focus. Meanwhile down here, just a bunch of (much needed) liquid.

 

 

[Madtown]

Fatties 

[Madtown]

Gettin deep. 31" on the level

[Tom]

9 hours ago, Madtown said:

Fatties 

That's just beautiful...might as well be like living up in the mountains somewhere out West!  Congrats!  Saw this on our WGN Blog....looks like you did quite well!

 

 

[Tom]

9 hours ago, Madtown said:

Gettin deep. 31" on the level

The "GLOW" from the lights out in the Woods has this magical effect...gosh, your place screams heavenly vibes for a winter wx fan!  Keep it comin'...those Christmas lights will prob be up till the end of MAR the way its lookin'.  Pretty remarkable for what has been a warm Winter.

[Iceresistance]

I'm fine from that outbreak, never lost power somehow. Had inflow winds of 60-70 mph.

[jaster220]

16 hours ago, Tom said:

The "GLOW" from the lights out in the Woods has this magical effect...gosh, your place screams heavenly vibes for a winter wx fan!  Keep it comin'...those Christmas lights will prob be up till the end of MAR the way its lookin'.  Pretty remarkable for what has been a warm Winter.

My place in the north was just a modest "starter home" so no where near as nice, but otherwise exactly what my forested lot looked like back in the 90's. I was on a hill tho.