March 2019 Observations and Discussion

[Niko]

Currently at 7F w mostly sunny skies. Wcf at -5F.

[CentralNebWeather]

-13 with wind chill of -29 as of 7 AM.  North Platte just hit -25 temp with wind chill of -38.  They shattered old record of -17 and beat their all time March record of -22.  This is historic cold in these parts.  I have easily over a foot to in places 15", along with some nice drifts.  What a last 6-7 weeks with more storms coming.

[Niko]

@Jaster

 

How was your trip up north buddy? I just came back from a weekend getaway from Miami, FL. I think the warm weather there really switched the gear for me to Spring.

[Snowshoe]

-17. Brrr....

 

That is all. Carry on. 

[CentralNebWeather]

From NWS North Platte NE Twitter:

 

Looking at airport sites only, the North Platte low of -25 this morning is tied for 3rd (with Imperial and Sidney) for coldest low all time in March across the state of NE. Ahead was Valentine w/-29 on 3/1/1980 & Scottsbluff w/-27 on 3/11/1948

[westMJim]

Lake Michigan is keeping west Michigan much warmer then off to our west in Wisconsin are below zero at this time here on this side of the lake the official reading at GRR is 10 and here at my house I have 12 with snow falling. The snow is light to moderate at times but the flake size is very small so not much is accumulating. 

[Andie]

It's a deep freeze out there.

 

DFW tied the cold high temp record at 35* yesterday.

We're usually abit warmer by now.

 

We're headed for 22* tonight which will feelike about 7-8*

[Stormhunter87]

That second storm is looking nasty. If the cold temps actually make it in then wow.

[Stacsh]

Steady LES here. In March!

[gosaints]

Cutter season looks to continue after a short break...

[Hawkeye]

UK now in range of the weekend system, shows a weaker, much farther south low track through MO/IL.  It has a good band of precip moving up through Iowa while the surface temp is sub-freezing.

[gabel23]

UK now in range of the weekend system, shows a weaker, much farther south low track through MO/IL.  It has a good band of precip moving up through Iowa while the surface temp is sub-freezing.

How about for Nebraska??

[CentralNebWeather]

Interesting tweet on snow comparisons the last 2 years.  https://twitter.com/NateWx/status/1102617266158477312

[gabel23]

Pretty impressive snow depth and record breaking cold yesterday!

[gosaints]

And the EURO has the weekend bomb

[St Paul Storm]

And the EURO has the weekend bomb

Get ready. Someone in the area is gonna get pounded.

[OmahaSnowFan]

the next storm on the Euro(12th) is even more impressive than this weekend's storm

[gosaints]

Spring flooding on the Mighty Miss could be impressive.  Plenty of water in the snow pack, tons of ice, wet soils this falls.

[IowaHawkeyes]

Any map of the storm this weekend?

[gosaints]

Any map of the storm this weekend?

To far north for any appreciable snow for most on the forum.  MSP on the fringe of the good stuff

[St Paul Storm]

About 3 feet of snow on the 240 hr Euro. Unlikely to verify, but fun to see in March.

[CentralNebWeather]

Holy Cow, the 12Z Euro for the 3rd storm on the 12th - 13th, would be feet of snow for most of Nebraska and northwest Iowa on north.  As SPS said above, unlikely to verify but storms in March can be massive.  Storms I remember most came through here in March.  Fun times ahead.

[St Paul Storm]

Ok I lied. 2 feet of snow. Climo bringing down the ratios.

[CentralNebWeather]

Ok I lied. 2 feet of snow. Climo bringing down the ratios.

Those look like numbers from March of 2006

[gabel23]

Those look like numbers from March of 2006

If we get a 2006 remix to go along with the snow already on the ground?! Holy smokes we would have issues. 

[CentralNebWeather]

Here is a Tweet from 10/11 News Met. Ken Shimek with a visible satellite of the snow cover over the Central Plains.  Very impressive.

 

https://twitter.com/KenSiemek/status/1102664572052406272

[Stormhunter87]

Wpc is all over with this weekend storm. They just put Omaha and Lincoln in the better chance zone. (Not the highest)

[East Dubzz]

Man, seeing some of the videos and pictures from the tornadoes down south..... my goodness that’s just devastating.

[Tony]

I'm not going to lie when I say I am jealous of you guys North and West of Chi-town getting all of the snow and looks like more to come so I'm going to root for you guys to get buried. Looks like it's pretty much over for us so I just hope we start seeing a warm up sooner than later and be done with this. Not happy with the way things ended up around her this winter but maybe next year will be our year. Hope we finally get to see a warm Spring as that is pretty rare around these parts.

[OmahaSnowFan]

Crazy to see how much lower Norfolk is vs Lincoln/Omaha. This has been reversed and to this extreme for years. Also Lincoln is within a couple of inches of the all time record. Omaha has a ways to go...

[snowstorm83]

I think the NWS is only including airport period records or something. Lincoln climate page (on the UNL website) is also very reliable and goes back to 1900. On there the snowiest season is 1914-15 (59.4"), though even with that this season is still 4th place. No idea where it was measured though. 

[Minny_Weather]

I think the NWS is only including airport period records or something. Lincoln climate page (on the UNL website) is also very reliable and goes back to 1900. On there the snowiest season is 1914-15 (59.4"), though even with that this season is still 4th place. No idea where it was measured though.

Lincoln snow measurements before 1948 are unofficial. That's when reliable reports began.

[Tom]

I started a storm thread for the weekend storm...

 

http://theweatherforums.com/index.php/topic/1997-39-311-potential-major-cutter/

[Stacsh]

Little LES here, then nothing but warm cutters for SMI. Season over.

[jaster220]

Little LES here, then nothing but warm cutters for SMI. Season over.

 

Not surprised at all since the Jan PV blast was followed by a serious torching.

 

So, in order to see winter one more time while it was with us I headed north Saturday and was NOT disappointed. Deep, deep winter up there and a fresh covering that fell Friday night made it all the better. I've never been in the UP snow belts during peak winter so this may have been the deepest snow I've seen. Or at least in a long long time. The photos don't/can't do it justice as usual and there weren't cars or much to compare for size. Hopefully you can get some idea tho. I know that was the highest plow banks on a 2 lane road I've personally seen since the 70's perhaps. Not even sure why the county spends money to plow a lot of those roads. While I was out there in the middle of a Saturday afternoon I only saw one vehicle. I pity anyone there who might have cabin fever by this point cuz it won't look like spring any time soon. 

 

 

Kinda ironic the road names up there too

 

 

The extent of advertising for local biz:

 

 

Ofc, while there I had to take advantage of top-notch slope conditions and was treated to a beautiful sunset over Lk Mich

 

 

Further inland around Otsego county where they have more open areas and drifting, the bliz last week forced the county to deploy a few unique plows with 10 foot high blades to deal with the aftermath. At least that's what the locals at the hotel told me. Sunshine both days made it literally a picture perfect winter weekend I'll not soon forget

 

[erburns18]

I see ol Jim Flowers is saying he thinks there could be severe flooding this weekend is Eastern Nebraska/Western Iowa

[Stormhunter87]

I see ol Jim Flowers is saying he thinks there could be severe flooding this weekend is Eastern Nebraska/Western Iowa

Yeah saw that too but I'm still in the fence for the heavy rain.

[Stacsh]

Not surprised at all since the Jan PV blast was followed by a serious torching.

 

So, in order to see winter one more time while it was with us I headed north Saturday and was NOT disappointed. Deep, deep winter up there and a fresh covering that fell Friday night made it all the better. I've never been in the UP snow belts during peak winter so this may have been the deepest snow I've seen. Or at least in a long long time. The photos don't/can't do it justice as usual and there weren't cars or much to compare for size. Hopefully you can get some idea tho. I know that was the highest plow banks on a 2 lane road I've personally seen since the 70's perhaps. Not even sure why the county spends money to plow a lot of those roads. While I was out there in the middle of a Saturday afternoon I only saw one vehicle. I pity anyone there who might have cabin fever by this point cuz it won't look like spring any time soon.

 

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Kinda ironic the road names up there too

 

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The extent of advertising for local biz:

 

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Ofc, while there I had to take advantage of top-notch slope conditions and was treated to a beautiful sunset over Lk Mich

 

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Further inland around Otsego county where they have more open areas and drifting, the bliz last week forced the county to deploy a few unique plows with 10 foot high blades to deal with the aftermath. At least that's what the locals at the hotel told me. Sunshine both days made it literally a picture perfect winter weekend I'll not soon forget

 

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Very cool!

[Madtown]

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[Hawkeye]

Man, there's going to be so much snow cover up in the Dakotas and Minnesota after the next couple weeks, it's going to be tough to warm up.  Any nw flow will keep us in the freezer.