January 2020 Observations & Discussion

[Grizzcoat]

Up at my buddies cabin near Walker,MN.

Easily 24-30" of snow in woods. Lake access is difficult due to snow depth and slush. But hard work pays off.

[Grizzcoat]

Took 3 hrs to blow out driveway from snowplow pile blocking everything. Brought blower with.

[Niko]

 

Epic Blizzard for Chicago.....only about 340 or so hours to go......

 

I think Clinton gets buried!!!

[Niko]

Light snow about to end....light glaze outside. Temp near 32F.

[Madtown]

Up at my buddies cabin near Walker,MN.

Easily 24-30" of snow in woods. Lake access is difficult due to snow depth and slush. But hard work pays off. IMG_20200125_144723.jpg IMG_20200125_121008.jpg IMG_20200125_191244.jpg

 

Nice slabs!!!!

[Madtown]

Started a February thread...sorry if I shouldnt have!

[Grizzcoat]

Nice slabs!!!!

Let go at least as many and bigger. Could have easily kept 24 over 12". Biggest was 14". North country Rocks!!

[jaster220]

 

Epic Blizzard for Chicago.....only about 340 or so hours to go......

 

I think Clinton gets buried!!!

 

Oh great, another rainer. Just can't wait..

[jaster220]

Started a February thread...sorry if I shouldnt have!

 

No thd = no false snow hopes. No, you shouldn't have, lol

[Tom]

What a difference a year makes....it brought me chills just thinking about the memories of last January...

 

[Minny_Weather]

to me this winter has been so odd. Near record warm but record precipitation. So it’s led to some snow, but way below average.

I've had record precip here in the form of rain.

[Clinton]

KC folks may need to look out for a small I-70 storm midweek.  The ICON, CMC, and EPS ensembles are trending toward some light accumulations of 1-3 inches.  Interesting local mets seem to not think anything of it but I think it could have some legs.

[Minny_Weather]

Getting light flakes rn. Going to amount to nothing but it's pleasant to look at as I haven't had much daylight snow this year. 34.2*F.

[Tom]

The blocking growing across the southern tier of Canada (LR call verified) throughout this week has steadily dropped day time highs this week.  Gone are the near 40's and temps a lot more suitable to maintain the snow pack around town.  Daytime highs in the low 30's with abundance of cloud cover should help keep the snow around for those who have it.  Storm track is positioned to stay south some this week and those in KS/MO need to watch out for that system coming out of CO midweek as Clinton mentioned.  The jury is still out if some of that moisture can lift north and catch up with a weak wave coming out of the Dakotas Wed/Thu for those of us in the MW region.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Niko]

Oh great, another rainer. Just can't wait..

Story of this fricken Winter!!!

[Niko]

Attm, cloudy w patchy drizzle and light wet snowshowers on occasion mixed in. Temp at 33F.

[westMJim]

Today is the anniversary of two of the biggest snowstorms in my life time. One in 1967 and the other in 1978. There has not been one storm that compares to them since 1978.  Nice write up from Bill Steffen from here in Grand Rapids

 

1967

 

https://www.woodtv.com/bills-blog-2/blizzard-of-1967/

 

1978

https://www.woodtv.com/bills-blog-2/the-blizzard-of-1978-2/

 

 

Boy it has been stuck in the mid 30's now for a long time at this time it is cloudy and 35 here at my house and now there is a lot of green grass starting to show.

[CentralNebWeather]

From NWS Goodland KS Twitter. Shows how warm, dry, and non snowy it has been in Eastern Colorado, Western Kansas, and Western Nebraska.

 

https://twitter.com/nwsgoodland/status/1221459338046275584?s=21

[Niko]

Currently some light rain mix w snow and temps at 35F.

[gabel23]

So sad to hear Kobe Bryant and his 13 year old daughter where among 5 killed in a helicopter crash today. Wow.

[Clinton]

KC area maybe trading in last weeks 4in snow for a new one this week.

[snowstorm83]

I've had record precip here in the form of rain.

 

Wettest January since 1993 here. 1.20" of precipitation, normally that would be great for the coldest month of the year. Unfortunately most of it fell at 33-35 degrees. 

[jaster220]

 

Today is the anniversary of two of the biggest snowstorms in my life time. One in 1967 and the other in 1978. There has not been one storm that compares to them since 1978.  Nice write up from Bill Steffen from here in Grand Rapids

 

1967

 

https://www.woodtv.com/bills-blog-2/blizzard-of-1967/

 

1978

https://www.woodtv.com/bills-blog-2/the-blizzard-of-1978-2/

 

 

Boy it has been stuck in the mid 30's now for a long time at this time it is cloudy and 35 here at my house and now there is a lot of green grass starting to show.

 

 

I appreciate you posting those links. It's pretty amazing that the two Cat-5 storms in SMI history happened within 11 yrs of each other, and on the same exact dates no less! We came close to having a 3rd within that same 11 yrs. The April 2-3 storm grew into a Cat-5 monster just east of Michigan and southern Ontario had 2 feet of snow, extreme winds and everything was shut down. At my folk's place in Genesee Cnty, it was a Cat-4 show-stopper but schools were already in recess for the Easter holiday so the usual drama surrounding days off due to snow was avoided. I remember being disappointed that such a large storm hit but didn't get me more days off. I loved all things "snow" in my youth, so snow days were the best part of a school year. 

[Andie]

Now that’s looking like winter Grizz.

[OKwx2k4]

[Clinton]

18z Euro dropping a little snow for a couple of us, looking heavier for the Ozarks.

[Niko]

RIP Kobe Bryant

[snowstorm83]

RIP Kobe Bryant

Saw the total is 9 people dead now. So sad.

[hlcater]

PivotalWeather added the UKMET!!!

 

[CentralNebWeather]

PivotalWeather added the UKMET!!!

 

Good catch. I am looking at it now. I know many on here ask about it. Has the good snow maps also that the other models have. Thanks for sharing

[Clinton]

Good catch. I am looking at it now. I know many on here ask about it. Has the good snow maps also that the other models have. Thanks for sharing

We are looking good for a little mid week storm.

[Tom]

00z Canadian has been very consistent with this storm system...hope it pans out for you guys down there!

 

 

 

 

00z Ukie not as impressive....

 

 

 

 

 

 

BTW, nice find @hlCater for noticing the UKMET on Pivotal...it has plenty of neat maps that the pay sites don't have, including snow maps and 500mb vorticity among others.

[Tom]

Some of the models want to lay down a light snow to close off the month of January...

 

00z Ukie...

 

 

 

 

00z Euro with something similar but farther South...

 

 

[Tom]

00z GEFS looking pretty good for a central Plains I-70 snowstorm...

 

[Tom]

00z EPS/Control...might want to start a storm thread for this one...there are several bigger hits per the EPS members and farther north...

 

 

 

[Clinton]

00z EPS/Control...might want to start a storm thread for this one...there are several bigger hits per the EPS members and farther north...

Hoping to score a few inches out of this one, it would be a nice surprise since I thought this would miss me well to the south.  Could be that the high +AO we recently had has cause this storm to track further north.  Funny thing is the Euro and GFS caved to the CMC and ICON.

[Clinton]

CMC showing off to the other models last night.

[Stacsh]

Man has it been cloudy in Michigan the last few winters. It is usually cloudy but this is crazy.

[westMJim]

Man has it been cloudy in Michigan the last few winters. It is usually cloudy but this is crazy.

Officially Grand Rapids has not had a clear day this month.

[mlgamer]

CMC showing off to the other models last night.

 

 

Clinton, I saw what you did there...