10/25-10/27 Winter Storm & Cold Snap

[james1976 3976]

Dark sky and very light breeze. Currently 32 with snow just to my west!

[jaster220 8344]

6 hours ago, Tom said:

00z Euro...for a late October storm, this is impressive in many ways when you consider the cold and the amount of snow that could potentially fall.  I'm really curious to see if these kuchera snowfall totals pan out given the cold temps and higher snow ratios.  Good thing is, for maximizing snow accumulations, those of you out in NE/IA have had about 24-36 hours of cold air to cool the ground surfaces.  Good luck to all!  Let it snow....

Look at those amount in the CO mountains. Ski resorts should have a banner kick-off to their season. Wish I was able to experience one of those resorts, but never have made it out there during winter.

[CentralNebWeather 4717]

 

[CentralNebWeather 4717]

Just got back from church. Many people that move snow for extra money, have put the blades on their pickups. First signs of some freezing drizzle hitting the windshield. Hope there isn’t much of that stuff. 

[Clinton 4431]

2 minutes ago, CentralNebWeather said:

 

How much are you expecting your way, maybe pull 5 or 6 inches.

[CentralNebWeather 4717]

Just now, Clinton said:

How much are you expecting your way, maybe pull 5 or 6 inches.

Local forecast is 5-6 inches. It should be a dry snow that blows and drifts. Grocery stores are packed this morning, even though it won’t be a shutdown blizzard. First storm of the year always scares people. 

[CentralNebWeather 4717]

 

[Clinton 4431]

1 minute ago, CentralNebWeather said:

Local forecast is 5-6 inches. It should be a dry snow that blows and drifts. Grocery stores are packed this morning, even though it won’t be a shutdown blizzard. First storm of the year always scares people. 

Be safe and enjoy it!  People down here can't drive well on dry pavement, tomorrow will be interesting lol.

[CentralNebWeather 4717]

10 minutes ago, Clinton said:

Be safe and enjoy it!  People down here can't drive well on dry pavement, tomorrow will be interesting lol.

Thanks. Around here, being a rural community of 5600 people, it seems like most people have some type of 4 wheel drive pickup or all wheel drive car. I laugh at our school parking lot at the amount of pickups I see driven by guys and gals. 

[james1976 3976]

Few flakes just starting to fall! I'm outside burning leaves and sticks taking it in.

[FAR_Weather 5220]

Congrats to the Nebraska posters on what should be a solid October snowfall today!

[snowstorm83 2042]

1 hour ago, CentralNebWeather said:

Thanks. Around here, being a rural community of 5600 people, it seems like most people have some type of 4 wheel drive pickup or all wheel drive car. I laugh at our school parking lot at the amount of pickups I see driven by guys and gals. 

That's funny to hear. I met a girl from Holdredge in my UNL freshman orientation and I always wonder what life is like in every town. My little Toyota front wheel drive probably wouldn't hold up over there haha. Last winter was my first one with my car up here so maybe that was a blessing in disguise. Ice on my windshield as I'm typing so I guess there's been a little freezing drizzle this morning. 

[james1976 3976]

Just barely starting to stick on the deck.

[CentralNebWeather 4717]

2 minutes ago, snowstorm83 said:

That's funny to hear. I met a girl from Holdredge in my UNL freshman orientation and I always wonder what life is like in every town. My little Toyota front wheel drive probably wouldn't hold up over there haha. Last winter was my first one with my car up here so maybe that was a blessing in disguise. Ice on my windshield as I'm typing so I guess there's been a little freezing drizzle this morning. 

Wow, what a small world. Thanks for sharing the story. I would probably know her. 

[james1976 3976]

Everything starting to get white now. Nice steady snow.

[Clinton 4431]

Just now, james1976 said:

Everything starting to get white now. Nice steady snow.

Awesome enjoy it and send it south lol.

[snowstorm83 2042]

OAX original 1-3" call looking a lot more likely now. Hoping for the higher end, expecting the lower end. Like other people have mentioned though, any snow on the ground in Oct is a bonus. 

[james1976 3976]

0.3" so far on the deck

[dubuque473 272]

We set our record last October in snowfall so I can take some or leave it.

Still... a half an inch would be nice just to watch.

[Clinton 4431]

My first WWA of the season

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM MONDAY TO 1 AM CDT
TUESDAY...

* WHAT...Snow with some mixed precipitation expected. Total snow
  accumulations of one to two inches and ice accumulations of a
  light glaze.

* WHERE...Portions of east central and northeast Kansas and
  central, north central, northeast, northwest and west central
  Missouri.

* WHEN...From 4 AM Monday to 1 AM CDT Tuesday.

* IMPACTS...Plan on slippery road conditions. The hazardous
  conditions could impact the morning or evening commute.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...A hard freeze is expected with low
  temperatures Monday night into Tuesday morning falling into the
  upper teens in northwest Missouri and northeast Kansas to near
  30 in central Missouri.

[CentralNebWeather 4717]

First flakes here at 4 pm, but nothing on radar. Good sign in my opinion. Main storm is still out to my west and southwest. Heavy bands moving in this evening and overnight 

[Clinton 4431]

42 minutes ago, CentralNebWeather said:

First flakes here at 4 pm, but nothing on radar. Good sign in my opinion. Main storm is still out to my west and southwest. Heavy bands moving in this evening and overnight 

It's gotta me a good sign the air was able to saturate easily.

[CentralNebWeather 4717]

5 minutes ago, Clinton said:

It's gotta me a good sign the air was able to saturate easily.

Of course as I say that, NWS Hastings wants to start lowering snowfall totals. We’ll see I guess. 

[james1976 3976]

Big time lull here but looks like snow in NE should expand and move into my area.

[CentralNebWeather 4717]

 

[snowstorm83 2042]

Winter storm watches as far southeast as a line from Midland, TX to the OKC metro. Very impressive for this time of year. 

[CentralNebWeather 4717]

 

[snowstorm83 2042]

First steady flakes starting to come down in Lincoln 

[bud2380 3520]

Only mood flakes and minor accumulation around these parts. The 12z NAM looked a little more bullish for snow in eastern Iowa tomorrow morning but the 18z run pulled back. 

[snowstorm83 2042]

West Omaha looks to be getting some good banding, not so much here. Just a light dusting so far. 

[Stormhunter87 969]

Off and on mixed precip all day. Now groople and flakes. Bands are setting up but we will see how long it last. Was paintballing all day and it was chillyyyyy

[snowstorm83 2042]

Had some redevelopment and now we’re in business. Flakes are tiny though. 

[snowstorm83 2042]

0.5” now. This is one of those events where theres more concrete accumulation than grass. It’s pretty slick out there.

[Clinton 4431]

Radar starting to fill in nicely in NW Kansas.

[Clinton 4431]

The HRR and Rap are indicating 4 or 5 inches of snow here tomorrow.  That could be quite damaging with the amount of leaves most of the trees still have,

[snowstorm83 2042]

Nice band of rippage stretching from Omaha to Lincoln. Snow is accumulating much faster than earlier. I need to go to bed soon and haven't measured recently, but grass is gone. I'm guessing we'll end with 2-3"

[Bryan1117 960]

It’s ripping down good currently in Omaha as we are getting into some moderate to heavy banding right now. It looks like a snow globe outside and it’s amazing. Glad I woke up at 2am to check on how the storm was progressing.

Eyeballing it, would say we have about 1 1/2 to 2 inches of snow on the ground. Not bad and we should end up around what was forecasted (2-3” total).

[snowstorm83 2042]

Wow. I just went outside and was measuring 3-3.5". I kept trying to make sure I wasn't getting a drift but drifts were more like 5". It looks like it's winding down but I'll do another measurement in the morning. Most of it is from the past 90 minutes. 

[Tom 16887]

1 hour ago, snowstorm83 said:

Nice band of rippage stretching from Omaha to Lincoln. Snow is accumulating much faster than earlier. I need to go to bed soon and haven't measured recently, but grass is gone. I'm guessing we'll end with 2-3"

 

1 hour ago, Bryan1117 said:

It’s ripping down good currently in Omaha as we are getting into some moderate to heavy banding right now. It looks like a snow globe outside and it’s amazing. Glad I woke up at 2am to check on how the storm was progressing.

Eyeballing it, would say we have about 1 1/2 to 2 inches of snow on the ground. Not bad and we should end up around what was forecasted (2-3” total).

Congrats on the powder fella's!  Any snowfall in late October with temps in the low 20's is a win in my book if your a snow lover.  Anyway, at least you'll be able to enjoy it for a couple days in late October.  I'm hopeful this is a good sign as we head deeper into Autumn.  

[Clinton 4431]

Good morning, snow looks to be moving in here in the next hour.  Kinda stinks I'll be at work.  Can't wait to get home and enjoy it.  Local forecast calling for 2 to 4 inches for mby!

[Clinton 4431]

Radar looks great even some thunder being reported south of KC

[Clinton 4431]

First flakes are falling!

[Bryan1117 960]

11 minutes ago, Clinton said:

First flakes are falling!

Enjoy the snow, beautiful scene outside seeing everything covered with 2 to 4 inches of snow here and on October 26th! 

[Clinton 4431]

36 minutes ago, Bryan1117 said:

Enjoy the snow, beautiful scene outside seeing everything covered with 2 to 4 inches of snow here and on October 26th! 

Congrats, can't beat that in October.

[james1976 3976]

I ended with just 0.4". Radar was looking promising yesterday evening but just never got its act together around here. Congrats to you guys to the south and west!

[Clinton 4431]

I have had some sleet mix in at times, so far just a light dusting.

[CentralNebWeather 4717]

I would say to 2-3" so far and radar is showing a heavy band is moving up here from Northwest Kansas.  Weather apps are now saying potentially another 3" this morning if this band holds together.  When all is said and done, I'll probably be in that 4-6" range, more realistically 4-5 but we'll see.  Models are doing great so far this year it seems. 

[CentralNebWeather 4717]

1/4 mile visibility, heavy snow falling.  Very wintry outside.

[Hawkeye 4600]

A nice band of snow moved through a couple hours ago and dropped 0.5" here.  This is our third accumulating snow event this month, totaling 5.1".  Last October we had two snow events totaling 6.6".  So, we've had nearly a foot of snow over the last two Octobers.  A location just north of Des Moines has received a foot of snow just this month.  It is supposed to be difficult to get any accumulating snow in October.

[CentralNebWeather 4717]