February 2022 Observations and Discussions

[snowstorm83]

3 hours ago, Hawkeye said:

It's always 50º in southeast Nebraska.  You must have daffodils and other plants growing.

No snow on the ground sure works wonders with temperatures lol 

[Madtown]

mikfresh 3". looks great, not sure its enough for the weekend traffic. TGIF

[westMJim]

Just cleared a small path in the driveway and there is 3" new wet heavy snow. The total on the ground is now back up to 5" At this time it is cloudy and 34 here.

[Andie]

Heading for 76* today. 
Dry, dry, dry.  
 

A hint of moisture in 5-7 days.  

[Clinton]

A little bit of light rain this morning, not a lot but every little bit helps.

[tStacsh]

Timing of the snow overnight  closed schools.  I guess they gotta use snow days at some point.  Main roads are all clear already.  

[Minny_Weather]

Meanwhile in SoCal...

Quote

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service SAN DIEGO CA
333 AM PST Fri Feb 11 2022

CAZ048-552-554-112115-
/O.CON.KSGX.HT.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-220214T0200Z/
San Bernardino and Riverside County Valleys-The Inland Empire-
Orange County Coastal Areas-Orange County Inland Areas-
Including the cities of Riverside, San Bernardino, Ontario,
Moreno Valley, Fontana, Rancho Cucamonga, Corona,
Huntington Beach, Costa Mesa, Santa Ana, Anaheim, Garden Grove,
Irvine, Orange, Fullerton, and Mission Viejo
333 AM PST Fri Feb 11 2022

...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM SUNDAY...

* WHAT...Temperatures up to 90.

* WHERE...Orange County and The Inland Empire.

* IMPACTS...The hot weather may cause heat illness.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out
of the sun. Young children and pets should never be left unattended
in vehicles under any circumstances.

 

[OmahaSnowFan]

10 hours ago, Hawkeye said:

It's always 50º in southeast Nebraska.  You must have daffodils and other plants growing.

Not quite yet, but I'm sure they'll start showing up soon!

[OmahaSnowFan]

Frontal passage overperformed last night. Had only a 30% chance of rain with mainly sprinkles expected, and instead woke up this morning to .24" of rainfall from last night. Dry streak ends at 27 days.

[CentralNebWeather]

7 minutes ago, OmahaSnowFan said:

Frontal passage overperformed last night. Had only a 30% chance of rain with mainly sprinkles expected, and instead woke up this morning to .24" of rainfall from last night. Dry streak ends at 27 days.

0.0" here.  Not good at all around here.

[Minny_Weather]

 

[Grizzcoat]

Graupel or small hail here. CAA aloft must be pretty serious...

[Minny_Weather]

It's been lightly-moderately snowing here all morning. Changed over from rain at about 0800 or so. 26*F.

I'm supposed to be driving back to Fargo today. Thattttt may not happen.

[gabel23]

Well at least there is a little action in Nebraska. 

 

Snow Squall Warning

SNOW SQUALL WARNING
NWS NORTH PLATTE NE
1046 AM CST FRI FEB 11 2022

NEC009-041-115-111715-
/O.NEW.KLBF.SQ.W.0003.220211T1646Z-220211T1715Z/
1046 AM CST FRI FEB 11 2022
Blaine County-Custer County-Loup County-

The National Weather Service in North Platte has issued a

* Snow Squall Warning for...
Southwestern Loup County in north central Nebraska...
Northeastern Custer County in central Nebraska...
Blaine County in north central Nebraska...

* Until 1115 AM CST.

* At 1045 AM CST, a dangerous snow squall was located along a line
extending from 10 miles north of Dunning to 6 miles south of
Brewster to 12 miles northwest of Taylor, moving southeast at 35
mph.

HAZARD...Poor visibility in snow and blowing snow. Wind gusts
greater than 30 mph.

[Tom]

The latest Euro Weeklies are saying that a Snow Blitz could very well be underway to open MAR for those up north, just how the cold season started...why not?  I'm really intrigued to see how long those members up north will keep their snow cover this season.  LR GEFS pretty much agree with the EPS weeklies.

 

[Clinton]

24 minutes ago, Tom said:

The latest Euro Weeklies are saying that a Snow Blitz could very well be underway to open MAR for those up north, just how the cold season started...why not?  I'm really intrigued to see how long those members up north will keep their snow cover this season.  LR GEFS pretty much agree with the EPS weeklies.

 

Large wet storm due in at the the 1st of March if there is any cold air available Winter will not be over.

[Tom]

2 minutes ago, Clinton said:

Large wet storm due in at the the 1st of March if there is any cold air available Winter will not be over.

Roaring in like a Lion this year...???

[Clinton]

1 minute ago, Tom said:

Roaring in like a Lion this year...???

I think so.  I noticed the GFS keeps delaying the MJO from going into phase 4, it still gets there as of now but what if it stays in 3.

[Clinton]

The GFS Extended basically keeps the EPO negative as we start March.

[Tom]

Just now, Clinton said:

I think so.  I noticed the GFS keeps delaying the MJO from going into phase 4, it still gets there as of now but what if it stays in 3.

The JMA is yet again on an island of its own and stays put in Phase 2/3.  Can it reel in another win?  Gosh, I haven't seen such a battle with the MJO among the models.  The CFSv2 has changed its tune and instead of rolling through the warm phases it goes into the Null phase.  

 

 

 

 

[OKwx2k4]

2 hours ago, MSP_Weather said:

Meanwhile in SoCal...

 

I wouldn't laugh, but I never thought I'd see the year when Californians wanted to be Oklahoman so badly. Our weather belongs out there right now. Pretty days.

[james1976]

2 hours ago, MSP_Weather said:

 

I'm heading up to the TC in a couple hours. Wonder what I'll run into going up 35.

[Minny_Weather]

25 minutes ago, james1976 said:

I'm heading up to the TC in a couple hours. Wonder what I'll run into going up 35.

Roads are just wet here. You shouldn't have an issue. I decided to just not even try going up to Fargo today.

[mlgamer]

Fun Fact Time!

Topeka is officially sitting at 9.7" of snow this winter and was at 9.6" last winter at this same time.

That is a breathtaking increase of roughly 1% over last year!

[Clinton]

4 minutes ago, mlgamer said:

Fun Fact Time!

Topeka is officially sitting at 9.7" of snow this winter and was at 9.6" last winter at this same time.

That is a breathtaking increase of roughly 1% over last year!

I remember the predictions we made at the beginning of Winter, your right on track.

[CentralNebWeather]

Last February. Wow. It can get cold and snow here. Not this year though. 

[Tom]

5 minutes ago, CentralNebWeather said:

Last February. Wow. It can get cold and snow here. Not this year though. 

Wow, what a difference a year makes?  Geeze, those were some deep “tunnels” and it reminds me of what it looked like here as well.  What was the snow depth?

[Tom]

7 hours ago, Madtown said:

mikfresh 3". looks great, not sure its enough for the weekend traffic. TGIF

What’s your depth up there?

[snowstorm83]

1 hour ago, mlgamer said:

Fun Fact Time!

Topeka is officially sitting at 9.7" of snow this winter and was at 9.6" last winter at this same time.

That is a breathtaking increase of roughly 1% over last year!

LNK sitting at 3.7" vs. 42.7" at this time last year LOL 

[CentralNebWeather]

6 minutes ago, Tom said:

Wow, what a difference a year makes?  Geeze, those were some deep “tunnels” and it reminds me of what it looked like here as well.  What was the snow depth?

Most I had was close to 20” then settling. Seemed to snow almost everyday. 

[Tom]

4 minutes ago, CentralNebWeather said:

Most I had was close to 20” then settling. Seemed to snow almost everyday. 

As the saying goes, “there’s always next year”….on a side note, I hope that a drought does not transpire in the central AG belt this summer. Hopefully there will be enough moisture this Spring that can eleviate the dry conditions.

[Madtown]

14 minutes ago, Tom said:

What’s your depth up there?

Haven't measured...I'll get out there in the woods later today or tomorrow. This is a pretty good representation.

[Thunder98]

 

[CentralNebWeather]

17 minutes ago, Tom said:

As the saying goes, “there’s always next year”….on a side note, I hope that a drought does not transpire in the central AG belt this summer. Hopefully there will be enough moisture this Spring that can eleviate the dry conditions.

What saves us is irrigation. However, that is expensive with fuel, center pivot costs, and the water charge. With friends and relatives that farm, I have deep respect and admiration for what they do. 

[Andie]

Today marks I year since Texas had the I35 icy pileup that killed 6.   
It seems a miracle anyone made it out.   
 

We had a lovely 75* Sunny day today.  
That’s Texas winters for ya.  
 

 

[Timmy Supercell]

66 today in Ashland! Heat wave, for one day. Tomorrow might not even break 40.

[Minny_Weather]

1 hour ago, Andie said:

Today marks I year since Texas had the I35 icy pileup that killed 6.   
It seems a miracle anyone made it out.   
 

We had a lovely 75* Sunny day today.  
That’s Texas winters for ya.  
 

 

Being in a pileup like that is a huge fear of mine. I can't even begin to imagine the feeling of helplessness as a bunch of uncontrollable cars are speeding towards you after you just crashed yourself.

[OmahaSnowFan]

54 minutes ago, MSP_Weather said:

Being in a pileup like that is a huge fear of mine. I can't even begin to imagine the feeling of helplessness as a bunch of uncontrollable cars are speeding towards you after you just crashed yourself.

Like this one? Watching it gives me chills!

 

[CentralNebWeather]

5 minutes ago, OmahaSnowFan said:

Like this one? Watching it gives me chills!

 

Horrifying 

[Niko]

Man its going to get mighty frigid again this weekend. Highs mostly in the teens and lows near zero or below, especially in the suburbs.