February 2022 Observations and Discussions

[Thunder98]

11 hours ago, CentralNebWeather said:

 

Next Winter, Nebraska will see more snow than the Mountains of Japan

[Tom]

You can cherry pick days when the US has a lack of snow OTG and those that when it does have snow.  Yesterday, 48.8% of the nation had been covered by snow (2/25 06 UTC).  This map will update within a few hours...I understand this map is not necessarily a real accurate portrayal but it is only a "snapshot" of a day in time.  I believe this map also takes into count a lot of the sleet/ice that fell in the S Plains/MW.  I'm curious to see how much this changes for the updated map later this morning.

 

The official 3.1" of snow that fell yesterday at ORD has brought the seasonal avg up to 28.6".  That is about 2" shy of the seasonal avg to date and +3" for the month.  Quite a reversal since early JAN and the lackluster start.  Meantime, MDW (only a few miles to the SE) has had 18.1" of snow this month (+8" for the month) and about 38" (+6" of normal) for the season.  The lake and storm tracks have benefitted the southern tier of the metro so far this season.

We had full sun earlier in the day yesterday and with temps in the mid/upper 20's the high ratio snow was getting nuked pretty quickly.  I already have spotty areas with grass showing up.  I'm sure by end of today and most likely by tomorrow the snow cover will be history.  

[Tom]

@Andie...does this confirm what transpired down by you?  Aren't you on the north side of Dallas?  I got a cousin that lives in the metro and will ask him if it was as bad as they say.  

https://www.fox4news.com/news/ice-forms-on-north-texas-roadways-people-urged-to-stay-home

 

 

[westMJim]

Around a half inch of new snow fall overnight here and there is now 2" of snow on the ground. before last nights snow fall the total for the season at Grand Rapids was 64.3" The overnight low here was 20 and at this time it is partly cloudy and 22.

[CentralNebWeather]

8 hours ago, Thunder98 said:

Next Winter, Nebraska will see more snow than the Mountains of Japan

Wouldn’t that be something. 

[IMoveALot_Weather]

Fargo has had 11 blizzards this winter, making it the most in recorded history.

[Andie]

7 hours ago, Tom said:

@Andie...does this confirm what transpired down by you?  Aren't you on the north side of Dallas?  I got a cousin that lives in the metro and will ask him if it was as bad as they say.  

https://www.fox4news.com/news/ice-forms-on-north-texas-roadways-people-urged-to-stay-home

 

 

No. I’m south west of Dallas. I’m in the far SW corner of Tarrant Co where Ft Worth is.  On the corner of 4 adjoining counties.  
Thurs was a surprise for the area East and North of us.  Black ice roller rink stuff.   
Thank heaven that’s behind us.  We don’t do ice so we’ll as our neighbors to the north! 
 

The rain missed us today too.  
We’d better get used to that. This drought will last.  Have you  heard any long range forecasts on that yet? 

[OmahaSnowFan]

Yes please.

This Afternoon

Sunny, with a high near 42. South southwest wind 9 to 13 mph.

Tonight

Clear, with a low around 19. South wind 6 to 8 mph becoming west after midnight.

Sunday

Sunny, with a high near 51. West wind 5 to 7 mph becoming south southwest in the afternoon.

Sunday Night

Mostly clear, with a low around 24. South wind 3 to 6 mph.

Monday

Mostly sunny, with a high near 58. Light and variable wind becoming west northwest 5 to 10 mph in the morning.

Monday Night

Mostly clear, with a low around 27.

Tuesday

Sunny, with a high near 65.

Tuesday Night

Partly cloudy, with a low around 32.

Wednesday

Mostly sunny, with a high near 63.

Wednesday Night

Partly cloudy, with a low around 29.

Thursday

Mostly sunny, with a high near 51.

Thursday Night

Mostly cloudy, with a low around 35.

Friday

A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 61.

[Niko]

This has been one snowy February here in S MI (Detroit Metro Area) where 20.1"  of snow has fallen this month. Not too shabby at all.

[Beltrami Island]

Went for another snowmobile ride today. Gotta say I underestimated how much snow we have. 24-30" snow depth pretty much everywhere in my area. If it wasn't so flat around here I could probably post a pic and get away with tagging it as somewhere in a primary les belt. 

Funny thing is all the snow is bottomless powder, haven't had a thaw since mid December when it all started piling up. This caused going down untouched forest roads difficult, some spots I was going full throttle and struggling to keep momentum. First pic is a spot where I had to help my dad get unstuck. Pretty much had to do circles around him to give his tank of a sled some packed down snow to have a shot of getting turned around. 

Second pic is a picnic table covered in the seasons snowfall

[westMJim]

Even thought the official high at Grand Rapids was only 29 yesterday (I had a high of 33 here) the full late February sun sure did the trick on the snow that was on the ground. Areas that are in the shade are the only ones that now have a snow cover. Areas that were in the sun yesterday now have a lot of bare ground showing with just the snow piles still there. The overnight low here was 26 before midnight and it held steady around 28 all night. At this time it is partly cloudy here and 30.

[Clinton]

This is the nicest 5 day forecast I've had in awhile.

[Tom]

1 hour ago, Clinton said:

This is the nicest 5 day forecast I've had in awhile.

Spring fever…kinda jelly when I see that!  

[OmahaSnowFan]

On 2/21/2022 at 11:06 PM, OmahaSnowFan said:

Hello 80s!!!

The GFS from 10 days out is gonna end up doing pretty good with the warmth this week around here.

[snowstorm83]

On 2/24/2022 at 11:54 PM, snowstorm83 said:

Sooooo LNK will still be at 3.7" for the season indefinitely. Lowest season is 7.2" in 1967-68, and even using Ken Dewey's records back to 1900, 67-68 is still the winner. This is downright scary if you ask me. 

Oh my bad LNK picked up 0.1" on Thursday LOL

[OmahaSnowFan]

I ended up with .1” Thursday and .5” for the month of February.

Currently 56.7 with a whopping 18% humidity/ 13.6 degree dew point.

[gimmesnow]

On 2/24/2022 at 11:54 PM, snowstorm83 said:

Sooooo LNK will still be at 3.7" for the season indefinitely. Lowest season is 7.2" in 1967-68, and even using Ken Dewey's records back to 1900, 67-68 is still the winner. This is downright scary if you ask me. 

It's the same here in southern WI.

We are just a little over 20in right now for the season, 66/67 seems like it was a winter that sucked for NE and WI. Probably similar pattern too.

[gabel23]

2 hours ago, gimmesnow said:

It's the same here in southern WI.

We are just a little over 20in right now for the season, 66/67 seems like it was a winter that sucked for NE and WI. Probably similar pattern too.

Well good sign with the following winter; that line shoots straight up! The silver lining, even though we have to wait a year, is there will be no way we get less than 10" next year. We have never had back to back winters with less than 10" in recorded history. Typically you see an average or above average after a winter we have experienced. 

[CentralNebWeather]

1 hour ago, gabel23 said:

Well good sign with the following winter; that line shoots straight up! The silver lining, even though we have to wait a year, is there will be no way we get less than 10" next year. We have never had back to back winters with less than 10" in recorded history. Typically you see an average or above average after a winter we have experienced. 

Jim Flowers sort of hinting at this also. If any of these storms on the GFS or Euro would come true, we could match or exceed our yearly snowfall so far. 

[CentralNebWeather]

Lincoln almanac numbers. No better here. Just horrendous. 

 

[CentralNebWeather]

 

[Tom]

9 hours ago, CentralNebWeather said:

Jim Flowers sort of hinting at this also. If any of these storms on the GFS or Euro would come true, we could match or exceed our yearly snowfall so far. 

That is what I'm expecting to see happen next month...the pattern is ripe for multiple hits and storms coming out of the W/SW...I'm encouraged at what I'm seeing.

[Tom]

Fired up a thread for the multi-day storm threat dialing up late this week...

 

[Clinton]

Closing out meteorological winter.

NWS Kansas City

 

@NWSKansasCity

 

Today is the last day of meteorological Winter! Winter 2021-2022 will go down as tied for the 22nd warmest out of 134 years. It is the 8th driest (1.96" of precip) on the 134 year record. And, it is the 52nd snowiest (15.4") on the 134-year record.

[BrianJK]

Was hoping we’d over perform this week and already off to a good start.  Sitting at 50 currently and should rise a few more.  Sun feels amazing and getting me excited for BBQ, boating and other outdoor activities.   

[james1976]

52 already. Was not expecting that

[CentralNebWeather]

66 here as of 2:20 PM.  It really did a number on our snow...., oh wait, we haven't had any this winter. Upper 70's on Wednesday.

[OmahaSnowFan]

Made it to 69.6 today IMBY with a light breeze. The humidity is down to 14%. Should hit the 70s tomorrow and Wednesday too. It's supposed to cool down Thursday with a backdoor cool front to near 50, but based on today's GFS should warm right back up into the 60s and 70s Friday and Saturday.

[OmahaSnowFan]

Omaha hit 70 today for only the 5th time in February in the last 20 years. Four of those times were in 2017 when we were also under a severe drought.

[snowstorm83]

Temperature ranges have been getting even crazier. I just noticed that LNK bottomed out at 8 yesterday morning and hit 59 by the afternoon. Almost identical today, except 10 degrees warmer. 18 in the morning and it's currently 69. Humidity has also bottomed out at 10%. I guess I don't really have any complaints that haven't already been dwelled on, but it's amazing how the situation continues and worsens. 

[Andie]

70 Today.  Slowly rising to 81 on Saturday with a 20% chance of rain. 

Mix of clouds and sun.  Early spring like  weather 

[OmahaSnowFan]

1 hour ago, snowstorm83 said:

Temperature ranges have been getting even crazier. I just noticed that LNK bottomed out at 8 yesterday morning and hit 59 by the afternoon. Almost identical today, except 10 degrees warmer. 18 in the morning and it's currently 69. Humidity has also bottomed out at 10%. I guess I don't really have any complaints that haven't already been dwelled on, but it's amazing how the situation continues and worsens. 

I can't remember ever having 50 degree daily rises in temps and it keeps happening. Strange stuff.

[OmahaSnowFan]