News DetailAnother winter storm for the Central US!
Posted At: December 27, 2007 @ 10:08 AM
Posted By: Reed Timmer
Related Categories: Snow
Yet another winter storm will track from the Southern Plains into the Great Lakes Region through Saturday morning, with heavy snow falling across northern Oklahoma and much of Kansas today (Thursday) and tonight; northern Missouri/eastern Iowa tonight and early Friday, and northern Illinois/southern Wisconsin/Lower Michigan by late Friday into early Saturday. Winter storm watches, warnings, and advisories have been issued for these areas:
The low pressure center responsible for this winter weather will not be particularly strong, so wind should not be a major problem with this storm as it was last week. Still though, heavy snow will fall due to warm advection ahead of the system, the deformation zone to the northwest of the surface low track, and vorticity advection as the upper-level wave progresses. 3-6 inches of snow will be common from the Southern Plains into Iowa, and 6-12 inches of snow could fall across the Great Lakes Region as the surface low slows down and strengthens slightly. Once again, I'll be based out of Grand Rapids, MI to document this storm, and will move if necessary to find the heaviest snow. Stay tuned for updates!
The low pressure center responsible for this winter weather will not be particularly strong, so wind should not be a major problem with this storm as it was last week. Still though, heavy snow will fall due to warm advection ahead of the system, the deformation zone to the northwest of the surface low track, and vorticity advection as the upper-level wave progresses. 3-6 inches of snow will be common from the Southern Plains into Iowa, and 6-12 inches of snow could fall across the Great Lakes Region as the surface low slows down and strengthens slightly. Once again, I'll be based out of Grand Rapids, MI to document this storm, and will move if necessary to find the heaviest snow. Stay tuned for updates!
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And once again I get rain in Ohio. Reed, do you see the storms taking more of a southerly track at some point? That cold air in Canada has to make a push sometime I would think. Enjoy the snow wherever it may be falling.
More snow for OK then, from what Zck said yesterday there was at one point 1" per hour snow fall rates......
finally got my video done from the windstorm we had a few weeks back on december 2nd, here is the link.... sorry for the pour camera quality, i was using my phone only 2 megapixels lol......also i should say this camera isnt sensative so you can how strong the wind was....
http://s214.photobucket.com/albums/cc264/timmyrfc/?action=view¤t=1d77e89f.pbr
and also here is the link to a new version of the squall line we had in september, with an added video of the damage....
http://youtube.com/watch?v=KO1vVj54_qk
hope you enjoy them, please let me know what you think aswell....
A few days ago this was looking like a heavy snow maker for AR. But maybe we'll still pick up an inch or two? We got an inch yesterday, which was pretty unexpected but VERY nice! :D Here are some photos and a crudy video shot with my small digital camera (the one with no sound - an upgrade will be made soon!).
http://ryansmorningblog.blogspot.com/
Tim, were you on a bike during the first video? If so, did you ask Kenny if that was okay first?! (You know, since he is the original Bike Chaser! ;)
Hey everyone! This system seemed to have popped out of nowhere, so I'll pay a lot of attention to it today. Also, since I'm in a snow advisory, I better get the snow shovel back out of the garage... I might need it again... I'm getting tired of snow now. haha
Lol Heidi yeh i was, i was also on my way too my nans but i just couldn't resist heading out away from there and seeing what was going on lol...... yeh the funny thing is when i was taking the video and on my bike i thought of Kenny lol thinking i should really walk, hes the originike chaser lol...
i know some places in arkansas got as much as 4 inchs heidi
Donny, it does not surprise me. I bet that Cleburne Co. and other places in the higher-ups close to here easily got that much. It's still sticking around out there in places. :D
Tim!!!! If I ever catch you on a Bike chasing a storm, I'll!!!....Be glad to see someone takes after me! :).
It's snowing pretty good here. A good 1 inch maybe 2 inches so far. Heres a look at the radar.
http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/radar/index_e.html?id=WHK
TIM THAT WAS AMAZING..... if your a bikechaser then i'me a scooter chaser LOL
I swear I asw a cold core funnel cloud when i was coming out of a store!!! It's long gone now brifly touched down with a dust coat no damage that I know of.......
Heidi, glad to hear and see that you had some snow down in Arkyland.. We have around 25" of snow on the ground up here in Duluth Minnesota, had 4" on Wednesday, 10 inches back on Sunday..This month alone we've had close to 35" of snow, and December isn't over with just yet. take care everyone and be safe
What?!? Did someone say "cold-core funnel"??? AAAAHH!! lol
YEAH LOL it lasted about 10 min. hows the weather up there at your house AJ LOL make a vid.
Cool! I'd take a brief cold-core funnel over a fog from a winter storm any day. lol. All my radars and such are telling me it's snowing on me right now, but the only precip I see is that goofy fog... hmm... this sucks. lol. I can't rely on my gadgets to tell me anything, and I can't see 1500 yards out. I'll have to get into my "human barometer" mode... hehe
AAAAAAAAHHHHHHH AJ there is a slight risk area tomarrow right well my part of ky is'nt in it but it's in a Tstorm possabilte I HAVE TO DRIVE 4 HOURS TO BLOOMINGTON IN OUT OF THAT AREA AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH bfvdfjvhbgvjgfndbjgjrfg
hahaha. Nice! You're going chasing and you didn't even plan on it! ;) Take the video camera with you, whatever you do. lol.
Hmm... now it starts to snow here... if you could call it "snowing." lol. It's a wussy snow, almost like heavy flurries... and I'm supposed to get 5" to 7" from this? I'm skeptical.
Thanks Caleb and good luck for tomorrow....
just watching this documentary about when our country floods, it turns out that this summers floods which devasted my area was because of the jet stream moving too far south bring low pressure and constant rain....
sorry completly off the topic of this winter storm sorry
Yes we are "supposed" to get 4-6" here AJ but I'm leaning more towards 2-4". I guess the snow is nice this time of year but with the ice storms and then snow storms I am getting overworked shoveling this year :)
Tim AJ I ment I'll be out of the risk of Tstorm area..... not i'll be in it.
Aww, darn Caleb! Oh well, just ask if you can stick around at home a little longer ;) Yeah Monte, I was wondering too if the forecasts weren't off by a bit... lol. I'm starting to doubt if this will be as bad as they thought.
anyone understand this?
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/63/Tornado_infrasound_sources.png
Uhh, Caleb, it's clear as mud... lol. I haven't a clue what it means.
And now I start to get some snow! It took long enough. lol. We might see an inch or two by late tonite... it depends on if it stays snowing as hard as it is now, or if will get stronger... we shall see ;)
ohh aj:
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
247 PM CST THU DEC 27 2007
...SNOWSTORM IN PROGRESS ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
.A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE QUICKLY NORTHEAST
ACROSS KANSAS TONIGHT. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS ALL OF
SOUTHWEST KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE SNOW WILL TAPER
OFF RAPIDLY FROM WEST TO EAST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
KSZ061-074-075-084-085-280500-
/O.CON.KDDC.HS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-071228T0600Z/
HAMILTON-STANTON-GRANT-MORTON-STEVENS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SYRACUSE...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...
ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW
247 PM CST THU DEC 27 2007 /147 PM MST THU DEC 27 2007/
...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM
MST/ TONIGHT...
A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM
MST/ TONIGHT.
SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING AND THEN TAPER OFF
BY MIDNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE TO 4 TO 7 INCHES
Ohh, you have got to be kidding me! AAAAAHH!! That's just what this area needs, more snow... I better get out the snow shovel, and clear off the driveway so no one gets stuck backing out of the garage. haha. I'll try to get some pics soon.
Well it's barely starting to snow here but light at best. Snow amounts should be light in my opinion but who knows. AJ the snow shovel this year is getting lots of use anyway ;-)
haha. It's seen more action than previous years Monte, that's for sure... I'll say that areas east, like Greensburg and Hutchinson will only see about 2"-4", but further west, and especially NW, could see the 5"-7" or more. I doubt it'll snow that much down here in the hole of SW Kansas, but I've been proven wrong before. lol
dang it
the winter storm watch went down to a snow advisory in my area (which is Chicago)
3-6 inches possible so i hope we'll get the 6 inches.
What do you guys think?????????/
My county (Hutchinson in TX) has just been bumped to a heavy snow warning for tonight from a snow advisory and we are also in a freezing fog advisory too. At 1 pm today they were still showing us getting to 45 today, but we were still at 25 degrees and it had already began snowing which the models didnt show till late tonight. It is snowing every 3 days here, I like it. I am definitely heading out (maybe up to 50 miles) tonight to find the deepest snow around.
Well, at least someone isn't getting tired of the snow... lol. Good luck Wes, I say you find the deepest drift you can, and jump into it or something... or go find a hill to sled down. That's always fun. haha
I just looked outside (it had been about 15 mins since I looked out) and the roads are completely covered and it is still only a light snow, but it is starting to increase.
I did go drive through some drifts the other day down my grandma's road out in the country. The road was filled with 2 foot deep drifts and i tried to plow my jeep through it. I made it about 20 feet and about got stuck. Click my name to check out the pictures. Whenever I get back to Norman in a few weeks I will post video of it snowing with 40mph winds.
hey guys, how is everyone?
lol AJ, just what ya need more snow lol :P
shame about you being outside the warned zone for tomorow Caleb...
3-6" looks like a safe bet Paul for the Chicago area, low looks to track in a favorable path for Chi-town to get synoptic snow, plus with the low passing to your south, e-ne winds coming off Lake Michigan could lead to a wee bit of lake enhanced snow.. nice lil snow system down in that area..enjoy!
Donny your smart about tornadoes can you tell us what this is?
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/63/Tornado_infrasound_sources.png
I've been looking at latest models and forecast data, and it doesn't make sense to me. The storm track is alittle farther south than previous forecasted, with the heaviest snow just south of armarillo and just to the north of Lubboc Texas. Looking at storm tracks. It's heading East not NE like the NWS thought. My point, is that the heavier snow totals need to come down a little farther south. And OKC should be included in a snow advisory. Right now temperatures are sitting AT 32 degrees, with some light freezing drizzle. It's about ready to snow here I can tell you that. I'm going to contact the NWS and ask them about this.
umn-tim in Duluth-are you bragging about how much snow you guys have gotten?
That is so not fair.(pout)
I hope we get some snow tomorrow-kids haven't had a chance to go sledding yet!
It's hard not too brag when we have snow totals like this!! I haven't seen the snowbanks this tall in years!! and yeah I'm excited that more is on the way!! Just too much fun up here this time of year!!
pout
Ahh, it's snowing good here now. It took awhile for it to get started, but it's coming down nicely here. It's actually rather peaceful... but I still hate shoveling it. ;) It's not wet at all, just a fine dry powder. That'll make moving it easier. haha
I hope you get lots of snow so the the lil guys can get some sledding in!!
I could almost take a sled ride down the hill from here right to Tims place!! Horseshoe Bend around 40th ave W would be a lil tricky though!! hehe JK
Still gotta be better than mowing aint it AJ??
LOL brady one day when my dad was finished mowing there was a dust devil of loose grass it was fun to play in... for 12 sec LOL didn't last long LOL
It would be nice if we did get some snow tomorrow-after 5:30pm please/when I get home from work! Do you think it happens that way?noooooooooo!!!lol
I remember one Dust Devil I seen in a buddy's drive way once! It must have been a good 10ft tall! I couldn't get over how fast it was spinning!! Kinda looked like I think it's the Throckmorton vid of Reeds... Only wayyyyy smaller scale! but man was it fast!!
Brady dust devils go 10000s of feet in the air. the one u saw must have been a elephent trunk.. gotta get ready for tomarrow got a big trip to my ant's see you guys later tomarow afternoon!
I think it was just dirt in the driveway blowing like crazy on a nice sunny day!! much like that one during the soccer game! (again) only way way way way smaller!! It was a long time ago too!!
And while we're off the subject of snow, I still wanna know what the hey this was all about!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFWc1eegZL4
haha. Yeah, I like having dead grass, so I don't have to mow it every three days. Aw crap, I forgot what we decided that was Brady... it's still pretty cool though... anyone help?? lol
Wahoooo.....Just to change the subject a little, my friend gave me a belated chirstmas gift, a 2008 Weather calender! So far found 4 tornado pics FROM REED in the month of March.......! Still looking!
That's cool Kim! My mom gave me a calendar with lighthouses on it!! no Reed photos though! =( but I like lighthouses!!
LOL. the girlfriend that gave me the calender loves lighthouses too. I was just really surprized NO one in my immediate family thought of this. It is awesome!
haha. Very nice! I had a bunch of weather calenders when I was little and just getting into storms, but they kind of left in favor of classic cars and other vehicles... lol. I want to find another one with awesome weather photos... maybe on my trip this weekend...
Yeah, this one has awesome photos, plus trivia, every date has a weather related incident. It talks about global warming all kinds of stuff.......its great I love it. Plus I think the picks are Reeds of Last May 4th, the day he lost his cell phone.
Ahh, cool! I really want one now. lol. Let's see if there's any online like that... haha
Susan, i wasn't bragging about how much snow we have up here in Duluth, MN..lol, i would never do that.. It's just nice to see all this snow up here, the last few Winters have been pretty quiet til February or March, it's nice to see more of a "normal" winter around this area
A.J this one is from Accord Publishing, so its accordpublishing.com!
Cool! Now I know what else I want for Christmas. :P I still have snow falling, by the way, it's just as fine as powdered sugar though, so I don't expect super huge accumulation totals.
Wish I COULD say we had snow, but it was almost warm enough not to wear a coat grrrr. Enjoy it while it lasts!
haha. I'm leaving for the east coast on Saturday, so I'll enjoy it as long as I'm still in KS! ;) It'll be different going someplace warm during winter...
Here's an interesting link that lists some of the record cold temps for the US:
http://www.currentresults.com/Weather-Extremes/US/coldest.php
Florida, 'bama, and LA are getting a butt-whip right now. This does not look good at all. I hope someone's out on the road there.