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Post by ComoEsJn on Feb 1, 2022 11:58:47 GMT -6
I was born in '79, so I enjoyed what I remember, at least, as some fairly snowy winters as a little kid (there's supposedly a pic of 3 year old me neck-deep in the '82 storm, but I've never seen it), but I'd say my most memorable snow once I got older that really got me into FOLLOWING-following the forecasting was the New Years Day 1999 ice-and-snow storm. One of the more unique and fun snows ever, and led to some aaaaaahhhhhmazing ice-slicked sledding at Sioux Passage Park in far northern Florissant.
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Post by ComoEsJn on Feb 1, 2022 9:30:38 GMT -6
TOP 10 SNOWFALLS IN 24 HOUR PERIODS 1 20.4U Unofficial record due to missing daily snowfall values 2 15.6 February 20-21, 1912 3 13.9 January 30-31, 1982 4 13.3 February 16-17, 1910 5 13.0 February 12-13, 1914 6 12.8 February 26, 1906 7 12.7 March 24-25, 2013 8 12.5 January 16-17, 1978 9 12.1 March 24, 1912 10 12.0 December 19, 1973 Let's get it! this is the list where I always think, "what was wrong at the airport in March 2008?". I was 5 minutes away as the crow flies in Hazelwood, picked up 14.5".
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Post by ComoEsJn on Jan 31, 2022 10:32:13 GMT -6
throw the March 2008 snow in that mix. BRTN and I both got about 14-15 inches in that baby. overnight that night was still to this day that hardest snowfall I've ever watched. Como, I only got about 8-9" from that one IMBY...the dry slot came in for a bit and shut down the 3"/hr stuff while it was still parked over N/W County. Still the heaviest I've ever seen it snow, with thunder in the distance. Pure bliss. ohhhh, gotcha. I was having some aging memory problems, haha.
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Post by ComoEsJn on Jan 31, 2022 10:12:30 GMT -6
This forum has been around for 14-15 years. There are 4-5 winter storms we always talk about. 82 06 ice storm Feb 2014 Snow Jan 2019 Snow Maybe you can group the entire stretch in February last year. These don't come around often. This is one of those that 100% has the potential to be talked about forever. The sleet is going to be an issue in places. It always is. You can't ignore trends and past history of how things work in this area. But, nonetheless, this could be incredible. throw the March 2008 snow in that mix. BRTN and I both got about 14-15 inches in that baby. overnight that night was still to this day that hardest snowfall I've ever watched.
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Post by ComoEsJn on Jan 31, 2022 10:07:24 GMT -6
It is becoming increasingly clear that someone is going to get 6" of concrete sleet and snow and someone 10 miles N of them will be 12-15" of snow. anyone getting 6 inches of sleet with snow on top is going to be shut down for days, into the end of the weekend.
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Post by ComoEsJn on Jan 3, 2022 14:10:55 GMT -6
compared to the early days of this board when I was in my 20's, I really have grown to be very "blah" about the cold and don't mind the more mild winters anymore. 2008 Me just slapped myself through time for saying that.
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Post by ComoEsJn on Oct 29, 2021 15:53:37 GMT -6
Is that blob in Central IL going to make it all the way to the metro? Have some outdoor plans, a little wet is fine, but not heavy & steady.
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Post by ComoEsJn on Oct 24, 2021 14:05:25 GMT -6
looks like after today's severe wx, Fall may finally be here to stay. Cool temps and what looks like maybe a prolonged rainy time mid-late week. As long as we dry out by one week from today.....
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Post by ComoEsJn on Oct 17, 2021 8:57:07 GMT -6
Pure fall gloriousness this morning. Now for these leaves to change...
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Post by ComoEsJn on Oct 15, 2021 7:10:45 GMT -6
1.51 total today in south st.perers. 3.01 inches for the week as were under several strong thunderstorms on Monday. Definitely made major headway from the dry weather, should see some beautiful fall color, likely peaking fast in the next week to 10 days We definitely kept sitting right under "bubbles" for the past 2 days in St. Chuck County, I have some decent standing water in my back yard as of this morning. Now I need to "backyardism" and have someone reassure me that our elementary school's Trunk R Treat isn't going to be washed out tonight. Bring on the chilly & dry!
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Post by ComoEsJn on Oct 2, 2021 20:08:17 GMT -6
Absolutely pouring under a little blob in Cottleville.
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Post by ComoEsJn on Sept 24, 2021 7:32:32 GMT -6
Lol. if it's close to 90, it's warm by 10 am. yeah, I consider 80-ish and muggy at 10am in late September "warm", ha. Really ready to be done with this extreme stuff like we have coming up starting Sunday/Monday.
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Post by ComoEsJn on Sept 23, 2021 10:45:03 GMT -6
yeahhhhhhh, I'd say summer's back being broken was NOT correct. Blah.
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Post by ComoEsJn on Sept 8, 2021 7:23:53 GMT -6
If I'm not mistaken. Hasn't the last 2 yrs had 90s into Oct? It sucks, but what can you do. Seems like the Summer wants to invade our Fall Temps more and more... I'm not sure but I do remember one October about 10 or so years ago it was in the upper 80s and 90s for several days. It's not common but it's not unusual either. It's more likely during dry years. the worst in my own recent memory was 2007. My sister's outdoor wedding was on October 21st, and everyone was dressed for cooler weather - instead, the high was nearly 90 that day. Blech.
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Post by ComoEsJn on Sept 6, 2021 19:09:48 GMT -6
I'm just here for someone to tell me that model-fantasy-land has a true fall cool front somewhere in the long-range
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Post by ComoEsJn on Aug 17, 2021 8:55:04 GMT -6
Some of you guys beat me to it, but I was logging in to comment that I can't remember a year (including last year) where I've had to mow THIS regularly allllllllll summer long, into August. Normally I'd be able to spread out at least every 2 weeks or so this time of year, but I'm barely getting 5 or 6 days and its a jungle.
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Post by ComoEsJn on Feb 19, 2021 9:42:45 GMT -6
you know what we mean, though? like, it was always "49 and gloomy". no big heat wave and sunny days. it made it FEEL more wintery as a long stretch than it ever was.
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Post by ComoEsJn on Feb 19, 2021 9:23:32 GMT -6
one thing that has stood out to me during this winter stretch is the amount of snow on non-grass surfaces that has survived the entire time. I'm not sure I've ever seen this much snow stay frozen and on the pavement like on the streets around my neighborhood for this long in decades. My court has been almost entire-snow covered for going on 2 weeks now.
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Post by ComoEsJn on Feb 19, 2021 9:12:59 GMT -6
December was 3.4 above normal, January 3.1 above. Feb is 16.1 below. So yeah, the winter is below normal, because of 2 weeks of highly anomalous cold weather. Rest of the winter was extremely easy to take, with the coldest temp being 10 on christmas morning, and hardly any snow to speak of. These 2 weeks were brutal, over the whole country almost, but let's not pretend the winter as a whole was wintry around here. anecdotally without looking at the daily data, I feel like those above avg numbers were more a reflection of overall not going below much, and higher low temps, but no real "thaw break out days" in the 50s and 60's, like said above, which made the winter up to this point "feel" colder and longer than some in recent memory.
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Post by ComoEsJn on Feb 17, 2021 9:02:51 GMT -6
now its been ripping big flakes for a few minutes and piling up fast on the car and driveway
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Post by ComoEsJn on Feb 17, 2021 8:26:37 GMT -6
moderate snow started a couple of minutes ago here (94 & Kisker) and the driveway already looking white-ish where it was bare concrete
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Post by ComoEsJn on Feb 17, 2021 8:09:11 GMT -6
Como,g down moderately. Nickels. Roads covered. Yes? you rang? .........oh, wait............
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Post by ComoEsJn on Feb 15, 2021 8:59:15 GMT -6
The dimes are starting to pick up here at 94 & Kisker area. Looks like roughly 1.5" overnight, but its really hard to get an accurate measurement.
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Post by ComoEsJn on Feb 14, 2021 16:25:10 GMT -6
5 was it today. Currently 3 degrees. This has to be the coldest hi temp in my 28 years on earth. I think lambert was 8. Truly amazing. Monday of the Jan 2014 arctic outbreak, the high at Lambert was, if I remember correctly, -1F.
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Post by ComoEsJn on Feb 10, 2021 13:25:25 GMT -6
Thoughts on tonight? Schools closed again tomorrow? I can't imagine districts like Wentzville and FH will be in tomorrow. Some of the others are iffy at best. Even just going by what is already down, its bone-chilling cold and roads aren't dramatically improving in some of their more rural areas.
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Post by ComoEsJn on Feb 10, 2021 12:36:20 GMT -6
or maybe a "4-8" to be less dramatic, I suppose
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Post by ComoEsJn on Feb 10, 2021 12:35:22 GMT -6
amateur question, but with the forecast still 5 days out, but with so much agreement early on AND the temps so low, does this "feel" like a classic 6-10 inch type forecast type set up?
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Post by ComoEsJn on Feb 9, 2021 19:55:59 GMT -6
It's very likely we will get at least one significant snow within 10 days. Possibly two. This airmass is insane. We could easily get a 12/31/98-01/01/99 storm. The low pressure tracked well West of us. Immediate metro had 3-6" of snow then 3-4" of sleet on top. Moscow Mills, Litchfield... Got a foot. This is that kind of airmass. So deep cold the warm sector will be below freezing. New Years '99 is still in my Top 10 favorite storms. The ice pack on top of that snow made for all-time sledding at Sioux Passage Park in NOCO. Ahh, to be 19 and stupid again, lol.
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Post by ComoEsJn on Feb 9, 2021 10:30:47 GMT -6
These systems have all underperformed. Except in St. Peters FWIW, I'm just a couple of miles or so from him, and my seasonal total is somewhere within an inch or less of his stated total.
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Post by ComoEsJn on Feb 8, 2021 13:47:38 GMT -6
still haven't seen a drop of anything here
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