Chris's Corner - Happy Valentine's Day

I am up to 29* temp. Radar cut off line very sharp and 15-20 miles sw of me then it tails up to the west of me. I bet that finger of moisture sw of me will be 50-60 miles east of me before anything is falling here. Just an observation. Not griping by any means.

Debating epic is silly. I believe we had the same discussion of these terms a few years ago too. It is a term that i would not describe any aspect of this winter or any single event this winter. It might be a reflection of the experience of some of our younger members, so i also try to stay away from terms like that unless theres a statistic to back it up. Thats just me of course. Getting back to weather though how bout those Cards this year. 😂

I believe that. There were some really long stretches of nonwinter, as well as some early winter. It all averages out. We shld not have to rely on stratospheric warming for a winter pattern.

A 20 inch snow is historic for those who live in that region. Not in st louis or st charles though.

Epic around here is an 18-24" snowfall, 1"+ of glaze ice, -20*F air temp, or 50"+ seasonal snowfall.

I’ve had 18” for the season, which while nice, is far from epic

Maybe it just feels epic because the last few winters were so horrible

IRT the winter season as whole, I was afraid the “Polar Vortex” was going to be the kiss of death. Teleconnections and modeling gave me some hope though. Those things have a tendency to shake up the going trends and patterns and it seemingly takes the atmosphere and sensible pattern weeks to adjust back to normal. That normal almost never favors us. Meanwhile, the northern Midwest is seeing “the most snow in years.”

A testament to the lack of cold is the current Great Lakes ice coverage. Lakes Michigan, Ontario, and Huron are mostly open. Superior is only about 60%, and Erie is mostly frozen over.

Who gives a damn what word we use. The vast majority of us have had several nice systems this year and most sit near 20". It has been so much better than the last 3 years of crap so just enjoy what fun we have had this year. Think of it this way...if someone had told you last fall that we would get what we've gotten this year, would you be arguing about whether or not it would be "epic, historic, etc." or would you just say man that sounds pretty awesome I can't wait until it happens? It has been an above average year for all of us and we should be grateful. End.

Both. If the storm can’t get negatively tilted, then WAA will probably kick the event over to rain by the end.

It’s unlikely to be more than advisory level if if the storm even happens.

FV3 still showing 2-4" of snow Tuesday night with some ice on top

Looks like this storm (or serious lack thereof) has made for some grumpy people. I would agree with Chris in that we had a couple of really nice snow storms but nothing really lasted on the ground for any long periods of time. It has been cloudy, cool to cold and our "deep freeze" lasted a day and a half. The November storm was a top 5 storm for many in the metro but other than that, it has been a bit blah overall. But, it has been better than the last couple so let's be good with that.

Was hoping it might be more since I thought it is coming in from the southwest. Oh well. 

Snowing at the lake now. Steady as she goes.

What part of the lake are you at?  I'm close to the Grand Glaize Bridge.