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Post by BRTNWXMAN on Feb 15, 2019 14:08:39 GMT -6
Dry air seems to be slowly loosing the battle...radar looks 1000% better than I expected but ground truth shows that it's still struggling to make it to the surface.
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Post by showtime - Marissa on Feb 15, 2019 14:08:51 GMT -6
Also pretty amazing in the same 15 minutes the RH went from 65% to 85% and the temp went from 29 down to 25.... already have a dusting on the decks with a little in the grass
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Post by STGOutdoors on Feb 15, 2019 14:09:23 GMT -6
Snow starting to break through again in Festus. You can just see the struggle with the dry air. We knew this was a factor. Hope I can still muster a couple inches in Pville.
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Post by shrapnel - Arnold, MO on Feb 15, 2019 14:11:02 GMT -6
I said yesterday that the ground temps would be an issue with highs in the 60s and many here said it would not...it sure was here as well for the first several hours. Hasnt been here... Started sticking immediately. Bigger issue has been flake size. The dry air is really cutting them down into tiny salt shakers...except in the better bands. I think it can be a localized thing. If myself and PBC are on a stretch of ground facing S or E then ground temps could be 4-5* warmer than N or W facing slopes. The snow stuck immediately in the shadows of the buildings here, even though it was cloudy it still made a difference. We have had some pretty large flakes at times today, over quarter sized flakes for a period. |
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Post by Chris Higgins on Feb 15, 2019 14:13:20 GMT -6
I fully agree with you there... southward facing slopes are a different story. My driveway is just west (faces southeast and slopes down). Neighbor's is covered and faces north.
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Post by addicted2wx - Villa Ridge, Mo on Feb 15, 2019 14:13:42 GMT -6
I got nothing but Heavy Snow and .80”m
Still like my 3-5” idea out here in Villa Ridge.
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Post by Frivolousz21 on Feb 15, 2019 14:17:46 GMT -6
My favorite thing is when the snow tapers and then the random large flakes start falling within the small ones.
Eventually giving way too moderate to heavy snow.
Currently just small flurries and the skies to my North have darkened.
And now the change is starting.
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Post by joshofstl on Feb 15, 2019 14:17:52 GMT -6
It's been snowing pretty steadily in Hazelwood and Florissant since at least 12:30. It's coming down pretty hard right now.
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Post by ElKay23 - Columbia, IL on Feb 15, 2019 14:19:20 GMT -6
Just noticed this on Twitter, 6 hours!  |
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Post by Snowman99 on Feb 15, 2019 14:19:26 GMT -6
Cloing in on an inch. Road mostly wet. Sidewlk white  |
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Post by BRTNWXMAN on Feb 15, 2019 14:21:12 GMT -6
Flake size increasing in Alton...untreated surfaces completely covered now.
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Post by Frivolousz21 on Feb 15, 2019 14:21:58 GMT -6
It's gotta be coming down good between 64/70.
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Post by ajd446 on Feb 15, 2019 14:22:31 GMT -6
Actually metroay get 1 to 3. It's coming down nicely. Even coating subdivision street
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Post by BRTNWXMAN on Feb 15, 2019 14:23:46 GMT -6
1/2mi vis...full blown dendrites!
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nrs2420
Wishcaster
Pacific, MO
Posts: 227 
Snowfall Events: It has snowed several times.
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Post by nrs2420 on Feb 15, 2019 14:26:18 GMT -6
Actually metroay get 1 to 3. It's coming down nicely. Even coating subdivision street I thought you said no snow in 100 miles?  ? |
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nrs2420
Wishcaster
Pacific, MO
Posts: 227
Snowfall Events: It has snowed several times.
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Post by nrs2420 on Feb 15, 2019 14:27:15 GMT -6
I'm betting on not a flake anywhere within 100 miles of Lambert Ahhh hear it is |
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Post by mchafin on Feb 15, 2019 14:27:18 GMT -6
Actually metroay get 1 to 3. It's coming down nicely. Even coating subdivision street is metroay a new word? |
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Post by Snowstorm920 on Feb 15, 2019 14:27:41 GMT -6
Radar looks pretty dang good
Maybe this event won’t be such a dud afterall
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Post by beaker - Dardenne Prairie, MO on Feb 15, 2019 14:28:05 GMT -6
It's gotta be coming down good between 64/70. Where im at, its steady light snow. |
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Post by Snowstorm920 on Feb 15, 2019 14:28:11 GMT -6
Hamsters just started falling in Edwardsville
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Post by Frivolousz21 on Feb 15, 2019 14:28:15 GMT -6
If the dry air was even 20 percent weaker.
We would be looking at 4-6" for almost all of us.
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Post by BRTNWXMAN on Feb 15, 2019 14:29:57 GMT -6
Now approaching 1/4mi SN+
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Post by RyanD on Feb 15, 2019 14:31:19 GMT -6
Getting some hamsters mixing in here in Edwardsville. Not a lot of flakes but some cotton balls mixing in. More snow here then I expected they'd see total.
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Post by ajd446 on Feb 15, 2019 14:33:18 GMT -6
Aren't you all shocked how well we overcame the dam. I know I am. Seems like we moisten up more than we would think this year
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Post by STGOutdoors on Feb 15, 2019 14:33:31 GMT -6
Dang, Farmington looks to really have lightened up. WTH?
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Post by Lovableweatherguy TROY,MO on Feb 15, 2019 14:34:40 GMT -6
Just now getting out of work off of 94 in Saint Charles. Thought the dry air was going to win out! ? Lol. Coming down good! |
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Post by beaker - Dardenne Prairie, MO on Feb 15, 2019 14:35:04 GMT -6
Interesting that it seems like this corner has been around for a long time, and this kind of snow would have been "meh" in the early days of this corner...maybe not even watched that closely. Today, it has a full audience watching it and commenting. Just an observation.
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Post by RyanD on Feb 15, 2019 14:35:50 GMT -6
Full blown hamsters in Edwardsville. This is a good sign for STL if it is snowing this hard here. Looks like we are closing in on a half inch.
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Post by amstilost on Feb 15, 2019 14:36:02 GMT -6
I am down to tiny flakes again and the sky has lightened up. Looking at radar proved my suspicions of another dry air finger over de soto. .125" dusting on deck. Road just wet. Combined with earlier dusting I would say .25" has fallen. Temp just dropped to 29*
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Post by BRTNWXMAN on Feb 15, 2019 14:39:47 GMT -6
Lift is definitely starting to wane judging by the last few radar frames. Once that happens, the dry air will take hold again. Most will be lucky to get an inch from this...accumulation is slow even under the heavier returns.
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