Chris's Corner - Happy Holidays and Here Comes a Storm!

landscaper Weather God Posts: 3,255	Chris's Corner - Happy Holidays and Here Comes a Storm! Jan 11, 2020 15:04:34 GMT -6 via mobile Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by landscaper on Jan 11, 2020 15:04:34 GMT -6 I have to agree with an advisory, roads are going down hill fast in St. Charles county with moderate sleet . It’s going to be dark soon and things will really go down hill quickly

Snowman99 Moderator Ban Hammer Posts: 11,644 Snowfall Events:	Chris's Corner - Happy Holidays and Here Comes a Storm! Jan 11, 2020 15:04:55 GMT -6 Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Snowman99 on Jan 11, 2020 15:04:55 GMT -6 Now we have hamsters..or pikachus

shrapnel - Arnold, MO Weather Intern Posts: 1,241 Snowfall Events: Arnold, MO	Chris's Corner - Happy Holidays and Here Comes a Storm! Jan 11, 2020 15:06:53 GMT -6 Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by shrapnel - Arnold, MO on Jan 11, 2020 15:06:53 GMT -6 This is legit heavy snow in Osage Beach.
	Arnold MO Sent using tapagoogwax for twitbook v3.5 via flux capacitor. You could have kept your mouth shut and let people wonder, instead of opening it and removing all doubt. All men die, few men ever really live.

demerson- Fletcher MO Weather God Fletcher MO Posts: 2,617	Chris's Corner - Happy Holidays and Here Comes a Storm! Jan 11, 2020 15:08:07 GMT -6 via mobile Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by demerson- Fletcher MO on Jan 11, 2020 15:08:07 GMT -6 Pouring hamsters and sleet and rain
	“The thing that a lot of people cannot comprehend is that Mother Nature doesn't have a bullet with your name on it, she has millions of bullets inscribed with 'to whom it may concern”

mosue56 Pro Forecaster Festus, 55 and A. Posts: 2,047	Chris's Corner - Happy Holidays and Here Comes a Storm! Jan 11, 2020 15:08:55 GMT -6 via mobile Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by mosue56 on Jan 11, 2020 15:08:55 GMT -6 Jeff county winter weather advisory!

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Chris's Corner - Happy Holidays and Here Comes a Storm! Jan 11, 2020 15:09:13 GMT -6 via mobile

Post by Chris Higgins on Jan 11, 2020 15:09:13 GMT -6

Advisory has been expanded

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Snowstorm920 Weather God Arnold, Mo Posts: 12,509	Chris's Corner - Happy Holidays and Here Comes a Storm! Jan 11, 2020 15:10:17 GMT -6 nascarfan999 likes this Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Snowstorm920 on Jan 11, 2020 15:10:17 GMT -6 Nothing like expanding the advisory at the last second

landscaper Weather God Posts: 3,255	Chris's Corner - Happy Holidays and Here Comes a Storm! Jan 11, 2020 15:11:36 GMT -6 via mobile Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by landscaper on Jan 11, 2020 15:11:36 GMT -6 They must of been monitoring the forum and realized we were unhappy with their earlier decision.

Snowstorm920 Weather God Arnold, Mo Posts: 12,509	Chris's Corner - Happy Holidays and Here Comes a Storm! Jan 11, 2020 15:12:18 GMT -6 Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Snowstorm920 on Jan 11, 2020 15:12:18 GMT -6 Sleet has started in Arnold Temp 33.5*

demerson- Fletcher MO Weather God Fletcher MO Posts: 2,617	Chris's Corner - Happy Holidays and Here Comes a Storm! Jan 11, 2020 15:12:31 GMT -6 via mobile Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by demerson- Fletcher MO on Jan 11, 2020 15:12:31 GMT -6 I’ve never seen snow this big
	“The thing that a lot of people cannot comprehend is that Mother Nature doesn't have a bullet with your name on it, she has millions of bullets inscribed with 'to whom it may concern”

snowcat Junior Forecaster Bowling Green, MO Posts: 280	Chris's Corner - Happy Holidays and Here Comes a Storm! Jan 11, 2020 15:12:52 GMT -6 via mobile Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by snowcat on Jan 11, 2020 15:12:52 GMT -6 Sleet/snow mix here in BG, now. 28*
	Bowling Green, MO Winter is an etching, spring a watercolor, summer an oil painting, and autumn a mosaic of them all. --Stanley Horowitz

bororug Weather Intern Desoto, MO. Posts: 1,002 Snowfall Events: 2013-14 Snowfall Total: 30.50" 2014-15 Snowfall Total: 14.50" 2015-16 Snowfall Total: January 17: .25" January 19: 1.75" February 9: .7" February 10: 1" February 11/12: 1" February 14: 1.8"	Chris's Corner - Happy Holidays and Here Comes a Storm! Jan 11, 2020 15:13:45 GMT -6 via Tapatalk Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by bororug on Jan 11, 2020 15:13:45 GMT -6 Transitioning to sleet just SW of Desoto. Temp: 33
	3 Miles Southwest of Desoto, MO.

ndolan387 Pro Forecaster Posts: 1,877 Snowfall Events: Winter Seasons: 2018-19: 26.4" 2019-20: 16.7" 2020-21: 13.1" 2021-22: 15.1" 2022-23: 7.65" 2023-24: 11.5"	Chris's Corner - Happy Holidays and Here Comes a Storm! Jan 11, 2020 15:15:43 GMT -6 via mobile Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by ndolan387 on Jan 11, 2020 15:15:43 GMT -6 Snow mixing in...big hamsters.

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Heckuva Start 12.75" As of 1/23/23

Chris's Corner - Happy Holidays and Here Comes a Storm! Jan 11, 2020 15:18:42 GMT -6

Post by amstilost on Jan 11, 2020 15:18:42 GMT -6

slow again....Sleet mixing in with the rain. 50/50 on the cardboard. Temp 33*. I was in the outbuilding and it was very loud in there. I was disappointed when I only seen sleet approx. 1/16" diameter.

7 Miles West of De Soto

demerson- Fletcher MO Weather God Fletcher MO Posts: 2,617	Chris's Corner - Happy Holidays and Here Comes a Storm! Jan 11, 2020 15:19:23 GMT -6 via Tapatalk REB likes this Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by demerson- Fletcher MO on Jan 11, 2020 15:19:23 GMT -6 This is crazy. Snowing HEAVY
	“The thing that a lot of people cannot comprehend is that Mother Nature doesn't have a bullet with your name on it, she has millions of bullets inscribed with 'to whom it may concern”

BRTNWXMAN Moderator Brighton, IL Posts: 10,169	Chris's Corner - Happy Holidays and Here Comes a Storm! Jan 11, 2020 15:19:41 GMT -6 via mobile Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by BRTNWXMAN on Jan 11, 2020 15:19:41 GMT -6 Freezing rain now...32*
	This bro lives a stones throw NNW of Brighton, IL. "The trouble with weather forecasting is that it's right too often for us to ignore it and wrong too often for us to rely on it." ~Patrick Young

red12 Hillsboro,mo Wishcaster Hillsboro,mo SLU grounds maintenance Posts: 145	Chris's Corner - Happy Holidays and Here Comes a Storm! Jan 11, 2020 15:21:53 GMT -6 via Tapatalk Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by red12 Hillsboro,mo on Jan 11, 2020 15:21:53 GMT -6 Sleet barnhart
	Hillsboro,mo 2 miles east

toddatfarmington Model Fortune Reader Posts: 1,409	Chris's Corner - Happy Holidays and Here Comes a Storm! Jan 11, 2020 15:27:22 GMT -6 via mobile Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by toddatfarmington on Jan 11, 2020 15:27:22 GMT -6 Sleet mixing in at KFAM

nrs2420 Wishcaster Pacific, MO Posts: 227 Snowfall Events: It has snowed several times.	Chris's Corner - Happy Holidays and Here Comes a Storm! Jan 11, 2020 15:27:36 GMT -6 via Tapatalk Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by nrs2420 on Jan 11, 2020 15:27:36 GMT -6 It’s SOOO Bad. I was prepared for two flakes and not a flake more! We’re up to hundreds of flakes already and it’s still coming.
	~Pacific, MO Know Guns, Know Peace, Know Safety No Guns, No Peace, No Safety

amstilost Weather God Posts: 3,105 Snowfall Events: 21/22 Snowfall 11.55" 22/23 Snowfall 11/12/22.........3.25" Snow 11/15/22.........1.75" Snow 12/22/22.........2" Snow 1/23/23..........5.75" Snow Heckuva Start 12.75" As of 1/23/23	Chris's Corner - Happy Holidays and Here Comes a Storm! Jan 11, 2020 15:29:06 GMT -6 Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by amstilost on Jan 11, 2020 15:29:06 GMT -6 snow mixing in 7 miles west of de soto.
	7 Miles West of De Soto

Snowman99 Moderator Ban Hammer Posts: 11,644 Snowfall Events:	Chris's Corner - Happy Holidays and Here Comes a Storm! Jan 11, 2020 15:29:22 GMT -6 Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Snowman99 on Jan 11, 2020 15:29:22 GMT -6 Figurative speaking sure is lost on people. That's too bad.

Snowman99 Moderator Ban Hammer Posts: 11,644 Snowfall Events:	Chris's Corner - Happy Holidays and Here Comes a Storm! Jan 11, 2020 15:30:04 GMT -6 Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Snowman99 on Jan 11, 2020 15:30:04 GMT -6 Snow flakes that make you wanna slap yo mamma here. That's not literal.

steve Wishcaster Wentzville, Mo Posts: 228	Chris's Corner - Happy Holidays and Here Comes a Storm! Jan 11, 2020 15:31:16 GMT -6 via mobile Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by steve on Jan 11, 2020 15:31:16 GMT -6 Big Flakes now mixing in with sleet
	Steve Wentzville, MO

StlCards Weather Weenie Washington Ave Downtown St Louis Posts: 8	Chris's Corner - Happy Holidays and Here Comes a Storm! Jan 11, 2020 15:31:20 GMT -6 Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by StlCards on Jan 11, 2020 15:31:20 GMT -6 Sleet and sheets of mist downtown Washington and Locust St (Wells Fargo Campus)
	Washington Ave - downtown St. Louis

ajd446 Weather God My name is Tony Drake. Posts: 3,451	Chris's Corner - Happy Holidays and Here Comes a Storm! Jan 11, 2020 15:33:17 GMT -6 via mobile Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by ajd446 on Jan 11, 2020 15:33:17 GMT -6 Ill report when i get home. Off to plow

twocat
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Chris's Corner - Happy Holidays and Here Comes a Storm! Jan 11, 2020 15:34:54 GMT -6

Post by twocat on Jan 11, 2020 15:34:54 GMT -6

Jan 11, 2020 14:57:02 GMT -6 Lovableweatherguy TROY,MO said:

Jan 11, 2020 14:39:11 GMT -6 ajd446 said:

We need a advisory for metro now. Sleet is going to be disasterous for the blues game

I'm sure they will get right on that. 🙄

Looks like they did. Good decision.

mccarthb Junior Forecaster O'Fallon, MO - Outer Road near border of Dardenne Prarie Posts: 443	Chris's Corner - Happy Holidays and Here Comes a Storm! Jan 11, 2020 15:35:48 GMT -6 via Tapatalk Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by mccarthb on Jan 11, 2020 15:35:48 GMT -6 Transitioning to snow in O’Fallon. Big big flakes

shrapnel - Arnold, MO Weather Intern Posts: 1,241 Snowfall Events: Arnold, MO	Chris's Corner - Happy Holidays and Here Comes a Storm! Jan 11, 2020 15:36:47 GMT -6 Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by shrapnel - Arnold, MO on Jan 11, 2020 15:36:47 GMT -6 The intensity and the size of the flakes is very 1982ish.
	Arnold MO Sent using tapagoogwax for twitbook v3.5 via flux capacitor. You could have kept your mouth shut and let people wonder, instead of opening it and removing all doubt. All men die, few men ever really live.

steve Wishcaster Wentzville, Mo Posts: 228	Chris's Corner - Happy Holidays and Here Comes a Storm! Jan 11, 2020 15:37:04 GMT -6 via mobile Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by steve on Jan 11, 2020 15:37:04 GMT -6 Back to mostly sleet. Just won’t transition
	Steve Wentzville, MO

Snowman99 Moderator Ban Hammer Posts: 11,644 Snowfall Events:	Chris's Corner - Happy Holidays and Here Comes a Storm! Jan 11, 2020 15:38:01 GMT -6 via Tapatalk Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Snowman99 on Jan 11, 2020 15:38:01 GMT -6 Going outside is like walking into a snowball fight. Lol

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Chris's Corner - Happy Holidays and Here Comes a Storm!

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