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Re: Winter '16-'17
« Reply #625 on: February 17, 2017, 07:13:30 PM »
Record highs set here too.




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Re: Winter '16-'17
« Reply #626 on: February 17, 2017, 07:27:37 PM »
Past few days we had a "smog warning" - there is a very significant temperature inversion, I live in one of the lowest located areas of the CZ and we had the lowest temperature of all major cities.

There is also very dense fog tonight. In fact I hardly remember seeing such heavy fog. Cars going very slowly and even when I walked you only see a few meters ahead...

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Re: Winter '16-'17
« Reply #627 on: February 19, 2017, 03:02:03 PM »
Another record today 58.

The "for every reaction there is an equal and opposite reation'  statement.

Great potential for significant! snow fall next weekend  Models running 0-20 inches.
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Re: Winter '16-'17
« Reply #628 on: February 19, 2017, 03:05:19 PM »
Yeah, I keep waiting for the other boot to drop.  Trees and flowers are budding, so must be time for a freeze.


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Re: Winter '16-'17
« Reply #629 on: February 20, 2017, 04:27:43 PM »
almost 0.6 in of rain today. More to come. Pretty good for February.
Track of the snow at the end of the week is still undecided.



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Re: Winter '16-'17
« Reply #630 on: February 21, 2017, 04:59:57 PM »
High of 62 today. then

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POWERFUL WINTER STORM TAKING AIM AT THE UPPER MIDWEST THURSDAY
NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING...BRINGING HEAVY SNOW...STRONG
WINDS...AND BLOWING SNOW...

.What could be the strongest winter storm of the season is
expected to track across the Plains Thursday, to Iowa Thursday
night, and Wisconsin by Friday. Rain will develop across southern
Minnesota Thursday afternoon and early evening before changing to
heavy snow Thursday night through Friday. Snowfall rates of 1 to
2 inches per hour are likely within the intense snow band, which
could persist for several hours.

Snow accumulations of 6 to 12 inches are likely from southwest to
east central Minnesota and west central Wisconsin, with amounts
of over a foot possible. A Winter Storm Watch has been issued for
the area most likely to receive these amounts, but it could be
expanded northward in subsequent forecasts. In addition, northeast
winds Friday morning becoming north and northwest Friday afternoon
will gust as high as 40 mph. Blowing snow will further reduce
visibilities. If these winds materialize, blizzard conditions
should be expected in open areas.

The Friday morning and afternoon commutes are expected to be
significantly impacted.

MNZ053-059>063-065>070-073>078-082>085-091-092-220530-
/O.NEW.KMPX.WS.A.0003.170224T0000Z-170225T0000Z/
Chisago-Wright-Hennepin-Anoka-Ramsey-Washington-Renville-McLeod-
Sibley-Carver-Scott-Dakota-Redwood-Brown-Nicollet-Le Sueur-Rice-
Goodhue-Watonwan-Blue Earth-Waseca-Steele-Martin-Faribault-
Including the cities of Center City, Monticello, Minneapolis,
Blaine, St Paul, Stillwater, Olivia, Hutchinson, Gaylord, Chaska,
Shakopee, Hastings, Redwood Falls, New Ulm, St Peter, Le Sueur,
Faribault, Red Wing, St James, Mankato, Waseca, Owatonna,
Fairmont, and Blue Earth
330 PM CST Tue Feb 21 2017

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON...

The National Weather Service in Twin Cities/Chanhassen has issued
a Winter Storm Watch, which is in effect from Thursday evening
through Friday afternoon.

* TIMING...Rain will turn to snow Thursday evening and continue
  through Friday.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 to 12 inches are likely, with amounts of
  over a foot possible.

* WINDS...Northeast to northwest 20 to 30 mph with gusts to 40 mph
  resulting in considerable blowing snow and possible blizzard
  conditions.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Winter Storm Watch means there is a potential for significant
snow...sleet...or ice accumulations that may impact travel.
Continue to monitor the latest forecasts.



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Re: Winter '16-'17
« Reply #631 on: February 22, 2017, 07:05:35 AM »
This is my 3rd winter Valentine Ne. and upcoming storm has highest potential snowfall I've seen forecast. 12-18" on forecast this morning. Might need the snowblower to get out of driveway if it holds true.
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Re: Winter '16-'17
« Reply #632 on: February 22, 2017, 09:51:35 AM »
Craazzee WX in South Texas.
And now we're having beeyooteeful 80-90's temps w/clear dry WX for the next week (and past two days). 8-)

The NOAA WFO at EWX (Austin/San Antonio, they're in New Braunfels, TX) just issued a prelim report.
They usually follow up with a detailed one with pics, etc, imagine their investigative team(s) have been busy. 9 tornadoes listed so far.
It makes interesting reading, after watching some of the TV coverage showing extensive destruction.

Sunday night, Monday morning it was a huge MCS-400+ mile long front that blew in from the west.
It spawned a bunch of tornadoes and straight-line winds that caused tremendous damage in many places.
I got lucky/dodged a bullet.

The data below (from the prelim report links and MesoNet) show that NOAA does look at our data feeds, highlighted mine below.
Unfortunately, my comm'l power went out about 10 minutes after the leading edge of the storm. My UPS held the WX computer and uploads going for ~10 minutes longer, but then it too went dark (am I glad I've got a bunch of neat LED lamps w/batt backup).

My last wind gust reading was used in the report (27mph at 11:01PM). there were much stronger winds recorded by my LaCrosse WS-2813 display console, but they weren't uploaded (until much later) due to computer going down:

http://www.weather.gov/ewx/20170219severe
February 19-20, 2017 Severe Weather Event
Weather.gov > Austin/San Antonio, TX > February 19-20, 2017 Severe Weather Event

http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/wx/afos/p.php?pil=PNSEWX&e=201702202003
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...Wilson County...
4 NW Floresville             27 MPH    1101 PM 02/19   29.20N/98.20W
       
5 ENE Calaveras Lake         26 MPH    1059 PM 02/19   29.32N/98.23W       
1 NNW Floresville            23 MPH    1129 PM 02/19   29.15N/98.16W       
Observations are collected from a variety of sources with varying
equipment and exposures. Not all data listed are considered official.
$$
NWS Austin/San Antonio TX
IRIS System

http://mesowest.utah.edu/cgi-bin/droman/meso_base_dyn.cgi?product=&past=1&stn=E7881&unit=0&time=LOCAL&day1=20&month1=02&year1=2017&hour1=12

7:41 62.0 59.0 60.2 90 3.0 4.0 W 29.50 29.98 1.02 0.00 OK
7:36 61.0 58.0 59.2 90 1.0 4.0 WNW 29.50 29.98 1.02 0.00 OK
23:01 70.0 63.2 65.5 79 11.0 27.0 W 29.49 29.97 0.25 0.25 OK
22:56 72.0 64.4 66.9 77 23.0 27.0 W 29.48 29.96 0.05 0.05 OK
22:51 72.0 66.9 68.5 84 6.0 10.0 WNW 29.43 29.91 0.02 0.02 OK
22:46 72.0 66.9 68.5 84 1.0 4.0 SE 29.41 29.89 0.00 0.00 OK
22:41 72.0 66.9 68.5 84 3.0 6.0 SE 29.41 29.89 0.00 0.00 OK
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Re: Winter '16-'17
« Reply #633 on: February 22, 2017, 09:54:02 AM »
My website yesterday.    Oxymoron weather?



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Re: Winter '16-'17
« Reply #634 on: February 22, 2017, 10:21:57 AM »
My website yesterday.    Oxymoron weather?

Winter storm watch :D Nice... maybe watch it on TV somewhere hundreds of miles away :D

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Re: Winter '16-'17
« Reply #635 on: February 22, 2017, 10:32:16 AM »
I wish. But. It may give us the best chance for a snow day in the last 12 years.  We do not cancel school much for snow. Too many plows and we are in town.

no one is sure of the timing.



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Re: Winter '16-'17
« Reply #636 on: February 22, 2017, 03:34:23 PM »
no reason for any snow days.  Never had them when I was an kid you went to school regards what the weather  was.


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Re: Winter '16-'17
« Reply #637 on: February 22, 2017, 04:16:19 PM »
Gets more interesting closer storm gets with latest model run saying 18-24" just west of town. Valentine 12-18" with 14" most likely.
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Re: Winter '16-'17
« Reply #638 on: February 23, 2017, 10:26:44 AM »
Weather Nation will be featuring snow gauge time-lapse sometime today. Not sure when they do it so DVR is going.
We seem to be in bulleye for most snow.

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Re: Winter '16-'17
« Reply #639 on: February 23, 2017, 10:51:58 AM »
Feels like spring here last 2 days... :(

Snow is completely gone and daily max above 10C (50F). This however is typical for my location and it usually gets colder again in March

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Re: Winter '16-'17
« Reply #640 on: February 23, 2017, 11:13:09 AM »
I have gone from a 90% chance of snow day to 10% The system may be tracking SE. Which is normal.
So-12 inches to 5 inches. Wind may still be a factor



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Re: Winter '16-'17
« Reply #641 on: February 23, 2017, 11:44:16 AM »
Feels like spring here last 2 days... :(

Snow is completely gone and daily max above 10C (50F). This however is typical for my location and it usually gets colder again in March

Feels like the middle of August-September down here. A whole lot of records are being set every day all over South Texas. This is not anywhere near normal WX, even for here.  8-)
No chance in Hell of any snow.
Actually, I'd imagine many of our visiting "snowbirds" are going to croak from the intense heat.  :twisted:
I'm enjoying the fool out of it, but the A/C runs like crazy.
If this pattern holds the rest of the year WASF.
The Arctic and Antarctic are well on the way to being ice-free, as predicted by Clair Patterson 38 years ago (in a peer-reviewed paper).

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Re: Winter '16-'17
« Reply #642 on: February 23, 2017, 02:25:24 PM »
Winter time and the livin' is easy...

Just busted past 86°F, 90+ something by 5PM without a doubt. Guessing max might be 94°F.
Laredo is progged to hit 103°F at least. WTF?
All this cold and snow is killin' us...oh wait...

Current Conditions Station reported 1 minute ago
86.2 °F 
Feels Like 86.2 °F
2.0
mph
 Wind from ESE 
Gusts 4.0 mph   
Dew Point:
54 °F 
Humidity:
36% 
Precip Rate:
0 in/hr 
Precip Accum:
 0.00 in   
Pressure:
29.63 in 
UV:
8
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 6:28 PM 
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Re: Winter '16-'17
« Reply #643 on: February 23, 2017, 02:49:48 PM »


ugh this is big.

This started out as a 12 inch snow for us. The track moved SE (typical). Now down to 3.
Time to warm up the shovel
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Re: Winter '16-'17
« Reply #644 on: February 23, 2017, 03:22:43 PM »
Peach trees leafing out, as are the privet hedges.  Apricot, Cleveland Pears and Redbuds are all ready to bloom.  I've even seen Dandelions already.


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Re: Winter '16-'17
« Reply #645 on: February 23, 2017, 04:21:20 PM »
Laredo is progged to hit 103°F at least. WTF?
You gotta be kidding me?? That's unequivocally NUTS! :shock:

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Re: Winter '16-'17
« Reply #646 on: February 23, 2017, 06:02:28 PM »
Sow for the week end here.  3 different waves to come thru. First here last night and dumped 5 inches, next wave Friday night and they say about 6 inches for my zone, and next after it  comes in Sunday with about foot of snow. Depending on what zone one is in could  get  upward of 2 foot of white stuff which is  an lots for this artic desert at one shot.


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Re: Winter '16-'17
« Reply #647 on: February 24, 2017, 08:30:38 AM »
Well, Randy, it looks like Valentine took top honors yesterday for precipitation amount.

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From what I can see on your webcams it looks like you've got some digging out to do!

(BTW, you need to upgrade your HAniS radar script.  The NWS 'https'-only access changes made it necessary to update the script in order to make it functional again.)
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Re: Winter '16-'17
« Reply #648 on: February 24, 2017, 08:46:41 AM »
Something happened to the airport ASOS. It started putting out huge hourly precip. and lost the snowfall sensor saying mist. I called forecast office last night about it. I think they had already noticed something wasn't right.
 
I had .64 SWE 14" total. 22:1 ratio so it was a real dry snow.  Airport this morning is reporting 12.2" snow and .64 SWE. Guess it depends where you measure especially with 33 mph winds we had. Airport is more open for sure.
Yes I have a lot of work ahead just getting out of driveway. 27" deep on south side of garage.
 
Thanks about the script I noticed yesterday it wasn't working.

Noticed they had the my snow gauge webcam on Weather Nation this morning a couple times. Very cool.. 8-)
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Re: Winter '16-'17
« Reply #649 on: February 24, 2017, 08:53:09 AM »
Something happened to the airport ASOS. It started putting out huge hourly precip. and lost the snowfall sensor saying mist. I called forecast office last night about it. I think they had already noticed something wasn't right.
 
I had .64 SWE 14" total. 22:1 ratio so it was a real dry snow.  Airport this morning is reporting 12.2" snow and .64 SWE. Guess it depends where you measure especially with 33 mph winds we had. Airport is more open for sure.
It looks like the NWS used your SWE! :-)
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Yes I have a lot of work ahead just getting out of driveway. 27" deep on south side of garage.
I don't envy you that. :-(
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Thanks about the script I noticed yesterday it wasn't working.
No problem.
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Noticed they had the my snow gauge webcam on Weather Nation this morning a couple times. Very cool.. 8-)
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