How's the weather?

[LostLassie]

Rather see a foot of snow than an ice storm. Some models have us on the edge. I missed seeing the 12"+ forecast. The facebook feeds I get from Bradley & McPeek are both saying it's too early to predict the amount of accumulation. Those of us who like big weather will probably get the shaft again, anyway. If Columbus follows its typical pattern, the warm air will slide up and we'll get rain, or nothing, or a dusting. Seen them overpredict too many times to take it very seriously until it's right on top of us and I can see the radar for myself.

It is snowing right now, though. Another inch or so.

 

[Mike80]

Rather see a foot of snow than an ice storm. Some models have us on the edge. I missed seeing the 12"+ forecast. The facebook feeds I get from Bradley & McPeek are both saying it's too early to predict the amount of accumulation. Those of us who like big weather will probably get the shaft again, anyway. If Columbus follows its typical pattern, the warm air will slide up and we'll get rain, or nothing, or a dusting. Seen them overpredict too many times to take it very seriously until it's right on top of us and I can see the radar for myself.

It is snowing right now, though. Another inch or so.

This one (the ECMWF) is showing about a foot in and around Columbus:

The GFS isn't nearly as aggressive and the other, less-reliable models, are all over the place from run to run.

 

[LostLassie]

They've never been close to consistent with being able to call storms here. I've seen them on at midnight saying any hour now the huge ice storm is going to start, and then it just rains. Or, a big storm comes along and right before it gets here, it splits in half and leaves us in the dry center. Columbus is just located in a weird place in terms of how systems move around us.

 

[Mike80]

They've never been close to consistent with being able to call storms here. I've seen them on at midnight saying any hour now the huge ice storm is going to start, and then it just rains. Or, a big storm comes along and right before it gets here, is splits in half and leaves us in the dry center. Columbus is just located in a weird place in terms of how systems move around us.

Growing up in Central Pennsyltucky, we'd get air-damming in the mountains where literally the other side of the hill (Gettysburg) would get rain or freezing rain, and we would be getting mostly snow with some sleet mixed in.

In Ohio, since there aren't any mountains like what there are in PA, it's easier for the air-mass to moderate ahead of the storm system, and usually the exact path of the storm system still isn't known until the event is unfolding.

 

[jwinslow]

Growing up in Central Pennsyltucky, we'd get air-damming in the mountains where literally the other side of the hill (Gettysburg) would get rain or freezing rain, and we would be getting mostly snow with some sleet mixed in.

In Ohio, since there aren't any mountains like what there are in PA, it's easier for the air-mass to moderate ahead of the storm system, and usually the exact path of the storm system still isn't known until the event is unfolding.

Were you there in the early 90s for the two feet of snow topped with a few inches of ice? That was fun.

 

[Mike80]

Were you there in the early 90s for the two feet of snow topped with a few inches of ice? That was fun.

Yep! - and I was there in early 1996 when we got 4 feet of snow on Sunday and then another foot on Friday and didn't go to school for nearly 3 weeks

It seemed like every year from 1991 up until the winter of 1997 we would get at least one storm each year that would give us feet of snow or a foot of sleet (I was in 8th grade at WAMS for that one, it was awesome!)

 

[LostLassie]

Yep! - and I was there in early 1996 when we got 4 feet of snow on Sunday and then another foot on Friday and didn't go to school for nearly 3 weeks

It seemed like every year from 1991 up until the winter of 1997 we would get at least one storm each year that would give us feet of snow or a foot of sleet (I was in 8th grade at WAMS for that one, it was awesome!)

I would LOVE to see a snow like that. We've had one blizzard here that I remember (1970's) and I slept through the best part of that at night--never saw the forecast & didn't know it was coming. Supposedly there was one in '77 and '78, but I only remember one. Most snow I've seen are the ones we've had that were about 10-12 inches. I do remember the record snowfall of 12.3 inches April 4, 1987--the snowflakes that night were pancake-sized. We had tickets to the Shrine Circus the next day--managed to get there.

 

[jwinslow]

Yep! - and I was there in early 1996 when we got 4 feet of snow on Sunday and then another foot on Friday and didn't go to school for nearly 3 weeks

It seemed like every year from 1991 up until the winter of 1997 we would get at least one storm each year that would give us feet of snow or a foot of sleet (I was in 8th grade at WAMS for that one, it was awesome!)

That one was awesome. A buddy came over (knowing that we'd be out of a school), we rented a Nintendo and games and had a summer break in the middle of winter. Good times.

Better than the summer around that same period where it was so hot that the cornfield across the street caught on fire Or so the neighbors claimed that started the mess.

 

[Mike80]

I would LOVE to see a snow like that. We've had one blizzard here that I remember (1970's) and I slept through the best part of that at night--never saw the forecast & didn't know it was coming. Supposedly there was one in '77 and '78, but I only remember one. Most snow I've seen are the ones we've had that were about 10-12 inches. I do remember the record snowfall of 12.3 inches April 4, 1987--the snowflakes that night were pancake-sized. We had tickets to the Shrine Circus the next day--managed to get there.

I couldn't imagine getting a storm like that around here - the only one that was kinda close was in 2008 when I live/worked in Dayton and Springfield. But that still wasn't like what we'd get in PA where 18 inches of snow or 4 or 5 inches of sleet with a foot of snow was the price of admission

 

[Mike80]

That one was awesome. A buddy came over (knowing that we'd be out of a school), we rented a Nintendo and games and had a summer break in the middle of winter. Good times.

Better than the summer around that same period where it was so hit that the cornfield across the street caught on fire Or so the neighbors claimed that started the mess.

We were playing Pony League tournaments down in Hagerstown that summer. Holy Pumpkin it was frikin hot. We ended up having 2 catchers go down due to heat exhaustion on one super incredibly hot and humid July day.

 

[Nutriaitch]

75 today.

 

[Onebuckfan]

7in snow last night and this AM more on Tuesday and Saturday

 

[BUCKYLE]

Really hoping we get the 12-20" of snow Tuesday. I have Thursday thru Saturday off work. I have enough food to last as a month so no grocery store panic for me. Working 3rd shift pays the bills but I haven't had a chance to take my daughter out to play in the snow this winter. If we end up getting hammered, I'm gonna wear my polar carharts, dress her in several layers, and head to Moundbuilders Park right up the street. Already have my new thermos ready for hot chocolate for the kid and the baby momma and I'll probably take a pint of whiskey.

Bring on the snow.

 

[LostLassie]

Hope you get your wish, Kyle. Sounds like a good day.

My deep distrust of our weather from the countless crushings of expectations don't let me get my hopes up. It would be great to actually be able to believe a forecast, get excited about it, and enjoy the anticipation of watching it approach.

 

[gmen6981]

Saw your shadow huh? Six more weeks of winter you say?
Go fuck yourself you overgrown rat!