Starting with Light Snows this morning. Most all of the area schools are closed due to the current road conditions.
Storm Central: Friday 1-12-24
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IOWASLEDDER
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Maybe 3-4 inches overnight of powder. Winds about 20-25mph right now out of the east. Looking outside not much traffic on interstate 380. Cedar Rapids/Iowa City, Iowa area
Friday 1-12-2024 Snow Watch
2:45am- Wow.. just like the good old days.. updating in the wee hours!!
The first little bit of the storm has made its way as far north as Madison. It isn’t expected to get here until about 9am.
The scary forecasts about the storm have not backed off any. Let’s start with the NWS..
Wow. 8-14″.
…WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM FRIDAY TO NOON
CST SATURDAY…
* WHAT…Heavy snow expected. Total snow accumulations between 8 and
12 inches expected. Winds could gust up to 40 mph and create
significant blowing and drifting snow.
* WHERE…Langlade, Florence, Forest, Northern Marinette County,
Northern Oconto County, Southern Marinette County, and Southern
Oconto County Counties.
* WHEN…From 9 AM Friday to noon CST Saturday.
* IMPACTS…Travel could be very difficult to impossible. Widespread
blowing snow could significantly reduce visibility, and result in
near-blizzard conditions Friday night. The hazardous conditions
will impact the Friday evening commute. Gusty winds could bring
down tree branches, and cause power outages.
Looking at the models-
The European has us for about 7-8″. I can’t show that one because of copyright stuff.
This is the RAP, one of the short term models showing us on the line between 6-8″ and 8-10″.
This is the NAM model showing us getting 6-8″.
The GFS model is the outlier showing us only getting 1-2″
The TV weather guys pointed out that the winds would be very favorable for lake effect enhancement. If it works out we could see a couple of more inches than the models are showing.
The NWS also pointed out that the beginning of the storm would be fairly dense snow, but as the storm progresses it will get colder and fluffier snow. That fluffier snow would tend to blow around more. Between that and the high winds they have the ‘Near blizzard conditions’ wording in their warning.
We will know a lot more as the day progresses. I will keep you up to date.
Have a good Friday and thank you for visiting!
RJB.
Snowing like crazy in the Fox Cities. We had a break earlier, but Mother Nature is putting on a show now. I'm in the center of the pic between Appleton & Oshkosh.
And what it looks like on the ground.
And what it looks like on the ground.
Last I saw was a hmmm hoping for the best.
mezz
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As of this posting (3:15 pm} the snow here has not been anything more than the occasional light sporadic shower with some gusts of wind on occasion. I am not sure what to make of the system snow right now. Looking at the current radar, it appears as though the Keweenaw has a bubble over it as the system snow stops at Southern Houghton County. As far as the LES is concerned, it will depend on the turn around of temperature & of course the wind direction. In light of the fact the system is acting the way it is right now, it very well could play into the wind direction reducing the potential LES snows. Snow totals earlier were bouncing between 12-16" but that was taking into account system snow as well. We will have to see what happens & when. Right now not looking as much as was expected.Last I saw was a hmmm hoping for the best.