Monster Snowstorm? 12/23

[mikegeukes]

Storm Total Snowfall Map: NWS Cleveland
http://www.erh.noaa.gov/er/cle/wx_events/D.../Dec22Snow3.gif
Snowfall Totals Map: NWS Detroit
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/dtx/events/snow200...00412231524.php
Two-Day Snowfall Total Map: NWS Indianapolis
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/ind/Dec22_23_2004SnowEvent.gif
Snow Depth Map: NWS Indianapolis
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/ind/snowdpth_Thu.gif

Snowfall Totals: Text Data from NWS Offices:
http://www.erh.noaa.gov/cle/snowobs.html -Cleveland OH
http://kamala.cod.edu/offs/KDTX/0412232018.nous43.html -Detroit MI
http://kamala.cod.edu/offs/KIND/0412232142.nwus53.html -Indianapolis IN
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/ind/Dec22_23_2004SnowEvent.txt -Indianapolis IN
http://kamala.cod.edu/offs/KSDF/0412232201.nous43.html -Louisville KY
http://kamala.cod.edu/offs/KIWX/0412232234.nous43.html -North Webster IN
http://kamala.cod.edu/offs/KPAH/0412231529.nous43.html -Paducah KY
http://kamala.cod.edu/offs/KILN/0412231900.nous41.html -Wilmington OH

Source: National Weather Service

Mike

 

[Nick Smith]

The snow total 10 miles NW of downtown Cincinnati is 9.5 inches...however this includes about 2 3/4 inch of sleet accumulation. There was two periods of sleet, heavy at times, that accumulated to 1 1/4 and 1 1/2 inch each. There was a brief period of rain and then freezing rain at the onset of the precipitation Wednesday morning.

The total column of snow/sleet melts to 1.81 inch of water.

The peak wind gust during the event was 34 mph from the north-northeast at 1:19 AM EST.

 

[Mike Hollingshead]

Was just having some fun with the very extended GFS and noticed what the upcoming pattern looks to do to the same area, but possibly more rain then anything.

Three back to back to back 60hr precip progs...(yes I know this is way out there).

http://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/pmb/nwprod/an...fs_p60_240m.gif

http://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/pmb/nwprod/an...fs_p60_300m.gif

http://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/pmb/nwprod/an...fs_p60_360m.gif

Will be interesting to see how this western trough unfolds and what it does.