Winter 2012-13 Thread (Tokyo, snowfall, warm, ice)

[nei]

Originally Posted by Cambium

Some snow on the way for the area again. Heads up. Tuesday night into Sunday.

Here are most of the National Weather Service Snow total forecasts pieced together.

Seems like any time without snow on the ground isn't happening this January.

[cloudcrash619]

Winter is really starting here in the South. Had a glaze of ice yesterday and I just woke up to an Ice Storm Warning this morning. I'm supposed to get somewhere around 1/4"-1/2" of ice. I live in the Memphis metro and the afternoon commute is going to be a MESS! On top of that, we're not supposed to go above freezing for the 2nd day in a row.

[susancruzs]

Back to normal January temps here, no snow on the ground, might get a dusting tonight but no big storms on the way.

[Patricius Maximus]

Originally Posted by nei

Seems like any time without snow on the ground isn't happening this January.

In other words, this January actually looks like a January .

Originally Posted by MelanieGermany

It just started to snow again here in Germany near Frankfurt.

Originally Posted by cloudcrash619

Winter is really starting here in the South. Had a glaze of ice yesterday and I just woke up to an Ice Storm Warning this morning. I'm supposed to get somewhere around 1/4"-1/2" of ice. I live in the Memphis metro and the afternoon commute is going to be a MESS! On top of that, we're not supposed to go above freezing for the 2nd day in a row.

Cool. Keep those reports coming in. To Cloudcrash and his southern brethren, although freezing rain is vastly inferior to a good blanket of snow, I hope you get some pretty-looking glaze out of this ice storm, and I also hope that you can gaze at the glaze with the lights still on .

To everyone else, today marks the halfway point of meteorological winter. If you're in between storms or (tragically) still have not had a storm, today is a good time to reflect on how the winter is progressing and what may occur in the second half.

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Nice snowfall in Stockholm today, looks like a fair amount, they probably have close to a foot now, maybe more. Still coming down hard according to the webcams. Ah, proper winters..


Stockholm by batkamanocska, on Flickr

[Cambium]

regarding the snow event tonight for the Northeast, Watch that 850mb freezing line!

If you are not above that black freezing line, forget seeing snow. This line "should" shift south or north tonight/tomorrow.

Also want to point out how similar this line looks to previous snow events this winter and the rain/snow line.

To see where the current freezing line is, use this link. http://www.spc.noaa.gov/sfctest/new/viewsector.php?sector=16&parm=850mb&underlay=1

Current surface temps and 850mb temps background.

[Cambium]

Here's a future radar loop from the WRF model. White is snow, not clouds.

HIRES Window East WRF NMM Model

[jtur88]

Right now, it is warmer in Green Bay than in Tucson, and it is warmer in Portland Maine than in Yuma.

[nei]

Originally Posted by Patricius Maximus

In other words, this January actually looks like a January .

Well, if it's going to be cold enough for snow on the ground, I'd hope we'd get some decent sized snow storms instead a few minor snowfalls combined with daily means just below freezing insufficient to melt snow.

I'd like to get some winter hiking done. If not, mild enough for pleasant biking (preferably with snow melted off the bike paths). Except for last winter, the bike paths typically melt out completely somwhere between early to mid March.

[PatrickMd]

It's cold here, -1c - with snow on the ground, but not exceptionally cold.

Still, I look forward to warmer and drier weather.