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STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 06 FOR CENTRAL ROCKIES TO UPPER MIDWEST
WINTER STORM
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
900 PM CST FRI NOV 18 2016
...HEAVY SNOW IS FALLING ACROSS PORTIONS OF MINNESOTA AND WAS
MOVING INTO WISCONSIN AND THE UPPER PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN...
WINTER STORM WARNINGS...WATCHES...AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES
ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE UPPER MIDWEST AND UPPER GREAT LAKES.
AT 800 PM CST...AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WAS MOVING
EASTWARD INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST. AT THE SURFACE...A LOW WITH A
CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 993 MB...29.32 INCHES...WAS LOCATED ABOUT 130
MILES NORTH OF GREEN BAY...WISCONSIN. FROM THIS LOW...A STRONG
COLD FRONT EXTENDED THROUGH THE OHIO AND TENNESSEE VALLEYS INTO
THE GULF OF MEXICO AND DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
DOPPLER RADARS AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED MODERATE TO
HEAVY SNOW WAS FALLING ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF MINNESOTA...AND
WAS BEGINNING TO MOVE INTO WISCONSIN AND THE UPPER PENINSULA OF
MICHIGAN. MEANWHILE...THERE WAS A LINE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS FIRING OFF ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT FROM
SOUTHERN MICHIGAN AND INTO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...AND
MOVING ACROSS DEEP SOUTH TEXAS.
THE UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST
AND INTO THE UPPER GREAT LAKES TONIGHT AND INTO EARLY SATURDAY
MORNING. HEAVY SNOWFALL ON THE NORTH AND WEST SIDE OF THE SURFACE
LOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST AND WILL ALSO CONTINUE
SPREADING ACROSS THE UPPER GREAT LAKES THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.
IN ADDITION TO HEAVY SNOWFALL...GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH
TONIGHT ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL SHOULD
COME TO AN END BY SATURDAY MORNING...THOUGH ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF
2 TO 4 INCHES IS EXPECTED FOR THE UPPER GREAT LAKES ON SATURDAY.
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STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 07 FOR CENTRAL ROCKIES TO UPPER MIDWEST
WINTER STORM
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
300 AM CST SAT NOV 19 2016
...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW FALLING ACROSS WISCONSIN AND THE UPPER
PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN...
WINTER STORM WARNINGS...WATCHES...AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES
ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE UPPER GREAT LAKES.
AT 200 AM CST...AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WAS MOVING
EASTWARD INTO THE UPPER GREAT LAKES. AT THE SURFACE...A LOW WITH A
CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 993 MB...29.32 INCHES...WAS LOCATED ALONG THE
NORTHEASTERN SHORE OF LAKE HURON. FROM THIS LOW...A STRONG COLD
FRONT EXTENDED THROUGH THE OHIO AND TENNESSEE VALLEYS...THE LOWER
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...AND INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO. NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED LIGHT TO
MODERATE SNOW WAS FALLING ACROSS PARTS OF WISCONSIN AND THE UPPER
PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN...WHILE TAPERING OFF ACROSS MINNESOTA.
MEANWHILE...THERE WAS A LINE OF SHOWERS ALONG THE COLD FRONT FROM
EASTERN MICHIGAN AND INTO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY.
THE UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE UPPER GREAT
LAKES EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...AND WILL BE ACROSS THE NORTHEAST
AND MID-ATLANTIC ON SATURDAY. SNOW ON THE NORTH AND WEST SIDE OF
THE SURFACE LOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE UPPER GREAT LAKES THROUGH
SATURDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOWFALL...GUSTY WINDS ARE
EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST. THE HEAVIEST
SNOWFALL HAS ALREADY BEGUN TO WIND DOWN...THOUGH ADDITIONAL
SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...IS
EXPECTED FOR THE UPPER GREAT LAKES ON SATURDAY. AS THE UPPER LEVEL
LOW MOVES OVER THE NORTHEAST AND NEW ENGLAND...IT WILL ENHANCE
LAKE EFFECT SNOW ACROSS THE LOWER GREAT LAKES WHICH COULD DELIVER
6 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS.
Still dark here. Went outside to check on the animals. Not very cold, but the ground felt slushy. Got my feet wet. No wind and bright clear sky, nice star gazing weather.
Current temperatures according to my Weather Banner.
Time 6:13 AM Temperature 19 F / -7 C
Odd it feels much warmer and I stepped in liquid water on the ground, I'm confused. Either my Banner is way off or it is a local anomaly..
I'll go back out after Daylight and see "What's Happening"
View outside my window, I'd say we got about 4-6 inches. We probably would have gotten more snow depth if not for the fact that a lot of precipitation came down as sleet and only switched to snow Friday evening.
Quite a big change from the last month which has had daily highs consistently in the high 40s to 50s (coldest daily high was 42F) which was pretty crazy considering the average daily high right now should be 30F and even a month ago average daily highs should have been in the low 40s. So we had a full months of consistently 5-15F above average temperatures.
Coming from Southern Ontario (just moved this August) that's definitely not typical. Southern Ontario would have had a lot more fluctuation above and below the average. Southern Ontario even had their first trace amount of snow several weeks ago while Thunder Bay didn't even get a single snowflake before this.
Out here in the boonies the question is What is a snow plow? I am quite certain that those of us on the dirt farm roads don't have that luxury. However, from the house, the road looks clear. I did see a truck drive by early this morning, so I am assuming the road is passable. The snow in my driveway seems to be pretty well gone.
I'll try to takes some pictures if I walk down to the road.
A look at the Snowpack from Satellite. NW Kansas got in on the action as well.
I wonder if where they got 1-2 feet in Minnesota its not showing a clear flat white area because of the trees its picking up.
Grand Forks, ND got screwed.. Fargo just made it inside the snow zone
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Judging by the radar it doesn't surprise me.
