North American Weather (U.S.A & Canada)

[glosteroldboy]

Fresh snow in St Johns yesterday, nothing major about 5cm not as much as had thought it would be. Around 5cm forecast for tomorrow. Generally staying cold below freezing most days this week so good chance of a white christmas though looks like a milder day Thursday with rain forecase which wont help the snow though perhaps even more snow to come on the weekend, there was talk yesterday of a 30cm+ christmas eve storm but I've not seen it in the forecasts.

[knocker]

Some more severe weather for New Mexico and southern states.

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

500 AM MST MON DEC 19 2011

...WINTER STORM MOVING THROUGH NEW MEXICO THROUGH TONIGHT...

.A WINTER STORM CENTERED NEAR EL PASO THIS MORNING WILL MOVE TO

THE TEXAS PANHANDLE TONIGHT...AS A STRONG COLD FRONT PLUNGES FROM

COLORADO SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF THE STATE. GUSTY

NORTH WINDS COMBINED WITH HEAVY SNOW WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD

CONDITIONS ACROSS THE NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS AND ADJACENT NORTHEAST

PLAINS...AND PORTIONS OF THE EASTERN PLAINS FROM INTERSTATE 40

NORTHWARD. REDUCED WIND SPEEDS ELSEWHERE WILL EASE BLOWING SNOW

WOE...BUT HEAVY SNOW WILL BE WIDESPREAD ACROSS MOST OF EASTERN NEW

MEXICO...AND ACROSS THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE FROM INTERSTATE 40

SOUTHWARD. AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES EAST...AND COLD FRONT PUSHED

WELL SOUTH ACROSS THE MEXICO BORDER...SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TUESDAY

MORNING TO EASE THESE DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS.

NMZ527>534-191900-

/O.CON.KABQ.BZ.W.0001.111219T1300Z-111220T1200Z/

RATON RIDGE/JOHNSON MESA-FAR NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-

NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-UNION COUNTY-HARDING COUNTY-

EASTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY-GUADALUPE COUNTY-QUAY COUNTY-

500 AM MST MON DEC 19 2011

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 16 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS.

LOCALLY...AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE NEAR THE COLORADO

BORDER. SNOW DRIFTS BETWEEN 2 AND 3 FEET ARE LIKELY.

* TIMING...RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW FROM

NORTH TO SOUTH THIS MORNING WITH SNOW BECOMING HEAVY THROUGH

TONIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF TUESDAY MORNING.

* WINDS...NORTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH DEVELOPING

THIS MORNING AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.

* LOCAL IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW...AND BLOWING

AND DRIFTING SNOW...WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT

TIMES WITH WHITE OUT CONDITIONS. TRAVEL WILL BECOME DANGEROUS

IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION...WHICH INCLUDES THE

INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR FROM GUADALUPE COUNTY TO THE TEXAS

LINE...THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR FROM GLORIETA PASS TO THE

COLORADO LINE...AND HIGHWAYS 84...39...AND 104. WIND CHILL

VALUES WILL HOVER AROUND ZERO MONDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY

NIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMEMBER...A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS EXTREME WINTER WEATHER

CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. DO NOT TRAVEL UNLESS

ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY.

FOR THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS...DIAL 511 OR 1.800.432.4269...OR

VISIT NMROADS.COM.

&&

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Winter walloping hampers truckers and travelers in Northern New Mexico — but state's ski resorts and Las Vegas hotel owners welcome snowfall

Monday's winter storm walloped New Mexico, shutting down portions of two interstates and many other roads throughout the state, closing schools, sending government workers home midday in Santa Fe, and filling up hotels from Santa Fe to Las Vegas, N.M.

Santa Fe Public Schools officials announced Monday evening that the city's schools were on a two-hour delay Tuesday morning. "District administrators will carefully monitor weather and road conditions throughout the night," said a statement on the SFPS website.

The storm left only a couple of inches of snow in Santa Fe by Monday evening, but it was expected to dump 3 to 5 inches around the city through the night. Drivers spent much of the day slipping and sliding around icy streets. Ice on Santa Fe roads prompted the city's Santa Fe Trails bus system to reroute some city buses and closed the route to Santa Fe Community College. Below-average temperatures are expected Tuesday and into Wednesday. The Sangre de Cristo Mountains were expected to gain more than a foot of snow from the storm.

http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Local%20News/Winter-walloping-hampers-truckers-and-travelers-in-Northern-New

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The storm has now spread to Colorado and Kansas.

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS

1109 PM CST MON DEC 19 2011

...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT...

.THE UPPER LEVEL LOW RESPONSIBLE FOR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WAS

CENTERED OVER THE TEXAS PANHANDLE LATE MONDAY NIGHT. THIS LOW IS

FORECAST TO TRACK SLOWLY EAST-NORTHEAST THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY AS

IT WEAKENS. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AND SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND

DRIFTING SNOW WILL OCCUR NORTH OF THE LOW TRACK.

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>080-084>088-201400-

/O.CON.KDDC.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-111220T1800Z/

TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-

PAWNEE-STAFFORD-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-

MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR...

HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...

RUSH CENTER...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...

KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...

STAFFORD...HUDSON...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...

CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...

GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...

LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA

1109 PM CST MON DEC 19 2011 /1009 PM MST MON DEC 19 2011/

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/

TUESDAY...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/

TUESDAY.

* TIMING...WIDESPREAD LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH

DAYBREAK TUESDAY...AND TAPER OFF IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY

DURING THE MID MORNING HOURS. THE NEAR BLIZZARD AND BLIZZARD

CONDITIONS WILL END BY LATE MORNING OR MIDDAY OVER MUCH OF THE

AREA.

* SNOWFALL...REPORTS AND RADAR ESTIMATIONS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES OF

SNOW HAVE FALLEN ALREADY NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM ROUGHLY

ELKHART TO GARDEN CITY TO NESS CITY. AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES

IS EXPECTED IN SOME OF THESE AREAS BEFORE ENDING BRINGING STORM

TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES IN FAR WEST CENTRAL AND

SOUTHWEST KANSAS. FARTHER EAST...ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LESS WITH

3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOWFALL EXPECTED FROM LIBERAL TO DODGE CITY TO

LA CROSSE.

* OTHER IMPACTS...NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR

40 MPH AT TIMES WILL BLOW THE SNOW AND REDUCE VISIBILITIES.

THESE STRONG OF WINDS...COMBINED WITH THE SNOW...WILL PROMOTE

NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

SEVERAL MAJOR HIGHWAYS ARE CLOSED ACROSS FAR SOUTHWEST KANSAS.

PLEASE REFER TO THE KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ON THE

INTERNET OR BY CALLING 5-1-1 IN KANSAS FOR ROAD CLOSURE INFORMATION.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE

EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS

AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT

CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF

YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET

STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

&&

[knocker]

Taking into account the current blizzard conditions in Kansas the current jet stream analysis.

[knocker]

Eleven dead, skiers stranded and travel halted as deadly snowstorm sweeps across Great Plains and disrupts Christmas plans

• Six people die in fatal roads accidents as highways are shut in five states
• Four people killed when vehicle collided with pickup truck in New Mexico
• Prison guard and inmate killed when jail van crashed in eastern Colorado
• Five people killed - including toddler - when light aircraft crashes in Texas
• Hotels filling up as skiers heading to Colorado and New Mexico get stuck
• Farmers say storm bringing good moisture to Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas

Whilst many Americans are dreaming of a white Christmas, they probably didn’t want it like this.

Fierce winds and snow that caused fatal road accidents and shut highways in five states are crawling deeper into the Great Plains today, with forecasters warning pre-holiday travel could be impossible there.

Hotels were filling up quickly along major roads from New Mexico to Kansas, and nearly 100 rescue calls came in from motorists in Texas as blizzard conditions forced closed part of a major route.

About 10 inches of snow had fallen in western Kansas before dawn on Tuesday, and several more inches were expected. ‘We're talking about whiteout conditions,’ meteorologist Marc Russell said.

http://www.dailymail...o=feeds-newsxml

Edited December 20, 2011 by weather ship

[knocker]

Station plots for the Central Southern States for 1200. Continuous heavy snow at Russell Municipal airport, Kansas.

[knocker]

A video regarding this storm.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/deadly-snowstorm-halts-travel-great-plains-15194932#.TvDFpFZFbes

[glosteroldboy]

We were forecast around 1-3cm yesterday afternoon and ended up getting 10cm in the space of about 3 hours, a nice surprise and shows how hard snowfall amounts are to predict? Even as the snow was falling the radio guy was still going with "2cm this afternoon from flurries", lol perhaps they should of looked out of the window! On top of the 5cm we had Sunday it's looking very christmasey thought a bit of a milder blip tomorrow (high of 6) with rain is going to get rid of some though I should think were pretty nailed on for a white christmas here now.

Edited December 21, 2011 by glosteroldboy

[Coast]

http-~~-//youtu.be/tC0T4ZAPgiE

Snow falling faster as storm takes hold in metro Denver area

Snow is coming down in Denver tonight, and it's only going to get worse, according to the National Weather Service.

Icy and snowpacked roads were reported throughout the metro area by 9 p.m. Spin-outs were reported on Interstate 25 both north and south of downtown and Colfax Avenue and other downtown streets were beginning to get snowpacked.

The city of Boulder and Douglas were both on accident alert by 8 p.m. and Aurora followed shortly thereafter. By 9:45 p.m., most metro jurisdictions were on accident alert except for Denver.

Nighttime temperatures had tumbled below freezing in the city, following a high of 40 degrees today. National Weather Service spotters said the snow was falling at a rate of up to2 inches an hour in parts of the metro area. The really heavy snowfall won't begin to dump on Denver until about 11 p.m.,said Jim Kalina, meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Boulder.

"We should see a few flakes early, but it won't really get going until later on tonight, with a strong cold front," he said.

Lows in the teens are expected tonight. Temperatures in Denver Thursday won't climb above freezing, topping out at 20 degrees with a low after dark of minus-2, according to the latest forecast. The Front Range and nearby Eastern Plains come under a winter storm warning from 5 p.m. today until 11 a.m. tomorrow. The Pacific storm is expected to move out before noon Thursday, leaving behind up to a foot on Denver's southern and western suburbs, and 6 to 10 inches in town.

The city has wide-ranging forecast: 4 to 8 inches overnight, and 2 to 4 inches in the morning. To boot, wind gusts up to 20 mph east of Interstate 25 will cause hairy traveling conditions over the next day, officials are warning this afternoon.

Though state and municipal road crews have vowed to push back, but morning commuters should expect a slow go, officials said.

"People drive too fast for the conditions," said Wave Dreher, spokeswoman for the AAA Colorado motor club. "That's what we see is causing the most crashes. That and not being prepared." The mountains and parts of the northeastern plains are under a winter weather advisory until 11 a.m. tomorrow, with up to 3 to 7 inches of snow. Mountain snow began this afternoon and is expected to last through Thursday afternoon, withe he heaviest accumulations overnight, forecasters said.

Friday will be sunny, but the high is expected to be 29 degrees, with a low of 8..Forecasters expect temperatures to climb into the mid-30s on Saturday, then low 40s under sunny skies on Christmas Day.

http://www.denverpos...ews/ci_19592356

[knocker]

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

749 PM MST WED DEC 21 2011

...WINTER STORM HITTING NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO...

.AN UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER NORTHEAST UTAH WILL DROP SLOWLY

SOUTHWARD ACROSS EASTERN UTAH TONIGHT AND THEN INTO NORTHEAST

ARIZONA ON THURSDAY. AT THE SURFACE...A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH

ACROSS NORTHEAST COLORADO LATE THIS EVENING. LARGE SCALE LIFT

FROM THE UPPER LEVEL LOW COMBINED WITH DEEPENING AND

STRENGTHENING UPSLOPE FLOW BEHIND THE COLD FRONT WILL PRODUCE

WIDESPREAD SNOW...WITH HEAVY SNOW IN AND NEAR THE FRONT RANGE

FOOTHILLS AND URBAN CORRIDOR. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO

OCCUR FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...BEFORE

DECREASING FROM NORTH TO SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA LATE THURSDAY

MORNING.

TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS WITH SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROADS. TRAVEL

ON SECONDARY ROADS MAY BECOME DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE IN AND NEAR

THE FOOTHILLS WHERE A FOOT OR MORE OF SNOW MAY FALL.

COZ039>041-221100-

/O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0017.000000T0000Z-111222T1800Z/

BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD

COUNTY-

NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND

ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY-

ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...

LONGMONT...AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER...

DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON...

PARKER...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...KIOWA...LARKSPUR...SIMLA

749 PM MST WED DEC 21 2011

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST

THURSDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST

THURSDAY.

* TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT

INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING WITH SNOWFALL RATES AROUND 1 INCH

PER HOUR. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BY LATE THURSDAY MORNING.

* ACCUMULATION/WIND...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 7 TO 12

INCHES...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS FROM BOULDER SOUTHWARD

THROUGH THE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN SUBURBS OF DENVER AND OVER THE

PALMER DIVIDE. NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL

OCCUR WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 25.

* IMPACTS...PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL ACROSS THE FRONT RANGE URBAN

CORRIDOR SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS

WITH SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROADS. SOME SECONDARY ROADS MAY BECOME

IMPASSABLE ESPECIALLY IN AREAS THAT RECEIVE THE HEAVIEST

SNOWFALL. THE THURSDAY MORNING COMMUTE WILL BE EXTREMELY SLOW.

VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED DUE TO FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

COMMUTERS SHOULD ALLOW CONSIDERABLE TIME TO REACH YOUR

DESTINATION SAFELY. WHEN DRIVING...SLOW DOWN AND LEAVE ENOUGH

ROOM BETWEEN YOU AND THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF YOU.

&&

[knocker]

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 898 IN

EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

IN LOUISIANA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 20 PARISHES

IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

ASCENSION ASSUMPTION EAST BATON ROUGE

EAST FELICIANA IBERVILLE JEFFERSON

LAFOURCHE LIVINGSTON ORLEANS

POINTE COUPEE ST. CHARLES ST. HELENA

ST. JAMES ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST ST. TAMMANY

TANGIPAHOA TERREBONNE WASHINGTON

WEST BATON ROUGE WEST FELICIANA

IN MISSISSIPPI THIS WATCH INCLUDES 5 COUNTIES

IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI

AMITE PEARL RIVER PIKE

WALTHALL WILKINSON

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ADDIS...BATON ROUGE...BAYOU CANE...

BOGALUSA...BRUSLY...CENTREVILLE...CLINTON...COVINGTON...CROSBY...

CUT OFF...DENHAM SPRINGS...DESTREHAN...DONALDSONVILLE...

FRANKLINTON...GALLIANO...GLOSTER...GONZALES...GRAMERCY...

GREENSBURG...HAMMOND...HOUMA...JACKSON...KENNER...LABADIEVILLE...

LACOMBE...LAPLACE...LAROSE...LIBERTY...LIVONIA...LUTCHER...

MANDEVILLE...MCCOMB...METAIRIE...MONTPELIER...NEW ORLEANS...

NEW ROADS...NORCO...PAINCOURTVILLE...PICAYUNE...PIERRE PART...

PLAQUEMINE...PONCHATOULA...PORT ALLEN...RACELAND...RESERVE...

SLIDELL...ST. FRANCISVILLE...THIBODAUX...TYLERTOWN...WALKER...

WHITE CASTLE AND WOODVILLE.

$$

LAC005-007-033-037-047-051-057-063-071-077-089-091-093-095-103-105-109-117-121-125-MSC005-109-113-147-157-221900-

/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.A.0898.111222T1036Z-111222T1900Z/

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 898 IN

EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

IN LOUISIANA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 20 PARISHES

IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

ASCENSION ASSUMPTION EAST BATON ROUGE

EAST FELICIANA IBERVILLE JEFFERSON

LAFOURCHE LIVINGSTON ORLEANS

POINTE COUPEE ST. CHARLES ST. HELENA

ST. JAMES ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST ST. TAMMANY

TANGIPAHOA TERREBONNE WASHINGTON

WEST BATON ROUGE WEST FELICIANA

IN MISSISSIPPI THIS WATCH INCLUDES 5 COUNTIES

IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI

AMITE PEARL RIVER PIKE

WALTHALL WILKINSON

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ADDIS...BATON ROUGE...BAYOU CANE...

BOGALUSA...BRUSLY...CENTREVILLE...CLINTON...COVINGTON...CROSBY...

CUT OFF...DENHAM SPRINGS...DESTREHAN...DONALDSONVILLE...

FRANKLINTON...GALLIANO...GLOSTER...GONZALES...GRAMERCY...

GREENSBURG...HAMMOND...HOUMA...JACKSON...KENNER...LABADIEVILLE...

LACOMBE...LAPLACE...LAROSE...LIBERTY...LIVONIA...LUTCHER...

MANDEVILLE...MCCOMB...METAIRIE...MONTPELIER...NEW ORLEANS...

NEW ROADS...NORCO...PAINCOURTVILLE...PICAYUNE...PIERRE PART...

PLAQUEMINE...PONCHATOULA...PORT ALLEN...RACELAND...RESERVE...

SLIDELL...ST. FRANCISVILLE...THIBODAUX...TYLERTOWN...WALKER...

WHITE CASTLE AND WOODVILLE.

[glosteroldboy]

Rain here today doing a good job of washing away the snow, though I think/hope some will still remain when it eases off in a few hours. Further snow is forecast tomorrow (5cm) so hopefully this rain wont ruin my white christmas, looks like being a chilly but dry christmas eve and day with daytime highs of minus 3 and minus 7 on the day itself and looks like potentially another 25-30cm storm arriving late boxing day (though I know these things seems to change). I just love this place! Think last year in the UK I seen about 10cm from one fall in December and that was it all winter, was reading up on snowiest cities in Canada and looks like I'm in a good place (if you like snow):

http://www.currentre...iest-cities.php

Edited December 22, 2011 by glosteroldboy

[Coopsy]

Rain here today doing a good job of washing away the snow, though I think some will still remain when it eases off in a few hours. Further snow is forecast tomorrow (5cm) and a chilly christmas eve and day with daytime highs of minus 3 and minus 7 on the day itself and looks like potentially another 25-30cm storm arriving late boxing day (though I know these things seems to change). I just love this place! Think last year in the UK I seen about 10cm from one fall in December and that was it all winter, was reading up on snowiest cities in Canada and looks like I'm in a good place (if you like snow):

http://www.currentre...iest-cities.php

Looks like Sat through Monday could be interesting with potentially 2 snowmakers so after this rain moves through the colder air will be introduced. A very white and snowy christmas could be on the cards for you

Here its sunny and forecast to be that way for the enxt week, as is usual from mid december to early new year here - its quite often snowless. Just under freezing so some snow melt in the sun. Fingers crossed it hangs on

[glosteroldboy]

Looks like Sat through Monday could be interesting with potentially 2 snowmakers so after this rain moves through the colder air will be introduced. A very white and snowy christmas could be on the cards for you

Here its sunny and forecast to be that way for the enxt week, as is usual from mid december to early new year here - its quite often snowless. Just under freezing so some snow melt in the sun. Fingers crossed it hangs on

Yes it's been cold all week I think highs of below freezing since Sunday so a bit strange to see rain today, then back to tomorrow and into the weekend it gets cold again. I suppose the place is ideally situated to catch lots of preciptation, which will bring incursions of milder rain days like today especially in December...apparently the place didn't even see any snow until early January last winter.

Tomorrow I'm not sure what snow we will get, says close to 5cm from flurries so may end up with nothing more than a dusting or be like Tuesday they said 2-4cm and it was over 10cm. Keeping an eye on what happens to the current heavier stuff forecast for late boxing day, will either downgrade/disappear or firm up.

[Roger J Smith]

On pace for a record dry December here on the west coast. We have had less than ten per cent of the normal December rainfall (or liquid equivalent) so far, with small amounts predicted for the weekend. This week has been sunny but somewhat colder than normal for here, with overnight frosts.

Looking at the large-scale pattern, the heart of a western cold anomaly has been well south of the border around Utah and Colorado this month. Most of western Canada except for border regions of B.C. have been above normal, although less so in Manitoba and northern Ontario. Then it has been very mild in the eastern U.S. and southern Ontario, running about +2 C anomalies but as much as +10 yesterday (highs near 16 C in New York City and Boston).

I would imagine this pattern is going to be tough to shift now but there will probably be a trend to more variable conditions in January then back to mild in the west, while turning cold in the east, for February. This will all be dependent on a slight retrogression of current features followed by higher amplitudes then followed by a reset to west coast ridge, east coast trough by February. The above factors in the anticipated "SSW" event likely in early to mid January.

[glosteroldboy]

Looks like Sat through Monday could be interesting with potentially 2 snowmakers so after this rain moves through the colder air will be introduced. A very white and snowy christmas could be on the cards for you

Here its sunny and forecast to be that way for the enxt week, as is usual from mid december to early new year here - its quite often snowless. Just under freezing so some snow melt in the sun. Fingers crossed it hangs on

Such is the nature of forecasting snow in advance...the boxing day snow has gone but todays snow has been upgraded to 10-15cm...that would be nice for christmas and not too much to cleanup!

[glosteroldboy]

Well we got our white christmas, around 10cm max last night not as much as maybe anticipated we probably had more Tuesday when very little was forecast though that was gone by Thursday this at least looks like sticking around for a few days with below freezing temps on the cards till at least Wednesday. Not sure we will get anymore snow over the festive period but I suppose you never know.

Merry Christmas everyone!

[Coopsy]

We had a true white christmas here yesterday. It snowed for about 5 hours in the afternoon and made everything white, even the trees were covered. Very festive. Total on ground about 5cm's

[glosteroldboy]

We had a true white christmas here yesterday. It snowed for about 5 hours in the afternoon and made everything white, even the trees were covered. Very festive. Total on ground about 5cm's

Nice one! The weather really played ball here, had the 10cm on the 23/24th followed by a cold high pressure taking over highs of around minus 8 the last 2 days, freezing all the snow on the trees etc a typical picture postcard scene and making it nice and crisp under foot, had a few flurries on the 25th just to add to the christmaseyness. And didn't even feel that cold either due to the complete lack of wind which is rare here.

Looks like we have a milder couple of days on weds/thur though not much in the way of rain,and further snow forecast over the weekend.

[cheeky_monkey]

On pace for a record dry December here on the west coast. We have had less than ten per cent of the normal December rainfall (or liquid equivalent) so far, with small amounts predicted for the weekend. This week has been sunny but somewhat colder than normal for here, with overnight frosts.

Looking at the large-scale pattern, the heart of a western cold anomaly has been well south of the border around Utah and Colorado this month. Most of western Canada except for border regions of B.C. have been above normal, although less so in Manitoba and northern Ontario. Then it has been very mild in the eastern U.S. and southern Ontario, running about +2 C anomalies but as much as +10 yesterday (highs near 16 C in New York City and Boston).

I would imagine this pattern is going to be tough to shift now but there will probably be a trend to more variable conditions in January then back to mild in the wes

t, while turning cold in the east, for February. This will all be dependent on a slight retrogression of current features followed by higher amplitudes then followed by a reset to west coast ridge, east coast trough by February. The above factors in the anticipated "SSW" event likely in early to mid January.

out of interest how often do la nina seasons bring mild winters to western canada??? i enjoyed a very green and exceptionally mild xmas here in England..be back in Edmonton early Jan....seems it has stayed mild and snowless there since i been away.

[Isolated Frost]

An almighty northerly blast for parts of Canada and the USA. -28c uppers in Hudson Bay and eventually in Quebec by Tuesday morning. -10c uppers even reach Florida by Tuesday evening. -20c uppers widespread on Monday night/Tuesday across most of north and north-east usa and much of canada. In fact the ECM projects -30c uppers at a time on Tuesday evening in Quebec!

Widespread snow, ice and sub-zero temperatures for many... lake effect must be a large possibility with strong north and north-west winds accompanied by very cold air (-20c to -25c uppers at times for the great lakes).

[A Winter's Tale]

wow. some record breaking temperatures and maybe some lake-effect snow.

[knocker]

In contrast at the moment the Edmonton Stony Plain ascent at midday. Some inversion. Couldn't plot the Cambridge Bay ascent as the lower part was off the chart!!!!

Widespread snow, ice and sub-zero temperatures for many... lake effect must be a large possibility with strong north and north-west winds accompanied by very cold air (-20c to -25c uppers at times for the great lakes).

..THE FIRST MAJOR LAKE EFFECT SNOW OF THE SEASON WILL BE HEAVY AT

TIMES TODAY AND TONIGHT...

.LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE ONE TO TWO FEET IN THE SNOWBELT

BY TUESDAY MORNING. BLOWING SNOW AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL PRODUCE

POOR VISIBILITIES TODAY. TRAVEL MAY BE VERY DIFFICULT AT TIMES

TODAY INTO TUESDAY MORNING.

OHZ012>014-089-PAZ001>003-021700-

/O.EXT.KCLE.LE.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120103T1700Z/

LAKE-GEAUGA-ASHTABULA INLAND-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-

SOUTHERN ERIE-CRAWFORD PA-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MENTOR...CHARDON...JEFFERSON...

ASHTABULA...ERIE...EDINBORO...MEADVILLE

400 AM EST MON JAN 2 2012

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST

TUESDAY...

* ACCUMULATIONS... WILL AVERAGE 6 TO 12 INCHES TODAY AND 4 TO 8

INCHES ADDITIONAL TONIGHT IN THE SNOWBELT.

* TIMING...SNOW SHOWERS AND SNOW SQUALLS WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES

TODAY INTO EARLY TUESDAY.

* WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH TODAY. NORTHWEST

15 TO 25 MPH TONIGHT.

* IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADS WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND

DRIFTING SNOW.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE 20S TODAY AND TEENS TONIGHT.

* VISIBILITIES...MAY BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN HEAVIER

SNOW SQUALLS TODAY AND TONIGHT...LEADING TO NEAR BLIZZARD

CONDITIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING ACROSS THE REGION BE PREPARED FOR RAPID

CHANGES IN ROAD CONDITIONS AND POOR VISIBILITY. STAY TUNED TO

NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES.

&&

[Staffordshire]

Got any depths for this? It's been interesting watching the radar, just NW of Youngstown, PA looks to of had a fair bit.

[knocker]

Got any depths for this? It's been interesting watching the radar, just NW of Youngstown, PA looks to of had a fair bit.

I haven't any figures but I don't think they had great deal. I think Ice and high winds were more of a problem.