tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33386160.post1508091396654187770..comments2024-02-25T19:29:38.176-06:00Comments on Rob's Blog: Alberta clipper to bring more snow.. risk of freezing rain.. to southern Manitoba tonight into FridayUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33386160.post-80420480845856218322013-01-18T02:56:41.055-06:002013-01-18T02:56:41.055-06:00With the "snowmaggedon" now tapering off...With the "snowmaggedon" now tapering off to flurries, measured 14 cm here in East Charleswood with a total of 48 cm on the ground.Amylsokhttp://susienwolfet.posterous.com/classical-guitar-music-online-radionoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33386160.post-28158394126652441322011-01-30T22:44:14.181-06:002011-01-30T22:44:14.181-06:00Rob....
About the snow cores.... locally at the N...Rob....<br /><br />About the snow cores.... locally at the NWS office our snow cover has dwindled a bit....latest core out of 9 inch snow depth was 2.67 inches. We measure in an open area though....in town snow depths are more like 15-20 inches.<br /><br />Other snow cores generally average 4-4.50 inches Fargo area and 5-6 inches Devils Lake.Dan - GFnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33386160.post-52356072789630381542011-01-30T18:19:11.952-06:002011-01-30T18:19:11.952-06:00Yes...very bad storm coming up for the U.S !
Redin...Yes...very bad storm coming up for the U.S !<br />Reding some of the weather warnings for cities like Oklahoma City, Kansas City, Chicago, statements like: "Impossible travel", "power line and tree damage" and "life threating storm" make it look like this could be one of the most widespread storms in a long time!daniel Pnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33386160.post-34240812087110465522011-01-30T15:47:47.740-06:002011-01-30T15:47:47.740-06:00Temperature trends will be tricky tonite with bitt...Temperature trends will be tricky tonite with bitter cold arctic air in place... and overspreading clouds associated with a clipper tracking to our south. Another one of these situations where pacific moisture advects over a shallow dome of arctic high pressure.. seems to happen a lot in La Nina winters.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00949425441824069047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33386160.post-15926318027064267242011-01-30T15:23:09.444-06:002011-01-30T15:23:09.444-06:00daniel.. yeah, that's a nice looking storm tha...daniel.. yeah, that's a nice looking storm that will be affecting the midwest and Ohio valley into southern Ontario and New England this week. Chicago has already issued a rare "blizzard watch" for their area for Tuesday into Wednesday. As the storm heads east, Toronto-Hamilton area looks to be ground zero Tuesday night into Wednesday with 30 cm or more! There'll be a lot of travel impacts with this one!robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01577519556216420480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33386160.post-42067195672256635672011-01-30T15:04:18.620-06:002011-01-30T15:04:18.620-06:00Thanks Dan.. I'll take updated samples as we h...Thanks Dan.. I'll take updated samples as we head into the next few weeks. Are you getting similar SWE amounts down your way?<br /><br />Daryl.. I don't have snow core numbers from the 1996-97 season.. but with over 200 cm of snowfall and little melt.. it must have been quite high, perhaps 100-150 mm or so. The April blizzard had very high water content.. 48 cm of snow and ice pellets that melted into 61 mm of liquid.. which of course put things over the top. As you say, it's scary to think we may be in a similar boat this year (pardon the pun)robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01577519556216420480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33386160.post-63992385587902895202011-01-30T14:24:45.536-06:002011-01-30T14:24:45.536-06:00Hi Rob
I passed on your snow core to the folks at...Hi Rob<br /><br />I passed on your snow core to the folks at the RFC in Chanhassen and e-mailed the data to our hydro team here at the office. It can be used to compare to modeled snow water. Thanks....Dan - GFnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33386160.post-855572188131017032011-01-30T11:57:30.572-06:002011-01-30T11:57:30.572-06:00Quite the crisp morning today with windchill's...Quite the crisp morning today with windchill's below -40 for a few hours!<br /><br />Rob, I see they are preparing for a very bad storm in central plains up to the midwest U.S!<br />Lucky for us that one would miss us cause some areas in Chicago area could see 18 inches of snow!daniel Pnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33386160.post-75787132848820312512011-01-30T00:43:44.450-06:002011-01-30T00:43:44.450-06:00Thanks Rob for that information. Really puts some...Thanks Rob for that information. Really puts some thought on how close we are to the 96-97 season which in my mind seems like a bench mark for nearly biblical snow. LOL<br /><br />Another clipper or two and a spring storm where we usually get one or two Colorado lows and we are in the ball park to match 96-97 or maybe even exceed. With all the moisture in the system now we could be teetering on the straw that broke the camels back. (prob a bad analogy but might be a good time to get into ark building) LOL<br /><br /><br />Do you have records for the amount of moisture in the snow for 96-97 compared to our 80mm of water at this point?Darylnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33386160.post-50036232316007977072011-01-29T17:22:31.289-06:002011-01-29T17:22:31.289-06:00Took a snow core sample this afternoon from my bac...Took a snow core sample this afternoon from my backyard.. 45 cm snowpack melts down to 80 mm liquid water (just over 3") Given the 115 cm worth of snowfall so far this winter, that works out to an average 14:1 snow:water ratio.robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01577519556216420480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33386160.post-56839651806330581702011-01-29T17:18:16.122-06:002011-01-29T17:18:16.122-06:00Daryl..
The winter of 1996-97 in Winnipeg had a s...Daryl..<br /><br />The winter of 1996-97 in Winnipeg had a snowfall of 205 cm from Nov 1st to the end of April. That winter saw 130 cm by the end of January, compared to 115 cm this year. Feb and March of 1997 were not that snowy, only 25 cm during those two months.. but it was the early April blizzard of 48 cm that was the killer.<br /><br />Putting this winter's snowfall in perspective so far, it's the snowiest winter to the end of January since 96-97. If we have average snowfall over the next three months, we'll end up with about 155-160 cm for the winter which would be the snowiest winter since 96-97. (we had 150 cm in 2005-06, but that January was the warmest Jan on record so there was a lot of mid winter melting)robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01577519556216420480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33386160.post-86595280446389019252011-01-29T13:55:50.344-06:002011-01-29T13:55:50.344-06:00Rob
How much snow did we get the winter of 1996-1...Rob<br /><br />How much snow did we get the winter of 1996-1997? How does that compare to this year?Darylnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33386160.post-87293660325101830412011-01-29T10:28:57.417-06:002011-01-29T10:28:57.417-06:00Thanks Scott for that info very helpful !Thanks Scott for that info very helpful !Dan - GFnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33386160.post-77394690679524101912011-01-29T10:02:40.564-06:002011-01-29T10:02:40.564-06:00Dan GF...
I haven't been watching the weather...Dan GF...<br /><br />I haven't been watching the weather for a long time, so I haven't got a long memory for snowfall records. I started my website in the fall of 2007, so that is about where my official history starts. Since that time, January 2011 has been the snowiest month, with 47cm. In the time that I have records for, the next snowiest month would be March 2009, when we received 40cm of snow. Prior to that, the snowiest month that I can vaguely remember was probably December 2004 (around 40cm)..but I didn't keep records at that time, so I can't say for sure. I'm quite impressed with the 47cm so for this January - 47cm is more than twice the normal of 23cm.<br /><br />Regarding an AWOS...My 'sources' tell me that Steinbach will have an official weather station by the summer. But don't ask me why I know that...Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10378918135776009197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33386160.post-91756893858160876672011-01-29T09:02:29.550-06:002011-01-29T09:02:29.550-06:00Scott in Steinbach
Thanks for your reports.... it...Scott in Steinbach<br /><br />Thanks for your reports.... it would be nice to have some AWOS there at the airport. They have nice webcams there at least. Reports from Steinbach help us out for Roseau-Warroad-LOW areas often.<br /><br />BTW...I saw your remark on snowiest Jan since you started looking at the weather. When was that if you dont mind me asking...just looking for some historical angle on it.Dan - GFnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33386160.post-20961401480817480672011-01-28T23:22:52.558-06:002011-01-28T23:22:52.558-06:00daniel p..
re: today's snowfall rates.
Maxim...daniel p..<br /><br />re: today's snowfall rates.<br /><br />Maximum snowfall rate I observed was around 2-3 cm/hr during late morning.. which is unusually intense for a January snowstorm in southern MB. East coast storms can sometimes get snowfall rates of 5-10 cm/hr but they have a lot more moisture input from the Atlantic that can generate those kind of rates. Embedded instability (like thundersnow) or extreme lake effect can also produce those kind of rates. There's much less moisture and instability available here in the Prairies in January so today's rates were unusual. They likely were the result of some warmer and more moist air aloft coupled with some mid level instability and strong lift that helped to produce such intense rates. Officially at the airport, visibility was never lower than 1/4 mile (400 metres) but there were times it was half that or less. Quite the storm!robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01577519556216420480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33386160.post-31560536487012888752011-01-28T21:04:24.686-06:002011-01-28T21:04:24.686-06:00PS...
Our 'magic date' to break the recor...PS...<br /><br />Our 'magic date' to break the record would be Mar 5. It will be difficult, but not outside the realm of possibility.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00949425441824069047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33386160.post-64800260670804100212011-01-28T21:03:10.485-06:002011-01-28T21:03:10.485-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00949425441824069047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33386160.post-45626618284515322502011-01-28T20:43:46.079-06:002011-01-28T20:43:46.079-06:00Nov 8 1996 - Feb 25 1997 (not inclusive)... 108 co...Nov 8 1996 - Feb 25 1997 (not inclusive)... 108 consecutive days below freezing for Winnipeg airport. With a westerly flow of 20-30 km/h, temps finally broke the freezing mark on the morning of Feb 25/97 at YWG. Incredibly, we would have to endure almost another month before the mercury again rose above zero on Mar 21/97. A brief mild spell allowed snowmelt to commence before the infamous Colorado low struck, dumping bitter cold arctic air in its wake. A bone-chilling low of -22 C was reported for Apr 9/97.<br /><br />The rest of course is history.. will it repeat itself?Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00949425441824069047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33386160.post-39325445868709701882011-01-28T20:28:47.772-06:002011-01-28T20:28:47.772-06:00Looks like the Trans canada is closed west of the ...Looks like the Trans canada is closed west of the city!<br /><br />Winds are stronger than the 20 km/h that the forecast called for!!daniel Pnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33386160.post-8692809166188002222011-01-28T17:35:13.258-06:002011-01-28T17:35:13.258-06:00Did the north end of the city get about the same a...Did the north end of the city get about the same amount? My family and I were debating whether it looks like 15 cm or even more than that...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33386160.post-53708071295057854282011-01-28T16:55:04.377-06:002011-01-28T16:55:04.377-06:00According to Environment Canada 15 cm of fresh sno...According to Environment Canada 15 cm of fresh snow fell in Winnipeg with this storm!!!daniel Pnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33386160.post-27341228445021174242011-01-28T15:37:29.169-06:002011-01-28T15:37:29.169-06:00Scott!!
Never in a hundred years would you have gu...Scott!!<br />Never in a hundred years would you have guessed that January would be the snowiest month...LOLdaniel Pnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33386160.post-53556713100068996322011-01-28T15:28:23.180-06:002011-01-28T15:28:23.180-06:00Total of 11cm in Steinbach. Liquid equivalent is 1...Total of 11cm in Steinbach. Liquid equivalent is 10.4mm, making for a ratio of about 11:1. 53cm on the ground and 47cm so far this January. This is the snowiest month I've experienced in Steinbach since I began watching the weather.Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10378918135776009197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33386160.post-77744559453718023312011-01-28T15:22:44.879-06:002011-01-28T15:22:44.879-06:00There goes that warm sector.. our consecutive belo...There goes that warm sector.. our consecutive below zero streak will continue. Hallock, Grand Forks, and points south and west should be able to break it...Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00949425441824069047noreply@blogger.com