This is kind of neat. This MODIS image was forwarded to me by a colleague at my work showing the snowfall streaks from yesterday's snow event. While the snowfall didn't accumulate as deeply as it could have, snow swaths were left fairly close to the model predicted region of maximum snowfall (see Iowa/Illinois/southern WI/Michigan). No doubt the moderate temperatures and sun angle prevented more snowfall from falling, but the location of the model predicted snowfall wasn't shabby. The streaks exemplify where banding structures in the precipitation occurred.
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So, the models did fairly well on predicting the overall characteristics of yesterday's storm. The low set up slightly further northeast, and supercell conditions did prevail. Snowfall happened in the right areas.
As for Sunday, Monday, and future severe weather outbreaks, I will return this evening to post more on these events.
2 comments:
Here in Fremont, Ohio, we only got rain and some slush falling. The temp was 31 at about 1:00 a.m. We has a bunch of violent thunder and lightning during the slush downfall around midnight, the snowfall was parallel with the Ohio/Michigan line. It was a bizarre night of precip.
Allan Detrich
www.allandetrich.com
Can't argue with violent thunder, lightning and slush! Sounds like heaven :-)
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