Omaha Snow III

[senorpepr]

Well... we'll see if this busts, but there's a thread for the next winter storm for Omaha.

It's looking like there's not a great potential for accumulations (at least compared to 14.1"), but sometimes it's not the snow that raises a ruckus.

Anyway... here's the scoop.

Monday night: Freezing drizzle. (Not much, but some)
Tuesday: Freezing rain/ice pellets. (20% chance, but it's still not pretty)
Tuesday night: Freezing rain/ice pellets. (30% chance)
Wednesday: Freezing rain becoming ice pellets and snow. (60% chance. Models are looking at around two inches)
Wednesday night: Snow. (20% chance)

Well... it's not much of an event, as I said before, but it's something to monitor. It looks like it will be the better cold afterward that will make grown men cry. (...or at least try to if our tear ducts don't freeze)

12Z GFS was forecasting a 1052mb (31.07") high on Friday. Alphanumerical output was looking at -31°F for the local area, but that seems a bit low. The lastest NWS forecast has a low of 0°F, which is quite warm when compared to -7°F and -6°F for Thursday night and Friday night, respectively.

We shall see...

[senorpepr]

Note: I mistakenly posted this message in the Test forum earlier. I guess that's what I get for thinking at 2:30 in the morning. "Blah" on working the night shift.

[senorpepr]

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
748 PM CST TUE JAN 11 2005

.LOWS CLOUDS AND FOG WILL PERSIST OVERNIGHT AS AN AREA OF LOW
PRESSURE REMAINS ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS. AS A RESULT...FREEZING
DRIZZLE WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST
IOWA OVERNIGHT. ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80...THE FREEZING
DRIZZLE WILL BECOME A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET BY
DAYBREAK...SPREADING NORTHWARD THEREAFTER. WITH COLDER AIR FILTERING
INTO THE SYSTEM FROM THE NORTH ON WEDNESDAY...THE MIXTURE OF WINTRY
PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO SNOW FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST THROUGH
THE DAY. SIGNIFICANT ICING WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA
AND A PORTION OF SOUTHWEST IOWA BEFORE CHANGING TO SNOW... WITH 2 TO
4 INCHES OF SNOW EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHEAST NEBRASKA.

IAZ069-079-080-090-091-NEZ050>053-065>068-078-088>093-121030-
BUTLER-CASS-DOUGLAS-FREMONT-GAGE-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-LANCASTER-MILLS-
MONTGOMERY-NEMAHA-OTOE-PAGE-PAWNEE-POTTAWATTAMIE-RICHARDSON-SALINE-
SARPY-SAUNDERS-SEWARD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEATRICE...FALLS CITY...LINCOLN AND OMAHA
748 PM CST TUE JAN 11 2005

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST
WEDNESDAY...

EXPECT AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE AND FOG TONIGHT WITH A MIXTURE OF
FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET DEVELOPING BY DAYBREAK. THE MIXTURE OF
WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO ALL SNOW WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE
TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY WITH ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE
POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM BEATRICE TO
LINCOLN...OMAHA AND COUNCIL BLUFFS. ANOTHER INCH OR SO OF SNOW WILL
BE POSSIBLE ON TOP OF THE ICE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NORMALLY ISSUED FOR A VARIETY OF WINTER
WEATHER CONDITIONS SUCH AS LIGHT SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...SLEET...
FREEZING RAIN AND COLD WIND CHILLS. WHILE THE WEATHER WILL BE
SIGNIFICANT...THE WORD ADVISORY IMPLIES THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS
NOT ANTICIPATED.

DRIVING AND WALKING CONDITIONS MAY BE DIFFICULT...BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER
UPDATES REGARDING THIS WINTER STORM.

$$

DEWALD/BOUSTEAD

[senorpepr]

:bangs gavel:

A rather boring event in terms of accumulation. However, it's impressive when you figure in the temperature.

For the 14th...
Gretna picked up 0.3" of snow. High and low temperatures were +5 and -6°F.
Offutt picked up 0.2" of snow. High and low temperatures were +3 and -2°F.
Omaha picked up 0.1" of snow. High and low temperatures were +2 and -10°F.