***Official 2024 Weather Thread***

[FallOf81]

St Louis area missed all that heavy snow.
Now we're paying for it with ice. I can't even back out of the garage as it's a slight decline to eventually a retaining wall drop off. I know where I'll end up. Nope. I'd rather have a foot of snow.

 

[wxman1]

When you're up at 4A and it's already 28°!

Feels much better out there today.

Funny enough it's supposed to rain a bunch so the ice and snow will melt for all of the winter activities.

I was just telling my son last night how crazy temperature swings can be in the winter. 40+ temp swing in a couple of days is welcome (I suppose as long as it goes up and not down) but 80 to 120 is close to unheard of.

 

[BigJCy]

St Louis area missed all that heavy snow.
Now we're paying for it with ice. I can't even back out of the garage as it's a slight decline to eventually a retaining wall drop off. I know where I'll end up. Nope. I'd rather have a foot of snow.

Give me snow all day over ice.

 

[DSMCy]

I'm sure we have some Reed Timmer followers here. Obviously he's more known for tornado chasing but he's been posting snow/ice videos in Oklahoma lately

He just posted this video. Should have captioned with "Like a glove!" lol

 

[NoCreativity]

I'm sure we have some Reed Timmer followers here. Obviously he's more known for tornado chasing but he's been posting snow/ice videos in Oklahoma lately

He just posted this video. Should have captioned with "Like a glove!" lol

Definitely Oklahoma, complete with the cigarette and car parked in the lawn instead of the driveway.

 

[clonedude]

Definitely Oklahoma, complete with the cigarette and car parked in the lawn instead of the driveway.

The emergency vehicles don't even know how to drive down there?

 

[wxman1]

The emergency vehicles don't even know how to drive down there?

Looks like it was actually in the STL area.

 

[clonedude]

Looks like it was actually in the STL area.

Can't believe they didn't hit a house. Great driving!

 

[Cyclonepride]

Can't believe they didn't hit a house. Great driving!

I get the feeling it was 90% luck when you spin out like that.

 

[simply1]

Clark Griswald approved parking job

 

[CYDJ]

Is Wednesday's game going to be impossible to get to? This is getting a little old.

 

[RoseClone]

Looks like it was actually in the STL area.

In Pee Wee Herman voice - "I meant to do that."

 

[NorthCyd]

Is Wednesday's game going to be impossible to get to? This is getting a little old.

Right now it's forecasted to stay above freezing for the low and just rain, so if that holds then it should be fine.

 

[awd4cy]

Is Wednesday's game going to be impossible to get to? This is getting a little old.

Will just be rain

 

[wxman1]

"Precipitation amounts and temperatures represent a more pessimistic forecast due to all of the uncertainty.
The potential exits for 2 to 5 tenths of liquid from this storm system. Forecast ice amounts range from a glaze to up to two tenth of an inch of ice area wide with the highest freezing rain totals north of Interstate 80 but all of this depends on the duration of freezing rain in any one location. If the warm air moves in quickly it will significantly lower ice totals. Snowfall amounts of up to an inch are possible north of Interstate 80 with the highest totals along the Highway 20 corridor."

 

[throwittoblythe]

Looks like it was actually in the STL area.

I couldn't understand what the loud boom was in the first video. It didn't appear the engine hit the tree so I was very confused. This video explains it more. Yiiiiiikies.

 

[CyCrazy]

St Louis area missed all that heavy snow.
Now we're paying for it with ice. I can't even back out of the garage as it's a slight decline to eventually a retaining wall drop off. I know where I'll end up. Nope. I'd rather have a foot of snow.

I lived in St Louis for a couple of years. If there was a dusting of snow the city might as well shut down, drivers down their can't handle it. I will give you the ice, it sucks but is usually gone in a day or 2. Big ice storm in 06 I think, lost power for a week and had a tree branch full of ice crush my Buick Park Ave, that was a sad day.

 

[NorthCyd]

"Precipitation amounts and temperatures represent a more pessimistic forecast due to all of the uncertainty.
The potential exits for 2 to 5 tenths of liquid from this storm system. Forecast ice amounts range from a glaze to up to two tenth of an inch of ice area wide with the highest freezing rain totals north of Interstate 80 but all of this depends on the duration of freezing rain in any one location. If the warm air moves in quickly it will significantly lower ice totals. Snowfall amounts of up to an inch are possible north of Interstate 80 with the highest totals along the Highway 20 corridor."

When is this for? Tonight? That's not what the forecast discussion says for central Iowa right now.

 

[wxman1]

When is this for? Tonight? That's not what the forecast discussion says for central Iowa right now.

That’s the quad cities discussion

 

[CychiatricWard]

What’s it looking like in the metro? Around the roads?