Ofallon Weather

For today, it is possible we could see some light rain and or snow.

For the next 2 days it appears that the main snow is going to stay south. Although I have seen some indications that the moisture could make it further north than the models are predicting.  The forecast is for little to no snow in our area, if you go 70-80 miles south the maps are showing 6+ inches. With this tight gradient a small change in the storm track could give us a significant snow. This system needs to be watched close, if the change occurs, the models will likely pick up on it very late in the game.

Next week brings another chance of snow/rain in the Monday-Tuesday time range.

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Title says it all, looks like we are going to get  another shot of rain this weekend. We could see an inch or more, so the ground that already feels like a sponge will only get worse. Saturday afternoon and evening it is possible that we could hear some rumbles of thunder, then to finish off Sunday some light snow, likely no accumulation at this time. Later in the week we could be looking at some accumulating snow fall, stay tuned, I will update as the system gets closer.

In case anyone has forgot, here is what the sun looks like.

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It seems the St. Peters station has been having some interference issues as of late. Sounds familiar as I had issues with this station at the O’Fallon site. This really escalated over the last week and finally pushed Andy(the station’s host) and I to try and find the cause. The console is located with several PC’s, monitors, a wireless router and wireless phone, not the best location for this low powered unit.

We started by shutting everything down except the console and weather computer. Reception went to 95%-100%!

Time to start turning other items on, computers, no change, wireless access point, little to no change.

Andy then decided to turn the wireless off and plug his cordless phone back in……. Within 15 minutes we were below 50% reception. Everything else is now back on, Andy is going to try and move the phone base to another location.

I have several pages/images uploaded that are not linked on the site, mostly for diagnostics/personal interest.
St. Peters Reception
O’Fallon basement temp/humidity and reception

It appears we have some rain coming over the next week. Keep an eye open, the models are wavering a bit, but it is possible we could get enough rain for some flooding in some areas.

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First of all, for anyone that is interested. The NWS is having  storm spotter training on Feb. 6 in St. Peters, more information can be found at this link. Spotter Schedule

It is informative, and I have found it entertaining, especially if Jim Kramper is the instructor. You are not required to chase storms or anything, they give you specifics to report, and recommend that you do it from the location you are at when the event occurs. I know I feel safer myself with a better understanding of how severe storms occur.

Cold/Snow Review:

Both stations recorded 2 nights below zero over the last couple of days. The O’Fallon station recorded -2.6, St. Peters recorded -1.9. I didn’t get up early enough to measure total snow, the wind had done it’s work before I did!  Looking at the reports and the snow map, it appear that we received around 4 inches in the St. Charles county area.

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I am concerned about the cold we are experiencing. Please check on relatives and protect you and your family, especially Thursday- Saturday.

It still appears we are due for some snow, 3-5 inches  seems a good call, although more is still possible, especially north of highway 70. Look for a Winter Storm Warning/Watch to be issued shortly for Wednesday night through early Thursday.

The main feature after the snow will be temperatures and wind. Thursday our high will be in the mid teens then drop to zero overnight with strong winds and blowing snow. Friday will see a high only in the single digits, then Friday night we will likely go below zero,  in the -3 to -5 degree range. Saturday will be another cold day, and again it is likely that we will drop below zero Saturday night.

Again, please protect yourself and your family, although we have seen weather like this in the past, it doesn’t happen that often.

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Well first of all, I ask that everyone be very careful in this cold snap. It appears that it will stay for awhile. The snow that is predicted Wednesday night into Thursday will likely make matters worse for the cold also.

An update on the snow “amounts” that we could see, again things change quick. The models have now backed off on the amount of liquid available for this system, still we could see amounts in the 2-4 inch range. The NWS snow maps are now showing ~2.5 inches over the entire St. Louis area by 6 am Thursday morning.

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Well, seems the models are indicating snow for us again this week. As prior post have indicated, it is still early, things can change, and lately it seems we get little to no snow. We do have the cold spell working with us this time. Currently from what I am seeing we could be in for 5-7 inches of snow.

Also I have added a plug-in to inform people who subscribe to be notified of new post via email. I could use some help checking it out, so please subscribe and let me know how it works. My email address can be found in several places on both sites. Thanks!

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I have uploaded the December and 2009 summaries for both sites. They can be found on the homepage of each site under the monthly/yearly summaries link.

Last year I did the extremes for the O’Fallon site, I enjoyed doing it, so I have done it again for both sites.

O’Fallon: High/Low 95 June 22, -2 January 15

13 days had highs above 90, 22 days with the high below 32, 83 lows below 32, and 2 nights below zero.

47.19″ of rain were recorded, most in a month was 12.03 in October, highest day was Oct. 8 with 4.10 inches.

108 days recorded at least .01 inches, 71 days had at least .10 inches, and 13 days recorded over 1″ of rain.

The average wind was 4.1 mph, with a maximum gust of  48 mph on March 8.

St. Peters: This station was put into service in March, so some extremes were missed early in the year.

High/Low 96 June 23, 9 December 15

15 days had highs above 90,  5 days with the high below 32, 30 lows below 32, and no nights below zero.

44.78″ of rain were recorded, most in a month was 12.80 in October, highest day was Oct. 8 with 3.07 inches.

95 days recorded at least .01 inches, 65 days had at least .10 inches, and 12 days recorded over 1″ of rain.

The average wind was .3 mph, with a maximum gust of 27 mph on December 9. The St. Peters site is in a small valley, and also has large, mature trees surrounding it, this has a huge effect on recorded wind. This is a true reading of this particular location though.

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