Posted by admin on February 28, 2010
Well the weather has really become “boring”, look for temperatures to fluctuate this week, but the trend is looking warmer. Looks like we may have a chance of rain and possible thunder come early next week.
I have been trying to prepare for this years storm season, we are set at home, but I am busy getting things setup for chasing.
I have applied for a live streaming account, I have tested my equipment and I believe we should see live video from the field this year!
I also plan to try and stream video from the house when we are unable to go mobile.
I have a few items left to gather for this years chase season, a portable weather radio, a dash mount for the video camera, and some wiring of extra power ports in the car.
I am currently planning on taking several days off in mid-late May, if weather is still active, it’s possible that I may have a whole week open in June to dedicate to storm chasing.
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Posted by admin on February 19, 2010
Well I have been watching the models for the past several day in anticipation of the next two storm systems.
I was/am hoping for a big snow, but it is looking more like a rain/sleet/snow event.
Either way, it appears we are in for some heavy precipitation, we will have to wait to see how it falls.
The models are forecasting just over an inch of moisture through Monday.
However we receive this be careful, if it’s rain we could see some flash flooding, if snow or sleet, it could get deep.
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Posted by admin on February 12, 2010
Looks like a Valentines snow is on it’s way, perfect for a day snuggled under the covers!
The models have been wavering a bit, I have posted an image of each model output through Monday afternoon. This is still fairly far out for a snow forecast, but we will see what happens.
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Posted by admin on February 10, 2010
Well I measured 4.2 inches of snow last night, so the NWS forecast of 4-6 inches was spot on.
Look for some more snow Valentines weekend, still to early for amounts, but could be interesting.
I am testing some new forecasting software, look for forecast maps on the site in the next week or two.
I like the NWS snow maps, but I should be able to create my own and have them update automatically.
I used this for the last snow storm, it had us pinned for 3-4 inches, so just a bit low, but within reason of any snow forecast error.
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Posted by admin on February 7, 2010
Well, the storms keep coming, and we keep dodging the bullet! The latest event will possibly start tonight and last into Tuesday morning. Tonight is a bit tricky, we will likely be very close to the edge of a light band of snow. The main part of this storm appears to have Monday afternoon through Tuesday morning as it’s target. The NWS is currently showing about 4-6 inches for most of the area, I say we wait and see what we get.
An update on how much liquid we received from the last storm. I had posted about three days before the storm that the models were showing around .75 inches of liquid. The St. Peters stations received .86 inches and the O’Fallon station received just .48 inches. So close on the St. Peters station and well over for the O’Fallon station.
The two models I currently have access to are predicting around .45 inches for the upcoming storm.
Be safe!
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Posted by admin on February 1, 2010
January’s summaries for both stations are uploaded and can be found in the monthly/yearly archive tabs on the home pages.
Again this week we have a possible snow storm…..It is looking like late in the week, and once again, that far out we are just seeing indications, nothing for sure yet.
Just to give you an indication, one model is currently calling for ~.75 inches of liquid, in the form of snow. That would likely equal 7-11 inches of snow. Again, way to early, I will try to plot the models predications and then what we actually receive.
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