Dougs Life WI

04/03/2023

Looks like the same areas that got hammered with severe storms Friday have the chance for more bad storms tomorrow (Tue) 4-4-23.https://m.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=589751863177418&id=100064278295620&set=a.299727392179868&sfnsn=mo&mibextid=6aamW6

04/01/2023

Tornado damage in Whiteland, IN. Debris is still blowing across the road from strong winds today.

03/25/2023

Is the snow fun ..... or not?

03/16/2023

Our snow pack will melt quickly as rain moves in today (March 16 ). Some basements will flood (total pain). You'll need plenty of wiper fluid for your automobile too. On the plus side.... tomorrow is Friday and St. Patrick's Day!

03/14/2023

Back in the day I went to Pensacola Beach for a quick R&R from graduate school. I was tanning on Pensacola beach one day then drove back to Mississippi State. 24 hours later parts of the Florida panhandle got 6" of snow. I arrived back at school in time to get slammed by a big snow storm. It was 30 years ago when The Storm of the Century hit from the Gulf of Mexico all the way up the east coast. Here is a good article on the historic storm.

Thirty years ago, NWS issued an unprecedented 5-day forecast.

02/25/2023

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02/23/2023

Drifting was impressive on my deck. 26" at my sliding door, 4 feet next to it! I had to shovel out the back door so my Corgi's could go outside.

02/22/2023

My dog Phoebe is covered in snow after a quick "trip" outside.

02/22/2023

Heavy snow will move from IL into WI today. Expecting snow to start in the Fox Cities first (11a-12p) and move north into Green Bay around 1-2pm. The heaviest snow moves into Green Bay around 6pm. Models are giving us 8.5", National Weather Service 10". Wind gusts to 40mph tonight and 35mph tomorrow will still create bad driving conditions and lots of drifting.

02/22/2023

Snow amounts have started to line-up well with both the GFS (American) and ECMWF (European) models. Snow tonight with 5" by tomorrow morning in areas from Oshkosh south, 2-4" of snow by tomorrow morning from Appleton to Green Bay. Snow ends tomorrow morning in Green Bay with Big snow roaring back Wednesday late afternoon (earlier in the Fox Cities). Most models give Green Bay 10" of snow by Thursday morning. Dynamics with this storm are strong and the models tend to under forecast snowfall in these situations. So.... I'm expecting 12"-15" in Green Bay. Wind gusts up to 40 mph Wednesday night and Thursday will make for horrible driving conditions. Snow drifts will be impressive.

02/21/2023

Complicated forecast with two weather systems hitting us back to back. While the computer models still don't quite line up, we will get snow, the big question is how much. Between Wednesday night and Thursday the least amount the models produce is 8" in Green Bay, while the most is 13". The average of all the models is 10". Fun with numbers right? With gusts to 40 mph Wed and Thu the snow will drift and driving will be a mess. I'll check the computer models tonight to see how they agree or disagree and adjust snow totals. Be safe out there!

01/19/2023

Snow amounts are less than expected in NE Wisconsin. A combination of dry air holding of the snow overnight and then more dry air coming in early this morning limited the amounts of snow we received. I really thought we'd get 5" in the Green Bay area, but such is the world of weather forecasting.