Biggest Snowstorm in nearly four years hits Monroe

On March 7th/8th 2008 the biggest snowfall since December of 2004 hit Monroe dumping nearly 14.5 inches of snowfall across the area.  This was one of the biggest March storms ever!  I am going to start at the beginning and say back Wednesday March 5th we saw all the pieces coming together for this storm to hit the Ohio Valley. The storm was tracking well to our south and east allowing for cold air from Canada to invade the area. From Wednesday onward it was a waiting game to see how the models would respond in the next 24-36 hours. Would they compress the storm? Would they push the storm west and allow for rain.  Thursday rolled around and the models went bonkers went it came to the amount of snowfall we were going to get. From what point forward I knew I had nights ahead that I would have very little sleep because of my excitement.  Thursday night I met with two of my weather enthusiast and had a meeting about this storm and threw out our forecast and we all agreed that this storm was going to be a BIG ONE for the area. 

Friday rolled around and I woke up around 7am and saw the first flakes falling and the fun had just began. I took a gander at the radar and saw all the moisture streaming up our way.  By 11AM we had nearly three inches of snow on the ground and from that point forward I knew my prediction of 9-14 inches was well intact.  That whole day I had my face in the computer tracking every component of this storm. I saw everything coming together for a wild Friday night into Saturday morning.  That night I slept on the couch in the family room with the radar going and the local weather forum up and running. I took 1-2 catnaps and then woke up to see what was happening. By that morning the climax of the storm had arrived with heavy wind driven snows with 1-2 inch per hour rates. I was heaven by about 7AM-8AM Saturday morning watching some of the heaviest snow I have seen in my life. The storm slowly wrapped up around 3PM Saturday afternoon and in the end we had 14.5 inches of snow on the ground only a half-inch above my prediction. I did well! Later that day I was ready go out and evaluate the scene across Monroe.  So I took a drive and it was simply beautiful outside with the sun peaking through the clouds and all the roads covered in snow.  I saw snow drifts over six feet and boy was that a site to see. The March Superstorm of 2008 is now over and major melting has taken places over the past few days soon this storm will be a memory but a memory that we all will share with kids, grandkids.