Brian D

Now that's the UP we know!

4" from Wed-Thurs clipper, then got goose egged yesterday. Looks like the Ashland, WI & Ironwood, MI areas got 6-12". NWS DLH didn't do so good with this northern end of the system. It ended up being a little more east than expected, and winds not as bad.

Very light snow starting, and a band forming to my E, and moving my way. Come on baby, you can do it! UPDATE: Band moving SW towards Duluth/Superior. DANG! oh well. BTW, here are the totals from the clipper/lake band event from Wed-Thurs. Very much needed.

Northern effects of this storm. Rough stuff off the lake across N WI/ W UP MI.

Same here, temps running around 9-10. Tomorrow, tho S Shore going to get slammed into Sat. 3-6" my way. NE winds up to 40-45 mph.

Reports came in from up the shore around Silver Bay/Finland of up to 15" with snow still falling. Although it was due to taper off up there soon. Probably another 1-2" added to that 15".

Ended with 3.8" imby. Snow has tapered to scattered snow showers. Tomorrow is the next possibility. Bring it!

2.9" imby with a general 3-6" around the area. Lake band to my N netted 6-9". Still snowing good this morning. Potential for the snow to continue into Sat am. As cold N/NE winds at the surface with E/NE mid levels should create more heavy bands thanks to to the large system to the south. Currently the LP with trough is bringing synoptic snows combined with some lake enhancement, and lake bands are mainly N of me with E mid level flow. Good to see the snow pack build before bitter wx settles in for a short time.

Actually LES events happen quite regular anywhere along the shore, along with enhancement situations. They are very subject to the wx pattern as to where they end up, and each year can be a bit different. S shore of the lake have their regular belt areas on cold, northerly winds.

Looking at the models today, this LES event will probably be extended into Fri pm. 2nd stm system is going to keep mid levels out of the E, with E/NE surface winds. Temps tho will being dropping during that time. 1-2' not out of the question (Wed-Fri) depending on band alignment & movement. Then the LES machine focuses on the south shore (N WI/ UP MI).

Yep, snap of bitter cold air. Min's on this chart should be about right. Winds should keep air mixed. If they go calm, daybreak temps plummet quick, but I don't think that'll be the case this time around with the forecast pressure gradient. Wind chills the big factor. A calm -30 is easier to deal with than -30 wind chill. Wind like a knife. Hurts.

At the top of that graphic is what I'm expecting in my area. LES event underway right now, especially around Silver Bay to my NE. Radar showing an area of mod/hvy snow right where that bullseye is on the storyboard below. Modelling did a good job this time around.

They bombed on this cast. Only 0.5"-2.5" being reported along the shore. Wed night-Fri should be much better with the clipper, and associated trough. With temps cooling down, especially in the mid levels, the lake should really help with totals around the head of the lake.

Lake Superior baby!

With HP to my N, and trough nearby, combined with colder air moving E/NE across Lake Superior, LES bands on tap my way. And a clipper moving in on the heels of this system brings me a decent chance at 6-12" this week. I'll take it.

Another round of light snow coming my way. Lake band set up around Silver Bay to my NE. North Shore looking at 3-6"+. Next system looking to produce very well with the lake's help Wed pm-Thurs with 6-8"+ possible.

Still waiting on datasets to report in for the Dec, but in the meantime, I went ahead and worked up my max/min avg map from various stations across the NC US. Haven't done this in quite a while, but with a near record/record Dec, thought it would be a good visual on how awesome a month it was. BTW, I use a dense rank method instead of standard ranking. Personally think it's a better ranking method for temps.

2.5" my final total, but co-op site on the shore got 4.5". Crazy, but there must of been a pocket of mod snow that clipped them, and rode the E side of town. No obs E of town, so can't be sure what happened. Next clipper later in the week with some cold air behind that for a quick cold snap. Big action staying S the next week or so with Chi town, and possibly the Motor City getting in on the action. Have fun guys.

GOOD LUCK you guys. Enjoy this system.

2-3" of snow being reported early this morning up my way. 2.2" IMBY. Temps running 31-32, so wet stuff. Plows out for the first time this season.

Very nice to see that this clipper may produce with the lake's help mainly Fri night into Sat am with lingering snow showers into Sun am. Need to build up the snowpack. Mostly cloudy with flurries today.

NW TREND! NW TREND!

Found better versions sometime ago. My graphics are not changing tho. Still hand drawn Paint versions is my speed.

President's Day forecast looks interesting for the S areas. Hope it pans.

Valentine's Day forecast looking interesting. Storm watch around mid-Feb.