michsnowfreak

Snowcover and snowstorm climo seems similar at Detroit and Des Moines tho Detroit averages several more inches of snow

The cpc normally forecasts too warm. Still running below avg here.

Pouring rain turned to beautiful snow here in the U.P.

Chicago also experienced the first time Nov, Dec, and Jan had above avg snow since the 1970s. Might as well go low in Feb then get a big march snowstorm

BTW. You'll be happy to know the models suck everywhere. It's pouring in the U.P. and a few days ago this looked like an all snowstorm. The rain should turn to snow this afternoon.

Central Iowa didnt get 15"...but again Des Moines was due. Now let's get @cyclone77ssomething

Theres nothing here. But the snow literally just melted. And if theres anything popping up in the wild after a winter dominated by well below avg temps...something smells funny. But near the heat of a home its not uncommon to see crocuses by mid to late Feb.

I would never ever survive a winter there. South of SNE goes through torture most of the time. Its really a quite snowless region with the occasional monster storm that pans out. Knowing someone who works for an airline would be a great boon. Live here and pop over when they get a noreaster.

Looks great. Im in the U.P. for a few days. Been such a great winter statewide but was crazy to see how the warmth the last several days erodes the snowpack in the southern 2/3 of lower Michigan. But up here...it got DEEPER! SO much snow.

Heres a wild stat. DTW hit 60+ once in each month DJF for only the 2nd time on record. The other time was a warm winter (1889-90). There have been 10 winters with more 60s and multiple others a match at 3, but not one a month. Whats wild is each month thjs winter was solidly colder and more snowcovered than average.

Lmao thats wild. We each had our biggest storm on a major bust.

The Euro weeklies are NOT a crystal ball. However that doesn't mean it won't be cold at the end of March. I mean i have no idea what march will bring either, but if the first 2/3 of March was warmer than avg then I would bank on the last third being cold. We've seen it countless times in the past with a slew of snowstorms in the post-March 17th timeframe.

On January 14th we had a 30%-50% chance of snow showers, expecting a dusting, and ended up with 6.2" of snow by the morning of the 15th.

It was insane. Temps briefly skyrocketed to 65 at DTW before falling back to the low 40s. I am 7 miles east of DTW and maxed at 56. Detroit City airport maxed at 45. High of 65 at DTW and 45 at DET? Ive never seen anything so wild. Hypothetically, if the two stations finished with an otherwise identical monthly mean temp, today's front would single handedly make DTW a few tenths of a degree warmer for the month than DET. All the snow has melted, though there are plenty of cookies n cream piles in parking lots and such, its that depressing time of getting used to grass after looking at snowcover for a long time.

Nyc was in their biggest snow drought on record. I wont begrudge their 21" of snow lol

Considering a near winter long snowpack just melted and ill be in the U.P. thurs-sat, can't complain about the timing

Sunday has piqued my interest for now.

Boston had been in a huge snow drought. I knew it was only a matter of time before they'd cash in. They received more snow January 25/26 than they did in the winters of 2022-23 & 2023-24 combined.

Snowdepth down to a T. Have had 62 days this season with 1"+ snowcover including 22 days with 6"+. Avg snowcover days for an entire season is 49. The snowmelt induced haze looked very eerie this morning.

There is definitely some merit to the Mar/Apr correlation of warm/cool or cool/warm. Its certainly not a guarantee. But in those few years where March is warm and nearly snowless, you can bet April will see accumulating snow.

I just dont get into it. Been a great winter for the cold/snowcover crowd in the Great Lakes, so while most of the public is ready for a break, I hate the sun and melting snow. I am going to the U.P. later this week though.

They issued because snow thats been on the ground all winter traps pollutants like road salt/exhaust/etc and its melting without aid of any wind and instead a temperature inversion, so those pollutants are hanging in the air instead of mixed out from the wind.

With the snowmelt indices hazy sir yesterday saw a very orange sunset.

This is why many Chicago weenies get annoyed with Steve's constant big dog whining acting like it never snows in SE MI when the exact opposite is true. Id be pissed too if I was sitting in Iowa or Illinois watching one snowfall after another hit Michigan with the consolation being hey, we got a 20" storm a decade ago and Detroit didn't.

There was heavy rain at DTW for several hours.