michsnowfreak

GEFS, GPS, EPS

I was just coming back to edit with the exact totals. Had to go back and check, and I did not realize that each storm technically started late in the day on January 31st at Chicago. GHDI: ORD: 21.2", DTW: 10.3" GHDII: ORD: 19.3", DTW: 16.7" GHDIII:?

Those were not just Chicago storms. They were subforum storms in the same general region, just Chicago did excellent in both. This would absolutely fit to have a moniker of GHDII. I believe Chicago got 20" in 1 and 18" into. Detroit got 10" in GHDI and almost 17" in GHDII. FEB 1/2, 2011 FEB 1/2, 2015 FEB 2/3, 2022

Just curious, with the overrunning portion portion and the main storm, will this all be considered one storm? Looks like near continuous precip.

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Respectable snowstorms, of which there have been a few The last few years, have nothing to do with it. Grand Rapids basically ignores their county warning area outside of Grand Rapids North. They should just give Lansing and Jackson to DTX. I feel sorry for Jackson. If there is a chance of a stray lake effect snow shower drifting over their way, they get slapped with a Winter weather advisory. If they expect 6 to 10" of snow… they get slapped with a Winter weather advisory.

Actually we did have double digits, 11" at Detroit. I don't even recall what models were forecasting because that Winter was just one big weather orgasm of fun.

Jokes aside as we get further in this storm is probably worthy of a little upgraded title lol

I thought of you when I saw a few snowmobilers out on lake Erie today lol. Several ice fishermen as well.

DTW hit -5ﾟ this morning. Went for a walk along frozen lake Erie this afternoon. Here on the Michigan side (Monroe), it was 100% ice covered as far as the eye could see. Beautiful Winter scenes.

Here you go Edit. Ill delete mine...see post below lol

16.7" in 2015 storm. Probably had 20-22" in the 1974 storm before my time. Depth eclipsed 20" in 1999 and 2014, came close in 2015, and eclipsed 15" numerous other times.

Gives more people a big storm but gets rid of the epic storm for someone.

I've read up on it many times, trust me. I've read up and researched all the great events. And that blizzard is clearly one for the ages, I am not at all denying that. I am referring strictly to Southeast Michigan and the Detroit area.

That makes sense. Like I said, it was definitely a storm for the ages, but I just laugh every time someone from Southeast Michigan claims to remember 6 feet of snow or something lol. If you want to remember the storm for its fury, winds, drifts, and falling temperatures great. But when they say things about how much snow fell, it's never been matched, blah blah it's all a fairytale. In Western MI? Absolutely. Eastern MI has had countless storms with higher snowfall amounts since then. But again, conditions seemed brutal.

If you're referring to the Cleveland and Toronto storm, Detroit was never really in the game with that 1. There was like maybe one run that wobbled West enough. But as with any storm, waobbles are normal. Have to like where we sit with this 1. There's a tremendous clash of air masses with the cold to the North and the warmth to the South.

We are still in the early stages. In the coming days we will get to see people simultaneously posting "it looks North" and " it looks South" at the same time when a model run comes out. And then of course the old switcheroo when gfs and euro swap north/south camps.

The GFS has over 3" of QPF falling as sleet in parts of northern Indiana and Ohio. That would be insane. Of course the usual op run caviots apply. Euro ens at 6z remained quite south.

Thanks for the input! I just honestly don't get the lore locally about the blizzard of 78. Clearly it was a storm for the ages but when people here start talking about oh the snow was 6' deep and crap like that it's just ridiculous.. There's rarely even a mention of the 1974 storm which literally dropped twice as much snow at Detroit. And hell we just had a 17" storm in 2015 and someone would still bring up the damn 9" storm of 1978.

We had deep snow last February. Technically any cold and snow and you can find things to do outside for "Winter rec" but again it's all personal preference.

There's still Winter recreation lol just not snowmobile trails

Feb 15/16, 2021 honorable mention ORD: 6.9" DTW: 10.4" TOL: 14.5" But here's calling Feb 1/2, 2015 ORD: 18.0" DTW: 16.7" TOL: 12.0"

Catching up to DTW. But not there yet lol. ORD: 15.8" DTW: 19.0"

My brother was here for Thanksgiving when we had quite a bit of snow that weekend...then when he got back to Chicago he was pissed there was no snow all Christmas season. Now he is in his usual january spring mode and he gets lake effect on top of cold and snowcover lol.

Not sure where you work (didn't know you were a met) but I've noticed they are usually quite conservative in the extended forecast these days, at least DTX NWS. Way too conservative actually. Often not even putting in a chance of snow when they should (not talking this week, talking in general). Then on the other end of the spectrum you have those dumb Facebook weather pages that amass a huge following of the weather ignorant public and they start doing stupid things like posting op model runs a week out.