michsnowfreak

it's been a crazy run of February's. Will have stats after this Feb is finished.

just crazy. I remember DTX issued advisory for November 11, 2019 and upgraded after at least 6" had already fallen lol

Looking like a fresh few inches tomorrow here on top of the deep pack. This weekend is going to be peak for winter fun playing in the snow.

The snow depth at Cincinnati is 7" & Fort Wayne is 12".

Below 0 temps with the rising sun this morning and tons of powder...absolute definition of "deep winter".

-5 at Detroit, coldest in 2 years. Ann Arbor hit -18.

In the 6 years my brother has lived right around you, hes always asking me what did ORD get? A huge majority of the time he seems to get less snow than them, has less snow than we have over here, and sends pics to prove how much less he has than the rest of the metro. This is definitely a first for him there, he's buried.

dtx map. they noted that the snow does NOT include the morning 1-2". Also note the 7.6 is Detroit city, not the 8.6 at dtw. they don't put very many totals. Technically the two day total of 10.4" would count as a 10"+ storm despite the break.

spectacular deep winter scenes as the late day sun hit the deep fresh snowpack. headed below zero tonight.

I'm surprised too. peak depth at Detroit was 16" in Jan, 20" Feb, 16" March. Toledo only peaked at 13" in Jan and 12" in Feb. The only thing I can think of is with the insane constant drifting of snow, open areas (ie nw ohio) may have had lower level depths with higher drifts? Toledo peaked at 15" in Feb 2015.

Chicago's 21" snow depth means that only 3 winters on record had a higher snow depth 1978-79: 29" 1966-67: 27" 1917-18: 25" 2010-11: 21" (tie) Toledos 17" snow depth means only 2 winters have had a higher snow depth 1899-00: 21" 1977-78: 19" While Detroit's 14" snow depth is not close to a record, it's remarkable how many winters have seen snow depth eclipse a foot since 1999. 1998-99: 24" 2000-01: 12" 2004-05: 12" 2008-09: 14" 2010-11: 16" 2013-14: 20" 2014-15: 18" 2017-18: 14" 2020-21: 14" 9 of the past 23 winters saw a snow depth over a foot at Detroit. prior to this 9 of the previous 100 years did so.

Crazy depths around Chicago. Depths gotten quite nice here in Southeast Michigan as well. East Side has the deepest snow right now. Snow depth in SE MI vary anywhere from 11 to 18". We had 15" here this morning, 14" at Detroit, 15" White Lake, 13" ann arbor, 16" bad axe, 17" Richmond. As mentioned above the 17" snow depth in Toledo is their deepest since 1978. We however had deeper snow in 2014 & 2015.

9.0" with wave 2 after 2.0" with wave 1. lots of drifts. Seems dtx is considering them 2 events. DTW had 1.8" wave 1 and 8.6" wave 2. As expected east side hardest hit. Due to the drifting snow depth is extremely variable however an average of 14-15".

Haven't had a storm this drifty in awhile. Interesting that some of the windiest observations came right here in Southeast Michigan, seems odd so far from the low track. Some sweet drifts out there but makes it hard to measure. Going with 8.3" for the main wave and then when you add the 2" from yesterday morning it would be 10.3" over the past 30 hours. Avg snow depth 14". I would say the models did well with the storm here but as always we saw the cold temperatures and assumed higher ratios than it would be. This event was pure powder, some of the drifts are even packed, until the very end when we are adding a little fluff on top. Can't wait to go out and play.

Morning will be fun playing with the snowblower in the drifts and trying to get a measurement.

Its at least 1" an hour. You don't need ANY snowfall to make blizzard conditions. We had near 0.1 mile visibility on February 4th with 2-3"/hr rates in a band...with very little wind, blizzard conditions never crossed my mind. Tonight definitely is blizzard conditions. Honestly, I prefer straight down snow over blizzard conditions however they are definitely fun.

blizzard conditions outside. stormy, blowing, drifting. Will be fun to wake up in the morning.

Conditions are brutal outside, blizzardy with drifting snow everywhere. The only downfall is it is a powder snow and not a fluff bomb so QPF will likely verify but the 20:1 ratios will not

Definitely accumulating fast but it's more powdery than fluffy so not sure how high the ratios will end up being

The main wave has begun! 2" this morning,.so pumped for tonight.

Thanks! I'd argue 2014 seemed more impressive because it was a constant assault of wind compressing and drifting the snow. the actual piles and drifts were more impressive and of course lasted much longer.

DTX has finally upgraded to a warning, saying additional 6-9" on top of what falls today (generally 1-2 area wide).

It will also depend how much settling there is. Either way, great week!

Deep snow watch in effect. Could see very impressive depth friday morning if Thursday pans out. Peak snow depth at DTW since 2000.. 2019-20: 9" 2018-19: 5" 2017-18: 14" 2016-17: 9" 2015-16: 5" 2014-15: 18" 2013-14: 20" 2012-13: 6" 2011-12: 5" 2010-11: 16" 2009-10: 10" 2008-09: 14" 2007-08: 9" 2006-07: 8" 2005-06: 7" 2004-05: 12" 2003-04: 5" 2002-03: 9" 2001-02: 8" 2000-01: 12"

snow depths will be fantastic