michsnowfreak

Picked up an enexpected 0.6" of sugar snow last evening. Gives a fresh sparkle to the snowpack and keeps the piles clean and white.

Been pouring pixie dust for several hours, over a half inch and counting. Considering nothing was forecast I always take another layer of glitter to the snowpack

dust here as well. wasn't really expecting anything.

The Detroit river always mesmerises me during the Winter because it can look different every day depending on the ice floes & ice cutters.

A true snow weenie could get 500% climo snow one winter then be bitching up a storm by early December if it's a slow start the following season.

liking the extended. cold doesn't look to be retreating anytime soon. deep winter to continue.

its not often Dallas gets any snow let alone powdery snow. The likely over done gfs is ungodly for Dallas. temps 52 degrees below avg.

I will take the gfs please

The 2/4 underperformer in Illinois was over performer in Southeast Michigan with 3-5" and 2"+/hr rates, the 2/8 perfomred as expected here 1-3", then down in Cincinnati there was 9" In a heavy band the next night. These waves are all over the place so good luck in getting a model QPF field to verify but the bottom line is it's been active in it's going to continue to stay active

Definitely looks interesting for now.

I'm a nws coop observer since 2004 so i do the EXACT same thing!!!! I make notes due to the obs time.

Interesting. I notice the same for December. Shows 11.0" but we had 9.6"...it added November 30th 1.4. I wonder if they can fix it? Whenever you have snow on the last day of the month it will make the next month wrong lol. Interestingly, it still counts the snow properly for the last day of the month (ie Nov 3.5, Dec 11.0...should be Nov 3.5 Dec 9.6. And then Jan 6.4, Feb 7.5...should be Jan 6.4, Feb 6.2). So anytime measurable snow falls on the last day of the month, it counts it twice. Although that's only an f6 issue, climate reports remain correct.

Add DTW to the list. Show 7.5" but the monthly totals 6.2". Maybe it's some sort of nws glitch?

In both 2014 and 2015 we had record snowpack in southeast Michigan (especially 2014) and were lucky to have a slow steady melt in the Spring with almost no rain. If melt out is gradual and without heavy rain or torch it should be OK

Picked up 1.6" of fluffy snow here. 26.2" on the season. Snow depth 5-6". The diamond like sparkle of the snow was incredible in his very hard to capture in a pic. DTW also saw 1.6" and at 25.7" on the season.

Absolutely gorgeous outside with everything glistening like a million diamonds with this fresh fluffy snow.

I am not sure if it has much effect but there is very little snow cover in North Dakota with many spots bare. I wonder if more snow would have made it even colder

That's not necessarily true. Anything is possible. We will see several bouts of snow this week to add to our snowpack. Nothing significant at this time however the models are in pure chaos mode struggling with multiple waves. Just embrace deep Winter in the Great Lakes for now.

It is noticeable how the models are just all over the place. Best way to look at it is very cold with occasional snow chances this week.

Should add some more sparkle to the snowpack here tomorrow night. The question is, will this be a sugar snow or a fluffy snow?

This morning actually hurt the eyes to look at the snow in spots, the old "snowblind effect". Gorgeous deep winter though.

Yesterday I bundled up and took a walk in the park and downtown Wyandotte. we all love being out in a storm, but on a zzz weather day, rather than sitting inside and looking at long range models I highly recommend going outside. The coming cold is dangerous, but we know how to layer. Embrace winter!

yes! good one to add. The piles that we have from the 4.2" deluge of dense snow the other night are probably equivalent to what you would see with a foot plus of Lake effect snow. There are so many different kinds of snows it seems that as fun as it is to look at snow maps, whether looking at 10:1ratio or kuchera, really a lot of judgement needs to go into an accurate forecast. it's not as simple as temps+qpf. Usually evens out over the course of a Winter but it almost seems not fair that you can pour snow in November and you get like 1" on 0.25" of liquid, then you can get a fluffy Lake effect band will you get 1" and 0.03" of liquid.

Yep, we got a 0.4" of sugar here on 0.03" liquid. Gave a glitter to the snowpack. Josh's snowfall chart: wet snow or slushy snow (mild out) dense snow (mild out, similar to wet snow but no melting of any kind on pavement) sandy or sugary snow (cold but low ratio snow due to small flakes) powder (my favorite if I had to pick. usually 12-14:1 ratio) fluff (15-20:1 ratio snow) air fluff (20+ : 1 ratio snow)

Happy early birthday! I wish I had a Winter birthday lol. Mine is May 8. Spring, my least favorite season of course lol. Although it did snow last year on my birthday for the 1st time I can remember.