michsnowfreak

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.

Lucky for you that map is not happening lol

While I criticised the Chicago futility talk because it was so premature in my opinion, I have to admit I was really unsure what the season total would bring to Grand Rapids because of their insane deficit built up into mid January. Glad you guys are finally on a nice run. I personally did not hear thunder (it was reported by others) however I was in it and I can tell you it's some of the craziest conditions I've ever driven in, and I obviously have been in many much bigger snowstorms.

When is your birthday?

we have a solid base. the 4.2" of system snow the other night had 0.40" water so it's basically not budging. bring on some of those fluffed up snows we can get from low qpf lol

That's nothing compared to the actual westherbell one lol

you can fly home if you want tundra lol. The snowpack is frozen dense so everything on top will build it up. Definitely looks like deep winter. Next potential good one is next Friday. Only 2 of the past 20 winters have not seen a 6 plus inch storm and there were 36 such storms in that time frame. I think we will get one however I also have a funny feeling it will come in March. Obviously we remember the February 2015 bitter cold as having very deep snow, but some of the other infamous February cold snaps of years past have had very little snow cover and then we get a big March storm. In fact 2 of the more infamous cold snaps were Feb 1899 & 1934. During each of those cold snaps we only had around an inch of snow on the ground, then March brought a big snowstorm (12+ in 1899, 10 in 1934). It could be worse... Bismarck will be spending most of the next 2 weeks with wind chills between 30 and 50 below 0, dew points in the -20 's and no snow on the ground.

The other night we had some of the heaviest rates anyone in this sub has had this Winter (outside of a lake band I'm sure). 3" fell in 1.5 hour and it was dense snow too. Total accumulation for the 4 hour event was just over 4" so obviously not a big storm, but coming from someone who has criticised many big storms over the years for taking too many hours, you should have appreciated the weather porn aspect of it.

Thank you! I heard the elk are amazing. I will be exploring other things too, just wanted opinion of that park.

It's nice to see the entire state a frozen winter wonderland now. Will be in Gaylord Feb 24-26. Have you been to Aspen Park? I want to check that out.

Before you know it were going to be worse than the Eastern subs when it comes to making storm threads lol. I do like the potential tho