michsnowfreak

I know right lol. As expected the active pattern has commenced. Let's just hope one of these can break what has been the winter of 1-4" snows, especially with possible big cold coming. Last winter we had several 6+ storms in SE MI but didn't have as many nickels and dimes and the real anamolous cold came out of season (Nov, apr, may)

DTX has Detroit south to the border in an advisory for 2-6" for tonight/tomorrow. To me it looks like a long drawn out event because we will have the initial band of snow tmrw morning before it disintegrates then on Monday the eastern counties will have deform snow. We will definitely miss the brunt of the storm although our snow will likely be sugary/powdery and not wet.

We exceeded a foot many times from 2008 to 2018 (culminating near 2 feet in 2014) but since 2018 our highest depth was 9".

you are probably closest to DVN for official sites, right?

its your magnet this winter. what's your current snowpack and what's the highest you can remember?

The latest runs were good except euro.

We won't have the thermals issue in Southeast Michigan but obviously the northern extent of the snow is the worrisome issue. I am wondering if as always it will continue to edge North a bit.

Tell me about it lol. The snow is very thin especially in sunny spots where lots of grass can be seen, but it's crunchy. ive got my eye on Sunday. Wyandotte is quite suburban/small town but I live in a neighborhood with old houses where the front yards are very small and the backyards are big. We even have coyotes lol, there been a lot spotted living along the railroad tracks. I took a walk during my lunch yesterday and I did see a few tracks

A very rare sunny day today. I couldn't help but think of our sun angle trolls when sun-torched spots were dripping away in the 25 degree air

That is what made December 2017 a great month but it was pretty localized to the area you mentioned. Snowfall that month was 22.5" in Detroit and 5.3" in Chicago.

I live a few blocks away from the Detroit river. On clear days if walking along the riverfront (and depending where you are) you can see Canada to not only the East but also the South.

You should start posting Joe bastardi tweets side-by-side with bam wx tweets. It would be like a virtual debate.

Jealous. I know you were do after some lean years pre 2019(?) but you are making up now. Last saw over a foot of the ground here in Feb 2018.

I don't care if ORD was at 0.0, I always said January is too early to talk all time season futility. I mean the longer you go the more abysmal the winter itself will be, but for a place that can see accumulating snow easily into mid April and sometimes beyond, just too much can happen.

Hope it gets better for you. It's bound to. That's got to be one of the biggest screwholes of Michigan this season. Usually finds a way to balance out. We have not covered all the grass tips either in January, have had multiple days with 1" on the ground but not more than that. In December we had probably about 10 days were all the grass was fully covered. Today our inch is a glacier and the shoveled or plowed snow from yesterday like boulders. My call for this event 2 days before the event was 2-5" for here and 8-12" for my brother who lives in downtown Chicago. I usually go conservative as i never follow the kuchera maps or anything like that. For instance on Christmas I told my family we would probably end up with 1-2 so disregard calls for only flurries, but I ended up busting low by more than double. This event however I ended up with 1.3" and my brother estimates around 4" which is more or less confirmed by mcmillan. Onto the next one, get this one out of the memory bank.

you are my twin lol. only for Toronto instead of Detroit

It does get very open down in Northwest Ohio. My absolute favorite Winter, 2013-14, when snow depths approached 2 feet in February here in the southern part of the Detroit area, there were snow drifts in rural Monroe county to the top of barns. The wind down there just gets brutal and I imagine the same was in Northwest Ohio, as the peak depth at TOL in 2014 was "only" 13". Some of the better winters for snow depth in Toledo in your time would be 19" - Jan 1978 16" - Feb 1982 15" - Feb 2015 14" - Dec 2000 13" - Feb 2014 12" - Dec 1974, Feb 1985, Jan 2009, Feb 2010, Feb 2011

Actually February 1st 2015 was not far off of that scenario. Chicago- 19.3" South Bend- 15.7" Detroit- 16.7" Toledo- 12.0". I would bet money that the picture your thinking of was from March 1900. Several large snowstorms traversed the region bringing record snow depths. Feb 28/Mar 1, 1900 storm dropped 20.2" in Toledo and 14.0" in Detroit...4 days later a 2nd storm dropped 3.0" at Toledo and 16.1" at Detroit!

Do you have a link for the cips analog? I always see people mention them but don't have a link.

Hopefully we get our mojo back in February lol. Finished with 1.3" of snow here with 0.16" liquid. Season to date 18.5" but just 4.7" in January. The mix of freezing rain & snow made it a popsicle/slurpee kind of day. The snow piles will be frozen glaciers by morning.

As long as the block doesn't pull a stormfanaticind and repel all the precip, id definitely imagine we are good for all or mostly snow here. What kills me is I can't believe how model consensus is meaning nothing this year. I mean it's not like this event is on one or two models. There's lots of consensus on some sort of storm this weekend. What will happen? Who the hell knows.

This ones all about latitude. pretty much has nothing to do with the glacial ridge lol. Honestly can't remember the last time we had a classic dry slot like today. its been a while. Should be a popsicle later.

I told my brother yesterday that he should end up in the 8-12" range because of LES. he said he has like 3 to maybe 4.

Not so sure if it would be a slop fest yet, obviously way too early to tell but it is coming off of several cold days so ground temps should not be in issue id think.

Today's inch puts me at 18.2" on the season. I did not have a 6+ storm in 15-16 however it's been quite a run this century. Not having a 6+ snowstorm in a season is not unheard of at all but lately it pretty much is. Lots of time left but we will see what happens. As of now my biggest storm is 4.3". Should that hold which, which I sure as hell hope it doesn't and don't think it will, that would be my smallest "biggest storm" for a season since I began measuring 26 years ago. 19-20: 3 18-19: 1 17-18: 2 16-17: 1 15-16: 0 (biggest 5.0) 14-15: 1 (big dog finally) 13-14: 6 (to have a time machine) 12-13: 1 11-12: 0 10-11: 3 09-10: 2 08-09: 2 07-08: 2 06-07: 1 05-06: 2 04-05: 5 03-04: 0 (biggest 5.8) 02-03: 2 01-02: 2 00-01: 2