michsnowfreak

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

we will easily see 2"+with the first wave alone. 1.7 as of 10 mins ago....I suspect we see a storm total of 10" or so by tmrw morning.

Use this afternoon's forecast as an example. Yet another winter weather advisory issued. Must be the 10th one this winter lol. Even with their lowball forecast of nearly 8" of snow for Detroit they are still going advisory over warning

They do this all the time and I don't understand why. They are notorious for lowballing, both DTX and GRR. They are so advisory happy all the time. Grand Rapids is actually even worse. They get a wind blowing off Lake Michigan and theyre issuing an advisory for an inch of Lake effect snow, then they get a storm to drop 8" of snow they also issue an advisory.

lol DTX going advisory from midnight tonight thru noon Tuesday with 1-2 tonight/tmrw morning plus 3-6 tmrw night/tues morning. So essentially an advisory for 4-8". God forbid there's that break in the snow lol, I have seen East Coast cities consider 3 and 4 day snow totals 1 "storm" despite full 24 hour breaks of nothing. We will see what they say in the morning

Or they would issue a tropical storm warning for like a cat 3 hurricane and then upgrade to hurricane warning the last 2 or 3 hours of the storm.

DTX is gun shy about everything. I can't count over the years how many warning criteria snowfalls either had an advisory or an advisory where they upgraded to a warning the last hour or 2 of the storm lol. Last warning was 1-18-20. Should have had a warning 2-26-20. That said nothing has been really warning criteria this season, just lots of advisories. Could almost argue for a snow squall warning over advisory for the insane band 2-4-21.

Probably not. We all know how they are with warnings lol.

There are plenty of posters on this board from the Columbus, Cleveland, and Toronto areas. Some Buffalo too.

It's not going to avoid the Great Lakes region

Wait til.....tomorrow. it's a winter wonderland outside but beneath the glistening snow it's probably like a 7 layer cake lol. layer after layer of compressed light snowfalls.