michsnowfreak

Looks fluffy. Ours was like sugar. Hardly settled at all, but fluff makes much better use of the liquid (qpf).

Curious, what is Wausau's seasonal avg?

Got 1.9" here, but it was sugary powder, not fluff, so with the lower ratios it was quite slippery and nice to see a winter wonderland return. Its a nice wintry day but Ill be glad to see Feb end. After a great 2nd half of Jan, Feb has seen almost every snow event locally hit areas to my north harder, and we have had an ice storm and wind storm to boot.

Wausau, Wisconsin did not have more than 1" of snow on the ground from December 9th all the way till January 22nd. Most days were 0 or T. Of course that is not normal, but neither is this February snow blitz they've been on. I'm sure if it had been in Chicago you would say, well this February is nice but look at how we had hardly any snow on the ground in December and January. And every time I reply to one of your posts I always have to remind you trust me I like the same kind of Winter you do I'm just realistic. I'm actually curious how I would grade a Winter personally such as the one that's gone on in say Minneapolis. February has been amazing but the remainder of Winter was terrible. I am always one about longevity of Winter over any specific gawdy numbers. Where cyclone is I would have given the terrible month long stretch in December into January a bit of a pass, though it still would count towards the grade, but Minneapolis is even crazier. Very weak Winter then all time February record snow. We've set a lot of snowfall records here the past 10 to 15 years, but I cannot recall a Winter so heavy towards one month.

We were in the jackpot zone several times since that, however youve definitely had a better winter than us this year. Been a frustrating winter but i guess everyone gets their turn lol. Most of the areas that have had a great winter have had a lot more frustration than us in recent years. Still, it doesnt mean we cant complain lol.

I'm hoping for a tick South. Not sure about it being the highest storm of the year though, so for thats 5.8" on January 19th.

I did not realize Toronto got snow with this one. How much?

The wind has been relentless now since about 9am yesterday morning. I don't think the wind gusts were maximized in their potential, in fact the peak wind gust at DTW was "only" 55 mph. However it's been gusty the whole time. Lots of flakes blowing in the wind but no real accum. I never lost power but I did lose a branch of my fir tree. Luckily my tree is very large so when looking at it it still looks fine but mother nature has pruned off a big branch in the March 2017 windstorm, some small branches in the March 1st snowstorm last Winter, a few small branches in the ice storm a few weeks ago and now one larger branch (thos) still nowhere near as large as 2017) yesterday. She needs to quit it lol

In 2016-17 there were quite a few white out bands from 94 that hit out this way. I remember Adam saying they skipped over Jackson but it literally brought me to basically average snowfall (i got 41.6") in a Winter were many areas to the north of Detroit had noticeably less. In our dream scenarios a few tweaks to the Lake would certainly paid dividends for Southern lower Michigan, however as a whole the Lake still helps more than it hurts in any Winter, good or bad.

Make that 1 good SNOW storm. My biggest snowstorm this Winter was 6.1", and it was a nice storm. MET winter has actually been quite active (snow, ice, rollercoaster) since mid Jan. The first half of met winter was trainwreck and no snowstorm in the world can make up for that. Im about long steady winters. Getting.a 3 foot snowstorm in march does not erase a brown December. That said....let it snow!

Tomorrow...supposedly. i was one day off, i shouldve said Jan 17-Feb 24 lol

I was in the upper peninsula a few weeks ago and I can concur. They may be the snowbelt, but the snow depths up there are far above what they normally are. Definitely an epic Winter up there for snow depth. They are benefiting from the roller coaster Winter that we are having further downstate. From Jan 17-Feb 23 i will have had 20" of snow, 3 ice storms, temp ranges of 56° to -15° and hurricane force winds. With each radical shift in the pattern, they just get more snow. When we torch and melt they get slammed with synoptics snow, when we snow they get slammed with LES, when we ice they get slammed with more synoptic snow.

While this Winter has been far from my preferred Winter, I can certainly say it's been active. From Jan 17-Feb 23 i will have had 20" of snow, 3 ice storms, temp ranges of 56° to -15° (wind chills -40°), and hurricane force winds.

Any old snow that remains on the ground In those spots will be glacier. Though I do agree that those winds with any snow could be crazy

Don't get me wrong I love our sub forum and we really have a good group here, easily the most drama free group in this entire forum I would have to imagine. Its just strange when you can see a New York City sub forum and then one that ranges across practically the entire center of the country lol

You are easily the snowiest place in the upper peninsula I would imagine. You should be an observer For the MQT NWS. I'm very proud of my continuous observational record, though I must say I honestly do not know how you would record snow depth. That's usually something that you have to take several averages of and your snow so ridiculously deep all you can do is put out a stake in your best guess of a location with minimal drifting or blowing because you sure as heck can't walk around in it every day to take several measurements if needed lol

I noticed the "snow moon" the other night too. I took this pic. It was much higher in the sky when i took the pic then your shot

It is rather strange. I'm seeing all these excited poster's comment in Minnesota, Iowa and Wisconsin and I'm thinking, where did they come from? I only thought we had 1 or 2 from each of those States. But when you think about it, many of these past winters, they did not have too much to talk about while we were getting slammed. Meanwhile they're talking about this like it's some great Winter (which for them it is) and im over here all meh. Certainly its not the worst and there have been a few exciting moments, but with all the fun that has happened the past 15 years, this Winter is going to slide wayyy down to the bottom of the memory bank as soon as it's over. Is this some weird anomaly? Not at all. It's to be expected that when one area does well another won't do as well and vice versa. It's going to be virtually impossible for this entire sub to be enjoying the same type of season (ie good or bad), which really does make you wonder why this huge sub isnt split further.

Its one of the most frustrating winters in a while here. The end result still isnt disaster or anywhere near futility, but between the northern suburbs getting several surprise heavy bands that evaded us south of Detroit, and the heavy snows to the west and north (the upper peninsula is having an epic snowpack the last 2 months), its frustration for sure. As i said in another thread...only 2 of the previous 11 seasons had below average snowfall here, we were due. Doesnt mean im not going to complain lol. And likewise...just because Iowa and Minnesota are getting hit over and over and over again, considering theyve had several subpar snow seasons the last decade, i will not hold this epic stretch for them as a "you cant complain" card when future misses hit there.

This month has been crazy with localized bands of snow in Detroits northern suburbs. That FGEN band pounded some areas last night, so those lucky to be in the band ended up with a fluffy 4 to 6.5" of snow. Frustrating in the southern burbs though. Here our snow started out sandy (even with some dippin dots snow pellets) and ended fluffy. Got 2.1" here and 2.2" at DTW. We keep scrapping along (26.0" on the season so far) but despite the fun that has been had JUST to my north, as well as across the western part of the subforum, still looks like we may be on the way to just our 3rd below avg snow season in the last 12 years. Still a lot of time left though. My work was right in that band, looked like 5-6" of fluff, and the difference in snow was crazy and very noticeable, with big fresh snowpiles everywhere. Whats also noticeable - the dreaded SUN ANGLE. I could not believe the melting that took place with temps below freezing. Sun angle talk is garbage when it comes to falling snow, but its definitely starting to affect fresh snow retention. HOME WORK

Reading through this thread it appears that the nature of this event is for lots of good busts and lots of bad busts depending on the area. Another event where even the now cast models can't really grasp exactly what's happening.

Usually Southeast Michigan is a great location for the kind of snows that keep hitting to our west and north. There have not been many huge non-Lake belt events that I can recall this Winter, just solid event after solid event after solid event for those areas. When rolling the dice though I would take a chance with a La Nina pattern because it all depends where the gradient steps up. This area saw between 70 and 100" of snow in 2007-08. In the past month I've seen 17" of snow, 3 ice storms, several rain events, and temperatures ranging from 56ﾟ to -15ﾟ. It's not been dull by any means but anything non-snow is not my cup of tea lol.

Actually last Winter was great here. Snowfall totals in Southeast Michigan range from 60 to 90". If this Winter finishes with below average snowfall, as I think it will here, it will be for just the 2nd time in the last 7 years and the 3rd time in the last 12 years. As much as i hate to admit it, weve been due.

The only snow here is piles although there is a thin crust in the northern suburbs. Regardless you have had a much better Winter and even though I always wish my backyard would jackpot, it is definitely well deserved for your area. It seems that I'm in a location where complete crap winters are very rare however even though I belong in this sub forum, I noticed that winters that are great in the northeast tend to be much better here than in your area, but winters that may really be great for much of the Midwest are just so so here, even though I am part of the Midwest. Lol sounds weird and I don't even know if I'm explaining it correctly, but it's something I've definitely noticed over the past 15 years or so.

How much did you have on the ground before today's snow?