michsnowfreak

Just awesome out here tonight. Heaviest snow rates I've seen in a while. Thundersnow in spots.

I did not see thundersnow but I was out driving it and you could not see anything. Picked up 3" in the 1st 1.5 hours as a 15 minutes ago

can't see anything driving. it's awesome. easily 2+/hr in that band

omg talk to text acting up

Snow literally came in like a wall of heavy snow just as models advertised. Snow literally came in like a wall of heavy snow just as models advertised. Sticking immediately to pavement and it's not even wet snow, looks more powdery.

Thanks! I was thinking northern lower since it's closer.

Hope you feel better. Too bad your sick this could be one where you really want to video the rates

model huggers never learn

that's sarcasm I hope lol. It's gonna rip snow and will probably end as drizzle. Even conservative DTX said that

Heavy snow band looks to roll through the Detroit area between 7 and 10:00 p.m. this evening

New York would be fun during a storm but afterward your talking about a bunch of dirty snow & immediate melting. Brother lives in Chicago, theyve been kind of due, esp on the lakeshore, so I can't hate. Jokes aside the entire state of Michigan should be a frozen Winter wonderland but I really think some of the Lake effect could be epic in spots.

Incredibly I saw thundersnow 3 times during the 2007-08 Winter and that was after being royally screwed on the actual January 1st storm. Also saw thundersnow GHDI but not GHDII (even tho ghdI saw 10" and ghdII saw 17"). I also saw it February 20, 2014 and with a squall Feb 1 2017. I believe that was the last time.

will Gaylord proper be too far east? supposed to head north in a few weeks. What would you recommend is the best spot based on the upcoming setup?

could be really heavy snow for a few hours this evening. Snow will probably end as drizzle then flash freeze.

I agree. Everything is all over the place with location, intensity, timing, etc. The one good constant is an active pattern seems likely.

TWC should have been here Nov 11 last year.. That was a historic storm for its time of year (8-12" Detroit area, up to 18" in the thumb after les). Definitely different strokes for different folks. When the weather is boring my weather fix is looking at old stats/weather data, trying to find pictures, news articles, etc. I would consider Michigan one of the least "stagnant" areas of weather because it's usually active. Not necessarily big storms but unsettled weather in the Great Lakes is far more common than elsewhere. The zzzz stretch that encompassed much of January was quite rare. As for deep snow? it's going to vary on year. in the past 20 years, 9 winters saw deeper snow in Detroit than Chicago with 8 winters Chicago seeing deeper (3 were a tie). 10 winters Detroit saw deeper than NYC and 10 NYC saw deeper. As you would expect, Detroit saw the most days with snow on the ground, followed by Chicago, then new york. The takeaway is ALL 3 of those places (and im sure many more) have seen far more frequent double digit snow depth the past few decades than climatology would suggest. The only thing that sucks more than crappy winters is crappy winters after you've been spoiled. What's really funny is that with an active pattern going forward it is absolutely attainable for Detroit to finish above avg snow

While we have maintained a very light snowcover for most of the past 2 weeks, clearly earlier winter was better. However going forward looks like the best of winter is yet to come.

One of The Weather Channel guys wasn't Detroit for the February 9, 2018 snowstorm. Friend of mine who works downtown saw him while they were doing one of their segments. I honestly don't even know what channel The Weather Channel is on my cable network lol.

can't get hung up on individual op model runs

What about thundersnow?

nam shows very heavy snow for a few hours.

I bought a snowblower this fall because I have such a big driveway that the heavy snowfalls are a bit much, a few last Winter were downright chores and it was the selling point for me. I've only used the snowblower once, December 1st, although I have shoveled many times.

So many event threads lol. You love to see it though

That was 2014 here. There was nowhere to put the snow so every corner had massive snow banks which caused a lot of angry drivers who couldn't see. I didn't mind lol

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