michsnowfreak

Exactly lol. That is our classic snowstorm track.

The ensemble means look great for DTW

The snowfall sat night into yesterday (0.8" both here and DTW) was more reminiscent of an april snowfall. A beautiful scenic snowfall during the morning melted during the afternoon under a damp, uncomfortable mid-30s chill. But all eyes are on the extended...

Thanks! And I agree, high resolution/convection can put unrealistic amounts during snow squalls or thunderstorms.

I can only speak for myself, I haven't seen too much trash talking the Euro other than stebos comment and my response. Basically, years ago the Euro used to be the far superior model and recently it seems to not be. Not that it's extra bad or anything, but it's not that juggernaut it once was.

Storms like these can really be boom or bust

Yeah I was referring in general, not to any one specific storm. We will see if it locks in on a solution for Fri/Sat in the next few days or if it continues its huge shifts.

It actually is incredible how far the euro has fallen from its King status years ago.

Other items of interest about Friday/Saturdays storm. Its a different setup than Tuesday in that there's a ton of cold air lurking, unlike tuesday. But more interesting is that regardless of the low track, models seem to want to throw a lot of snow well to the east of the L, channeling blizzard of '99

I could not agree more about waiting til Thursday. Im always like that with any event. However I do disagree about Tuesdays storm. Outside of a rogue run or 2 this was always going to be a quick snow to rain scenario.

Ended up with 0.8" here.

Picked up 0.4" of snow as misty light snow fell all evening and overnight.

1978 for the conditions alone is rightfully a storm of lore, but total snowfall in Detroit was definitely a screw hole during that storm with around 9" from the storm and a snow depth of 15" following the storm. Obviously at face value thats great, but considering what happened all around us I actually get annoyed that thats the "go to" storm to talk about. A storm just over 3 years earlier in 1974 dropped 19.3" of heart attack wet snow and does not get nearly its due compared to '78. And of course, as I mentioned just above, Detroit just saw 16.7" GHDII setting the stage for historic cold in Feb 2015. That of course was the winter after the record season snowfall snowfall of 94.9" when snowdepth locally obliterated 1978. Back OT, whatever does happen Friday and Saturday, frigid cold is lurking right behind it. So this really could be an old fashioned winter blast if all goes well.

I wouldn't call January 6th nearly mid-January. I don't live on the East coast either, but not sure what your vendetta is against them.

Those are neat pics!

Detroit had 16.7" Feb 1/2, 2015.

It was more historic in the Ohio Valley. definitely a bit of a cold winter here, but snowfall itself was not impressive. There was a decent snowpack.

A fierce blizzard. although only 5 inches of snowfall at Detroit temperatures plummeted to −16°.

At Detroit, it was 6 inches of snow plus ice. The winter of 1978-79 actually had below average snowfall in Detroit (35.6"), while Chicago had records snowfall. Still with the bitter cold and snowcover it was a pretty harsh winter.

Ten years ago, we had 16 inches of snow on the ground, -50° wind chills, and did not know at the time, but it was only the beginning.

10 years ago, today, we had −50° wind chills, 16" of snow on the ground... and it was only the beginning.

Of course I'm jealous of our Chicago friends for Tuesday, but it's really looking to me similar to our March 3rd storm. It will be fun as hell when it's ongoing but there's really no cold air with it or behind it. However, whatever does happen next Friday and Saturday, there's a ton of cold air on its heels. Definitely potential.

I'm just expecting slop here, much more interested in the following storm. I feel this will be Chicago's version of the heavy wet snow paste jobs Detroit got last January 25th and March 3rd.

Only 1 week of model mayhem to go. It's funny that 7 days out, the Euro, GFS, and Canadian are shockingly similar. Im sure as we get closer they will diverge more.

I'm cautiously optimistic, but yes, the parade of systems is beautiful to look at. Just hope that when the cold gets here we have a nice extended stretch of deep winter. give me a beautiful blanket of snow and the cold and freezing lakes, and I'll be happy. The modelled cold the 2nd half of January is actually quite impressive on the long-range ensembles.