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Made it to 56 here today with light winds, full sun...felt really nice.  Opened the windows for some fresh air. Hopefully done with the white stuff.

Nice day albeit a bit breezy, 49 for the high.  Snow cover becoming patchy.  Should hear the swamp peepers any day now.

16 hours ago, bowtie` said:

I bet your chickens would flip your pros and cons.

A chicken needs two things to be happy, food and water.  A rooster needs three.

1 hour ago, Met1985 said:

I give this winter a D. Some cold weather but too little snow. 

How much did you receive vs your average?

I'll go with a D+.

cons:

100" below avg

brown Christmas

persistent thaws

pros:

30+ inch storm in January which had a blizzard warning (55 inches for the month)

Blizzard a few days ago

Sunny with a forecast high of 50 today should accelerate the melt, still a dense 14 inches otg.  Interesting to see most lakes in the UP are ice free with the exception of Marquette County and the tip of the Keweenaw.  That could change today.

11 hours ago, michsnowfreak said:

What was your deepest snow this season?

31 inches during that 2 week stretch of winter in mid January.

Here's some bigger totals I've been able to find so far.  I'm sure MQT will post event totals later today.

Eagle Mine co-op 9sw Big bay- 33" 

My house- 28"

Herman co-op- 28" (2.10 LE- average ratio 13:1) a little sus with that ratio.

Ishpeming NWS employee 24"

Nat'l Mine NWS employee 24"

MQT office 19" (3.25" LE- average ratio 5.8:1)

Champion co-op- 17.5" (3.27 LE- average ratio 5.3:1)

Just now, Stebo said:

How are the chickens handling all of this?

Snug as a bug.

4 hours ago, Stebo said:

Marquette yesterday ended up with 14" of snow on 2.40" of liquid. Talk about a complete cement job.

MQT's total as of this morning 7 am 19" 3.25 LE

Got dumped on here last night.  

Haven't been out yet but getting ready to start clearing snow.  Just looking out, it's deep.  Snowed all night.

Solid band of snow has been parked here along the higher terrain ridge for a few hours now. Should do well tonight. I do notice it’s a bit west of the weather office so idk how they’ll fare.

1 hour ago, michsnowfreak said:

Beautiful. The storm sure was a dud outside of the higher elevations/huron mountains (and even there, much lower than forecast).

For sure. Herman over to Eagle Mine to my area received a foot overnight, with me seeing another 8 today. Herman and Eagle mine will report in the morning their totals for today. South east of here Mqt received 8.3 overnight and 6.1 today with a LE of 2.5”.

if in fact I see 6-8 tonight I will exceed the 2 foot mark so still a great late season storm. MQT might break 20” as well. Had ratios been the 10:1 expected, the bigger totals would have panned out here in the higher terrain. Marquette the city was just a bust all together. 

Blizzard warning replaced this afternoon with a wsw for 6-8 inches tonight as snow has picked back up the past couple hours after a lull this afternoon.  Ratios today were closer to 6-7:1 so totals will be much lower than forecast but the snow is extremely dense.  A couple pics from earlier today.

Went out for a quick measure on the drive.  Most models have another 15-18".  Looking at webcams down in Marquette, there's little to no accumulation.  Same from talking to a friend in Big Bay. Snowbelt here getting hammered.

8 hours ago, Brian D said:

Didn't you have a big one last year on Mayday? Record snow for May I thought.

Yes, May 2nd and 3rd just under 3 feet fell.  It was a very damaging storm tree wise.

Been coming down heavy all night.  Just glancing out, from what I can see looks like at least 10 inches has fallen.  Point has up to 24 more in total with the morning AFD stating another 10-12 possible by early afternoon. Winds have been gusty but nothing out of hand, at least here. 

Stoked the fire, gonna go back to bed for a while lol

12 minutes ago, Met1985 said:

Post lots of pics.  Would love to find a good webcam up there.

There’s several in Marquette, use to be one in Big Bay at the motel but none that I’m aware of up this way. This area and the area where the heaviest snow will fall is pretty remote

Somewhere in northern Marquette County is probably going to see 4 feet of snow.  Latest NAM isn't backing down on the insane totals like you'd normally see as an event gets closer.  12z to 18z upped my total from 44 to 50 inches with pretty much 10:1 ratios.  I'm as prepared as I can be.  Going to be an interesting 36 hours.

35 minutes ago, michsnowfreak said:

What's your seasonal total this year and  your annual average?

I've had around 125 inches.  My area averages around 250+ inches maxing out just northwest of here around Eagle Mine near 300 inches.

Winds on the increase but that's about it right now.

Marquette and Baraga counties upgraded to a blizzard warning before it's even started.

12z NAM has 44 inches here.   

Geni ready to go, tractor gassed up, firewood stocked, roast cooking.  Still need to run to town for a few things as I imagine roads out this way will be impassible for a couple days with tree damage.

NAM and FV3 caved and are def juiced.  40 and 51 inches verbatim with 4 to 5 inches LE.  If this even comes close to verifying, with the expected wind, it will be a crippling storm.

59 minutes ago, Lightning said:

I like to see this as it will help get the UP and northern WI with the Drought situation.

It does seem like the some of the biggest storms lately have been Spring. 

2 of the 5 years I live in the UP they had major Snowstorms April and May. 

Biggest was May 10, 1990 which closed NMU summer classes for the first time ever for snow.  Driving home from MTU a couple weeks late we could still see snow piles.

 

 

Every time there's a big late season snow, the "Mother's Day" storm of 1990 always comes up.  I believe Negaunee received 24 inches and apparently was all melted by late afternoon the following day.

A good chunk of models have 2-3 feet of snow by Thursday noon.  RAP pretty aggressive with 3 feet at the end of its run and still snowing. Seem to get these high qpf/wet snows every April.  Last year nearly 3 feet fell May 2nd and 3rd. If all goes according, this will push me over the 150 inch mark. Still around 100 inches below average however.

Got pretty nasty here last night between 8 and midnight. Had a two day total of 8".