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2 minutes ago, mimillman said:

Streets were pretty empty when we first got there. Whiteout conditions for the drive in

I think he means how isolated or widespread was the deeper snow you photographed.

12 inches of 18-20:1 ratio snow since 4 am yesterday.  Nice couple weeks of winter for most of the sub.

This morning.

West flow has kept things pretty quiet around here with just some flurries and light snow at times.  WWA issued tonight and Friday for up to 8 inches locally, some models indicate quite a bit more but we'll see.  With LE there's always surprises.

Lowest temp here at the house during this cold spell was -14 Tuesday morning.  The coldest daytime high was 3 degrees, same day.

Rhode Island Reds are very cold tolerant but once it's below zero, I feel it necessary to provide heat.  These nights I do not sleep.

Ended up with close to 30 inches here.  Beast of a storm.

2 minutes ago, bowtie` said:

That hurts just looking at. How long have/did you have blizzard conditions?

You'll be fine.

I'd say roughly 12 hours of solid blizzard conditions.  Things have waned considerably.

Went out long enough to collect eggs, measure, and snap a couple pics.  It's been snowing like hell for about 24 hours... another 3-5 possible before the flow backs more unfavorably.  

Estimating a little over 2' has fallen with a snow depth approaching 30 inches.

Total blizzard conditions.  I'd estimate 17-18" so far with another foot likely.

Some serious lake enhanced snow going on, temp down a degree to 24.  Flake size small, visibility almost non.

Storm starting to crank, upgraded to blizzard warning.

32 inches in the point and it's still going to be snowing.  Cloudy and calm with a few flurries.  Temp rose from 12 to 21 overnight.

4 minutes ago, bowtie` said:

When the chickens start staring at you and asking for the barbeque sauce, let us know.

It's quite the opposite.

Some partial clearing has allowed the temp to plummet to 13.  Forecast low was 16.  Temps def not an issue 

Expecting a 3-day total here in the 2 to 3 feet range.  Been down this road more than once living up this way.  Probably won't be able to get out to CR 510 for a couple days.

Just now, WestMichigan said:

Winter finally shows up in the UP

Averaging 60 inches below normal to date for this region

NAM at hour 60 shows just over 40 inches IMBY and still snowing.  I'd be satisfied with half.

Nice!

3 minutes ago, Imneversatisfied said:

NWS is only giving Alpena a 20% chance of 4" + and interior northern mi 80%. Stating closer to Lake Huron the greater chance of rain mix. Not sure if they are using NAM as usual to base forecast as ECMWF and GFS both moved the slp more south today. Time to thread the needle!

I've noticed the official forecasts are almost always a blend of models...verbatim pretty much.

This is basically the going forecast.

Thanks to lake enhancement and small shifts nw, looking better and better for a 6-10" snow around here. Ground solidly covered with 6.5 inches. Finally starting to look like the UP.

Palm is still here, lurking, waiting for the dust to settle. 

Model blend through first system and then the 10-day total.  Shifted north a tad from yesterday.

Light but persistent lake snow the past few days.  Haven't been measuring daily but there's 5 inches otg now.  High of 19 today.

NWS blend  

MQT:

In total of 6 monthly and 57 daily temperature and precipitation records were broken or tied during 2023 at our office in Negaunee Twp where records date back to 1961. Five of the monthly records and 35 of the daily records were associated with temperatures warmer than previously observed. Only three of the 35 warm daily temperature records occurred during meteorological summer (Jun - Aug), which is consistent with global observations of nighttime and cool season temperatures warming more rapidly. Despite the warmth, Upper Michigan’s northern location resulted in 10 of the 19 precipitation records being associated with snowfall including the new May daily snowfall record of 19.8 inches!