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The added SPECI for snow start and stop helps fluff things up but ya, its been busy. Last month I almost had as many SPECI as METAR

28 here last month during a snowstorm/squall day, the most anyone has had in the records we had going back to 2016.

I had 18 SPECI yesterday, that was a bit of hard money

With the snow today its 21 days in a row with snow here at DTW. I am tired

Has someone in this subforum not gotten snow?

Their snowfall total included sleet accumulation. It wasn't just snow. Sleet counts as snowfall accumulation when you measure at a FAA facility for NWS climate data. Most of the time the ratio will fall at around 3:1 as Roger reported above. I have measured snow before at 2 separate stations here in MI in the past, so I have direct experience in this.

Their 6.9" report gels with everything around them.

The snow amount for DCA is right.

Correct Fozz, it's like my snow totals in SEMI vs where the White Lake office is. There is a higher elevation away from the water.

The last SWO at DCA was MR and you are incorrect here. They actually hand measure snow.

Hi, so this isn't to stir up anything but I just wanted to address this post and a couple others. I know there have been issues in the past at DCA but the current SWO there isn't the one from the past. The current SWO is a former coworker of mine who I helped train to observe. I trust his number fully as he worked 2 shifts over the weekend as well. The microclimate of the Potomac River Valley does play here though. I wouldn't expect DCA to have as high of a value as IAD or BWI considering their locations. I just wanted to help address this issue a bit since I know some of the information and I have seen what has been done there in the past with respect to snow measuring.

Is there an expectation of a 20" storm here? There has only been 1 since 1880 and it was in 1886. 1 in Flint in 67 and 2 in Saginaw in 67 and 78. This isn't a location that even remotely sniffs 20" storms ever. Boston does because they have the luxury of the ocean and Nor'easters. This isn't a reservation on you just on the discussion in general. I don't know why the same people bring this up seemingly every year and multiple times a year. It is like they never read climo for the region.

4.8" at home 4.9" here at Metro. Not the biggest storm but not bad and this storm had a decent amount of liquid so it won't just melt or sublimate away quickly.

Its snowing here 7 hours ahead of schedule and already down to 2SM at DTW, under 5dBZ radar returns. I smell an overperformer coming.

Lol, no Clinton Township is not getting a dusting. Also aren't you in Florida, you aren't getting snow there.

Nah this is a good point, any snow we get today will help keep the column moistened for the brunt of the storm tomorrow. With it so cold outside right now we will inevitably be fighting dry air.

It will be more than that but those 2 counties and Wayne might be warning criteria if the overnight models are to be believed, did have a positive shift back north some.

Trending the way it has today sucks, I guess its turning into another boring 2-4 maybe 3-6.

Unlike Joe, I do think Chicago cashes in, but more than like by means of lake effect.

I would add most of KS/MO/IL/rest of IN/and most of S MI east of 23 or south of 94

Euro nudged back up locally and the AIEuro definitely went up. Everything tells you what you should already know, toss the GFS's garbage ass.

Perfectly content with where I sit currently, all but the GFS are hitting us with around 6-10"

It does look like the clipper train could at least keep things wintry through the next week, remains to be seen how much accumulates, down wind of the lakes should win either way though.

Going to be a bit boring here with some rain.

This run of the GFS had a very wide sleet zone for some reason. I feel like it's going to either be snow or freezing rain, with very minimal sleet.