It's been nice to look out our windows and see solid white so much this winter compared to recent ones. 38 days with snow cover on 1/12 - not too shabby. I'm a snow cover/depth hound myself. Had a break here, but snow's about to pick-up again..
My forecast up until 24 hrs out, was for 1". Then they bumped me to 2" with a 10% risk of 3" which I ended up scoring. Late-game rally for the win! Had 1/2" this morning, and it's been on/off decent rates this pm. Stacking it at 27F
Year of the Clipper! Seriously. Posted before my confidence is elevated when these come my way. Finished on the over-achiever list with a solid 3" here.
Not too much. I work in NMI, but live in Mid-Mich. With this little event, might have 1.5-ish now here in Clare Cnty. Much more at work ofc 45 miles north and at least on the edge of the snowbelt.
Thanks, they're the ONLY thing that have delivered here in mby, so I'm quite optimistic actually. Also, this is not coming as much due south from the arctic dryness. Oh, and btw, whatever the NAM's smoking I wouldn't mind this for Friday either
Ofc, I will gladly take any synoptic snow that Friday wants to deliver, but Sunday night/Monday clipper has my attention, and apparently GRR's as well:
- Another snow event Sunday night into Monday
Yet another low is forecast to move northeast into our area from
the Mid Mississippi valley on Monday. Several inches of
accumulation look possible with this system.
I got what your original posting focus was, but others thought you just meant snowfall vs bigger storm winners/losers. 3/3/23 was my only quality storm in NW Wayne burbs during my 3 winters there fwiw.
You've done better than me up here, lol. Just under 2" fell, then strong winds have blown the lake fluff in any open area plus the usual fast compaction. If it weren't for clipper hits, I might have less snow than @michsnowfreak has to date.
Uhm, SMI just had up to 2 INCHES liquid last weekend. Which is precip last time I checked. We've suffered horrible temp pattern as much or more than a lack of moisture.
That late 70's hang-over winter. I ofc have mentioned it more than once. Why do people remember the tri-fecta 77/78/79 winters more than any other single winter? Because, even if 2 of 3 weren't great snow seasons for DTW, those winters were making headlines in nearby places like Buffalo and Chicago. Those winters scored a lot of historic news headlines for our region, tho as you've said, Detroit was never the bullseye as in 13-14.
My Feb 2015: 26.9" snow, CAT-4 Big Dog storm, Blizzard, and five days with dbl-digit below zero readings. An honest to goodness winter month if ever there was one. I'd gladly take a repeat. Edit - forgot to mention excellent deep snow cover thrown in for good measure.
CPC with a slight risk of a heavy snow swath on their 8-14 day map. That's as high as you can go for now. As posted, these windows have flashed before and didn't work out. Have to give it some time to trend better or join the scrap heap of prior fails.
IF this manages to thread the needle, it would be crazy short considering the drums were beat that it would be ruining winter. Finally lost my snow this morning. I expected it to be gone b4 Christmas a week ago.
Not setting any records (imby), but yeah, it's been cold with at least some snow cover 24 days since the arctic intrusion at Thanksgiving. And I have 5-5 1/2" depth for my Whitest Christmas in 7 yrs. Hard to complain with this past decade of duds.
Awaiting a final call but pretty sure I went AN for the season after today's storm. Iirc when this system was first flashed it was just a rainer here so score one for #winter
My coldest December morning (-10F) since December of 2013 downstate. We took the "cold cake" in GRR's CWA. I'm in a low spot down at lake level vs what they show for Harrison. The "hoar frost" was impressive but I wasn't dressed to go out and snag a photo.
-3F here attm. The Clipper held together pretty well for a lot of S and Central Mich. And with the bulk falling over night, it wasn't trashed by traffic and salt trucks so the parking lot piles are unusually pristine white and it's been cold so remain fresh. Not record setting, but so much better than most of our Dec's of late. Despite a couple torchy thaws, all the lakes are ice and snow covered. Not sure about large ones like Houghton but the lakes here I see daily.