A-L-E-K Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 Nothing close to this will ever happen again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundersnow12 Posted November 12, 2013 Author Share Posted November 12, 2013 any links to vids of your talks anywhere TSnow? Tried finding them...but no luck....the white lawn got me in the mood to re-live some of the glory days of GHD.... Here ya go sir. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DsEj8CEwnU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonger Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 Nothing close to this will ever happen again. This type of event is nearly a 1 in 15 year event for your area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundersnow12 Posted November 12, 2013 Author Share Posted November 12, 2013 This type of event is nearly a 1 in 15 year event for your area. Eh. Much greater than that IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonger Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 That storm was a huge bust for my area, like 6 inches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonger Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 Eh. Much greater than that IMO. 2011-1999-? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 This type of event is nearly a 1 in 15 year event for your area. It was very comparative to 1/1-1/3/1999 in my book. So about 12 years between both storms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 This type of event is nearly a 1 in 15 year event for your area. More like a 1 in 25 year event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonger Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 More like a 1 in 25 year event. Its a 1-100 year event here, since we haven't cracked the 20 inch mark in probably 90 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilbertfly Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 Thanks TSnow!!! I shall watch after we put the rats to bed tonight! The breadth of this storm region wide makes it a 1 in 25 year event if not more IMO.....but in terms of inches IMBY-ish, I could see it happening every 10 to 15 years on average....or least I hope to lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 More like a 1 in 25 year event. I'd agree with that, just because there was a 12 year difference doesn't make it a 1 in 12 year event like someone is trying to elude to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 I'd agree with that, just because there was a 12 year difference doesn't make it a 1 in 12 year event like someone is trying to elude to. I was saying both storms can be in the same category. haha I agree with the 1 in 25 year event statement. Probably a near 18" storm with lack of wind is a 1 in 15 year event here. Lake Michigan skews those categories though, due to the lake enhancement. I guess you have to go with the wind factor and sustained blizzard conditions factor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 Yeah probably a 1 in 20-30 year kind of event. We've had a few storms that locally were just about as good, but those two events were much smaller in overall size. Those two were the Dec 87 blizzard and the Jan 95 blizzard. The '11 blizzard was an absolute powerhouse of a system that had a huge swath of very heavy snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 The sleet storm was fun and all but no way I would be sticking around for that again. I wonder what the return rate is for 4" of sleet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonger Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 My non weather interested wife went to the window in the morning and said, "Is this it?" 18-24 inches verified with 6. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 Its a 1-100 year event here, since we haven't cracked the 20 inch mark in probably 90 years.Several areas cracked 20" December 1, 1974. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 My non weather interested wife went to the window in the morning and said, "Is this it?" 18-24 inches verified with 6. Was it dry air that short changed eastern MI? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 My non weather interested wife went to the window in the morning and said, "Is this it?" 18-24 inches verified with 6. Surprised you only got 6". Got 10" here though obviously it was a disappointment. DTX forecast like 10-16" I believe, never 18"+, but we would have had an unheard of snowpack if we had 18-24" (had 6" on the ground before the storm and the snows that followed the storm). Quite a shame that one of Detroits snowiest months on record has the taint of beginning with a bust. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 Was it dry air that short changed eastern MI?I don't remembrr what it was. All I know is it was only my 3rd favorite snowstorm that MONTH I did see a bit of thundersnow the evening of Feb 1st, but it didn't compare to the whiteouts with the February 5th storm or thr whiteouts & tremendous thundersnow with the February 20th storm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpartyOn Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 My non weather interested wife went to the window in the morning and said, "Is this it?" 18-24 inches verified with 6. Lol, thats what she said. Literally :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 The sleet storm was fun and all but no way I would be sticking around for that again. I wonder what the return rate is for 4" of sleet. 1 in 50 years maybe more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 The sleet storm was fun and all but no way I would be sticking around for that again. I wonder what the return rate is for 4" of sleet. Hopefully the last time I will ever see sleet drifting like that. If it's a 1-in-50 year event, I'll be over 100 Lol, thats what she said. Literally :-) Bwahaha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckeye Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 We were forecasted to get a crippling icestorm. In fact the governor even delivered a special statement warning all of us to be prepared. We had about 2 hours of heavy freezing rain which switched to plain cold rain. I'm not sure if this storm had a significant icestorm portion to it or not. Seems like it was mostly rain, heavy sleet, or snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowstorms Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 That storm was a huge bust for my area, like 6 inches. Lmao dont even get me started -_- A blizzard warning and mass media hype to turn into nothing but a regular snowstorm you would typically see every Winter season with amounts no higher than 10-12". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nwohweather Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 This storm turned into the Blizzard of '67 essentially, lower amounts than expected towards the east because of the dry slot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 I don't remembrr what it was. All I know is it was only my 3rd favorite snowstorm that MONTH I did see a bit of thundersnow the evening of Feb 1st, but it didn't compare to the whiteouts with the February 5th storm or thr whiteouts & tremendous thundersnow with the February 20th storm. It was a dryslot. T-snow posted this on p.4. http://www.americanwx.com/bb/index.php/topic/26126-2011-ghd-blizzard-images-for-ams-talk/?p=1186321 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 Was it dry air that short changed eastern MI? Dryslot from hell.. Clipped a slew of areas ( even here but not as bad as out that way and thus total of 14" here ) in S.MI. I was saying both storms can be in the same category. haha I agree with the 1 in 25 year event statement. Probably a near 18" storm with lack of wind is a 1 in 15 year event here. Lake Michigan skews those categories though, due to the lake enhancement. I guess you have to go with the wind factor and sustained blizzard conditions factor. Prior to 1999 was 1979 and 1967. I still think 67 makes GHD look like a joke as the 18+ totals was alot more widespread. 67 was probably the 100yr storm for these parts.. Granted 78 makes a great case as well.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 This storm turned into the Blizzard of '67 essentially, lower amounts than expected towards the east because of the dry slot It is not in the same league as 67.. Besides the wideapread 18+ totals there was also a massive ( crippling ) ice storm for a slew of areas.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 Dryslot from hell.. Clipped a slew of areas ( even here but not as bad as out that way and thus total of 14" here ) in S.MI. Prior to 1999 was 1979 and 1967. I still think 67 makes GHD look like a joke as the 18+ totals was alot more widespread. 67 was probably the 100yr storm for these parts.. Granted 78 makes a great case as well.. It's noteworthy that as you work your way down in snow accumulations numbers - you don't have to go very far down in inches before you start seeing storms every 3 years or so that produce around 15", 16" around here and southern WI. Outside of lake effect, it is really hard to get a storm to produce over 20". Coastal zones it's no problem in the NE, but the Midwest... it's hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonger Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 I love the wrap around LES, just to pad a bit on at the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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