gosaints Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 heavy snow now. dry slot will be a buzzkill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gosaints Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Rochester should do very well looks like dry slot will miss them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chitown Storm Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 P&C for St. Paul still shows 3-5" this afternoon and 6-10" tonight. No shot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimChgo9 Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Fog so thick, I can barely see the railroad tracks across the street.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Going with 1.2" snow here today, 1.2" DTW...very common amounts of 1-2" it appears. With the snow and rain, we have had 0.59" liquid fall at DTW thru 5pm, and thus far, the snowpack seems to be about exactly where it was this morning. Perhaps VERY negligible shrinkage. I suspect we will lose some tonight as temps briefly spike up, but hopefully not too much. To make it through the daylight hours losing essentially no snowpack is a definite bonus. Saw numerous vids on facebook of the thundersnow from this morning, but I like these 3 the best. somewhere in MICHIGAN http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvrPeN-9c3M DETROIT ANN ARBOR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Looks like that is it for now... did sleet/snow enough to cover up the shingles on the roof. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 check out the DTW obs from this mornings thundersnow from 10:45-11:53am: http://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/KDTW/2014/2/20/DailyHistory.html?req_city=NA&req_state=NA&req_statename=NA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 I shot this pic in back of work while the thundersnow was ongoing and turning to rain. I missed the big blinding flakes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 So the power's out now. Nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitelakeroy Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 Going with 1.2" snow here today, 1.2" DTW...very common amounts of 1-2" it appears. With the snow and rain, we have had 0.59" liquid fall at DTW thru 5pm, and thus far, the snowpack seems to be about exactly where it was this morning. Perhaps VERY negligible shrinkage. I suspect we will lose some tonight as temps briefly spike up, but hopefully not too much. To make it through the daylight hours losing essentially no snowpack is a definite bonus. Saw numerous vids on facebook of the thundersnow from this morning, but I like these 3 the best. check out the DTW obs from this mornings thundersnow from 10:45-11:53am: http://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/KDTW/2014/2/20/DailyHistory.html?req_city=NA&req_state=NA&req_statename=NA Wow they had 1.2" from 0.27 QPF ... nasty ratio there. Measuring was very time dependent even up here. I check just as it was changing to sleet & the monster flakes looked done there was about 3" and then 20 mins into sleet fest (sleet was mixed with rain) it was down to a heavy 2". My driveway as of 6 PM has ~1" left of solid mass from this mornings snow/sleet/rain. Once we go below freezing this snow pack is going to be a massive glacier!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hm8 Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 Wow they had 1.2" from 0.27 QPF ... nasty ratio there. Measuring was very time dependent even up here. I check just as it was changing to sleet & the monster flakes looked done there was about 3" and then 20 mins into sleet fest (sleet was mixed with rain) it was down to a heavy 2". My driveway as of 6 PM has ~1" left of solid mass from this mornings snow/sleet/rain. Once we go below freezing this snow pack is going to be a massive glacier!! Yeah the water content of our remaining snowpack is gonna be stupid high. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 Yeah the water content of our remaining snowpack is gonna be stupid high. I will take a core sample tomorrow. There is always a bit of runoff. As a theoretical example...say you had 10" of snow depth with 2.0" of water in it, you get 0.40" of 33-34F rain, and your snow depth remains at 10". You would assume it now has a water content of 2.4", but you take a core sample and its actually only 2.2". But its all picking and prodding at this point, the water content already is stupid high regardless lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAFF Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 I will take a core sample tomorrow. There is always a bit of runoff. As a theoretical example...say you had 10" of snow depth with 2.0" of water in it, you get 0.40" of 33-34F rain, and your snow depth remains at 10". You would assume it now has a water content of 2.4", but you take a core sample and its actually only 2.2". But its all picking and prodding at this point, the water content already is stupid high regardless lol. You are going to need a hole saw on a drill to get through the bottom layer of glacier ice on the snow.... I have been noticing the snow is melting down but the ice pack on the bottom is growing in thickness. Even more true in any area where water will stand and puddles form, this snow which survives will be comparable to the top layer of lake ice. Winter 2014 madness continues and is approaching the Principals list in grade scores. Sorry I messed this one up..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted February 21, 2014 Author Share Posted February 21, 2014 1.3" officially at YYZ yesterday. A success relative to what was expected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blizzardof96 Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 1.3" officially at YYZ yesterday. A success relative to what was expected. Barely any melting out there compared to what I had expected. We have a legit shot now of smashing the snow depth record for length. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted February 21, 2014 Author Share Posted February 21, 2014 Barely any melting out there compared to what I had expected. We have a legit shot now of smashing the snow depth record for length. That's the real goal. With the deep freeze next week I think it's going to be pretty easy just to get to the record. If we get a decent snowstorm in early March then you could add 10+ days to it which would pretty much put it out of the reach of any future winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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