daddylonglegs Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 What was the largest negative anomaly in the US for Feb 15th. Climate sites only. Lansing was -32 Do they grow a lot of fruit around Lansing? That kind of cold will even start damaging some apples. Up to a mild 10F now...midnite it was -5F. South winds and snow brought it up pretty quick. About an inch of white fluff here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitelakeroy Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Do they grow a lot of fruit around Lansing? That kind of cold will even start damaging some apples. Up to a mild 10F now...midnite it was -5F. South winds and snow brought it up pretty quick. About an inch of white fluff here. Last winter many peach trees in MI were damaged/killed. My local orchard lost all of them and had to take them out. In fact the Romeo Peach Festival (around dmc) had to have peaches shipped in from out of state. None of the apples were damaged last winter so I think we should be OK though last night here was brutal being -20 to -30F. Some of the non-native ones could have been damaged at those temps like the peaches last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McDude Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Wind whipped -SN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TugHillMatt Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Do they grow a lot of fruit around Lansing? That kind of cold will even start damaging some apples. Up to a mild 10F now...midnite it was -5F. South winds and snow brought it up pretty quick. About an inch of white fluff here. They grow a lot of fruit in the area that I live in. The area along Lake Michigan tends to be more suitable because the lake gives us a deeper snowpack to protect the plants more, and it usually protects us from the bitter cold. Many areas here along the lakeshore got to -10 to -20 below though. On another note, winter weather advisory here for another 3 to 5 inches of lake enhanced snow tonight. I'll have close to 2.5 feet on the ground by the end of the weekend! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Take out the Superbowl storm, I've received 0.1" of snow this month. Models show no precip through the end of the month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Take out the Superbowl storm, I've received 0.1" of snow this month. Models show no precip through the end of the month. Starting to remind me of 2011 when we were done with winter after the GHD storm. Hope this doesn't mean we'll have to wait till 2019 to get another 6"er lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Picked up 0.7" of fluff this afternoon. Temperature rising up towards 20° this evening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 A winter to remember along the Oh river area. some very impressive snow depths for that area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitelakeroy Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 A winter to remember along the Oh river area. some very impressive snow depths for that area. That map is not too accurate for lower MI at least not my area or around Allegan or Bloomingdale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 That map is not too accurate for lower MI at least not my area or around Allegan or Bloomingdale. too much or too little? while it isn't a 100%, I've found it to be pretty accurate, especially areas with observers reporting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitelakeroy Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 too much or too little? while it isn't a 100%, I've found it to be pretty accurate, especially areas with observers reporting. Too little ... MBY has a good 16" snow pack right now while that shows <12" and in SW MI in LES snow belts west of 131 the 20"-30" range would be more much more accurate. Many area in SE MI it would be more accurate to be in the 12-16" range with some 16-20" speckled in particularly in the known hills areas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Too little ... MBY has a good 16" snow pack right now while that shows <12" and in SW MI in LES snow belts west of 131 the 20"-30" range would be more much more accurate. Many area in SE MI it would be more accurate to be in the 12-16" range with some 16-20" speckled in particularly in the known hills areas. well officially as of today Grand Rapids has a reporting depth of 8", Muskegon 19", Lansing 9", Kzoo 10.5", Battle Creek 10.8", Jackson 9.4", Houghton Lake 12", Holland 10.4", and even S Bend's (14") reporting station on the far west side on the county actually lines up great with the map, and these were the areas this week that got the heavier snow. I'm sure there are higher numbers than that tho, but the depth map matches up pretty well with thos co-op reports. And Josh says around a foot and it goes nice with the map too. Are there any co-op stations near you? Maybe Blackrock can report his depth as well. I'm trying to do a seasonal report on the snow depth of MI so any info would be great. I've been relying heavily on co-op sites and this map through the season. Interestingly here is the weeks worth of snowfall totals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Made it up to the freezing mark, which is right where we are now. Only melting is on some of the paved areas, but not much. Still a good 5-6" of arctic crust that looks like it's about 100yrs old out there. Had a few flurries this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 FWA got 2.5" today which puts their seasonal total at 34.7", which is right at their seasonal normal. Anything else that falls from here on out is just gravy. I managed a 3.5" lolli IMBY, but I'm still over 2 1/2" behind FWA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 well officially as of today Grand Rapids has a reporting depth of 8", Muskegon 19", Lansing 9", Kzoo 10.5", Battle Creek 10.8", Jackson 9.4", Houghton Lake 12", Holland 10.4", and even S Bend's (14") reporting station on the far west side on the county actually lines up great with the map, and these were the areas this week that got the heavier snow. I'm sure there are higher numbers than that tho, but the depth map matches up pretty well with thos co-op reports. And Josh says around a foot and it goes nice with the map too. Are there any co-op stations near you? Maybe Blackrock can report his depth as well. I'm trying to do a seasonal report on the snow depth of MI so any info would be great. I've been relying heavily on co-op sites and this map through the season. Interestingly here is the weeks worth of snowfall totals. 21_Feb_2015_aweekofsnow(1).jpg Snow depth per the various spotters ranges from 6 to 16" in southeast Michigan right now. The HUGE majority of sites though are between 9-13". Snow cores are 1-3" of water. Officially Flint has 8", Ann Arbor 11", Saginaw 11", Detroit 12", White Lake 13". I have 13". Keep in mind, obviously much like last winter (not quite as bad this year, but still)...it is very difficult to average snow depth because its SO variable. Its one thing to measure in various places, but after so much blowing and drifting, compacting, melting during that thaw weekend..its just all over the place, so you have to pick the BEST average to your best ability and go from there. One thing I will say...that map didnt look to bad, but wtf was up with northern Kentucky? They dont have anywhere NEAR that much snow on the ground? btw...that last map...Detroit had over 4" during the week, not 3". But thats GRRs fault lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 josh, do you know of a reason that might make it overstate the snow depth to that degree? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 Some crazy snow to the east... i've hardly had to shovel this year. 11F ...going below 0F again...should drop another 15f or so overnite..single digits tomorrow...Mon morning=bitter...then right back to freezing..up and down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 josh, do you know of a reason that might make it overstate the snow depth to that degree?No i don't as im not familiar with those maps. But I have no idea. Those areas didnt even have snow on the ground til their big storm. It looks like 3-5" is the depth where that map has 20-30+ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmc76 Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 Picked up exactly 1.0" this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 Picked up exactly 1.0" this morning. Just a T but yesterdays 1.3" is still resting on the tree branches and making the deep pack look nice and fresh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 Still a good 5-6" of arctic crust that looks like it's about 100yrs old out there. The snowpack is certainly very old and crusty, although we only have an inch or two left. There are plenty of green spots in open areas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 Mood flakes with 3" left on the ground. Preparing to go back into the deep freeze. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 5F or 6F this afternoon. Sun looks nice. Showing winds hold up tonite a little..should stop a complete fall off. Turn south tomorrow and gust hard. days are getting longer,,,more noticeable now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Down to -1. A little over an hour from now we'll add another subzero day to the month, and that will be the 9th for Feb. Had 9 days subzero in Jan. Didn't have any subzero readings in Nov or even Dec, so we'll be up to 18 for the season so far. A few more possible this upcoming week. Had 38 total for all of last season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormtrackertf Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 It actually felt warm today even though it only made it to about 27 IMBY.Now...not so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nwohweather Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 This cold stretch has been truly something. Bowling Green has had only 10 days where the temperature exceeded the freezing mark since the turn of the year and now has had 13 days where the temp has dipped below zero. Just a very bitter winter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowtie` Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 My old Sears & Roebuck Traditions barometer which I got from my grandfather after he passed on, was a tick above 30.50 earlier. Do not see it above three quarters of the dial very often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vortex Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Found this interesting from SPC but not surprising given the pattern. Only 3 watches have been issued through late February, 2015. All 3 were tornado watches issued in early January. No watches have been issued so far in February. The only other 0-watch February in the past 46 years occurred in 1988. (0-watch Januarys include: 1980, 1984, 1986, and 2003.) With a total watch count of 3 for January-February, 2015, and 0 severe thunderstorm watches issued, new record lows for total watches, and total severe thunderstorm watches have been established. The 3 tornado watches so far in 2015 place the year in second to last place to 1985, when only 2 tornado watches were issued. The maximum January-February tornado and total watch counts occurred in 2008 when 56 tornado and 82 total watches were issued. The maximum number of severe thunderstorm watches issued during the first two months of any year since 1970 occurred in 1998, when 35 were issued. On average, about 20 tornado watches and 11 severe thunderstorm watches are issued during January-February for an average total watch count of 31. Thus, the early 2015 watch count is running about 10 percent of normal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Huron and Superior have joined Erie at the completely iced over party. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 A couple models (gem, uk) are amping up the Wednesday clipper and tracking a good bit northeast of the nam and gfs. The Euro is in between. Tonight's ggem has 0.60" qpf in Cedar Rapids, the UK 0.40". Both would be several inches of fluffy snow. If it tracks farther sw we may only get an inch. Update: The 00z Euro is now on board the farther northeast, juiced-up track... now showing 0.40" here like the UK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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