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January 31-February 2nd Superbowl/GHD Blizzard Version 2.0 Part 4

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Stebo

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The ASOS recorded that....it underdoes it....overall a little over an inch of liquid fell at dtw

Yeah with how windy it was yesterday I take the ASOS liquid output with a grain of salt. This is one of the days I wish I could be able to do a core sample to get the real representation of the ratios. My guess is it was probably in the 15-17:1 range.

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BuffaloWeather

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This was a really solid storm for the entire Great Lakes/Northeast region. 19+ in Chicago, 16+ in Detriot, 10+ in Toronto, 12+ in Buffalo, 20+ in Boston. The spread of wealth was absolutely incredible. One of the most solid swaths of snow in recent memory. That animated radar loop was really told the story quite well with that immense snow shield.

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michsnowfreak

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Yeah with how windy it was yesterday I take the ASOS liquid output with a grain of salt. This is one of the days I wish I could be able to do a core sample to get the real representation of the ratios. My guess is it was probably in the 15-17:1 range.

 

you know what else is annoying? These amateur facebook weather pages can get dozens if not hundreds of snowfall reports, but the NWS gets like only a handful per county.

 

I had 1.08" on 16.5" in Wyandotte

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Amazing system and aftermath. My only beef would be the long duration nature of it. Would have been nice to get rates higher like 1/1/2008. But take and run with it. Was a beautiful day to follow. Took a ton of pictures and measured just about 14" IMBY. Sun felt a tad warmer today than usual and the pavement dried fast. Winter is slowly eroiding but not without a good fight.

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michsnowfreak

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This was a really solid storm for the entire Great Lakes/Northeast region. 19+ in Chicago, 16+ in Detriot, 10+ in Toronto, 12+ in Buffalo, 20+ in Boston. The spread of wealth was absolutely incredible. One of the most solid swaths of snow in recent memory. That animated radar loop was really told the story quite well with that immense snow shield.

Boston didnt get 20+...still...they have incredible snow depths right now in east-central Massachusetts.

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BuffaloWeather

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Boston didnt get 20+...still...they have incredible snow depths right now in east-central Massachusetts.

 

Logan didn't, but many areas around that area did.

 

LUNENBURG 24.1 530 PM 2/02 TRAINED SPOTTER

WESTMINSTER 23.1 541 PM 2/02 TRAINED SPOTTER

LEOMINSTER 20.7 517 PM 2/02 TRAINED SPOTTER

FITCHBURG 18.8 345 PM 2/02 TRAINED SPOTTE

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May have mentioned this before, but I've noticed as I've gotten older, I no longer lose sleep in the run-up to a big storm. I remember back in my early twenties I'd wake up for the 6z runs 3-4 days before a potential hit and that'd be it. I'd read every afd, this board, run BUFKIT, pace the floor, whatever until the 12z suite started trickling in. So roughly 4 hours of sleep for 4-5 days in a row..Ugh.

 

I'm glad I'm beyond that stage in my life.

I wish I could be this way! 

I become consumed by big weather events (especially imby ones), and even found myself waking up in the middle of the night to check  model runs for this event and I was never in the game.  Heck, I picked up and moved hundreds of miles twice in 2 years in the name of weather.  My furniture is strategically placed in each room so that I can monitor the weather.  After 135" this season, I  still sit and watch it snow an inch (like it was the first of the season), with current radar looping on a 65" tv screen...examining each update like I was going to do surgery on it.

I'ts a huge passion of mine, but closer to an obsession or addiction.  I could seriously do an episode of my strange addiction, but instead of eating a sofa cushion, I could demonstrate what a true weather junkie is. :lol:

 

Anywayyyy, awesome storm, great thread/pics, congrats to everyone who got dumped on.

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I wish I could be this way! 

I become consumed by big weather events (especially imby ones), and even found myself waking up in the middle of the night to check  model runs for this event and I was never in the game.  Heck, I picked up and moved hundreds of miles twice in 2 years in the name of weather.  My furniture is strategically placed in each room so that I can monitor the weather.  After 135" this season, I  still sit and watch it snow an inch (like it was the first of the season), with current radar looping on a 65" tv screen...examining each update like I was going to do surgery on it.

I'ts a huge passion of mine, but closer to an obsession or addiction.  I could seriously do an episode of my strange addiction, but instead of eating a sofa cushion, I could demonstrate what a true weather junkie is. :lol:

 

Anywayyyy, awesome storm, great thread/pics, congrats to everyone who got dumped on.

I undedstand you moving as my this last move to Fenton was 2 fold as I am now living on the lake and weather related.   B) 

 

Not that I am big JB fan at all but that JB expression "Enjoy the weather it is the only weather you got"  BUT at first this used to grate on me a bit (i.e. how can I enjoy when the weather is crap :lol: ).  I now take that message as enjoy what I have and stop agonizing over what I don't. In fact I will stay away from radar / models and complete do something else once know the storm is a miss.  I know some on here totally get into 'tracking' storms no matter where they are hitting and that is great but that is not me at all as I am admittedly an IMBYer (or at least where I travel like Petoskey or Allegan).

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LOT put this graphic together after the GHD 2011 storm. I added info from this storm, just to give a perspective on the top 5 storms on record...

 

I should add the disclaimer that the liquid equiv and ratio listed for the current storm are obviously incorrect.

 

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This makes it much more obvious why '67 is the top dog. 2.4" of cement.

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Added Eastpointe and Taylor's (Stebo,MadReflux)

 

STORM TOTAL SNOW REPORTS

LOCATION SNOWFALL DURATION
(INCHES) (HOURS) LAT LON

...BAY COUNTY...
AUBURN M 7.2 24 43.60N 84.08W

...GENESEE COUNTY...
GOODRICH M 8.5 27 42.92N 83.51W
4 N BURTON M 8.9 27 43.05N 83.62W
7 W FLINT M 8.9 26 43.02N 83.83W
FLINT M 9.2 28 43.02N 83.69W
LINDEN M 10.2 28 42.82N 83.78W

...HURON COUNTY...
5 NNW FILION M 4.2 24 43.96N 83.04W
BAD AXE M 6.0 25 43.80N 83.00W

...LAPEER COUNTY...
4 E DAVISON M 11.0 24 43.03N 83.44W
LAPEER M 11.9 28 43.05N 83.32W
2 W LAPEER M 12.3 28 43.05N 83.36W

...LENAWEE COUNTY...
2 WSW TIPTON M 9.5 30 42.01N 84.10W
MORENCI M 11.7 30 41.72N 84.22W

...LIVINGSTON COUNTY...
HOWELL M 10.2 28 42.61N 83.94W
1 N WHITMORE LAKE M 11.0 29 42.44N 83.75W
BRIGHTON E 12.5 M 42.53N 83.78W

...MACOMB COUNTY...
1 NW ROSEVILLE M 10.0 26 42.52N 82.95W
4 NNW RICHMOND M 11.7 28 42.86N 82.78W

EASTPOINTE M 14.5
SHELBY TOWNSHIP M 15.5 25 42.67N 83.03W

...MIDLAND COUNTY...
MIDLAND M 4.0 24 43.62N 84.23W
OIL CITY M 6.0 24 43.61N 84.59W

...MONROE COUNTY...
DUNDEE M 12.0 30 41.96N 83.66W
CARLETON M 13.1 29 42.06N 83.39W
MONROE M 14.0 28 41.92N 83.39W
3 SW MONROE M 15.0 30 41.89N 83.43W
4 SSE NEWPORT M 15.0 30 41.95N 83.28W

...OAKLAND COUNTY...
1 N FARMINGTON HILLS M 9.0 28 42.50N 83.38W
HOLLY M 9.0 28 42.80N 83.62W
FARMINGTON HILLS M 9.2 28 42.49N 83.38W
CLARKSTON M 9.5 28 42.74N 83.42W
FARMINGTON M 10.6 28 42.46N 83.38W
2 S ORTONVILLE M 11.0 28 42.82N 83.44W
WHITE LAKE M 11.2 28 42.65N 83.50W
4 N NOVI M 11.5 26 42.53N 83.49W
4 N LIVONIA M 12.3 28 42.46N 83.37W
1 ENE ROCHESTER M 13.1 26 42.69N 83.10W
NW SOUTH LYON M 13.7 28 42.46N 83.65W
2 NW WATERFORD M 14.0 28 42.68N 83.42W
LAKEVILLE M 14.0 28 42.82N 83.15W
2 SE LEONARD M 15.0 30 42.85N 83.12W

...SAGINAW COUNTY...
5 S MERRILL M 5.0 24 43.34N 84.34W
2 E MERRILL M 6.0 26 43.41N 84.30W
FRANKENMUTH M 7.4 27 43.33N 83.74W
HEMLOCK M 7.5 24 43.42N 84.23W
SAGINAW M 7.5 27 43.42N 83.95W
CHESANING M 7.7 27 43.18N 84.12W

...SANILAC COUNTY...
LEXINGTON M 10.0 24 43.27N 82.53W
SANDUSKY M 10.0 24 43.42N 82.83W

...SHIAWASSEE COUNTY...
2 NE CORUNNA M 7.0 24 43.00N 84.09W
6 WNW DURAND M 10.5 28 42.95N 84.10W
OWOSSO M 10.5 28 43.00N 84.18W
SHAFTSBURG M 13.2 28 42.80N 84.29W

...ST. CLAIR COUNTY...
1 NNW YALE M 12.2 28 43.14N 82.80W
COLUMBUS M 12.3 25 42.89N 82.67W
3 SW YPSILANTI M 12.8 29 43.10N 82.84W
ALGONAC M 14.0 27 42.62N 82.53W

...TUSCOLA COUNTY...
CARO M 5.5 26 43.49N 83.40W
1 SSW CASS CITY M 6.5 28 43.59N 83.18W
VASSAR M 7.0 26 43.37N 83.58W

...WASHTENAW COUNTY...
SALINE M 9.5 29 42.18N 83.78W
2 WNW ANN ARBOR M 12.0 29 42.29N 83.77W
SALEM M 12.0 28 42.41N 83.58W
CHELSEA M 12.2 29 42.31N 84.02W
MANCHESTER M 13.0 29 42.15N 84.04W
SE ANN ARBOR M 13.5 29 42.28N 83.73W
ANN ARBOR M 14.1 29 42.28N 83.73W
3 NNW MILAN M 15.0 29 42.13N 83.72W

...WAYNE COUNTY...
GROSSE POINTE FARMS M 9.5 29 42.40N 82.89W
DEARBORN M 9.6 29 42.31N 83.21W
3 NE DEARBORN M 10.0 29 42.34N 83.17W
1 NW DEARBORN HEIGHTS M 12.8 M 42.34N 83.29W
2 NNW LIVONIA M 13.5 29 42.42N 83.39W
GARDEN CITY M 13.5 29 42.33N 83.33W
ALLEN PARK M 14.0 28 42.26N 83.21W
NORTHVILLE M 14.2 30 42.44N 83.49W
1 WSW DEARBORN M 14.5 29 42.31N 83.23W
WYANDOTTE M 16.5 28 42.21N 83.16W
ROMULUS M 16.7 28 42.22N 83.37W

TAYLOR M 16.9 
BROWNSTOWN TOWNSHIP M 17.0 28 42.15N 83.26W

 
 
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Powerball

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I much prefer thing be closed all up after a storm especially the major storms.  Road crew can clean out the roads MUCH BETTER when there are a lot less people on the roads.  All schools and even some businesses were all closed today.  They plowed our dirt road by perfectly 10 AM today.  When most stuff is not closed than they can only do it halfazz and it takes them a couple to get to the dirt roads they way they should be done!!

 

I'm not sure if you're a business owner, but while I'm sure they don't want to put their employees at risk in the severe weather, they can also lose a ton of money and productivity if they close just one day for a snowstorm.

 

So it's a much harder decision for them on whether to stay open or close compared to schools (who have already budgeted a certain number of snow days and whose funding is already allotted by the government).

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Amazing system and aftermath. My only beef would be the long duration nature of it. Would have been nice to get rates higher like 1/1/2008. But take and run with it. Was a beautiful day to follow. Took a ton of pictures and measured just about 14" IMBY. Sun felt a tad warmer today than usual and the pavement dried fast. Winter is slowly eroiding but not without a good fight.

 

Although the flake size wasn't impressive because of the cold air, we definitely had better rates with this storm than January 4/5, 2014 (non-stop 1-2" per hour rates for 4 hours), at least in my opinion...

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Hoosier

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This makes it much more obvious why '67 is the top dog. 2.4" of cement.

 

 

I've seen pictures of my grandparents and mother from that storm (from Whiting) and it does look like cement.  There's one of my mom as a young teenager standing on the snow and not making a dent.  Looking at obs from MDW, it looks like temps were in the 28-30F range for much of the storm before dropping into the low-mid 20s for the final several hours.  I don't know how often the measurements were taken but if the same storm occurred today, it'd be interesting to see if there would be a higher total.

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Chicago Storm

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Finished with 17.0" here.

 

Makes it the 3rd biggest storm on record here...

 

22.0" - 1/11-14/1979 (COOP)
20.0" - 1/31-2/2/2011 (MBY)
17.0" - 1/31-2/2/2015 (MBY)
15.0" - 1/1-2/1979 (COOP)
14.2" - 1/1-3/1999 (COOP)
14.0" - 1/6-7/1918 (COOP)
13.9" - 1/26-27/1967 (COOP)
13.0" - 12/31/2013-1/2/2014 (MBY)
13.0" - 3/30-31/1926 (COOP)
11.9" - 12/10-12/2000 (COOP)
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I've seen pictures of my grandparents and mother from that storm (from Whiting) and it does look like cement.  There's one of my mom as a young teenager standing on the snow and not making a dent.  Looking at obs from MDW, it looks like temps were in the 28-30F range for much of the storm before dropping into the low-mid 20s for the final several hours.  I don't know how often the measurements were taken but if the same storm occurred today, it'd be interesting to see if there would be a higher total.

 

For sure. Though if the precipitation total is correct from this storm at MDW...this may be the top dog of them all, measurements techniques be damned. 

 

22.1" (2.47") • March 25-26, 1930

 

High temps for that storm were 31˚ on the 25th, 29˚ on the 26th.

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I've seen pictures of my grandparents and mother from that storm (from Whiting) and it does look like cement.  There's one of my mom as a young teenager standing on the snow and not making a dent.  Looking at obs from MDW, it looks like temps were in the 28-30F range for much of the storm before dropping into the low-mid 20s for the final several hours.  I don't know how often the measurements were taken but if the same storm occurred today, it'd be interesting to see if there would be a higher total.

 

 

Remember too the day before the blizzard hit we had temps well into the 50s up this way and a tornado outbreak. So that blizzard had tons to work with. It was straight up 10-1 ratio's here with 2.86 liquid. What i wouldn't give to see that happen again..

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Remember too the day before the blizzard hit we had temps well into the 50s up this way and a tornado outbreak. So that blizzard had tons to work with. It was straight up 10-1 ratio's here with 2.86 liquid. What i wouldn't give to see that happen again..

 

 

The cold front from that first storm did not make it much past the Ohio River before stalling out and retreating north, so that higher pwat air was just waiting to get tapped.

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You guys gotta check this out. Go to here and then click 24hr timelapse and download 2/1 and check it out. 24hr time lapse from at COD of the parking lot during most of the event. 

 

http://weather.cod.edu/campusweather/

 

 

sweet stuff....love the waves of drifts on the roof top working from left to right

 

Really freakin cool

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