michsnowfreak Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 Any posters from southern Wisconsin, I'm curious. Does the MKE temperature sensor seem to be running warm? I notice that MKE is always warmer than everywhere to the north or south, often even warmer than chicago. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 6 minutes ago, michsnowfreak said: Any posters from southern Wisconsin, I'm curious. Does the MKE temperature sensor seem to be running warm? I notice that MKE is always warmer than everywhere to the north or south, often even warmer than chicago. There is at least one for sure, but I'm willing to bet you're not too eager to hear from them... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoboy645 Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 29 minutes ago, michsnowfreak said: Any posters from southern Wisconsin, I'm curious. Does the MKE temperature sensor seem to be running warm? I notice that MKE is always warmer than everywhere to the north or south, often even warmer than chicago. MKE always runs warm relative to the surrounding area during winter because of the proximity to the lake. General Mitchell is within a couple miles of the lakeshore. Compare that to Midway or ORD where they are like 10 miles away from the lake. As we all know, that makes a big difference. See the 1/12 snowstorm where MKE only recorded 8 inches of snow while areas just to the west, at about the same range as ORD and MDW, measured over a foot. This is why MKE isn't really the best measurement site to use as a proxy for the entirety of the Milwaukee metro IMO. However, there really isn't another good one unfortunately. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 47 minutes ago, michsnowfreak said: Any posters from southern Wisconsin, I'm curious. Does the MKE temperature sensor seem to be running warm? I notice that MKE is always warmer than everywhere to the north or south, often even warmer than chicago. Proximity to the lake is very important here. It isn't faulty from what I am seeing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveNay Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 Can anyone spot where the crude oil pipeline is? (sorry, phone had a hard time focusing due to a slight lack of contrast in the atmosphere today) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SolidIcewx Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 13 minutes ago, DaveNay said: Can anyone spot where the crude oil pipeline is? (sorry, phone had a hard time focusing due to a slight lack of contrast in the atmosphere today) Somewhere in that easement is my answer lol. Wicked fog day today. Not very often we get to experience this level of fog in the middle of the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowstorms Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 On 1/24/2024 at 12:11 PM, michsnowfreak said: Here's the top 20 01) 12.9" - 1936-37 02) 13.2" - 1881-82 03) 13.7" - 1948-49 04) 15.2" - 1918-19 05) 15.4" - 1965-66 06) 15.8" - 1889-90 07) 16.6" - 1952-53 08) 17.1" - 1968-69 09) 18.0" - 1957-58 09) 18.0" - 1960-61 11) 20.0" - 1982-83 12) 22.0" - 1945-46 13) 22.6" - 1937-38 14) 22.8" - 1943-44 15) 23.2" - 1888-89 16) 23.4" - 1941-42 16) 23.4" - 1997-98 18) 23.7" - 1999-00 19) 24.1" - 2003-04 20) 25.1" - 1988-89 Thank you for sharing. I compared your top 20 to Toronto to see how/where we differ and I must say I'm shocked lol. Our average is around 45-50". All your top 5 winters were incredibly warm in Toronto too, with the only exception being January 1966. We had a big storm in Jan 1966 that dropped 16-20", more than your entire season, wow! Seems like we got really lucky in those winters due to marginal snow events, sort of like last winter. Another thing that stands out is; Detroit doesn't do well in El Nino's or neutral ENSO winters. Of your top 10; 5 were El Nino, 1 La Nina, and 4 Neutral. And that rule is more or less applicable for us in Toronto too. Though some El Nino's can be quite good (2002-03, 2004-05, or 2018-19 to name a few). I would think the inverse is true for your top 20. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchaumburgStormer Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 On 1/23/2024 at 11:00 PM, weatherbo said: You guys remember Will (pardon me, Alyssa) from Calumet? Laurium couple arrested for child sexually abusive material (uppermichiganssource.com) I think we can now safely assume that any reported snow measurements are slant sticked. Very hard to get a good measurement through the jail cell door. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 ice jam along the kankakee looks legit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 Grass looks gross after staring at white for a few weeks . Just piles and a few rogue patches left. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo6899 Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 Pretty incredible to see 80s reached today in and around DC. Dont usually see the SE ridge flexing in El nino. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheClimateChanger Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 16 hours ago, Snowstorms said: Thank you for sharing. I compared your top 20 to Toronto to see how/where we differ and I must say I'm shocked lol. Our average is around 45-50". All your top 5 winters were incredibly warm in Toronto too, with the only exception being January 1966. We had a big storm in Jan 1966 that dropped 16-20", more than your entire season, wow! Seems like we got really lucky in those winters due to marginal snow events, sort of like last winter. Another thing that stands out is; Detroit doesn't do well in El Nino's or neutral ENSO winters. Of your top 10; 5 were El Nino, 1 La Nina, and 4 Neutral. And that rule is more or less applicable for us in Toronto too. Though some El Nino's can be quite good (2002-03, 2004-05, or 2018-19 to name a few). I would think the inverse is true for your top 20. Good stuff. Here's the same comparison, except with the city that fans of old school TWC might recall as "the best location in nation - Cleveland, Ohio." @michsnowfreak put the 2003-04 snow hole out of his memory. Don't know what was going on in 1918-19, it's more than a foot below any other year. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 17 hours ago, Snowstorms said: Thank you for sharing. I compared your top 20 to Toronto to see how/where we differ and I must say I'm shocked lol. Our average is around 45-50". All your top 5 winters were incredibly warm in Toronto too, with the only exception being January 1966. We had a big storm in Jan 1966 that dropped 16-20", more than your entire season, wow! Seems like we got really lucky in those winters due to marginal snow events, sort of like last winter. Another thing that stands out is; Detroit doesn't do well in El Nino's or neutral ENSO winters. Of your top 10; 5 were El Nino, 1 La Nina, and 4 Neutral. And that rule is more or less applicable for us in Toronto too. Though some El Nino's can be quite good (2002-03, 2004-05, or 2018-19 to name a few). I would think the inverse is true for your top 20. Detroit can do good in weak el ninos. Strong are the worst. Do you have Torontos top 20 least snowy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 1 hour ago, TheClimateChanger said: Good stuff. Here's the same comparison, except with the city that fans of old school TWC might recall as "the best location in nation - Cleveland, Ohio." @michsnowfreak put the 2003-04 snow hole out of his memory. Don't know what was going on in 1918-19, it's more than a foot below any other year. Cleveland is part of the Lake Erie snowbelt & average 18.8" more than Detroit, so really not a good comparison. Although the last several years I don't know what's going on in Cleveland, they've been in the snow hole it seems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrdIowPitMsp Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 The great upper midwest snow hole of winter 23/24 is very evident on the total seasonal snowfall map. Most of northern Minnesota is around the 5th to 10th percentile for current average snow depth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmc76 Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 The opposite of 2013/14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sethtoast Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 4 hours ago, OrdIowPitMsp said: The great upper midwest snow hole of winter 23/24 is very evident on the total seasonal snowfall map. Most of northern Minnesota is around the 5th to 10th percentile for current average snow depth. MSP making up for last year 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nwohweather Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 Worst stretch of weather I’ve ever seen. 5 straight days of fog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartman Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 13 minutes ago, nwohweather said: Worst stretch of weather I’ve ever seen. 5 straight days of fog That's pretty much going to add up through the end of this month. With an Omega Block establishing sometime next week, might as well continue into the first few days of February. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rainsucks Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 42 minutes ago, nwohweather said: Worst stretch of weather I’ve ever seen. 5 straight days of fog personally, I love it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cary67 Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 10 hours ago, nwohweather said: Worst stretch of weather I’ve ever seen. 5 straight days of fog Yeah this fog is relentless. Snow melt is progressing but slowly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 5 hours ago, Cary67 said: Yeah this fog is relentless. Snow melt is progressing but slowly. How close are you to ord? They are at 0 depth now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cary67 Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 24 miles NW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 14 minutes ago, Cary67 said: 24 miles NW Ah ok. Makes sense. We went from Winnipeg last weekend to Seattle this weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cary67 Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 Good thing we hung onto some snow as Norgi ski jump festival is this weekend. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbnwx85 Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 It’s raining again. My snowpack is gone. Ready for spring. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartman Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 14 hours ago, Cary67 said: Yeah this fog is relentless. Snow melt is progressing but slowly. Seems like cloudier-than-normal Januaries are a kiss of death for the remainder of Winter. Last January, for example, was cloudier-than-normal and was followed by one of the warmest and least snowiest Februaries on record. January 2017 was one of the cloudiest in many areas and was followed by one of the warmest Februaries ever. Same thing for January 1998. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 detroit peeps, you alive and alright? 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akeem the African Dream Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 Haha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SolidIcewx Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 9 hours ago, Chicago Storm said: detroit peeps, you alive and alright? A bit rough I’d say 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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