December 9th and 10th Clipper

[madwx]

2.5" here that got rained on so it was a sloppy mess.  Back to the freezer for a few days

 

[mollydog]

5.5” and still snowing. Not bad since we were never even under an advisory until most of this fell. Still snowing and looks like we could still get another 2-3”.


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[sbnwx85]

Snow mixing back in now. The lake effect squall forecast on the HRRR looks impressive this afternoon. Should rip for a couple of hours.

[Chinook]

snow reports and radar from Michigan

[Stevo6899]

as per the norm, areas out in the hills reporting 6 inches, while we get half that here on east side.

[mollydog]

as per the norm, areas out in the hills reporting 6 inches, while we get half that here on east side.

I can confirm!


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[KeenerWx]

1 hour ago, sbnwx85 said:

Snow mixing back in now. The lake effect squall forecast on the HRRR looks impressive this afternoon. Should rip for a couple of hours.

Nice fatties with the band. Too bad for me it’ll move away quickly but hope you are able to cash a few inches! 

[Jonger]

Piling up.

[A-L-E-K]

is that a ford flex?

[Jonger]

4 minutes ago, A-L-E-K said:

is that a ford flex?

My fiancé is holding onto it for her daughter. Quite sad looking.

[OrdIowPitMsp]

Adding a few tenths on the latest train car of the endless clipper train this afternoon. 

[frostfern]

2.5” total.  After 1:00 AM added water content without adding any more depth.  Some 40 dbz silver dollar flakage, but it was mixed with rain too.

[frostfern]

5 hours ago, mnchaserguy said:

Totals mostly in the 4-6” range, even to our north. I think this is mostly because ratios were around 9:1 according to MPX. If we were in the 12:1 or 15:1 range we would have seen some of those higher totals verify. I think there ended up being a much bigger lull after that initial wave than the models showed.


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The ratio of whatever fell IMBY is like 4:1. It’s 2.5” but it weighs the same as a dry 8”.  Some plain old rain mixed in too.

[michsnowfreak]

As expected was gross here. Started with 2" of snow then turned to rain for several hours. With dews above freezing for nearly 12 hours, we lost more snow than we gained. Freezing up now.

[Jonger]

38 minutes ago, michsnowfreak said:

As expected was gross here. Started with 2" of snow then turned to rain for several hours. With dews above freezing for nearly 12 hours, we lost more snow than we gained. Freezing up now.

I only eyeballed it, but we probably snagged 4 inches last night. Only drizzled for maybe 2 hours and then back to snow.

There's probably 8 inches outside.

[RogueWaves]

Two day new snow here is 7-8" and its a winter wonderland out there. Never got out of the mid-20's and flakes were more like tiny LES again. Nothing says winter like a solid snow on top of a decent snowpack. 

[frostfern]

4 hours ago, Jonger said:

I only eyeballed it, but we probably snagged 4 inches last night. Only drizzled for maybe 2 hours and then back to snow.

There's probably 8 inches outside.

I think it did snow around 4” total here.  It just shrank back down to 2.5 or 3 from raining on top.  The plow piles are significant and it was heavy to move.  Not much depth added, but weight was added.

I woke up late and glimpsed at the radar it looked like an MCS rolling through with a 40+ dbz bright band at ground level, lol.  Those big wet slush flakes definitely added water content even at 33 degrees.  It didn’t stack much but it didn’t melt much either.

[michsnowfreak]

17 hours ago, Jonger said:

I only eyeballed it, but we probably snagged 4 inches last night. Only drizzled for maybe 2 hours and then back to snow.

There's probably 8 inches outside.

We peaked at 5-6" depth pre dawn yesterday and have 3-4" left. Theres a few grass patches in the usual places (trees by Salt splashed roadsides) but the snow is frozen solid. 

[SouthOaklandCtyWX]

23 hours ago, Stevo6899 said:

as per the norm, areas out in the hills reporting 6 inches, while we get half that here on east side.

 

23 hours ago, mollydog said:

I can confirm!


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This was definitely a setup where you’d wanna be in the hills >1000 feet, the difference it makes in snowfall totals is crazy imo, especially when you compare seasonal snowfall totals at DTW to the NWS in White Lake.