December 28th - 29th Blizzard

[Torchageddon]

Got down to 985mb here although that might be my wx station tripping as it hasn't budged from 987 for 5+ hr. Woke up to loud winds, snow started at 7:40 and every min got worse as the intense LES is starting to smother all of the Huron shoreline! I'm already getting some blowing snow after the glacier with nada 45 mins ago. SN+, hope to see Blizz conditions at some point. Oddly the winds aren't as strong as 5am..yet. My dendrites are also choice so I believe in the 8" forecast.

[OrdIowPitMsp]

MSP recorded 5.8” of snow yesterday. Not sure how much if any was recorded after midnight to add to the final total. Roads are a sheet of ice this morning.

 

[Baum]

Crappy way to run a Holiday torch.

[Chicago WX]

Herscher CoCoRaHS pretty much sums it up in their note this morning. They're a terrible snow measurer based off past history, but this location is pretty rural and they were reporting 1/16 visibility around 7:45 am. Probably could have used a WWA considering conditions were deplorable this morning. It doesn't take much snow with these winds. I have 6"+ drifts in my backyard. Still snowing here and a bit breezy...

Swapped gauges at 5:10 pm, had 0.84 inch of rain at that time. Now just a trace of snow in gauge but probably not representative due to high winds gusting 38-49 MPH (33-43 KT) all night, gusting 41 MPH (36 KT) currently at KIKK AWOS. I would guess about 2 inches of new snow/snowpack depth with lots of drifting and blowing. Visibility 291347Z 1/16SM SN BLSN  

[michsnowfreak]

6 hours ago, mimillman said:

I’ll be up there in mid Feb for snowmobiling as well 

Nice! Im staying in Newberry Feb 18-21 but will be going to different areas.

[michsnowfreak]

14 hours ago, michsnowfreak said:

DTW was 43 at 6pm and 57 at 7pm

DTW peaked at 61F at 9pm. Temp fell from 59F at midnight to 23F at 8am. Wind chills are currently around 0F with snow squalls approaching.