3/15-3/16 Winter Storm

[michsnowfreak]

53 minutes ago, cyclone77 said:

Probably the hardest snow event I've ever attempted to measure.  A lot of areas of the yard are completely scoured free of snow, with other areas buried 1-3ft with snow drifts.  Still in heavy snow right now with this narrow band.  Came up with an average of 6.3", but the real amount is likely higher than that.  A lot of granulation going on at ground level with these steady 40+mph winds blowing in off of the farm fields.  Definitely looks like a legit blizzard out there this morning.

Im super jealous of this entire storm (well, the snow aspect lol)...but I am happy for you. This is WELL deserved and overdue. Enjoy!

Here, we started with a T of snow yesterday morning, temps spiked to 70F (I think I mayve stayed in 60s), we got 0.06" of rain overnight and now temp is rapidly dropping with strong winds. Hoping for snow squalls later.

[madwx]

58 minutes ago, cyclone77 said:

Probably the hardest snow event I've ever attempted to measure.  A lot of areas of the yard are completely scoured free of snow, with other areas buried 1-3ft with snow drifts.  Still in heavy snow right now with this narrow band.  Came up with an average of 6.3", but the real amount is likely higher than that.  A lot of granulation going on at ground level with these steady 40+mph winds blowing in off of the farm fields.  Definitely looks like a legit blizzard out there this morning.

Same. Have no idea what we’ve really gotten so far. Many areas bare. Many areas with 2+ foot drifts.  Would guess just below 10” so far.  But it’s just that - a guess

 

overall intense storm, especially with the unexpected ice/sleet yesterday and very strong winds.

 

 

expecting snow to last until noon and then winds will slowly die down after that 

[SchaumburgStormer]

Obviously measuring will be a nightmare, but guessing 4-5" IMBY. Pretty legit in the open areas with wind whipped snow. 

[josh_4184]

20 minutes ago, Imneversatisfied said:

Here in Alpena we got a second once in a century ice storm just like last March. Got 4" of drifted cement Sunday morning,then over .5" of ice accumulation. Lost power at 5 am after my neighbor's tree fell on the line and then watched 4 transformers blow. 65 percent of town has no power. Trees snapping constantly. 40 mph winds and 1" of snow forecasted tonight will be a kick in the nuts! 

That sucks man, we lucked out ended up with 10-12" of concrete again which I will gladly take. Looks like its a little less ice than last year but still a mess. Hope you get your power back soon, last year I was out for over 10 days.

[cmillzz]

13 hours ago, Sciascia said:

 

Kind of a yikes here by the Euro, no idea why it was so off-base with this event (though some other models were pretty bad too).

[OrdIowPitMsp]

14-16” reports down in Red Wing where my ski hill is. Think I’ll “work from home” today…

[Imneversatisfied]

15 minutes ago, josh_4184 said:

That sucks man, we lucked out ended up with 10-12" of concrete again which I will gladly take. Looks like its a little less ice than last year but still a mess. Hope you get your power back soon, last year I was out for over 10 days.

I think this year it's worse here. Here was a year ago.

[Powerball]

As nice of a surprise as it was fot folks in NW Illinois and Southern WI, this was definitely a once-in-a-lifetime blizzard for many areas on Northern MI / WI...

Some areas along the noth shore of Lake Michigan are well over 2 feet and might even push 3 feet, virtually all synoptic too...

[josh_4184]

25 minutes ago, Imneversatisfied said:

I think this year it's worse here. Here was a year ago.

How much ice did you get last year, we got about 1.2 - 1.5" imby in last years ice storm.

[McHenrySnow]

3.5” of very heavy wet snow. 

[cutlew]

14-16” reports down in Red Wing where my ski hill is. Think I’ll “work from home” today…

Even with the heavy band missing the metro has a solid 8-14” from north to south. No records breaking like in WI but the best winter storm for the area in 3 years.

[cyclone77]

The end of the drive keeps getting snow deposited from plows that keep going past. Snow keeps drifting across the road just to the north where there's an open field to the west.  Snow blower (and me lol) getting a good workout.

[hawkeye_wx]

I took ~90 measurements in a grid across my backyard and came up with 3.0", which seems about right considering the drifts and scoured areas.  The gauge caught 0.40", which means the ratio is terrible, as it always is when the wind is strong.  The kuchera map predicted a ratio well above 10.

This stuff was a major pain to clean up.  It's dense, with a layer of either wet snow or ice on the bottom.  

[Cary67]

2 hours ago, SchaumburgStormer said:

Obviously measuring will be a nightmare, but guessing 4-5" IMBY. Pretty legit in the open areas with wind whipped snow. 

That's surprising. I'm guessing 2 maybe 3" here but will wait to see snow totals around the area.

[cutlew]

I took ~90 measurements in a grid across my backyard and came up with 3.0", which seems about right considering the drifts and scoured areas.  The gauge caught 0.40", which means the ratio is terrible, as it always is when the wind is strong.  The kuchera map predicted a ratio well above 10.
This stuff was a major pain to clean up.  It's dense, with a layer of either wet snow or ice on the bottom.  

That’s some dedication. My wife laughed at me for doing like 10 measurements just in one line across the yard

[Chicago Storm]

Kind of a yikes here by the Euro, no idea why it was so off-base with this event (though some other models were pretty bad too).

It wasn’t off based, and did the best within 18-24 hours. Sniffed out the south trend and latched on to it.

[SchaumburgStormer]

34 minutes ago, cyclone77 said:

The end of the drive keeps getting snow deposited from plows that keep going past. Snow keeps drifting across the road just to the north where there's an open field to the west.  Snow blower (and me lol) getting a good workout.

It’s a work from home day for me, so I am wearing athletic shorts and a sweatshirt and told the wife to “gun it good” to get through the end of the driveway, lol! 

[SchaumburgStormer]

27 minutes ago, Cary67 said:

That's surprising. I'm guessing 2 maybe 3" here but will wait to see snow totals around the area.

#2 event on the season. 

[Chicago WX]

These “squalls” this morning are legit. Sky gets dark as they roll through, and dump for 15 minutes at a time. Then it gets light. Rinse and repeat every 30 minutes.

[cyclone77]

6 minutes ago, Chicago WX said:

These “squalls” this morning are legit. Sky gets dark as they roll through, and dump for 15 minutes at a time. Then it gets light. Rinse and repeat every 30 minutes.

A different type of frozen object falling from the sky this week eh?