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.