3/15-3/16 Winter Storm

[Chicago Storm]

Flipped to ice pellets here a bit ago.

Probably 0.1” of accumulation or so.

Flipping between snow and ice pellets since then.

[michsnowfreak]

1 hour ago, RogueWaves said:

I'd say yes to the 3+ question. Stations in NMI use number of days with 6+ as their standard. The nearest station reporting such is about 20 miles due east of me. All NMI stations are AN season to date, even non-LES locales such as my own. Big storms (warning level) and deep snow are my key winter likes. Deep cold that may excite you and others, I actually deduct points for, lol. Lake has been iced since early December. I haven't had a daily high at or below freezing since March 1st yet somehow I have solid snow cover here from back to back storms. Meanwhile, DTW hit 70F today. It's pretty wild.

What do you mean they use 6+ as standard? Id say its subjective. Woth xmacis, you can see a locations avg 1+, 3+, 6+ etc. This winter DTW had 21 days of depth 6"+

[cyclone77]

8 minutes ago, McHenrySnow said:

This is your storm. I was going to pull an all-nighter, but the radar is telling me not to bother so I'll probably go to bed after the heavier returns between here and Ottawa swing through. 

I was very skeptical for the majority of the leadup to this storm, as it seems pretty unusual to get one of these to time out just right to hit a given location.  Looks like this one timed up pretty well for this area, and points northeast.  

[sbnwx85]

Trying not to get HRRR’d but I think many places in the lake snow belts get 6+” of LES tomorrow through tomorrow night. Combined with the winds gusting 40 to 45 mph we may see an upgrade to WSW with 4-7”.

[Radtechwxman]

21 minutes ago, cyclone77 said:

I was very skeptical for the majority of the leadup to this storm, as it seems pretty unusual to get one of these to time out just right to hit a given location.  Looks like this one timed up pretty well for this area, and points northeast.  

Rooting for you man! I know you're long overdue. You had a nice weenie band earlier. Pivoting bands look to be setting up over your area. 

[McHenrySnow]

The biggest issue here is that it’s still very much a snow and sleet combo. 

[Chicago Storm]

29 minutes ago, Chicago Storm said:

Flipping between snow and ice pellets since then.

Flipped fully over to snow now, with about a 1/2" down.

[McHenrySnow]

13 minutes ago, Chicago Storm said:

Flipped fully over to snow now, with about a 1/2" down.

Aren’t you SE of me? 

[josh_4184]

1 hour ago, RogueWaves said:

I'm likely getting a "storm day" off of work tomorrow. Grayling may be taking it hard again in the ice storm dept.

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
1051 PM EDT Sun Mar 15 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1040 PM     Freezing Rain    Houghton Lake           44.30N 84.76W
03/15/2026  U0.00 Inch       Roscommon          MI   Amateur Radio

            Trees and large limbs are being downed by
            ice.

Yea the warm layer didnt fully make it to my area as forcasted, lucky for us bad for m72 - m55 they are getting hit hard. I know the pain all to well from last year almost exactly a year ago.