michsnowfreak

Surprised your bigger storms didn't last longer. But its definitely been that kind of winter so far. Better to have had and lost than not had at all though lol. Nov 22- 1.7", lasted 1 day Dec 1- 4.3", lasted 3-4 days Dec 17- 3.1", lasted 3- 4 days Dec 25- 3.6", lasted 3-4 days

looks like a good burst of snow to come through late tonight, but temps look to be mild, 32-33. This thread is a good idea instead of putting everything non-thread worthy in the monthly discussion thread.

lol I never look forward to spring. Happy new year!

4 inches sounds about right. There was a heavy band in the afternoon that dropped an inch in less than an hour, otherwise it was a lighter snow globe all day. Christmas 2017 was better Actually, but this was more of a surprise and snow fell all day Christmas. actually, every snow event this season has been east side (Macomb, Wayne, monroe) special. Yesterday was the first time nw burbs had more snow than se burbs. but not a single tstorm in Florida in 2 months!?can definitely tell you're more about storms over winter as a whole...florida winter would be my nightmare.

A few other things that made it special. it was coming on the heals of the most snowless start to the snow season on record. It was also the start of an epic 2 week stretch of snow, and unlike the numerous bouts of heavy snow the past few decades, growing up in the 1990s it was a blah decade for snow in Detroit. So by mid January 1999 needless to say it was something I had never seen before.

Oh so everything is mostly this week. I forget which climate site you're closest to (DVN?). lol I've had twice that and almost nothing on the ground. Yes NWS counts sleet (and technically hail) as snow. its miserable here. cold rain. the ice has melted off the trees but the thin layer of sleet remains on the ground. Idk for sure but I think the ice storm was a fail in most of MI. I actually expected a cold rain due to east wind off the lake, but it was mostly ice and sleet. and as has been pointed out the northern burbs of Detroit saw some snow. so not sure anyone had real ice storm problems here. Let's see what wave 3 does tmrw night.

13-14 (king of all), 14-15 (finally a 17" storm), 17-18 were good for snow on snow. You're in naples permanently or just for winter? You would have enjoyed the Christmas snow on the east side. Pattern going forward definitely has potential.

oh wow. That event was awesome. will be interesting to see what happens. Its frustrating as hell to see these snows melt, but we've not done too shabby in the snowfall department this so far pacific dominated winter..with whisperings of a much wintrier pattern a few weeks away.

Wow, a 6" glacier will be good as we start the coldest 2 months of the year. Outside a true torch, your golden. The snowcover fan in me is jealous. We've had no problem getting snow, but not since 2018 have we had a good snowcover season. What's your season total at? If i remember it was pretty much autumn snow, snowless Christmas season, and now glacier week?

Sleet and rain/freezing rain here during the afternoon. Just missed a heavy burst of snow to my north. Picked up 0.1" of sleet.

I'm jealous lol. Those are good as a base for snowcover. How deep?

Howdy stranger. Welcome back and please stay!

sleet and rain/freezing rain here. Hard to tell it its glazing im all cozy in the house. temp has been steady at 32. a trace of sleet on the ground

Happy New Year to all my fellow weather weenies. May 2021 be filled with fun weather and a lot less covid!

I finished 2020 with 42.64" of precip and 45.9" snow. Detroit finished 2020 with 51.9F temp 38.73" precip 44.6" snow

Detroit finished December with 9.6" of snow, exactly normal. Season to date 13.1". I received 10.4" of snow, 13.8" on season. It was milder than average (32.9) but nowhere near the top 20, and it was also drier than average (1.36"). All in all a forgettable month though with a perfect White Christmas.

euro weeklies look good mid January on. until then, hopefully we can continue to get snows even if they melt. This coincides with the talk of pattern change we have had for a while.. with little doubt the 2nd half of January will be wintrier than the 1st half.

euro weeklies look good. Winter returns.

Great analysis!

The Canadian was the only model that showed snow backing into Southeast Michigan on Christmas, and the far east side of the state ended up getting 3 to 6". And per this thread the Canadian was also the winner of this event in Illinois and Wisconsin. Something to keep in mind.

You can definitely see the ebbs and flows of 1"+ snowcover days coinciding with milder or colder winters at Detroit. the 2010s had an unusual excess of snowfall which helped erode the milder winters (of course huge exception being record cold 2013-15). 1910s- 58 1920s- 52 1930s- 42 1940s- 49 1950s- 47 1960s- 56 1970s- 57 1980s- 47 1990s- 37 2000s- 51 2010s- 53

Very interesting that you bring that up, because I was noticing the opposite here. As soon as It got warm enough for the snow to melt I noticed the ground sucking it up, especially muddy areas. I was thinking, it was just below freezing for several days and now it's sucking it up like a sponge what the heck. But it was probably because every time we have got a cold blast in this mild December we had snow insulating the ground. Even this morning, snow on the grass melted before snow on the roof tops.

oh for sure. just as I cringe at talk of futility and thinking a bad pattern will never end lol. there's also talk of -nao and blocking. it would seem to me that colder is very likely as we head to the dead of winter, but so many players involved in what the actual pattern will be. suppression? clippers? ghdiii? time will tell but the possibilities are many.

how much snow did you end up with?

I was able to find Gaylord records since 1939. But I don't know where they were taken lol. 6"+ snowdepth days per decade 1940s- 76 1950s- 98 1960s- 107 1970s- 115 1980s- 101 1990s- 99 2000s- 101 2010s- 88