cyclone77 Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 What's your snow depth down to? Sitting at 49F here...dropped back to 45F a bit earlier, but it has come up since then. We have about 4 inches left. There's some bare spots though where the wind drifted the snow away, but there's also some 1-2' drifts (slush piles). There's still 5-7' mountains of snow around that have been plowed from parking lots, etc. Those will be around till May lol. We actually dropped to 39 a short while ago, and have quickly rebounded back to 42. There's probably a very shallow inversion that's being mixed out from time to time. I think by morning we'll mix it completely away as stronger southerly winds move in. Wouldn't be surprised to see us up near 50 by daybreak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 Wow, we've sprung back up to 45 now. That's a 6 degree rise in less than a half hour. The inversion is definitely shallow, and playing tricks on the thermometers here at ground level. Here's sort of an interesting comparison to show how much snow we've lost since the blizzard. Not an exact point of reference, but pretty close. First pic is Feb 2, the second is Feb 13, and the last is just a bit ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 We have about 4 inches left. There's some bare spots though where the wind drifted the snow away, but there's also some 1-2' drifts (slush piles). There's still 5-7' mountains of snow around that have been plowed from parking lots, etc. Those will be around till May lol. We actually dropped to 39 a short while ago, and have quickly rebounded back to 42. There's probably a very shallow inversion that's being mixed out from time to time. I think by morning we'll mix it completely away as stronger southerly winds move in. Wouldn't be surprised to see us up near 50 by daybreak. Little bit more here, piles in the middle of thr cul-de-sac are still about 6-9ft high. ...75F with snow piles sounds fine. Still sitting on 6" here, with a core water equiv of 1.60" Back up to 50F here now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 -RA and 35. 36 hours till the warmth is gone and 7" of snow left. Unless the sun comes out or it pours rain, I think I'll make it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestMichigan Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 I don't think the Grand Rapids area is going to make it out of this with anything but drifts and shoveled piles of snow left on the ground. Last night really melted a lot of snow and we still have a forecasted high of 57 today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goknights Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 I think the snowpack here took a major hit here last night but I can't tell because I can't see three feet in front of my face. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 Already off to a warm start here early this morning at 52. I'm thinking 65 today. Lost a few more inches over night. Looks like we're down to about 2". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 snow 99% gone outside of plow piles, large drifts and west facing embankments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowMeHunter Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 snow 99% gone outside of plow piles, large drifts and west facing embankments. Tis the defecation season in the city. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 Tis the defecation season in the city. lol, it's actually so much worse than that pic. Standing water everywhere, mud, turds, plastic bags with turds, etc. We really could use a good hard rain and then some sunny dry weather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 gotta like DVNs comments about the rest of the pattern for February, active with the baroclinic zone in the neighborhood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundersnow12 Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 gotta like DVNs comments about the rest of the pattern for February, active with the baroclinic zone in the neighborhood. feeding the weenies like you said lol SO LOOK FOR THE ACTIVE PATTERN TO CONTINUE WITH A STRONG BAROCLINIC ZONE RIGHT ACROSS THE DVN CWA WITH POTENTIAL FOR SEVERAL RAIN AND/OR SNOW EVENTS THE REMAINDER OF THIS MONTH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowMeHunter Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 lol, it's actually so much worse than that pic. Standing water everywhere, mud, turds, plastic bags with turds, etc. We really could use a good hard rain and then some sunny dry weather. Good rain would probably be the best thing for us.. Get out and clean stuff up the next day or so and let it pour and wash all the grime away and see what March brings. If nothing, o well, we had a monster storm and a decent run of small events here. Blows last yr away IMBY and I feel pretty good about next winter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundersnow12 Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 low 50 dews up into southern IA with a nice little dryline from southwest TX up into OK/KS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 looks at this monster brewing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundersnow12 Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 looks at this monster brewing. big difference from the 0z run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 big difference from the 0z run. It's fantasy land, but 6z ended up blowing up a decent system by the time that action pushes this way. Given the persistent western trough and open gulf, i think that If we can maintain some good spacing between events, this one has a shot at being a major system down the road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Powerball Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 The sun is trying its hardest to burn through the altostratus (low clouds failed to develop yet again), but the altostratus isn't going down without a fight. We've had several significant but brief breaks in the overcast late this morning, but we flip back to BKN-OVC altostratus fairly quickly. This looks to be the warmest day of the season too, we're already at 50*F as of 11 AM despite hte generally overcast conditions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundersnow12 Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 heckuva jet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 heckuva jet details aside, i really like that timeframe for a decent storm in the middle of the country. Anyways, we've gained 0 degrees since 1 am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowMeHunter Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 It's fantasy land, but 6z ended up blowing up a decent system by the time that action pushes this way. Given the persistent western trough and open gulf, i think that If we can maintain some good spacing between events, this one has a shot at being a major system down the road. Models have been showing a system in that time frame for awhile now.. Most of the tracks have been for rain here with a couple snow weenie runs thrown in farther south.. John dee has had the second fantasy land one being the farther north storm while the one coming up was for us down her potentially and even had you in the cone yesterday. Something 2 watch and that's all we can ask for. Gone fishing.. Gonna be miserable with the wind and whitecaps on the ice.. wasted a good suntanning day on the ice yesterday but nobody to go with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 Well Detroit has officially seen its highest temp of the season thus far. We're at 53*F as of 12 PM, which is so far the high for today. It has surpassed the previous highest temperature of the season on New Years Eve which was 52*F. The sun is still duking it out with the altostratus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 Still stuck in the low 40s here. Sunshine out so it the pack should be getting raped some. I'll measure back when I'm in Etobicoke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 It looks as though some cooling at 925mb (from 13*C this morning to 9*C now) is locally weakening the inversion, thus explaining some of the mixing we're getting from the sun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundersnow12 Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 61 at IKK while its 52 at MDW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted February 17, 2011 Author Share Posted February 17, 2011 A toasty 62 at LAF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 Slowly creeping up. Now 44. East wind off the lake helping moderate things. North facing houses don't look like they've lost an inch off their snowcover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted February 17, 2011 Author Share Posted February 17, 2011 now 63...LAF shining brightly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 Got 51F...seeing grass now in spots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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