michsnowfreak Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 The Feb 20/21, 2011 snowstorm was an awesome storm, probably one of my favorites for a few reasons: BUST: Expected 1-3" of snow followed by ice, ended up with 10.2" of snow. Best bust ever (this is just 2 weeks after a partly sunny turned 4.1" snow bust occurred). THUNDERSNOW/RATES: I was on a very familiar road and was disoriented, I didnt know where on the road I was because I could see nothing. First time its ever happened to me. As I was driving, a massive lightning strike/thunder boom was observed. The 7pm obs at DTW was "Heavy Thunderstorms, Heavy Snow, Freezing Fog..visib 0.06 mile". We only had to deal with 2 days of bare ground after the torch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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weatherMA Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Sweet. We got 1.7 from the same storm... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzucker Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 Awesome pictures...it was a great system for Wisconsin and Michigan. I had 8" from the storm here in the NYC suburbs, great dendrites that accumulated nicely over a period of about 6 hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted February 23, 2011 Author Share Posted February 23, 2011 Awesome pictures...it was a great system for Wisconsin and Michigan. I had 8" from the storm here in the NYC suburbs, great dendrites that accumulated nicely over a period of about 6 hours. Thanks, yeah it totally brought winter back with a vengeance after leaving us for a few torchy days. The snowpack was loosened up Feb 13-14th then torched away Feb 16-19th. Cant complain as it had been a very persistently cold winter, but looking back, all I can say is "what if" when dreaming of snow depths had that torch not occurred (then some might argue, had the torch not happened, this storm may not have either). STATION: DETROIT MI MONTH: FEBRUARY YEAR: 2011 LATITUDE: 42 13 N LONGITUDE: 83 20 W TEMPERATURE IN F: :PCPN: SNOW: WIND :SUNSHINE: SKY :PK WND ================================================================================ 1 2 3 4 5 6A 6B 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 12Z AVG MX 2MIN DY MAX MIN AVG DEP HDD CDD WTR SNW DPTH SPD SPD DIR MIN PSBL S-S WX SPD DR ================================================================================ 1 21 15 18 -7 47 0 0.50 6.3 7 13.8 29 70 M M 10 189 40 70 2 25 13 19 -6 46 0 0.38 4.0 12 10.9 25 320 M M 10 149 35 70 3 24 3 14 -11 51 0 0.00 0.0 13 10.7 20 230 M M 1 24 230 4 25 6 16 -9 49 0 0.00 0.0 12 13.3 21 220 M M 1 25 240 5 26 9 18 -7 47 0 0.31 4.8 11 6.1 12 230 M M 7 128 16 260 6 31 22 27 2 38 0 0.05 0.7 16 7.6 16 220 M M 10 18 20 220 7 32 24 28 3 37 0 T 0.1 15 7.0 15 340 M M 9 16 18 350 8 24 9 17 -9 48 0 T T 14 12.0 22 280 M M 6 28 280 9 18 5 12 -14 53 0 T T 13 13.1 20 230 M M 7 24 240 10 16 -5 6 -20 59 0 0.00 0.0 13 9.5 18 210 M M 1 18 21 210 11 25 -1 12 -14 53 0 T 0.1 12 11.5 22 220 M M 7 26 220 12 34 25 30 4 35 0 0.04 0.8 12 14.9 23 300 M M 9 189 35 270 13 43 31 37 11 28 0 T T 12 18.4 31 230 M M 8 1 39 220 14 43 25 34 7 31 0 0.00 0.0 9 17.9 32 230 M M 5 39 320 15 32 17 25 -2 40 0 0.00 0.0 7 4.8 13 140 M M 6 16 140 16 50 23 37 10 28 0 0.00 0.0 7 7.0 16 220 M M 8 18 18 240 17 54 38 46 19 19 0 0.00 0.0 4 13.5 26 210 M M 10 18 32 210 18 54 37 46 18 19 0 0.00 0.0 T 19.7 35 280 M M 6 1 48 270 19 39 27 33 5 32 0 0.00 0.0 0 13.8 28 280 M M 1 37 290 20 32 22 27 -1 38 0 0.96 8.2 0 7.5 17 60 M M 8 12346 28 210 21 27 17 22 -7 43 0 0.15 2.0 9 12.3 20 50 M M 9 146 25 50 ================================================================================ SM 675 362 841 0 2.39 27.0 245.3 M The dry winter nip in the air this morning, with fresh deep white and blue sky....made me forget its late February and I need to worry about sun angle. Felt like the dead of winter at its finest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalfy Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 Awesome pictures...it was a great system for Wisconsin and Michigan. I had 8" from the storm here in the NYC suburbs, great dendrites that accumulated nicely over a period of about 6 hours. Your win meant our loss congrats on the snow though.. Just wish it could have been a more widespread moderate snowfall. excelent pictures none the less! you can tell its a powdery snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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