michsnowfreak Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 Nice pics. Very wintry day here. Roads were a nightmare as it was so cold the powder just caked right on. The I-94 band did set up shop for a while, and while it wasnt a steady stream of heavy snow, it would snow hard, stop, snow hard, stop, etc. Had a total snowfall today of 1.3" imby with 0.05" water content. Snow depth has settled to exactly 1". I am thinking some spots near Ann Arbor probably saw 2". Really, not that bad considering the dry arctic origin of the air and the fact this was 100% lake effect snow. Will be interesting to see if this light, fresh snowcover does anything for plummeting temps tonight. Brutal wind chills, DTX says tomorrow will be the coldest day since Feb 4, 2009. So happy we have some white for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmc76 Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 Have received around 10" since late last night. Visibility has remained under a mile most of the day today.Temp is 9. Went out riding the trails but didn't stay long because of visibility (rode 42 miles). Current snow depth is between 12-14" on the ground 1-21-13.JPG 1-21-121.JPG Amazing pics. Love it there. Puts my 1" today to shame. I thought would head up today but that got delayed a couple days. By the time I head back up there will ge close to 20" on the ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 Amazing pics. Love it there. Puts my 1" today to shame. I thought would head up today but that got delayed a couple days. By the time I head back up there will ge close to 20" on the ground. Yeah..but think of how nice it is to have that fresh snowcover here thanks to the Lake. Wind chills to -45F tonight in MN...with NO snow on the ground. Yikes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 Amazing pics. Love it there. Puts my 1" today to shame. I thought would head up today but that got delayed a couple days. By the time I head back up there will ge close to 20" on the ground. snowing so hard i can't see my mailbox. with re: to LE, radar lies... lol possibility of 20" on the ground here by morning if things go just right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 snowing so hard i can't see my mailbox. with re: to LE, radar lies... lol possibility of 20" on the ground here by morning if things go just right. Are you keeping tabs on how much snow falls versus how much is on the ground? (measuring every 6 hrs). You know how this lake effect is...20" on the ground means 30"+ has fallen! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmc76 Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 Are you keeping tabs on how much snow falls versus how much is on the ground? (measuring every 6 hrs). You know how this lake effect is...20" on the ground means 30"+ has fallen! I noticed that being up there last week. Snow settles down fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 Are you keeping tabs on how much snow falls versus how much is on the ground? (measuring every 6 hrs). You know how this lake effect is...20" on the ground means 30"+ has fallen!I'm way too scattered to keep detailed tabs like that. I'm thinking if I can get a quick 5 or 6 tonight, I will briefly have a 20"depth. it does settle quick,i've noticed! By this Sunday I expect to have 2' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 I noticed that being up there last week. Snow settles down fast. Its about water content. I had 1.3" today (1.0" at 1230pm when i cleared board then 0.3" after that) and the depth is now 1.0". The deeper the LES is the faster it settles too. Once our late-December snowpack settled to 4-5" it didnt really budge much (more water) until the torch took over. On Jan 6th we had a high/low of 36F/33F, so we didnt even hit freezing all day, yet the evening depth of 4" was the same as the morning depth. We may not hit 10F tomorrow but our snow will probably settle a bit more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 I'm way too scattered to keep detailed tabs like that. I'm thinking if I can get a quick 5 or 6 tonight, I will briefly have a 20"depth. it does settle quick,i've noticed! By this Sunday I expect to have 2' The weather observer in me is anal about keeping tabs....Id go nuts living in a lake effect belt . But there are other observers in the area Im sure that can give you and idea of what fell...just enjoy the snow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 6 inches south of buffalo at my location so far today. About 40 miles south of here around 15 inches and counting just today. Snowfall rates have been 2-4 inches per hour in some of the most intense stuff, pretty crazy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 The weather observer in me is anal about keeping tabs....Id go nuts living in a lake effect belt . But there are other observers in the area Im sure that can give you and idea of what fell...just enjoy the snow!haha.... I know you are meticulous about measurment and recording , but mine is very unofficial.I use a yard stick and measure in several areas and average from there. there's an offocial observer 2 miles from me tho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonger Posted January 21, 2013 Author Share Posted January 21, 2013 Just went over the Mackinaw bridge, the lakes are steaming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmc76 Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 6 inches south of buffalo at my location so far today. About 40 miles south of here around 15 inches and counting just today. Snowfall rates have been 2-4 inches per hour in some of the most intense stuff, pretty crazy! Where are u located? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 The picture doesnt show it as well as I'd like....but the sky in the left side of the pic is clear...the right side of the pic is actually a snow cloud in the distance. While it was mostly overcast today every cloud and flake of snow was probably soley from Lake MI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmc76 Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 Location snowfall duration (inches) (hours) lat Lon... Washtenaw County... Saline M 3.5 12 42.18n 83.78w Impressive for this area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 Have received around 10" since late last night. Visibility has remained under a mile most of the day today.Temp is 9. Went out riding the trails but didn't stay long because of visibility (rode 42 miles). Current snow depth is between 12-14" on the ground 1-21-13.JPG 1-21-121.JPG Very very nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Have received around 10" since late last night. Visibility has remained under a mile most of the day today.Temp is 9. Went out riding the trails but didn't stay long because of visibility (rode 42 miles). Current snow depth is between 12-14" on the ground Guess I was pretty close in my estimate of snow depth. East Jordan is 8 miles from here. 0746 PM SNOW EAST JORDAN 45.16N 85.13W 01/21/2013 M8.0 INCH CHARLEVOIX MI SPOTTER 24 HR TOTAL THRU 7 PM. SNOW DEPTH 14 IN. && Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Nice totals in Jackson etc ( per GRR ) where 3-4 fell which is about my total here so far ( 4" ) oddly enough. Don't have the usual fluff with this event which has kept totals in check despite some nice banding which dumped pretty good around here earlier in the day. The sun ended up making a brief visit in the late afternoon between bands. Hopefully we can score a couple of more inches before this all ends on Wednesday. Now it is a bone chilling 7 with a windchill of -9 and some pixie dusting snow flying in the air. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Congrats Harry. Not a bad total at all for BC, especially if you end up with 6". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Congrats Harry. Not a bad total at all for BC, especially if you end up with 6". Thanks. I am happy with it. Pretty much on target with expectations. And ofcourse finally broke through the 3+ barrier. lol Can you imagine though if we had the north flow with this? Or heck just a lil more juice. This is sick.. Thus why i saved it. Hopefully you guys can score something later in the week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Thanks. I am happy with it. Pretty much on target with expectations. And ofcourse finally broke through the 3+ barrier. lol Can you imagine though if we had the north flow with this? Or heck just a lil more juice. This is sick.. Thus why i saved it. Jan21st2013ExtremeInstabilityOverLake.gif Hopefully you guys can score something later in the week. If there was North flow with that, they'd probably close the freeways between Gary and New Buffalo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogueWaves Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Nice totals in Jackson etc ( per GRR ) where 3-4 fell which is about my total here so far ( 4" ) oddly enough. Don't have the usual fluff with this event which has kept totals in check despite some nice banding which dumped pretty good around here earlier in the day. The sun ended up making a brief visit in the late afternoon between bands. Hopefully we can score a couple of more inches before this all ends on Wednesday. Now it is a bone chilling 7 with a windchill of -9 and some pixie dusting snow flying in the air. Passing through this evening, looked like up to maybe 6" near the Lakeshore mall along 94?? Funny, never see any official reports from BC on GRR's site. What, nobody (not even the airport) is willing to be an observer? Just about 3" here so far on the day. Always nice to see places an entire county east of me somehow got more! At least I'm in double digits for the season. Hoping our winter is just getting into its stride... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Wow good for you guys in BTL! 94-band ftw. Don't get me wrong Im happy we have a light snowcover here, but its obviously nowhere near the winter wonderland you guys have. For the first time all season I can finally say Im jealous of SW MI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Stillll snowing. 3.5 inches on the hood of my truck from overnight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Almost stationary LES streamer off Lake Huron over downtown Toronto. They probably have an inch or so down. Nada here in the west end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Marusak Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Almost stationary LES streamer off Lake Huron over downtown Toronto. They probably have an inch or so down. Nada here in the west end. it's right on that lake-generated trough. that's about the only way they get them in from that direction. but some of the temps up north in central are even quite cold. but nothing like yyu, yts, ymt, and such this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 it's right on that lake-generated trough. that's about the only way they get them in from that direction. but some of the temps up north in central are even quite cold. but nothing like yyu, yts, ymt, and such this morning. I had one in December of 2010 that dropped 4.5". Not common but they do occur. 4km WRF has this thing shifting south gradually, but it might be slow enough in moving to drop several inches. Hopefully I can get a coating as it collapses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmc76 Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 I had one in December of 2010 that dropped 4.5". Not common but they do occur. 4km WRF has this thing shifting south gradually, but it might be slow enough in moving to drop several inches. Hopefully I can get a coating as it collapses. just seen some traffic cams. Amazing how the snow cuts off just west of Yonge street Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 just seen some traffic cams. Amazing how the snow cuts off just west of Yonge street Dim sunshine here in Mississauga and when I left my house in Etobicoke it was just a few flurries. Glad I didn't have to drive through it but I wish I was under it now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmc76 Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Pulaski,NY 2-5" per hr snow rates. Up to 27" through tonight... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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