SpartyOn Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 Aren't you in your 30's? What the hell does age have to do with any of this? I know many 30 somethings that hate the winter with a passion. In fact the majority hate it. Living for the summer is just about as pure Michigan as it comes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luftfeuchtigkeit Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 Snow depth down to 5" here this morning. Slush puddles are huge and deep on a lot of the sidewalks and streets here after the .65" rain yesterday. Also a bit of light freezing rain or drizzle fell overnight so everything's a mess. Edit: maybe there wasn't any ZR- overnight - I guess we may have gotten so much rain yesterday that when the temp. dropped below freezing overnight it left a frozen layer instead of just drying the surface. My driveway is still a mess even after I spent some time scraping off ice and slush yesterday, but it's light colored and slightly north sloping so it's not surprising. If we get sunshine and mid 30s on Wed. that might help clear things off a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ottawa Blizzard Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 Clouded over here. Winds still gusty. Temperature falling into the upper 30s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OntarioWX Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 Pretty ugly out there today with the melting snow and strong winds. Our snowpack took a decent hit. Was at around 11" yesterday and now stands at around 5". There's some bare grass where people's footsteps were but we still have a solid snowcover, even if it is the gross, dirty grey kind. A whole lotta glaciers out there, too. Ahh, winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 Pretty ugly out there today with the melting snow and strong winds. Our snowpack took a decent hit. Was at around 11" yesterday and now stands at around 5". There's some bare grass where people's footsteps were but we still have a solid snowcover, even if it is the gross, dirty grey kind. A whole lotta glaciers out there, too. Ahh, winter. Wow, I had 10" when I measured this morning. Impressive to lose half of it without heavy rain/sunshine/sublimation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrisale Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 Just had a decent 10 minute grauple blast in Guelph, ON. Looks like snow on the way if temps can drop another degree C in the next few minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 What a worthless syatem this last one was. Went to bed with just a sprinkling of rain (0.09") and full snowcover...then through the night temps climbed to the mid-40s and held all night. Woke up to just piles and a few patches of snow left, with falling temps and howling winds. NOT a fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 What a worthless syatem this last one was. Went to bed with just a sprinkling of rain (0.09") and full snowcover...then through the night temps climbed to the mid-40s and held all night. Woke up to just piles and a few patches of snow left, with falling temps and howling winds. NOT a fan. Yeah, that's not the way I like snow cover to go. I'd rather have it go slowly by the work of the sun, not rain/mild, then back to cold. Pointless that way around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 Potholes are insane around here again.. last year we got a break, not so much this year. I thought my front shocks were blown after I hit a crater out on Hwy 16... Upon closer inspection, a lot of area roads are in horrible condition (nothing new)...Interstate looks good still, but they usually keep that in good shape. One downside to lots of little snowfalls are that the plows have to hit the roads more=more damage to roadways... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 DLL- I drove down a couple roads yesterday and as I drove over certain spots, my tires were flicking up chunks of asphalt as I went along! Had to try and dodge the large potholes there were like 3-4" deep and wide enough for a tire to go down into. 28° right now with winds still gusting around 30mph. Backyard camera shot of the remaining 7" of snow cover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ottawa Blizzard Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 Pretty ugly out there today with the melting snow and strong winds. Our snowpack took a decent hit. Was at around 11" yesterday and now stands at around 5". There's some bare grass where people's footsteps were but we still have a solid snowcover, even if it is the gross, dirty grey kind. A whole lotta glaciers out there, too. Ahh, winter. Wow, I had 10" when I measured this morning. Impressive to lose half of it without heavy rain/sunshine/sublimation. I'm still at 10" here, down from about 15" yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frostfern Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 I just got stuck trying to get up the hill at the entrance to my parent's driveway. There's about 2 inches of very fresh super-wet snow right on top of a half inch thick layer of pure glaze. It's one of those situations where the new snow isn't bonded to the ice at all and just serves to hide it while providing little if any traction. Their stupid driveway is one of those where you have to make a rather sharp turn with trees close by on both sides as you go uphill. Once my back side fish-tailed into the snow bank on the side and both front drive wheels had only ice left under them it was one of those situations where you can neither go forward nor backward. I fell three times trying to carry the 40 lb bucket of salt down the drive. Luckily there was only about 20 feet of hill above that I had to salt. I used almost half of it. Ugh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 Very heavy snow broke out about an hour and 10 min ago. quickly accumulated 1.5-2". Very wet and has stuck to everything. How quickly it can get nasty up here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OntarioWX Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 Wow, I had 10" when I measured this morning. Impressive to lose half of it without heavy rain/sunshine/sublimation. I think we managed to hit a high of 45F this morning. The actual amount of water in the snow hasn't changed much but it went from being something like 15:1 to more like 8:1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frostfern Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 I think we managed to hit a high of 45F this morning. The actual amount of water in the snow hasn't changed much but it went from being something like 15:1 to more like 8:1. The snow here is now like 4:1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 APX quickly issues WWA THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A WINTERWEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND WIND...WHICH IS IN EFFECTUNTIL 11 PM EST THIS EVENING. AS OF 610 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUES TO SHOW ALARGE AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHWESTLOWER MICHIGAN. THIS BAND OF SNOW WILL PERSIST UNTIL 8 OR 9PM...RESULTING IN NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. INADDITION...TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO QUICKLY FALL BELOWFREEZING...WITH ANY STANDING WATER ON ROADS TURNING INTO BLACKICE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hm8 Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 102 PM EST MON FEB 11 2013 THE FOLLOWING ARE SOME PEAK WIND GUSTS REPORTED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TODAY... AS OF 100 PM... DETROIT METRO AIRPORT 49 MPH 1219 PM. SAGINAW 48 MPH 1159 AM. PONTIAC 46 MPH 1021 AM. DETROIT CITY AIRPORT 46 MPH 851 AM. MONROE 46 MPH 954 AM. YPSILANTI 45 MPH 1251 PM. ADRIAN 44 MPH 1036 AM. HARRY BROWNE 44 MPH 1053 AM. ANN ARBOR 43 MPH 1221 PM. WHITE LAKE 40 MPH 1025 AM. FLINT 40 MPH 950 AM. GROSSE ILL 40 MPH 1014 AM. HOWELL 39 MPH 955 AM. BAD AXE 38 MPH 1054 AM. TROY 38 MPH 914 AM. LAMBERTVILLE 38 MPH 1115 AM. CARO 37 MPH 1134 AM. OWOSSO 37 MPH 1015 AM. PORT HURON 36 MPH 918 AM. LAPEER 36 MPH 833 AM. PORT HOPE 31 MPH 1148 AM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 LOT reported wind gusts. ...LOCATION... ...TIME... ...WIND... CHICAGO MIDWAY AIRPORT (COOK IL) 1051 AM FEB 11 58 MPH GARY REGIONAL AIRPORT (LAKE IN) 245 PM FEB 11 53 MPH 3 SSE STEWARD (LEE IL) 400 AM FEB 11 53 MPH UTICA (LA SALLE IL) 1200 PM FEB 11 51 MPH 3 NE PALATINE (COOK IL) 1216 PM FEB 11 51 MPH OHARE INTL AP (COOK IL) 451 AM FEB 11 49 MPH ROCKDALE (WILL IL) 900 AM FEB 11 49 MPH PERU (LA SALLE IL) 455 AM FEB 11 49 MPH DUPAGE AIRPORT (DUPAGE IL) 416 AM FEB 11 48 MPH CHICAGO/ROCKFORD INTERNATIONAL AP 254 AM FEB 11 48 MPH 2 WNW BURNHAM (COOK IL) 1200 PM FEB 11 48 MPH AURORA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (KANE IL) 242 PM FEB 11 48 MPH 2 ESE LOCKPORT (WILL IL) 1255 PM FEB 11 47 MPH 2 WNW DIXON (LEE IL) 440 AM FEB 11 47 MPH CHICAGO-HAMMOND APT 435 AM FEB 11 47 MPH 1 S HOMETOWN (WILL IL) 316 AM FEB 11 47 MPH 3 SSW MINOOKA (GRUNDY IL) 500 AM FEB 11 46 MPH SUBLETTE (LEE IL) 332 AM FEB 11 46 MPH WAUKEGAN REGIONAL AIRPORT (LAKE IL) 656 AM FEB 11 46 MPH PONTIAC (LIVINGSTON IL) 535 AM FEB 11 45 MPH ROCHELLE (OGLE IL) 835 AM FEB 11 45 MPH ...MARINE LOCATIONS... CHICAGO HARRISON-DEVER CRIB (MARINE) 430 AM FEB 11 58 MPH 3 WNW MICHIGAN CITY (MARINE) 445 AM FEB 11 54 MPH WAUKEGAN HARBOR (MARINE) 840 AM FEB 11 49 MPH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI102 PM EST MON FEB 11 2013THE FOLLOWING ARE SOME PEAK WIND GUSTS REPORTED TOTHE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TODAY...AS OF 100 PM...DETROIT METRO AIRPORT 49 MPH 1219 PM.SAGINAW 48 MPH 1159 AM.PONTIAC 46 MPH 1021 AM.DETROIT CITY AIRPORT 46 MPH 851 AM.MONROE 46 MPH 954 AM.YPSILANTI 45 MPH 1251 PM.ADRIAN 44 MPH 1036 AM.HARRY BROWNE 44 MPH 1053 AM.ANN ARBOR 43 MPH 1221 PM.WHITE LAKE 40 MPH 1025 AM.FLINT 40 MPH 950 AM.GROSSE ILL 40 MPH 1014 AM.HOWELL 39 MPH 955 AM.BAD AXE 38 MPH 1054 AM.TROY 38 MPH 914 AM.LAMBERTVILLE 38 MPH 1115 AM.CARO 37 MPH 1134 AM.OWOSSO 37 MPH 1015 AM.PORT HURON 36 MPH 918 AM.LAPEER 36 MPH 833 AM.PORT HOPE 31 MPH 1148 AM. Nice DTW leading the pack. We have had a lot of windy days this winter. the wind makes it feel a lot colder than it is...I was actually freezing when I walked out of work at 34F lol. The snow piles are rock hard and the few patches of snow left in unexposed areas are ice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Madison has twice the amount of snow as Milwaukee... http://www.crh.noaa.gov/news/display_cmsstory.php?wfo=mkx&storyid=92361&source=0 Just a hair over 32 inches of snow here..probably about normal at this point.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
on_wx Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 All kinds of snow tonight.. Dont have a ruler handy but around 1 to 1.5" so far Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Sitting at a cloudy 24°, calm winds. Daytime high was 32° for Monday. Lots of new patches of ice out there tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Not sure about much sun today...looks like it should clear out shortly, but after that I see a big band of clouds moving east over MN... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frostfern Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Sitting at a cloudy 24°, calm winds. Daytime high was 32° for Monday. Lots of new patches of ice out there tonight. It's still thick black ice galore out in the sticks where my parents live. Getting in and out of their driveway and walking their dog is a real chore. Could probably use some ice skates to walk the dog, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Generally 3-4" fell last night here in Antrim County. Only flurries remaining today but a beautiful Winter day again. Snow depths remain good as well. Will take solid warm weather to erode the snowpack at this point, as the bottom 15" is heavy and frozen. 0952 AM SNOW ALBA 45.00N 84.90W02/12/2013 M3.0 INCH ANTRIM MI SPOTTER 24HR TOTAL THRU 9AM. SNOWDEPTH 20 INCHES.Walked to town to get mail and passed this along the way. thought it was cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Great wintry pictures Bo! Sitting under a heavy overcast here at 24°. Forecasted high could bust easily if it stays cloudy all day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Cleared out nicely around noon...clouds across MN died... Looks like even east Wisconsin should clear up for at least some sunshine. Nice day...sitting at 30F. Plenty of melt occuring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 I've had a few minutes or sun here (mainly just brighter clouds, lol), but the temps have not responded yet. Still in the mid 20s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gosaints Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Can feel the strength of the sun today. Lots of melting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Saints- Noticed that too...River is flowing down my street..lots of precip present in the snow pack right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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