Snowstorms Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 Yup. That's what it looked like here this morning. I took a quick shot that I'll upload when I get home. We saw more snow this month alone than all of last winter combined and 2009-10 too, haha. YYZ recorded an astounding 61.7cm, not including today, this month. I think that would make it in the top 5 for the snowiest Feb? 2008 is first i believe. Not bad. With the way this winter started, would've never expected this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brewers Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 000NWUS53 KMKX 281148LSRMKXPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTEDNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI547 AM CST THU FEB 28 2013..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON.....DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.... ..REMARKS..0544 AM HEAVY SNOW 2 WSW RACINE 42.72N 87.82W02/28/2013 M13.5 INCH RACINE WI TRAINED SPOTTER STORM TOTAL FROM FEBRUARY 26 AND 27. 2.16" of liquid from this storm and we now have 32.4" of snow for the month 000NWUS53 KMKX 280704LSRMKXPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORTNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI104 AM CST THU FEB 28 2013..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON.....DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.... ..REMARKS..1200 AM HEAVY SNOW MILWAUKEE INTERNATIONAL 42.94N 87.90W02/28/2013 M10.0 INCH MILWAUKEE WI OFFICIAL NWS OBS STORM TOTAL FROM FEBRUARY 26 AND 27. 1.00 INCH LIQUID EQUIVALENT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hm8 Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 Lots of clean up going on today from the great Internet destruction storm of 2013, as it will be remembered on Michigan college campuses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrisale Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 Storm total 8.5" now. Shy of my 11.1" call, but considering the northern shift on the system and the fact that the town less than 20km north of me received12", I'm going to say that was a pretty good call in the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 Had some light accums with wraparound last night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 Beautiful photos Harrisale. It would have looked like that here if it wasn't for the wind. Accumulating snow stopped around 2am last night. 2-day total: 16.4". Probably the snowiest last week of February I've experienced. Snow depth is between 15-19". (Still had up to 4" of old snow on the ground) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 Beautiful photos Harrisale. It would have looked like that here if it wasn't for the wind. Accumulating snow stopped around 2am last night. 2-day total: 16.4". Probably the snowiest last week of February I've experienced. Snow depth is between 15-19". (Still had up to 4" of old snow on the ground) Wow. Mt Geos to Chicago sounds even much more extreme than the elevation NW burbs to Detroit here. Whats the peak depth IYBY since youve kept track? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 You know how fun it is to tromp through powder and drifts? Today I am avoiding walking in snow at all costs. Its simply mashed potatoes. We have YET to see a temp colder than 33F since all of this precipitation fun began. A Feb 26-28 storm recap: Round 1 (Feb 26/27): MBY--- Precip: 1.19", Snow: 2.2"......DTW--- Precip 1.40", Snow 3.0" Round 2 (Feb 27 eve): MBY---Precip: 0.23", Snow: 2.3".....DTW--- Precip 0.17", Snow 3.5" (bigger dendrites at DTW) Round 3 (Feb 28 am): MBY---Precip: 0.06", Snow: 0.6"......DTW----Precip 0.06", Snow 0.6" Feb 26-28 TOTAL.......MBY---Precip: 1.48", Snow: 5.1"......DTW----Precip: 1.63", Snow: 7.1" Peak depth this entire event: MBY- 3" slush...DTW- 5" slush Current 1pm depth: MBY- 1-2" slush...DTW- 3" slush Trees have sucked up the snow like crazy, as has parts of the grass (that had no old snow). Will be interesting to see how long the piles stick around for sure. But it sure is a shame that at least 0.75" of liquid has fallen AS SNOW the last 48 hours (not counting any of the rain/sleet) and 1-2" slush depth is what we have to show (along with some interesting ice burg snowbanks). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hm8 Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 Never thought I'd live to see the day josh is complaining about snow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 Never thought I'd live to see the day josh is complaining about snow Its just frustrating lol. I love a nice plaster snow but thats not what we got. We got slush. Briefly stuck to some trees but the dripping always overwhelmed everything else. Ill tell you one thing, if I DARE hear how all those fluffy snows early in Feb "stat-padded" our season total up after we just endured 10-1 ratio snow Feb 22nd, 4-1 ratio snow Feb 26/27, and 10-1 ratio snow Feb 27/28.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
on_wx Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 Around 10" total here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 Wow. Mt Geos to Chicago sounds even much more extreme than the elevation NW burbs to Detroit here. Whats the peak depth IYBY since youve kept track? Peak depth ever? That would be about 36" back in January of 1999. It broke 30" in Dec of 2000 and February of 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmc76 Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 Mt Geos>Mt Orion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 Mt Geos>Mt Orion. Where's Mt. Orion at? The lake takes, but it give back too - especially after December. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hm8 Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 Mt Geos>Mt Orion. Where's Mt. Orion at? The lake takes, but it give back too - especially after December. Northern Oakland county in SEMI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 A fabulous way to finish a fabulous month in terms of snow: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 A fabulous way to finish a fabulous month in terms of snow: wintermorn.jpg wintermorn2.jpg gorgeous. Fabulous month for snow indeed, but not finishing it scenically here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 Geos, you need to buy some snow shoes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hm8 Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 Backyard is pretty much just a 4" slab of ice now every night when it freezes up. gorgeous. Fabulous month for snow indeed, but not finishing it scenically here. Shoulda driven to AA's 7"....it was gorgeous here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 Geos, you need to buy some snow shoes! Yeah, I could have used those this week! I just noticed today this storm broke about 6 good sized white pine branches off up to 3" in diameter. Haven't seen a crushing snow like that since the surprise heavy snow in the middle of the otherwise awful January 2006. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestCoaster Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 A fabulous way to finish a fabulous month in terms of snow: wintermorn.jpg wintermorn2.jpg Wow, looks nothing like downtown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 LOT final write up. Looks like Beach Park was the CWA winner with 11.7 The 2" difference between Harwood Heights and ORD is also interesting. http://www.crh.noaa.gov/news/display_cmsstory.php?wfo=lot&storyid=92912&source=0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ottawa Blizzard Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 Wow, looks nothing like downtown. Yes, this is was one of those storms that makes me glad I live in the suburbs, at least in terms of winter weather. Toronto is so different from Ottawa in that, likely due to the lake, there's often a huge difference between what is experienced downtown and what is experienced in the suburbs. I wonder if cities like Chicago, Detroit and NYC are similar in that regard? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 12z NAM has gone south... not as far as the GFS, but nails northeast 1/3 of Iowa through northern Illinois while drying out most of Wisconsin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 Yes, this is was one of those storms that makes me glad I live in the suburbs, at least in terms of winter weather. Toronto is so different from Ottawa in that, likely due to the lake, there's often a huge difference between what is experienced downtown and what is experienced in the suburbs. I wonder if cities like Chicago, Detroit and NYC are similar in that regard? Replace the word often with occasionally and I agree. And sometimes it pays to live further south/near the Lake, although I'll concede that the distribution of winter wx benefits disproportionately favour the northern suburbs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toronto4 Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 Wow, looks nothing like downtown. I agree, especially at a main intersection like Yonge/Bloor St. However, it looks much better/wintry if you go to the side streets in the downtown core. 2-3" of snow still on the ground on average. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toronto4 Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 Replace the word often with occasionally and I agree. And sometimes it pays to live further south/near the Lake, although I'll concede that the distribution of winter wx benefits disproportionately favour the northern suburbs. For a while this season, downtown Toronto had a big lead in terms on snowfall. However, that has vanished. The East York station now has a 4" lead while Pearson Airport is only 4-5" behind. I guess Mother Nature likes to balance things out in the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 12z NAM has gone south... not as far as the GFS, but nails northeast 1/3 of Iowa through northern Illinois while drying out most of Wisconsin. 12z GFS crushes Iowa with widespread 1.00+ qpf. With the latest NAM shifting south and the GFS a bit north, the models seem to be converging on eastern Iowa with the best snow. The Euro is weaker and less organized than the others, but it's the outlier. The nws must be thinking about issuing watches for this area. Wrong thread. See below. http://www.americanwx.com/bb/index.php/topic/39552-march-4-5-winter-storm/'>http://www.americanwx.com/bb/index.php/topic/39552-march-4-5-winter-storm/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 The erroneous 0.0" entered in for downtown Toronto on the 26th has been changed to 3.9". That brings their storm total for this storm up to 5.5". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toronto4 Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 The erroneous 0.0" entered in for downtown Toronto on the 26th has been changed to 3.9". That brings their storm total for this storm up to 5.5". The revised numbers make much more sense. I'm glad Environment Canada adjusted the numbers for the 26th and 27th. The snow depth at the Toronto City automated station (same location as the downtown station) increased from 7 cm on Feb. 26th (7 am) to 12 cm on Feb 28th (7 am). Plus account for some melting that took place during the day on the 26th before the rain/snow came and some more melting on the 27th and you get a gain of 5 cm (2") of unmelted snow during the storm. http://www.climate.weatheroffice.gc.ca/climateData/dailydata_e.html?timeframe=2&Prov=ONT&StationID=31688&dlyRange=2002-06-04|2013-03-08&Year=2013&Month=2&Day=01 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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