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GL/OV Winter 2012-2013 Final Grade

Powerball

By Powerball,
in Lakes/Ohio Valley

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Hoosier

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Last winter>>>this winter in the LAF. Almost double the snowfall that we've seen this season. It was pretty much an end to end blowtorch last winter, so getting snow was a novelty. And we came close to average. But this winter...the opportunities have been there, and we've failed miserably every time. Like I said though, the Feb 26-27 was the last straw...and thus, F. No extra credit available.

Guess it depends how you look at it. This winter has been colder but with less snow than last year. There were definitely a lot more teases this winter.

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AppsRunner

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A firm C-, very little chance of that going up short of a big storm.

 

December: B- (Namely, December 26th storm)

January: C (Namely the intense LES events, would have given a higher grade had I not mised out on the best banding).

February: D (Nothing memorable happened this month, aside from the slush fest, too much pocket change for my liking)

This is why I will never take anything you say seriously. One of the few bright spots in this area, nearly doubled TOL's amounts (12.4 vs. 23.5"). Not to mention a total of 7.1" the last 3 days of the month and 8" the first 5 days of the month. If you're really going to give that a D, you must think you live in the snowiest f****** location in Michigan

 

I am not going to break it down month to month, but I'd say it was a solid B winter, if we had a really big storm it would have been an A and lol at powerball's rankings what a crock.

yes

 

Lotta poor grades coming out of SE MI despite being on of the few regions in the SF that weren't consistently screwed all winter.

10.3" above normal right now, nearly 20" more than last winter... perfectly acceptable to be grading that low. 

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SpartyOn

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This is why I will never take anything you say seriously. One of the few bright spots in this area, nearly doubled TOL's amounts (12.4 vs. 23.5"). Not to mention a total of 7.1" the last 3 days of the month and 8" the first 5 days of the month. If you're really going to give that a D, you must think you live in the snowiest f****** location in Michigan

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10.3" above normal right now, nearly 20" more than last winter... perfectly acceptable to be grading that low.

Powerball is entitled to his own personal opinions. The grade is in the eye of the beholder. For him this past winter seriously sucked. Deal with it.
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Powerball

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Powerball is entitled to his own personal opinions. The grade is in the eye of the beholder. For him this past winter seriously sucked. Deal with it.

Yep. Snowstorm-wise, this winter sucked (only a marginal improvement ftom last season). Thus, it barely passed.

Likewise, this past summer for me was fairly decent, aside from the lack of severe weather.

Most would disagree though (I don't care).

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Hoosier

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Another thing about this winter for LAF is the lack of below zero temps. We haven't gone below zero at all, and if that holds up (likely) then it would be the first winter since 2001-02 to not have any below zero temps. I don't weight it as high as other factors but I do factor it in.

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IWXwx

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Temps don't mean much to me unless it's vodka cold stuff. That would raise my grade.

 

If next week's storm keeps trending north and we get IP or rain, it would be, as Chicagowx eloquently put it, a kick in the nuts. My solid D grade would drop to a D- just on principle.

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frostfern

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December: F

January: C-

February: A-

 

February:

 

5 storms with 4" or more, three being purely synoptic.  The only thing better I could have asked for was less rain and melting in between storms.  That or another GHD-type 12"+ storm.  Probably too much to ask for that kind of thing more than once every 5 years or so.  Overall pretty good for February.  Judging by the size of the parking lot piles and remaining foot thick glaciers hanging around in the shade you can tell there's been a lot of frozen precip.

 

1st place 8.7" mostly wet with a little fluff on top (Feb 7-8)

2nd place 7.8" dry clipper fluff (Feb 1-2) 

3rd 5.0" concrete slush/glacier (Feb 26-27)

4th 4.4" nice soft wet packy snow (Feb 22-23)

 

January:

 

Areas SW of me did well with the lake effect during late arctic outbreak but IMBY was  all 1-2" penny and nickle nonsense.  The only redeeming feature that brought it up to a C- was the unusual t-storms, wild temperature swings, and wind storms.  Snow weenie only scoring the month would get a solid D.  F*** arctic cold with nothing to show for it.

 

December:

 

Don't even want to talk about it.  In fact I barely remember anything.

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Harry

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If even a quarter of that 2 feet of snow had fallen in one storm, the grade would be higher.

 

Automatic A- if half of it had fallen in one storm (such as what happened in Toronto).

 

This..

 

Gets old hearing the oh look at your monthly/seasonal total. Sorry but this winter sucked moose balls. Gets a D from me. Not a single event of 6 or more ( for the 2nd winter in a row... Average 2 a winter here ) while everywhere else north of I80 will have seen one except Lansing. Only 11.5 away from normal though and thus what will keep it from getting a F.

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michsnowfreak

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This..

 

Gets old hearing the oh look at your monthly/seasonal total. Sorry but this winter sucked moose balls. Gets a D from me. Not a single event of 6 or more ( for the 2nd winter in a row... Average 2 a winter here ) while everywhere else north of I80 will have seen one except Lansing. Only 11.5 away from normal though and thus what will keep it from getting a F.

I did just want to point out one thing regarding the total snowfall distribution thing for Feb...TECHNICALLY more than a quarter of DTWs snow (7.1" of the 23.5") DID fall from Feb 26-28 during the slushfest. For me personally (ESPECIALLY in my location in SE MI) it was one of the least enjoyable events of the entire winter (except seeing the interesting rock-hard plowed snow piles it created). Its also a bit of irony from Ma Nature, all of the jokes about the supposed "stat-padding fluffy snow" we were continuously hit with early month she said, fine b*tches, take this, and gave us 3 days of waterlogged slush. It never amounted in total depth what it did in 6-hour increments of total fall, it was melting/dripping continuously, and core samples of what little snow was left after the freezeup showed 2-1 ratios. At least during our fluffy snows early in the month, we got to enjoy a little bit of time where the depth matched the fall. But its all a moot point for discussion sake, as sparty said everything is in the eye of the beholder. It was a nicely dispersed snowy month but nowhere near Feb 2010 or 2011.

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ukrocks

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Right now my winter grade is a C-, give me a 3+ inch snow with this one then it goes up to a C+, potentially a B- if we can really over-perform. However the half inch snow events drove me crazy. The biggest snow I've seen this year is 1.5 inches, but we can surpass that with this next storm hopefully.

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snowlover2

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Overall i'd give winter a C. Had a 5"storm right after Christmas which was my biggest snowfall so far. Otherwise had several days of snow showers especially in February some of which had white out conditions. By far a better winter than last year.

If the forecasted 5-7" or more does happen, I would have to bump my grade up to at least B- maybe B.

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Geos

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That's a good point there. I consider March more like winter, then spring around here. Maybe I can tack on some extra credit if March delivers a little more.

 

Yep I gotta bump the grade to a B-. This rally at the end was amazing.

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Stebo

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If this is trolling for you, thn  you seriously  need to search up trolling and see what it means....Anyways, for future please do not comment on anything I post. You always start ****...!

 

Lol

You had 2-3 storms of 6+ inches and ended up above normal snowfall wise. Even an average grade for an a average winter would be a c.

Truth right here.

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What do you want me to give it a A+?????? DUDE we had like 8 people that got killed in car crashes because of LES..What is wrong with you people.

 

Since when are automobile accidents (or any non-meteorological factors for that matter) to be considered when assigning a grade to a winter in this forum? Maybe it's not expressly stated, but anyone with the slightest ability to discern context would understand that things like cold, snow, snowcover, number of major storms, etc are the criteria to be weighed. So how about you recalculate your grade, excising any non-meteorological considerations. 

 

You'd at least have to give yby a C/C+? Right?

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