Geos Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 Is the lake not having much effect anymore? Going to be a nasty cold spring (although summer could be great) if the cold continues to pour down jan/feb/mar and robs the lake of all its heat. Not when there's an offshore flow. Right down by the lake there seems to be an influence all the time. More air mixing down there. A couple miles inland the air got pretty calm last night. Winds are starting to turn SE now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 Up to 11 woo hoo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 Up to 11 woo hoo! that is a ton of snow... we have a very ratty, thin, ugly snow pack here... The frost must be so deep for this time of year. I doubt there is much insulation in the current snowpack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 Marine influence sweeping in now. Up to 13°, 18° along the lake front. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 15° rise in the last hour! Up to 20° at RAC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ottawa Blizzard Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 Gorgeous January day out there. Blue skies, deep snow cover, light winds, temperature around 20F. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 15° rise in the last hour! Up to 20° at RAC. Wow..must be nice..my station showing 6.2F...but i've been rising fast the last hour or so. I'm also starting from -15f ...20F will feel great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilbertfly Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 flurry/sleet action...bring on the "thaw".... speaking of which...even all the sewer drains are glaciated over ATM...also, numerous of them are covered by monster piles of street cleared snow...Water will channel it's way into them one way or another eventually, but as this process is unfolding there could be some additional ponding on roadways under any moderate rainfall over the next few days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brewers Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 The lake is creating a nice temp gradient. 20 at RAC and 2 at BUU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 Nothing like a little SE wind to save the day... i'm at 9F now...with south winds, blue skies...should be able to keep climbing to near 20F later this evening. 2 to 4 inches of snow also in the forecast for tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 Subzero temps are the best friend that snow can have lol. Yes they are! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 My station is showing 20.4F... crazy heat wave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 Yeah, this has just been an amazing past week. It is extremely rare for it to stay THIS white for so long, and in fact I'm not sure I've ever seen it this way before. 1999 is debatable and definitely seemed deeper in my neck of the woods, but I was even younger than you and the scenes around the area right now seem much more wintery in general...not just deep snow. Normally in the city, after a day or two the snow starts to look a bit crappy in most areas because of all the cars splashing slush onto it, or people shoveling grey snow from the street near the sidewalk, but it was so cold in the wake of the last storm that not only did it all freeze over solid before anyone had the chance to mess it up, the blowing snow afterwards for days just continued to keep everything pure white. I was nowhere near old enough to drive back in 1999 but the state of the roads these past few days is unlike anything I can EVER remember. The interstates still iced over and snowy, side roads snowpacked and people getting stuck days after the storm...just truly something to take in and remember, because it might be a long time before we experience something like this again. You hit the nail on the head. The actual anow depth was a bit mote in 1999, ans we had decent depths in feb 2011 too. But the scenes in general this week have been crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 Few flurries up with way in Racine now. A glorious 21°. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 some sun today and it felt wonderful. amazing what a little brightness can do for the spirit. N MI does not see much sun after Oct. snow is deep.... mid-winter feel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 Had very light snow all afternoon that amounted to less than a tenth. Salt sized flakes. Warmed up nice though after the cold start. Made it to 21. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 It was nice driving on wet roads tonight. Salt is doing its thing now. Up to 22.5° imby. Didn't even need gloves gripping the steering wheel tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 Snowing nicely and its high ratio snow at that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayuud11 Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 some sun today and it felt wonderful. amazing what a little brightness can do for the spirit. N MI does not see much sun after Oct. snow is deep.... mid-winter feel 9-9-142.jpg Nice deep snowpack you got there.. What's your avg yearly total and how much do you have so far? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minnesota Meso Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 Nice pic: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 That's a very cool place^. Been there twice. Up to 26° now. Had a misty snow outside, but really didn't become measurable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nwohweather Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 It's almost crazy driving now, snow is as high as street signs and it's like you're in a walled in environment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 Up to 27 now. Temps have continued to slowly rise after sunset. It's about 33 degrees warmer than this time last night. Compared to the -45 wind chills from a few days ago it feels like Miami Beach out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TugHillMatt Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 All the areas in the sub forum that have now had a 6" snowfall. 010514_6snow.png If we had any posters from Alpena, they should have all rights to the complaint thread. I believe Alpena has been much below average for several years in a row now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 If we had any posters from Alpena, they should have all rights to the complaint thread. I believe Alpena has been much below average for several years in a row now. I'm guessing they get a lot of snow from synoptic systems. Not really the right area for LES. Up to 30° here with a little freezing drizzle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 If we had any posters from Alpena, they should have all rights to the complaint thread. I believe Alpena has been much below average for several years in a row now. Three out of the last four winters, previous to the current one, have been clunkers for Alpena for sure. But 2008-09 was a big one. Here's their season totals since 2000-01. Normal season snowfall for APN: 85.5" 2000-01: 105.9" 2001-02: 89.0" 2002-03: 81.5" 2003-04: 101.3" 2004-05: 101.3" 2005-06: 84.6" 2006-07: 81.5" 2007-08: 73.9" 2008-09: 122.4" 2009-10: 42.0" 2010-11: 86.4" 2011-12: 49.7" 2012-13: 44.9" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmc76 Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 If we had any posters from Alpena, they should have all rights to the complaint thread. I believe Alpena has been much below average for several years in a row now. If u love winter and wanted to buy a second home/cottage...that is not the area to buy. Gaylord to Alpena an hour drive is night and day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 We had 0.7" of snow overnight both here and DTW. we actually both sit at exactly 39.2" on the season, WAY above normal to date. We have a deep, dense snowpack in place, and here comes the fog then the rain. It will be very interesting these next 24-36 hours to see how much rain we get, how warm we get, how much snow we lose and how dense the snowpack gets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAFF Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 It was a long hard battle.... As of 10:30 am I won!!! Time to go home relax and get the sleds running!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonger Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 It was a long hard battle.... As of 10:30 am I won!!! Time to go home relax and get the sleds running!! 2 Hours and mine will be ripping.... I don't expect conditions to be as enjoyable in 48 hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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