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January 4-6th Winter Storm Part 3


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Through noon I was at just 1.6" of cement with a depth now of 10". But thats pretty much on schedule. Though depth obviously varies widely from 6-12" its now a dense base so the blowing/drifting snow should be whatever falls once it turns powdery, rather than picking up the snowpack and redistributing it everywhere.

 

Ready for the heavy snow to move north now...its almost here!

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At home thermometer is good enough. No reason to invest in other instruments, as you can get estimations from nearby stations. Very temperature dependent. Most models do keep the 850mb temperatures below freezing the entire duration. One thing we have to avoid is getting a thin layer of warmth at 925mb. Our snow pack may help keep SFC temperatures cool enough to stay around the freezing mark, but if theirs a thin layer of warmth in the upper atmosphere thats not good, lol.  

We'll be riding the line as close as you can get. According to the RAP frz level is at 977mb around 3z.

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That is a solid swath of nearly 15 inches across most of Michigan. I wonder if a few local spotters end up getting 18. Pretty epic snowstorm for you guys.

Yes if 18" totals are achieved than EPIC is the word for SE MI.  They are pretty darn rare that is for sure (at least south/east of I-69)!!

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That has to nearly a record for total snow on the ground for Detriot or close to it?

Not an all time record but up there. Depth at DTW was a compacted 7-8" pre-storm.....so whatever we get should add onto it rather than settle much further

 

Times (since 1885) when the snow depth was greater than 15" at Detroit:

26" in Mar 1900

25" in Apr 1886

24" in Jan 1999

19" in Dec 1974

18" in Jan 1893

18" in Feb 1982

16" in Feb 1905

16" in Dec 1951

16" in Feb 2011

 

(Just in case you are wondering, depth during the infamous winter of '78 peaked at "only" 15")

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That is a solid swath of nearly 15 inches across most of Michigan. I wonder if a few local spotters end up getting 18. Pretty epic snowstorm for you guys.

 

Pretty rare air for that region. Prolly gotta go back to Dec 2000 bliz to find that verified in those regions. GHD failed to do it. I'm a bit further SW just off that map and with any luck and help from LES, I could make a run at 20" totals imby. Good times! :weenie:

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Not an all time record but up there. Depth at DTW was a compacted 7-8" pre-storm.....so whatever we get should add onto it rather than settle much further

 

Times (since 1885) when the snow depth was greater than 15" at Detroit:

26" in Mar 1900

25" in Apr 1886

24" in Jan 1999

19" in Dec 1974

18" in Jan 1893

18" in Feb 1982

16" in Feb 1905

16" in Dec 1951

16" in Feb 2011

 

(Just in case you are wondering, depth during the infamous winter of '78 peaked at "only" 15")

 

Wow you guys should get a depth of at least 18 inches by the time this storm is done. Were supposed to get a historic lake effect storm Monday into Weds, yet our section of the forums is completely dead. So I figured I'd come over here and join with you guys in this exciting storm. ^_^

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Wow you guys should get a depth of at least 18 inches by the time this storm is done. Were supposed to get a historic lake effect storm Monday into Weds, yet our section of the forums is completely dead. So I figured I'd come over here and join with you guys in this exciting storm. ^_^

Welcome along! Love hearing about the LES too.

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Those are some incredible returns around IND, any people in that location post a video of how bad its snowing there currently?

 

Don't have any video yet but just went out and measured... about 6 inches in Noblesville. Neighbors are out building a snowman... good snow to do it.

 

And now we have visibility less than a quarter mile. No winds at this time.

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You guys won't care, but the warm surge from this storm is unreal. We're now at 53 degrees in Louisville, it's hard to believe that we're going to see a 55 degree temperature difference tomorrow. Incredible.

Amazing...this is what is helping to strengthen the low. It's down to 9 in Kansas City and 5 in Des Moines.

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