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March 2014 General Discussion


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3.2" of snow overnight. snow depth currently at 37". not showing up on radar at all but light snow and flurries have just moved in off the frozen tundra of N Lake MI.

fence along the driveway on both sides buried now and along the road on the nw side.

Nice.  I wish I had another Boyne trip planned but right now it is all TBD!! Maybe mid-March ish???

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Nice.  I wish I had another Boyne trip planned but right now it is all TBD!! Maybe mid-March ish???

It's March now and I'm completely ok with the snow going away. I will never scoff at a snowfall at any time tho, but Spring will be nice. I have no delusions that snow won't be on the ground through mid- April at the least, so I'm pacing my Spring fever.

Lots of ski weather left for you. When are you gonna just move up here?

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But, but the snow cover...

 

Joking aside, even if we maintained the same pattern we are in, the snow will be going away. It was under 20 all day today but sunny so we were melting all day.

If we maintain the current pattern, the snow will continue to slowly melt but it will still take a while for the snow to melt fully...so....filthy or not (should be fresh for a bit after tonight), its all about maintaining another impressive record this winter.

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Some interesting observations on the first day of met spring. Just got back in from a few outdoor errands. Busy roads are unsightly right now with patches of brown grass showing, mountains of dirty snow, downright black in spots, and even the white snow looking like its dusted with soot (hopefully gets fresh tonight). But when you get away from areas with high traffic and even away from sidewalks/pavements of neighborhoods...and into areas of just cement-free grass and trees, the snow is not only still deep, it is a slab. Any spots that are 8" or less deep you walk on top of as if you are on solid ground, and the 12"+ spots you sink through maybe 1-2" tops. In the once-driftier areas there are still many spots in the 15-20" range (few higher drifts still) and I am now convinced that for shaded areas that see no sun, there is no timetable til the last of it melts. Until we get high temps AND high dews, there will be patches of snow in undisturbed shaded areas. Calling depth 12" right now, but unless its ushered in by temps of 70F+, I suspect we will be at depth of a T for some time once our 1"+ snowcover streak comes to an end.

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Pretty amazing loop!

 

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I would say April is seriously skewed by Palm Sunday and the Super Outbreaks of '74 and '11. Late May-early June is typically the most active serious severe weather time around the Great Lakes. Early Spring is more time for the big stuff if it can materialize but it almost never does

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NAO looks to remain positive. AO looks to swing into positive territory next week. MJO gaining amplitude near the phase 7/8 line.

 

EURO isn't too bad. Widespead 30s later next week. If it's sunny, it's going to feel heavenly! - as long as the wind isn't blowing 30mph.  :lmao:

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http://www.freep.com/article/20140301/NEWS05/303010014/Record-winter-Detroit-Michigan

 

Article in the Detroit Free Press about our record winter this year....says unless youre 130, youve never seen a winter like this. As always, reading the comments are hilarious. Most say its the worst theyve ever experienced, but some stand firm that while its bad, it was always like this in the 1970s...and a few claim it was like this in the 1950s :lmao:. Gotta love hallucinations!

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I now looking forward to the end of the Arctic air.  Not that I want this incredible winter to end but I do look forward to not wearing 20 layers of clothing!!!  Plus the lack of any substantial storms IMBY is getting old (today's storm, while I will take it, is only a 2" event IMBY).

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Was just looking back on March of 2012.  What an amazing month that was.  Hit 70 here on the 6th, and then a string of 8 days in a row of a temp of 79 or above started on the 14th, with a peak of 84 in that stretch.  Can't even fathom temps being that warm this soon with the way it's been here lately.  At this point 50 degrees seems almost untouchable lol.  I remember having to mow by the end of the month, which was the first I could remember mowing in March. 

 

We've had solid snow cover here since the 8th of Dec, and it looks to continue for at least another week.  Frost is also quite deep, so we may not be mowing around here until deep into April. 

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