Hoosier Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 Anyone remember this one? I was in NW IN and it started off as rain and then flipped to snow and produced some of the biggest snowflakes I've seen to this day. I mean huge, almost like tennis balls falling out of the sky. Picked up some accumulation...can't remember exactly how much but I want to say an inch or two. One of those storms that sorta gets lost to history. This was the winter that featured the Nino from hell and was not that good for the most part, though the storm on 3/9/98 was very enjoyable where I was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 Yeah I remember that storm. It produced a White Christmas just in time! One of the few highlights that winter. It was a total plaster snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 Rain here mixed with a few flakes. The Dec 10th snow plaster was the best storm of that winter here. Just 27.2" imby and 23.4" at DTW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 Yeah this is my favorite Christmas storm. I remember doing some last minute shopping that morning and trying to get it done and back home before the storm hit. I remember watching the rain/sleet start to change to snow out the window at Wendy's shortly after onset. As soon as it changed to snow it was pure rippage all afternoon. QCA ended up right under the pivot point, and IIRC we had around 7-8". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TugHillMatt Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 Where do you find old radar shots like this? I love when people post these. Pretty cool to see the history of storms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted November 3, 2014 Author Share Posted November 3, 2014 Where do you find old radar shots like this? I love when people post these. Pretty cool to see the history of storms. https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/timemachine/ You can play around with stuff in the product menu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TugHillMatt Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/timemachine/ You can play around with stuff in the product menu. Sweet. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hooralph Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 Look at New England in that snow map. There was also an amazing, overproducing event on 12/23 that pummeled the 495 belt around Boston. Ayer, MA reported 8" in an hour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 Anyone remember this one? I was in NW IN and it started off as rain and then flipped to snow and produced some of the biggest snowflakes I've seen to this day. I mean huge, almost like tennis balls falling out of the sky. Picked up some accumulation...can't remember exactly how much but I want to say an inch or two. One of those storms that sorta gets lost to history. This was the winter that featured the Nino from hell and was not that good for the most part, though the storm on 3/9/98 was very enjoyable where I was. n0r_19971224_2025.png 19971226_072_total.png As far as the bolded (I'm sure michsnowfreak remembers), we saw that during the Superbowl snowstorm that busted big time. Everyone was talking about how those were some of the biggest snowflakes they'd ever seen... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 Where do you find old radar shots like this? I love when people post these. Pretty cool to see the history of storms. This is another site I use. http://gis.ncdc.noaa.gov/map/viewer/#app=cdo&cfg=cdo&theme=hourly&layers=000111&extent=-139.2:12.7:-50.4:57.8&srid=4326&display=nexrad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmc76 Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 Rain here mixed with a few flakes. The Dec 10th snow plaster was the best storm of that winter here. Just 27.2" imby and 23.4" at DTW. Normal occurrence at that point around here. It was just another one that missed here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 As far as the bolded (I'm sure michsnowfreak remembers), we saw that during the Superbowl snowstorm that busted big time. Everyone was talking about how those were some of the biggest snowflakes they'd ever seen... The Superbowl snowstorm was a big bust. 6-10" forecast, and extremely hyped....and we ended up with 1.9" at DTW & 3.6" here. I actually remember that it was a band of heavy snow after the storm departed that added a good inch to that total here. The main storm was basically a 2-3" snow for the heart of metro-Detroit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitelakeroy Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 The Superbowl snowstorm was a big bust. 6-10" forecast, and extremely hyped....and we ended up with 1.9" at DTW & 3.6" here. I actually remember that it was a band of heavy snow after the storm departed that added a good inch to that total here. The main storm was basically a 2-3" snow for the heart of metro-Detroit. Different results in the northern burbs as we got nearly 9" total from the suberbowl storm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmc76 Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 Different results in the northern burbs as we got nearly 9" total from the suberbowl storm ...OAKLAND... WHITE LAKE 8.2 12 WATERFORD 6.0 12 WEST BLOOMFIELD 4.6 12 FARMINGTON 2.7 12 CLARKSTON 9.3 12 Had about 8-8.5" in Lake Orion from what I can remember Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chances14 Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 Different results in the northern burbs as we got nearly 9" total from the suberbowl storm yup it was a decent event for us further north. i remember our furnace broke that night and the guy coming out to repair it got stuck on our road Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 Yes the superbowl storm perfomed well north of Detroit, but was still a huge bust here. Its funny...outside of GHD, where we STILL got 10" of snow, big snowstorms have been decidedly busting in the GOOD way not the bad way the last many years. The superbowl storm was one of probably 5 storms from the mid-1990s to mid-2000s where 6-12" was forecast and anywhere from T-4" is all that fell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 Yes the superbowl storm perfomed well north of Detroit, but was still a huge bust here. Its funny...outside of GHD, where we STILL got 10" of snow, big snowstorms have been decidedly busting in the GOOD way not the bad way the last many years. The superbowl storm was one of probably 5 storms from the mid-1990s to mid-2000s where 6-12" was forecast and anywhere from T-4" is all that fell. There have been a couple other bad busts too. *That one in February of 2012 (I believe around the 20th?). *That one from the 2007-2008 season which shall remain nameless. *April 5-6, 2009 (at least in Wayne County, as we were under a Winter Storm Warning and forecasted to receive 6-10" here). *That one in February of 2009 (I believe also around the 20th?). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 There have been a couple other bad busts too. *That one in February of 2012 (I believe around the 20th?). *That one from the 2007-2008 season which shall remain nameless. *April 5-6, 2009 (at least in Wayne County, as we were under a Winter Storm Warning and forecasted to receive 6-10" here). *That one in February of 2009 (I believe also around the 20th?). I worded that wrong lol...I meant that the good busts have been outnumbering the bad busts... *Feb 2012: The storm was 2-3" of slop, which mostly melted that day, but as I recall the writing was on the wall several days before *F*** Jan 1, 2008, even though I still got 78.2" of snow that winter...and thank god for temps in the 60s 4 days later *April 6, 2009 I got 4.6" but DTW had 7.2", which is actually a top 5 Apr storm for Detroit. What did you have? *Feb 21, 2009 I got 3.4", DTW 3.0" (the 24-hour totals were 4.6" & 4.1" after u added in the LES post storm) Of course, some busts stick out in your head more than others. Most memorable bad busts for me... Jan 1, 2008 Feb 5, 2006 Feb 19, 2000 Feb 1, 2011 Most memorable good busts for me Feb 20, 2011 Feb 5, 2011 Feb 10, 2012 Jan 27, 2014 Jan 1, 2014 Mar 5, 2008 Jan 22, 2005 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 I worded that wrong lol...I meant that the good busts have been outnumbering the bad busts... *Feb 2012: The storm was 2-3" of slop, which mostly melted that day, but as I recall the writing was on the wall several days before *F*** Jan 1, 2008, even though I still got 78.2" of snow that winter...and thank god for temps in the 60s 4 days later *April 6, 2009 I got 4.6" but DTW had 7.2", which is actually a top 5 Apr storm for Detroit. What did you have? *Feb 21, 2009 I got 3.4", DTW 3.0" (the 24-hour totals were 4.6" & 4.1" after u added in the LES post storm) Of course, some busts stick out in your head more than others. Most memorable bad busts for me... Jan 1, 2008 Feb 5, 2006 Feb 19, 2000 Feb 1, 2011 Most memorable good busts for me Feb 20, 2011 Feb 5, 2011 Feb 10, 2012 Jan 27, 2014 Jan 1, 2014 Mar 5, 2008 Jan 22, 2005 I definitely didn't get 4" with April 5-6, 2009. I estimate that I got more like a sloppy 2" (I didn't take an exact measurement). With the 2/21/2009 storm, I remember DTX expecting a quick 4-6" to fall that morning of the storm. Instead, most areas only saw ~3. With Feb. 2012, we were under a Winter Storm Warning for 6-10". As far as your list of good busts, I agree with most of those (except 1/1/14 ). I'd like to add: *2/6/2008 (4-5" of snow in 2-3 hours) *2/20/2014 *2/12/2008 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 I definitely didn't get 4" with April 5-6, 2009. I estimate that I got more like a sloppy 2" (I didn't take an exact measurement). With the 2/21/2009 storm, I remember DTX expecting a quick 4-6" to fall that morning of the storm. Instead, most areas only saw ~3. With Feb. 2012, we were under a Winter Storm Warning for 6-10". As far as your list of good busts, I agree with most of those (except 1/1/14 ). I'd like to add: *2/6/2008 (4-5" of snow in 2-3 hours) *2/20/2014 *2/12/2008 *Feb 6, 2008...scenery was absolutely gorgeous with ice-laden trees coated in wet snow, but only about 2.5" here. Which still may have been a bit more than expected *Feb 20, 2014...good point. That thundersnow added even MORE moisture to the incredible snowpack, and all the rain fell while it was cold. Despite the mild air & wind, after it all we still had a solid, frozen-block of 12" snowpack left (down from 21" four days in the 40s earlier) *Feb 12, 2008...forgot about that one One more bad bust: Jan 4, 2004. Expected 6-10", got 3.6" Some of the busts we have been discussing were true busts were the models simply did not show that much snow falling (see Mar 5, 2008, Feb 5, 2011, & Feb 20, 2011) while others were a product of track shifts (see Minneapolis today). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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