michsnowfreak Posted February 9, 2015 Author Share Posted February 9, 2015 Erie County has a million people in it. Colden/Boston Hills 30 minutes southeast of Buffalo average 200"+ per year. 90 mins with no traffic to Toronto. Perrysburg NY 45 minutes south of Buffalo average 250-300"+. But if you want to go all out Redfield/Hooker in the Tug usually average 300"+ per year. Plus you get to experience 4-6"+ inches per hour rates. Here is the Oct-April Snowfall totals by month Perrysburg (Erie) last year: OP Perrysburg T 28.0 117.0 75.0 57.5 33.5 311.0 Redfield (Ontario): C13 Redfield 1.3 14.0 146.5 93.0 61.0 33.0 5.0 353.8 True but the area cant compare to where Bo is from a snowpack perspective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 True but the area cant compare to where Bo is from a snowpack perspective. The Tug on average has a much higher snow depth than northern Michigan, and many years Perrysburg can as well due to elevation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 I wouldn't say "much higher"...from what I understand, the small area of the Tug has similar depths to the UP on any given Winter. The Tug is slightly more prone to thaws, and the depth in the UP is more widespread. Looking at maps currently, the Tug is right along where I am, around 40" in depth right now. both places get dumped on so it's cool haha! That area, and the NE as a whole is in a winning streak lately however. As far as I'm concerned tho, the windmill farms ruined the beauty of the Tug... sorry This has been a really down here for the Tug actually. Very few LES events in comparison to many other years. It's comparing apple to oranges, but I choose the place that can get 142" in 10 days. I'm an insane snowfall rate advocate if there was such a thing. The UP is more about snowfall slowly adding up and not going anywhere due to insane cold. You just can't get 5"+ an hour rates there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 This has been a really down here for the Tug actually. Very few LES events in comparison to many other years. It's comparing apple to oranges, but I choose the place that can get 142" in 10 days. I'm an insane snowfall rate advocate if there was such a thing. The UP is more about snowfall slowly adding up and not going anywhere due to insane cold. You just can't get 5"+ an hour rates there.yes 5" rates do happen here, but not for a day straight like that area does. I guess to each their own you're right tho, the snow is very persistent here. 8" and counting today, pouring fatties tonight. my lake effect is better than your lake effect... jesus haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 yes 5" rates do happen here, but not for a day straight like that area does. I guess to each their own you're right tho, the snow is very persistent here. 8" and counting today, pouring fatties tonight. my lake effect is better than your lake effect... jesus haha Wasn't saying that. Was responding to snowstormcanuck about a location that fit his post.. There isn't to many places in the US that receive 200" a year within 30 mins of a city with 250k+ people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted February 9, 2015 Author Share Posted February 9, 2015 The mini February thaw is over, and winter has returned. The glacier is hardening up and there is a fresh dusting to freshen it up too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 Some light pillars around the area the other night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 ^Man I've been waiting for light pillars like that all season. Very nice. Outstanding pics on the previous page BO. As I've mentioned before, it looks like a ski resort up there lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 ^Man I've been waiting for light pillars like that all season. Very nice. Outstanding pics on the previous page BO. As I've mentioned before, it looks like a ski resort up there lol. Thanks Cy! Camera working overtime, but it's just so damn beautiful out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted February 10, 2015 Author Share Posted February 10, 2015 Never gets old looking at those pics. And I can hear the silence when looking at them. Crisp, winter silence NEVER gets old. Oh and another winter day, another winter sunset here. This was actually one of the best of the many we have been treated to the last month or so Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonger Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Bo, I might need to use you as a summer stump spotter. Basically, I need someone in that area to find me a nice spot on public land without stumps. Right near you. Guess what for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Bo, I might need to use you as a summer stump spotter. Basically, I need someone in that area to find me a nice spot on public land without stumps. Right near you. Guess what for? haha! what's the pay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonger Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 haha! what's the pay Satisfaction knowing that my machine isn't trekking through a minefield of horrors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Satisfaction knowing that my machine isn't trekking through a minefield of horrors. don't get your hopes up. the pic's I just osted is on forested land and is 3' deep, stumps everywhere. lots of public land here, but most is forested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonger Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 don't get your hopes up. the pic's I just osted is on forested land and is 3' deep, stumps everywhere. lots of public land here, but most is forested. That's the only downfall to the UP, it's solid forest or stumps.... It's a very conducive soil for tree growth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Great pics Bo and Josh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Great pictures everyone in the last couple days! With it staying light longer at the end of the day, I should have more opportunities to get pics posted of my own. Buffalo Weather - I've heard of the light pillar phenomenon, but have never witnessed that before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Great pictures everyone in the last couple days! With it staying light longer at the end of the day, I should have more opportunities to get pics posted of my own. Buffalo Weather - I've heard of the light pillar phenomenon, but have never witnessed that before. We had light the light pillar phenomenon happen here a few weeks ago. I suddenly started receiving texts/calls about it one evening. A couple of people were freaking out. Pretty neat looking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted February 11, 2015 Author Share Posted February 11, 2015 Thanks guys. I can never recall seeing nice sunsets (each different from the last) almost every day like we are lately Another day, another sunset here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted February 12, 2015 Author Share Posted February 12, 2015 The dark gray sky/mist made for a nice contrast with the white snow late this afternoon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted February 13, 2015 Author Share Posted February 13, 2015 I had to stop by the mall after work, and as I left the sun was setting...yet another sunset to photograph....and despite a crappy cell pic, I thought it looked cool setting behind the mountains of plowed snow in the distance lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted February 14, 2015 Author Share Posted February 14, 2015 Deep winter continues in southeast Michigan on this Valentines Day Some pics from this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 Nice ones Josh. Here's a few phone pics from this afternoon. Snow cover is not fresh anymore, but still a decent amount of it left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 ...even you phone pics are great love the 3rd one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonger Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 It always amazes me how it can be so clear after a front passes through on the other side of the lake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 ...even you phone pics are great love the 3rd one! Thanks man. Yeah for a phone it actually does pretty well (Galaxy Note3). It always amazes me how it can be so clear after a front passes through on the other side of the lake. We won't see a cloudless day like that for months. I figured there'd be more clouds today following the front, but it's been pretty clear most of the day. Despite the full sun it's pretty damn cold out there lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmc76 Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 It always amazes me how it can be so clear after a front passes through on the other side of the lake. It's like a different world Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonger Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 It's like a different world My brother inlaw is from Winnipeg, he used to comment on how depressing the clouds were in the winter here. He said 9 out of 10 days in Winnipeg are blue skies, but 20 degrees colder all day and night. He thinks its warm here and teases his family back home when it gets above freezing in January. He's never seen a non-white Christmas back home. He said frost quakes will scare the sh-t out of you back in Manitoba. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmc76 Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 My brother inlaw is from Winnipeg, he used to comment on how depressing the clouds were in the winter here. He said 9 out of 10 days in Winnipeg are blue skies, but 20 degrees colder all day and night. He thinks its warm here and teases his family back home when it gets above freezing in January. He's never seen a non-white Christmas back home. He said frost quakes will scare the sh-t out of you back in Manitoba. To uneventful winter-storm wise in Winnipeg. I bet they go weeks without a snowfall of 2"+ with temps well below freezing the whole time. Maybe will get one of those Frost quakes this winter but I think those are more common with lesser snow on the ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonger Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 To uneventful winter-storm wise in Winnipeg. I bet they go weeks without a snowfall of 2"+ with temps well below freezing the whole time. Maybe will get one of those Frost quakes this winter but I think those are more common with lesser snow on the ground. The Winnipeg-Minneapolis snowmobile race was canceled due to lack of snow last week. It hasn't cracked freezing there since mid December, just no snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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