Jackstraw Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Yep. Grass is beginning to show in non-shaded areas here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Hit 43° here today with some sun and some clouds. Melted a decent amount of snow. Grass starting to show in high spots, around trees, and on south facing slopes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 30 for a high today with some freezing drizzle/fog all day. 29 with some light snow currently.Today actually felt warm compared to the last few weeks. Decent chances for snow this week but nothing to get excited about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Made it to 46 at LAF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 If there is one thing I have learned over the years, no matter how cold of a pattern you are in or how great of a snow pattern you are in, thaws are pesky and will be a bit warmer than forecast. No torch by any means, but it hovered in the 38-42F range from 1pm to 3am. Also the dewpoints creeped up to 34F at 3-4am. Still hovering at 36F. The snowpack took a big hit. Id call average depth 2" right now, certainly higher spots but also some bare spots showing up in the usual places. The heavily traveled roads have that thawed look of dirty snowbanks, patches of snow, and lots of brown grass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Tonight's game at Foxborough could get interesting. Strong southeast winds all game with intermittent rain showers. Then later on towards the end of the game a band of heavy rain could slam them. Would be pretty cool if it hit around the last 2 minute drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 15 day run of snow cover breaking up considerably now. Over performing temps already in the upper 30s with mostly sunny skies. Generally under 2" of snow across the ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Temp slowly falling, down to 24 now. 1.5" of snow since I got up this morning. big and fluffy type flakes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 We underperformed relative to the increased forecast temps yesterday, but we are overperforming a bit again today. Our snow is mostly gone now. Many front yards in my neighborhood are 50+% snow-free. Even my enclosed backyard is down to 1 inch. I'm enjoying the mild temps and especially the bright sun. January has been MUCH sunnier than December. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted January 18, 2015 Author Share Posted January 18, 2015 If there is one thing I have learned over the years, no matter how cold of a pattern you are in or how great of a snow pattern you are in, thaws are pesky and will be a bit warmer than forecast. No torch by any means, but it hovered in the 38-42F range from 1pm to 3am. Also the dewpoints creeped up to 34F at 3-4am. Still hovering at 36F. The snowpack took a big hit. Id call average depth 2" right now, certainly higher spots but also some bare spots showing up in the usual places. The heavily traveled roads have that thawed look of dirty snowbanks, patches of snow, and lots of brown grass. The little bit of rain we had didn't help either, as patches of grass have also returned. On the bright side, the streets are practically snow/ice free now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Up to 42 here. Most of the snow is now gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Heavy weather moving towards tonight's game. Even a severe warning along that incoming line. Could become quite interesting in the 2nd half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 High of 40° here today. Lost about 40% of the snow cover now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 The little bit of rain we had didn't help either, as patches of grass have also returned. On the bright side, the streets are practically snow/ice free now... Not much around here either... can't believe how mild its been the last few days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Today was as damp and dreary as they come. Puddles, melting snow, rain and snow showers - its like a petri dish for wintertime sickness. Snowpack took a much bigger hit than I had hoped for the last 2 days, but what can you do when it comes to the old January thaw. Calling depth on average 1 inch right now....but there are tons of bare spots (moreso in front yards than backyards, backyard is still mostly snow with just a few bare spots), and the heavily traveled or open roads are mainly just grass and piles with the occasional drift. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 light mood snow all day and one pretty heavy burst for about 35 minutes... 2.5" total since early morning, down to 17 now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonger Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 light mood snow all day and one pretty heavy burst for about 35 minutes... 2.5" total since early morning, down to 17 now. You accidentally get 2.5 inches... That's an "event" here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 You accidentally get 2.5 inches... That's an "event" here.nice band set up between Big Bay and Marquette right now. probably wont amount to more than an inch or two, as it's fairly transient, but even MQT is -24" since Dec 1st. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackstraw Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 It's like Maine Mud Season around here. Where there isn't snow ( or water glazed snow icing) it's like melted permafrost. My grass that's showing is getting destroyed by the Yard Apes playing in it. Supposed to get down to 25 tonight, gonna have frozen mud stalagmites everywhere in the morning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Took advantage of the relatively warm evening and ran out at half time during the Pats game and washed the truck. Nice to get all the salt off finally. Have cooled off quite a bit since though, and have dipped back to 25. Just patches of snow left now. Had a nice 6-7" of snow pack 4-5 days ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brewers Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Noticed some extremely light winds within the troposphere across the area on Tuesday. Tops out at 14kts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chitown Storm Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Noticed some extremely light winds within the troposphere across the area on Tuesday. Tops out at 14kts. That's something you might typically find in the dog days of summer, not mid winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 was nice to melt off the nasty snowpack and clean things up a bit. not looking forward to the upcoming death freeze part II and the associated 1-2" weenie padders Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chitown Storm Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Some very light snow starting to fall. Looks like it shouldn't last more than 30 minutes. Point now up to 39 for today. Bye bye remaining snowpack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 picked up 1.8" last night of more mood snow.... 24 hour total 4.3" check out this report from mqt: SNOW 4 NE NEGAUNEE 46.53N 87.55W 01/19/2015 M2.7 INCH MARQUETTE MI OFFICIAL NWS OBS 1.4 INCHES OVER THE PAST SIX HOURS. VERY DRY SNOW WITH A SNOW TO LIQUID RATIO OF AROUND 40 TO 1. SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Temps overachieving today. Made it up to 43 with some sun. Ground is bare again, with only dirty piles left over. Euro drops an inch or so tomorrow night, but temps reach above freezing through much of the week, so it will melt too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 update from my earlier post... Pretty rare to see this kind of fluffy snow ratios. MQT: Today's snowfall along Lake Superior is about as dry and fluffy as snow can get. The 2.7 inches that fell at NWS Marquette between 1am and 1pm today contained only 0.05" of liquid, producing a snow-to-liquid ratio (SLR) of 54:1. In other words, with this dry of snow, 1 inch of "rain" would translate to 54 inches of snow. Here are some other SLR's for comparison: - Sleet/ice pellets: 2.5 to 1 - Very wet snow: 8 to 1 - Typical system snow: 12-15 to 1 - Typical lake effect snow: 20-25 to 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trent Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 It's always neat seeing those high ratio snowfalls, but the NWS can't say that had 1" liquid fallen that 54" of snow would have fallen because it assumes that there would be no more compaction from the weight of all that snow. There's a reason so many extreme high ratio snow events are less than 6" because compaction increasingly becomes a factor above that making SLR less impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 It looks like northern Ohio and northern Indiana, as well as, possibly the Detroit area, and Pennsylvania, may see 1-3" from the Tuesday-Wednesday clipper. (Note: now the TropicalTidbits web site does not have extreme snow-liquid ratios anymore. Levi Cowan has recently set all snow-liquid ratios to 10:1.) DTX discussion MAIN CHANGE FROM THE PREVIOUS FORECAST IS TO CUT BACK POPS LATER IN[Tuesday] AFTERNOON AS THE SHORTWAVE TRACKS EAST AND DRIER AIR ADVECTS INFROM THE NORTH FROM THE HIGH POSITIONED OVER HUDSON BAY. THIS QUICKMOVING SYSTEM AND OVERALL WEAK DYNAMICS ARE EXPECTED TO SQUEEZE OUTA FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH OF QPF...WITH SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF ANINCH OR LESS EXPECTED...WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS ACROSS THE SOUTH.ANOTHER WEAKER SHORTWAVE IS PROGGED TO TRACK ALONG THIS FRONTTUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...BRINGING ANOTHER CHANCE FOR LIGHT SNOWSHOWERS TO THE REGION. THE BEST MOISTURE AND DYNAMICS DO NOT ARRIVEUNTIL WEDNESDAY WHEN MODELS PROG A SLUG OF 700 MB MOISTURE AND OMEGATO TRACK ALONG SOUTHERN MICHIGAN. GIVEN THE DELAY IN MOISTURE ANDLIFT WILL LOWER POPS TUESDAY NIGHT AND RAISE THEM ON WEDNESDAY WHENTHESE FEATURES ARRIVE OVER THE SOUTHERN CWA. MUCH LIKE TUESDAY THEBEST MOISTURE AND LIFT IS EXPECTED TO BE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN CWACLOSE TO THE FRONT AND ACTUAL SHORTWAVE...WITH A SIMILAR PATTERN INPOPS. THIS NEXT SYSTEM WILL HAVE A BIT BETTER MOISTURE TO WORKWITH...ALBEIT NOT BY MUCH...WITH THE MAIN DIFFERENCE BEING A LONGERRESIDENCE TIME AND A SLOWER MOVING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ALLOWING FORA BIT MORE SNOWFALL. THAT BEING SAID SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND ANINCH ARE POSSIBLE ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE M-59 CORRIDOR FROM LATETUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brewers Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 That's something you might typically find in the dog days of summer, not mid winter. Unfortunately, it also means our weather is extremely boring. As for the next couple day, I'd rather be in Southern MN. Probably won't even receive an inch up here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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