January 31-February 2nd Superbowl/GHD Blizzard Version 2.0 Part 4

[A-L-E-K]

woke up at 5 am to take the dog out and it was still high end SN under 20 dbz, with over 4" new since my last update and well over 20" storm total. Take it with a grain of salt until I check other obs but I think it's legit. Straight up buried. The snow that is falling now is pure 30:1 fluff balls

 

EDIT: still a high end -SN or nearly SN with parachutes

[snowstormcanuck]

Good job guys. Had my doubts about widespread 12-18". Certainly came to fruition. Would never believe it just looking at H5 but deep moisture saved the day.

[Brewers]

11.5" at MKE. Might not be final since it was still snowing at midnight.

[michsnowfreak]

Storm total 16.5" here, precip 1.08", avg depth 18". Tons of drifts! Its unbelievable but the SREFs, both liquid and snow, were almost DEAD ON!

 

DTW finished with 16.7", which is the 3rd largest snowstorm on record for Detroit since 1880! (and ironically the largest snowstorm that actually occurred DURING astronomical winter)

1.) 24.5" - April 6, 1886

2.) 19.3" - December 1/2, 1974

3.) 16.7" - February 1/2, 2015

4.) 16.1" - March 4/5, 1900

5.) 14.0" - February 28/March 1, 1900

5.) 14.0" - December 18/19, 1929

[michsnowfreak]

Excited to walk around campus tomorrow.

 

Far from the most exciting storm ever here (don't think vis ever dropped below 1/4 mile, if that), but slow and steady wins the race I suppose. Should end up around 14-15" I'd guess. Biggest snow I've witnessed since tracking storms in earnest.

Really? We had several periods of quarter mile visibility with a few lower bouts.

[A-L-E-K]

snow started accumulating saturday evening - slept for 7 hours - woke up and enjoyed the meat of the blizzard - slept for 7 hours - woke up and accumulating snow still ongoing

 

A true marathon event but there was enough high end SN during daylight to keep it interesting. Might not have had the high end peak intensity gusts, grapple, thunder that GHD11 had but from a snow perspective it looks even more impressive out there. Deep low ratio base with a powder crown. My car will be buried until March.

 

My bus is running on schedule. 

[snowstormcanuck]

Storm total 16.5" here, precip 1.08", avg depth 18". Tons of drifts! Its unbelievable but the SREFs, both liquid and snow, were almost DEAD ON!

 

DTW finished with 16.7", which is the 3rd largest snowstorm on record for Detroit since 1880! (and ironically the largest snowstorm that actually occurred DURING astronomical winter)

1.) 24.5" - April 6, 1886

2.) 19.3" - December 1/2, 1974

3.) 16.7" - February 1/2, 2015

4.) 16.1" - March 4/5, 1900

5.) 14.0" - February 28/March 1, 1900

5.) 14.0" - December 18/19, 1929

 

Nice! That's exactly what I measured as a 13 year old boy back on January 3, 1999. Unfortunately now, I'm the only one on this subforum still holding on to 1999 as the standard-bearer.

[A-L-E-K]

Still coming down at a good clip

[sokolow]

-SN continues on the glorious South Side home of etc., etc. and the sidewalks are a clear reminder how much Chicago does not care about cyclists or pedestrians.

[Whitelakeroy]

Storm total 16.5" here, precip 1.08", avg depth 18". Tons of drifts! Its unbelievable but the SREFs, both liquid and snow, were almost DEAD ON!

 

DTW finished with 16.7", which is the 3rd largest snowstorm on record for Detroit since 1880! (and ironically the largest snowstorm that actually occurred DURING astronomical winter)

1.) 24.5" - April 6, 1886

2.) 19.3" - December 1/2, 1974

3.) 16.7" - February 1/2, 2015

4.) 16.1" - March 4/5, 1900

5.) 14.0" - February 28/March 1, 1900

5.) 14.0" - December 18/19, 1929

Yes I will agree the SREFs (NAM) and the UKie did well once we got within 3 days of the storm. 

 

For MBY when I applied my little rule to about a 1/3 off the Porn maps it worked perfect.  Though I wanted it I knew those Porn runs of 18-24" was not happening.  Especially since my first 4-5" had lower ratios around 12:1 as it was a bit more sugary; however; as the heavier stuff moved in mid-afternoon I got good 20+:1 ratios.  

 

Looking out side there are a lot of awesome 2'-3' drifts.  Doesn't even look like I touched the driveway last night around 7PM when I already had solid 8" on the ground.

 

Great storm here. 

[Brewers]

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[A-L-E-K]

-SN continues on the glorious South Side home of etc., etc. and the sidewalks are a clear reminder how much Chicago does not care about cyclists or pedestrians.

I just walk in the middle of the street after big snows.

[blue60007]

Picked up almost an inch of fluff over night. Storm total 4.7" with .89" of liquid. Really not all that terrible of a storm.

 

Hoping to see lots of great pictures from further north today!

[hm8]

Really? We had several periods of quarter mile visibility with a few lower bouts.

KARB only had one OBS at 0.25 and no inter-hour reports that I saw. Granted my eyes weren't locked out the window the whole time and the near-by KYIP OBS were a bit more impressive, but the heaviest bands just seemed to never quite make it.

Not complaining. Didn't ever expect this storm to take me to rip-city. Certainly wasn't the main aspect of it, anyway. The long duration and XL-defo band lived up to expectations in every way.

Storm total 14.1" at UofM.

[Baum]

-SN continues on the glorious South Side home of etc., etc. and the sidewalks are a clear reminder how much Chicago does not care about cyclists or pedestrians.

Wow.

[A-L-E-K]

Morning after in the loop

[Brewers]

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02/02/2015 M12.0 INCH MILWAUKEE WI OFFICIAL NWS OBS

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[Chitown Storm]

Sweet pics Alek! Man that looks so awesome. Memories of GHD.

[stormtrackertf]

Storm total 16.5" here, precip 1.08", avg depth 18". Tons of drifts! Its unbelievable but the SREFs, both liquid and snow, were almost DEAD ON!

 

DTW finished with 16.7", which is the 3rd largest snowstorm on record for Detroit since 1880! (and ironically the largest snowstorm that actually occurred DURING astronomical winter)

1.) 24.5" - April 6, 1886

2.) 19.3" - December 1/2, 1974

3.) 16.7" - February 1/2, 2015

4.) 16.1" - March 4/5, 1900

5.) 14.0" - February 28/March 1, 1900

5.) 14.0" - December 18/19, 1929

Incredible. Any chance DTW picked up a few more tenths after 5:55am?

[dmc76]

15.5" here. Incredible I got drifts in my driveway there approaching 2 feet I don't have a snowblower I'm screwed

[stormtrackertf]

Big dog.

0800 AM SNOW BROWNSTOWN TOWNSHIP 42.15N 83.26W
02/02/2015 M17.0 INCH WAYNE MI TRAINED SPOTTER

28 HOUR STORM TOTAL.

[Trent]

Was the snow for you guys to the north mostly a light powder? It's hard to believe the snow I got was from the same storm. Over 10" of cement here just west of Cleveland. Everything was plastered and not much wind during the brunt of the storm so minimal if any drifting. Temperatures plummeted into the low teens overnight so everything froze solid. Trees are still plastered with snow despite the gusty 30mph winds now. Very picturesque scene out there with caked snow and fresh lake effect falling.

[mjwise]

Storm total 16.5" here, precip 1.08", avg depth 18". Tons of drifts! Its unbelievable but the SREFs, both liquid and snow, were almost DEAD ON!

 

DTW finished with 16.7", which is the 3rd largest snowstorm on record for Detroit since 1880! (and ironically the largest snowstorm that actually occurred DURING astronomical winter)

1.) 24.5" - April 6, 1886

2.) 19.3" - December 1/2, 1974

3.) 16.7" - February 1/2, 2015

4.) 16.1" - March 4/5, 1900

5.) 14.0" - February 28/March 1, 1900

5.) 14.0" - December 18/19, 1929

 

Saved here for posterity.

 

 

SREF means for DTW:

 

15Z 1/30 - 10.3"

21Z 1/30 - 12.8"

3Z 1/31 - 13.4"

9Z 1/31 - 16.0"

15Z 1/31 - 17.4"

21Z 1/31 - 17.3"

3Z 2/1 - 16.7"

9Z 2/1 - 16.7"

 

Bonus: The operational NAM at 18Z on 1/30 showed 17.5"

 

Freaking amazing. The NAM ensemble's finest hour.

[stormtrackertf]

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02/02/2015 E20.0 INCH KALAMAZOO MI TRAINED SPOTTER

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[Geos]

I think right around 16.5" here total. I'm curious to see neighboring reports coming in this morning to check that.

[michsnowfreak]

Was the snow for you guys to the north mostly a light powder? It's hard to believe the snow I got was from the same storm. Over 10" of cement here just west of Cleveland. Everything was plastered and not much wind during the brunt of the storm so minimal if any drifting. Temperatures plummeted into the low teens overnight so everything froze solid. Trees are still plastered with snow despite the gusty 30mph winds now. Very picturesque scene out there with caked snow and fresh lake effect falling.

Yep...ALL powder

[michsnowfreak]

Wayne co totals so far

13.5" Garden City

14.0" Allen Park

16.5" Wyandotte

16.7" DTW

17.0" Brownstown

[Chicago WX]

woke up at 5 am to take the dog out and it was still high end SN under 20 dbz, with over 4" new since my last update and well over 20" storm total. Take it with a grain of salt until I check other obs but I think it's legit. Straight up buried. The snow that is falling now is pure 30:1 fluff balls

 

EDIT: still a high end -SN or nearly SN with parachutes

 

Very nice. You need to change your sig to "stacking big dogs".

 

Picked up almost an inch of fluff over night. Storm total 4.7" with .89" of liquid. Really not all that terrible of a storm.

 

Hoping to see lots of great pictures from further north today!

 

Indeed. But it'll still remain a what could have been storm for us. Still snow globing right now. Moody mood.

 

I think this is the highest total I've found from this storm. Congrats to La Porte.

 

0707 AM SNOW 2 SW LA PORTE 41.59N 86.73W

02/02/2015 M20.9 INCH LA PORTE IN COCORAHS

COCORAHS STATION LA PORTE 1.6 SW /IN-LP-7/

SNOW DURATION 48 HOURS.

[snowstormcanuck]

Was the snow for you guys to the north mostly a light powder? It's hard to believe the snow I got was from the same storm. Over 10" of cement here just west of Cleveland. Everything was plastered and not much wind during the brunt of the storm so minimal if any drifting. Temperatures plummeted into the low teens overnight so everything froze solid. Trees are still plastered with snow despite the gusty 30mph winds now. Very picturesque scene out there with caked snow and fresh lake effect falling.

 

powder early, fluff now. Nothing wet at all.

[Trent]

Yep...ALL powder

Really amazing. It can be a disappointment not being in a jackpot, but this storm was incredibly unusual for me, so it's been quite enjoyable. It's not too often you see double digit mid winter snows here that are cement. For the most part it was a gentle snowfall and everything is coated evenly. All cars and roof tops have the "mushroom top" look to them. It's a pleasant change from the typical wind blown drifted landscape. The instant freeze afterwards insures that this postcard landscape stays for at least a few days.