slimjim101 Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 Here just NW of Grand Rapids, Michigan we had a short but very intense snow shower late last night. Here at my house I recorded 3.5” in just over one hour. And now have 4.5” on the ground (there is still some melting from the warm ground) that 4.5” is on the grass on the road and drive way there is about 2” with some ice and slush. The temperature here is now at 28° Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
London snowsquall Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 20 hours ago, London snowsquall said: Looks like we have the central and western parts covered. As always with the bands, exactly where they set up or where (or if) a dominant band sets up shop is the million dollar question. Warning now in place for anywhere between 30-50+cms. Getting the grass covered would be a good start........ Seems we couldn't even manage the good start and have yet to whiten the grass IMBY. A little bit of a disappointment considering the forecast. Next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ConfusedKitten Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 9 minutes ago, London snowsquall said: Seems we couldn't even manage the good start and have yet to whiten the grass IMBY. A little bit of a disappointment considering the forecast. Next. East end of the city got a little overnight and has had some snow throughout the morning, but yeah that was pretty dissapointing. At least we're almost bound to get something on Sunday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckeye_Weather Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 Cuyahoga County just issues a LES Warning, effective until tomorrow: ... LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING... WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST SATURDAY. THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * ACCUMULATIONS... TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 12 INCHES THROUGH TONIGHT... WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ACROSS THE EASTERN SUBURBS. * TIMING... SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS EASTERN CUYAHOGA COUNTY THROUGH THE EVENING. SNOW SHOWERS WILL INCREASE LATER THIS EVENING ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE COUNTY. THE SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT BEFORE STARTING TO SHIFT OUT OF THE COUNTY BY EARLY SATURDAY. * IMPACTS... LAKE EFFECT SNOW AND SNOW SQUALLS WILL LEAD TO RAPID ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND VERY POOR VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. * WINDS... WEST 10 TO 20 MPH. * TEMPERATURES... DROPPING INTO THE TEENS TONIGHT. WIND CHILL VALUES POSSIBLY DIPPING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. DURING LAKE EFFECT SNOW... THE WEATHER CAN VARY FROM BANDS OF LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW TO DRY WEATHER JUST A FEW MILES AWAY. VISIBILITIES CAN VARY GREATLY AND CAN DROP TO NEAR ZERO IN THE HEAVIER LAKE EFFECT SNOW BANDS. IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING IN THE WARNED AREA BE PREPARED FOR RAPID CHANGES IN WEATHER... VISIBILITY AND ROAD CONDITIONS. LOCAL TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS MAY BE IN EFFECT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh_4184 Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 Been snowing at a pretty good clip since about 3:00 P.M. closing in on 12" right now, might pick up another 3- tonight as I suspected the other day Kalkaska area has been the big winner so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slimjim101 Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 I am up early today as I have to go into work early. Getting a moderate snow shower at this time. Have 2.5” of new snow overnight. Now have a total of 7.75” on the ground. The snow this morning is very light and fluffy with nice big size flakes. The temperature here is now 21° Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 6 hours ago, Willh said: They really botched this forecast tonight. I almost got stuck. They were forecasting 2-4 inches tonight in Calumet... Massive band of intense snow suddenly started right around 6pm. It's midnight now and we have picked up at least 15+ inches of new snow in the past 6 hours and it's still coming down hard. The roads are horrible. Got at least 30 inches so far for the whole event. Congrats. You're now officially a yooper! Enjoy and keep the pics and videos coming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh_4184 Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 Picked up another 6-8 " since yesterday, around 16-18" on the ground. Should pick up another 4-6 today and another 4-6 tomorrow. Great start. Around kalkaska picked up 30-35 in some spots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slow poke Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 55 minutes ago, josh_4184 said: Picked up another 6-8 " since yesterday, around 16-18" on the ground. Should pick up another 4-6 today and another 4-6 tomorrow. Great start. Around kalkaska picked up 30-35 in some spots. Hey Josh, where are you finding the reports from? Locals that live up that way? All the reports I've see so far have been between 12-16 inches with one report of 24 inches just south of Kalkaska this morning. Kalkaska county is my stomping grounds where we do most of our off trail riding at, we'll be up there a week from today if the snow is good but if they have 30"+ it might be worth going up this afternoon to play in it. I'm bet Jonger is up there tearing it all up by now..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh_4184 Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 I spoke with my plow guy who said they saw those amounts northwest of Kalkaska, its not a large area maybe a few square miles so please don't expect to hit kalkaska and see 30"+ snow everywhere. Also please keep in mind the snow is pure fluff so while it looks good not ideal for riding especially since we had no base and the ground i s still not frozen yet. Any more discussion should probably be done in the Northwoods thread to keep this thread about LES and not winter sports. I'll keep everyone posted over there going to head out in a bit myself to check out the conditions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SconnieTransplant Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 On 12/4/2016 at 9:02 PM, Willh said: Whoa. Nearby. I'm on 6th street...same street Pat's is on, lol. Have an apt but looking for a house and want to stay in the Calumet area. Love it. 8 hours ago, Willh said: 3am video. Going to bed. I'd say we got about 30 inches as well - we're right on Calumet Avenue (Highway 41). I walked out the front door and the snow was up to my waist. Spent the morning giving the snowblower and shovels quite the workout. I think we're dug out for the moment. We went out Friday night (nothing will keep us from our Friday night fish fry!) and the weather was just cranking up when we got home. It was a pretty daunting sight this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonger Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 UP > Maine. For snow at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n1vek Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 Awesome pics. Would love to experience an overachiever like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh_4184 Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 So my original estimate of 16-18' were off, just went out to ride an do a little snow-blowing and I am close to 24" around my property. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh_4184 Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 Here are a few pics form being out an about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonger Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 Heading up in the morning. It's rip city here right now at my house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh_4184 Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 lol @ the APX AFD this afternoon. Quote LONG TERM...(Tuesday night through Saturday) Issued at 327 PM EST Sat Dec 10 2016 I don`t think it`s ever going to stop snowing...ever. OK, well that may be a bit of an overreach, but we are certainly going to lock into the northern Michigan snowglobe pattern. Timing will have to be watched the closer we get, but we will cycle between arctic wave generated system snow, with periods of lake effect snow in between. That said, the real story in the extended is going to be the coldest air of the season thus far. There will be days in the offing that will struggle to warm out of the single digits. The pendulum has swung the other way indeed. Welcome home Old Man winter, we missed you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted December 10, 2016 Author Share Posted December 10, 2016 Reed Timmer south of Buffalo right now chasing. Some places will be over 50" by tomorrow morning with this event. A whopping 2.1" so far here, I told you guys I don't live in the snow belt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted December 10, 2016 Author Share Posted December 10, 2016 ...CATTARAUGUS COUNTY... CATTARAUGUS 36.0 1230 PM 12/10 SOCIAL MEDIA NAPOLI 34.0 152 PM 12/10 PUBLIC PERRYSBURG 30.0 200 PM 12/10 COOP OBSERVER ELLICOTTVILLE 30.0 122 PM 12/10 SOCIAL MEDIA 1 NNE HUMPHREY 24.0 230 PM 12/10 TRAINED SPOTTER 3 W FRANKLINVILLE 13.5 1044 AM 12/10 3 DAY STORM TOTAL ...CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY... 2 E SINCLAIRVILLE 30.0 119 PM 12/10 STORM CHASER FINDLEY LAKE 17.8 1200 PM 12/10 PUBLIC ...ERIE COUNTY... SPRINGVILLE 36.0 1208 PM 12/10 SOCIAL MEDIA EAST CONCORD 33.0 200 PM 12/10 TRAINED SPOTTER SARDINIA 20.5 1115 AM 12/10 TRAINED SPOTTER 25 min (18.5 mi) via US-219 N Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted December 11, 2016 Author Share Posted December 11, 2016 8 hours ago, josh_4184 said: Picked up another 6-8 " since yesterday, around 16-18" on the ground. Should pick up another 4-6 today and another 4-6 tomorrow. Great start. Around kalkaska picked up 30-35 in some spots. Nice event for you Josh, I think lakes fire back up later next week. W/NW flow and great pics Will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TugHillMatt Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 Nice pics, guys! Only gpt several inches here, as the winds pushed the bands over the lakeshore. Some of the models are showing a possible sweet lake enhanced event tonight though for my area of West Michigan. We shall see... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted December 11, 2016 Author Share Posted December 11, 2016 Few pics from this event so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh_4184 Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 3 hours ago, BuffaloWeather said: Nice event for you Josh, I think lakes fire back up later next week. W/NW flow and great pics Will. Thanks better than I expected, my area does really well in W/NW, although I think the extreme cold will hamper the totals a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 I love these pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TugHillMatt Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 Wow, nice snow in Hamburg! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
on_wx Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 Not sure how much lake effect we've picked up since Thursday, but it's been snowing quite a bit. Looks like at least 1-1.5 feet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
London snowsquall Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 16 minutes ago, on_wx said: Not sure how much lake effect we've picked up since Thursday, but it's been snowing quite a bit. Looks like at least 1-1.5 feet. Congrats on the snow. I thought at one point you were moving to London? You are in a better spot for LES in Stratford than here as you are really influenced by westerly winds which are much more common than a precise NW wind needed here. Just got the lawn covered here as the LES earlier in the week in the west end was basically non-existent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
on_wx Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 36 minutes ago, London snowsquall said: Congrats on the snow. I thought at one point you were moving to London? You are in a better spot for LES in Stratford than here as you are really influenced by westerly winds which are much more common than a precise NW wind needed here. Just got the lawn covered here as the LES earlier in the week in the west end was basically non-existent. London was the plan, but I ended up in Orangeville and now bouncing between KW and Stratford. Wouldn't mind living here permanently Too bad London missed out, but there is a mega squall out there with your name on it. Can't remember if Stratford gets big stationary squalls like London can get Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted December 12, 2016 Author Share Posted December 12, 2016 22 hours ago, blackrock said: Wow, nice snow in Hamburg! Only a few inches here, the best was south of here. We went chasing and got some good pics/vids of the powder. My and my chasing buddy went chasing last night from Village of Hamburg through Springville to North Collins and back to Cassadaga. Springville had the most snow by far with 3 feet+, Cassadaga had over 2'. Here is a few pics and videos of the snow depth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickysixes Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 12 hours ago, Willh said: I guess now is as good a time as any to give a summary of the past week les event/system snow. Since Tuesday it's fairly safe to say that we picked up in excess of 50-55" of snow. It could be more than that. Either way - I'm happy. Wait until the wind picks up Wed-Thurs! All that powder will drift nicely:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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