michsnowfreak Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 Snow squalls last night dropped 1.1" imby & at DTW. I was in downtown Detroit at a charity event. While snow fell off and on much of the evening, when a whiteout descended on downtown around midnight it was quite a sight. View from the 16th floor of Motor City Casino Hotel. Below are shots of heavy snow shrouding the city, then when i was a near whiteout, then after the squall tapered to flurries. I would guess around an inch fell downtown as well, maybe slightly less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogueWaves Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 18 minutes ago, michsnowfreak said: Snow squalls last night dropped 1.1" imby & at DTW. I was in downtown Detroit at a charity event. While snow fell off and on much of the evening, when a whiteout descended on downtown around midnight it was quite a sight. View from the 16th floor of Motor City Casino Hotel. Below are shots of heavy snow shrouding the city, then when i was a near whiteout, then after the squall tapered to flurries. I would guess around an inch fell downtown as well, maybe slightly less. You're scoring a lot of squalls over there in Motown! Makes me think GEOS left you his magnet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slimjim101 Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 2 hours ago, Jonger said: Just double checking on this, I think you were looking at the average daily max, the average Jan 2017 temp today is 29.5F. Is that even a top 20? You are right. I seen that mistake after I made the post. That is what happens when one is tired and can not see with one eye and is blind in the other. It has been a warm January just not as warm as I had posted. So with my foot in my mouth I will offer an apology that along with some money will buy everyone a drink of their choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 35 minutes ago, michsnowfreak said: Snow squalls last night dropped 1.1" imby & at DTW. I was in downtown Detroit at a charity event. While snow fell off and on much of the evening, when a whiteout descended on downtown around midnight it was quite a sight. View from the 16th floor of Motor City Casino Hotel. Below are shots of heavy snow shrouding the city, then when i was a near whiteout, then after the squall tapered to flurries. I would guess around an inch fell downtown as well, maybe slightly less. Yeah I was quite surprised how much snow we got over on my side of town, it was definitely over an inch last night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 1 hour ago, Chicago Storm said: A few days ago it was river effect snow off the Mississippi, and now its factory effect snow in NW. Indiana. LSR of 1.1" of snow in Portage, coming off the factories in Gary. Actually, there's river/bluff effect snow coming off the Mississippi in the DVN CWA once agin too. I remember seeing the factory thing before, but can't recall specific dates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janetjanet998 Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 44 minutes ago, Hoosier said: I remember seeing the factory thing before, but can't recall specific dates. I remember something about the ADM plant in Decatur producing flurries downwind in an ILX AFD either last winter or the winter before Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janetjanet998 Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 1 hour ago, Chicago Storm said: A few days ago it was river effect snow off the Mississippi, and now its factory effect snow in NW. Indiana. LSR of 1.1" of snow in Portage, coming off the factories in Gary. Actually, there's river/bluff effect snow coming off the Mississippi in the DVN CWA once agin too. you can see the radar echoes blossom right over Gary then move downwind..... I think the band is also moving over the very small part of the lake before Gary..but the factories seem to give it an extra boost Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janetjanet998 Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 Also if you look at the Visible Satellite, it has that odd feature again over that area(like it did that other day south of DVN) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowstorms Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 LES yesterday helped YYZ move from being the 2nd least snowiest January on record to 3rd now, lol. 3.18" now for the month as of yesterday. 2nd place is 3.07" in Jan 2006, so its a very small margin, but still better than being 2nd, lol. 4th position is Jan 1947 at 3.82". Could be beat depending how much we snow we get Jan 31st from the clipper, if at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janetjanet998 Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 LOT ALSO OF NOTE, LOCALIZED AND PERSISTENT SNOWFALL HAS BEEN IN PLACE ACROSS FAR NORTHERN LAKE AND PORTER COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST INDIANA SINCE YESTERDAY. THIS PLUME OF SNOW APPEARS TO BE ORIGINATING (PER TMDW IMAGERY) IN THE WHITING/EAST CHICAGO TO GARY AREA SO SUSPECT THE SMOKE STACKS IN THAT AREA ARE HELPING TO ENHANCE THE SNOWFALL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 Ground starting to get white. Exciting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 52 minutes ago, janetjanet998 said: LOT ALSO OF NOTE, LOCALIZED AND PERSISTENT SNOWFALL HAS BEEN IN PLACE ACROSS FAR NORTHERN LAKE AND PORTER COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST INDIANA SINCE YESTERDAY. THIS PLUME OF SNOW APPEARS TO BE ORIGINATING (PER TMDW IMAGERY) IN THE WHITING/EAST CHICAGO TO GARY AREA SO SUSPECT THE SMOKE STACKS IN THAT AREA ARE HELPING TO ENHANCE THE SNOWFALL. Classic Seeder Feeder action. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slimjim101 Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 Just had a quick burst of snow here and the road, ground and roofs are now covered with 2" of new snow. Still getting light snow with a temperature of 26. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 Hard to get snow showers here west of the lakes. They stayed about a county or two off to the east today. Did see a few flurries earlier this afternoon. Had to look hard for them though, as it was nothing more than a flake or two now and again in the breeze. Top 3 event for this January though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackstraw Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 I have seen so much strange weather this week. There was this bright light in the sky for a few hours last weekend and now these huge fluffy white things are falling from the sky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ConfusedKitten Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 25 minutes ago, Jackstraw said: bright light in the sky Light? In the sky? Does not compute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundersnow12 Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 0.3" here in a snow squall about 15 mins just recently. Winter total now 17.3" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 Winter wonderland tonight. Lake squalls making things nice and white. We have had over 2" since last evening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackstraw Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 /\ Had that here too... for about 30 minutes lol. Actually almost got an inch! Woke my grandson up and took a walk with him and the dog in it. Told him to enjoy it, may not see it like this again until next winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 10 hours ago, Jackstraw said: /\ Had that here too... for about 30 minutes lol. Actually almost got an inch! Woke my grandson up and took a walk with him and the dog in it. Told him to enjoy it, may not see it like this again until next winter. Those walks are fun. Plenty of winter to go. Got a total snow from Sat night thru early this morning of 2.5" imby & 2.7" at DTW. Season to date now 27.2" imby and 24.4" at DTW. Looks like winter again! Expecting a fresh 3" or so with the clipper tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckeye Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 Why no thread for the clipper? I mean here in central OH we're getting screwed once again in a whole new way, (being missed to the north east), but for you folks in Michigan it should be a fairly nice event. Don't tell me you've become snow snobs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 ORD picked up 0.1" of snow yesterday. Up to 0.5" for the month now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 25 minutes ago, buckeye said: Why no thread for the clipper? I mean here in central OH we're getting screwed once again in a whole new way, (being missed to the north east), but for you folks in Michigan it should be a fairly nice event. Don't tell me you've become snow snobs i think you are right - i will try my hand at starting a thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beavis1729 Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 45 minutes ago, Chicago Storm said: ORD picked up 0.1" of snow yesterday. Up to 0.5" for the month now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 Will finish with 0.4" of snow for the month here, and 1.84" of rain. MLI will also finish with 0.4", and DVN 0.6". Those numbers actually go back to Dec 18th. Take away the fluke 9.5" that fell on Dec 4th (and was all gone in 2 days) and we'd have basically a no show winter to this point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrisale Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 Temperature dipped down to 8F this morning, lowest reading since before Christmas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAFF Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 Noticed 1/4" snow burn off today with a full overcast sky on asphalt.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 2 minutes ago, DAFF said: Noticed 1/4" snow burn off today with a full overcast sky on asphalt.... Yeah, this is about the time of year when I start to notice stuff like that. Obviously will gradually become more and more noticeable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 Pretty impressive temp gradient in eastern Iowa. 29 at Dubuque, and a balmy 54 at Ottumwa. Up to 33 here, but just to the west it's approaching 40 at MLI. The pesky layer of dense overcast at around 2000ft is starting to break up as the warmer air aloft is moving in from the west. Should be cleared off nicely in the next hour, with some scattered high clouds. Scenic sunset watch is in full effect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 Our predicted high was 40 and then lowered to 39 this morning, but with a bit of sun and the sw wind we've hit 44. My January snow total will be 0.8", with 1.95" precip, obviously nearly all rain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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