Stebo Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 Just got home and measured 4.5" solid surprise event, on par with 2/5/11. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OHweather Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 The synoptic snow was a bit of an under-performer here, best missed to the north, but the lake enhancement is making up for it IMBY. 4-5" so far and moderate snow with decent flake size continues...definitely a chance to clear 6". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LansingWeather Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 2 hours ago, blackrock said: This is the SAME old song and dance of the past decade. This map shows perfectly how the setup has been over and over and over. Muskegon...the synoptic snow abyss. I just don't get it. This was the most amazing thing ever! I Live in Haslett and saw a heavy band just south of here. I decided to go drive and drove around the Okemos area all night. I have never seen snow vary so much, by 330am there was 8 inches of snow right at Haslett and VanAtta Roads, but just a mile at my friends house there was 3 inches. This was the same all over, and about 2 miles south I measured 3.5 inches. I can't believe how narrow the main forcing band was. The snow varied substantially with extremely short distances. I measured 7 inches at 3am and just .25 miles away there was 4.75 inches. It was extremely bizarre. I measured just over 13 inches in that narrow band at 10am! I only managed 4.5 inches about 3 miles north of there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 Ended up with about 2.5" of snow. Models spot on with QPF but ratios just not there. Dense 12:1 powder. Never saw a dendrite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TugHillMatt Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 6 hours ago, LansingWeather said: This was the most amazing thing ever! I Live in Haslett and saw a heavy band just south of here. I decided to go drive and drove around the Okemos area all night. I have never seen snow vary so much, by 330am there was 8 inches of snow right at Haslett and VanAtta Roads, but just a mile at my friends house there was 3 inches. This was the same all over, and about 2 miles south I measured 3.5 inches. I can't believe how narrow the main forcing band was. The snow varied substantially with extremely short distances. I measured 7 inches at 3am and just .25 miles away there was 4.75 inches. It was extremely bizarre. I measured just over 13 inches in that narrow band at 10am! I only managed 4.5 inches about 3 miles north of there. Wow. Crazy! Enjoy your snowfall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowcaine Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 2.7" storm total here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OHweather Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 7.1" in Bedford Heights, OH. One of the better lake enhancement events we've seen recently, the synoptic snow may have dropped 2 or 3" on its own here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Perry Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 Pretty impressive. I had no idea of this until I just got on here and checked the forum. There’s approximately an inch IMBY (grass showing through)... went through Marshall and there’s a noticeable difference in the amount of snow on the ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 An average 4-7" across WNY for this event. Might get an extra few inches LES today in the typical belts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted January 30, 2018 Author Share Posted January 30, 2018 11 hours ago, LansingWeather said: This was the most amazing thing ever! I Live in Haslett and saw a heavy band just south of here. I decided to go drive and drove around the Okemos area all night. I have never seen snow vary so much, by 330am there was 8 inches of snow right at Haslett and VanAtta Roads, but just a mile at my friends house there was 3 inches. This was the same all over, and about 2 miles south I measured 3.5 inches. I can't believe how narrow the main forcing band was. The snow varied substantially with extremely short distances. I measured 7 inches at 3am and just .25 miles away there was 4.75 inches. It was extremely bizarre. I measured just over 13 inches in that narrow band at 10am! I only managed 4.5 inches about 3 miles north of there. Wow that's amazing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted January 30, 2018 Author Share Posted January 30, 2018 My 3.8" of snow melted down to 0.25" liquid. No model had anything close to that in qpf until nowcast time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh_4184 Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 14 minutes ago, michsnowfreak said: Wow that's amazing Very similar to how LES can be so drastic from very short distances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogueWaves Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 2 hours ago, Harry Perry said: Pretty impressive. I had no idea of this until I just got on here and checked the forum. There’s approximately an inch IMBY (grass showing through)... went through Marshall and there’s a noticeable difference in the amount of snow on the ground. Yeah, there is. Warm ground due to the extended torchy days caused a lot of melting from below, but a nice 3.5" came down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted January 30, 2018 Author Share Posted January 30, 2018 1 hour ago, josh_4184 said: Very similar to how LES can be so drastic from very short distances. Yes I remember some stories of some lake events in upstate ny where there will be feet in one area and almost nothing a few miles away. But for a synoptic setup, unforecasted at that, it really seems weird! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted January 30, 2018 Author Share Posted January 30, 2018 19 minutes ago, RogueWaves said: Yeah, there is. Warm ground due to the extended torchy days caused a lot of melting from below, but a nice 3.5" came down Melting yesterday you mean? I haven't noticed any melting lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonger Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonger Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 Does anyone have the radar history for that storm? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 1 hour ago, Jonger said: That's nuckin futs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 26 minutes ago, cyclone77 said: That's nuckin futs It's like a single streamer lake effect band, only it's not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 47 minutes ago, Jonger said: Does anyone have the radar history for that storm? Composite view of it. https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/current/mcview.phtml?prod=lotrad&java=script&mode=archive&frames=200&interval=5&year=2018&month=1&day=28&hour=19&minute=0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonger Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 Unreal. That band had to be quite intense. It was essentially training over I69. My cousin in Owasso picked up 12 inches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LansingWeather Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 7 minutes ago, Jonger said: Unreal. That band had to be quite intense. It was essentially training over I69. My cousin in Owasso picked up 12 inches. Yeah, the snow was definitely about the heaviest ive ever seen. Visibility was near 0 and very well formed dendrites. I estimate it was snowing about 4 i/h at times, which is extreme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boogieman Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 On the precip total map posted, I'm just NW of where the top left corner of the "F" in Flint is, give or take. I measured 10.9" around 2:30 PM before I started shoveling and it was still snowing. All told, we probably made close to 12". Add: Not bad for "a dusting to 2 inches" LOL. This is the second "overachiever" this winter here. Last one, as I recall, forecast 2-4" and we got around 9" IMBY. SEMI can get it's "spring on" any time now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogueWaves Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 19 hours ago, Jonger said: Unreal. That band had to be quite intense. It was essentially training over I69. My cousin in Owasso picked up 12 inches. An accurate Storm Watch would've needed a massive range to reflect reality, like "2-12 inches" lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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