michsnowfreak Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 A solid foot of snow on the ground still. An ugly 2-day thaw now awaits. On Feb 9th Detroit blew past the average snowfall for an entire season. Today was the 50th day with 1"+ snowcover this season, so we have now passed up average on snowcover days as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TugHillMatt Posted February 14, 2018 Author Share Posted February 14, 2018 3 hours ago, michsnowfreak said: A solid foot of snow on the ground still. An ugly 2-day thaw now awaits. On Feb 9th Detroit blew past the average snowfall for an entire season. Today was the 50th day with 1"+ snowcover this season, so we have now passed up average on snowcover days as well. A foot here as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 Melting and dripping away outside. Still lots of snow on the ground. Sun angle was noticeable today...we lost about 3-4" in the sun and barely 1" in the shade, as of when I measured around 6pm. Piles have a long way to go lol. Took these at a strip mall after work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 A couple overperformer mild days (mid 40s) is all it took to melt most of our low-moisture snow pack. We are down to an inch, maybe two, and there is a fair amount of bare ground showing in the usual spots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raz23 Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 Lost quite a bit of snow with the warm up. No measurements here but the snow pile isn't as tall as it was earlier in the week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TugHillMatt Posted February 16, 2018 Author Share Posted February 16, 2018 Lost quite a bit here during yet another 2 day thaw. Probably about 6 inches left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 We lost a lot. Still solid snowpack. Average depth about 4", some spots higher, some lower. Really no bare spots in residental areas but some on busy roads. Big piles everywhere but when you think of how they looked just 2 days ago...tons of melting with temps/dews in 40s and dense fog. Depth was 14" just 3 days ago and 12" just 40 hours ago. We are at 52 days and counting with 1"+ snowcover, so DTW has already passed the seasonal avg of 50. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 Down to about 2-3 inches of wet slushy snow. As such it forced me to launch a few snowballs earlier. Can't resist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 10 hours ago, cyclone77 said: Down to about 2-3 inches of wet slushy snow. As such it forced me to launch a few snowballs earlier. Can't resist. I was going to build a snowman with my nephew yesterday but my sister didn't want him outside because it was so gross with the murk, fog, and drizzle. Yesterday morning we still had about 10 inches of super heavy snow. I could have built a snowfort the size of a small house. This morning it was 4" of snice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TugHillMatt Posted February 17, 2018 Author Share Posted February 17, 2018 1 hour ago, Chicago Storm said: . That's because Chicago barely ever has over 10 inches to melt!!! lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighTechEE Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 Check this out, Big Mountain Ski Resort near Whitefish, MT hit 10ft of snow on the ground overnight! http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/mesowest/getobext.php?wfo=mso&sid=BIGMS&num=48&raw=0&dbn=m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TugHillMatt Posted February 18, 2018 Author Share Posted February 18, 2018 1 hour ago, HighTechEE said: Check this out, Big Mountain Ski Resort near Whitefish, MT hit 10ft of snow on the ground overnight! http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/mesowest/getobext.php?wfo=mso&sid=BIGMS&num=48&raw=0&dbn=m Wow!!! Anybody want to go on a trip? Parts of the Tug were up to almost 6 feet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 Interesting stat from Chicago. Detroit lost 8" in 2 days. Still a solid snowpack but that's on the way out with this crappy weather on the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 Today, we lost the 2" inches we just got yesterday, but the original 1" is still there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TugHillMatt Posted February 19, 2018 Author Share Posted February 19, 2018 Still maintaining our 5 to 6 inch glacier here, but the normal patches are starting to show around some of the trees that collected the snow (thus ground under them had thinner snowcover) It will be toast after this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 Deep winter remains in place in my little corner of the sub. A bit of snow and freezing rain the past 36 hours, but nothing substantial. Have fallen below normal here for the season...Hoping March delivers! Very dense snowpack. The kind you can only snow shoe through. 10 feet on foot and you're exhausted. This morning: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonger Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 On 2/16/2018 at 9:59 PM, Chicago Storm said: . I swear, weather geeks have figured out 100 ways to make a record out of anything. Most consecutive days without a locust storm!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 The ground is now bare here. This season's snowcover to date officially at DTW shows it is already an above avg snowcover season (the numbers in parentheses are average for an entire season). Peak depth was 14". T+: 65 days (season avg ?) 1"+: 56 days (season avg 50) 3"+: 42 days (season avg 28) 5"+: 33 days (season avg 15) 7"+: 13 days (season avg 7) 9"+: 6 days (season avg 4) 11"+: 5 days (season avg 2) 13"+: 4 days (season avg 1) The winter with the most 1"+ snowcover days was 2013-14 with 96, and the least 1936-37 with 10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 1 hour ago, (((Will))) said: Somewhere between 45-50 inches on the ground now. Got about 10 inches this morning. Another 6-10 tomorrow night...possibly. Should break the 50 inch snow depth mark on Sunday. Wild. Hard to believe you are less than a day drive away. It's like a different world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beavis1729 Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 4 minutes ago, Hoosier said: Wild. Hard to believe you are less than a day drive away. It's like a different world. And the difference is even more stark when you consider that Green Bay has no snow on the ground. Only 220 miles (approx 4 hours) by car from Green Bay to Calumet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beavis1729 Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 13 minutes ago, (((Will))) said: Another interesting trend I've noted... The high temperatures in the higher elevations are almost always 5-7 degrees lower than they are at the lake level, ie Houghton, etc. When I leave Houghton...if the temperature is 15 degrees, invariably it will be somewhere between 10 and 7 degrees in Calumet...it's pretty surprising how much 700 feet in elevation has on the climate of an area. Winter highs in Houghton are 21 on avg...presumably they're around 16 in Calumet and Toivola/Twin Lakes...that's pretty cold for Michigan. Not that this is particularly interesting data...but just something I'm interested in. lol. Ha - I'm interested too. Good stuff. I was in Houghton and Mass City two winters ago. I also noticed what you're describing, especially the difference in snow depth once you get about 30 miles south of the Lake Superior shore. I do think the difference has been more magnified this year relative to "normal"...at least up until the past few days when some synoptic snow events finally appear to be hitting northern WI and the UP. Loved watching stick ball and seeing the ice sculptures on the MTU campus. I wonder what Calumet's record snow depth is. I believe Delaware Mine had 390" in the 1978-79 winter, but not sure what their peak snow depth was. That was a very cold winter, so I imagine the depth hit 60"+. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 Managed 4" from last nights system... another really dense/wet snow. Depth now stands at 37". Snow has been on the ground 4 months, and as an average, should see it otg another 8-10 weeks. Wondering if the wild swinging weather patterns lately will eventually claim the seasonal snow early this year like 2012. A few pics from around my place this morning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 At a strip mall yesterday, this dirty old snowbank looked like the Rockies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 3 hours ago, michsnowfreak said: At a strip mall yesterday, this dirty old snowbank looked like the Rockies yuk! lol Noticed some 50" depths popping up s of Houghton around Painesdale. The co-op there reported 49" this morning. For fun dug up snow depths this date for the past 5 years. Last years mid- feb thaw took a huge toll on depths, 2016 sucked too! 2018: 2017: 2016: 2015: 2014: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 I know, I'm post whoring today... a little under the weather... still tho, been outside a lot anyway. Here's a couple comparison shots, both from October this year and today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 last pic... soaking in deep winter! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TugHillMatt Posted February 25, 2018 Author Share Posted February 25, 2018 6 hours ago, michsnowfreak said: At a strip mall yesterday, this dirty old snowbank looked like the Rockies That almost compares to what Bo has........in a 3 foot section of his yard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XfireLOW Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 Tetons just got 30" overnight. Snow depth of 141". I have seen up to 170" snow depth reported there but the 30" in 24 hours is the highest I have seen reported. http://jhavalanche.org/viewTeton If you look through there weekly snowpack summary archive you can see how snowfall even in the best LES belts doesn't really compare to the mountains. Not a surprise I know but it's still hard to comprehend 10 foot snow depths even when I have seen them first hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XfireLOW Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 47 minutes ago, (((Will))) said: Do people live there? Close to it probably but you need a 7+ figure trust fund in your name to do it. Settle for a 30 minute drive and the price is a lot more reasonable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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