OHweather Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 32 minutes ago, DAWGNKITTEN said: I have a really stupid question here...I have been watching radar when I can and the last half hour especially. The whole system looks like it is getting smaller, but according to NOAA, the system is going to head north of 69 later on. Is the system heading east it north? I am lost. You’re correct that the system is moving more east than north. The heaviest band along I-69 east of Flint should slowly pull east over the next few hours, but some light snow may expand back farther northwest this evening as the northern stream system combines with the southern stream system, causing new snow to develop. So a lot of moving parts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenBo Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 Heaviest snow of the day. Detroit is pound town. DTX has expanded the warnings. Totally justified. I might go out on a limb here..but this is easily the heaviest snow I’ve seen all winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 Been at 1/4SM here at DTW for a few hours, still going to town out there right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAWGNKITTEN Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 1 hour ago, OHweather said: You’re correct that the system is moving more east than north. The heaviest band along I-69 east of Flint should slowly pull east over the next few hours, but some light snow may expand back farther northwest this evening as the northern stream system combines with the southern stream system, causing new snow to develop. So a lot of moving parts. Thank you very much. It started snowing here in Columbiaville around 3:30 and we have a light dusting on the ground now at 5:45. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 It's pretty quiet in here. With bands of heavy snow dumping on southeast Michigan, I expected this topic would be going gangbusters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 A couple of pictures from here: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roardog Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 3-6 inch forecast here will be a massive bust it’s looking like. Oh well, it would have melted starting tomorrow anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 Think my 2" call looks good here. Snow on radar is right on our doorsteps and slooooowly creeping north...but interesting that even under heavy returns YHM still reporting just overcast conditions. Must be a hell of a dry layer to puncture trough first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowstorms Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 33 minutes ago, snowstormcanuck said: Think my 2" call looks good here. Snow on radar is right on our doorsteps and slooooowly creeping north...but interesting that even under heavy returns YHM still reporting just overcast conditions. Must be a hell of a dry layer to puncture trough first. You're right. Had a brief look at the traffic cameras in Hamilton and it doesn't look very "wet". This could have an impact on the final amount Hamilton may receive from this storm. We'll see if columns are more saturated here in Toronto. Windsor has been recording SN+ since 3pm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 2 minutes ago, Snowstorms said: You're right. Had a brief look at the traffic cameras in Hamilton and it doesn't look very "wet". This could have an impact on the final amount Hamilton may receive from this storm. We'll see if columns are more saturated here in Toronto. Windsor has been recording SN+ since 3pm. +SN? Looks more like SN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowstorms Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 4 minutes ago, snowstormcanuck said: +SN? Looks more like SN. Yes, my bad! Seeing reports of snow in Burlington and certain areas of Hamilton now on Twitter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrisale Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 48 minutes ago, snowstormcanuck said: Think my 2" call looks good here. Snow on radar is right on our doorsteps and slooooowly creeping north...but interesting that even under heavy returns YHM still reporting just overcast conditions. Must be a hell of a dry layer to puncture trough first. Been under decent returns here for two hours or so now but barely a dusting on the car tops. Definitely dry air abound and flake size is quite small. No accumulation on pavement at all but I guess that’s to be expected after so many warm, sunny days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
on_wx Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 Looks like an inch in Stratford and it's almost completely stopped snowing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HillsdaleMIWeather Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 Going to end up in the region of 5 or 6 inches here. Roads are an absolute slushy mess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ottawa Blizzard Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 1 hour ago, snowstormcanuck said: Think my 2" call looks good here. Snow on radar is right on our doorsteps and slooooowly creeping north...but interesting that even under heavy returns YHM still reporting just overcast conditions. Must be a hell of a dry layer to puncture trough first. I'm with you on this one Canuck although the latest HRR apparently has an area of 4" in the GTA. Nowcasting time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 Just now, Ottawa Blizzard said: I'm with you on this one Canuck although the latest HRR apparently has an area of 4" in the GTA. Nowcasting time! Warm ground, dry air to start, low ratios. I don't see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowstorms Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 3 minutes ago, Ottawa Blizzard said: I'm with you on this one Canuck although the latest HRR apparently has an area of 4" in the GTA. Nowcasting time! I agree with Canuck. I'm leaning closer to 1-2" at this point in time. Rates aren't impressive enough for more than that. Stat pad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 This is a high impact event despite the over all run of the mill accumulations. Around 4" or a bit above here so far, but it's basically 5:1 ratio. There are quite a few tree branches down, many streets are rutted with slush with people getting stuck, and we were treated to low visibility and massive snowflakes much of the day. I even lost a small branch off of my fir tree. As you would expect shoveling this is absolute heart attack esque. It's too bad that this storm did not come at night, clearly accumulations would have been better had it done so. Actually you can even tell by the fact that White Lake, among the highest elevations in Southeast Michigan, was approaching 7" at 7pm and they had much less precip than down here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 1 minute ago, michsnowfreak said: This is a high impact event despite the over all run of the mill accumulations. Around 4" or a bit above here so far, but it's basically 5:1 ratio. There are quite a few tree branches down, many streets are rutted with slush with people getting stuck, and we were treated to lobe is ability and massive snowflakes much of the day. I even lost a small branch off of my fir tree. As you would expect shoveling this is absolute heart attack esque. It's too bad that this storm did not come at night, clearly accumulations would have been better had it done so. Actually you can even tell by the fact that White Lake, among the highest elevations in Southeast Michigan, was approaching 7" at 7pm and they had much less precip than down here. Yeah, though since the sun has gone down the snow is sticking better here at the airport even at a lower fall rate. Maybe a bit of a catch up here especially with that heavy band near Howell moving SE toward us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCNYILWX Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 Yeah, though since the sun has gone down the snow is sticking better here at the airport even at a lower fall rate. Maybe a bit of a catch up here especially with that heavy band near Howell moving SE toward us.What are you up to there now? Saw it was 3.7" as of 00z. Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeGold Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 29 minutes ago, HillsdaleMIWeather said: Going to end up in the region of 5 or 6 inches here. Roads are an absolute slushy mess. With the storm about over...final total is about 7" although would probably be at least 10" if it wasn't actually a little above freezing for much of the duration of the storm. Side roads are a slush fest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 Just now, RCNYILWX said: What are you up to there now? Saw it was 3.7" as of 00z. Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk Unfortunately I don't know, we don't do the snow measuring for the airport as we are about 70 feet in the air in a tower. Just judging by what I see on the roof, rate of fall and liquid equivalence, I would say 4.25-4.75 range. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OHweather Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 Borderline heavy snow here with gusty winds continuing. About an inch so far, changed over about an hour an a half ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toronto4 Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 Latest HRRR and 00z NAM (3 km and 12 km) is suggesting hourly snowfall rates of close to an inch for a couple of hours in the GTA, starting around 11pm or midnight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowstorms Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 10 minutes ago, Toronto4 said: Latest HRRR and 00z NAM (3 km and 12 km) is suggesting hourly snowfall rates of close to an inch for a couple of hours in the GTA, starting around 11pm or midnight. Per radar it looks as if the storm is going to graze us? And its incredibly warm. Its 39F at YYZ, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ottawa Blizzard Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 2 minutes ago, Snowstorms said: Per radar it looks as if the storm is going to graze us? And its incredibly warm. Its 39F at YYZ, lol. Correct me if I'm wrong, but it's forecast to cool down to the freezing mark by the time the precip starts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ottawa Blizzard Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 14 minutes ago, Toronto4 said: Latest HRRR and 00z NAM (3 km and 12 km) is suggesting hourly snowfall rates of close to an inch for a couple of hours in the GTA, starting around 11pm or midnight. Hopefully they're right. Also, hopefully the temperature will drop when the precip starts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 18 minutes ago, Toronto4 said: Latest HRRR and 00z NAM (3 km and 12 km) is suggesting hourly snowfall rates of close to an inch for a couple of hours in the GTA, starting around 11pm or midnight. I think these models might be underestimating the amount of dry air. Edge of snowfall has been grazing us for 2 hours now with little/no progress. That being said, the heavy stuff is RIGHT to our S & E so just a little nudge is all it'll take. Not really concerned with the temps. Big T/TD spread. Should wet bulb quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowstorms Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 Need to saturate the air columns. The dry air may hinder just how far north the precip shield gets. Storm isn't going to progress much further north and will begin moving E as the secondary takes over. I'm still going to stick with my 1-2" for now. Edit: That dry air is going to keep Hamilton closer to 4". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormtrackertf Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 Classic pastejob storm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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