Stevo6899 Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 11 minutes ago, RogueWaves said: Still in the dark. DTE site did not have good news. They have yet to assess the cause and planned recovery time. Peeked outside and saw a blue green flash. Transformer? Idk, but phone batt is not going to last too long. Bummer. Luckily ive never lost power during a snowstorm, only when squirrels bite through the wires and cause themselves and the transformer to blow behind my house. Do you have an anker portable battery? That baby has saved me so many times. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 Just now, Powerball said: No, its still a good storm and most people will get 6-12" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightning Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 11 minutes ago, michsnowfreak said: This is our 3rd potent Winter storm since January 25th. And to be honest, while snow fell short, the Arctic blizzard conditions were something to see December 22nd as well. I was recently telling a wx friend from ny about the winter of 2001-02 and how as warm as it was there were a couple real good winter storms. It seems that the real mild Winters heighten our chance for some potent storms. That said, I'll still always take a cold/snowcover winter first. 01-02 was a horrible winter and IMO much worse than this one. The 80s and 90s had some dreadful ones too. This winter (while lousy for cold) is definitely not in my bottom 5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 22 minutes ago, RogueWaves said: Still in the dark. DTE site did not have good news. They have yet to assess the cause and planned recovery time. Peeked outside and saw a blue green flash. Transformer? Idk, but phone batt is not going to last too long. My mom was without power for over 80 hours after the Ice Storm y'all got. Hopefully, it doesn't last nearly that long for you. The power infrastructure there is just so old, and then on top of that much of it is above ground. So it's very suspectible to failures/outages with even a hint of inclement weather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 preliminary storm reports are 3.5" to 6" (isolated) in northwest Detroit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeGold Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 Current backyard view. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HillsdaleMIWeather Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 Getting one last impressive burst here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 a solid zone of snow on radar has transitioned to a few localized moderate snow bands Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 Roads look like a joy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowstorms Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 YYZ reporting +SN and 0.2 mile visibility right now. Heard a lot of thunder earlier with over 25 strikes confirmed in the city. What a storm 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 Not sure if they reopened but I heard DTW airport temporarily shut down and had incoming flights diverted to Chicago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo6899 Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 13 minutes ago, Stebo said: Roads look like a joy My parents were on a flight to rsw around 5 when the snow began. They waited in line to de-ice for over an hour. They were just about to take off then they closed the runways. Airport closed, flights diverted, all hotels booked. Dad said he found a pretty comfy spot on a baggage claim ramp to sleep. Moral of story, nobody wants to work still and dtw can't find workers to de-ice. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Stebo Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 Just now, Stevo6899 said: My parents were on a flight to rsw around 5 when the snow began. They waited in line to de-ice for over an hour. They were just about to take off then they closed the runways. Airport closed, flights diverted, all hotels booked. Dad said he found a pretty comfy spot on a baggage claim ramp to sleep. Moral of story, nobody wants to work still and dtw can't find workers to de-ice. Orrrrrrrrrrrrr the runways couldn't be cleared enough to have a safe standard to fly. It absolutely has nothing to do with deicing. I know because I am in the same office as the ramp controllers for the Evans Terminal, and you are a kook at home who doesn't know what he is talking about. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeGold Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 Ann Arbor just activated emergency broadcast system that pings cell phones telling everyone to get off the roads. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo6899 Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 3 minutes ago, Stebo said: Orrrrrrrrrrrrr the runways couldn't be cleared enough to have a safe standard to fly. It absolutely has nothing to do with deicing. I know because I am in the same office as the ramp controllers for the Evans Terminal, and you are a kook at home who doesn't know what he is talking about. At the time of the deicing, it wasnt sticking. I fly for work almost every week. There's usually 4-5 de-icers going. Dad said there were 2 and planes were lined up. Had their been more workers, planes wouldn't of sat for 2 hours waiting while the runways became hazardous. Easy with the name calling over the internet there tough guy. 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torchageddon Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 My first snow started 2 hours later than forecast (first time) and I'm in a heavier band of SN although the size of flakes are small. Not close to the amounts shown thus far which is what I expected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 Just now, Stevo6899 said: At the time of the deicing, it wasnt sticking. I fly for work almost every week. There's usually 4-5 de-icers going. Dad said there were 2 and planes were lined up. Had their been more workers, planes wouldn't of sat for 2 hours waiting while the runways became hazardous. Easy with the name calling over the internet there tough guy. You are still wrong, I literally can see the deicing pad out my window, they had several de-icers out there on the planes. They couldn't take off due to runway conditions and only runway conditions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo6899 Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 2 minutes ago, Stebo said: You are still wrong, I literally can see the deicing pad out my window, they had several de-icers out there on the planes. They couldn't take off due to runway conditions and only runway conditions. You're missing my point. Yes the runway conditions were the reason for the cancellations but if the airport had their shit together, more planes could've gotten out before it got so bad. It shouldn't take 1.5-2 hours after leaving gate-deice-runway. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 3 minutes ago, Stevo6899 said: You're missing my point. Yes the runway conditions were the reason for the cancellations but if the airport had their shit together, more planes could've gotten out before it got so bad. It shouldn't take 1.5-2 hours after leaving gate-deice-runway. It didn't take that long either, but by the time these planes got ready to leave the runways were too fucked. It didn't take 1.5-2 hours at all. We rapidly deteriorated from 4-5PM the planes before that got out just fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nwohweather Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 I feel like the turbulence also had to be borderline extreme during the heart of the storm as well 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 Like I said I literally watched it all unfold right out my window. 330pm 415pm 830pm 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluoronium Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 I chased the death band of snow to somewhere between Pontiac and Kankakee and it was INSANE!! It was scarier than most tornado chases I've been on since it was very difficult to keep my vehicle on the road. 2"+/hr rates and screaming winds with multiple rumbles of thunder. It was great. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeGold Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 35 minutes ago, MikeGold said: Ann Arbor just activated emergency broadcast system that pings cell phones telling everyone to get off the roads. 7" as of 1030. Thinking an inch or so more at best so totals will be a little lower than expected especially since it was all snow locally which accumulated immediately. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackstraw Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 Man the radar dried up like a Stephen Wright stand up routine. It didn't just move out, it vanished. Pretty crazy. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmc76 Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 This is the heaviest snow I've ever pushed in my life 8" of hell 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonger Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 1 hour ago, Jackstraw said: Man the radar dried up like a Stephen Wright stand up routine. It didn't just move out, it vanished. Pretty crazy. Very common for the great lakes region. The moisture supply gets choked off when the storm starts to transfer energy to the coast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torchageddon Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 The vanishing returns are happening above me as I type this, probably at 8cm. Pressure was 993mb RH at 100%. Windows to the north are covered in droplets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 Going with 5.5" here on approx 1.15" liquid. Measured before & after the 75 minute sleet/rain deluge. Depth is about an inch lower. It's like shoveling sleet. Never saw a more dense blanket of snow. Season to date now 27.1". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 4.3" here at home, idk if any compacted, I'll assume so but that is what was down when I got home. Getting kinda windy too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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