January 2025 General Discussion

[Lightning]

1 hour ago, roardog said:

About 3 inches here and it's still not quite done. Back up to about 6 inches on the ground with the bottom 3 inches being more like snow crust.

I have about 8" on the ground with that same 3" glacier/crusty bottom.

[Lightning]

1 hour ago, dmc76 said:

Yes, it’s turning into a deep winter again. We have almost at least 5 inches on the ground if not, 6 inches. Almost 3 inches since last night things are looking like a true Michigan winter.

It definitely has been very wintery around here.  While there has not been any major storms we have been able to consistently see snow.  Thank you Great Lakes!!!!

[michsnowfreak]

Light sugar snow fell nearly all night and now we actually have a decent last band moving through of more dendrites. Didnt get as much to the north but it definitely touched up the old crusty snow. Prior to todays new snow, the snowcover was quite variable because of last Fridays thaw, so now more protected areas have 3-4" on the ground but some areas only have 1-2". There had been lots of grass showing on salt splattered freeways, but of course, thats about as accurate a representation of snow depth as is a snowbank lol.

[dmc76]

2 hours ago, Lightning said:

It definitely has been very wintery around here.  While there has not been any major storms we have been able to consistently see snow.  Thank you Great Lakes!!!!

Snows everyday in a cold pattern. It’s unbelievable really 

[michsnowfreak]

19 minutes ago, dmc76 said:

Snows everyday in a cold pattern. It’s unbelievable really 

DTW has recorded snow on 23 of the 25 days since December 30th. Even when its a lot of mood flakes and dusters, the Lakes spin the flakes.

 

Snow fell at DTW on...

November- 5 of 30 days

December- 16 of 31 days

January- 21 of 23 days so far

[Brian D]

On 1/13/2025 at 11:41 AM, Brian D said:

Ice formation as of Jan 12. And with the current pattern through the month, this should fill in nicely. We could be looking at a high ice year. 

Ice status as of yesterday.

[nwohweather]

7 minutes ago, Brian D said:

Ice status as of yesterday.

Noticed this flying over yesterday. Erie looked like the worlds biggest hockey rink out there

[sbnwx85]

Finished with 1.7" to bring me over 20" for the season. The nickel-and-dime winter continues.

[Chicago Storm]

0.7" of snow at ORD yesterday/last night with the clipper that moved through.

The seasonal snowfall total is up to 9.9".

[A-L-E-K]

On 1/14/2025 at 2:13 PM, A-L-E-K said:

double digits by feb?

[A-L-E-K]

barry the goat

 

[ILSNOW]

Ricky giving us some hope

 

Then as we move into the
first week of February and beyond, a more La Nina-like pattern
may finally unfold, bringing a more active (and more moisture
laden) storm track. With pronounced mid-level ridging up to and
north of Alaska shown on medium range ensemble guidance, the
potentially more active pattern in early Feb should still have
decent cold air in place across the north central US. If this
holds, there may be opportunities at accumulating wintry precip
events, hinted at by the last several cycles of ensemble member
meteograms (member view and mean 24-hour QPF and snow).

[Jackstraw]

1 hour ago, ILSNOW said:

Ricky giving us some hope

 

Then as we move into the
first week of February and beyond, a more La Nina-like pattern
may finally unfold, bringing a more active (and more moisture
laden) storm track. With pronounced mid-level ridging up to and
north of Alaska shown on medium range ensemble guidance, the
potentially more active pattern in early Feb should still have
decent cold air in place across the north central US. If this
holds, there may be opportunities at accumulating wintry precip
events, hinted at by the last several cycles of ensemble member
meteograms (member view and mean 24-hour QPF and snow).

That's why I I'm gonna appreciate this little half inch clean up snow we just got to ice our 3-4 inch glacier (one of the hardest deepest glacier packs in recent memory here). The pattern he speaks of usually brings us in kitchen sink row row just that, a crappy rain, sleet, snow menagerie lol. Definitely looks like better probs for the I-80 crowd to get some welcome relief. Meanwhile this stuff here is fixing to go away next week and we'll be in the dreaded mud/frozen mud 24 hour cycle for a bit.  I hope we can swing through another decent snow before the February cold box settles in. I don't care what anyone says 10F feels like 30F when there's snow on the ground 

[michsnowfreak]

1.5" of powder last night into today did wonders to brighten up the old crusty snow. Brings my Jan total to 8.9" and 14.4" season.

[cyclone77]

Last night's 0.3" brings us up to 5.0" for the season.  

MLI still at 3.6", and now 15.6" below average for the season.  

[Lightning]

The less than 1" forecasted system has concluded with a final tally is a bit over 5".  Would have been more if I used the NWS measurement process, sorry I just use the how much from start to finish.  It was the high ratios that really made this system a lot more fun!

Unfortunately it looks like the daily nickel and dime bombardment for this area is coming to a close.  Now it is time to start look forward to bigger systems and possible clippers.  Really hoping many of us can start getting having some winter snow fun as we head into February.    As Red Green would say:

[michsnowfreak]

DTW also had 1.5", bringing January to 8.6" and 14.0" on season. Snow depths crept back up to 3" at Detroit, 5" at Flint, and 8" at DTX NWS White Lake.

[RogueWaves]

Hit a couple whiteouts in these firehose streamers heading home this evening. This clipper's been great for The Mitt

[madwx]

Tanking already. Down to 3 above. Might put up a big number tonight

[CheeselandSkies]

1 hour ago, madwx said:

Tanking already. Down to 3 above. Might put up a big number tonight

So this is the post-Tuesday "warmup"?

[SolidIcewx]

10 hours ago, Lightning said:

The less than 1" forecasted system has concluded with a final tally is a bit over 5".  Would have been more if I used the NWS measurement process, sorry I just use the how much from start to finish.  It was the high ratios that really made this system a lot more fun!

Unfortunately it looks like the daily nickel and dime bombardment for this area is coming to a close.  Now it is time to start look forward to bigger systems and possible clippers.  Really hoping many of us can start getting having some winter snow fun as we head into February.    As Red Green would say:

Working in Oakland county right now. Yesterday was definitely more snow than anticipated. Started the day with an inch or so and came out with 3.5” or so just after lunch. Made for a fun work day.

[Brian D]

Hit some low numbers this morning before temp rise ahead of front in the area. -10's to -20's, with -sd's along the shore. Looks like 1-3" possible in the area today into tomorrow. Will take what I can get in this meager winter so far. Looking forward to seeing some bigger hits in Feb n March. 

[SchaumburgStormer]

With the minor snowpack, really bottomed out last night. Crashed down to -12.

[madwx]

Down to -11. Should be in the low 20s today and the mid 30s tomorrow

[OrdIowPitMsp]

Cloud cover moved in, and winds turned southerly so we only dropped down to -1 overnight.
 

This was the 12th below zero low in Minneapolis this month.

[nwohweather]

19 hours ago, michsnowfreak said:

DTW has recorded snow on 23 of the 25 days since December 30th. Even when its a lot of mood flakes and dusters, the Lakes spin the flakes.

 

Snow fell at DTW on...

November- 5 of 30 days

December- 16 of 31 days

January- 21 of 23 days so far

I kinda like this pattern to be honest. As someone who used to live in South Carolina this feels like a true winter. And it hasn't got to the point snowfall wise where travel is paralyzed for days following a massive storm. We put a mini rink in my buddy's backyard and it's been a fun time recently skating outdoors.

[SolidIcewx]

1 minute ago, nwohweather said:

I kinda like this pattern to be honest. As someone who used to live in South Carolina this feels like a true winter. And it hasn't got to the point snowfall wise where travel is paralyzed for days following a massive storm. We put a mini rink in my buddy's backyard and it's been a fun time recently skating outdoors.

Definitely helps when we have nickle/dime snows with mood flakes. I’d hate this pattern if that didn’t happen. Snow makes my work more fun honestly. But that’s probably me just being a weather enthusiast while my co workers look at me like I’m crazy.

[Lightning]

13 minutes ago, SolidIcewx said:

Definitely helps when we have nickle/dime snows with mood flakes. I’d hate this pattern if that didn’t happen. Snow makes my work more fun honestly. But that’s probably me just being a weather enthusiast while my co workers look at me like I’m crazy.

I have learned to just smile and wave with all the negative talk about cold.  When the directly ask me and I tell them I actually enjoy cold days, they look at me like deer in headlights.  They know I am a weather geek but it still amazes them every single time.  

[dmc76]

Everyday 

[michsnowfreak]

58 minutes ago, nwohweather said:

I kinda like this pattern to be honest. As someone who used to live in South Carolina this feels like a true winter. And it hasn't got to the point snowfall wise where travel is paralyzed for days following a massive storm. We put a mini rink in my buddy's backyard and it's been a fun time recently skating outdoors.

Oh dont get me wrong. As an all-things winter lover I enjoy the pattern a lot too. Snowflakes falling yet again today. I wish there was more snow, but theres been pretty consistent light snowcover and near daily snowfall this month. The only issue I have is that we are really not getting a great clipper pattern like we could with this cold NW flow, so im looking forward to the pattern change as we head into Feb. Obviously it will come with the usual of some people freaking out over random OP model runs, but pattern & climo recognition makes it clear. The projected pattern will increase 3 things for our are: variablity, the chance of rainers/thaws, but most importantly, the chance of some good snowstorms. Its a gamble for sure, but more times than not this pattern will yield a decent amount of snow, even if it means seeing bare ground and rain again at some point.