RogueWaves Posted Sunday at 02:12 AM Share Posted Sunday at 02:12 AM 23 hours ago, WestMichigan said: The lake has been good to us in the western part of the state. Already above average for the month and have exceeded the entire total from last year also. Been a stellar week along Lk Michigan for sure 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mississaugasnow Posted Sunday at 02:43 AM Share Posted Sunday at 02:43 AM 10 hours ago, TheClimateChanger said: This is why, in my opinion, a composite index factoring in winter temperatures, snowfall, average snow depths, and days of snow cover - similar to that proposed by user @beavis1729- is superior to an emphasis solely on reported snowfall, especially when factoring in site location changes and changes in measurement procedures. I don't think thats really correct. 10" off Lake Huron that produces blizzard conditions for 2 days still produced blizzard conditions whether or not it melted within 5 days because its "fake" Im at 9" now on the season and have had over 1" on the ground for 2 weeks plus. The snow on the ground though has never gone above 2-3" and though it helps raise the grade of the winter barely it's useless to me since its been just above grass tips for most of it. I do understand what your saying though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted Sunday at 03:03 AM Share Posted Sunday at 03:03 AM 19 minutes ago, mississaugasnow said: I don't think thats really correct. 10" off Lake Huron that produces blizzard conditions for 2 days still produced blizzard conditions whether or not it melted within 5 days because its "fake" Im at 9" now on the season and have had over 1" on the ground for 2 weeks plus. The snow on the ground though has never gone above 2-3" and though it helps raise the grade of the winter barely it's useless to me since its been just above grass tips for most of it. I do understand what your saying though It's absurd that this conversation is brought up still. Obviously lake snow settles insanely fast. But it is what it is. That's why there's a liquid precip, snowfall, and snow depth column for each day. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mississaugasnow Posted Sunday at 03:12 AM Share Posted Sunday at 03:12 AM 11 minutes ago, michsnowfreak said: It's absurd that this conversation is brought up still. Obviously lake snow settles insanely fast. But it is what it is. That's why there's a liquid precip, snowfall, and snow depth column for each day. Im also not trying to say the airport is messing up but most of the NWS spotters in that area report 5-9" on the ground. Still compacting but 30" of lake snow to 5-9" makes more sense. Well actually I am saying that haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted Sunday at 03:21 AM Share Posted Sunday at 03:21 AM 6 minutes ago, mississaugasnow said: Im also not trying to say the airport is messing up but most of the NWS spotters in that area report 5-9" on the ground. Still compacting but 30" of lake snow to 5-9" makes more sense. Well actually I am saying that haha Haha. Yeah there is supposed to be a "user friendly" area at all these sites to measure snow and depth properly. Near wind scoured fields or salt splashed roads are as bad as measuring a drift or snow bank. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogueWaves Posted Sunday at 04:28 AM Share Posted Sunday at 04:28 AM Just measured 1.3" new snow from this evening. Had just cleared the driveway this afternoon from yesterday's hit. 1-2 inches in my forecast for next clipper Monday. That one actually has the look of doing better. Picked up a nice metal yard stick that can penetrate down through the crusty under covering making accurate depth measuring much easier. Knocking on the 30" door and exactly 50% of an avg season - we winter 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted Sunday at 04:28 PM Share Posted Sunday at 04:28 PM With early morning flurries, Detroit has now seen snow fall on 26 of the past 28 days. Today is the half way mark of the snow season at DTW (meaning the climatological avg would have seen half the snow fall and half the snow to come still) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartman Posted 18 hours ago Author Share Posted 18 hours ago This weekend was the first dry weekend of 2025 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightning Posted 15 hours ago Share Posted 15 hours ago It was a wonderful SUN filled weekend. It was awesome to walk around on the lake with the dog in full sunshine 2 days in a row. Ready for the pattern change!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nwohweather Posted 12 hours ago Share Posted 12 hours ago Looks like a breezy but sunny week ahead for us. I could definitely go for a few days in the 40s, cabin fever is starting to hit pretty hard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogueWaves Posted 6 hours ago Share Posted 6 hours ago On 1/25/2025 at 11:28 PM, RogueWaves said: Just measured 1.3" new snow from this evening. Had just cleared the driveway this afternoon from yesterday's hit. 1-2 inches in my forecast for next clipper Monday. That one actually has the look of doing better. Picked up a nice metal yard stick that can penetrate down through the crusty under covering making accurate depth measuring much easier. Knocking on the 30" door and exactly 50% of an avg season - we winter 5" in my grid for the expected clippers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted 6 hours ago Share Posted 6 hours ago Sometimes this 0-1km mean wind, intended for severe weather, can help predict surface winds/wind gusts. In this case, 37 knots is almost exactly Toledo (TDZ) max gust at this time in the afternoon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madwx Posted 5 hours ago Share Posted 5 hours ago looking like we'll break the record high on Thursday. it's 47 and the point has us in the low 50s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted 5 hours ago Share Posted 5 hours ago eating away at monthly departures to end the month, nice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrdIowPitMsp Posted 4 hours ago Share Posted 4 hours ago 1 hour ago, A-L-E-K said: eating away at monthly departures to end the month, nice Repeat of what happened in December. We were -5.3 will be interesting to see where we end up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roardog Posted 2 hours ago Share Posted 2 hours ago It’s crazy how windy it’s been here today. Usually we need some kind of decent storm to get 50+ gusts. It’s even more unusual to get that with warm air advection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogueWaves Posted 1 hour ago Share Posted 1 hour ago 1 hour ago, roardog said: It’s crazy how windy it’s been here today. Usually we need some kind of decent storm to get 50+ gusts. It’s even more unusual to get that with warm air advection. This helping out no doubt Drifts were massive after work in near bliz conditions - worst since Dec's clipper delivered all those Squall Warnings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted 35 minutes ago Share Posted 35 minutes ago DTW gusted to 52mph today. Hit 38°, which ties for warmest of the month. Snowcover crust didn't budge in shade but eroding in sun. This isn't my pic but thought it was an awesome pic of a Detroit River sunset. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowtie` Posted 10 minutes ago Share Posted 10 minutes ago 23 minutes ago, michsnowfreak said: DTW gusted to 52mph today. Hit 38°, which ties for warmest of the month. Snowcover crust didn't budge in shade but eroding in sun. This isn't my pic but thought it was an awesome pic of a Detroit River sunset. That is tons better than my ice picture of today... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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