Organizing Low Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 probably. it will, but after you move. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 it will, but after you move. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 Gonna need a blizzard of the century for that to happen. I'm (frankly, we're) overdo for one, so maybe the law of averages will work in your favor. I don't know, we have at least another 60 year window (for you, 30 year window) before we're overdue for a blizzard of the century. That said, we are overdo for a run of the mill blizzard and/or 10"+er Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowMeHunter Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 Heavy Heavy fluff falling for my dads loss.. Just got called in to the airport for snow removal... .25 viz but it dont look to last long but should be enough to pull off another cheap inch or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted January 23, 2011 Author Share Posted January 23, 2011 Had some surprise LES this morning, only lead to 0.1"...good enough though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowMeHunter Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 Bout as good as it gets out there. Nickel plus size dendrites raining straight down. Close to quarters now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 Bout as good as it gets out there. Nickel plus size dendrites raining straight down. Close to quarters now. Nice to see it ripping there, even if it may not last long. It's warmed up quiet a bit here since early morning. Up to 18 now with full sunshine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 Everybody got fluff except me! Sort of pisses me off. My 0.03" liquid could have been so much more. Im guessing you got the sandy type of snow? Thats what we had when grazed by the OV storm a few days ago. On the bright side, it doesnt settle much. Not that theres much to settle, our fluff had almost no water in it. As I said you can see drifty tops on top of the snowpack lol. In the mean time, starting to get mildly interested in tomorrow. RGEM and NAM put a good 0.10" qpf in SE MI (GFS about half that, but GGEM more), snow looks to start out with very cold temps but once the snow passes temps look to soar to near 30F tomorrow evening. We shall see what it brings, as we keep nickel and diming our way right along. Looking at pics of Jan 22, 2005, I really hope our big one comes in February as I have been feeling it will. A cold, white winter pattern, one I always long for, is pretty much starting to set my grade for the winter in stone. If we keep nickel/diming our way along but get no storms greater than the 6.3" storm in December, this winter will earn a solid A- from me. If we get an 8"+ storm yet this winter, my grade will be an A, and a 10"+ storm my grade an A+ (a 15"+ storm it gets an A+++). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 Same here. I only saw occasional pixie dust, enough for a dusitng. I missed out on the isolated lake effect snow showers (which it appears that's what michsnowfreak saw judging from his pictures). Those pics I posted were from Jan 22, 2005 blizzard lol. Didnt get any impressive lake showers here at all. Just light fluffy snow all afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 55-28.2 =26.8 with 2 months of winter left, I like my chances This! On a side note, DTW is at 22.0", exactly halfway to a normal winter of 44.0" in this which will be the last winter we use the 1971-00 normals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowMeHunter Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 Sunny sky just down 94 from me about 5 miles.. Whats it like down in Chicago? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmc76 Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 This! On a side note, DTW is at 22.0", exactly halfway to a normal winter of 44.0" in this which will be the last winter we use the 1971-00 normals. Im at 27.0" here northern Oakland cty... average 52" I give it a 40% chance of hitting average. Im thinking March might be eventfull Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 Yeah Josh, sandy snow. My most hated of all accumulating snows (that's a relative hatred though, because I love snow in general ). And based on your scenario, if we continue to nickel and dime our way to AOA normal snowfall without a big storm, this winter would earn a solid B or B+. Only way to get an A without a big one is for there to be like 5 or 6 more 3-6" events, and 70"+ for the season at the end of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowMeHunter Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 Nice to see it ripping there, even if it may not last long. It's warmed up quiet a bit here since early morning. Up to 18 now with full sunshine. Thanks! It was quite the surprise, too. If my dad didn't call me to tell me he got called in to the airport I prob would have missed it. Winding down now not before it dropped at least an inch. Every time I get a little taste of LES I realize how lucky John Dee is to live UP in the weenie capital of the MW.. Hope one day I can live his dream and get out of of here in winter. Just not enough snow for me in the MW if you don't live down wind of a GL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 Thanks! It was quite the surprise, too. If my dad didn't call me to tell me he got called in to the airport I prob would have missed it. Winding down now not before it dropped at least an inch. Every time I get a little taste of LES I realize how lucky John Dee is to live UP in the weenie capital of the MW.. Hope one day I can live his dream and get out of of here in winter. Just not enough snow for me in the MW if you don't live down wind of a GL Yeah it would be awesome to live in one of the main snow belts around any of the Lakes. I've never even seen lake effect snow lol. There was one time a winter or two ago that some light returns did make it this far west with some flurries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 Yeah Josh, sandy snow. My most hated of all accumulating snows (that's a relative hatred though, because I love snow in general ). And based on your scenario, if we continue to nickel and dime our way to AOA normal snowfall without a big storm, this winter would earn a solid B or B+. Only way to get an A without a big one is for there to be like 5 or 6 more 3-6" events, and 70"+ for the season at the end of it. That is exactly how 06-07 played out here. Difference ofcourse was that had the epic Jan torch. Most of what did fall came after the Jan torch so it is possible to have that happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 Thanks! It was quite the surprise, too. If my dad didn't call me to tell me he got called in to the airport I prob would have missed it. Winding down now not before it dropped at least an inch. Every time I get a little taste of LES I realize how lucky John Dee is to live UP in the weenie capital of the MW.. Hope one day I can live his dream and get out of of here in winter. Just not enough snow for me in the MW if you don't live down wind of a GL Glad the lake gave you a little love. Had my lake tease yesterday. I eventually wanna be closer to the lake as well. Somewhere between Kalamazoo and Bloomingdale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 Article about the snowiest cities in the US http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41157124/ns/business-forbescom/ 6F and sun here... wow its cold! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowMeHunter Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 Wife wasn't exaggerating when she said near whiteout... Not bad for a tad over an hr. 125 AM SNOW 3 SE OAK CREEK 42.85N 87.86W 01/23/2011 M2.5 INCH MILWAUKEE WI PUBLIC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted January 23, 2011 Author Share Posted January 23, 2011 Wife wasn't exaggerating when she said near whiteout... Not bad for a tad over an hr. 125 AM SNOW 3 SE OAK CREEK 42.85N 87.86W 01/23/2011 M2.5 INCH MILWAUKEE WI PUBLIC Nice meso low riding north along the shore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Organizing Low Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 we are going to need a big push to get a B winter here. right now its C- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 Nice meso low riding north along the shore. Wow that looks pretty sweet. Hope Bowme's taking pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 so sunny today, sparkles, shadows, and sunglasses rule the day. When in the park I realized you really have to be more careful than usual, lots of hidden ice everywhere. Some spots the snow is so hard you literally do not make an indent in it, outside of the layer of powder on top. Avg snow depth is 3-4" with ~0.5" water content in it, though you can find spots as low as 1-2" and high as 5-6", not counting drifty open areas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowMeHunter Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 Wow that looks pretty sweet. Hope Bowme's taking pictures. I got about 200 since xmas but no way of getting them on this PC ATM.. Doesn't get much prettier outside then right now.. Full sun and good coating of fluff sparking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowMeHunter Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 Nice meso low riding north along the shore. Another snow where I get the shaft.. Still was nice.. Areas so close to me have to be over 30" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 wow...that is a small little storm along the lake... Michsnow- How do you still have open water? Is there current in there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 wow...that is a small little storm along the lake... Michsnow- How do you still have open water? Is there current in there? Oh yeah; its the Detroit River. Between the swift current and the ice cutters it will never freeze solid no matter how cold. Lakes and ponds are another story, its safe to ice skate anywhere. The river will be getting ice flows (from Lk St Clair) thru April. Whats funny is every day is a guess. Some day you can drive by and it is mostly open water, the next day you drive by and there are ice flows all drifted up against the shore looking like somewhere in antarctica. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
on_wx Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 Oh yeah; its the Detroit River. Between the swift current and the ice cutters it will never freeze solid no matter how cold. Lakes and ponds are another story, its safe to ice skate anywhere. The river will be getting ice flows (from Lk St Clair) thru April. Whats funny is every day is a guess. Some day you can drive by and it is mostly open water, the next day you drive by and there are ice flows all drifted up against the shore looking like somewhere in antarctica. The Detroit River used to freeze every winter like the St. Clair River, didn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 I got about 200 since xmas but no way of getting them on this PC ATM.. Doesn't get much prettier outside then right now.. Full sun and good coating of fluff sparking. Sounds beautiful. Hoping I can get something similar off of Lk Ontario later tonight as the ridge moves off to the east. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 Looks like we should be able to squeeze out an inch, maybe a little more tomorrow if we get lucky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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