jaster220 Posted February 23, 2023 Report Share Posted February 23, 2023 42 minutes ago, Icewoz said: Lame storm yet again. I'd say somebody just outside the UHI region will get the right combination to be very memorable storm and not in a good way. Just not sure exactly where? Quote Winter 2023-24 Snow Total = 53.1" (90% Normal Season) Largest Storm: 12" (1/12-13) Oct: 0.1 Nov: 2.9 Dec: 7.5 Jan: 31.7 Feb: 6.0 Mar: 4.3 Apr: 0.1 Avg = 59.2" (Harrison): 2023-24 = 53.1" Avg = 45.0" (KDTW): 2022-23 = 33.5" 2021-22 = 35.6" Avg = 49.7" (KRMY): 2020-21 = 36.2" 2019-20 = 48.0" 2018-19 = 56.1" 2017-18 = 68.3" 2016-17 = 52" 2015-16 = 57.4" 2014-15 = 55.3" 2013-14 = 100.6" (coldest & snowiest in the modern record!) 2012-13 = 47.2" 2011-12 = 43.7" Legit Blizzards (high winds and dbl digit snows): Feb 2011, Dec 2009, Jan 2005, Dec 2000, Jan 1999, Mar 1998, Nov 1989, Jan 1982, Jan 1978, Jan 1977, Apr 1975, Mar 1973, Jan 1967, Feb 1965, Jan 1918 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaster220 Posted February 23, 2023 Report Share Posted February 23, 2023 2 hours ago, WinterSquall23 said: Stay safe out there. It a mess out here. Fortunately we have had mostly sleet near 59. News said that this storm has just started. Heaviest rates are between 6pm and 10 pm. Wow, new graphic. Loss of daylight not good. Quote Winter 2023-24 Snow Total = 53.1" (90% Normal Season) Largest Storm: 12" (1/12-13) Oct: 0.1 Nov: 2.9 Dec: 7.5 Jan: 31.7 Feb: 6.0 Mar: 4.3 Apr: 0.1 Avg = 59.2" (Harrison): 2023-24 = 53.1" Avg = 45.0" (KDTW): 2022-23 = 33.5" 2021-22 = 35.6" Avg = 49.7" (KRMY): 2020-21 = 36.2" 2019-20 = 48.0" 2018-19 = 56.1" 2017-18 = 68.3" 2016-17 = 52" 2015-16 = 57.4" 2014-15 = 55.3" 2013-14 = 100.6" (coldest & snowiest in the modern record!) 2012-13 = 47.2" 2011-12 = 43.7" Legit Blizzards (high winds and dbl digit snows): Feb 2011, Dec 2009, Jan 2005, Dec 2000, Jan 1999, Mar 1998, Nov 1989, Jan 1982, Jan 1978, Jan 1977, Apr 1975, Mar 1973, Jan 1967, Feb 1965, Jan 1918 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcwxguy Posted February 23, 2023 Report Share Posted February 23, 2023 Stupid icy here. Accidents everywhere 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madtown Posted February 23, 2023 Report Share Posted February 23, 2023 I smell I huge bustaroo up here. Bands galling apart as they get here and looks like plenty of dry air around 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaster220 Posted February 23, 2023 Report Share Posted February 23, 2023 000 FXUS63 KDTX 222327 AFDDTX Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI 627 PM EST Wed Feb 22 2023 .UPDATE... Reports of a tenth to near a quarter inch across Lenawee and Wayne Counties has prompted an upgrade to an ice storm warning for Lenawee/Monroe/Wayne Counties. Locals near Lake Erie in Monroe County will likely have limited icing, however farther inland (particularly near Petersburg, Dundee and Milan) icing to a quarter inch is expected. The convective burst which rolled across the area earlier and produced a few elevated thunderstorms proved very efficient at icing per spotter reports. Given upstream radar and with the loss of daytime heating, icing on trees and power lines should prove very efficient through the rest of the evening. && Quote Winter 2023-24 Snow Total = 53.1" (90% Normal Season) Largest Storm: 12" (1/12-13) Oct: 0.1 Nov: 2.9 Dec: 7.5 Jan: 31.7 Feb: 6.0 Mar: 4.3 Apr: 0.1 Avg = 59.2" (Harrison): 2023-24 = 53.1" Avg = 45.0" (KDTW): 2022-23 = 33.5" 2021-22 = 35.6" Avg = 49.7" (KRMY): 2020-21 = 36.2" 2019-20 = 48.0" 2018-19 = 56.1" 2017-18 = 68.3" 2016-17 = 52" 2015-16 = 57.4" 2014-15 = 55.3" 2013-14 = 100.6" (coldest & snowiest in the modern record!) 2012-13 = 47.2" 2011-12 = 43.7" Legit Blizzards (high winds and dbl digit snows): Feb 2011, Dec 2009, Jan 2005, Dec 2000, Jan 1999, Mar 1998, Nov 1989, Jan 1982, Jan 1978, Jan 1977, Apr 1975, Mar 1973, Jan 1967, Feb 1965, Jan 1918 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earthandturf Posted February 23, 2023 Report Share Posted February 23, 2023 Just had a tree limb come down and take out our backyard light strings, lots of ice falling from the trees too. Showing 32.2 degrees. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaster220 Posted February 23, 2023 Report Share Posted February 23, 2023 Was hopeful temps would climb all night. Not so lucky For DTW...The peak freezing rain intensity (moderate to briefly heavy) will persist through 04Z before it moves off to the east. Sfc temps will hold around 32 degrees through the evening, then they will actually drop a degree or two overnight. Quote Winter 2023-24 Snow Total = 53.1" (90% Normal Season) Largest Storm: 12" (1/12-13) Oct: 0.1 Nov: 2.9 Dec: 7.5 Jan: 31.7 Feb: 6.0 Mar: 4.3 Apr: 0.1 Avg = 59.2" (Harrison): 2023-24 = 53.1" Avg = 45.0" (KDTW): 2022-23 = 33.5" 2021-22 = 35.6" Avg = 49.7" (KRMY): 2020-21 = 36.2" 2019-20 = 48.0" 2018-19 = 56.1" 2017-18 = 68.3" 2016-17 = 52" 2015-16 = 57.4" 2014-15 = 55.3" 2013-14 = 100.6" (coldest & snowiest in the modern record!) 2012-13 = 47.2" 2011-12 = 43.7" Legit Blizzards (high winds and dbl digit snows): Feb 2011, Dec 2009, Jan 2005, Dec 2000, Jan 1999, Mar 1998, Nov 1989, Jan 1982, Jan 1978, Jan 1977, Apr 1975, Mar 1973, Jan 1967, Feb 1965, Jan 1918 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gabel23 Posted February 23, 2023 Report Share Posted February 23, 2023 We have a light glaze of ice and maybe an inch of snow. It's amazing how bad of a situation that can cause. I drove around the area and roads are snow packed to go along with the ice. I'm thinking tomorrow mornings drive won't be a good one. The secondary low is now swinging out of Colorado and snow squall warnings are breaking out. Hoping to get another inch or two and then bring on the warm up. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinterSquall23 Posted February 23, 2023 Report Share Posted February 23, 2023 40 minutes ago, jaster220 said: Was hopeful temps would climb all night. Not so lucky For DTW...The peak freezing rain intensity (moderate to briefly heavy) will persist through 04Z before it moves off to the east. Sfc temps will hold around 32 degrees through the evening, then they will actually drop a degree or two overnight. Stuck at 31. Took some pics of the ice here. Roads are wet and icy as the rain is pouring for a few hours now. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uticasnow Posted February 23, 2023 Report Share Posted February 23, 2023 3 minutes ago, WinterSquall23 said: Stuck at 31. Took some pics of the ice here. Roads are wet and icy as the rain is pouring for a few hours now. I am in Macomb and sitting here listening to the rain and some sleet back in the mix again now.....trees also look like they are very much ice covered....I am hoping we do not lose power 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kush61 Posted February 23, 2023 Report Share Posted February 23, 2023 It's been snowing lightly since 7:00am, intensified late this afternoon. Was able to get out on the sled for a ride, strong East winds 4 - 6 " accumulation. jaster220 must have a closet full of towels to throw in, he's not spared us his presence yet !!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earthandturf Posted February 23, 2023 Report Share Posted February 23, 2023 Transformer blowing in Crystal Lake. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james1976 Posted February 23, 2023 Report Share Posted February 23, 2023 18 minutes ago, hawkstwelve said: Man, NWS MPX is getting roasted on their tweet about the 5.5" total at MSP through 6PM. Since the 'historic snowstorm' apparently didn't pan out everyone thinks it gives them the right to give forecasters a bunch of crap, as if they didn't just try to do the best they could. Makes no sense. Yeah im guessing 6" tops here so far. And now we're in a dry slot that was not ever forecasted. Unfortunately it just hasn't panned out. Long night to go yet so we'll see how this plays out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madtown Posted February 23, 2023 Report Share Posted February 23, 2023 pixie dust....maybe 1" here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CentralNebWeather Posted February 23, 2023 Report Share Posted February 23, 2023 Boy this heavy band coming through means business. Visibility 0.25 miles. Spot forecast says possibly up to 3”. This has been an unexpectedly good snowfall day around here. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinterSquall23 Posted February 23, 2023 Report Share Posted February 23, 2023 1 hour ago, uticasnow said: I am in Macomb and sitting here listening to the rain and some sleet back in the mix again now.....trees also look like they are very much ice covered....I am hoping we do not lose power Wow! Same here 28 now but thankfully the rain has stopped here. It’s going to be an ice rink on our road. We have one tree leaning from the top. Hope we don’t lose it. 1 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormgeek Posted February 23, 2023 Report Share Posted February 23, 2023 Assuming we get a few more inches overnight, the drifts by morning should be pretty cool. Already seeing some significant ones around here! Unfortunate that the storm was modeled so poorly right up to the event, but weather is hard. NWS in Minneapolis getting absolutely roasted doesn't seem real fair... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkeye Posted February 23, 2023 Report Share Posted February 23, 2023 I only received 0.27" of rain from this system, and only a small part of that froze to surfaces. Quote season snowfall: 34.8" '22-23: 30.2" '21-22: 27.1" '20-21: 52.5" '19-20: 36.2" '18-19: 50.2" '17-18: 39.5" Average snowfall: ~30" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minny_Weather Posted February 23, 2023 Report Share Posted February 23, 2023 I'd be punting this if I lived in the Twin Cities still. Looks like a rather routine February snowstorm. Quote Formerly *ahem*: LNK_Weather, TOL_Weather, FAR_Weather, MSP_Weather, IMoveALot_Weather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madtown Posted February 23, 2023 Report Share Posted February 23, 2023 What in the world happened to this thing? Radar looks meh this am too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDR Posted February 23, 2023 Report Share Posted February 23, 2023 Has anyone broke 12 inches? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CentralNebWeather Posted February 23, 2023 Report Share Posted February 23, 2023 Might grab a jacket this morning. 2 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Posted February 23, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2023 This was a very complex storm system and the models didn't handle it all to well. While my area did get extremely heavy rain and some freezing rain, I think this part of the storm stole the moisture farther N and NW. This system more or less ended up being an elongated double barrel system with wave #1 yesterday and wave #2 that ejected out of CO late last night and formed the second wave of heavier snow that fell across the Plains and now over MN/WI. Yesterday, ORD reported a record daily RN of 1.20". 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madtown Posted February 23, 2023 Report Share Posted February 23, 2023 1 minute ago, Tom said: This was a very complex storm system and the models didn't handle it all to well. While my area did get extremely heavy rain and some freezing rain, I think this part of the storm stole the moisture farther N and NW. This system more or less ended up being an elongated double barrel system with wave #1 yesterday and wave #2 that ejected out of CO late last night and formed the second wave of heavier snow that fell across the Plains and now over MN/WI. Yesterday, ORD reported a record daily RN of 1.20". The models didn't budge for days. I do think moisture was stole from up this way. oh well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westMJim Posted February 23, 2023 Report Share Posted February 23, 2023 It looks like the Grand Rapids metro area dodged bullet. But that said there is around 1.5 to 2” of solid ice/snow on the ground and there is a good amount of ice on the car windows. The trees and wires do not look really all that bad. As sleet/ice storms go this was not all that bad. Most of the power outages are to the south along I94. Where just under 200,000 customers are with out power. Yesterday’s official H/L at Grand Rapids was 31/26 there was 0.84” of precipitation of that 1.6” was reported as snow. Here in my yard I have just under 2” of snow/sleet/ice. There was no sunshine yesterday. For the season GR is now up to 86.1” of snow fall. At Lansing there was 0.82” of precipitation and at Muskegon there was less with just 0.44” there. The overnight low and current temperature here at my house is 27. For today the average H/L is now up to 36/21 the record high of 63 was set in 1984 and again in 2000. The record low of -10 was set in 2015 and the record snow fall amount of 5.9” fell in 1994. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CentralNebWeather Posted February 23, 2023 Report Share Posted February 23, 2023 It is a brutal morning. -3 with wind gusts over 30 MPH still. Had a couple of inches of snow yesterday and last night, causing some travel issues this morning. Many schools have late starts, we are on time. 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Money Posted February 23, 2023 Report Share Posted February 23, 2023 Ended up with around a foot 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Posted February 23, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2023 Just incredible wind gusts yesterday in AZ...top gust up to 88mph! 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormy Posted February 23, 2023 Report Share Posted February 23, 2023 Temperature hung around 32⁰ all day yesterday so there's still ice on the trees of up to around 1/4" with a bunch of ice chunks littering the ground under the trees. I was on the northwest side of the main rainfall shield and ended up with 0.55". (.06" of that fell overnight) 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinterSquall23 Posted February 23, 2023 Report Share Posted February 23, 2023 Hoping we get about be 40 quick today before the winds come in. We still have power after the dry slot (I think) came through. Looks like we escaped the worst of it with hours of sleet mixed with snow. Currently 26 degrees. Biggest ice storm I have seen. Sand cranes are flying North . 4 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james1976 Posted February 23, 2023 Report Share Posted February 23, 2023 Definitely got a lot more overnight. Looks like a couple hours to go yet. Curious to see what kinda reports come in around here. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MinnesotaSnow Posted February 23, 2023 Report Share Posted February 23, 2023 I’m measuring 12-14” around my driveway. Kinda tough with the wind either blowing it away or loading it off the trees and elsewhere. There will be some 15”+ reports I bet. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madtown Posted February 23, 2023 Report Share Posted February 23, 2023 well this batch that moved in is incredible easily over 2" in the last hour 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james1976 Posted February 23, 2023 Report Share Posted February 23, 2023 MSP 10.1" at 6am 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkeye Posted February 23, 2023 Report Share Posted February 23, 2023 It seems like the models had the right idea with the snow across Minnesota. However, the series of waves were not as strong as earlier predicted. The final, main, wave was predicted to be several mb deeper than it turned out to be. 2 Quote season snowfall: 34.8" '22-23: 30.2" '21-22: 27.1" '20-21: 52.5" '19-20: 36.2" '18-19: 50.2" '17-18: 39.5" Average snowfall: ~30" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bud2380 Posted February 23, 2023 Report Share Posted February 23, 2023 Still a lot of impressive totals. 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinterSquall23 Posted February 23, 2023 Report Share Posted February 23, 2023 Thought this was interesting in Portland, Oregon NWS reported the 2nd largest snowstorm 10.8” since 1943. That office is nearly at sea level. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madtown Posted February 23, 2023 Report Share Posted February 23, 2023 1 hour ago, bud2380 said: Still a lot of impressive totals. impressive, but not historic 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james1976 Posted February 23, 2023 Report Share Posted February 23, 2023 1 hour ago, bud2380 said: Still a lot of impressive totals. More than I thought but I haven't been out yet. Still snowing lightly. Gonna head out soon to snow blow driveway. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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