Major snowstorm brewing

[MotorCityRadioFreak]

Let's all just go outside with giant fans and push the air away from us. Worth a try? Right? I'm willing to try anything at this point.

Better than shooting the moon like the movie Moonfall.

[Ben Zonia]

Let's all just go outside with giant fans and push the air away from us. Worth a try? Right? I'm willing to try anything at this point.

"Ice Station Siegfried" was an episode of Get Smart from 1969. KAOS has a giant fan at the North Pole which blows cold air South and plunges the whole world into an Ice Age.

Good luck finding even a decent trailer for this episode online for free.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0587526/

[MWmetalhead]

My updated thoughts:
-WDIV and AccuWeather are too aggressive in totals. I disagree with their prediction of a widespread 12 to 18 inches.
-The Weather Channel with its prediction of 5 to 8 inches (with less than that north of M-59) across the 696 corridor is too light.
-WXYZ's prediction of 10 to 12 inches through the heart of the Metro is close. Fox 2 is calling for 8 to 14 inches with highest numbers near the border; I more or less agree.
-In terms of snowfall, Wednesday should be worse than Thursday in most areas. Wednesday's snow should also be of denser consistency.
-A lull in the snow Wednesday night looks increasingly likely.
-Heaviest totals look to be along the I-80 corridor.

My storm total projections:
-5 to 8 inches Flint and Lansing areas. Heaviest south of Lansing. Northern Genesee might not even see 5 inches of total snow.
-7 to 10 inches Howell, Pontiac, Sterling Heights, Pt. Huron, Mt. Clemens.
-8 to 12 inches Ann Arbor, DTW, Detroit.
-10 to 14 inches Adrian, Monroe, Toledo. Some Wednesday icy precip is possible. Snow totals evenly divided between Wednesday and Thursday.
-12 to 16 inches Bowling Green, Fremont, Defiance, Fort Wayne. Some significant Wednesday icy precip is also possible here but is looking less likely than yesterday. More snow Thursday than Wednesday.

[bmw]

-In terms of snowfall, Wednesday should be worse than Thursday in most areas. Wednesday's snow should also be of denser consistency.
-A lull in the snow Wednesday night looks increasingly likely.

The good news here is that the 2nd wave appears to be mostly confined to south of the border. That is what is cutting down on these snowfall total projections. Originally it looked like Michigan wasn't going to get quite as much Wednesday but then get piled on Thursday.

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My updated thoughts:
-WDIV and AccuWeather are too aggressive in totals. I disagree with their prediction of a widespread 12 to 18 inches.
-The Weather Channel with its prediction of 5 to 8 inches (with less than that north of M-59) across the 696 corridor is too light.
-WXYZ's prediction of 10 to 12 inches through the heart of the Metro is close. Fox 2 is calling for 8 to 14 inches with highest numbers near the border; I more or less agree.
-In terms of snowfall, Wednesday should be worse than Thursday in most areas. Wednesday's snow should also be of denser consistency.
-A lull in the snow Wednesday night looks increasingly likely.
-Heaviest totals look to be along the I-80 corridor.

My storm total projections:
-5 to 8 inches Flint and Lansing areas. Heaviest south of Lansing. Northern Genesee might not even see 5 inches of total snow.
-7 to 10 inches Howell, Pontiac, Sterling Heights, Pt. Huron, Mt. Clemens.
-8 to 12 inches Ann Arbor, DTW, Detroit.
-10 to 14 inches Adrian, Monroe, Toledo. Some Wednesday icy precip is possible. Snow totals evenly divided between Wednesday and Thursday.
-12 to 16 inches Bowling Green, Fremont, Defiance, Fort Wayne. Some significant Wednesday icy precip is also possible here but is looking less likely than yesterday. More snow Thursday than Wednesday.

Looks about right… 350am update to the watch stuck with 8-14.

[TC Talks]

Sunny all week here in Traverse City.

[MWmetalhead]

It's actually a beautiful day in my neck of the woods right now. Partly sunny and mid 40s.

[Colonel Flagg]

Sunny all week here in Traverse City.

Hard to imagine. Better mark the calendar on that one. Of all the places I've lived, that was probably the coldest, wettest, and gloomiest.

[MWmetalhead]

The models are all over the place. I'm keeping my predictions from early this morning intact.

[TC Talks]

Sunny all week here in Traverse City.

Hard to imagine. Better mark the calendar on that one. Of all the places I've lived, that was probably the coldest, wettest, and gloomiest.

I am celebrating in the irony.

[km1125]

Let's all just go outside with giant fans and push the air away from us. Worth a try? Right? I'm willing to try anything at this point.

"Ice Station Siegfried" was an episode of Get Smart from 1969. KAOS has a giant fan at the North Pole which blows cold air South and plunges the whole world into an Ice Age.

Good luck finding even a decent trailer for this episode online for free.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0587526/

You just know at some point those folks in Ontario are going to try to use all those wind turbines to do the same thing!!


I think MW's predictions are the closest to reality I've seen and the comments on the various weather broadcasts are accurate.

[MotorCityRadioFreak]

Sunny all week here in Traverse City.

Hard to imagine. Better mark the calendar on that one. Of all the places I've lived, that was probably the coldest, wettest, and gloomiest.

I am celebrating in the irony.

Climate change stands to help you all up there.

[Mega Hertz]

I was so happy. SO happy at work today. Sun was shining, got 11 hours in, nothing freezing, money maker day. Came home and took my dog for her longest walk in weeks. She LOVES walks. Went outside and played tug of war on the patio.

And now we're gonna be back to "Nope, can't do this job. Too cold." Getting home at noon. "Sorry, pup, too cold for a walk. Too much snow".

I wish I could have the hubris of Valenti who thinks we won't get anything but maybe 3 inches. Jesus how happy would I be.

Oh, Brighton schools just closed. Looks like I'm losing a day's pay tomorrow. Awesome. Between snow, cold and covid, I'm gonna burn all my vacation/PTO days before March.

[Rate This]

The models are all over the place. I'm keeping my predictions from early this morning intact.

Weather service is going with 11-15 for the southern 4 counties… Washtenaw-Wayne-Lenawee-Monroe. I live by the airport and the auto-forecast machine says 12 by Thursday night. Surveying ALL of the individual winter storm warning we have the highest totals predicted of anybody from Texas to Cleveland. Hooray us.

[MotorCityRadioFreak]

As of this morning, greater Cleveland was 16-18 inches. So, the bullseye appears to be northern Ohio.