Lake Effect Snow
November 18th, 2008 at 4:15 am by Bill Steffen under Bill's Blog, Weather
<–click the ruler and Indiana radar to enlarge. The lake effect snow squalls have moved out inot the lake, except for far SW Berrien and occasionally far western Oceana and Mason Counties. Watch the visible satellite loop (daytime). What moves on the loop is clouds and what is stationary is snow on the ground. You can see the lake-effect snow off Lake Michigan went down all through Ohio. It got COLD last night…9 in Big Rapids, 6 in Baldwin and Wellston, 16 in Kalamazoo! It’s cold in many areas east of the Rockies…upper 40s this AM in Ft. Myers and Ft. Lauderdale, FL - 38 in Victoria, TX. That’s 10″ of snow on the ground near Hamilton. Here’s more West Michigan Snow Totals. Click here for some snowfall totals - up to 10″ already near Hamilton, and 9″ in Saugatuck! Over 8″ has fallen at Gaylord and Mancelona. 9″ on the ground in Kalkaska, 5″ in Muskegon. Trenery has picked up 20″ in the U.P, with 19″+ at Eben Jct. The Marquette NWS has 14″ of snow on the ground and Ironwood has a 7″ snow cover. Up to 30″ of new snow in New York State. Holiday Valley at Elllicottville, NY reports 28″ of snow in one day! Very cold air first crosses Lake Superior and then comes down the length of Lake Michigan. Inland areas have cleared with temps. in many places reaching the teens. It looks like a pretty cold week. Other snowfall reports: 10″ Boyne Falls and Moorestown in Missaukee Co, and 7″ at Interlochen. Oh, and the Lions are 0-10. And here’s some cool fog video from West Virginia.
okay i just posted a link and it didnt show up
http://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/pmb/nwprod/analysis/namer/gfs/12/images/gfs_slp_264l.gif
we just need that low to take a track over Toledo and we have a snowstorm
Is that my snowstorm at the moment then? =)
When is that for?
When is this snow storm going to happen? How much snow could we see out of it if it moves more towards us?
the GFS has shown a big storm 7 to 10 days out since Nov 5th, for mid Nov,(by 4 days away it simply disappears as this one will) ..
and for late Nov,(at one point for Thanksgiving, it will be too warm) probably wont happen and for 1st week of Dec, might happen….
we will see……
The models are nuts this year…as usuall!
Nothing here, just cold.
I learned there were 20s in northern FL this morning..This global warming is getting out of hand.
Well I’ll be darned.. LAKE MICHIGAN was warmer than Florida this morning: http://www.weather.gov/forecasts/graphical/images/conus/dynamic/MinT_2008112012_conus.png
Well areas of it anyways LOL
I hope that storm Tyler mentioned becomes a reality; I live too far inland to enjoy all the lake-affect snow others have been getting. so all I have is for synoptic storms to depend on…
What is up with the lousy forecast discussions this fall? They have been very short, and not very informative. This afternoon, they mention the possibility of a significant lake snow event starting Thu., but fail to mention any specifics. Usually, they discuss things going for and against the storm. The long term discussions have been a few sentences. Shoot, I could forecast that.
Who ever is “93″ that writes the forecast discussions is usually pretty informative… “Meade” hasn’t been as informative.. but seems to be pretty pesismistic about anything that would be awesome “weather wise” haha the NWS personalities
Well its looks like it going to get cold again this weekend so it will snow some where…(I hope its not here) it was a cold but nice day today…if we had more days like this..sun and no snow, then winter would not be too bad if this was as cold as it ever got. By the way I had a low of 17.2° here for the coldest low of the winter so far.
SlimJim
I SEE A 40F IN THE FORECAST! So that will be my day I look forward to from this point on LOL
Some light returns coming in off the lake
Looks like the lake is enhancing it a bit
REPORT: 2″ AT FISK KNOB! I just went out and took pix, this is my first real accumulation, still snowing too. IT’S COLD OUT THERE
She’s a lovely band of snow.. just dandy!
I am traveling to Battle Creek today anyone no what the conditions are down there?
A pic I took this morning as the snow passed: http://icons-pe.wunderground.com/data/wximagenew/c/charlesimages/2324.jpg
Hey Maggie! Watch for icy spots. Not sure what the conditions are, but always use caution in the winter, someone could have spilled water too and that could freeze. You can’t be too careful.
Lake Effect Snow Watch up for the typical southwestern counties. Looks like Wednesday night through Friday. Now that they’ve posted a watch, we’ll be lucky to see six inches of snow.
sounds like it’s icy out there. Great
You’re lucky Charles, just a trace here.
Wow, Nice band this morning… anyone think that there will be a storm coming anytime soon.. Im to lazt to look at the models right now.. I’m in school
Brennan..i looked at the models earlier and i didnt see any real big storms coming…course they’re the NAM/GFS models..they’re gonna play games
i watched Henry Margusity’s blog video for the long range and he says there is a storm coming next week..hee just doesnt knoww where its gonna be cuz the models are all over the place with it..the 12Z GFS is coming out but i have to take a nap..we’ll see where it is when i wake up…
heres another possible storm http://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/pmb/nwprod/analysis/namer/gfs/12/images/gfs_slp_288l.gif
Thanks for the link, Tyler….this storm looks interesting. We’ll just have to wait and see how it all pans out.
Do you people work, I mean come on!!! Watch the weather, see what they forcast and forget about it! Spend your time day dreaming about how the Messiah will change our world and give us hope and how in just a couple years, we’ll be blown away….oh I love sacrism (and Jenny & BHO)
It is snowing really hard in lowell right now.. no green showing on the ground at all!
Monday morning, Nov 24 10:15 am Jenison, MI
heaving lake effect snow coming down.
Steven
I LOVE WEATHER!!!!
hello how was u r thanksgiving?? mine was awsome i love the weather
ttyl
marah
umm not really
i dont know if he even likes me!!! (this is sorta weird cause i am talking about a boy and u r bill stefen !!!!!! 
:)
when is it going to be alot of snow ?? thx soo much
mee
hahahahha u sound like hannah montana ( a teen popstar) she always says that “oh yea i went there ive done that!!” well his bro likes me soo its like a love feista!!!! but i like dean not wade!!!!
thx for listening
me