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.
Been snowing hard here for about the last 15 minutes…..we have been right on the edge of all the snow all day. Looks like a big snow globe out!!
snow is coming down at a pretty good clip right now
snowed hard here for about 10mins..really letting up now
okay my county just got upgraded to the warning
The sun has been in and out its still cold…no snow here maybe a flurry once in a while. Oh by the way its 32° here.
SlimJim
snowing hard again here..very lil wind though
Been snowing hard in PP most of day! We have about 6 in on ground!
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Its been snowing all day in holland. I`d say we have 6-8″
5+ inches fallen so far in Allegan. Guess the lake kicked in better than GRR thought. I’m hoping to see a foot here before all is said and done.
Its cold!! Went out and played with the dogs in the snow. Been snowing at a pretty good clip here for the last hour or so. Still sitting at 32 degrees.
You call that a cool fog video? This is a cool fog video…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfXLv23EZsY&feature=related
Snow total update. Went out and measured 4″ on my deck. Im in southwest portage near Schoolcraft. Just got off the phone with my dad, he is 6 miles west of Schoolcraft, and he has 8″!! Might have to plow tonight.
Hey everybody! Today started off sunny but then clouded over, off and on snow showers now starting.
Check out the Gaylord webcam: http://woodtv.triton.net/webcams/img.php?i=http://www.wildernesspines.com/images/ccam.jpg&w=352&time=1226955813280
Look at the squalls from the Ludington cam!: http://woodtv.triton.net/webcams/img.php?i=http://ludingtonharbor.axiscam.net:5700/axis-cgi/jpg/image.cgi?&w=352
Ok…..now the links mess up my post and it’s awaiting moderation? I’m beginning to hate this format now seriously…and it was slow to load today….The old one you could just post and it’d be fine. This has way too many problems!
Just measured the snow on my deck in the back yard, Allegan’s up to 8″ already. Roads are starting to get some accumulation around here too. Just seen a county truck go by on M-40 laying salt as I’m typing this.
Im with you Charles……not liking this format………SLOW!!
it stinks!!!!
…..and my comment is still awaiting moderation, TOO LATE TO LOOK AT THE WEBCAM NOW… it looked so cool with those bands coming in off the lake.
Meanwhile, I have a nice band to my NW, hopefully it makes it here so I can get some pix of it =)
When I got home at 4:30 I had 6 1/2 inches on the birdfeeder. I’m sure we’ve gotten more since then!
On and off snow here in Muskegon County.
7.5″ near the lake in holland.
Jenison is going to have a snow day tomorrow.
I hate you guys!!!! Just kidding…
I’m sure the rest of the inlanders know how I feel – right Bob P?
You don’t even have to be very far inland Craig. I’ve got NOTHING here.
I was working down in the Hastings/Gun Lake area today and there were a couple of inches still in the shady areas down there.
9″ on my deck as of 6 pm
Excellent. Now it’s even snowing in Lansing, and still not at my house.
no snow here either….frig….
It’s been off and on since the big burst early this afternoon. I think the heavier bands are just west of me in Hamilton, which now has 10″
Snowing at a good clip with a inch sticking on the ground in Newaygo/Oceana co..
Nothing here either.
9″ on my deck in Allegan. Don’t recommend trying to brave some of the roads around here. 3 miles of A-37 north of Burnips, south to Allegan is very slick. Seen tracks from two slide offs and almost slid off once myself.
Brandi i hate to burst ur bubble but jenison wont have a snowday tomorrow i also live in jenison but i graduated this past june…were not gonna get any snow tonight
Looks like the last hurrah for Ottawa/Allegan/Van Buren as the band is shifting south and heading for Benton Harbor and Indiana. Considering they were calling for only a couple of inches and we ended up with 9-10″, I am pretty happy. Typically, we end up with much less than expected.
Yeah, there’s maybe 1-1.5″ here. We will have school tomorrow.
expect school tomorrow kids!! hahhah
Just had a light dusting that covers the cars…its a cold 26° here.
SlimJim
Just drove from Hudsonville to Holland, and the roads are absolutely horrible. There’s snow on the roads coming into Zeeland, and anywhere where it might be bare, it’s ice. Take it slow, people, and watch out on overpasses/bridges.
26F at my place, just a dusting, we will lose that by tomorrow morning.
Check out these monster flakes from West Virginia!: http://www.wunderground.com/wximage/viewsingleimage.html?mode=singleimage&handle=ktsmom9&number=17&submitrating=submit&rating=9#slideanchor
26F at my house… just a dusting but will lose that by morning..
I done give up posting links now, it’s hopeless for me.
Click my name to see a pic of some monster flakes in West Virginia.
Lost: Snow. White. Should be on the dry side. More than a few inches, hanging
out together.
If found please return to Fairbanks,AK and surrounding areas, 99701
As it is a perishable, your timeliness is appreciated…
Thank You, again
So did Gaylord get 4″…or 8″ ?
0753 PM SNOW ALLEGAN 42.53N 85.85W 11/17/2008 E4.0 INCH ALLEGAN MI COUNTY OFFICIAL MIDNIGHT THROUGH 730 PM TOTAL
They drive to Martin for that measurement or what? I know before I went to bed Monday morning there was little accumulation on my deck. And by 8pm there was 9″ of snow on it. I’m right on the western city limits of Allegan city too. Wonder if thats not the measurement of the snow left on some of the county roadways no thanks to our economy.
Clear and cold here had the coldest night of the winter so far with a low of 18° stay warm.
SlimJim
WOW……16.7 degrees on my thomometer! Thats a cold shocker for November! Brrr!
Ok guys..you can keep that snow over by the lake shore ok? lol I was happy we havent gotten much. there is a dusting here. thats it. I hate driving in that stuff!! Not looking forward to winter..hopefully spring will come fast!!
“Awww winter driving…people see the white stuff & think they can still drive fast!!!”
Funny how people here slow down for rain, then speed up for snow. The prevailing thought seems to be “it’s not how fast I can go and still stop in 2 to 3 seconds, but how fast I can go and (mostly) stay on the road”.
Dear woodtv…PLEASE change the page back to the original layout. This one is a ton less attractive, and very hard to navigate through. Thanks…
Just thought i’d get my 2 cents in! Lol.
Bob, your in Fairbanks? I have a friend up there right now and last I talked to her, she said it was a winter wonderland. Hmm, must have melted since I talked to her!
Chilly morn here, 18*…snow covered the ground…under 1/2″ though!
Made for slippery walking and commute
Wish I was there, in the UP
http://www.johndee.com/ncn/wetmore_ncn.htm
Could we have more headlines tomorrow…the NWS supposidly says the LES snow is going to ramp up tomorrow?
okay now we just need this low pressure systeem to take a Toledo track and we got a snowstorm! http://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/pmb/nwprod/analysis/namer/gfs/12/images/gfs_slp_264l.gif