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jrtrebor

Location: Michigan - 3 hours north of Chicago on the lake
Joined: Feb 10, 2010
Points: 539

Snow at last!
Original Message Dec 31, 2011 10:34 pm

Happy New Year to everyone

"Hooray"
Snows on it's way to central western Michigan.

Winter Storm Warning
Statement as of 9:42 PM EST on December 31, 2011

... Winter Storm Warning remains in effect from 10 am Sunday to
8 PM EST Monday...

Hazardous weather...

* rain and snow will transition to all snow by noon Sunday. The
   snow will continue through Monday.

* Potential for snow accumulations of at least 8 inches across
   portions of the warning area by Monday evening. Localized
   heavier snow bands near little and big Sable points along
   with much of Van Buren and Allegan counties could lead to
   amounts over a foot.

* It will become very windy late Sunday morning with wind gusts
   expected to reach 50 to 60 mph through Sunday night. This
   will cause considerable blowing snow.

Impacts...

* near blizzard conditions possible.

* Snow covered to icy Road conditions developing by mid
   afternoon Sunday and lasting through Monday due to snow...
   blowing snow and falling temperatures.

* Power outages and downed tree limbs likely Sunday and Sunday
   night due to very strong winds.

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Santaclause

Location: northern NY
Joined: Jan 18, 2009
Points: 48

Re: Snow at last!
Reply #5 Jan 1, 2012 7:59 am

they are predicting high wind warning and a Lake effect snow warning for us we could get 1-2 ft they say in persistant bands so who knows I finnally broke the cub out the other day to clean up 3 inches off the blacktop and sun came out melted the driveway off so......

coasteray

El Toro! 1028 LXE
Tecumseh 358cc
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Location: NE Washington State
Joined: Mar 3, 2008
Points: 142

Re: Snow at last!
Reply #6 Jan 1, 2012 5:28 pm

Yeah, still waiting here, too. Boring winter so far. Only 9 inches to date at the airport, compared to a normal of 20 or so. All the snow we've gotten so far has disappeared. It might be one of "those" years. At least most of December was cold enough for snow. We had a stubborn high-pressure system for over three weeks, so we had sun and some high clouds, with a bit of fog sometimes. Happy New Year, everybody!

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El Toro! 1028 LXE - Tecumseh 358cc 10hp Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow!

jackley

Joined: Oct 28, 2010
Points: 37

Re: Snow at last!
Reply #7 Jan 2, 2012 12:18 pm

Jt, I was hoping for more snow, since I live in the same area you do. I got up early and wasn't enough to get my husky out.
Oh well, I'll just have to wait. I heard we are getting warmer weather towards end of the week too.

royster

" It is the use of power tools that separates man from animals"

Location: New Brunswick, Canada
Joined: Feb 11, 2011
Points: 284

Re: Snow at last!
Reply #8 Jan 2, 2012 2:37 pm

Got about 8 inches of drifted snow, temperature was -2 . Used my Husqvarna 27 inch, with Briggs 14.5 Hydro .

It was easy to do , new paved driveway is 110 ft long and 18 wide and a paved parking area 24x26 .

Then the weather got warmer, went up to +8 , then it rained hard and took off all the snow.

Oh well, I got a chance to blow some snow.

jrtrebor

Location: Michigan - 3 hours north of Chicago on the lake
Joined: Feb 10, 2010
Points: 539

Re: Snow at last!
Reply #9 Jan 2, 2012 4:07 pm

royster wrote:

Got about 8 inches of drifted snow, temperature was -2 . Used my Husqvarna 27 inch, with Briggs 14.5 Hydro .

It was easy to do , new paved driveway is 110 ft long and 18 wide and a paved parking area 24x26 .

Then the weather got warmer, went up to +8 , then it rained hard and took off all the snow.

Oh well, I got a chance to blow some snow.

It was 8 degress and it rained? Wouldn't think that was possible.

hirschallan

If it aint broke don't fix it !!

Location: Northern Hills of NY
Joined: Aug 25, 2005
Points: 327

Re: Snow at last!
Reply #10 Jan 2, 2012 4:09 pm

jrtrebor wrote:

It was 8 degress and it rained? Wouldn't think that was possible.

Maybe its celcius

carlb

Joined: Nov 16, 2010
Points: 279

Re: Snow at last!
Reply #11 Jan 2, 2012 5:47 pm

jrtrebor wrote:

It was 8 degress and it rained? Wouldn't think that was possible.

He is up in Canada EH!

jrtrebor

Location: Michigan - 3 hours north of Chicago on the lake
Joined: Feb 10, 2010
Points: 539

Re: Snow at last!
Reply #12 Jan 2, 2012 6:07 pm

Ahhh, 28° and 46° Takes me a minute sometimes.

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royster

" It is the use of power tools that separates man from animals"

Location: New Brunswick, Canada
Joined: Feb 11, 2011
Points: 284

Re: Snow at last!
Reply #13 Jan 2, 2012 8:40 pm

jrtrebor wrote:

It was 8 degress and it rained? Wouldn't think that was possible.

Sorry , We use the Celcius scale in Canada

-2 Celcius is 28.4 Fahrenheit Water freezes at 0 deg Celcius or 32 degrees Fahrenheit

+8 Celcius is 46.4 Fahrenheit "EH"

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FrankMA

Location: Merrimack Valley/Northeastern Mass
Joined: Jul 1, 2010
Points: 587

Re: Snow at last!
Reply #14 Jan 3, 2012 7:29 am

No snow to report and none expected anytime in the near future according to the weather guru's. Its finally gotten colder (highs in mid 20's, lows in single digits) but it's expected to warm up a bit towards weeks end. What a difference from last winter - we were buried at this time last year and ended up with one big storm right after another.

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