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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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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.

Toro Wheel Horse 522xi GT, Honda HS928TA, Honda HS621AS, Honda HS520A, Toro CCR3000 (work in progress), Honda HS624WA (sold 08/23/2010), Stihl BR550 Backpack Blower, Stihl MS250, McCulloch MS1635, Honda EM6500SX Generator

Shryp

Location: Cleveland, OH
Joined: Jul 26, 2010
Points: 532

Re: Snow at last!
Reply #15 Jan 3, 2012 7:31 am

Our "Big Storm" with up to a foot of snow expected left enough to use a broom on...

aa335

Joined: Nov 29, 2008
Points: 2434

Re: Snow at last!
Reply #16 Jan 3, 2012 10:47 am

Got a light dusting of snow and lot of wind. Nature's wind took care of the blowing so I don't have to. Today it is cold, 14F, slightly warmer feeling in the sun.

My snowblowers are looking bored. They might get combustion apathy from non-action.

borat

Joined: Nov 10, 2007
Points: 2692

Re: Snow at last!
Reply #17 Jan 3, 2012 11:54 am

aa335 wrote:

Got a light dusting of snow and lot of wind. Nature's wind took care of the blowing so I don't have to. Today it is cold, 14F, slightly warmer feeling in the sun.

My snowblowers are looking bored. They might get combustion apathy from non-action.

We're waaaaay behind in our snow this year. November was one of the driest months on record and Decmeber delivered less than half of what we normally get. We've recently received about six inches of light snow. Not nearly enough to get my snowmobile out of the back yard. Need snow bad!

aa335

Joined: Nov 29, 2008
Points: 2434

Re: Snow at last!
Reply #18 Jan 3, 2012 12:04 pm

No significant snow yet as of January 2012. Feels weird saying that.

I like steady, regular 5-8" accumulations, not the big 12-24" big dumps that cripples the city for a day or two.

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