2/4/14

2/5/14 - Snowfall Totals From Snow System Overnight Into Wednesday Morning

2/5/14 - Snow totals

The storm centered pushed through the upper Ohio valley overnight into Wednesday and left generally a 3 - 6" snowfall
across much of the region. Some outliers on the high side included; Wyandotte /8.3"/ Detroit Metro Arpt  and Monroe /8.0"/...Ypsilanti  /7.8"/ while Midland and Bay City were the lowest with just an inch and a half and two inches, respectively. 


Snowfall totals from the February 5th Snowfall

Snowfall totals from the February 5th Snowfall
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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...STORM TOTALS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
202 PM EST WED FEB 5 2014


STORM TOTAL SNOW REPORTS

LOCATION                  SNOWFALL     DURATION
                          (INCHES)      (HOURS)        LAT       LON

...BAY COUNTY...
   BAY CITY                E   2.0            M     43.59N    83.89W

...GENESEE COUNTY...
   FLINT                   M   5.7           14     43.02N    83.69W

...HURON COUNTY...
   BAD AXE                 E   2.5           14     43.80N    83.00W

...LENAWEE COUNTY...
   MANITOU BEACH           E   2.2           14     41.97N    84.31W
   ONSTED                  E   5.5           14     42.01N    84.19W
   TECUMSEH                E   5.5           14     42.01N    83.94W

...LIVINGSTON COUNTY...
   HELL                    M   4.0           14     42.43N    83.99W

...MIDLAND COUNTY...
   MIDLAND                 E   1.5           14     43.62N    84.23W

...MONROE COUNTY...
   DUNDEE                  E   6.0           14     41.96N    83.66W
   MONROE                  M   8.0           14     41.92N    83.39W

...OAKLAND COUNTY...
   FARMINGTON              M   3.6           14     42.46N    83.38W
   LAKE ORION              E   4.0           14     42.78N    83.24W
   ROYAL OAK               M   4.8           14     42.51N    83.15W
   PONTIAC                 M   5.0           14     42.65N    83.29W
   CLARKSTON               M   5.2           14     42.74N    83.42W
   4 E WHITE LAKE          M   5.9           14     42.65N    83.43W

...SAGINAW COUNTY...
   MERRILL                 E   2.7           14     43.41N    84.34W
   HEMLOCK                 M   3.9           14     43.42N    84.23W
   5 W SAGINAW             M   4.0           14     43.42N    84.05W
   SAGINAW                 M   4.0           14     43.42N    83.95W
   SAGINAW                 M   4.8           14     43.42N    83.95W
   CHESANING               M   7.0           14     43.18N    84.12W

...SANILAC COUNTY...
   DECKERVILLE             M   4.0           14     43.53N    82.74W

...SHIAWASSEE COUNTY...
   CORUNNA                 M   6.3           14     42.98N    84.12W

...ST. CLAIR COUNTY...
   PORT HURON              M   5.7           14     42.99N    82.43W
   PORT HURON              M   6.4           14     42.99N    82.43W

...TUSCOLA COUNTY...
   VASSAR                  M   6.0           14     43.37N    83.58W

...WASHTENAW COUNTY...
   SALINE                  E   3.5           14     42.18N    83.78W
   ANN ARBOR               M   4.6           14     42.28N    83.73W
   SE ANN ARBOR            M   4.9           14     42.28N    83.73W
   MANCHESTER              M   5.6           14     42.15N    84.04W
   YPSILANTI               M   7.8           14     42.24N    83.62W

...WAYNE COUNTY...
   GARDEN CITY             M   5.2           14     42.33N    83.33W
   DEARBORN                M   5.9           14     42.31N    83.21W
   GROSSE POINTE           M   6.0           14     42.39N    82.91W
   DETROIT                 M   8.0           14     42.38N    83.11W
   WYANDOTTE               M   8.3           14     42.21N    83.16W


M = MEASURED
E = ESTIMATED


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2/4/14
Another low pressure system tracking northeast through the Ohio Valley Tuesday night into Wednesday morning will  around drop snow across Southeast Lower Michigan. This time, the main thrust of this storm will be just south of the region across Northeast Indiana and Northwest Ohio. Never-the-less; look for a general 3" - 6" of snow with pockets of 7" possible over Southeast Lower Michigan from the Ann Arbor area...east northeast across metro Detroit and its suburbs into Mt Clemens and Algonac and points south to the Ohio border. Highest snowfalls will generally extend from the I-94 region southward into Lenawee and Monroe counties. Latest morning's guidance continues to show a tight range of amounts along with varying amounts per model. Our NAM model continues to be one of the wettest with the GFS and European a bit drier. Any northwest jog of the track could yield a couple inches more, while a southeast jog would intimate less. Snowfall amounts are such fun!!

Further north across the mid Southeast Lower Michigan region into the Saginaw Valley and Thumb Region; I look for generally a lighter snowfall of 2" - 4" into Wednesday morning. This would included the cities of Howell... Pontiac... Flint... Port Huron...Saginaw into Bad axe and Lake Huron communities.

Timing of this system will mess with Wednesday morning's commute so plan accordingly.



A large strong cold high pressure system will follow in the storm's wake sliding down the Western Canada into the Plains and Midwest later in the week. The air mass from this system will bring well below normal reading across the Great Lakes and Southeast Lower Michigan. Highs will be range in the teens, while lows will fall in the single figures above and below zero...nothing we aren't accustom to this winter!

Another storm will affect the Southern Great Lakes...Ohio Valley and East Coast this upcoming weekend. The worst of this storm at this early juncture appears it too will be southeast of Southeast Lower Michigan and extend along the East Coast.

Updates will follow later this week....

Making weather fun while we all learn,
Bill Deedler -SEMI_WeatherHistorian