How much snow

On average, thirteen inches of snow equals one inch of rain in the US, although this ratio can vary from two inches for sleet to nearly fifty inches for very dry, powdery snow under certain conditions.

What is a nor'easter? It can form over the land of the eastern U. These winter events are notorious for producing heavy snow, rain, and tremendous waves that crash onto Atlantic beaches, often causing beach erosion and structural damage.

Wind gusts associated with these storms can exceed hurricane force in intensity. A nor'easter gets its name from the continuously strong northeasterly winds blowing in from the ocean ahead of the storm and over the coastal areas.

What makes them so strong is the warm and moist air from the Atlantic that feeds the storm, causing it to grow explosively. What is white lightning? White lightning is a colloquial term for thunderstorms occurring with snow. Are microbursts or downbursts present in snow squalls? Metro Detroit weather: Cooler Wednesday in the 50s.

Metro Detroit weather: Brisk Opening Day with light snow possible. Metro Detroit weather: Cold temperatures before the return of spring. Metro Detroit weather: A small taste of winter. Detroit weather: Wintry mix of sleet, freezing rain and snow moves in Monday evening. Metro Detroit weather: Areas of light snow, sleet, freezing rain tonight. Metro Detroit weather: Getting colder Sunday night, chilly Monday. Metro Detroit weather: Chilly Saturday with sunshine before daylight saving time begins.

Dry, sunny start to Chicago weekend to give way to sloppy start to workweek chicagotribune. Master sand sculptor creates amazing snow sculptures in his West Michigan yard mlive. Ann Arbor man creates snow sculptures in his backyard.

Metro Detroit weather: Highs close to 50 this weekend. Metro Detroit weather: Icy morning after melt, upper 30s today. Grosse Pointe News grossepointenews. Metro Detroit weather: More snowflakes, but a milder start today. Metro Detroit weather: Batch of light snow tonight.

Metro Detroit weather: Waking up to more snowflakes. Dangerous winter storm lashes East Coast with snow and ice cbsnews. What is an ice dam? How do they form? But even the far southeast, where warmth usually fights off early season snow, could have a few inches of snow. Sunday into Sunday night is when I expect the precipitation could be wet snow. Saturday will have spurts of rain and snow, and also plenty of time with dry weather.

Here is the radar forecast for this weekend. It first shows the spurts of snow and rain in the lake-effect areas Saturday. The forecast then shows the widespread precipitation area moving across Michigan Sunday. The dilemma is how much snow will melt when hitting a warmer ground.

Also, the upper-level temperatures say it will snow, but the models are forecasting rain much of the time. So one of the two is incorrect, and that happens in weather modeling and weather forecasts. With the track of the low pressure center placed just south of Michigan, we should be on the cold side and mostly snow. I would say Sunday afternoon could mix with rain or change to rain. Come sunset Sunday evening, the precipitation should turn back to snow, especially since we will be on the cold northwest side of the storm.

So I think most of us wake up to snow falling early Sunday morning. Snow Amount Potential Experimental - Leave feedback. Public Information Statement text table Map Display. Click anywhere on the map for the forecast. Turn "on and off" the various weather parameters using the display options.

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