Then and Now. with pics.

[aussiedog3]

Just some cell phone pics of the front yard, back yard and woodpiles here in West Michigan within a mile of Lake Michigan. With a light dusting and frost hanging in the trees a while back and the piles this past Saturday. The second and the sixth picture are the same view. There is a split rail fence buried in there somewhere!

 

[1750]

We've had some serious snow in West Michigan. Serious snow.

Of course, now that we've turned the corner into February... it certainly feels like spring is in the air!

 

[BobUrban]

The rumor has it Lake Michigan is(or has) frozen solid for the first time in many, many years. If/when this happens it will lower the average temps but also lower the snow fall - especially on the West side.

I imagine the Great lakes are "Great full" after this winter gets finished. Been a longgg time since we has seen this type of snow in Michigan.

 

[Pat53]

Lake Michigan is probably only about 1/2 frozen, Lake Superior is about 80% ice covered now. Lighter winds and continued below zero nights this week so far will greatly increase the icing. Here's a recent satellite photo composite:

http://kdvr.com/2014/01/31/lake-michigan-is-half-frozen/

 

[aussiedog3]

Local radio just reported that Holland, Michigan had 66" of snow in January alone.
Our normal for the whole winter is around 75". I know we are well over 80" of snow for the whole season.

 

[JustWood]

Local radio just reported that Holland, Michigan had 66" of snow in January alone.
Our normal for the whole winter is around 75". I know we are well over 80" of snow for the whole season.

We had 75" total snowfall well before Xmas . 75" all winter would be CAKE !

 

[TX-L]

Here ya go:

 

[Pat53]

Holy sh#t, is that from this year?

 

[BrianN]

That's where all our snow went. When usually we should have about four feet on the ground now, we barely have a foot of that annoying white stuff.

 

[TX-L]

Yes, this year. The blue car photo was from December, the other three are January. Tug Hill lake effect snow. It gets cold, too...

 

[Pat53]

Lake Superior is now over 90% ice covered. Should be pretty much sealed up tight by the weekend.

(broken link removed to http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/glcfs/sicecon+01.gif)

 

[1750]

That's a cool site, Pat. Thanks for sharing.

It looks like Lake Michigan is a bit over 50% covered (broken link removed to http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/glcfs/micecon-00.gif)

For any of you interested in the other Great Lakes, the root of Pat's link has a ton of data for all of them: http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/glcfs/glcfs.html

 

[Pat53]

Yeah, its pretty cool, and its updated every day. You can check each lake by clicking on the name of the lake at the top of the page