Getting ready for 20 inches

[herm0016]

storm total here is around a foot. snow blower was super awesome. i'm going to have to do a little rehab on the chain drive this summer, the tensioner thing is worn out and a stupid design. and some longer 3 point pins with spacers to give a little more space for the tire chains. it's an old mckee econo-plow.

 

[CloverKnollFarms]

We will likey see 5-6”... not the 16-20” all of the “models” agreed upon

 

[Midniteoyl]

I just got another 'Winter Storm Warning' claiming another 2"-6" through Thursday. Actual weather says no snow...?


About 9" here already today. Wet and heavy

https://imgur.com/eo64EW8

 

[deezler]

Well the moisture potential was certainly there, all our heaviest snow came down at temperatures between 30-34 degrees F. I saw the comment mentioned more than once by meterologists that the computer models tend to overdo the amount of cold air that pushes into a system like this. Take this same snowfall at several degrees colder ambient air, and we all would have several more inches of snow.

Still, a huge bummer. Only 5" here near Ypsilanti / Ann Arbor. We were in a dry slot on the radar all day long yesterday, it was really odd.

 

[coobie]

Well the moisture potential was certainly there, all our heaviest snow came down at temperatures between 30-34 degrees F. I saw the comment mentioned more than once by meterologists that the computer models tend to overdo the amount of cold air that pushes into a system like this. Take this same snowfall at several degrees colder ambient air, and we all would have several more inches of snow.

Still, a huge bummer. Only 5" here near Ypsilanti / Ann Arbor. We were in a dry slot on the radar all day long yesterday, it was really odd.

Had a whopping 10 inches not the 20 gloom and doom inches weather office stated were gonna have.

 

[deezler]

Today's second wave of the storm had been juuust barely missing us here today. But of course now, right as I suited up to go out and final plow, it kicked in pretty good again. Along with a decent breeze and 20 degree air. So I'll wait a bit more.
Probably back down to zero tomorrow night.

 

[TheMan419]

Ya, close to 8" on the ground now so not that bad. Trees are extremely unhappy with the weight though.

Ultimately 12 inches or so. Not even in the top 10 for record snow in one day here. The preduction for today was more snow. Have not seen a flake.

 

[erikjohn67]

Somewhere there is a horrible joke in this thread title.

 

[Midniteoyl]

Ultimately 12 inches or so. Not even in the top 10 for record snow in one day here. The preduction for today was more snow. Have not seen a flake.

It's been lightly snowing here most of the day. Maybe another inch for a total of close to 10".

 

[pokey1416]

I don’t know about all of your snow “weapons” but the first day at more than 12” of very wet and heavy snow on long driveways was a real “push” for my 40hp tractor and 7’ snow box.

With the box full it looked like I was pushing snow 6’ or more in front of the box. In these conditions I can see the advantage of an angled plow or a blower. My box was probably half the price but this was the first snow in 2 years where occasionally I had to raise the box to finish and do a partial 2nd pass. Felt like I ran out of “oomph”, I was in 4WD, and R4’s are grooved. Didn’t feel like the main problem was traction loss. Guess I’ll have to inform the wife I need more hp and a bigger tractor

 

[grsthegreat]

problem is all men see 6" and say its 12", so measuring snow fall amounts is probably all off.

 

[Rustyiron]

Our weathermen have a much greater imagination than yours apparently.
We were supposed to have 8-12" by this morning and another 5-10" today. There's a whopping 15/16 (strong) out there right now.

 

[deezler]

Do you mean 15/16ths of one inch? Because 15-16" would be a pretty good forecast!

All I know is, after the extra few inches yesterday, it was a pretty heavy plow job, and I am just thankful we had enough to make an igloo. Haven't tried this idea before; it is taking a LOT of snow to build up, lol.

 

[Little Red Tractor]

I've had numerous storms warnings the last week that totalled 0.5'' snow. This forcefield of tractor ownership is immense.

Never thought of that forcefield effect. NOW I UNDERSTAND!

 

[Jstpssng]

We're supposed to get another 16-22" out of the storm today... the same as what they predicted from the storm which the OP posted about.
We got 12" from that one instead... it'll be interesting to see what we end up with today.

 

[ForestGrump]

Big winter storm headed this way 20 plus inches.Were ready for it.View attachment 731869
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[Mart5130]

We are supposed to get around 1/2" of ice Wednesday night. Mostly freezing rain with sleet to top it off. That usually means power outages.

Same here- western TN

 

[ForestGrump]

We had a “feet of snow” forecast 2 weeks ago, they were thinking up to 3’ and we got 1/8”. We usually get from 60 to 100”’s per year. It can snow any month of the year. The deepest snow to date for the Mahindra is 5’ the day after I bought it. I’m all set but no snow. For the rear blade I installed a 2,000# linear actuator to angle the blade, which broke, so they sent a replacement part and then I reinforced the housing with 1/4” steel plates and installed a 1” thick rubber blade. The front bucket had a tear on each side so we welded it and added steel plate reinforcement to each side along with a new bolt on cutting edge.

 

[Gord Baker]

Weather Guessers anyway, whats wrong with them!

They cry WOLF to get more View$. 2 blasts of less than 4" when a foot was predicted.
More adjectives that I thought could be applied! Monstrous, Bomb, cyclone, apocolypse, deadly, sever, life altering, BS. Just get in a few bags of Storm Chips and Beer.

 

[Tony H]

Weather Guessers anyway, whats wrong with them!

Sensationalizing the weather. Just give me the truth and stop crying wolf.