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Hey john, What are your thoughts on off trail conditions for this weekend? We are coming up thursday, so looks like that day will be fine. I know it looks like some rain is in the forecast friday..do you think that'll make it not worth coming up to ride backroads? I probably can't come back up...

Hi John, Just curious as to what's the max SWE you've measured up your way this season, and what day was the measurement taken? Thanks

Hey John, Just curious if you've taken any SWE measurements up your way lately and what those values are if you have? Just trying to make a snow depth-SWE comparison to values elsewhere across the midwest and see what error the NOHRSC Snodas system has up in the keweenaw. SWE measurements are...

Hi John, Knowing that you worked at the national weather service for a time, is there a certain guideline/methods that the COOP observers have to follow for measuring snow? Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe your supposed to measure at multiple spots within an area and then average the...

Hey John, So while studying some of the instability ingredients of lake effect...I came across the fact that lake effect downwind of lake Ontario actually INCREASES when upwind lakes(Huron and Erie) are frozen. Do you have any idea as to why this would be!? I thought that since upstream...

Hey John! Whats up with the trail cam? Is it not being updated? I was hoping to watch the snow melt lol and see everything finally turn green...

Hey John, So I know the Arctic Oscillation is a factor that determines whether the US will be cold or warm during the winters. And I know for a fact that when it is in its negative phase, arctic air is available to move south into the US, while regions near the pole experience warmer...

Hey John, So there was a thread in the off topics section about Mammatus clouds. Ok, I know for a fact that these are formed in strong supercells by extreme convection that reaches the stratosphere and then turns downward. I also know that sometimes the convection is strong enough to...

Hey John! I've been kinda wondering about this....how do the snowfall reports for houghton county (206.5 inches to date) and keweenaw county (209.7 inches to date) have over 20 inches more than you have to date? is it maybe b/c they are in higher terrain that you...or is it maybe a localized...

Hey John, Whats causing this progressive spring-like stormy pattern? Strongly Positive AO maybe?? And also...thanks so much for answering all the weather questions I have! I'm taking meteorology 206 now...and its very shallow material...a lot of the stuff we are covering and are...

Hey John, I have a couple questions here, i hope it doesn't take up to much of your time... Since the radar hardly ever picks up the lake effect snow bands in the keweenaw and the western U.P, what exactly do you use to determine where the snow bands are? Is there any site or program(that...

Hey John, I have a couple questions here, i hope it doesn't take up to much of your time... Since the radar hardly ever picks up the lake effect snow bands in the keweenaw and the western U.P, what exactly do you use to determine where the snow bands are? Is there any site or program(that...

Hey John! So IDK if I asked this before...and this is a very silly meteorological question...but what determines the size of the snow flakes? Like sometimes there will be a band of 30 DBZ snow coming through and the flakes will be very fine but falling very densely...other times, the same rate...

Best Ridin ever and lots of fresh snow all week!!! ...includin some VERY heavy lake effect snow around mass city when we where already going home... Sorry...no shots of me actually ridin...most of the time I'm carvin and jumpin around by myself within a few miles of the cabins and when I do...

Merging of low pressures...is there a specific name for that?..and wouldn't that be something that could cause a nice big storm too? Sorry for giving the wrong input in that thread!

Hey John, U mentioned that certain upper air components would be beneficial for snow in the one thread "Pattern of most snow." This is what you wrote.. "There are some upper air features that would be most beneficial, but will not get into them as they are not as easy to comprehend...

Hey John, just wondering on this one, has there ever been a time during the winter where a cut off low set up just to the south of the region in Missouri or Kansas and produced continuous snows for the Midwest with some pretty big amounts?

Me and my parents went riding last season between Dec 24th and January 1st in the twin lakes area. We were extremely lucky to have the snow, b/c basically they had only about 2 in. of snow 2 days before, and got about 14-15 in. the night before we came. Sorry...most of these pictures are of...