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Winter Wonderland 2/13

Posted on by MichaelV (Otsego)

We have 20° at 5:20 this morning and I would say we have around five inches of new snow on the ground. (I will get the official measurement later this morning).  Michigan is living up to its slogan Winter Wonderland this winter.

Our winter weather advisory expires at 1 pm.  Additional snow showers will be likely through the day at times. However, additional accumulations will mostly be an inch or less. Winds will become gusty this afternoon, with gusts to 30 mph expected. These winds will cause some blowing and drifting snow. Quieter weather is expected for early Friday, before another area of snow moves in later in the day and night.

Weather History

1938: Heavy rain and warm temperatures prevail for the second day. Lansing records over three inches of rain from the storm and Grand Rapids over two inches and some minor flooding is noted across Lower Michigan.

On February 13, 2022, convective snow showers impacted Metro Detroit during the late afternoon to early evening. Snowfall rates in excess of an inch per hour were observed and some locations around Livonia received 6 inches of snow in total. This snowfall led to numerous accidents and the closing of several stretches of interstate highways.

On February 13, 2015, Flint set a daily record low of -8 degrees. This broke the old record of -7 which occurred in both 1970 and 1958.

Also on February 13, 1894, a two-day snowstorm dropped 12.8 inches of snowfall on Detroit.

Forecast Discussion

- Lake Effect Snow Showers Today

The widespread synoptic snowfall has come to a close this morning as
the low-pressure system responsible pulls away from the region. As
850mb temps fall into the negative teens, combined with enhancement
from a vorticity maxima, a lake effect snow showers develop this
morning. A heavier burst of up to around 1 inch or so is likely
through early afternoon near and west of US131 so have extended the
advisory through 1PM for our western two rows of counties. Drifting
snow may be an issue today, especially on north-south roads given
gusts to near 30 mph. For areas east of US131 the advisory will be
allowed to expire at 7am. The exiting of the shortwave causes
inversion heights to fall this afternoon so the intensity of lake
effect snow showers will diminish before ending this evening.

- Additional Snow Expected This Weekend, Then Cold

A brief break in the snow is expected Friday due to surface and
upper-level ridging Friday before snow returns Friday Night. Friday
night into Saturday a burst of warm air advection snow aided by a
700mb shortwave. A quick 3 to 6 inches of snow looks likely, with
most of it falling Friday Night. South of I96 we may see the DGZ dry
out enough to support afternoon drizzle. Given surface temps warm
into the mid 30s when this occurs the drizzle would be of the non-
freezing variety. As for Sunday light snow is possible, but the
latest trends track the surface low we`ve been monitoring over the
Appalachians which is too far east to bring heavier FGEN forced snow
to western Michigan. Lake effect snow showers are then expected for
the western half of the area later Sunday into the early workweek as
arctic air arrives. 850mb temps in the negative 20s will also bring
highs in the teens and lows in the single digits.
Category: Michigan Weather Forecast

38 thoughts on “Winter Wonderland 2/13”

  4. Weather Alert…..get ready for an extended WWA for this weekend! The snow will come in waves and will exceed 6 inches by Monday! Then very cold next week! What a winter! PS: I love the Gulf of Mexico!

  5. Man, can wait for my trip down to the Gulf of America in late March! Gonna be nice to get in some warm air down there!

    1. I actually like the name Gulf of America- it is more “inclusive” since it’s North America, Central America, and South America. Kind of sounds unifying, instead of being named after just one country

  7. The snow just keeps coming! It has been snowing in GR non stop for the last 5 hrs!
    Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow! What a storm and what a winter!

  10. My brother said 5″ at MSU- seems to match with Mark’s measurement

    Next week is looking quite cold! I’d imagine the coldest week we will see for quite a while… March is getting closer. Still a cold month, but subzero seems unusual by then

  11. Most of Kent county has picked up between 3 to 4 inches of snow so far and Breaking News it is Still SNOWING! This is all part of the same system and the snow keeps piling up! What a storm!

      1. Yes, lake effect as part of the same low pressure systems and frontal Boundary! Wow! It just keeps coming!

  13. >>>>>>>Weather ALERT>>>>>>> Many places in the GRR areas will see 6+ inches of snow this weekend and then below zero wind chills next week! What a winter! Above normal snowfall, below normal temps and great outdoor winter sports for almost all of this winter! Wow, just wow, WOW!!!

  14. Lots of totals on here between 4-6”. Exactly what the WWA was calling for. Nothing “underperforming” they actually did pretty well. My friend in Montague has 4-5” of snow. So it looks like the immediate GR area was lower than expected as well as some places to the SW and NE of there. Other places seemed to have performed within the expectations. Sure it’s lower than what was expected a couple days ago, but sometimes that’s how systems work.

    1. Facts! Rock on Kyle! Over the years the warm weather nuts always say the storm is no big deal and we didn’t get much snow! They will still this when we pick up an 8-10 inch storm! Some things never change!

    2. It may not have underperformed in Ionia County but here in the GR metro the “storm” only brought around 2″ The good news is that the NWS did not issue a Winter Storm Warning. The official snowfall yesterday at Grand Rapids was 2 inches, Muskegon 4.0″ Lansing 4.5″ Detroit 1.5″, Flint 3.8″ Saginaw 3.8″. Alpena 2.8″ Houghton Lake 3.8″. So most of lower Michigan received 4″ or less yesterday. At the current time there is snow and blowing snow here in MBY.
      Slim

  15. 6 inches of new snow out at thee YARDOFBRICKS and more snow on the way today tomorrow Saturday and Sunday GREAT CRACKERS…Getting close to the 70 inches mark for the season SNOW CRACKERS…INDY

  16. Here in N. Kazoo County I measured 4.5 inches of fluffy snow. Once again, an under performing snow event (thankfully because I have a large driveway).

  18. Well more than the dusting we received from Saturdays “storm”, but just an underwhelming 2 inches from another overhyped event.

    1. Measured in 4 locations and here in my yard just 2″ of rather light fluffy new snow. The left over old snow is very hard and one can almost walk on top of it. We shall see how much snow we get over the weekend.
      Slim

  22. Yesterday’s snowfall here in MBY was less than the forecasted 3 to 6 as only 2” feel. The overnight low and current temperature is 21. There is now 2” of snow on the ground. The snow is very light in nature so once again no need for the snowblower.
    Slim

    1. Less than forecast here as well. This “storm” went from 6-10”, down to an actual 2-3” rapidly. A pretty big miss in forecasting this time.

  23. THE GRAND RAPIDS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 12, 2025
    The H/L was 23/19 there was 0.22” of precipitation that fell as 2” of snow. The highest wind gust was 26MPH out of the NE. There was no sunshine. For today the average H/L is 33/19 the record high of 58 was in 1938 the coldest high of 2 was in 1899 the record low of -24 was in 1899 the warmest low of 41 was in 1984. The most rainfall of 0.68” was in 1938 and the most snowfall of 5.0” was in 1900 the most on the ground was 21” in 2014 and 1936.
    Slim

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