If you don't live in the US, you may not have been paying too much attention to the weather lately. Over the Christmas we were hit with what was called a "bomb cyclone". It brought significant snow in some areas and high winds with extremely low temperatures in other areas.
Looking back, the brunt of this storm was definitely attributed to the high winds. Winds in excess of 40 miles per hour in some cases. It was pretty brutal. Trust me, I know, I was one of the idiots that was out driving in it.
Actually, in my neck of the woods we got pretty lucky. I think in total we maybe got 4 inches of s now. Pretty lame looking back. Honestly, if it hadn't been for the wind, it was really just your typical winter day in Michigan.
The winds brought things like blowing snow and whiteout conditions that made travel quite difficult. Add to that the possibility of lake effect snow, and in some areas things quickly got out of hand.
Lucky for me, I live and work on the east side of Michigan. That means unless the wind is coming from the north/northeast, there isn't much chance for lake effect snow. Since the jet stream typically flows from west to east, it is far more likely that towns on the west side of the state are going to get hit the hardest.
Lake Michigan provides the perfect snow making factory when the conditions are just right. I know some areas on the west side of the state were looking at close to 12 inches of snow. Then of course we have the Buffalo area.
They frequently get hit hard, but that combination of Lake Erie to their west and the recent winter conditions were the perfect storm (pardon the pun) for this Christmas weekend.
As you can see from the photos, we weren't totally unscathed. When my wife and I were driving around for different Christmas festivities, she kept saying she couldn't believe how in some areas you could still see the grass.
Then you had areas like my office where the wind pushed the snow into drifts almost as high as my office door.
This is the view looking back at my truck in the parking lot from the door of my office. I was standing fully upright all 5' 10" of me with my phone held at chest height. This view is facing due east, so it is pretty easy to understand what happened.
Off to the right is another outdoor corridor that leads between two sections of the building. The next set of photos are looking down that corridor.
There must have been some weird cyclonic action happening because that snow is actually shoved against the east side of that part of the building. I guess it's possible that the wind wasn't coming from the west like I thought, but given the fact that Lake Huron is just a couple miles down the road, I would have expected there to be more snow if it was coming from the east.
As you can see, the winds pushed the show with such force that it popped the screens out of the windows. I still have snow logged between my inner window an the outside screen.
It took them the better part of two days of work to get most of the snow removed from in front of my door and down this corridor. There is still quite a bit that they could remove if they really wanted to be meticulous about it. The funny thing is, after temps in the negative double digits due to the wind chill last weekend, today we are supposed to hit close to 50 degrees Fahrenheit.
I don't expect much of the snow will survive the New Years weekend. I guess it just depends on how frozen the ground is.
This is a little further down that corridor looking north. As you can see towards the double doors, the snow kind of tapers off a bit. If you look to the immediate left, you can see what I was talking about with the snow trapped between the window and the screen.
They had to use a bucket loader to move the snow and they could only carry so much at a time in each bucket. As I said, it was a long process with lots and lots of "back up beeping" outside my office window.
This final photo is looking back down that corridor towards my office door on the left. That window is mine and as you can see, there was much less snow trapped in my window than on the other side of the corridor.
I have heard from some friends over in the UK that they are supposed to be getting some of the remnants of the bomb cyclone that hit us. Hopefully The Atlantic Ocean doesn't fuel the storm more like the Great Lakes do in my area.
I love the Great Lakes, but they definitely leave the opportunity for some crazy weather patterns in this part of the country.
Although it feels like our snow totals have been pretty low in past years, I have a feeling this isn't going to be the last winter storm of 2022/2023!
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I hope you enjoyed the photos!
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Keep safe in this weather!!
Thank you!
I was well informed about this havoc caused by bomb cyclone via BBC news and so sad it has caused plenty of casualties in Canadian regions.
I think it is one of the worst cyclone hit US Canada after decades. May God bless you and protect you.
Thank you! We got pretty lucky. The damage and loss of life was pretty minimal near where I live.
You guys got way more than us. It's so open here we didn't even really get any snow drifts and could still see all the grass in the yards and fields.
We had a lot of areas like that too. I had to do some parts of my parents driveway twice, but ours only needed one swipe.
Be careful buddy. I hope you be fine
Thanks, we should be good.
Those pictures make it look from a film. It just shows the power of mother nature.
Yes they are forecasting snow for the whole of the UK on Friday together with the knock on effects of your bomb cyclone.
I am glad you are okay, I was watching some of the pics especially from Buffalo, scary stuff.
Just watch out for the winds they can be pretty brutal!
Stay safe and enjoy your day
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Nothing but rain in the northeast coast. I’ll take that over snow any day. I live near the coast line so nor’easters are a given in winter. I saw news that some areas near the Great Lakes really took a hit. !PIZZA !LUV
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Yeah, Buffalo got hit hard. I think the northern lower peninsula on the west side of the state got hit hard too.
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The Buffalo area really got slammed by this bomb cyclone, as you say but still with the wind drift you got some impressive build up of snow
I can imagine the beeping of when they reversed up clearing the snow outside your office must have got very annoying
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yeah, I saw that Buffalo got hit really hard. Crazy stuff this weather lately!
Ohh yeah the weather patterns are for sure getting more extreme, wondering what this winter has in store for us
Guess we will find out!
I'm hoping for a mild winter but not really expecting that LOL
Wow, thats a big amount of snow. Nice effect that the wind made too. Hopefully everyone stayed safe with so much though.
Everyone was pretty safe from my family. No major accidents or anything. I think I read across the country the storm is being blamed for nearly 40 deaths.
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Yeah, we got pretty luck around here.
Im already placing my bets on how the summer will look. If we see higher than avg snow pack this summer mixed with drought due to no snow pack melt, colder temps. Winter 2023 will be even colder.
We've been hit with the polar vortex a couple of times already in the past decade or so. I remember one winter we didn't have school the whole week because the temps were in the -20's.
Watched the news via You Tube of the crazy storm hitting Buffalo, also Japan taking a hard knock with this wave like weather going through.
Amazing to see the double glazing capturing the snow in between, you were fortunate in comparison to what I have seen in Buffalo, one does not think about the force wind brings, lakes create another system before making landfall.
Interesting to read how parts deep snow with some areas still showing lawns of green.
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Yeah, Buffalo gets hammered pretty much every year. It's amazing that people still choose to live there! I've actually never been to the town, I need to visit some day. There has to be aspects that make it worth it!
Must be enjoyment of being snow bombed once a year to live there, if this is a regular occurrence. Does seem to be an interesting place to visit, perhaps when blanketed in snow.
It's pretty beautiful when you get a decent amount and you don't have anywhere that you have to be. Some of my favorite weekends are just sitting in the warm house and watching the snow fall outside.
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