News DetailUnprecedented Lake Effect snow in Grand Rapids, MI!!
Posted At: October 12, 2006 @ 4:51 PM
Posted By: Reed Timmer
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Heavy lake effect snow today fell across western Michigan as unseasonably cold air swept across the warm 60 deg F waters. As of 1 pm EDT, 1.4 inches of snow fell at the Grand Rapids NWS, with 3.5 inches reported in Kalamazoo just an hour to the south. Both locations shattered snowfall records for the day, with the Grand Rapids snowfall the most since 1909. 60+ mph wind gusts were also reported along the lake shore. At least a few more inches are likely over these areas through tonight, as heavy lake effect bands come ashore.
Displayed below are some pictures my mom took from her house in Ada, MI, just east of Grand Rapids. While light snow was falling at the time of the picture, very heavy snow was reported in the more intense bands. Thunder and lightning can also occur with the intense lake effect snow squalls, since the clouds that produce these heavy snowfall rates are convective in nature.
Displayed below are some pictures my mom took from her house in Ada, MI, just east of Grand Rapids. While light snow was falling at the time of the picture, very heavy snow was reported in the more intense bands. Thunder and lightning can also occur with the intense lake effect snow squalls, since the clouds that produce these heavy snowfall rates are convective in nature.
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Amazing...snow already in October!! Glad I do not live around there, I am going to stay where it is nice and warm!!
Well that can only be bad for us here in the UK we usally get what America gets a few weeks later.Hope it does become cold enough for snow tho.By the way nice pics Reed
I just read a report of 8 inches of snow yesterday in Hasting, MI, with 2 inches as a final tally in Grand Rapids. That just shows how variable lake effect can be.