Big Snow Friday Could Break Record

Madison.com ^ | December 26, 2007 | Bill Novak

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Hold on to your butts! ;)

[day10]

That darn Global Warming again.................

[backhoe]

[CholeraJoe]

Ain’t it just terrible about all that man-made global warming?

[JRios1968]

I guess Algore’s speaking in Wisconsin this weekend...

[metmom]

That’s all? Twenty-six inches is the average snowfall for December for Syracuse.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

LOL! He must’ve been here every day so far this winter. And we’re only 5 days into it! Eeek! We’ve had nearly 30” so far. This is the worst winter for us since 2000.

I can take the snow, but hold the ice!

[Diana in Wisconsin]

We haven’t had this much snow since 2000. You should see the Hippies scramblin’, slip-slidin’ in their Birkie sandals. ;)

[Daffynition]

Don't forget to roll up the windows ....

[Always Right]

That’s all? Twenty-six inches is the average snowfall for December for Syracuse.

Regions that get lake effect snow tend to get more. It is a little surprising since you think of Wisconsin as a big snow state, but they don't get dumped on with the huge snowfalls like lake effect regions do.

[cripplecreek]

More populated places in lake effect snow areas get a lot of attention as well. You seldom hear about it in Michigan but all along Lake Michigan and much of lake Superior get a lot of snow.

[cripplecreek]

[Always Right]

LOL, come on, get a chart in English. What kind of red-blood American uses cm to measure snow fall?

[MotleyGirl70]

It is a little surprising since you think of Wisconsin as a big snow state, but they don't get dumped on with the huge snowfalls like lake effect regions do.

Wrong. Ever been to the 'Snowbelt' (in northern Wisconsin/UP) in winter? I have many times skiing and the lake effect snow that comes off of Lake Superior is nothing like you've seen in your life.

Furthermore, Milwaukee is on Lake Michigan and we've had many huge lake effect snow storms. You just don't hear about it because we're not NYC or Boston.

[cripplecreek]

Must have been a lot of globull warming back in 1930

[Always Right]

I should have been more specific. Yes there are regions in Wisconsin that get pounded by lake effect, but not Madison.

[metmom]

It’s even funny to watch here. The first snowfall of the year and you’d think nobody has ever seen the stuff before. I always try to avoid driving the first couple snowfalls. It just isn’t worth it.

[metmom]

When we lived in the snowbelt, roof shoveling was a very popular sport. Usually happened about twice a year.

The worst month for snow I know of was Jan 2004. I was doing measuring for the NWS and we got a couple lake effect events and ended up with 11 FEET of snow, for the month. We had a state of emergency declared two weekends in a row and this in a town that didn’t break out the plows until there was at least 6 inches on the ground.

When you wanted to go anywhere, you just got in your vehicle and drove right through it.

The most I’ve ever seen was a snowfall rate of 5 inches an hour. You can’t even see across the street at that rate.

We moved. WHOOO HOOO!!!!

[muawiyah]

Looks like the Runaway Greenhouse Effect ran away again ~ at least from Wisconsin.

You know this means leftwing GW professors in Madison will be leaping from the roofs of dormitories into snowbanks.

[xsmommy]

did you live up in Syracuse? my husband is from up there and i told him, i would follow him anywhere but to that godforsaken barren tundra of hell on earth! LOL!