January Winter Advisory

OK, the emergency email service I am signed up with, to receive alerts, informed me yesterday that it would snow from friday afternoon until saturday evening:

WINTER STORM TO BRING SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW TO PORTIONS OF
SOUTHEAST MI.

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN
PLAINS ON FRI WILL MOVE NE THROUGH THE OH VALLEY ON
SATURDAY. SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW WILL FALL AHEAD & NORTH OF THE
LOW AS IT PASSES TO THE SOUTH OF MI. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL
FALL SOUTH OF M-59 WHERE 5 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE.WITH LESSER
AMOUNTS FURTHER NORTH. THE HEAVIEST ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO FALL
FRIDAY NIGHT & EARLY SAT MORNING.AS THE LOW MOVES THROUGH
THE NORTHERN OH RIVER VALLEY.

I actually saw the

heaviest snow fall
between 3 and 5 saturday afternoon. I had to get out late this morning to attend an orientation session for a college class I signed up for, so I shoveled the driveway, by the time I was ready to leave I had to shovel a two track out to the street, only about half an inch or so had fallen. I didn't want to pack any snow down with the car. When I returned home a couple hours later I shoveled the whole driveway b4 pulling into the driveway and ultimately into the garage.

I rec'd another email from this service informing me that the snow would taper off at about midnight, well you can read the whole thing:

WINTER STORM WILL EXIT THE REGION EARLY THIS EVENING.

AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE.TRACKING ALONG THE OH RIVER.WILL
BRING A PERIOD OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW EARLY THIS EVENING. A
SHARP CUTOFF EXISTS & DRY CONDITIONS WILL BE MAINTAINED ALONG
AND JUST SO. OF M 46. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO
3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BETWEEN THE INTERSTATE 96 & INTERSTATE 69
CORRIDORS. SURROUNDING LOCATIONS WILL LIKELY MEASURE AN ADDITIONAL
INCH OR TWO OF SNOWFALL. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL BE LIKELY
EARLY THIS EVENING. TOTAL SNOWFALL TOTALS WILL RANGE FROM AROUND
10 INCHES ACROSS PORTIONS OF LENAWEE & MONROE COUNTIES TO 6
INCHES IN SO. CNTL PORTIONS OF SHIAWASEE.OAKLAND.AND
MONROE COUNTIES.

SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES OR LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS PRIOR TO
MIDNIGHT AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES EAST OF THE REGION.

451 PM EST SAT JAN 10 2009

WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS
EVENING.

THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10
PM EST THIS EVENING.

SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING.WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW
EXPECTED. THE SNOW WILL QUICKLY TAPER OFF PRIOR TO MIDNIGHT. AN
ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE.BRINGING STORM
TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES.

I was under the impression from an earlier email from these folks that the snow would slow down by 4 or 4:30, when in fact it was snowing harder, as evidenced by the photo's above.

Well, it's like I've been saying, the weather man is wrong alot of the time.

later.