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My experience verifies: at the same temperatures (slightly above freezing), overcast damp weather (with the occasional drizzle) does a better job at melting snow than sun.
This has been mentioned on UK weather forums, too. On the one sunny day we've had here since this cold spell started, there was minimal thaw, compared to the previous cloudy days which had far more snow melt.
An Arctic airmass over the Great Lakes provided for a significant lake-effect snow event off Lake Ontario leading up to January 23, 2013 (maximum snowfall reports 3 feet near the southeast shoreline). Near the end of this lake-effect snow event conditions were favorable for the formation of a mesoscale vortex. Here is a radar image of the vortex and you can read more about this event by clicking on the following link: http://rammb.cira.colostate.edu/training/visit/blog/
We had single digit temps in place for us during that time frame, just sitting over Wisc. for days, and on the other side, just plain WOW! Thanks for the links!
Been in the teens here the past several days, with wind chills in the single digits. I'm not a huge fan of this much cold, but I do appreciate that hopefully it will kill off some of the stink bug problems we have here. Now, on that note, sometimes I wish it was as cold as Minneapolis here to really cull them
Does anyone know about WMW, ManiWaki location? I was looking at the weather balloon data and the temps stood out right away. I believe its in Canada north of NY
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Seeing as it is Jan., we could use some snow cover! 
