WestMichigan

Lake effect compaction and warmer weather, not a good combination if snow depth is your goal.

Clouds here but my kids at college in Ohio sent this photo.

That was my first winter in Michigan. Came back from Christmas in Ohio to snow on the ground and didn't see grass again until almost the middle of March.

My ~1.5" yesterday seems pretty paltry compared to these totals. Normally that much on Nov. 9th would be considered a win but not today. Congrats to those to the W/SW of me.

Looks like I am about to get NAM'd. Per usual cut this in half and maybe we are talking something realistic.

It is very windy around here at times and those fast growing maples don't always stand up to the wind as well. I have a few sugar maples around the yard. Not as brilliant but the orange is about as beautiful as the reds on the autumn blaze maples.

2013-2014 stands out like a sore thumb in the middle of that data. Makes you realize just how much of an anomaly it was.

This would have been a fantastic LES event in a few months. Regardless I am glad to finally be getting some rain. We could definitely use it.

We had a pretty good period of dime to nickel sized hail yesterday afternoon. It was quite noisy at work. I didn't get any pictures but it was quite possibly the largest hail I have ever seen. We normally only get small stuff around here if any at all.

Starting with April every month has been below normal in precipitation at GRR including this month so far. The deficit starting with April is not as bad as some places but still a hefty 8.07" below normal since April 1.

Three nights in a row this week right before sundown I saw 70+ geese flying overhead here. I think the second night was the largest with approximately 100 or so in the group.

Completely off topic but you might want to look into replacing the TPMS sensor(s).

I can confirm it has been very dry. The rain last week helped a little and the pictures aren't quite that bad now, but it is heading back that direction as we get farther away from the rain last week. Looking forward to a change in the weather next week and hopefully some rain.

I wonder how much the rain this week will help change the colors on that map a little next week. Unfortunately it looks dry for a while also.

It looks like this week's drought monitor might look a little different across Michigan. Not enough to erase long term deficits but everything is now very green around here.