WestMichigan

GRR has had its 5th coldest start to December. Too bad a meltdown looks like it is coming.

Beautiful state in any season. I grew up about 25 miles north of WV in SE Ohio

At 8:30 it was raining in Holland and transitioned to snow around Zeeland with white roads by the time I got to Hudsonville.

One of them is going to be wrong. Maybe both are, but both definitely can't be correct.

The end of the Euro and GFS couldn't be much more different. The Euro has Western Ohio is in the upper 20's on 12/24 and the GFS is saying low 60's. Definitely la la land for both, but a large difference nonetheless.

The Euro is saying Kent County is good, the GFS not as much. Less than 24 hrs away and still more variability in the models than I would have expected.

Yeah, we are definitely going to be riding that line. A little too close for comfort for sure. Hoping for a little tick south.

All I need is a nudge and things are looking decent here.

I see the AI model referenced frequently. Is this publicly available or behind a paywall?

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.