WestMichigan

You passed up an opportunity to say best climo

Had enough flakes this morning to turn the deck slightly slushy. Mostly rain now. Keeping the May snow streak alive for another year.

Waiting for our Dayton area friend Spartman to come on and complain how it will never get warm in his back yard this summer.

GRR temperature departures through 4/11 were +12.7. Now they stand at +3.3. Realistically the departure wasn't going to stay that high for the month but it has been quite the switch since the 11th.

Congratulations!

Are you getting married or just attending?

The cold tonight could kill off a lot of early blooming fruit trees in this part of MI. The cherry orchard near me is blooming and I am sure the peach orchards are in a similar situation.

Big fat cotton balls falling this morning. The grass had a decidedly white tint to it when I left for work this morning.

But 2013-14 made up for that.

The + departures will still be there, but the yesterday and today will change the shades of that map a little bit.

How much more do you need for the seasonal record? I know you have said, but I forget. Duluth area was in the running for a seasonal record also.

That was pretty cool, thanks for the info on the great lakes tsunami

That sounds awful. No break from winter to black fly season. My wife got bit on the eyelid a few years ago and her whole eye swelled shut the following day for about 8-12 hours.

Except for your palms.

So much for the drought conditions of last year. Looks like most of the country with the exception of maybe the SE has improved since this time last year.

Not sure how to rate this winter. I am thinking B-/C+. GRR had the 3rd snowiest winter ever, but snow cover was pathetic. There were 54 days with 1" or more on the ground. A normal year over the POR comes out around 67 days with 1" on the ground. The closest years to this year snowfall wise had 92 and 109 days so even though we were significantly above normal for snowfall the number of days with 1" of snow on the ground was significantly below normal. The Christmas storm was amazing and the lake effect was the best in my 13 years here but the lack of retention really dings my grade. A little better snow retention and this would have easily been an A.

Where were you in this area?

That would be the result 90+% of the time. If we are talking baseball sized hail like what is happening right now to the west of us then I am all for lake suppression.

GRR talked about that in the overnight AFD also. It will be interesting to see what if anything can develop near Lake Michigan.

At 1155 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Brunswick, or 9 miles north of Slater, moving northeast at 70 mph. These storms are moving fast. Going to make chasing rather challenging for those who go out.

What is your current total so far this winter?

Enjoy the amazing winter you have had/continue to have.

We had that recently with approximately 12" of snow that completely melted off the driveway by evening. Warm ground and the right daytime conditions can make an amazing amount of snow disappear in a day.

This was an odd way of looking at this year's snowfall put out by a local TV station. Interesting how much the weekends were favored. https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/seasonal-snowfall-2023/vi-AA195Iqx?ocid=entnewsntp&cvid=1eb9ec360a6143a9a0b7b4660fcd0ccc&ei=14

Please make the freezing rain go away. Glad someone is getting snow but the freezing rain needs to end.