WestMichigan

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.

Are you back in Michigan?

On a different note, this is looking better that it has in a very long time. Maybe we can reduce the possibility of torching this summer if this keeps up.

6Z GFS is saying the SE trend is alive and well. The 6Z NAM has a different approach and the snow band goes more NE whereas the GFS doesn't cut as hard to the NW. The NAM 3kM is closer to the GFS solution. THE RAP AND HRRR are somewhere in between the two models. You would think being about 24 hours out there would be better consensus at this point....

Those are some huge number but still a long way to go to catch Mt Baker's record in 1998-1999 with 1140" of snow.

Yeah, the overnight band saved us from a potential underperformer given the hype. The general area finished with about 4" give or take a little. Enough to put GRR at #3 all time. 6.8" more puts us at #2 overall. It is interesting that we have had more snow in March than January and February combined.

GRR has 105.2" for the year so far. Next up is 2007-2008 at 107" followed by 2013-2014 at 116" and finally 1951-1952 at 132".

It will be interesting to see if GRR can pick up enough to move up a spot into the 3rd snowiest winter.

Yesterday morning they did throw you a bone. In general, this looks to be a 1"-4" event from U.S. 131 to the west, plus the addition of Calhoun County.