WestMichigan

41 minutes ago, OrdIowPitMsp said:

Only 0.87” of rain materialized here. Far too little to even make a dent in the drought. 
 

Peaked at 68 this morning before the cold front came through, down to 46 and crashing now. We won’t get more then a degree or two above freezing for the next week. Lakes will be frozen soon enough!

Time for some pond hockey

14 hours ago, michsnowfreak said:

I have been hearing the 2010-11 analog thrown around a lot. Which is not a bad thing.

I'd take that also.  Snowed right after Christmas and didn't see bare grass again until beginning of March.

Who will be the last to see a freeze in this sub-forum?  Not sure who is still in the running but I know ALEK and myself are.  Not even a frost yet at my place.  Anyone else still waiting on their first frost/freeze?

Looking like 50-60MPH gusts possible up here in Michigan.  Saturday is going to be a windy day.

GRR ended the month -0.9° with slightly below normal precip coming in at 3.74" (-0.29").

1.07" here but considerably more closer to Lake Michigan.  Some places near the lakeshore had that total before midnight last night.

18 minutes ago, Hoosier said:

Maybe we can get some good fires this weekend.

 

 

If you expand that out to the entire US, it looks pretty dry nearly coast to coast across the south with no drought in the Mid Atlantic and Northeast.  Hopefully that isn't a harbinger of things to come this winter.

18 hours ago, weatherbo said:

As of 5 pm MQT has recorded a two day total of 18 inches (2.48" liquid).  That's an average SLR of 7.25:1.  This is some of the wettest snow I have ever had the pleasure to clear.  My blower wont even throw it, it's like a never ending ice turd just plopping out.

I'd bet over 20" has fallen here and its still snowing, albeit much lighter.

A few more weeks deeper into the season and this would have been a real humdinger.

With the warmer weather coming for a short period, do you think you have started your winter snowpack or will this melt away?

No frost or freeze here either.  At some point I know GRR just stops them even if areas haven't had a frost/freeze since it is late enough in the year to not be concerned any more.

4 minutes ago, weatherbo said:

As of 5 pm MQT has recorded a two day total of 18 inches (2.48" liquid).  That's an average SLR of 7.25:1.  This is some of the wettest snow I have ever had the pleasure to clear.  My blower wont even throw it, it's like a never ending ice turd just plopping out.

I'd bet over 20" has fallen here and its still snowing.

A few more weeks deeper into the season and this would have been a real humdinger.

And 20"+ of cement isn't a real humdinger?  The rest of us would like to see that much from a single storm.

Saw my first wet slushy flakes mixed in with the heavier rain showers this morning.  When the rain would lighten up the flakes would disappear.  Here's hoping to a good winter for the entire region, not just Bo.

Decent soaker on this side of Lake Michigan.  A general 1"+ in most areas.  Should help ease the D0 on next weeks drought map.

43 minutes ago, A-L-E-K said:

blessed

 

 

GRR isn't nearly as specific.  They chose to do it by county and not make any distinction within a county.

Yesterday GRR mentioned flakes possible in the higher elevations of the Lower Peninsula

Maybe too early to tell, but looks like Ian is starting to build some convection again in the NE quadrant near the center.

11 hours ago, Toro99 said:

Strangest and weakest thunderstorm warnings ever in sw MI

A little lightning/thunder here with a wind gust of 24MPH.  Certainly not enough to qualify as severe.  We did get a little over 0.5" of rain in about 15 minutes though so the rain was heavy but definitely not severe.

Eastern Ohio/West Virginia April 4,1987 but earlier in the year and about 8-10° colder.  Crazy to see about 2 feet of snow in early April with temps near 38° the entire time.  Started and never stopped for at least 24 hours with little snow sticking until the sun went down then it accumulated quickly.  Never witnessed anything like that since then no matter the time of year.

6 minutes ago, WxWatcher007 said:

It would be interesting to see this same view later on when the storm gets to your area.  Very calm looking right now.

Had a short period of dime sized hail yesterday around 6:00 with huge raindrops.  Interesting surprise since the big thunderstorms went north and south of here.

Following up Hoosier with the GRR region

15 hours ago, frostfern said:

It didn't seem anywhere close to severe IMBY, but apparently the GRR ASOS measured a 58 mph gust.  It looks like the clearing line was pretty much right at KGRR when the storms rolled in.  Murky all day here with a temperature stuck around 78-82, but there was more filtered sun and temps into the middle 80s just a little south.

Had 56MPH gust a my house.  Missed out on most of the lightning other mentioned though.

That would make any of us want to become Italian.  Nice pictures.

2 hours ago, luckyweather said:

Getting into dangerously OT territory, and a bit of a derail, but I’ve always wondered why don’t building codes require white or close to white roofs? Albedo effect contributed to feedback loops that perpetuated ice ages, so you get the benefit of more solar reflection vs absorption, and less carbon being used to cool in warm months. Balance that with loss of solar assistance in winter heating though. As well, wonder what the difference in UHI effect is between an asphalt/seal coated road / parking lot and a lighter colored concrete surface. Instinct says those two things (no more asphalt, light colored roofs) could make a big difference.

They have white pavement in California.  While the road is cooler, they say people and cars nearby bake from all the extra heat being radiated back instead of absorbed.

On 8/13/2022 at 9:00 PM, Harry said:

Never thought I would see the day I would have to wear a jacket in the first part of August but that day has arrived. 50s most of the afternoon after the rain arrived. High only made it to 62 and if that holds it will be a new record. Old was 63.. 

Same here.  Picked up 1.75" of rain to go with that.

Maybe the 1 in 1000 year event isn't what they thought it was?