WestMichigan

12 hours ago, Stebo said:

Both of those I would adjust or eliminate, you are expecting it to be perfect, politics is far from it but don't let perfect be the enemy of better. This is unprecedented shit and outside of a few things she had done as good of job as many other governors in this country. 

I am not expecting perfection, just common sense.  If the government can keep working then why can't everyone else?  Oh wait, they aren't essential, but when my neighbor loses his job and can't feed his family tell me that isn't essential to him.  Who gets to decide?  Oh wait, it is those in power and they generally hurt others long before they feel any pain themselves.  When is the governor going to say I will take a pay cut or no salary?  When are the Lt. Governor or state representatives and senators or a myriad of other people in higher places going to stand with the common folk and live by the same rules and restrictions.  How many press conferences do you see people standing closer than 6 feet?  Or the mayor of Chicago getting a hair cut while everyone else can't, or ...  the list could go on.  Be reasonable, have equal rules for all and apply some common sense and I think there would be a lot less complaining among the citizens.

11 hours ago, Stebo said:

Protest over what though, no one is planting anything yet, it is April 12th. The grass just now turned green here so a couple a weeks wait on mowing is no big deal, and no one is opening a cottage in the 2nd week of April either. It is just a vocal minority that is complaining because they are being told not to do something, the vast majority in this state would love to bear down these last 3 weeks so we don't have to for 7 more weeks on top.

But it is ok for someone from out of state to go to a cabin/cottage they own in Michigan?  Or it is OK for 6 road workers to be standing in a circle shoulder to shoulder talking about something while working to repair the roads?  The rules only apply to those the governor wants them to and there are clearly some who do not fall under the rules like the rest of us.

26 minutes ago, Jonger said:

I'm glad all the hail missed me to the south. 

Me too.  Had a short period of pea size but it didn't last long.  Lake Michigan for the win last night!

Just hit 70 here.  Lake shadow will probably limit things here, but no guarantee.

If you look worldwide at the number of those who are now clear after having had the virus or died the death rate is 20%.  Not sure how reliable that is but that is a very high number.

Michigan with a crazy high 1953 new cases and 62 deaths in the last 24 hours.

24 minutes ago, Chicago Storm said:

7,695 cases and 157 deaths in IL now.

Seem to be going back and forth between bigger and smaller jumps in case and death counts every other day.

10791 cases and 417 deaths in MI today.  Up 1457 and 80 respectively.  Not really slowing down any here.  Although it is slightly less than yesterday in terms of new cases.

1719 new cases in Michigan today.  Definitely not hitting our peak yet.

Italy seems to have peaked.  Not going down fast, but the top seems to be in.

10 hours ago, josh_4184 said:

Yea, the above avg temps and the strong SW winds that cleared what ice we had on Lake Mi is really helping the cause. Sadly this has probable been one of the biggest LES events of the season so far.

Not a great setup around here (maybe an inch total of LES), but I do believe this is the first time all year that the lake effect window lasted more than 6-8 hours.  Nothing heavy around here like your region is getting, but nice to see the radar lighting up with LES for once.

sunshine here right now

Just now, frostfern said:

A year like this I'll gladly take 5".

I'd settle for 2-4" right now.  Haven't even had any decent LES over this way either.

Just wait tomorrow morning Buckeye will be in the bulls-eye at this rate.

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

nam struggling to even get a flake to ord now 

SREF totals cut in half at GRR in the last 6 hours.  This thing better hurry up and get here or the models might start showing 0" for here.

GRR just jumped in on the advisory parade with 4"-7".  They are including the central part of the state south.  Maybe they see something I don't.

16 minutes ago, Baum said:

clearly, a touch too far north.

And too far west. 

6z GFS isn't looking awful.  Marginal temps at the beginning but a nice looking storm is brewing (if you believe it).

Quite the bust here. Snowed hard for 45 minutes. Then stopped for about 3 hours. Watch the radar. That donut hole over Ottawa County was my back yard. Then heavy snow for another 30 minutes or so then much lighter snow. Definitely didn’t hit the low end 2” of the advisory GRR issued. 

Managed almost 3" out of last night's snow on the west side of Michigan.  Not bad considering GRR said less than 1".

1 hour ago, hawkeye_wx said:

Models show a potent system streaking into the nw part of the region on Sunday.  Southern Minnesota looks like the bulls-eye.  The system then weakens as it heads east into the lakes.

That is the story of this winter.

5 minutes ago, ILSNOW said:

no shocker the Euro caved.

 

Pretty weak sauce if that is all it had. 

35 minutes ago, hawkeye_wx said:

12z GFS is a big step backward.  The northern stream digs a little more again, which grabs the strong western energy and stretches it out and yanks the northern part of it eastward.  We end up with a weak, positively-tilted system.

Sounds like seasonal trends FTW.

15 minutes ago, beavis1729 said:

  We should all unite in our complaining, as opposed to arguing whose snowfall call is right 5 days out.

Do you think that will change the weather?

Not that this year is great, but '41-'42 must have been really bad.

GRR is at least a little optimistic. “

A potential east coast bomb next weekend should not affect
Michigan directly but there are hints that a more amplified
pattern could follow which would bring more eventful weather to
the Great Lakes in week two.”