WestMichigan

I thought you didn't like snow or is this just a case of you liking to rub it in some people's faces?

Kinda breaks the generalization of la ninas having more precip in Michigan.

Rooting for the Central OH crew. It has been a long time waiting for this. Only problem is my kids have to go back to college south of Springfield on Monday so it is kind of a hope it doesn't happen thing also. Might send them back a day earlier to avoid the storm.

Congrats to South Texas and Northern Mexico per the latest Euro about 10 days away. CAD and suppression is no way to run a winter.

Waiting for the 50 miles north or 50 miles south and I am in the money posts.

I was commenting on that same thing about how great of a snowstorm this would have been to my family yesterday. Widespread 1"+ of rainfall yesterday would have made for a nice snowfall.

Made out pretty good around here.

When the call was for around 2" and they had 2" by midnight they sort of had to do something. They tried the special weather statement first then went to the advisory. I have to think many areas in and around GRR are going to be in the 4" range this morning.

GRR with the medium-long range tease. I think we all know how this will end though. We are looking at yet another system on Wednesday into Thursday that could become interesting. We have another southern stream system that will be lifting up to our south. At the same time, a northern stream trough will be diving in across the Midwest. How these systems interact with each other will dictate everything. If they phase, we could be looking at a bigger storm. If they come in separate, they will not be as impactful.

Unfortunately you are correct.

Still have to wait a few weeks for sunrises to follow

There are a few of us downwind of the Great Lakes enjoying this winter so far. I am over 20" for the winter after last night.

Definitely depends on where you live. The snow belt regions are doing OK. I understand inland it is a different story but I don't think anyone in Buffalo, Erie, or even Gaylord would say, "another weak December snow wise."

From space weather.com where they had a similar picture today - “Note the flared tops. That's what's unusual. Ordinary light pillars shoot straight into the sky with pointy tips. The V-shaped tops of these pillars are extremely rare. The vast majority of light pillars are caused by ice crystals that look like tiny microscopic plates. However, ice crystals floating around the Rovaniemi airport were not little plates; instead, they were little pencils. Pencil-shaped ice crystals create the flare. To see the shape, common crystal plates must be absent. No one knows where they went! So there is an element of mystery, as well.”

The last couple days salvaged the Fall snowfall for GRR.

Depending on the wind either you or I should be able to take advantage of the lake assuming the cold materializes.

I-80/90 and would be a total disaster if that happens.

I am in one of those microclimates also. 33.8°F is my lowest so far this fall while everywhere around me has been into the upper 20's so far.

Pivotal Weather also has the ECMWF out to 360. Looks like everyone has picked up on the change.

I grew up there and still have several family members living there. It is crazy dry down there. Wells are running dry, smaller creeks have stopped flowing, the cracks in the hard clay ground are exactly what you would think of when you think of dry western scenes. Many trees basically didn't turn color, they just lost their leaves. I know of farmers that didn't bother harvesting corn because it would cost more to harvest than they would get out of it. They just turned it under and are hoping for crop insurance to help out until they can plant next spring. It is everything you would imagine severe drought would look like in an area that doesn't normally experience those conditions.

Complete whiff here, but GRR did manage to get 0.02". Everything split and went north or south of here. I am picking up some drizzle this morning from the lake.

It has been a windy last couple of days. Had a peak gust of 44 yesterday and 51 so far today.

Muskegon County hanging on for dear life.

From one side of the state to the other. This was last night's view near me.

Greenfield Village?