UMB WX

19 minutes ago, michsnowfreak said:

Actually looks ok here in Southern Michigan. Looks like quite a thump of heavy snow before turning to rain, but a lot of the precip falls as snow. If anything id say trends are better today.

Garbage storm not worth wasting time on

Someone I fear is going to choke on dry air and waste precious qpf.   Tomorrow is the day we hopefully get some improvements and clarity.

at least last weekend's storm had 50's the day before and 30's and 40's the days after.   below normal temps right before and after for this one.  cool

Just now, Chicago Storm said:

WAA criteria event is pretty easy to attain...guaranteed lock.

Warm air advection crisis storm is easy to attain

Just now, Chicago Storm said:

They are what this storm system is probably going to end up being... WWA criteria event.

Going Big

1 minute ago, A-L-E-K said:

GEFS are trash

1 out of 20 members aint bad

I told myself - don't get invested in models and kuch maps until wed and the noise wx of mon through wed were behind us. I'm melting

drip drip drips of melting snow drifts off the roof this AM.  Just need the sun to make an appearance now and maybe we can pop in to the 40's

Dry slot and hoosier dry air storm.

I do like that Ricky's back to his ways of trying to find some optimism and holes in the portrayed playing out of this event. 

I said I'd be thrilled with 4" and a share the wealth event with the others struggling for snow this winter.  This is not encouraging. Ricky, Alek, and Stebo caution flags freaked me the F out early.  Of course now the SE trend will be MIA.

15 hours ago, Snowstorms said:

If we got 0.5" every single day from Dec 1 to Feb 28, we'd hit avg. 

Far SE, MI. is the king of DAB++  events. Without those pennies in the pot and the streamers off Lake MI. 150+ miles away they would resemble the winter wonderland winter climo of Omaha Nebraska. 

Ricky put the caution tape up early for us.  That had me side eying the possible snowier outcomes shown even up here.   Still time to correct things like we've witnessed models trend back south for what seems like a decade now.  What could possibly go wrong with winds out of the  S/SE  - Garbage 

MSP will manage somehow to end the week with 4"

1 hour ago, michsnowfreak said:

This is so perfectly said. I always get a kick out of people acting like the Southern Great Lakes or midwest is a bad Winter climate when it really is Wintrier than most places. I think the fact that we do get snow so relatively frequently is what makes a true snowlover thirst for more, and knowing the massive amounts of snow that fall just to our North is tempting. However as someone who goes up North every year (going to Munising Feb 16 - 19), I can definitely tell you that every time I go up there I have an awesome time but I could NEVER live in that isolation. Plus much of the rural north is several decades behind the times.

We thirst for more snow because we live in a very volatile winter climate thats highly conducive to winter suckage back of pina colada's on Christmas eve's and children hoping Santa brings them snow making gun kits.  

They probably have close to a 30" snow pack in parts of the snow belt in, WI.  Hardly any of it has come from LES.   

12 minutes ago, weatherbo said:

I don't recommend anyone moving here just for the snow.  There's a real sense of isolation that has to become normal.  I've heard lots of stories of people moving here to retire or whatever and only make it a winter or two.  Loving snow is one thing, loving up to seven months of it some years, is another.

 

 

 

Not many truer words spoken. And ultimately why I remain in MKE.  I wonder every  winter why I'm still down in the cities - and what you said above is what my non-weenie brain resonates with.  This winter I have a cousin that moved east on HWY 2 by roughy 7 miles only and the struggle to keep up with a 7 mile move to Saxon, Wi. has been so surreal to follow through him.  The brutally long winter struggles are real up there.

Right on, Beavis. I getcha and happy to hear your plans are still on to move north and find what you crave.   Funny - just before you replied I let the dogs out and smiled big watching them run off  in to the 2" (lol) snowpack and do their thing.  Grabbed my afternoon coffee and admired the bird feeders flocked with birds and the white landscape.  Snow is definitely my best therapy and this small dose was much needed ATM.

I REALLY hope the late week event works out white for as many in this sub-forum as possible.  Sometimes bigger isn't always better.  The landscape left behind by even 2" felt like sleeping with a big one.

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

absolutely nailed the last storm 4 days out, my call is gonna be $$$ again

You got Joey posting

Having said that.. as much as I adore a true winter weenie's dream climate there is not too many folks I know that went to the extremes as him and moved to the LES Belt outside of Bo, and Will from this forum. Huge props and respect to them.   I say I could move up there and live that dream, and I could have and still could easily.  I  remain in MKE.  Hope I don't regret that later.

John Dee knows your pain, Beavis. As an Ultimate snow weenie he worked his tail off down here and then hightailed it out of our shitty winter climate decades ago.

I feel your passion my man.

I know I'm just appreciative there is something to track.  Living in our climo locations it's never easy on models and even the pro mets and great hobbyist we have here really have their homework cut out for them each time.  East coast mets get to see what transpires out here in flyover country and have more data to work with I think especially in the 3-5 day range where we are now. 

More hrs of snowfall today than the last 1.5 months combined.  Grass is covered - Shrugs.

Its been pixie here here up until a few mins ago when a few dendi's started mixing in.  round 2 should start up in a hr or so if reading the euro right and start to tail off between 9-10pm.

Going on almost a 24 hr wind event to rile up the lake.  Not good for the south shore for sure.

Winds have slacked off here. Prob experienced the worst of the wind here in round 1 and intermission.