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~1" here in White Lake by noon, now the sun is out. Was coming down at a pretty good clip earlier this morning. Roads were not fun.

hey everyone, a nice band of moderate snow just rolled through

might as well brag about it since this winter sucks

7 hours ago, Baum said:

https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2004-12-13-0412130110-story.html

 

sidenote: also the night Bears coach Mike Ditka threw a wad of gum hitting a 49ers fan during a Bears blow out loss.

If I may shift gears for a moment gentlemen, coach Ditka vs. a hurricane, who would win?

2 hours ago, IWXwx said:

It's the first day of met winter, so figured I'd set up shop. FWA climo is unfortunately closer to Ohio's than the rest of the Sub's, so I may just camp out here.  The fall thread was only a couple of pages, but this thread has contained some classic-epic-historic meltdowns in past winters, so I want make sure there is a place to vent.

I figured I'd start by taking a jab at Josh. Congrats on snagging Baez lol. I say this being Being a Cubs fan for the past 55 years. Don't get me wrong, he is an exciting player and has a knack for making outstanding plays, both on defense and running the bases. He no doubt played a big part in the run to the '16 Series.

But my God, if pitchers would just feed him nothing but hooks and changeups, he would be batting a buck 20. I don't know why anyone would throw heat to him that is anywhere close to the zone.

Below is a video grab of him taking a hack against the Giants in August. This is NOT the ball coming off of his bat, but a change-up heading TO the plate.

I am just glad to have our infield complete instead of platooning at SS. Hack away, Javy.

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

Nice squall in mi

Coming down pretty hard here in White Lake

4.2" reported in Ann Arbor

DTX reporting 2.2 at the office

DTX confirmed a tornado from that surprise warning yesterday.

The view of said cell from my backyard

 

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
253 PM EDT MON OCT 4 2021

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0621 PM     TORNADO          5 NW CLARKSTON          42.78N 83.51W
10/03/2021                   OAKLAND            MI   NWS STORM SURVEY

            BRIEF EF0 TORNADO OCCURRED NEAR DIXIE HWY AND E HOLLY RD
            WITH MAXIMUM WINDS ESTIMATED AT 65 MPH.

29 minutes ago, madwx said:

Weaker stratospheric polar vortex means that there is a greater chance at polar intrusions into the mid latitudes since the polar night jet won't be as strong. There will be more of a negative Arctic Oscillation.

 

 

guess we'll just have to get used to this as the Arctic sea ice goes bye bye and Greenland gets greener by the year

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI
900 PM EDT Tue Sep 7 2021

MIZ063-068>070-075-076-080400-
/O.NEW.KDTX.HW.W.0001.210908T0100Z-210908T0400Z/
St. Clair-Livingston-Oakland-Macomb-Washtenaw-Wayne-
Including the cities of Port Huron, Howell, Pontiac, Warren,
Ann Arbor, and Detroit
900 PM EDT Tue Sep 7 2021

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT...

* WHAT...Southwest winds of 40 to 50 mph with some gusts to 60 mph.

* WHERE...St. Clair, Livingston, Oakland, Macomb, Washtenaw and
  Wayne Counties.

* WHEN...Until midnight EDT tonight.

* IMPACTS...Damaging winds will blow down trees and power lines.
  Widespread power outages are expected. Travel will be
  difficult, especially for high profile vehicles.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...National Weather Service doppler radar has
  been observing a narrow corridor of strong wind development
  behind the trailing back edge of the shower and thunderstorm
  activity. Power outages have been reported.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

People should avoid being outside in forested areas and around
trees and branches. If possible, remain in the lower levels of
your home during the windstorm, and avoid windows. Use caution if
you must drive.

GRR out of power

6 minutes ago, Malacka11 said:

Lil chode trying to drop down on Kirkland

can you imagine getting an emergency alert on your phone and you open it up and that's all it says

Many brrs in Northern/Central Lower MI tonight and tomorrow night

And not just there. Forecast low of 34° here in White Lake, and more of the same into the weekend.

Early May has been cold in recent years

coming down steady, about an inch since 4PM

14 minutes ago, Stebo said:

V16 has a solid storm with it next weekend.

but what does it all mean, Basil?

hooray the storm has begun

Woke up to around 2" of surprise snow this morning (much to my dismay at 5AM). DTX a couple miles north of me reported 2.6" officially.

Had a quick inch this morning by 9AM, but that's pretty much all gone now. Just stopped snowing 15 minutes ago - temp imby is 31.6°

13 minutes ago, MIstorm97 said:

Flake size has been improving over the last hour. It’s a shame this event is happening with marginal thermos. The extra 500’ of elevation in the NW suburbs appears to be helping things stick more than downwind of the glacial ridge. 

Can confirm, I've got a little over an inch here in White Lake at 1050 ft. Starting to stick a little on the pavement as well.

75.6° at 2:55PM, dewpoint of 63°

currently 42.3° at 12:45AM

the brrs have won
 

this may be the year I finally decide to leave Michigan because of winter driving 

- Me last year but also 15 years in a row

Michigan reported 1,121 new cases today, the highest since mid-May, and 16 deaths. Not sure if backlog, hold onto your butts

Hoping for some rain today. We got about six drops from a pulse shower yesterday, and that was the first precip since June 28th here in White Lake. 

The lake breeze boundary from St. Clair is booking it in my direction, so hopefully it'll squeeze out something from this juicy airmass.

Kind of out of our coverage area, but the cell approaching the Pittsburgh area is hookin'

55° here in White Lake, forecast high was 51°

Getting some cirrus moving in, so I've probably hit my high for the day

feeling lucky with 81/69/88 here near PTK, helped out with some brief heavy rain earlier

can't imagine it getting below 75° tonight though