Stevo6899

Trust me I don't take anything these models show seriously. Of the three home runs I'll take a half of one, 6 inch storm and call it a winter and try again in 8 months.

What a crazy cut off on the 12z Canadian. Basically nothing at the airport but 15 inches like 75-100 miles nw. Canadian almost a perfect track for this area. Gfs definitly on the weaker side and hard to go against it.

It's low humidity 85. Obviously different strokes but perfect weather to chill in the man cave garage and watch sports at night. The only thing that would've made it better is if the lions weren't choke artists and played yesterday. Icon pretty much the same, rgem is a bit more nw and sloppy mix for detroit. In this range I've noticed it on several occasions be too nw. Either way, trends aren't good for detroit. What a Rollercoaster. Models at one point for a few cycles were weaker and SE but that looks off the table now. Saginaw ftw per rgem. Brutal cutoff locally as we've seen unfortunately many times.

Historically and given our past in these setups I'd be worried of a more amped nw storm per the nam but with seasonal trends, it'll be interesting to watch unfold. It's been interesting to watch the models as the icon initially was the most nw and amped and now its the best for us. I'm on the fence if I'm going to catch a flight home for this. It's been 85 and sunny down here for like 15 days in a row now lol.

Looks like it actually closes off and goes negative tilt for a little bit in Ontario. Someone in Michigan gonna get walloped. Gonna be a close one for the city.

Mother nature doesn't care who's due but if that euro run verifies, Heartbreaker. But I trust the euro the least so should be interesting next couple days.

You'd like to see the GFS onboard as I believe it's schooled the euro mostly lately. Gfs just keeps it a disorganized mess, 1007 low vs 999 on canadian/euro/ukmet. Perhaps it's dealing with convection issues with the moisture to the south.

It's been a minute since we've had something legit to track and usually we start tracking a week out. It doesnt feel like it's only 72 or so hours away.

If only we could lock in the 18z rgem for detroit. Rain/snow line close but ya gotta smell the rain to get the goods. Good to see most models stay healthy with it today. I'd expect the gfs to follow.

I think at this point the important thing is that the storms are still on the models. Obviously details to be figured out at a later date. I could see how anybody say west of Chicago would have some pessimism but since we're entering a new pattern who knows.

If this thing could slow down and amplify a little bit, close off and go negative tilt, it's got a chance to be a biggie... Model runs last 24 hours have turned this into alot weaker storm. Guess no surprise there. It's pretty incredible how long this se/weaker trend has been going on with almost every potential.

Back to back to back home runs on the euro. Probably will never see a run like that again locally, 40+ in 9 day span.

To be honest I wouldn't even look past hour 100 anymore on the models especially in this complex pattern.

Early look at the euro and the ridging says it's going to come Nw from 0z.

Does this kinda pattern lean towards storms strenghtneing more than models think, thus nw trends instead of weaker/se like we've seen for awhile?...

Bullseye on 12z for metro detroit. Obviously you're always leery of a Northwest shift and we still got a system today and another one to go through so likely some changes to come. Lansing to chicago is a good place to be imo as it leaves wiggle room for some more strenghtneing.

Yeah that's probably one good thing about this pattern that we've been in is we haven't had to worry about storms going to our West. We just gotta ride that thin line all the time. It just bugs me to see these systems be so meager in the midwest but as soon as they get to the coast they develop and it's an automatic 6 for boston lol.

Could this finally be the first storm for what seems like forever that doesn't trend southeast and weaker...

Thanks for the reply and info. I had no idea we went all last winter without one. That stat of going 6+ winters without one is depressing and shows things could be alot worse and we definitely have been spoiled recently/puts things into perspective. While I wish we could get bigger storms in our area, that's just not our climo. It doesnt make our climo suck, its just the way it is and no sense in getting all upset over it. Easier said than done though when you see big dogs hit other areas but that's the luck of the weather. If we can score one 8+ storm this winter, I'll be happy. I am guilty of having way too high of expectations regarding our climo.

This weekends storm cracks me up, Detroit in between precip areas with zzzz. Not that it's an impressive storm but had chance at being decent. It's pretty hard to go a whole winter without a 6 inch event. When's the last time that happened Josh? We gotta be close to having it happen the latest in the winter, mid feb at the earliest this winter..

Gfs somehow has bullseye 6 over detroit for the weekend.... definitly gonna be a nowcast event it seems.

Today's run of the euro has I think the first sub 990 storm I've seen in the region on any run this winter.

Obviously still a few days left but it's only fitting that the low pressure for the weekend doesn't get it's act together until it's well east of the area.

If only the weekend system could slow down a bit, but nonetheless looks like it has potential to be biggest event of the winter for northern burbs.

Euro with a bowling ball type wave for next weekend. Atleast it seems it's getting a little more active.