Brian D

Snowing here with 1" so far this morning from a separate little clipper moving SE. Winds off the lake enhancing the snow a little. The energy is washing out over WI as it moves into the bigger system you guys are getting now.

2" for this round. Much better than rain. Looks like winter again.

Now the entire north shore is getting enhanced snow. Radar blossomed. BRING IT!

Snow moved in this morning. Radar showing enhanced snow downtown Duluth/Superior, and Ashland with the NE winds. I should pick 2-3" today with a bit more for the enhanced zones.

Wasn't long ago you were crying "Uncle" lol

2-3" of mostly lake effect for me. Refresh the snowpack a little after the the rainy weather we just had. Then the colder weather, but still above average will turn the snowpack into ice.

0.46" of rain yesterday. Turned to a very wet, light snow last night. Water logged snowpack with puddles everywhere. Just like March. When the pack refreezes, you'll be able to walk on it.

"Waste of a good winter storm" is balls on. Frz rn with a little snow up my way. Oh well, better luck next time. Lots of winter to go yet.

Sorry about that. Guess I should have added state. Rough time down there, especially just before MLK day. (MLK Selma march if you remember that historical event)

Loving the milder weather, but Selma sure is hurting. Nailed hard. Next weeks system should be a slop fest here along the shore with inland areas doing well.

Looks like a pretty good call for this forecast. Mainly rain, tho, with some snow along the N & W edges. The SE potential I'd indicated looks to be the trough extending back from the system off the east coast, so not really a good call there timing wise.

Light snow started this morning. Been a really nice start to the month. Yesterday had heavy overcast with a light fog/mist at times. Keeping the heat bill in check with the milder weather.

With Dec in, we have concluded 2022 with a near avg anomaly. 5/10 yr trends respectively.

Prelim data in for Dec, and with 1901-2000 baseline, ended on the milder side. 1991-2020 baseline would be closer to average with the split between our western, and eastern areas as seen in MRCC map below. Also have the 5/10 yr trend charts. Some here wanted to see both. 9 out the last 12 Dec's have been on the milder side.

Lake effect starting to form on the north shore as 850's turning a little more E/NE. Colder air funneling in from the northeast. Will see how it goes tonight.

weatherbo under a band of heavy synoptic snows. Wetter stuff. Tomorrow should be a little colder with conversion over to more lake effect. Enjoy!!

Winds at the surface, and aloft will be out of the NE, and with temps dropping in CA below zero, that should help enhance, and even convert to straight LES starting tomorrow into Friday am.

Radar returns showing a slow westward movement at the moment. Not going anywhere anytime soon.

Duluth is at the northern most edge of precip right now with the band across E C MN into N WI. 3-6" being reported early this morning, but reports later should show a lot more under that band. Storm warning in effect for them.

4" this morning. Winds off the lake up to 30+ mph blowing it around some. Just some light snow showers off and on coming off the lake. Hope to see a more organized band develop later in the day, but that could end up going down towards Duluth.

Just looking at temps on Wed into Thurs am (turning quite negative) with surface winds, and 850 winds running E/NE to NE, I'd say a LES event is possible along the head of the lake. Twin Ports (Duluth/Superior) may do well. Maybe even myself. But then as winds start to calm, and turn more to the south as another CA front goes by north of me, that should send it up my way more, and the north shore in general for Thurs night possibly. It would be short tho as 850's become more SW to W, and surface winds respond in kind. Just an interesting look at a possibility.

This next system will only bring 1-3" of snow for me this time around. NE winds might allow some light LES in the mix, so we'll see how the lake responds.

Duluth broke its Dec snowfall record just barely. Here's the top 10 list. 6 of the 10 are in the last 20 years. 2015/19/21 are in the 14/12/13 positions respectively. Very snowy Dec's. 2022 44.9" 1950 44.3" 1996 42.2" 2013 39.9" 1969 38.8" 1968 37.7" 2008 37.1" 2007 35.4" 2005 34.5" 2009 33.4"

Wrote this back in Nov. Still holding to it. Back and for between milder, and colder conditions.

Partly right for this forecast. CA front moves across the northern areas, but the energy I saw holds back a day, and becomes a separate system starting Mon the 2nd, bring rn/frz rn/snow. Close call. Well that ends 2022. Will be using the Holiday 2023 thread next.