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Snowing out this morning a lot more than expected. 1.5" on the ground and working on 2". Quarter to occasional silver dollar sized flakes falling!! Oddly radar is not all that exciting
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When I lived at Houghton (MTU) the best LES events seem to come with 10-20 MPH winds. To strong of winds and they rarely produced as forecasted; however; that is when we would occasionally get the big squalls with a few inches in a matter of minutes.
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I am a few years over 50 myself and I will agree it has been nice to get out and walk the dog. Plus now I have everything all set outside so I should be able to wait until May to do any more yard work. I have been trying to get about 5 miles a day dog walk. Got 5 miles in this morning before the rains picked up!! Would have loved it if winter would set in just before 25th and onward so we could have a white Christmas but that not looking likely this year.
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I was in Macomb Cnty. in '75 and I was like 4 so to be honest I only remember in pictures Macomb => Houghton (hide site I wish I would have stayed here) => Macomb => Lapeer (great spot with land wondering if I should have stayed) => Macomb => Oakland => finally Livingston the past 11 years (great location on a lake ). Yeah I moved around a lot but I can say Macomb will NEVER be in my future Next move will be out of SE MI ... someday
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Excluding my MTU years (i.e. just living in SE MI). This was definitely a top 5 snow event/periods. This 2 week period in SE MI was truly remarkable!!
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I remember a couple mild overall Nov/Dec with not much snow until Christmas break back when I was at MTU. Looking at the chart you posted they must have gotten the snow just before Christmas as it showed white on the pines. Coming back after New Years was exciting as there was finally snow on the ground for cross country skiing. Back then Mt Ripley didn't have snow makers so it wasn't able to open until January!
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Isn't is crazy how we can remember storms like this. 1978 Blizzard is the same for me. I was 7 years old and still remember it. Back then I had to wait for TV news for any updates. Makes me wonder how today's models would of handled it. Wonder if todays models would of had 50+" runs with that storm
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I have seen this happen many times. The biggest reversal in DTW history occurred on Christmas day itself. Record High @ DTW is 64 on 1982. Record Low @ DTW is -10 on 1983. I remember it well as I happened to be visiting family in MN in 1982 and got blasted by a major winter storm that week!! We were digging tunnels through the snow drifts Home the very next Christmas with the booger freezing cold with record cold 4 days in a row!!
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Very classic strong El Niño like pattern continues the next couple weeks. Pretty much things are going as most expected. Next thing to watch is SSW events. This where I believe things become interesting.
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My post had nothing to do with warmth or cold.
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How about we hold off starting storm threads until it is within 3 days (i.e. worthless NAM range)???
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Anyone getting excitement on a day 4 or greater model run
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I think they were all guilty but yes Euro OP had the biggest of dogs out of the OP models ...
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Briefly at accuweather; on from basically the beginning of Eastern; a bit on Harry’s; briefly on another place (I think I was the only one from MI); took a long break; now here.
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Wake up this morning. Look at the models.
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Winter 2023/24 Short Range Discussion
Lightning replied to Chicago Storm's topic in Lakes/Ohio Valley
Why? 12/5 average highs for DTW are 40F. I think there are a lot of unrealistic expectations for December. -
I'll go with Lucky 13
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Also wonder if some people realize what they say online is noted by company HRs and peoples social media is reviewed by HR hiring teams. I.e. private groups can be much safer.
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Yep. Mostly has to do with Trolls. This site isn't so bad but other internet forums got flooded with overwhelming trolls.
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I don't mind cloudy rainy weather. I will admit I really don't care for several days in a row of just dry and solidly cloudy with 30s & 40s but if is stormy like it has been the past few day then it doesn't bother me.
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Easy one ... Latter.
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About the same here
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Winter 2023/24 Medium/Long Range Discussion
Lightning replied to Chicago Storm's topic in Lakes/Ohio Valley
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I am more like Josh. I love a good snowfall even if it only lasts a couple hours. I'll take nickel and dime stuff anytime over cold and dry. Heavy rates a fun even if brief
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Ditto here!!
