Lightning

After last year's mild winter, I have been enjoying the cold. There has been several days with snowflakes falling, snow on the ground, frozen lakes and plenty of winter activities. I have done relatively well with snow only being a bit below average but the LES keeps falling. I know many here are bone dry and I feel lucky with what I have received. Looking forward to whatever comes next!!

I believe we will but we'll see. We have about 6" on the ground here. We have been getting ~1" or so every day after Friday's event. Been loving it here talking a daily Jeb walk with the dog on the ice!!

What an enjoyable winter weekend. It was just a blast as we spent several hours on the lake. There were a lot of people with snowmobiles, ice fishing and pick up hockey games. Yep the ice was safe enough for the snowmobilers. A wonderful weekend of hanging with the neighbors.

A foot ... stepping in 2-3" inches of snow!!

LES of about 1" so far here today. Looks like a bit more is moving in again. Now this is very fluffy snow with high ratios.

I have done relatively well considering how bad it has been for many. While no big storms, I have been able to be nickel and dime frequently. Hopefully we can move into a bigger snow/stormier pattern in the new few weeks.

Yes this area just very NE Livingston and NW Oakland is wonderful for LES snow. I estimate 15"-20" of snow around here is due to the great lakes. roardog I am watching this expected Monday NNE flow. Hoping it works out good for you. I have occasionally gotten some (inch or two) from Huron but it has to be just right to do it

Definitely. I have nearly 4" on the ground. We got about 3" on 31st & 1st.

Nice 1.5" snowfall this morning. Totally enjoyable winter day

The 12" snowstorm with solid thundersnow in March '23 is just sugar-coated fake news to Stevo ...

Chicago is a great place to get some occasional snows but mostly mild temperatures. It is not a continuous snow and cold city. It can get some great storms but they are not yearly. Also keep in mind snow is fickle as colder winters do not always equate to great snows. I can give to extremes where I live which the snowfall was opposite the temps. 95-96 was below average temps but snow was well below average ( ~15" below my area's average snowfall). 04-05 was well above average temps yet snow was WAY above average (it was 50" above average IMBY). Generally speaking the colder winter do produce the better snows but snow is definitely fickle at times.

Awesome. Was hoping for a bit more snow then the ice/sleet we got here as some of the models showed. It will be a White Christmas here (yours a bit whiter ) .

1/4" of ice. Then 1/3" of sleet/ice mixture. Then 3/4" of snow on top. Very sloppy day. How much did you get of snow?

Nice Ice event occurring here. Temp 30F with light rain.

Overperformed here. 3-4". Had to shovel. Beautiful winter scene right now. While no major storms, I have enjoyed the several weeks.

DTW was 28" ... much below average (45") Flint was 39" ... below average (52") Saginaw was 69" ... much above average (49")

Thankfully I was in the northern burbs of Detroit that year and got plenty of snow. I was a bit young to remember the spring details but a quick look at the numbers it shows March, April and May '77 were overall mild.

Can you imagine of being in Saginaw during the 76-77 winter with a grand season total of 18.5" of snow?? Don't think anyone there looks back at that year with any grand memories of being buried

Got it. I am in the wrong place to talk about the Stratosphere, MJO, teleconnections, analogs and so on.

I know you but I wonder how many people recall Detroit had 13 days above freezing in December 2013 . Even the Dec. 1976 Detroit Dec. had 10 day above freezing.

I am not sure why putting the Stratospheric Warming signal in the long range discussion is considered as Trolling.

Last year was horrible in that even if one signal was warm it WON!! It is nice to see there is more fight this December for the cold signals. I don't believe we will follow the same path of Dec 1989 => 1990. I think we will be seeing some Strat warming as we get into later part of December. I believe/hope we are headed for some fun ahead this winter. One thing is for sure the weather does things differently every year.

Love it. Pretty much matches my expectations for next several weeks. Really hoping we can get the cold to come back by the 25th but agree it it probably too quick based on the MJO forecasts.

What a dumbass who posted this!!!

Understood!