Lightning

I have maybe 0.29" for the entire event so far.

Here is an interesting Climo fact: Nov. 1975 (Edmond Fitzgerald sunk on the 10th) and Detroit had 1/2 the month 60F++. Then around the last week of the month we had a couple cold days and snow. Month was way above normal temps and way above normal snowfall No worries; it is coming. I would rather get a great pattern change and lock in for the most part, rather than a 1-2 week pattern change and then go right back to crap.

November is not a 'winter' month. Yes winter weather happens and there are some great historic November events. If your expectations is for solid winter weather you are going to be greatly disappointed with November.

I have a friend that pretty much, if there is grass showing, he is golfing. Yes he will golf in the 20s & 30s!!! Not me, honestly 60s are my lower limit.

We definitely 'cooled' from where we were. Obviously there was not a cross polar flow but rather Canadian air that moved in the end of last week. The reality was that Canada was not 'cold' just cooler. Now the MJO is going down to COD. Our current pattern is reflecting that and the Pacific jet is ruling the roost!! Slam storms into west coast of Canada and we are not going to be cold!! MJO is my go to metrics when moderate/strong for the pattern (but you surely can't ignore other factors). The MJO near/in COD means look elsewhere for what driving the pattern.

Phase 2-3 are not cold phases in November & December while phases 7-8-1 are best for cold in November & December for MW & GLs. I put the MJO temp correlation for OND below. Correct!

MJO:

Drove through there in September. It was truly Exceptional!!

I have been very busy that past couples days and the models have shifted significantly west with the rain. My QPF for the next 3 days gone from a few inches to a few hundredths of an inch!!! Good part is today I can get more leaves mulched up with some nice mild temps

Are you saying those 110F models runs were inaccurate for our area???

Wow, awesome!! Would have love to get something like that. Of course it helps that my backyard can't flood, well unless Noah type rains occur.

Okay but really, I don't see a conversation about an Arctic air intrusion into this region in the next 10 days. No one said it was no longer going to be mild or warm. Seems logical to understand the pattern change being discussed is in reference to the fact it has been extremely dry with endless wall to wall sunshine and at least for the next few days we have a pattern with more storms and precipitation falling from the sky then most have seen in 2-3 months.

This is the time of year the jetstream wavelength begins to change. This is why there are times a great pattern can fizzle to a crappy one and visa versa when not much else seems to change. I do like it getting wetter as wetter ground seems to help. Harry (occasional poster who will come around as winter gets going) is very big on wet grounds and storm tracks during winter. Based on his points I do tend to agree there are time storms tracks are influnced by wetter grounds. Obviously there is a lot more to it, many other factors can change that will definitely influence the teleconnections and patterns. I know you have recently moved to this area. Hope your expectation is not for November to be an amazing winter month, you will be disappointed. Most Novembers in my 50+ years in the the Great Lakes have about a week of winter like weather and 3 weeks of mild weather fall weather (yes some with occasional very warm days is nothing new).

I put my outdoor lights up last weekend (due to my schedule). I typically turn them on Thanksgiving week.

It really looks like we are finally seeing the breakdown of the pattern we have been stuck in since August. Pacific is now throwing a lot of big storms into Alaska area over the next 10 days or so. It is going to take awhile for it to lock into anything desirable here until some level blocking in that area can get established. Let's just hope any blocking is positioned well for us to get fun winter weather.

I like the sound of this for you: Really hoping to hear some great reports from you later today into tonight!!!

3 days in a row of 30-40MPH wind gusts expected. This will help remove many of the leaves from the trees. Oaks and Norway Maples, as usual, will be the trees with the last leaves standing!!

The wall to wall sunshine has been amazing and enjoyable for sure. Definitely looking forward to it becoming more active. It was very nice hearing rain this morning. Plus I am ready to be done with the bugs/beetles; while they have decreased, I want them gone!!

Couple boomers this morning

Didn't get anything exciting here but then again I was never expecting anything exciting Especially considering no model was shows much of anything anyways.

I was in the Keweenaw during that storm and the winds being like tropic storm conditions. If I recall correctly the LP went right over Houghton. I also remember being very jealous of the Duluth area's snowfall!!!

The night of the 12th I tried but there were a few contrails all in that area. Don't know if I saw it or not After that it was cloudy until the past couple nights in which I keep being a bit to late (the moon was too bright). Gonna try again tonight.

We have a lot of pockets in MI that temps vary easily. I live in one of the cooler areas in SE MI. 10 miles/16 kms from my house typically is 3-5 degrees warmer.

Ignore feature works great

There might be some hope if this holds: