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just ripped snow here for about 3 minutes, hasn't dropped below 32 yet today, though.

Got this earlier as a cell crawled down from Clare. not a ton of lightning, but really crisp updrafts all around.

barely hit 70 today, but plenty of showers/weak tstorms around. campus wx camera has a nice view: 

http://weather.eas.cmich.edu/current/webcam/2026-04-16-17-56.jpg

Also, thinking they may go MDT with the 1630z update

Beautiful light show last night here, went and sat out in a field for ~90 minutes, with constant lightning 20-40 miles away, first from the cell that moved through Saginaw, and then new stuff that back built from it, probably off of outflow?

What a time for the IWX radar to go down...

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Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
448 PM EDT Mon Apr 13 2026 /348 PM CDT Mon Apr 13 2026/

...KIWX Radar is Out of Service...

KIWX is currently out of service due to an unknown issue.
Technicans are in route to troubleshoot the problem. A return to
service time is not known. Alternate radar sites include LOT, 
IND, GRR, DTX, CLE and ILN.


$$

MD and then watch just issued pretty much back to back for IWX area 

Surprised that the D2 update at 1730z didn't introduce any sort of ENH in Michigan

went ahead and started a thread

figured it's probably due, almost a lock that someone in the sub's gonna see some action today or tomorrow. primarily hail/tornado risk.

Single-cell MD up in your neck of the woods, @Brian D

warm front finally made it up here, about 45 minutes ago, 75/55 now, really feeling like we've got some good juice for storms

9 hours ago, Harry Perry said:

Was driving through Grand Rapids yesterday and noticed the Grand River was awfully high.  Same with local rivers and streams around my neck of the woods in Battle Creek. Going to be a humid summer.

yeah, kinda concerned about flooding potential in the area this week, especially as soils are pretty saturated already

Yeah, sure

absolute peak weather here today, with what will probably be the last fully sunny day for a while. 

tis the season

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PNSDTX
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Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI
746 PM EDT Sun Apr 5 2026

...NWS Damage Survey for 04/04/2026 Tornado Event...

.Van Buren Township Tornado...

Rating:                 EF-1
Estimated Peak Wind:    100 mph
Path Length /statute/:  3.25 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   200 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             April 4, 2026
Start Time:             5:46 PM EDT
Start Location:         2 NE Willis / Wayne County / MI
Start Lat/Lon:          42.1788 / -83.5371

End Date:               April 4, 2026
End Time:               5:50 PM EDT
End Location:           Belleville / Wayne County / MI
End Lat/Lon:            42.2009 / -83.4749

The tornado started just south of Martz Rd between Rawsonville Rd
and Hoeft Rd. It first flipped a hayride trailer and continued
northeast toward Hull Rd. EF-1 damage occurred along Hull Rd with
the greatest concentration of EF-1 damage along and just south of
Hull Rd between Elwell Rd and Bak Rd. This damage included
multiple trees uprooted and snapped, telephone poles snapped, and
a large barn wall blown out. The tornado continued northeast
crossing Sumpter Rd producing EF-0 damage with scattered large
tree limbs and power lines downed. The tornado lifted right
before reaching Savage Rd.

&&

EF Scale: The Enhanced Fujita Scale classifies tornadoes into the
following categories:

EF0.....65 to 85 mph
EF1.....86 to 110 mph
EF2.....111 to 135 mph
EF3.....136 to 165 mph
EF4.....166 to 200 mph
EF5.....>200 mph

NOTE:
The information in this statement is preliminary and subject to
change pending final review of the event and publication in NWS
Storm Data.

$$

DTX confirmed an EF1 yesterday near Belleville, kinda surprised I didn't see more (any) talk about those spin-ups on here yesterday

approaching 3/4 of an " at the campus wx station, enough to cause some minor ponding in the fields

2 hours ago, A-L-E-K said:

So what's up with this

 

 

 

boring answer would be "frequency illusion", fun answer is that the US and (russia/china/iran) are knocking each other's military satellites out of orbit

up to 71 here, sunny, with a nice breeze. really the type of day you could just spend entirely outside and not complain

seems like it verified fairly well
 

sunday could have a legit hailer threat for a lot of the OV, 2k+ cape on the NAM & pretty steep lapse rates (7-8C/km)
 

9 hours ago, RogueWaves said:

I've lived back-to-back 220+ winters at my old home further north. It can and will give a guy cabin fever. Then there's his level of winter which is a whole other planet I don't want endure, lol.

haha, i bet. i'd like to experience it at least once in life. also crazy that he's seen an order of magnitude more snow this season than me, in the same state.

7 hours ago, weatherbo said:

You'd finally get your fill of snow!

This is what 5.5+ feet of snow looks like.
Pretty much standing in the same spot as the late August pic this past Summer.
Took some weight off the roof as well.  Inside the house is like a cave.
EDIT:  The lesser snow on the left side of the pic is a path i blew to the propane tank a few weeks back.

just insane, thanks for sharing. i don't think i can even imagine having so much snow on the ground, for such a long period of time.

76mph gust at KDAY