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I see you ruffled some feathers with this question and triggered an individual who's seeking attention (won't name names...). But that person's issues aside, people like what they like and hate what they hate. It is what it is I will say, warm weather states have been the fastest growing part of the US for over 4 decades with no signs of slowing down (many southern cities/metro have already or soon will surpass a lot of cold northern cities/metros in population) so there's actually a lot more people than yo think in the real world that can also do without "deep winter." Just have to remind yourself, weather forums can be a bit of an echo chamber that isn't always reflective of the majority opinion.

But it will still do so any way, especially if we're in transition to an El Nino...

I personally don't remember much in the way of pingers with GHD 1. Dry slotting hurt us a lot more than any mixing. Now with 12/31/2007, mixing was absolutely a problem. And in all fairness, there were the positive busts we never talk about, such as Feb 5-6, 2008. 4-8" with TSSN+ in the vicinity that fell in a span of 2 hours (after spending much of the day with a light icy mix).

Preliminary reports suggest a storm total range of 2-5" around the Detroit area, so a bit of an underachiever. Same thing happened in OK. Inefficient accumulation due to the snow being the sugary/sandy type.

The bolded made me chuckle. The struggle is real, lol...

https://x.com/i/status/2015534485513597355

You'll be disappointed to know, there was no ice storm here. Granted, roads are still trecherous enough. But not only was there virtually no freezing rain after the changeover from plain rain, but even the sleet amounts ended up underachieving. Now it's dry slot city.

This is one of the most widespread winter storms for the nation period. The guy on Fox Weather (Ari something) said yesterday that he's never covered a system this expansive (in terms of frozen/freezing precipitation) in his 20 year career.

The fact that Beavis of all people is trying to play peacemaker is sending me...

They're from the Cincinnati area. A lot of OH folks either don't post often or stay in the OH-specific thread since they tend to have such bad luck with snowstorms compared to the rest of the subforum. But this is their moment, and I can completely understand them being eager to let the whole world know about it.

lol...

All I'm saying is that it could always be worse. There's been quite a bit of quibbling over the exact total amounts, but at least folks in this sub are going to have an all-snow event regardless (and for some, their biggest in a long while).

It could also be worse. Poor guys on the east coast are now sweating mixing issues that will significantly cut down on their originally projected big dog numbers.

For what little it's worth, snow amounts are busting on the low end so far in OKC and Tulsa. NWS has already lowered their totals. Not because of temps mind you, but because there's just too much dry air. It's causing the opposite issue (which michsnowfreak alluded to earlier) of the snow being that sugary type, which is very inefficient for accumulatiom. It may or may not have any bearing on the eventual outcome for you guys upstream, but just something to be aware of.

Believe it or not, there are reports of LES in parts of DFW right now. It has to be forming in the lowest 5,000ft (not impossible given how warm the local lakes are and how dense the low-level cold air is), because temps between 850mb and 700mb are still solidly above freezing. The synoptic precip is predominately sleet. Fortunately, we've mostly avoided the freezing rain thus far.

Hit dogs will holler...

It teased us as well (along with the GEM). But it would be wild if Baton Rouge gets 2 big snowstorms in back-to-back winters. Unlikely of course, but not impossible as the pattern does support it...

Embrace your destiny...

There is plenty of time left climatologically-speaking for some big storms, but the pattern simply isn't looking favorable for y'all up there in the forseeable future (down here in the South & the East Coast are a different story) once this storm passes. It's just looking cold and dry, with perhaps more nickel & dime events.

This winter definitely has the markings of one that would make you happy but leave others wanting more. No big storms and possibly not even a Winter Storm headline for Wayne County, but constannt cold, almost daily flurries or nickel/dime events and increasingly deep snowcover.

Yep. Your body acclimates to the warm climate after so long with your blood thinning. I'll wear sweatpants even when it's in the 80s now, and will be freezing to death when it's in the 50s.

In modern times, 1988, 1995, 2011 and the first 2/3rds of 2012 would compare...

I just take solace knowing that y'all suffer the opposite way when there's an unusual summer heatwave...

It certainly won't feel like it for the next few days (or even week). And yes, I'm extremely salty about it....

Oh yes we would...