michsnowfreak

Lol how do you get EPS snowfall? The next 2 weeks look continued mild, thereafter is when the cold looks to take over. It's one thing to hear of cold euro weeklies, but when I see CPC & CFS going blue in the longrange, confidence is high in a turn towards much colder weather

With all of those accumulating snows in November, only one (November 15th) stuck to the pavement. After the next few weeks the long range is looking much, much colder, so a period of Winter is finally looking like it's on the way.

I meant systems will need to continue rolling through once the cold is here. Hopefully it will remain active is what i meant basically. We already had a big boring period in December.

Im sure the dam will break. After Jan 20th we should get some more sustained winter but there will be chances before then.

Wet light snow this afternoon and more dangerous freezing drizzle this evening on the backside of the storm.

We will see if this talk of cold in the 3rd week of January pans out. At our northern latitude we do not even necessarily need cold, we just need to avoid torch and get some systems.

It was horrible. After a good November too.

Crazy to believe that was 20 years ago!

Just a sugary dusting here while areas close by got an inch last night. Will be happy to put December to bed and start fresh.

The long range models have really been badd, all over the place every which way, but I thought JB was talking about things outside of long range window. Edit. I do not follow JB, but i googled his Twitter. Hes going on about a warm spell we had at this time in 1984 when a strat warming was going on, and how cold later in January 1985 was. I don't see any wavering from him on his Twitter lol.

Im going to the keewenaw 2nd week of Feb...can't go wrong that time of year for deep snow! My birthday is 2nd week of May and i dont recall much severe.

Definitely ready to put December behind us!

My Winter trip this year will be the 2nd week of February. Have not decided exactly where I'm going, but it will be somewhere in the UP, either your area or the keweenaw. Got 0.1" this morning, just are 2nd dusting of December after 9 days with measurable snow in November.

With the increasing snowfall this century, an undeniable trend here in the southern Great Lakes east into New England, I suppose it is possible we may one day exceed the snowfall total, which broke a record that had been in place since 1880 for Detroit's snowiest Winter. Its also definitely possible to see a wall-to-wall Winter with no breaks like that one, just probably not as harsh. What I just could not believe is that we had that much snow with that much cold. Shoveling a foot of snow in -50° wind chills? Snow drifts to top of barns in rural areas and tops of fences in most backyards? Daily ground blizzards and several snowy days with temps below zero? It should have been a tundra, not the snowiest winter on record. If I heard grandpa tell these stories without weather data to back it up, I wouldn't believe him for a minute.

I did see that new englanders liked the weeklies lol, but my source was actually a weather friend who lives in Port Huron. A much colder look and quite clippery. He also said it's looking like he said all along, February would be our most active month of the Winter. Granted it's not the best look for storms, but it's far better than this abortion of a December we've had. The 45 day EPS mean snowfall (Dec 27-Feb 9) for DTW was around 15". We've had a lot of great winters this decade, every Winter will not be good or else average would not be average anymore. I really thought this Winter would be a better, but after a great Nov, Dec has been hell and ill take what i can get.

What is that the weeklies look good. I certainly hope so!

For me there is nothing like taking a Winter walk. I just love going Into the Woods or the park with the fresh glistening powder everywhere. Most winters there are plenty of opportunities for that, the crappiest ones there are fewer. I certainly get disappointed when I have some free time and there's no snow to take that walk, so it's definitely a downer. But I don't go to bed hating life or anything like that lol

I have the same goal, waking on this side of the grass! Our historic winter was 2013-14, will never be topped. And i dont expect it to be. No matter how many good winters are had, it doesnt make it fun to experience a crappy one, but it should have no more affect you on a personal level.

Ive been skimming this thread every few days for some insight into when this December torture might end lol, but I must comment that this quote is a masterpiece. This is summed up perfectly. I love snow more than anybody I know, but a terrible Winter will not alter my life in any way. Likewise, with as many record snowy winters as we have had in recent years, it's not like that has made my life better, just gives me some enjoyment. I think most get that, but some of them.....I don't know.

Definitely not in a long snow slump in southeast Michigan but this December has been brutal.

Mood flakes this afternoon and evening, just another trace. Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas!

Some flurries today, but a bare Christmas. Last year at this time the absolute picture-perfect Christmas Eve snowstorm was taking place. Either way, hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas!

I disagree that late February into March is difficult to get a good snowstorm in the lower lakes. That is not at all the case, however obviously a snowstorm at that time of year, while still enjoyable, won't have the lasting effects. This time of year a snowstorm makes me think, nice we can lay down a nice long snow cover as long as we avoid a torch. By March the Sun angle does increase the melt of the snowpack

Don is great because he does not have a warm or cold bias. Even some of the greats seem to have a bias one way or the other. Thats why i buy him a lot faster than i would jb saying cold and snowy. Likewise, if i heard him say warm it would be a red flag unlike if i heard some of tne warmingistas saying warm.

Hot off the press from donsutherland. Main takeaway: Winter 2018-19 remains on track to see above to much above normal snowfall in the Great Lakes Region, Middle Atlantic Region, and southern New England.