michsnowfreak

...and the days will be getting colder

I was browsing various Dec discussion threads looking for possible forecast maps for later in Dec lol, and came across this. its a great point. NYC climate always seems like a feast or famine place when it comes to snow. and lean times suck, but when you look at it, there was a lot of snow in recent years not long ago. The 2010s were actually the warmest (just barely), wettest, and snowiest decade on record for Detroit. Snowfall has increased across much of the Midwest and Northeast this century, so I just don't get the fear that snow is going away that some people have. Its not lol. The northeast will always be prone to noreasters.

Snow still trying to hang tough, full cover in any shaded areas. I am tired of seeing the sun. We've certainly had a handful of cloudy days but this is the time of year I look I look forward to that constant gray overcast. Yes, I mean that and yes I know I'm in the minority.

Surprisingly no. some bare spots but for the most part a solid snowcover. id call it 2" on avg.

Wanted to add that my storm total liquid was 0.60" with the 4.3" snow. Early on much of the snow melted as fell, and was also mixed with rain, but by the end it was powdery so impossible to apply a ratio.

Pretty scene after the sun rose with the moon still out this morning. With abundant sunshine expected so is melting.

much of the UP has bare ground, so that's actually ok lol. Winter wonderland in Detroit yesterday but green in Sault Ste Marie.

Decembers in the 2010s were feast or famine at Detroit 2010- 9.3" 2011- 5.7" 2012- 10.6" 2013- 15.5" 2014- 0.1" 2015- 1.3" 2016- 16.8" 2017- 22.5" 2018- 0.5" 2019- 2.7"

Finished with 4.3" as we had a few snow showers this afternoon drop another light dusting. DTW with 3.9"; it appears the eastern half of the eastern most counties in southeast Michigan finished with 3-5", while the rest of southeast MI received 0.5-3". Not too far West of the metro area almost no snow at all fell. Will be interesting to see if DTX does a map.

Thanks, its beautiful out

this morning it felt like mid winter. wind chills in the teens, snow blowing and drifting. It was just a bad track for the northwest suburbs.

Finished with 4.2", the jackpot of SE MI as expected per late model runs. DTW had 3.8". North and West just saw 1 or 2".

its gorgeous here on the far east side. probably over 3.5 now. winter wonderland

light wet snow all day today didnt stick until about an hour ago, should continue through tomorrow morning. not sure what to expect

all snow here but not sticking. can't complain as east side should get the best snow tonight.

rain/snow mix here. winter weather advisory in effect starting at 3pm. this will be a long duration precip event, probably at least 36 hours.

Decembers have been streaky. some very good and very bad ones the last few decades. All balances out. The OV has had some crappy Decembers since the beginning of climate records, although the feast or famine of recent years is something.

Nah, it just depends on the system. the east side has actually done better than northwest the last several snowfalls. it's clear with this one that the farther east you are the better.

Looks like a nice snowy start to December in eastern MI but it can't go much further east or it won't be lol.

Welcome aboard!

You can't call 11-12 in November lol. And the only time you will see Noaa's maps in blue is when an absolutely imminent cold snap is coming. This time in 2005 or 2016 it was a nice snowy outlook headed into the holidays. Meanwhile after new years...

I often wonder if it would be more fun or less fun to be a weather weenie in the days before we had access to all the weather models? I mean, an extended model shows a massive storm and you only get 7" of snow your "disappointed" . A model shows nothing, maybe a disturbance to your south, and you get 3" of unexpected snow, you're "excited".

I notice often unrealistic warm temperatures in those little urban center circles on forecast temp maps, especially GFS. I think they probably put something in their computer system to account for UHI, but it clearly overdoes things

it was 1966

computer guidance is near unanimous with showing above avg precip this winter following that general track.