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On 7/7/2020 at 12:50 AM, frostfern said:

Okay, but i's not the greatest year here either though.  It's not full drought yet, but still boring as hell if you want t-storms.  2018 repeat.  Have to wait until late August to get one of those good low-level jet-fueled nocturnal MCSs.  On the east side of the state you at least have a shot at some afternoon storms.  Here Wisconsin afternoon stuff inevitably eats shit when it hits the lake, and night stuff dies too with no low-level jet due to constant weak-ass synoptic pattern.  I remember when heat waves used to have nocturnal convection.  Recent times they have nothing but airmass shit that gets totally suppressed by lake-breezes.

....not even close

On 8/2/2020 at 2:47 PM, Stebo said:

Must be real localized. DTW DET had 5.00+ in July and Flint had 3.72" 

I’ll put money on it that isolated areas of central/western Oakland, Western macomb around stoney creek and parts of the thumb...is the driest area(s) East of the Mississippi 

Huge portions of SEMI is in a drought. I’ve never seen it this dry. Parts of Western Oakland county is completely cooked. Rain tonight looks minimal, again. 

17 hours ago, frostfern said:

Okay, but i's not the greatest year here either though.  It's not full drought yet, but still boring as hell if you want t-storms.  2018 repeat.  Have to wait until late August to get one of those good low-level jet-fueled nocturnal MCSs.  On the east side of the state you at least have a shot at some afternoon storms.  Here Wisconsin afternoon stuff inevitably eats shit when it hits the lake, and night stuff dies too with no low-level jet due to constant weak-ass synoptic pattern.  I remember when heat waves used to have nocturnal convection.  Recent times they have nothing but airmass shit that gets totally suppressed by lake-breezes.

What does a shot of afternoon storms have to with the west being dryer than the East?

5 hours ago, frostfern said:

Western Michigan is being lake shadowed to hell though.  I can see it getting extremely dry if we don't get a single damn thunderstorm.  These constant weak synoptic conditions with light west wind don't give any rain on this side of the lake.

Are u joking with this post? It’s the absolute opposite the east side of Michigan has had little rain in the last three months in a lot of areas. Me personally living in northern Macomb we haven’t had squat you should take a ride in northern/central  Macomb everything is brown. I’m at about just under 1” of rain where I’m at since June 1

On 2/24/2020 at 1:36 PM, UMB WX said:

6-8" on Euro is still a Big Dog storm for,  SE, MI standards.

Just wanted to fill u in. Much of SEMI especially the northern burbs of Detroit did pick their 3rd 6”+ event of the season. 11.2” 7.7” and still going but it’s currently at about 6.0” with maybe another 1” or so. To go. What’s remarkable. This is the 11th 6”+ event since the winter of 17/18. 

1 minute ago, UMB WX said:

Uh yeah.

For many decades the records were taken at city airport which is arguably one of the worst spots for snowfall in the entire state of Michigan. Now if you head west by 20 miles or north by 20 miles snowfall probably almost increases by 15 to 20 inches per season.

Just now, UMB WX said:

10 to 18? lol.  More like 8-12 considering how shitty of a climo Detroit south is for big storms.

 

You were only talking about Detroit? No you were not. You were talking about Southeast Michigan as a whole it’s a little bit bigger than Detroit. Have you looked at the map of Southeast Michigan lately

Just now, snowstormcanuck said:

lol @ pouting over a snow climo jab.

Just a really poor attempt at a joke I just had to let them now.

5 hours ago, UMB WX said:

6-8" on Euro is still a Big Dog storm for,  SE, MI standards.

Actually this will be the third snow storm of 6 inches or more. This is actually very routine for the northern suburbs of Detroit, extremely routine. The statement couldn’t be further from the truth. Just a really poor attempt at a joke. Now a big dog for this area is definitely 10-18  inches but we never touch 18 inches but we usually cap off at about 17 at the highest

35 minutes ago, michsnowfreak said:

So Detroit has one subpar Winter and that means hes not missing much? He missed 62" last Winter (i think he moved just before winter) and the avg this decade is like mid-50s.  Even with the misses snow fell very often and there were multiple ice storms. My statement to powerball remains. He left a place where it snows all the time and goes to a place that can go a Winter without a single flake. I would not survive, he does not miss snow. We are not cut from the same cloth lol.

I’m just saying I don’t think Detroit snowfalls enough to really truly miss it. I don’t really think there’s anywhere in the southern half of lower Michigan to really miss it. Maybe around GRR

Just now, michsnowfreak said:

Actually i remember the exact opposite, at least here. Which was amazing. It snowed all afternoon Apr 23 into the overnight and we barely got an inch. Then heavy blinding snow hit during the late morning and early afternoon which is when most of the accumulation occurred, about 5 more inches. It then lightened in intensity by evening and though snow continued it hardly accumulated any more. Total snow here 6.7". 

 

Of course that is the exception not the rule. Obviously for the most part nighttime is a help in spring snows.

I think it was earlier that Saturday morning when it was coming down but has the day went on it struggled to accumulate 

3 hours ago, michsnowfreak said:

Wow lol we are definitely not cut from the same cloth haha. You've been down there 2 winters now?

There’s not really much to miss in Detroit to regards to winter. Seriously. What did he miss...31”? U r not gonna miss that. Lol 

I remember the April 23-25 2005 snowstorm in SEMI brought upwards of 16” in Northern Oakland county (40 miles NNW of Detroit) it was a stalled out low that sat and spun for over 2 days. What I remembered is that 90% of the accumulation happened at night. During the day it rarely stuck. Moral of the story is that.... u start approaching very late April into May. Now, snow has to happened at night. 

My cousin that lives in Toronto lost his entire family on that highway between White River and Wawa. Wife pregnant 8 months, 18 month old daughter and mother in law. Moving from Winnipeg to Toronto. Ironically they hit head on a family that was moving from Toronto to Edmonton in July 2006. Devastating is an understatement what he has gone through. 

APN __  77.0”

ORD __  45.8”

CLE __   82.4”

CMH __  38.9”

DET __   58.4”

FWA __  47.8”

 GRR __  82.0”

 GRB __   55.6”

IND __     28.8”

LSE __    40.6”

 YXU __   104.4”

SDF __   17.7”

MQT __  189.0”

 MKE __  54.0”

MSP __  47.7”

 MLI __   27.0”

PAH __   21.0”

PIA __  22.0”

STL __  25.0”

YYZ __  63.2”

 Tiebreakers

 1. December 2017 snowfall ORD (10.2”)

2. January 2018 snowfall IND (11.0”)

 3. February 2018 snowfall (12.0”)

96.2” in Oxford, MI

72.2” in Shelby TWP, MI

Northern Oakland had 5-7 storms of 6 inches or more this season. While NW Macomb had 3 7”+ events. 

About 5.1” in Oxford. Snow starting to pick up once again. Looks like another 1 to 2” this PM. 

Tomorrow north of 59. Another 3 to 5” possibly. 

6 minutes ago, NWLinnCountyIA said:

How many 6" storms has SEMI had this season? Probably more than we've had in the past 3 combined. I hate being selfish but they need a winter where all it does is cold rain.

It depends where in SEMI. Some spots in Oakland county hit their 6th... 6”+ event of the season this morning. Which is about 20-45 miles NNW of Detroit. 

Coming into today...

Northern Oakland was sitting at 78.0”

DTX office roughly 67.0”

NW Macomb county 64.0” 

about 1.5” thus far tonight. Some spots in the hills will get 4-6” tonight. 

I wouldn’t even get upset if I lived south of the 42nd parallel. I mean you have to understand winter is not a guarantee. Heck, it’s not a guarantee south of the 45th. We don’t live that far north. Detroit is as north as Rome,Italy. Also the last 20 winters. Standards have risen. Growing up in the 80’s and 90’s this winter we are seeing now is pretty much exactly how it was back then. Except maybe that tiny spot in SEMI that has over achieved but close. 

APN __    72.6”

ORD __     27.6”

CLE __      45.3”

CMH __     14.7”

DET __       30.5”

FWA __       32.2”

GRR __       57.8”

GRB __        43.3”

IND __         11.6”

LSE __         31.7”

YXU __         73.0”

SDF __         9.7”

MQT __        167.5”

MKE __       35.0”

MSP __        42.5”

MLI __          14.0”

PAH __         12.6”

PIA __           8.9”

STL __          12.5”

YYZ __          44.6”

1. 2.3”

2. 3.8”

3. 6.8”

I feel old now.

I was16! Im old

I remember that summer spent 3 months in Italy and when I came back in early September temps were in the 50's and everybody was white as a ghost.