RogueWaves

Back-to-back 200+ inch seasons in NWMI while dealing with a major illness did the same to me. Took a couple milder winters to recover, lol. I'm older now so beginning to lean heavily towards go big or go home winters. Endless cold, slop, and sub 8" snows the past two winters are not helping matters.

Sure there will be, in another 122 yrs

Potentially the biggest thing for us in 2-3 wks. Pretty amazed that I'm 70% AN to date on mere clippers with PAC moisture and some minor lake enhancement. Imagine if we actually got gulf moisture up here. Well, we did back on the 9th with a 50F rainer (SMDH). Despite being way ahead in snowfall to date, I checked my records and Jan '14 delivered 87% of what I have for the last 3 mos this season. And we were just hitting our stride across SMI 12 yrs ago. That's how wild that ride was.

off topic "banter" but well put. -19 at work this morning up in Grayling. I enjoy every facet of winter but the bottom of my list is extreme cold if it lasts more than one night, lol. As with extreme heat, the cumulative effects are real. My NMI native co-workers took a walk in those temps this morning. When I worked in Ft. Worth summer of 2010 it was 105 at lunch but them boys from India couldn't get out on the hot black parking lot quick enough for their walk-about. Some are ok with extremes, I am not one of them. Can't even imagine wintering in Alaska

Those that are skilled in pattern recognition (I am not) plus the repeating winter pattern(s) are keying-in on the period from approximately February 10th and the two weeks after as a recurrence of the first half of December. Aka that nice CO Low that hammered IA, IL and some surrounding states followed by sustained BN temp regime. This season has seriously mimicked last winter in many ways and last season I had my biggest storms on 2/8 and again 2/12-13. The 2/15-16 sytem for which I was under a WATCH for one shift, ended-up sliding SE and nailing TOR. That box has already been checked this winter with last weekend's major. I would not snooze on this upcoming period, tho p'sure the bulk stay south of mby yet again.

I had the option to take the day off with the bliz warning flying so I did. Just stayed inside and let it do its thing - didn't venture out to clear the snow until it was over basically (my M.O.). It was certainly a lot less than I expected. Was thinking Jan '99 but even bigger tbh. In the end I got 11" on top of the 6" otg. I remember clearing my walks and thinking that really, any time Marshall has 17" of snow otg that's not bad. Had a nice drift at my rear door due to the serious NE winds (hard to do in the old section of city scape where I was). I so wanted to experience everything immobilized like in '78 and still do, but with advances in the alert system and vehicles I doubt that's even possible anymore.

He's elsewhere - busy trying to nail down this weekend's LES blast

Legit thought it was our moment as well. Was somewhere public with a monitor on a wall and was shocked to see their wx map with 15-25" painted across most of SMI. My thought was "finally - a real deal monster bliz" Got the winds, flakes were pixies, but the ULL got separated from the SLP when it came flying up towards SMI - ULL kept going and didn't make the turn the SLP did as forecasted to do. That's how I remember it anyways. Huge disappointment for me. Thought for sure Christmas '09 was coming our way too, then it made that stupid hard left turn and looped around for places like Nebraska and MN, then finally Chicago even scored some on the rear end.

Sorry, but where's PHN again?? I know Jackson scored an even 20" in that Dec '00 bliz. I really come to AmWx for the entertainment value! @Stevo6899 shouldn't be faulted for wanting to see a 20+ Big Dog, but to look in the corner of Michigan least likely to get one is the odd part. Much of the balance of The Mitt has had several, but its usually not widespread, just a localized area. 30+ even more so falls into that camp. I was there for '67 with 23" and drifts to roof tops. Only problem was my age (two yrs) so can't remember a single flake, lol. Been fortunate to see (4) 18" Big Dogs at my addresses but I'm also still hoping for that unicorn 20+ hit for mby. Kzoo hit 20" in GHD-2, SWMI scored 20+ in the PV Bliz of '14 and Jan '99 Bliz. I don't think GHD-1 delivered 20" for anyone in Michigan tbh. We (Michiganders) need another golden era like '65-'85. The era of Big Dogs.

zzzzz

Wayne cnty/DTW cashes chips in these over-whelming cold patterns. Even when OHV gets the best far SEMI is invited to their party. 12/23/04 comes to mind and March '08

Had my car 4 yrs and this morning's -23F was easily the coldest I've seen it. The last time I'd seen such cold, cars didn't have thermometers lol

36 hrs and under does p'good

Just gonna pretend I didn't see that ICON map

Detroit gettin all kinds of winter action! Poor Chicago - at least they've had the Bears to follow