RogueWaves

Winter is really not starting before January lately. There's no ice on the lakes.

I believe it's "Judah". Was that a stealth slam? Hit me as one fwiw

I think we get January. Jan '12 was actually normal to slightly above normal snowfall in SMI. Deja-vu

They got last winter. It's our turn

Always hearing how the 90's sucked down this way. Pencil me confused..

Yeah, but keep your dud to yourself, will ya??

Well, we won't have to worry about this being another Dec 2000-->winter over! scenario

If plows are out, you should at least have piles survive. Road crews worked 2 of the 3 Nov clippers down my way, but with all the torching, the last plow pile I saw was this past Sunday. It's a Nina, active but not known for staying power. Just ask Gaylord how that's gone for them. Heck, I think even the Keweenaw has seen it come and go so far.

32F and light ZR on elevated surf's and trees in Canton/Plymouth area. Some SR maps were teasing me with 1-2" shown last night. WAA for the win (loss) bumping the boundary "just" north. UHI also not helping in this lame ass cold regime. Oh well, glad somebody in SEMI got a nice holiday present out of this.

No. I hate being even a little bit cold. That wasn't a thing back then like it is these days. It was a very mild 65F in the evening right after dark. I may have been out for a jog tho.

Chicago's kinda odd. Wasn't just maybe 2016 when it refused to snow. There was like this dearth snow-less zone around that region.

Running around outside after dark comfortably in shorts on Dec 28th 1984. Can we repeat that before we start calling this episode crazy and unheard of?

Dec 2012 produced 2 blizzards but Chicago & SWMI were mostly screwed out of the sig snow swathes. I was working along the lakeshore in St. Joseph at that time, and the first storm was the worst windstorm I've ever experienced. Was almost like being in a hurricane. Sounded like things were being ripped off the roof of the 4 story building I worked in.

DTW magnet on duty again tomorrow evening. 3k NAM with a streamer right thru S Wayne

Worst climo

This thing's not bombing nearly the way the Euro showed it a day ago. Net result, less northward push of WAA and rain/mix into NMI. NAM is keeping them all snow. Looks like APX may well need to up their snowfall maps. Should be a nice thumper/wet front-ender. Wish I had the option to go north.

Snow pack in Canada never hurts, but barren turf up there can kill chances.

Couple days ago, WFO's pegged this as maybe a coating. Trend's been our friend. Sucks to sit the fence like Chicago Peeps are enduring. Hopefully y'all join the party soon.

The actual wx changed their minds lol. 3pm AFD's only reason not to was due to it being post rush hour. Since when is that the only time of day worth warning Peeps that dangerous driving is likely. Besides, tons of folks work non day shift jobs. It sounded like GRR logic when I read it. Glad somebody thought twice about it. Snow-on-snow in November. Did they relocate Motown to NMI when I wasn't looking??

1/2" only while we were there (a little bit disappointing tbh). They may have gotten more later on, idk.

That'd be great if it verifies. I'm just stoked to see snow plowed parking lots. Took until Jan 31st last winter for that to happen in Marshall. 2 weeks later winter was over. Three snows worth putting a blade on in 15 days. Last season in a nutshell for my locale.

Was watching it on radar expecting an SWS. When there was none I just forgot to check back and totally missed the SNSW which sucks since they aren't too common. The 2nd half of "sucks" is my hunch was right, it got shredded into a few flurries by the time it came over the higher terrain. Looked like a damned bow echoed derecho for bit tho. Arctic front squall lines are some of the coolest winter phenom around here. It's how you get a glimpse of true bliz conditions since actual events are so few and far between. I like our chances of seeing at least one good one this winter.

Hoping it holds together. Might be getting shredded a bit as it comes over the higher terrain a county north.

Models have been hinting at the MJO making a run at ph7. IF it happens, that's suddenly a much colder look for N CONUS.

Oddly, at times it's been waayy too wet here this autumn, and plenty moist (surely not a drought) as we turn the corner into winter.