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1 hour ago, Brian D said:

CIS put up their weekly bar graph today. So yeah, above normal for this time of year.

Barely looks like any negative trend in that.

Considering the GFS & NAM are like duplicate copies..... shouldn't that mean something?

2 minutes ago, WestMichigan said:

NAM and GFS aren’t that far apart IMBY. 

As long as anywhere west or NW within 150 miles gets hit....I really don't care.

Wow....NAM went way north.

5 hours ago, Lightning said:

West Branch is like a on/off switch for snow.  So many drives through West Branch area in which north of it has snow and then south of it barely any!!

Funny...this is very true. That's the usually cutoff where even in a shit winter snow-cover is a lock from that point north.

2 hours ago, Brian D said:

Here's the ice maps today from Canadian Ice Service. The ice is moving quite a bit, and new has been forming as well. These maps are close to what I can see on visible/IR sat images the last couple days. 

Ice is above average right now. Since the beginning of the year temps have been way below normal.

5 hours ago, weatherbo said:

For me it was either The Marquette area or Houghton.  While I enjoy living in the woods, I do appreciate everything Marquette has to offer as far as food, stores and shopping etc...The Grand Marais area has very little in that regard, everything would be a drive and I’m 25 minutes to anything substantial as it is. Otherwise I may have chosen the same area as you.  Plus it’s pretty touristy there with Pictured Rocks and Tahquamenon Falls so close and I’m not into the visitors. 
I like this area because No major highway runs through and pretty much every road turns into a narrow, dirt two-track logging trail. 
 

I took my girlfriend up to Marquette in January....I knew she would have not enjoyed the east side of the U.P on her own. Would rather take her to SSM Ontario and run the loops there, but.....too hard getting into Ontario right now for pleasure.

1 minute ago, WestMichigan said:

18z NAM almost whiffs Detroit, easy toss. 

It's a big hit for SE Michigan. 

Looks like your run of the mill 8-12 inch deal.

37 minutes ago, Cary67 said:

Actually that looks about right pathwise. GFS has several runs to tick SE to merge with Euro and lagging CMC. Probably dry up a bit in further runs but good hit southside over to DTW

With the GHD 3 storm....which one nailed it 3 days out?

1 hour ago, A-L-E-K said:

Drying up

That's life 800 miles from our moisture supply.

Mods get rid of this guy 

9 minutes ago, WeatherMonger said:

ILX sounded the alarm

 

Perfect

Hit Northern Lower ♥️ 

3 hours ago, Up_north_MI said:

This will really tell you how much of a nerd I am when it comes to winter weather and snowmobiling but I’ve kept a journal going back to the 1995-1996 winter, yes 27 years, that lists each snowmobile trip I did, where it was, how much snow was on the ground, who I rode with and how many miles we rode along with a little short description of the trip itself. I also give a summary at the end of each season like what sled we had at the time, total miles rode that season and if it was a good season or bad. I know very nerdy but it’s neat to look back at it and the memories it brings back up. I will say the last “great “ season according to my journal was 2007-2008. Since then 2012-2013, 2013-2014 and 2016-2017 were good seasons, the remaining I considered bad.

You sound like the Higgins Lake version of Josh.

2013-2014 was the best winter of my lifetime and it's not even close. Only Feb 2015 was colder. 

5 minutes ago, Lightning said:

It's funny how averages are made.  My sister lives on the other side of the state.  90s were terrible snow years in SE MI but LES on the west side was good.  The past several years not the LES has been more or less shut down (occasional great events but exception more than rule).  I think it has a lot to do with the patterns/oscillations we have been in.  The traditional Alberta clippers just have not occurred in recent years (they have been scarce).  You know it will return but when,  I honestly thought this was going to be the year but obviously NOT.

I remember having snow issues in the mid 1990s in Northern Lower....so you just never know. We don't have good records going far back, just a lot of sketchy recollections and heresy.

The lack of snow in the lower is starting to grow thin....literally. Did we even have a solid week of snow in the lower worth riding?

Seems like every winter we're stuck in the M28 corridor or western U.P. After the last two day cracking the upper 30s....you can bank on SW Michigan being trash now.

Oh....and Jan 2022 was the 15th coldest month in 42 years. It wasn't for a lack of cold.

8 hours ago, Up_north_MI said:

The UP is having a pretty good winter for snowfall and cold but it’s been like like a different world as soon as you get south of the bridge, “hopefully” that will start to change so we can salvage the remaining 6 weeks or so of winter in northern lower. The cold has been there but the snow really hasn’t. Looking like a few chances for a little fresh snow between now and the last big winter holiday weekend, President’s weekend. I’m not a huge fan of having to chase snow but this season we’ve had to unfortunately. 

15th coldest month ever at Flint.

Jan 2022

On 2/3/2022 at 7:32 PM, Lightning said:

What ever is normal with the weather???     I find weather many times is feast or famine.  Enjoy the feast while it lasts 

Exactly. It's amazing how many people think our average is made up from a repeating cycle of normal highs and lows. It's extremes on both ends that average out to "normal".

3 hours ago, WestMichigan said:

Finished with about 5" here.  Exceeded my expectations for sure.

What city are you in?

2 minutes ago, Powerball said:

 

Once twice in my life has DTW hit 12+!

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Just now, Powerball said:

Ooof!!!

 

Weenies saw the bust coming around 8am. That article was probably created by an out of touch normie.

2 minutes ago, laferri2 said:

My kids just went out to play in the snow and came right back in, saying it hurts when it hits them and it's too heavy to do anything with. Absolute garbage snow.  

 

You guys got burned by a slow changeover.

It was snowing here at 2am!

11 minutes ago, laferri2 said:

Snow finally finished covering the grass in my yard. Deepest part of the cover is 1.5" and it's only lightly snowing. Starting to think I'm gonna struggle to hit 4".

Damn..... like 5 inches here.

3 minutes ago, Frog Town said:

Fella's,

I"m down in Toledo and it's been snowing for 4 hours now(33 degrees) and have about a half inch of concrete with probably a 3:1 ratio.  This is hell.  This thing will need to turn around real quick for me to consider this anything.  

A good old fashion bust.

2 hours ago, WestMichigan said:

Mostly a bust around here.  Have to go S or E to find snow.  Looks like Allegan county fared a little better and then much better around the Kalamazoo, Three Rivers and Paw Paw area.

The best snow within 150 miles is in Ontario and they aren't letting people in for recreational reasons.  I wish this entire storm went north 100 miles.