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  1. frostfern
    Should have known better than to trust models showing an MCS charging straight through a death ridge. The thing of interest here in West Michigan is the heat and humidity might overperform tomorrow. The weak backdoor cool front that was shown in the Euro isn’t really materializing. Due south wind usually means no lake influence here, unless there’s enough convergence to trigger some afternoon popups.
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    These high amplitude blocky synoptic patterns never trigger good convection east of the Mississippi. The big pool of CAPE will probably retrograde northwest into Minnesota later in the week and all the severe will be there. Useless pattern.
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    Grand Rapids MI is a general thunder graveyard.
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    Model fail.
  5. frostfern
    The more southeasterly wind kept the humidity down earlier, but its getting muggier now.
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    In this kind of situation a supercell can build right into the stronger instability so much that it doesn't need as much deep layer shear as you'd think. The thing going against tornadoes is rapid upscale growth into QLCS mode, like the typical summer situation. Wind damage is pretty likely with embedded RFD features as there's a nice dry layer aloft right above the juice.
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    It looks like a typical July/Aug nocturnal ridge-rider. They always turn more right compared to what models show.
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    I'm seeing some green here on the west side of the state. The dominant natural canopy trees here are red maples and red and white oaks, and those are still rather bare looking, but I see small green leaves on a lot of the ornamental trees and understory trees. Norway maples, birches, and elms are all getting green.
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    Well, December is the new severe season.
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    The heat arrives earlier and then intensifies towards the end of the week in the latest runs. The only question is if there is any convection around Monday through Wednesday. It doesn't look like any proper cold fronts, just a weak little upper waves brushing by. By the end of the week everything is firmly capped except the far northwest, so it can get hot most places so long as the SE US upper cutoff doesn't retrograde earlier than forecast. Those upper cutoffs are so fickle though.
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    What is it with Michigan and boring springs lately. When it finally warms up its always this meandering blocky shit that shunts the jet way northwest. Same thing every year. What does it take to get a more zonal pattern that pushes shear and instability farther east than the Mississippi? Lately it's either a constant trough or a strung out meandering ridge with nothing in between.
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    Well, then Iowa and eastern Minnesota. These amplified blocky patterns are fickle. Cooler air coming in from the periphery of the SE cutoff will put an end to 80+ temps before the western trough gets anywhere near. It will probably still be in the 70s though, even with showers around. Much better than a polar trough, but still a boring pattern.
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    Yea, northwest Wisconsin. Still looks boring for Michigan :(. Retrograding subtropical cutoff eats up the ridge from the east with no fanfare. zzzzzzzz
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    Is it squished straight south or shunted more east instead of due north? I'd prefer the later is it would mean better chances of interesting weather in my area. The northern edge of thermonuclear cap with thermonuclear cape values just to the south can be fun.
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    The models show the ridge shooting up past James Bay. It could hit 90 in Northern Ontario with what's being shown. At least any areas where the soil is sufficiently dry.
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    I don't have a personal gauge, but GRR is 9.52". Most of it fell as steady rains as opposed to downpours so it feels like it's been very rainy.
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    It will be fun watching the leaves suddenly grow like mad when this torch arrives. A lot of buds are open giving a yellowish hue here and there, but the canopies are still looking pretty brown and naked.
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    Euro is showing a brief torch potential around the 9th through 11th. It's a little early for comfort, given it can STILL freeze until the middle of May given recent trends. Hopefully less likely this year with wetter soil. Would prefer some 70s. Mid 80s for one day then back to 50s with nothing in between is quite annoying.
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    Warm anomalies in the south and cold in the north help the cause for severe weather. It's usually a miss south for the GL, but it means more shear if a there is a good northern stream low to draw the warmth up even briefly.
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    It's the time of year where if the sun came out we could hit 60. The real killer is the constant cloud cover. Stuck on the wrong side of one system after another. Now later in the week we get into one of those sh***y blocking patterns where it's actually warmer to the north because the sun is out while a cloudy cutoff hangs out to the south keeping things perpetually stuck in the 50s.
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    The dewpoint gradient out ahead of the warm front is pretty insane here in SW Lower MI. There is a jump from mid 20s in the northeast to 60 in the far southwest corner.
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    Its nice to hear a good loud crack of thunder finally. First of this year here. I had only heard a few very soft distant rumbles before.
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    Widely scattered lighting strikes with surface dewpoints in the low 30s. Weird pattern. Thankfully temperatures are hanging in the 50s so RH isn't very low. The spring greenup isn't far enough along to prevent torching.
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    Both GFS and Euro now have three rainy systems through May 10. Missing the warm sector by 100 miles or so each one. Sad.
  25. frostfern
    Yea. I imagine it can be even worse just west of the lake with an east wind. MCS low cloud debris, east wind off the lake, etc... all conspire to prevent good surface warming. It does get increasingly possible to hit 60 even with a very cold trough overhead by the middle of May, but those pesky afternoon instability showers often knock it back into the low 50s before the day is done.
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