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1 hour ago, Lightning said:

Throwback.  I was cleaning up some old links.  Who remembers this one.  

 

 

The best I recall was the Iraqi information minister from the early/mid 2000s when most were on WWBB/start of Easternwx and a few other places. Had some fun with that dude. Lol

5 hours ago, WestMichigan said:

Before today's snow I believe GRR is sitting at #7 on the all time snowiest winter list.  With all the melting in between you would never have guessed that.  It has been a winter of a few significant events and very little snowcover overall.

Yeah that's the crazy part. It really hasn't felt that snowy. Of course here it has all come in Nov, Dec, and March. Truthfully it has had a east coast feel with the big snow ( Nov les event ) and the constant bare ground/quick melt offs.  The big bonus was of course the white Christmas. Still deciding on a grade. The floor is a B. 

Not sure where to post this so I will do it here. 

MJO in uncharted waters in phase 8 just brushing the edge of the chart. Thing is the models do drop it towards the COD in phase 1 or 2. One thing I have noticed ( since it got past 6 ) is the models have been correcting south with systems vs going the other way when MJO in those other phases especially 5-6. Not talking inside 24-36 hrs. I remember a few years back the models behaving like this. Something to watch for. 

Maybe it's me but I am not seeing the higher totals around here at least?!perhaps a bit nw towards Grand Rapids to the lake shore/Muskegon? Weird system so yeah I could be wrong. 

Damn daylight savings time. Hr later for models... 

And suddenly there is a wwa. 

One thing for certain is the Nina is done!! Hopefully it stays that way for a few years at least. 

6 hours ago, michsnowfreak said:

Just curious. Did you measure, or are you going by what was on the DTX storm summary? The reason I ask is because I know the person who called in the 2.5" for Canton (Aaron, he posts here sometimes) and that report was from like 7am. His final total was 4.2". It's always annoying when they use reports from midstorm in the final summary. @AWMT30

@AWMT30

You and me both. GRR has had a habit of that as well with using mid storm total for final. 

Official total here was 7.3 bringing the season total to 73.1. Grand Rapids area is above the 100 mark. 

About 7 here which will send the seasonal total over 70. 

Pretty wild to see some of the short range stuff ( hrr ) showing a lake band or two making it through here off Huron. Been a while for that. 

12 minutes ago, Powerball said:

I miss the days where we had the Snow Advisory and Heavy Snow Warning...

Yeah they were around for too short a time. Personally I always felt the lake effect advisory and warnings were great. Plus most of the public better understands what that means around here and thus one area may get hit while another gets very little especially in counties like this. 

Anyways GRR has this area brushed in the 5-7 zone. Sounds reasonable. A matter of watching the radar now. 

Back in the day it was called a travelers advisory. 

Looks like a general 4-7 across this area. 

6 hours ago, Chinook said:

March 8, 2000? Weird.

 it checks out

How was that summer around here? Reminds me of March 2012 and yeah all knows how hot and torrid that summer turned out to be? Of course March 2012 was dry as well. 

51 minutes ago, TheNiño said:

That’s funny, I lived in San Diego for 7 years. And I’m not complaining I was very fortunate to do so. But damn the lack of interesting weather about killed me as a weather enthusiast. I do enjoy the season changes and bouts of extreme weather, even if it doesn’t happen often.

We have good and bad seasons here in SE Wisconsin. What got to me this season was getting my hopes up and getting increasingly excited as things trended to our favor… until less than 48hrs out as it totally fell apart.

I can handle seasons that are boring.  It was the build up only to be let down even after watches/warnings/advisories were already posted for moderate to significant snowfall. The Christmas storm being the biggest soul crusher as it was early this in the season.

As a snow lover I’d like to eventually live on the other side of the lake in a LE prone area. Maybe someday.

You’re not wrong at all I’m not arguing against your reply at all. It’s easy to see why so many on this sub forum are just fatigued though. It’s been an exceptionally rough winter. Maybe not even statistically, but emotionally it has been especially relentless. 

 

Thing is I have probably seen it all. 2+footer snowstorms, severe winds and or hurricane, etc. Winter 13-14 will be hard to top for winter where as summer/fall 85 will be hard to top from a hurricane etc prospective. Snow cover and depth records. Goons be near impossible to impress me here on any winter event aka snowstorm. I have seen Jan 67 ( here ) elsewhere but I am near certain it won't happen here again till I am long gone at least. Yes I have accepted the climo of this region and it has been a fun ride. I snuck in 2 18+ events and the 21+ les just this past November. Can't ask for much more here. 13-14 will never top total seasonal snowfall and snow cover while 95-96 will ever top big snowstorm back east where I was. More then enough severe wx stuff between hail, wind, and tornado. 

25 minutes ago, TheNiño said:

I’m usually a lurker anyway but keep refreshing for y’all to give me your expertise and it’s crickets lol.

I’ll take a good grass covering but I think most of us are just ready to throw in the towel and welcome spring thunderstorms.

Some just live In the wrong climo. Actual spring weather in early March and it holding in this region? Good luck with that. 

I admit this climo is very hard to handle at times for me. If it's not cold/snowy I want warmer vs what considered warmer around here. May come as a shock to some but I could easily see myself retiring in a place like San Diego. 60s/70s most of the year with little humidity is starting to look better as I get older. I don't like high heat and or humidity and I don't like bitter cold either and worse is like we had this winter in these so called warm winters with days on end of clouds and or drizzle and temps stuck between 38-44 day and night. 

Wow.. This winter really has scorned some. Never dreamed the day I would ever seeing a thread so dead with a storm less then a couple of days out. 

Closest I can think of was 09-10 and I think it was Feb 10? It delivered a foot here and turned into over two feet from DC to Philly aka one of the apocalypse storms they had that winter? It was well closed off and slowed down once it reached the coast. 

4 minutes ago, Chicago Storm said:

It is expected that they will be, but an update has not been issued that I've seen.

12km (OP) NAM, 3km NAM, RAP, HRRR and other hi-res will be discontinued, all to be replaced by the RRF.

Was a update posted on the model website I use on the 1st. Can't seem to figure how to copy and place the text here. Damn phone. 

1 minute ago, Chicago Storm said:

This most definitely isn't a bowling ball situation.

Some seem to have forgotten what exactly one of those looks like, but that's not surprising given it's been quite a while since we've seen one.

Truthfully? I know what they are but I cannot recall one since moving here in 2004. Probably have forgotten something but it sure seems like a very long time. 

18 minutes ago, RCNYILWX said:

With every event, the NAM gives more evidence that it should already have been retired.

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On another note.. Back when the NAM was the ETA I don't recall it being as bad except with QPF which always seemed to be overdone. I always thought that if they combined that with the NGM ( always to dry )we would have had a decent model. 

1 minute ago, RCNYILWX said:

With every event, the NAM gives more evidence that it should already have been retired.

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I hear you. I just don't get the HRR so much? It seems to do well with LES around here atleast. Biggest issue is beyond 24hrs it seems with that. Ofcourse I am seeing it from a imby view which is tiny vs the rest of the lower 48.. 

Again.. There is a reason the NAM will be gone by the end of the year. Yes it's being replaced along with the HRR which I don't get as much? 

Both the NAM and HRR are going bye bye at the end of the year. I can understand the NAM but HRR? HRR still seems to perform well with LES around here atleast.