April 2026 General Discussion

[RogueWaves]

17 hours ago, Torchageddon said:

After weeks of dark gloom and overcast, yesterday was supposed to be partly sunny clearing in the afternoon instead the entire day was a shart mood. It was warm 17°C/64F in the morning then it fell to 5C by 4:00 p.m. Today its dark and raining and far colder than forecast at 5C. The nightmare just goes on. This is worse than any period in the winter because there was all that snow on the ground to reflect more light and in general there was more sun. The brightness even when it was overcast was higher so the sustained level of low lux is deviant - which is how I'm starting to feel. Looking at the 7 day makes me want to puke!! 

I'm getting an outlandish amt of rain too, somewhere around 70mm/3" this week.

You put into words my exact sentiment of how this spring has rolled up here to date. One or two days of sun with AN temps just to crash back into 10 days of winter or near winter and endless streaks of gloom. And now a white Easter to kick the nuts again. 

[Brian D]

18 hours ago, Brian D said:

2.5" of very wet snow. Kids in the neighborhood made a very large snowman.  

2.8" final tally. Happy Easter ev1!

[michsnowfreak]

Happy Easter all! We have been getting off and on rain every day here. Nothing heavy, but I've tallied 1.27" the past 5 days (0.84 of it yesterday) which has rapidly caused the grass to grow and become emerald green and the trees to bud.

Today, we may get a passing Easter rain OR snow shower.

[michsnowfreak]

19 hours ago, Brian D said:

2.5" of very wet snow. Kids in the neighborhood made a very large snowman.  

I hope they got creative - like the one I made last April 10th lol

[Brian D]

13 minutes ago, michsnowfreak said:

I hope they got creative - like the one I made last April 10th lol

No they did not. Just a 7ft giant  

[Brian D]

^My neighborhood sentinel^ LOL

[weatherbo]

Spring has yet to arrive in Marquette County.  There's been a handful of days above freezing but no real significant thaw weather to speak of.  Snowpack is about as dense as it gets with 16-18 inches Liquid locked in. A shot of colder air this evening into tomorrow could yield 4-6 inches locally.  Looking ahead, snow is probably not done but maybe big storms are.

A few pics from this morning.

 

 

 

[michsnowfreak]

1 hour ago, weatherbo said:

Spring has yet to arrive in Marquette County.  There's been a handful of days above freezing but no real significant thaw weather to speak of.  Snowpack is about as dense as it gets with 16-18 inches Liquid locked in. A shot of colder air this evening into tomorrow could yield 4-6 inches locally.  Looking ahead, snow is probably not done but maybe big storms are.

A few pics from this morning.

So glad youre back! Please continue to post so we get the whole experience starting in Fall.

[mississaugasnow]

9 hours ago, weatherbo said:

Spring has yet to arrive in Marquette County.  There's been a handful of days above freezing but no real significant thaw weather to speak of.  Snowpack is about as dense as it gets with 16-18 inches Liquid locked in. A shot of colder air this evening into tomorrow could yield 4-6 inches locally.  Looking ahead, snow is probably not done but maybe big storms are.

A few pics from this morning.

 

 

 

Im thinking you guys will have snow on the ground (Canadian side as well) into May this year. 

[nvck]

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Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI
746 PM EDT Sun Apr 5 2026

...NWS Damage Survey for 04/04/2026 Tornado Event...

.Van Buren Township Tornado...

Rating:                 EF-1
Estimated Peak Wind:    100 mph
Path Length /statute/:  3.25 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   200 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             April 4, 2026
Start Time:             5:46 PM EDT
Start Location:         2 NE Willis / Wayne County / MI
Start Lat/Lon:          42.1788 / -83.5371

End Date:               April 4, 2026
End Time:               5:50 PM EDT
End Location:           Belleville / Wayne County / MI
End Lat/Lon:            42.2009 / -83.4749

The tornado started just south of Martz Rd between Rawsonville Rd
and Hoeft Rd. It first flipped a hayride trailer and continued
northeast toward Hull Rd. EF-1 damage occurred along Hull Rd with
the greatest concentration of EF-1 damage along and just south of
Hull Rd between Elwell Rd and Bak Rd. This damage included
multiple trees uprooted and snapped, telephone poles snapped, and
a large barn wall blown out. The tornado continued northeast
crossing Sumpter Rd producing EF-0 damage with scattered large
tree limbs and power lines downed. The tornado lifted right
before reaching Savage Rd.

&&

EF Scale: The Enhanced Fujita Scale classifies tornadoes into the
following categories:

EF0.....65 to 85 mph
EF1.....86 to 110 mph
EF2.....111 to 135 mph
EF3.....136 to 165 mph
EF4.....166 to 200 mph
EF5.....>200 mph

NOTE:
The information in this statement is preliminary and subject to
change pending final review of the event and publication in NWS
Storm Data.

$$

DTX confirmed an EF1 yesterday near Belleville, kinda surprised I didn't see more (any) talk about those spin-ups on here yesterday