michsnowfreak

The Euro weeklies are NOT a crystal ball. However that doesn't mean it won't be cold at the end of March. I mean i have no idea what march will bring either, but if the first 2/3 of March was warmer than avg then I would bank on the last third being cold. We've seen it countless times in the past with a slew of snowstorms in the post-March 17th timeframe.

On January 14th we had a 30%-50% chance of snow showers, expecting a dusting, and ended up with 6.2" of snow by the morning of the 15th.

It was insane. Temps briefly skyrocketed to 65 at DTW before falling back to the low 40s. I am 7 miles east of DTW and maxed at 56. Detroit City airport maxed at 45. High of 65 at DTW and 45 at DET? Ive never seen anything so wild. Hypothetically, if the two stations finished with an otherwise identical monthly mean temp, today's front would single handedly make DTW a few tenths of a degree warmer for the month than DET. All the snow has melted, though there are plenty of cookies n cream piles in parking lots and such, its that depressing time of getting used to grass after looking at snowcover for a long time.

Nyc was in their biggest snow drought on record. I wont begrudge their 21" of snow lol

Considering a near winter long snowpack just melted and ill be in the U.P. thurs-sat, can't complain about the timing

Sunday has piqued my interest for now.

Boston had been in a huge snow drought. I knew it was only a matter of time before they'd cash in. They received more snow January 25/26 than they did in the winters of 2022-23 & 2023-24 combined.

Snowdepth down to a T. Have had 62 days this season with 1"+ snowcover including 22 days with 6"+. Avg snowcover days for an entire season is 49. The snowmelt induced haze looked very eerie this morning.

There is definitely some merit to the Mar/Apr correlation of warm/cool or cool/warm. Its certainly not a guarantee. But in those few years where March is warm and nearly snowless, you can bet April will see accumulating snow.

I just dont get into it. Been a great winter for the cold/snowcover crowd in the Great Lakes, so while most of the public is ready for a break, I hate the sun and melting snow. I am going to the U.P. later this week though.

They issued because snow thats been on the ground all winter traps pollutants like road salt/exhaust/etc and its melting without aid of any wind and instead a temperature inversion, so those pollutants are hanging in the air instead of mixed out from the wind.

With the snowmelt indices hazy sir yesterday saw a very orange sunset.

This is why many Chicago weenies get annoyed with Steve's constant big dog whining acting like it never snows in SE MI when the exact opposite is true. Id be pissed too if I was sitting in Iowa or Illinois watching one snowfall after another hit Michigan with the consolation being hey, we got a 20" storm a decade ago and Detroit didn't.

There was heavy rain at DTW for several hours.

Or depression. Take your pick. Signed, snow weenie