Lightning

I was think more like 70s but yeah I am also a bit more loose on summer I ended up with over 3". I wish I could give exact but my rain gauge failed during the heaviest part of the storm . This immediate area had flooding (not my house as I am on a decent hill). Many yards were flooded. It was a great day (though not wishing destruction on anyone).

1988 heat was for MI was end of May to mid-August, the main flow was from the SW. I.e. it was definitely not as humid and 1995 and 2012. Yeah 1995 had a major Derechos (July 13). 1995 was the summer I got struck by lightning (indirectly thankfully)!! All 3 of those hot summers had something special about them and equally memorable for me.

MI summers are awesome. 1988, 1995 and 2012 are the hottest summers I experienced in MI. I would says there are 5 months of what I call summer weather in MI; mid-May to mid-October. Note: It has been a bit since we had a cold fall. Plus I am well inland for the GLs to impact my temps much in May into June. Hardcore summer weather, yeah, definitely not 5 months.

It has been pretty chilly all day that is for sure. We had over 2" of rain here. Lots of water everywhere. Hopefully you are not have any power problems. It has been horrible since the weekend because of ice in northern lower MI.

Going to be interesting to see how things play out. Currently showers/storms are holding on in SM. It doesn't look like we will have any surface recovery for severe weather. I still hope to get some decent storms this evening as some models are suggesting.

Totally agree. These fast moving storms that last under 20 minutes are not my favorite but it has been REALLY weather boring lately so yesterday was a fun change!! I much prefer your scenario above but it is only March

That was fun. We were outside to hear the roar coming. Estimate we had gusts ~65MPH, heavy rain, small hail and lots of thunder.

Yes it is. Wonder how much that line holds when it hits here.

First awesome streaks of lightning and thunder

Morch was a disaster to many Orchards and other related industries causing problems for many people. No thanks!

It would be nice to have a real fun stormy period with a couple major storms systems.

Love that area!! I could live there (wife couldn't though)

Major ice improvements this past week:

Your new around here . I wouldn't count on it!

Looks like we will end with about average for Ice cover for all the GLs. Lake Superior being the only GL that didn't get to average. All the other GLs have now made it above average.

Oh man!! You haven't seen the best parts of MI. Do you need Diffy Q (Differential Equations) which for Engineering came after all the various calc classes. I remember that one being a though math class!! Not sure if you need it for MET.

Oh I remember that day. Don't recall exactly when. It seems in our area that after April 10th snow chances really drop (one big exception was 2005) and after May 10th a freeze chance really drops.

I have lived here too long. March in general is pretty useless for real warmth around here. I don't look for solid snow chances to really end until early/mid-April though it does occasionally get into early May.

What did you get on March 3, 2023? Just wondering as that was a spectacular storm IMBY. Awesome to hear this is a top 5 winter for you!! This has been a good winter for me. Snow cover has been good but nothing amazing. Snowfall for me has been average. I also have done very well with LES. Ski conditions have been very good. Sledding is good. Lake ice has been wonderful. I have hope for more to come but know March is a variable for winter (MJO is in the cold phases currently). I know the peps to west and south of MI of us are ready to be done (extremely understandably so). I am not ready to wave the flag just yet

Got bit over an 1" of snow overnight; not bad for a sparkly pixie duster.

Not saying it won't happen as LES can surprise like it did here a few days ago but the lake is now cold / near freezing. I like their call at this time. This time of year the LES events tend to be more tempered compared to Nov, Dec and Jan.

Got about an 1" of LES today!!

That snow band that came through around 8PM yesterday meant business. LES we best part of the system Best snow pack in a couple years!!

Glad to see Toronto area having a great winter. I know several of our great years that Toronto got screwed many times.