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It looks like your favorite spotter out of Grosse Pointe has come in with his lowball report of 3".

Impressive to see that you guys are going to get another warning criteria snowfall in the "warm sector" of a system, given it also happened not too long ago and how unusual it is.

Even down there, where the average yearly snowfall is a whopping 2", there's plenty of banter about the lack of winter weather from fellow enthusiasts. Yet, what's funny about it though is that they would kill to experience the "less than impressive" Winter you guys are having this season (that was, in small part, why SnowlessinCarollton was excited to come up to your neck of the woods). I'm just amused by the reactions about this current storm system along with responses from folks like beavis1729 about winter as a whole followed by michsnowfreak coming in to bring folks in from off the ledge (and yes, he's not wrong). I don't have to be reminded that I did a ton of whining about the lack of Big Dog storms when I was still there, but that aside, even I will acknowledge you all have had an overall impressive stretch of winters in the last 15 years. So the feelings of despair from some clashing with michsnowfreak's relentless positivity in somewhat bad winters that could be much worse intrigues me, and I'd hate to see what the discourse is like if one of those sub-20" winters happened.

A part of me is interested in seeing you all experience a truly awful winter (talking 1930s or 1990s awful). Detroit and much of the Midwest hasn't had one since weather forums and social media became a thing. So I can just imagine the meltdowns would be on a whole 'nother level of cringeworthy, especially from normally positive michsnowfreak.

It's happened plenty of times, although I can't name the storms off the top of my head.

That is impressive, considering you've been on the southern edge of the best banding.

I've been lurking and waiting to see how long it would take you to get hyped up. It's absurdly early for a snow event this significant (then again, so was the Halloween snow event for Chicago). When's the last time DTW saw 4"+ of snow this early in the season?

Don't hold your breath for that (2 weeks out).

This one's a real doozy...

Gotta say, while I'm generally good with no snow, getting whiffed to the south by a 12"+ snowstorm (in GA of all places) would definitely piss me off.

I see that a long lost stranger is making appearances again.

Don't hold your breath for a whole bunch of action down here either. Things typically dry out by mid-August through the rest of Summer/early fall, unless there's a tropical system.

It seems like for the first time in forever, Detroit is finally getting some severe action.

I suggest visiting Dallas in April/May.

Calling this May a gradient month would be an understatement. We've been pushing 90*F here for the past several days (10 degrees above normal) with plenty of sun. I know one person who's probably not complaining though, lol.

Where do I place my bets against that happening? Even 1992 and 2009 had a couple 90*F+ days, lol.

I suggest you book a trip to Dallas or Austin.

Not sure about the other sites, but ATL's record was broken. It didn't fall below 60*F (with a low of 59*F) until 10/11. Also, ATL's first negative departure day since 8/25 was 10/12, with a departure of -2*C.

The grid officially calls for 90'*F here on Friday, and 88*F on Thursday and Saturday.

FWIW, the humidity has dropped off a bit. Dewpoints are now in the low 60s, lol.

GGEM pops a massive 594+ DM ridge over NC by the end of its run (240hr).

With a +NAO / -PNA? Don't hold your breath

And beyond if its heights at 384hr were any sign. It has support from the EURO/GGEM (through 240hr) too.

Welp, username checks out...