RogueWaves

That's what holiday lights are for, lol. They do help my mood anyways

My coldest December morning (-10F) since December of 2013 downstate. We took the "cold cake" in GRR's CWA. I'm in a low spot down at lake level vs what they show for Harrison. The "hoar frost" was impressive but I wasn't dressed to go out and snag a photo.

-3F here attm. The Clipper held together pretty well for a lot of S and Central Mich. And with the bulk falling over night, it wasn't trashed by traffic and salt trucks so the parking lot piles are unusually pristine white and it's been cold so remain fresh. Not record setting, but so much better than most of our Dec's of late. Despite a couple torchy thaws, all the lakes are ice and snow covered. Not sure about large ones like Houghton but the lakes here I see daily.

Some 6-7" totals close to GR. Yet another synoptic storm miscue. They have said they prefer forecasting LES events because it's more straightforward - cold wind blows over warm lake = snow Sorry. I do NOT miss Wayne county winters. Wintry paradise this evening up here. Maybe Monday evening will deliver? SEMI's been known to get some of their best thumps as it's about to warm up.

Sort of seems like that right? ENSO background (or expected) and that's it. While the precip screams Nina, I think they tinker more with temps.

Didn't that happen a few days before the infamous Chicago bliz of '67? Even had a TOR in WI iirc

Crazy that on the opposite corner of The Mitt I was living the snowiest non-stop winter of my life with 220+ inches in mby. I don't think I travelled downstate that season because we hosted holiday gatherings. I never knew of the contrast. Oh, and Traverse mostly got shafted by the LES event in December that literally buried The Sault, or it could've been even more insane.

And I thought Feb 2015 was cold

I remember the early Feb sunshine and warmth (with snow piles yet). It suddenly felt like being let out of arctic jail. Had news route back then and had to be out in it every day for weeks on end. Good thing I was young and didn't realize having blue fingers wasn't normal. Not a super deep snow, but there was enough to ride snowmobiles where I was in Davison.

71" Jan/Feb. I had 67" Jan/Feb 2014 in Marshall. Very fortunate to have experienced both of them, tho my 78/79 in SEMI was not quite the snow-fest Chicago was treated to.

Not sure you were being serious or not? GRR's notorious for conference calls and talking the downstream offices (DTW & APX) into holding off or not issuing anything. Basically they like to downplay most winter events except LES as mentioned by @michsnowfreak. I know some just north of GR have had Warning headlines this year and gotten only 2" of LES. Meanwhile, they have issued a WWA for 10 inches of synoptic snow in their non-LES counties. I had 8.5" of concrete snow when I lived downstate and I don't think I had any headline until it was almost over. Speaking of.. "An inch down already. Steady light to moderate snow. A lull is coming but this should have been an advisory. Roads are getting slick GRR blew the first part of this forecast saying there would be no impacts in Kent County this afternoon."

20F and pouring pixies this evening. Reminds me of a late winter snow when it's just too cold to get decent qpf. Ironic after Sat-Monday torching. At least 07-08 melt-offs were followed by legit moist storms, many of which were big.

Deepest snow I've personally seen - 50" OTG in NWMI

GRR: "No headlines at this time" (said in a soup nazi "no snow for you" tone) Maybe your office was waiting to see the whites of it's eyes as well? APX: "meh, it's just not the same as 2 feet of LES" nothing to see here.. No headlines, but we do get maps:

Somewhere back in time, there was no doubt a ten year stretch when 9 of 10 Dec's were awesome. We're just seeing nature's balance act for that lately. It can certainly get cold enough to snow in December IF we get favorable patterns.