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March 2nd-4th Winter Storm


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Muskegon is ALWAYS on the line of snow/no snow. Once again, here we sit. When I moved here I thought I was moving to "snow heaven" with an average of 100 inches. I have NO IDEA where that comes from. Storm after storm I am on edge because we are "right on the line" whether it be all the snow north of us or south of us. Locals keep telling me it used to be "the place to be" for snow...

I have noticed we will not get as much snow as nearly everybody else during snow events (downsloping????)...and then a few times we're the only place that gets a lot of snow (strange lake enhanced bands). So it's either we get dumped on (like last January) while nobody else does, or we get the shaft. You've lived here longer than me...any thoughts?

Didn't you break 100" last year?

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Muskegon is ALWAYS on the line of snow/no snow. Once again, here we sit. When I moved here I thought I was moving to "snow heaven" with an average of 100 inches. I have NO IDEA where that comes from. Storm after storm I am on edge because we are "right on the line" whether it be all the snow north of us or south of us. Locals keep telling me it used to be "the place to be" for snow...

I have noticed we will not get as much snow as nearly everybody else during snow events (downsloping????)...and then a few times we're the only place that gets a lot of snow (strange lake enhanced bands). So it's either we get dumped on (like last January) while nobody else does, or we get the shaft. You've lived here longer than me...any thoughts?

How many years have you been living in Muskegon? Where did you live before?

Muskegon is a great area for snow but not the prime Snow winner is SW MI.

Like every location on the planet there are good years and bad years.

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Didn't you break 100" last year?

Yup...got most of it in January! Which is what I was saying. Grand Rapids didn't fair nearly as well as we did. We kept getting clippers with Southwest Lake enhanced snowfall. It was awesome. But if we don't get those SW winds, snowfall seems to stink here. In addition, if the lake isn't cold and frozen, those SW winds are killers, like this year. I guess if you lived here and were focused on the radar for this particular area during snowstorms, you'd often see the precip. weaken over the Muskegon area. I don't know what causes it...the only explanation I have is downsloping. But if that's the case, I don't see why it wouldn't affect other areas...which is what I've been looking for.

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How many years have you been living in Muskegon? Where did you live before?

Muskegon is a great area for snow but not the prime Snow winner is SW MI.

Like every location on the planet there are good years and bad years.

I lived in Lancaster, PA.

I have lived in Muskegon for three years. In those three years, we've had the hottest summer on record and the second warmest winter on record. lol Definitely picked the wrong time to move here....

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I lived in Lancaster, PA.

I have lived in Muskegon for three years. In those three years, we've had the hottest summer on record and the second warmest winter on record. lol Definitely picked the wrong time to move here....

I spend a lot of time on the west side of the state normally. Yeah LES has been lame the past few years. There have been moments of great LES events like there was mid-January but there has not been one of those prolonged LES Winters in quite a while. These past few winters have been very up and down with the temps. Also during some of the cold outbreaks the wind direction has been bad too.

Don't worry it will not always be this way. Keep in mind that Muskegon does very well but not the snow magnet that Allegan County is.

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So Saukville, Tropical, Cromartie, Palmguy69 is looking at a 10 inches of slop...better protect those palms.

More like four inches at best, unless this is delayed by six hours. It won't be pretty for snow accumulation coming through in the afternoon, even with this ideal track. Anyone think dynamic cooling can overcome these factors? I'm skeptical.

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There we go!

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI

1106 AM CST THU MAR 1 2012

...POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN...

.LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES FROM

ILLINOIS FRIDAY INTO LOWER MICHIGAN FRIDAY EVENING. WHILE SOME

WARMER AIR WILL LINGER IN THE SOUTHEAST AT THE OUTSET OF THE

PRECIPITATION...THE STRENGTHENING LOW WILL ALLOW ANY RAIN IN THE

SOUTHEAST TO MIX WITH AND CHANGE OVER TO SNOW FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

ACCUMULATIONS OF MORE THAN 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS SNOW.

THIS WILL BE A WET HEAVY SNOW. THE MODEL TRACK OF THIS

INTENSIFYING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS A CLASSIC TRACK FOR HEAVY SNOW

IN SOUTHERN WISCONSIN.

WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-020115-

/O.NEW.KMKX.WS.A.0004.120302T1800Z-120303T0600Z/

MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE-

WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-

LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC...

SHEBOYGAN...BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM...

WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON...

LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...DARLINGTON...

MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...

KENOSHA

1106 AM CST THU MAR 1 2012

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH

FRIDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A

WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON

THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING.

* TIMING...RAIN OR A LIGHT MIX IS EXPECTED FRIDAY MORNING IN THE

SOUTHEAST. HEAVY SNOW SHOULD DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH

CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN DURING THE AFTERNOON AND

CONTINUING THROUGH THE EVENING. IN THE FAR SOUTHEAST A RAIN/SNOW MIX

MAY LINGER A BIT LONGER...FROM MILWAUKEE AND JANESVILLE SOUTH.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES

* WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH AND

GRADUALLY SHIFT NORTH...THEN NORTHWEST FRIDAY EVENING.

* IMPACTS...DETERIORATING TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FROM THE

HEAVY SNOW. SNOW COVERED ROADS...REDUCED VISIBILITIES.

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UKMET is getting this thing together! With NE winds tomorrow, that will keep temperatures down and also help filter in colder air. NE IL might need a watch if this model is right.

outside your area hugging the border, this is not brining snow into NE Illinois.

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