A-L-E-K Posted Wednesday at 04:36 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 04:36 PM green up pickup speed, very nice spring we're having imo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted Wednesday at 04:43 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 04:43 PM generational big dog 1 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo6899 Posted Wednesday at 04:43 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 04:43 PM 1 hour ago, nvck said: Heavy sleet with some thunder and gusty winds on my walk to class this morning. Why the hell did I come here? Everyone that lives in Michigan says this on days like today but once summer comes, there's not a better place be than in Michigan, particularly up north out on the lake or out on the links. Unfortunately it only lasts 5 months. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nvck Posted Wednesday at 04:55 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 04:55 PM 10 minutes ago, Stevo6899 said: Everyone that lives in Michigan says this on days like today but once summer comes, there's not a better place be than in Michigan, particularly up north out on the lake or out on the links. Unfortunately it only lasts 5 months. lol yeah, I'm looking forward to some 50s and 60s later this month, before I head back south for the summer (I know, the wrong direction ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madwx Posted Wednesday at 05:26 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 05:26 PM 42 minutes ago, A-L-E-K said: generational big dog seems like generational happens every couple years now 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian D Posted Wednesday at 06:40 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 06:40 PM About 3" of very wet, compact snow. Winter wonderland, for a few days anyway. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnchaserguy Posted Wednesday at 06:58 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 06:58 PM Transition from rain to snow in northern MSP. White rain coming down right now. Just to my west is getting nailed by a very heavy band. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrdIowPitMsp Posted Wednesday at 07:05 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 07:05 PM Light rain with occasional ice pellets by me. Might see a quick transistion to snow as the last of it wraps through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted Wednesday at 07:56 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 07:56 PM 19 hours ago, cyclone77 said: Getting some bonus winds today. 45mph+ east gusts the past half hour. Wasn't supposed to be this windy already. I lost a strip of shingles from the corner of my roof yesterday during the howling wind. The forecast had 20 gusting to 35, but we got 30 gusting to almost 50. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian D Posted Wednesday at 09:10 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 09:10 PM 2 hours ago, Brian D said: About 3" of very wet, compact snow. Winter wonderland, for a few days anyway. Blizzard warning issued for the North Shore. Snowing hard, and the winds have picked up some. Vis is running 1 1/2-2 blocks. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian D Posted Wednesday at 09:53 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 09:53 PM Heavy bands finally moved through. Looks like SN/-SN for the rest of the system. +SN with the wind was very cool. Seen much worse tho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted Wednesday at 10:12 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 10:12 PM Nice soaker overnight/this morning. Picked up 1.03". Greenup at full throttle now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted Wednesday at 10:44 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 10:44 PM The co ck-blocked dryline is moving through here right now with some nice towers trying their best to make something of themselves. A futile endeavor however. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo6899 Posted yesterday at 03:05 AM Share Posted yesterday at 03:05 AM Might end up with over 3 Inches of precip today. Been a minute since I've seen this kind of soaking. What makes it worse is it's a cold ass rain. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torchageddon Posted yesterday at 03:46 AM Share Posted yesterday at 03:46 AM Getting a bunch of storms this evening as expected, but what wasn't is the first had intense CGs; I counted 6. I typically don't get much cg lightning its rare, once a year. I've noticed my best lightning in recent years has been in April. This is also the most intense tstorm with a temp so low 3.5C at the time of the first. My DP has been floating 0.2 above my air temp since 9. Didn't have the wait long for the 2nd, 20 mins later another randomly sprung up with frequent lightning but no cgs. That lasted nearly 45 mins over 100 strikes. At 11:30 I now have a third round, thank God this isn't in the middle of the night like that one April 6th belter years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheClimateChanger Posted yesterday at 03:58 AM Share Posted yesterday at 03:58 AM Very warm evening across the Ohio Valley, with temperatures in the upper 70s at 11 pm exceeding all records from the month of April for that hour. More akin to a warm July night than April 2nd. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roardog Posted yesterday at 10:40 AM Share Posted yesterday at 10:40 AM 17 hours ago, Stevo6899 said: Everyone that lives in Michigan says this on days like today but once summer comes, there's not a better place be than in Michigan, particularly up north out on the lake or out on the links. Unfortunately it only lasts 5 months. Saying there is 5 months of Summer weather in Michigan might be a little generous. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted yesterday at 11:07 AM Share Posted yesterday at 11:07 AM With over 2 1/2" (over an inch and a half in the past 24 hrs.) of rain here in the past week and another 2-3" forecast for Friday-Sunday, we won't have to worry about drought for awhile. I may not get into my garden until May if this keeps up. At least it's not going to be like the Ohio River valley. They might need boats to travel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian D Posted yesterday at 11:32 AM Share Posted yesterday at 11:32 AM I reported a stm total of 8" here in town. Good snow. Best event total of the year for me. Should be some 12" readings inland as the am progresses. Update: Looks like 6-15" is the range being reported this morning. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted yesterday at 12:31 PM Share Posted yesterday at 12:31 PM 1 hour ago, roardog said: Saying there is 5 months of Summer weather in Michigan might be a little generous. Lol theres nowhere near 5 months of summer in MI. Summer weather can span the course of 5 months, just as winter weather can span the course of 7 months...but it isnt constant. Realistically, you can count on a solid 3 months of summer and 4 months winter in southern MI and about 2 months summer and 5 months winter in northern MI. Regardless, it is a fantastic state for 4 seasons. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted yesterday at 12:33 PM Share Posted yesterday at 12:33 PM I had a total 24 hour rainfall of 1.83" (and a T of snow/sleet). DTW had 2.28" (and a T of snow/sleet). Very heavy rain for a time overnight. Nothing remotely close to severe. Mine was broken up as 0.84" in the morning round and 0.99" overnight, while DTW saw 0.77" in morning round and 1.51" overnight. This was the largest 24-hour rainfall at DTW since August 24, 2023 & the largest in Wyandotte since July 10, 2024. Another story was the temps. The morning rain, which began as snow and mixed at times with sleet, came with temps hovering at 34-35F, miserable to say the least. Temps very slowly inched up into the 40s by nightfall, then rapidly rose from 49F to 64F in 1.5 hour around midnight. This is also where DST comes into play. Technically the temp at DTW was 49 at 11pm, 54 at 12am, and 62 at 12:59am, so 62 is yesterdays high. However, from March til November (until we fall back again), the daily temps that go into the climate are actually 1am - 12:59am, not 12-11:59pm. Always thought that was stupid but it is what it is. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo6899 Posted yesterday at 01:46 PM Share Posted yesterday at 01:46 PM 1 hour ago, michsnowfreak said: Lol theres nowhere near 5 months of summer in MI. Summer weather can span the course of 5 months, just as winter weather can span the course of 7 months...but it isnt constant. Realistically, you can count on a solid 3 months of summer and 4 months winter in southern MI and about 2 months summer and 5 months winter in northern MI. Regardless, it is a fantastic state for 4 seasons. Been hanging around you too much with the glass half full positive approach. 5 months of summer incoming. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted yesterday at 01:58 PM Share Posted yesterday at 01:58 PM 12 minutes ago, Stevo6899 said: Been hanging around you too much with the glass half full positive approach. 5 months of summer incoming. *Laughs in Texas* 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted yesterday at 03:07 PM Share Posted yesterday at 03:07 PM 1 hour ago, Stevo6899 said: Been hanging around you too much with the glass half full positive approach. 5 months of summer incoming. I hope not lol. That's what's good about summer here. We get oppressive heat and humidity but it's nowhere near as long as so many other areas to our south and there are usually refreshing reprieves. Have lakes and rivers everywhere helps too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted yesterday at 03:09 PM Share Posted yesterday at 03:09 PM 1 hour ago, Powerball said: *Laughs in Texas* Do you HONESTLY enjoy summer in Texas? My cousin has a relative in Texas (lived there for decades) and they absolutely hate summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted yesterday at 03:10 PM Share Posted yesterday at 03:10 PM 6 minutes ago, michsnowfreak said: I hope not lol. That's what's good about summer here. We get oppressive heat and humidity but it's nowhere near as long as so many other areas to our south and there are usually refreshing reprieves. Have lakes and rivers everywhere helps too. And it's all relative too. Even an oppressive Summer (ala 2011 or 2012) for the Detroit area would be considered cool for the Deep South and Desert SW... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted yesterday at 03:13 PM Share Posted yesterday at 03:13 PM 9 minutes ago, michsnowfreak said: Do you HONESTLY enjoy summer in Texas? My cousin has a relative in Texas (lived there for decades) and they absolutely hate summer. Let's just say I'll rather deal with Summers in Texas over the Winters downwind of the Great Lakes. EDIT: And days like the ones we're expecting through the weekend (temps stuck in the 50s with nothing but stratocumulus and light stratiform rain/drizzle) only reaffirms how much I would hate having to deal with several months of it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roardog Posted yesterday at 03:40 PM Share Posted yesterday at 03:40 PM 26 minutes ago, michsnowfreak said: I hope not lol. That's what's good about summer here. We get oppressive heat and humidity but it's nowhere near as long as so many other areas to our south and there are usually refreshing reprieves. Have lakes and rivers everywhere helps too. I always say that too. 2012 is the only summer that I can remember where it really felt like there was no relief. By the middle of July, temps over 90 felt normal. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheClimateChanger Posted yesterday at 04:31 PM Share Posted yesterday at 04:31 PM 1 hour ago, Powerball said: And it's all relative too. Even an oppressive Summer (ala 2011 or 2012) for the Detroit area would be considered cool for the Deep South and Desert SW... Keep in mind, many places in the world are much colder than America. My wife is from the United Kingdom, and even a very cold summer in Detroit would be considered oppressively hot there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightning Posted yesterday at 04:41 PM Share Posted yesterday at 04:41 PM 44 minutes ago, roardog said: I always say that too. 2012 is the only summer that I can remember where it really felt like there was no relief. By the middle of July, temps over 90 felt normal. 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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