Midwest Thanksgiving Storm...

[Ajdos]

seriously we all are bragging about a trace of snowfall, how sad LOL

[patrick7032]

The winds have started howlering here.

Same here....latest OFFICIAL ob.

KDTW 260353Z 30024G31KT 5SM -SN BR SCT018 BKN023 OVC050 02/01 A2963 RMK AO2 PK WND 30031/0353 RAE0258B15E22SNB15 SLP036 P0000 T00220006 $

[Powerball]

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENTNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI1053 PM EST THU NOV 25 2010MIZ049-054-055-061>063-068>070-075-076-082-083-260600-HURON-TUSCOLA-SANILAC-GENESEE-LAPEER-ST. CLAIR-LIVINGSTON-OAKLAND-MACOMB-WASHTENAW-WAYNE-LENAWEE-MONROE-INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BAD AXE...CARO...SANDUSKY...FLINT...LAPEER...PORT HURON...HOWELL...PONTIAC...WARREN...ANN ARBOR...DETROIT...ADRIAN...MONROE1053 PM EST THU NOV 25 2010...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL RAPIDLY TONIGHT...WEST WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 35 MPH WILL BRING COLDER AIR QUICKLYINTO THE REGION. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE UPPER20S SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. THIS SUDDEN DROP IN TEMPERATURE...ALONG WITH A BRIEF SNOW SHOWER AS PRECIPITATION ENDS...COULDRESULT IN SLIPPERY CONDITIONS BEFORE THE WIND CAN DRY OFF ROADSURFACES.HOLIDAY MOTORISTS SHOULD DRIVE WITH EXTRA CAUTION TONIGHT.$$BT

[Ajdos]

Watching channel 7 and it's snowing in Southfield, Mi.

[Ajdos]

had a wind gust of 40mph, and it started snowing here.

[wishforsnow]

Snowing like crazy. It started early. Was suppose to hold off until 1 am. They upped the accum for tonight. Also, it is very windy and cold. The temp is 6 above right now.

[patrick7032]

had a wind gust of 40mph, and it started snowing here.

It has been snowing here for about an hour now.....have been bouncing up and down between 4SM and 6SM.

[michsnowfreak]

Began as sleet here last night, quickly changed to rain though. A gray but mainly quiet Thanksgiving until the rain fired up again this evening. Wind is thrashing and temps are crashing...saw 0.80" rain imby, now it is snowing

[patrick7032]

Began as sleet here last night, quickly changed to rain though. A gray but mainly quiet Thanksgiving until the rain fired up again this evening. Wind is thrashing and temps are crashing...saw 0.80" rain imby, now it is snowing

I just had some too....updated OFFICAL ob.

KDTW 260413Z 30019G31KT 3SM -SNPL BR FEW016 BKN025 OVC032 01/M01 A2964 RMK AO2 PK WND 31031/0406 PLB13 P0000 $

[Ajdos]

good burst of snow here, also temp down to 33, that's a 11 dgrz in about an hour.

[Powerball]

It's finally snowing here now.

[Ajdos]

Officially got my first trace of snowfall.

[patrick7032]

Officially got my first trace of snowfall.

This is my second.

[michsnowfreak]

Officially got my first trace of snowfall.

where are you located?

[Ajdos]

Look at the next storm, what a copy cat. LOL

[Ajdos]

where are you located?

sterling heights.

[Powerball]

well that was fun.

Picked up about a trace of snow.

[michsnowfreak]

sterling heights.

No snow there on November 5th?

[patrick7032]

well that was fun.

Picked up about a trace of snow.

Same here....had 5 minutes of ice pellets too as the dry air advected in dropping the moisture down to or just below the -10 isotherm aloft.

[Ajdos]

No snow there on November 5th?

Had a couple of flurries, not a dusting.

[Powerball]

Same here....had 5 minutes of ice pellets too as the dry air advected in dropping the moisture down to or just below the -10 isotherm aloft.

Looks as if unless tomorrow can overachieve (outside the snow belts) we're on another snow hiatus for at least the next week or two.

[michsnowfreak]

Had a couple of flurries, not a dusting.

Flurries is a trace of snow. If you actually got a dusting of snow where the grass is coated white, its probably 0.1".

[Powerball]

Flurries is a trace of snow. If you actually got a dusting of snow where the grass is coated white, its probably 0.1".

SE Macomb County did relatively well on November 5th, but it was in between the Selfridge & DET reporting stations. It was a lot like the Metro Airport snow shower.

[patrick7032]

Flurries is a trace of snow. If you actually got a dusting of snow where the grass is coated white, its probably 0.1".

Correct.

[patrick7032]

SE Macomb County did relatively well on November 5th, but it was in between the Selfridge & DET reporting stations. It was a lot like the Metro Airport snow shower.

Yeah that was a decent snow shower....during that shift I dropped to 6SM.

[Ajdos]

I dont know, I sure hope that this pattern changed, because if it does not, many of us in the G/L and O/V may be in trouble.

[michsnowfreak]

I dont know, I sure hope that this pattern changed, because if it does not, many of us in the G/L and O/V may be in trouble.

patterns always change. Its just too easy to get worried so early in the season. Most of us on here do EVERY year. As I posted in the winter talk thread...

Having seen no measurable snow through late November sucks, and seeing a rainstorm followed by plummeting temps as soon as the rain ends with no snow sucks even more. HOWEVER when you look at the big picture, this is all probably good, it just maybe started a few weeks later than we would have liked. We were in a pattern of boring boring weather, couldnt buy a storm, for months. Everyone was honking about Nina winters being wet in our area, but still....couldnt buy precip. Well, mid-November the switched turned on, and the stormy pattern arrived. Not surprising that the first few storms are rainstorms. Still think good stuff is very close...

[Ajdos]

patterns always change. Its just too easy to get worried so early in the season. Most of us on here do EVERY year. As I posted in the winter talk thread...

Having seen no measurable snow through late November sucks, and seeing a rainstorm followed by plummeting temps as soon as the rain ends with no snow sucks even more. HOWEVER when you look at the big picture, this is all probably good, it just maybe started a few weeks later than we would have liked. We were in a pattern of boring boring weather, couldnt buy a storm, for months. Everyone was honking about Nina winters being wet in our area, but still....couldnt buy precip. Well, mid-November the switched turned on, and the stormy pattern arrived. Not surprising that the first few storms are rainstorms. Still think good stuff is very close...

Agree.

[ukrocks]

36 degrees here at my parents house and we have our first snow flakes of the season! Awesome to see snow on Thanksgiving night! Some of my friends who stayed in Murray for the break are also seeing snow as well.

[Powerball]

patterns always change. Its just too easy to get worried so early in the season. Most of us on here do EVERY year. As I posted in the winter talk thread...

Having seen no measurable snow through late November sucks, and seeing a rainstorm followed by plummeting temps as soon as the rain ends with no snow sucks even more. HOWEVER when you look at the big picture, this is all probably good, it just maybe started a few weeks later than we would have liked. We were in a pattern of boring boring weather, couldnt buy a storm, for months. Everyone was honking about Nina winters being wet in our area, but still....couldnt buy precip. Well, mid-November the switched turned on, and the stormy pattern arrived. Not surprising that the first few storms are rainstorms. Still think good stuff is very close...

Yes.

In fact, we're in the midst of a pattern change. IOBY during a La Nina the real pattern doesn't set in until mid December (that's the best time to extrapolate what the mean storm track will be).

As others have said, Decmber 4th could potentially be a good period for our first decent panhandle hook/overunning event (all the models pick up on it to some extent) as the -NAO blocks starts to retrograde and setup in a more favorable position for supression.