Yesterday’s high was at midnight with a temp of 41° the low was 23°, the temp high fell to 18° this morning. Snowfall for Otsego amounted to a dusting at best. Below are the snowfall totals for the rest of the area.
Heavy snow fell in north-central Lower Michigan on Sunday and Sunday night, while farther south an early coating of snow and sleet mixed over to rain.
Will we see snow for Christmas? Not if the guesses from the CPC hold water. We have a nearly 100% chance of above-normal temps up to the week of Christmas.
Michigan’s temperatures in mid-December are likely to be warmer than normal when all averaged out. In the day-to-day sense, there may still be cold days with snow (more so in northern Michigan), but this pattern would not be favorable to keep snow on the ground for very long. Some days could see high temperatures in the 50s, whereas highs in the mid-30s would be considered normal.
Forecast Discussion
-Lake effect lull today; icy roads this morning Arrival of surface ridging and lowering moisture depth/inversion height today results in overall lighter intensity to lake effect snow. Despite the shallower moisture profiles, the DGZ is still in the cloud layer with some omega present within it. Scattered snow showers will therefore linger near/west of Hwy 131, but additional accumulations should be less than an inch. The cold temps of 15-20 have helped to create rather icy conditions where snow accumulations occurred on Monday evening so it may be a slow commute for some areas this morning. -Southwest flow lake effect event tonight The next jet streak/shortwave drops southeast out of Canada tonight into early Wednesday. Synoptic snow with this feature expected to be only a dusting, but the arrival of deeper moisture reinvigorates the lake effect in sw flow regime. Even with warm advection developing this evening ahead of approaching wave, H8 temps will still be around -12C and 0-2KM theta-e lapse rates go negative again for a time. Low level flow from around 230 degrees points toward the best lake snows occurring from Grand Haven northward tonight, extending inland into portions of Lake and Newaygo counties. Will issue a Winter Weather Advisory from 7 PM this evening through Noon Wednesday for 2-4 inches, with locally higher amounts near 6" possible where the most intense bands persist. Some adjustments in headlines may be needed toward the tail end of the event Wed morning as winds shift more westerly then northwest with passage of the next cold front. Shortwave will be lifting out quickly Wednesday afternoon with inversions heights crashing again, so diminishing trend should ensue. -Light mix north Thursday Progressive pattern aloft brings warm advection pattern again for Thursday; this time with warmer H8 temps. Isentropic lift causes some light precip to break out, mainly north of I-96. We may be dealing with some travel impact with this system as well, especially up near U.S. 10, due to light snow/freezing rain. Cold/dry air mass should still be present as precip breaks out. -Warmer with rain to end the week Active pattern continues to end the week, but milder air moves in as upper trough dig/evolves over the central United States. A deepening sfc cyclone is expected to track from Kansas toward Srn Lwr MI Friday and Friday night, with warm moist flow off the Gulf yielding over a half inch of rain followed by a period of snow showers in the cold air on Saturday.
I was out doing some Christmas shopping and while I have around a inch of snow on the ground that is not the case in much of the Grand Rapids area as many locations have just a trace at best and some have mostly bare ground. At this time it is 23 here at my house.
Slim
I’m not sure the words “pummeled by snow” would be the words I would use for getting about an inch of snow over the last 24 hours. That’s less than half a tenth an hour. Do we live down South now? Lake effect snow around here just is not what it used to be. Get ready for the December Blowtorch.
23* degrees outside in my hood feels refreshing who would of thought 20’s in the firstly week of December party onnn..InDY
We received just a dusting. No problems with the roads either. Very cold wind, though. My biggest concern was our Christmas lights along the eaves. The clips have gotten old and weak over the years, but they are all still attached.
Was that the “big snow” some on here promised this week? Get ready for a huge warmup! Where is winter?
Looks like Winter won’t be starting til sometime in January again, just like the past couple of winters! Another 2 or 3 month winter is Great for me!!!
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There is just over one inch of snow on the ground here. The road and driveway are snow covered. The overnight low here was 17 and at this time it is still 17 with cloudy skies. The forecast is sure warm for this weekend and if the CPC and the CFSvs are correct it will be very mild for a good part of the rest of the month. As for a white Christmas here at Grand Rapids only 4 of the last 10 Christmases have had a least one inch of snow on the ground. While things could still change… Read more »
We got around an inch last evening from that band that extended through central Kent county, so a bit slippery out with temps in the teens.