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Winter Continues – Winter Weather Advisory

Posted on by MichaelV (Otsego)

We thought it was going to happen late winter, or some did anyway predicting a back-loaded winter like last year (good job Slim).  We will probably see more snow this month than we did all winter in SW Michigan.  We have had 6.7 inches in Otsego this month and with today’s totals, we could break last month’s snowfall amount of eight inches and Decembers amount of 10.5.

We have a winter weather advisory in place which starts at noon today lasting through midnight for three to five inches of snow with isolated higher amounts.  The highest amounts will be north of Grand Rapids while south drizzle may mix in.

 

We have another chance of snow late Wednesday into Thursday then a brief shot of cold air from our friends in the frozen north country.

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Category: Michigan Weather Forecast, Winter weather advisory

30 thoughts on “Winter Continues – Winter Weather Advisory”

  1. Temps still climbing, up to 37 now and still a light rain/mist. Funny every time we get a little snow it immediately starts melting away.

  2. Wow Storm team 8 has a high of 18* degrees on Friday thats pretty cold for mid February Valentine’s Day in a hot tub I say …With over 5 inches of snow on the ground out at thee YARDofBRICKS NE of GR have a a nother snowy Sunday night…INDY

    1. 18 is certainly not that cold for mid February. This is the time of year we are often around or below zero.

        1. That’s what I thought. If you’re going to have temps in the teens the most likely months to have that would be January or February. If it was May or June that would be shocking.

  3. Just ran to Holland and the main roads are already mostly melted off. Up to 35 now with light rain coming down.

  4. Officially GR has picked up 3.1 inches and counting! GR is well over 40 inches of snow and going up fast! Might be over 50 inches by the end of the week! Incredible!

  5. 3.25 inches and bad roads! Great call for the WWA! Nice little snowstorm and more is on the way next week! Bring it!

  6. Well snow is done here, so I fired up the snowblower just to use up some of the gas I’ve had sitting around, about 1.5 to 2 inches on the driveway. Not enough for the blower, but had to run the engine some. Any normal Winter this would amount to squat for mid February, but this year since we are counting tenths at a time, a whopping 15 to 20 tenths today!! Current temp is 34 and the melting has begun again.

  8. What a storm! One of the few times the RDB model under estimated the snow totals! Wow!

  9. I love these long winters that start in the beginning of November! Let’s keep this party rocking till April!

  10. I just took a spin outside and we have picked more snow than I thought! Great call by the NWS – the roads are a mess, closing all over the place and this is despite all the warm weather fanatics complaining about the the WWA! Incredible!

  11. Well…not a lot of “fuel” left for heavy snow. Thankfully, not a major impact for W. MI.

    1. We have picked up 2.5 inches and counting with moderate to heavy snow as we speak!

  13. Short winter continues!!! Check out the 8-14 day CPC Map!! That will have Rocky seeing red!!! Love these short snowless winters!! Even after the couple of inches we get today, we’ll still be around a foot and a half below normal for snowfall and February will just be another in a long line of above normal temp months! So awesome that we transitioned from a nice string of cooler than normal months from summer through fall, right to well above normal temps all the way through winter!! Who knew?!?!! Keep it ROCKIN!!

    1. Yup, no ice on the local rivers.. Its been a mild winter for sure.. Bring on spring !

  15. Latest update from the NWS:
    Overall our ongoing forecast looks good. The snow has started at
    Holland already from the lead push of deep moisture. There are two
    areas of precipitation to watch. Most our CWA is getting snow
    from a jet exit region lift, which with the axis of the jet core
    between Little Sable Point and Muskegon this afternoon, would
    maximize precipitation amounts over then northern half of lower
    Michigan. The isentropic lift near 700 mb, over most of our CWA
    at 1 pm this afternoon, shows nearly 50 knots perpendicular to
    the 700 mb surface over most of our CWA. By early this evening
    this area is east of Lower Michigan. Five consecutive runs of the
    HRRR 12 hour QPF show about a half inch of moisture falling near
    and north of Route 10. Between I-96 and route 10 expect a quarter
    inch near I-96 gradually increasing to a half inch by Route 10.
    The air will be cold enough and the moisture deep enough to keep
    the DGZ saturated so it will be all snow.

    The second area of precipitation is associated with the low level
    jet and moisture transport in front of the system. That area is
    south of Michigan. The 1000/850 moisture transport vectors do not
    even point into Michigan today. So that area will not impact our
    CWA.

    Once the deep moisture moves out we could see some drizzle or even
    freezing drizzle over extreme northern sections once the DGZ is
    not saturated. That would happen late this evening. It should get
    cold enough after, say 3 am to refreeze anything that has melted,
    would could lead to travel issues for the morning commute Monday.

    The bottom line is 3 to 5 inches north of I-96 and 2 to 3 inches
    between I-94 and I-96.

  16. Breaking weather alert>>>>>>this storm may end up as a bust for GR! Most of the snow will be tracking North of GR and then the dry slot will hit sooner than expected! So don’t be surprised if GR only sees around an inch of snow! The counties to the Northwest may actually see a good storm, 4 to 6 inches up by Cadillac/TC! Snow country baby!

  17. I love these long winters! Starts the beginning of November and may last till April! The snow totals just keep rising! Incredible!

  18. Broke my shovel yesterday. At least I got to use it:) Hoping for enough snow to fire up the snow blower before this time next week… we shall see what old man winter can muster.

  19. Im thinking all of our snow events have been on the weekend this year crazy …. February will be above average in snowfall mark it down …..Let it snow let it snow let it snow … Have a snowy Sunday…INDY

  20. By the end of the day GR will be well over 40 inches of snow for the season and climbing! Get ready!

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