Added 0.1" here today. Was a balmy 11 degs for many hrs yet with low sun angle the dusting stayed put all day. I have a solid 6" depth and looking around SWMI the deepest snow I found was 20" in Oceana county, tho Ludington is in GRR's region, for some reason they aren't a recording site for NOAA data purposes. That's the one site that could rival or be in the lead within the CWA for GRR.
Just noticed a report for Sodus in Berrien Cnty. My director lives there and a 5 pm report was submitted for 14" since yesterday, and they're getting hit again right now! TC Munson had 15+ and some higher elevations had 20+ the last 2 days! Lakeshore gets pounded when the bitter stuff hits.
Stumbled on this report from the Warnings Fri-Sat west of GR
NWUS53 KGRR 311051
LSRGRR
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
551 AM EST SUN DEC 31 2017
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0700 PM HEAVY SNOW 2 WSW CLOVERVILLE 43.18N 86.20W
12/30/2017 M19.9 INCH MUSKEGON MI CO-OP OBSERVER
48 HOUR TOTAL. GREATEST 2-DAY SNOWFALL SINCE
13-14 JAN 2012. SNOWFALL MEASUREMENT IN 6
HOUR INCREMENTS. CO-OP OBSERVER STATION
MKNM4, MUSKEGON 4 SE.
Winter 2018-19 Snow Total = 47.7" Largest Storm: 2x 7" (1/28-29 & 1/18-19) Oct: 0.0 Nov: 15.2 Dec: 2.0 Jan: 21.7 Feb: 8.8 Mar: 0.0 Apr: 0.0
Annual avg for mby = 49.9" Avg for last 10 seasons = 67.4" (135% of normal)
2017-18 = 68.3" 2016-17 = 52" 2015-16 = 57.4" 2014-15 = 55.3" 2013-14 = 100.6" (coldest & snowiest in the modern record!) 2012-13 = 47.2" 2011-12 = 43.7"
Notable Blizzards/Snowstorms in SWMI: Nov 2015, Feb 2015, Jan 2014, Feb 2011, Dec 2000, Jan 1999, Mar 1998, Jan 1982, Jan 1979, Jan 1978, Jan 1977, March 1973, Jan 1967, March 1947, Jan 1918
"Long range winter forecasting - it's like tossing darts in a hurricane.." "In my day, they didn't name 'em, they just called 'em blizzards! *Shakes fist in air and ambles away mumbling to himself" “and to think kids nowadays get day's off school because the wind blew. I think in '78 we only got 1 day off” "..It's the U.P. where there are two seasons. Winter, and three months of bad skiing.."