WinterSquall23

Probably the most incredible thing I seen. No city light pollution , or clouds . 360 degree sunset/sunrise, like dusk and dawn rolled into one. Hoping for clear skies as well or at least not in the path of the sun at that point.

Some pictures of the Eclipse near Panama Feb 26, 1998. I was on a ship when it happened. Probably the most incredible sight I have ever seen. One pic is before, the totality , to show the difference in light. At totality I tried to capture the incredible 360 degree sunset. It’s at that point of totality , I saw some of the brighter planets and stars appearing in the sky. Since there are no mountains you can see the moons shadow move over the ocean. The camera doesn’t do it justice. If you can see one of these, it is well worth the travel.

Spring has takin a vacation. May it went to Florida? It was 70 here a few weeks ago

Currently 64. Perfect deck weather Cat likes it too. Feels like Mid May.

Never thought we have a severe weather threat in our area for hail in February, let alone a 2 inch hail risk.

The sad thing is this winter is more like a winter the we would get in the PNW every 5 years. Some years there is no snow unless you live at least 1000 ft up or in NW Washington where you have the influence of the Frasier River Valley. Ironically we had the most snow ever living near Bellingham, WA. I think it was around 20 to 22 inches one year. Locals were saying that was big snow they get every decade or so. Living on the west side of the cascade mountains are average snowfall was 6-7 inches at sea level . Those mountains block the cold air we get here and a 55 degree ocean does a lot to modify the cold air into near close events. (33-34 degree rain). So we have to get near perfect conditions to get it to snow over there. When it does snow it piles up fast especially if it is wet and the Low stalls out.

They are more like rain birds, to escape the non stop cloudy and rainy/drizzle days. But they have been doing this for a few years now.

I’m ready. Big time snow lover here , but is has been frustrating this year. No more 33 degree rain please. When we had that period of 60s and sunshine it felt good. This winter has been for the record books and not in a good way. My parents are staying in Sedona AZ for a few months they love it there. Will have to make a visit down there sometime.

Same here. It was partly cloudy in the Farmington Hills where I was working. We had about roughly 93% totality.

Not even a weather advisory for mby.

Over performing clipper for sure.

Taking a walk and pretty impressed how the long the snow piles we have lasted. After having tons of rain. We still have a little snow. Just goes to show how cold it got here and how wet our snowfall started out.

Congrats Niko! That’s pretty cool! I don’t think I have seen a lake effect that big from Lake Huron for a few years. We did pretty well with that first storm. There was point I thought we were going to lose some trees. Thankfully, it warmed up enough to melt the ice, before we went on the deep freeze.

Winter is here in an elnino. Pretty incredible. It’s was snowing here and back on the west coast. My folks back west live at the same elevation as we do and they picked up another round of snow after having 10 inches already. Currently 2 degrees with sun out. Now that’s a cold air mass. !! Neighbors were making an igloo which was cool to see.

Congrats Jaster!! That’s would be awesome to experience a band like that.

Thanks Niko! Hopefully we can score some more with the lake wide open for business! I am just amazed we had a snow storm during an elnino. Pretty incredible. !!

Winter wonderland here eyeballing about 6” here. ; Nice little surprise ! 31 degrees now. Snow is pasted on our trees, really cool to see. Rain might stay away from us. Almost skied down our hill with shoes. This stuff is exactly like the snow I remember growing up in the PNW.

Snow starting here. Grass is starting to get covered. Very wet stuff. Temp at 35 DP 29. Right in the battle ground area of Rain/Snow. Will see if we can cool off with these heavy showers. With Toledo reporting snow a while ago it may fair well with us. I think the elevation is helping us out on this storm.

Whoa! Oakland County in the watch now!

The way this storms going for mby , at least we have some lake effect to rely on after that. Like the kicker of a football team when we don’t score. At least we can try for a field goal! Note mby maybe the battle ground for the warm/cold air. Something about living close to the M59 gives us an edge plus the elevation lift there. Congrats to the rest that cash in on this. !

Agreed this stretch of weather we have had reminds me of some winters I experienced in the Northwest. (West of the Cascades) . Days and days of fog accompanied by endless rain/drizzle. To see at least some snow flying will be great.

Cool! This Christmas will probably go down as the most foggiest I have ever seen . Hoping for snow soon!

I figured you would get snow. You don’t have a 50+ degree ocean to wreck havoc anymore. That’s what is great living east of the mountains.

Snow globe here a while ago. Currently 32 degrees. Roads are clear for now. Looks like winter out.

Wow, never seen grass in Gaylord in December! Dumpster fire of a weather pattern for us snow lovers!