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Love the Ozark region!  BTW, this is off subject, but I'm curious if you have personally seen Bigfoot or hear stories of sightings down there???  That is supposedly a hot spot in the central U.S.  I find this creature intriguing, if it even exists...maybe one day I'll get to see one.   B)

 

Edit: I have to also agree, ever since I've been back from AZ in mid July, this stretch of weather has been top notch.  On top of that, to cap off this summer, mother nature is going to deliver an epic weekend of weather for Labor Day weekend around here to close out summer.

At least two of my sisters and a brother-in-law and a guy I work with have seen Sasquatches here in MI. Until the web came about I thought they were only in the Nortwestern states. I recently took time to re-read every reported MI sighting @ the BFRO website. It had been a few yrs and I remembered one report from NEMI included a couple of photos of a track way in the snow where it had used their snowmobile track as a makeshift sidewalk at the back of a large old farmstead. Pics were extremely clear. Some of the more recent reports were in the forest I lived next to east of TC over to Kalkaska. Used to hike, mountain bike, and snowmobile there quite a bit in 90's. Glad I didn't run into BF back then, LOL. He can be big and spooky out in the woods. In Sept of 2011 north of where I worked near Wolverine, a 9 ft tall BF walked across the northbound lanes of I-75 in broad daylight forcing 5 or 6 cars to stop suddenly! That's the kind of safe sighting I want, lol. Not really into being stalked while getting to my deer blind or mushrooming or picking wild blueberries. On Monster Quest, that native Indian lady encountered an 8 ft jet black BF while gathering blueberries. Said she'd never go picking again and she'd been doing it almost 70 yrs. #SPOOKYCREATURES!

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Winter 2023-24 Snow Total = 52.8" (89% Normal Season)  Largest Storm: 12" (1/12-13)   Oct: 0.1 Nov: 2.9 Dec: 7.5 Jan: 31.7 Feb: 6.0 Mar: 4.1 Apr: 0.0

Avg = 59.2"  (Harrison): 2023-24 = xx.x" 

Avg = 45.0"  (KDTW): 2022-23 = 33.5"   2021-22 = 35.6"    

Avg = 49.7"  (KRMY): 2020-21 = 36.2"   2019-20 = 48.0"   2018-19 = 56.1"   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"

Legit Blizzards (high winds and dbl digit snows): Feb 2011, Dec 2009, Jan 2005, Dec 2000, Jan 1999, Mar 1998, Nov 1989, Jan 1982, Jan 1978, Jan 1977, Apr 1975, Mar 1973, Jan 1967, Feb 1965, Jan 1918

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Interesting..  I think it was N Carolina where there was a string of deadly attacks on animals and people thought it was some mysterious monster-creature cuz it was super-stealthy and nobody ever saw it. But through re-enactments using sound projection to simulate what some folks said they heard, it was determined to be a Cougar. Wild, or set loose by someone trying to make a pet out of it, idk, but it wasn't a cryptid after all, and apparently was killing dogs and such to stake out some territory for itself. One farmer in VA had also caught a fleeting glimpse of a black panther on a video. We have Cougars in MI and even around Battle Creek and over towards Jackson to my east. I glimpsed the long tail of an adult several yrs ago in my headlights. It was just about to cross the road near a stream when I came over the rise it did a bout-face super quick. They're about as difficult to see as a BF imo

Winter 2023-24 Snow Total = 52.8" (89% Normal Season)  Largest Storm: 12" (1/12-13)   Oct: 0.1 Nov: 2.9 Dec: 7.5 Jan: 31.7 Feb: 6.0 Mar: 4.1 Apr: 0.0

Avg = 59.2"  (Harrison): 2023-24 = xx.x" 

Avg = 45.0"  (KDTW): 2022-23 = 33.5"   2021-22 = 35.6"    

Avg = 49.7"  (KRMY): 2020-21 = 36.2"   2019-20 = 48.0"   2018-19 = 56.1"   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"

Legit Blizzards (high winds and dbl digit snows): Feb 2011, Dec 2009, Jan 2005, Dec 2000, Jan 1999, Mar 1998, Nov 1989, Jan 1982, Jan 1978, Jan 1977, Apr 1975, Mar 1973, Jan 1967, Feb 1965, Jan 1918

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A bit hazy today. Looks more like mid Summer. :)

Snowfall for Winter 2023 -24 for Metro Detroit Area 

Oct 2023: 0.2" AN

Nov 2023: 2.2" AN

Dec 2023: 0.5" BN Insane!

Jan 2024: 17.0" AN

Feb 2024: 1.9"  BN

Mar 2024: 4.9" BN

April 2024:

Season So Far: 26.7"

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A bit hazy today. Looks more like mid Summer. :)

 

Meanwhile..lurking to our north..

 

How bout a mid-day temp of 48F to finish August? Up there, if summer falls on a Sunday, they host a community softball game :lol:

 

 

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Winter 2023-24 Snow Total = 52.8" (89% Normal Season)  Largest Storm: 12" (1/12-13)   Oct: 0.1 Nov: 2.9 Dec: 7.5 Jan: 31.7 Feb: 6.0 Mar: 4.1 Apr: 0.0

Avg = 59.2"  (Harrison): 2023-24 = xx.x" 

Avg = 45.0"  (KDTW): 2022-23 = 33.5"   2021-22 = 35.6"    

Avg = 49.7"  (KRMY): 2020-21 = 36.2"   2019-20 = 48.0"   2018-19 = 56.1"   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"

Legit Blizzards (high winds and dbl digit snows): Feb 2011, Dec 2009, Jan 2005, Dec 2000, Jan 1999, Mar 1998, Nov 1989, Jan 1982, Jan 1978, Jan 1977, Apr 1975, Mar 1973, Jan 1967, Feb 1965, Jan 1918

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Meanwhile..lurking to our north..

 

How bout a mid-day temp of 48F to finish August? Up there, if summer falls on a Sunday, they host a community softball game :lol:

 

attachicon.gif20170831 GL's midday temps.PNG

I believe that chilly air is coming south towards SMI later tonight as my lows will fall in the low 40s (40-45 to be exact). :blink:

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Snowfall for Winter 2023 -24 for Metro Detroit Area 

Oct 2023: 0.2" AN

Nov 2023: 2.2" AN

Dec 2023: 0.5" BN Insane!

Jan 2024: 17.0" AN

Feb 2024: 1.9"  BN

Mar 2024: 4.9" BN

April 2024:

Season So Far: 26.7"

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I believe that chilly air is coming south towards SMI later tonight as my lows will fall in the low 40s (40-45 to be exact). :blink:

 

GRR's beyond annoying and it's not even winter :lol:  They're stuck in the "upper 40's mode", even though Marshall's had several mornings colder already this month. I find Intellicast's local 4-cast much more accurate. They have me at 45 and 46 the next (2) mornings.

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Winter 2023-24 Snow Total = 52.8" (89% Normal Season)  Largest Storm: 12" (1/12-13)   Oct: 0.1 Nov: 2.9 Dec: 7.5 Jan: 31.7 Feb: 6.0 Mar: 4.1 Apr: 0.0

Avg = 59.2"  (Harrison): 2023-24 = xx.x" 

Avg = 45.0"  (KDTW): 2022-23 = 33.5"   2021-22 = 35.6"    

Avg = 49.7"  (KRMY): 2020-21 = 36.2"   2019-20 = 48.0"   2018-19 = 56.1"   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"

Legit Blizzards (high winds and dbl digit snows): Feb 2011, Dec 2009, Jan 2005, Dec 2000, Jan 1999, Mar 1998, Nov 1989, Jan 1982, Jan 1978, Jan 1977, Apr 1975, Mar 1973, Jan 1967, Feb 1965, Jan 1918

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GRR's beyond annoying and it's not even winter :lol:  They're stuck in the "upper 40's mode", even though Marshall's had several mornings colder already this month. I find Intellicast's local 4-cast much more accurate. They have me at 45 and 46 the next (2) mornings.

Yes, they are accurate indeed. I like them also. They have me for the next two mornings at 44F and 48F. Ofc, Accu-Weather would be my last choice.

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Snowfall for Winter 2023 -24 for Metro Detroit Area 

Oct 2023: 0.2" AN

Nov 2023: 2.2" AN

Dec 2023: 0.5" BN Insane!

Jan 2024: 17.0" AN

Feb 2024: 1.9"  BN

Mar 2024: 4.9" BN

April 2024:

Season So Far: 26.7"

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Lincoln Airport finished the month of August with a mean temperature of 71.4*, which is 3.9 degrees below the normal mean of 75.3*. This is the first below normal month since December 2016, and the most below normal month since February 2015, when the mean temp was 7.4 degrees below average. The highest temperature recorded was 89*, on August 15, and the lowest temperature recorded was 50*, on August 4. This makes it only the second August in recorded history here without a 90* reading, the first since 1915! In addition, a record cold max was set on August 5th, with 69*. 3.38" of precipitation fell, which is .11" below the normal amount of 3.49". 

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August 2017 is now in the history books. For most of Michigan the month was cooler than average and is some locations it was the coolest August in many years. Here are some of the mean temperatures and the departure from average for several locations in Michigan. Here in Grand Rapids mean 68.7° (-2.1) coolest August since 2004. Lansing 68.0° (-1.8) Muskegon 68.6° (-1.3) Detroit 71.1° (-0.9) Flint 66.9° (-1.9) Saginaw 67.9° (-0.9) Alpena 65.7° (+0.3) the only location with above average mean. Houghton Lake 63.7° (-1.3) The Sault 64.3° (-0.3) Marquette 59.3° (-4.4) At Marquette this August was the coolest since 1992. There were no 90° days at any of the above locations in August and there more likely that not there were none in Michigan this August. There were frost at both Marquette and Houghton Lake and several other locations in Michigan this past August. 

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My August started with 85/87 the first two days, but never went above 83 the rest of the month.  My rain total was only 1.25".

season snowfall: 34.8"

'22-23: 30.2"      '21-22: 27.1"      '20-21: 52.5"      '19-20: 36.2"      '18-19: 50.2"      '17-18: 39.5"

Average snowfall: ~30"

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August 2017 is now in the history books. For most of Michigan the month was cooler than average and is some locations it was the coolest August in many years. Here are some of the mean temperatures and the departure from average for several locations in Michigan. Here in Grand Rapids mean 68.7° (-2.1) coolest August since 2004. Lansing 68.0° (-1.8) Muskegon 68.6° (-1.3) Detroit 71.1° (-0.9) Flint 66.9° (-1.9) Saginaw 67.9° (-0.9) Alpena 65.7° (+0.3) the only location with above average mean. Houghton Lake 63.7° (-1.3) The Sault 64.3° (-0.3) Marquette 59.3° (-4.4) At Marquette this August was the coolest since 1992. There were no 90° days at any of the above locations in August and there more likely that not there were none in Michigan this August. There were frost at both Marquette and Houghton Lake and several other locations in Michigan this past August.

 

Sure was a comfortable month, though with cooler temps comes less convective storms and thus it's been kinda dry. Unwatered lawns and cornfields were for the most part brown and whithered.

Winter 2023-24 Snow Total = 52.8" (89% Normal Season)  Largest Storm: 12" (1/12-13)   Oct: 0.1 Nov: 2.9 Dec: 7.5 Jan: 31.7 Feb: 6.0 Mar: 4.1 Apr: 0.0

Avg = 59.2"  (Harrison): 2023-24 = xx.x" 

Avg = 45.0"  (KDTW): 2022-23 = 33.5"   2021-22 = 35.6"    

Avg = 49.7"  (KRMY): 2020-21 = 36.2"   2019-20 = 48.0"   2018-19 = 56.1"   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"

Legit Blizzards (high winds and dbl digit snows): Feb 2011, Dec 2009, Jan 2005, Dec 2000, Jan 1999, Mar 1998, Nov 1989, Jan 1982, Jan 1978, Jan 1977, Apr 1975, Mar 1973, Jan 1967, Feb 1965, Jan 1918

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